It's recommended to put all used equipment at the highest firmware version. Or in case of differences, select they one conform at your installation plan.

• HP
  Firmware CD - Proliant Windows 2003

This procedure describe how to perform an overall firmware upgrade through a firmware update provide by HP.

This can be done through 2 ways:

• Local on the system
• Remote through iLO

Both are similar for the tasks it self. But through iLO requires some additional steps:

• Open a browser an enter the iLO IP Address
  
  
• Press enter on the security alert
  
  
• Enter a valid user ID and password. Press 'Log In'
  
  
• Select on the tabs 'Virtual Devices' and select 'Virtual Media'
  
  
  
  
• If presented press 'Yes' or 'Always' (if you want to avoid to have this window again)
  
  
• If presented, press 'Yes'
  
  
• If presented, press 'Yes' or 'Always'
  
  
• Initial screen presented
  
  
• Select 'Local Image File' and browse towards the ISO image of the latest firmware CD. (If available as ISO on you system)
  
  
• Press 'Connect'
  
  
  
  Leave this window or minimize. But do not close this window.
• Reboot the server through 'Virtual Device' or by logging into the system remotely, or by logging into by remote iLO console
• Go back to the initial window. Select 'Remote Console' - Remote Console
  
  
• Initial boot screen when starting from CD.
  Be sure you boot from CD
  
  
• Info Screen. It may be the case that you need to re-open the remote console through iLO at several times, when the screen blanks or contains weird characters.
  
  
• Select 'English'
  
  
  
  Press 'Continue' in the left corner
  
  
• Press 'Agree'
  
  
• Select 'Firmware Update'
  
  
• Select 'Install Firmware'. (In case you 're updating a enclosure you can select that item)
  
  
• System will now try to discover all installed items.
  
  
• The system will now provide you a list of all discovered items. For all of these items it'll also mention if an update exists, and which it is.
  
  
• If you agree with all items. Press 'Select All', followed by 'Install'
  
  
• Info screen during installation. If you also install 'iLO ROM Flash', it may be the case that you lost connection and that you need to re-login into the iLO interface.
  
  
• Installation results
  
  
• Press on 'Reboot Node'. Click on Yes on the question if you agree to reboot.
  
  

It's recommended to do these steps on each system on which we're going to install in further steps in this procedure.