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. The first screen applies to firmware and software components and the second screen applies only to firmware.

• Select Allow Downgrades to downgrade the current firmware to an older version.
• Select Allow Rewrites to enable HP Smart Update Manager to overwrite the current firmware version with the same version.
• Select Allow Shared Devices to upgrade firmware in a shared storage environment.

  NOTE: HP Smart Update Manager does not support Allow Downgrades or Allow Rewrites for the HP Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel Modules for c-Class BladeSystem firmware component.

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.

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

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