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Installation options

You can specify firmware upgrade behavior for installable components by selecting one or more options from the Additional Options field. Depending on the component type, one of the following screens appears.

Set Installation Options

Set Installation Options

CAUTION: Updating the firmware while a shared device is in use can lead to data loss. Before enabling the Allow Shared Devices option, be sure any other servers sharing the selected devices are offline.

The following table illustrates how changing the options for firmware upgrade behavior can change the firmware upgrade results. In this example, the array controller is assumed to be an HP Smart Array 6402 controller.

If the existing array controller has firmware version 3.00 installed, then updating the firmware produces results as described in the following table.

 

Default

Allow downgrades

Allow rewrites

Firmware upgrade v3.05

3.05

3.05

3.05

Firmware upgrade v3.10

3.10

3.10

3.10

If the existing array controller has firmware version 3.10 installed, then updating the firmware produces results as described in the following table.

 

Default

Allow downgrades

Allow rewrites

Firmware upgrade v3.05

No change

3.05

3.10

Firmware upgrade v3.10

No change

No change

3.10

NOTE: When updating installation for NIC components, select the devices to be updated in the window that appears.

After you have selected all the components that you want to install, click Install to proceed with the installation. The Installation Progress screen appears.