#Ilo 2 firmware cd upgrade#
#Ilo 2 firmware cd zip#
#Ilo 2 firmware cd download#

I was able to fix some of those servers by completely powering off the server, removing the power cables, removing the iLO cable, waiting a few minutes, putting back the power cable and powering on the server, and once it has loaded the OS put in the iLO cable. I couldnРІР‚в„ўt ping the iLO IP address nor could I connect to it. Upgrading the iLO sorted that out!Р”Р„nd while on the topic of iLO I had some servers whose iLO was not responsive. On a related note, I had some servers with an РІР‚СљInternal Health LED failedРІР‚Сњ error even though everything seemed to be alright with them. So I could have saved some time for myself with the LeftHand/ StoreVirtual servers by updating the iLO (as above) and upgrading the OS.

#Ilo 2 firmware cd upgrade#

:-) I used the ancient version of IE on my server and that didnРІР‚в„ўt do anything, but when I used Firefox I was able to see a progress bar and the firmware actually got updated.Р”Р„fter doing this I was able to run the SPP without any issue.Р”Р„nother thing I learnt is that for the LeftHand/ StoreVirtual servers, simply upgrading the OS or patching it is enough to upgrade the ROM too. Go to the РІР‚СљAdministrationРІР‚Сњ tab, click Browse to select this file, and click РІР‚СљSend firmware imageРІР‚Сњ. This is the binary image of the iLO 2 firmware that you can flash via SSH or the webpage.Р”Р‡lashing via the webpage is easy. The result is a file with a name like РІР‚Сљilo2_225.binРІР‚Сњ.

#Ilo 2 firmware cd zip#

I downloaded the Windows versions, right clicked on it (itРІР‚в„ўs an EXE file) via 7-Zip (any other zip tool should do), and extracted the contents.

#Ilo 2 firmware cd download#

That page lets you download versions of the firmware for flashing via Linux or Windows. For anyone else looking for the latest and greatest version of iLO 2 this HP page is what you want (and the РІР‚СљRevision HistoryРІР‚Сњ tab on that page gives you older versions too). That should be easy but I had trouble getting it.

I used TinyWeb to run a small web server off my desktop machine).Р”В«efore upgrading iLO via SSH or the webpage, you need to get iLO first. (Could just be the web server I was running. The blog post I link to before (and also this one) show a way of updating iLO via SSH but that didnРІР‚в„ўt work for me sadly. In my case the servers had really ancient versions of iLO РІР‚вЂњ РІР‚Сљ1.87 РІР‚Сњ РІР‚вЂњ so I upgraded them via the iLO webpage. And I sorted of worked around the pulsating logo problem.Р”Р‡or the pulsating logo issue apparently the fix is to upgrade iLO first and then run the SPP. I was able to work around the pink screen by using an older version (for instance, I was using 2015.04 and that failed but 2014.09 worked). I couldnРІР‚в„ўt find any solutions for the servers that power off (I used SPP version 2015.04, 2014.09, 2014.02 РІР‚вЂњ same results for all). For instance some servers simply power off once the SPP CD boots, others give me a Pink Screen of Death, and yet others simply hang with the pulsating HP logo.

Interesting thing about the firmware upgrades is that even between servers of the same model, when upgrading with the same Service Pack for Proliant (SPP) CD version, I get different errors. Side by side I have also been upgrading the iLO and ROM of our LeftHand/ StoreVirtual boxes following which I upgrade them from LeftHand OS 8.5 to 12.0. Past two weeks I have been upgrading the iLO and ROM of all our servers (a bunch of HP DL 360s basically РІР‚вЂњ Gen6 to Gen8) following which I upgrade them from ESXi 4.1 to 5.5.