HP has some Maintenance CD’s for the ProLiant Server Serie, but a lot of Servers used in a datacenter don’t have a CD-ROM, so how can you use the HP Support CD’s USB Stick? Its pretty easy if you know how to do it.
What do I need for this:
- Windows XP Client
- HP Firmware Maintenance ISO Image or HP SmartStart ISO Image
- HP USB Key Utility (link)
- USB Sticks (1GB or more)
- CD-ROM Drive or Virtual CD-ROM
There are a lot of benefits by using USB-Sticks:
- faster boot
- no more space for CD ROMs needed
- you can update it
And the best thing, you can easy upgrade Firmware Files on the USB Stick by adding them to:
Tags: Boot, CD, Firmware, Firmware Maintenance, HP, SmartStart, USB, USB Stick Last modified: September 2, 2019USBSTICK:\compaq\swpackages\
ho no…
This utility says:
Smart Component execution not supported at this time in Server Virtualized Guest operating systems.
http://jukan.ch/20091217_hp_usb_key_utility/hp_usb_key_utility_doesnt_like_virtua_servers__whyyyyy.jpg
so close…
anyways… found what i’ve really been looking for.
firmware upgrade for DL160 G6
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=US&swItem=MTX-bacd5d0a20894372b1d6697c4c&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3454575
usb creation confirmed – works via virtual windows 7.
…and fixed my dl160 firmware successfully!
ho no…
This utility says:
Smart Component execution not supported at this time in Server Virtualized Guest operating systems.
http://jukan.ch/20091217_hp_usb_key_utility/hp_usb_key_utility_doesnt_like_virtua_servers__whyyyyy.jpg
so close…
anyways… found what i’ve really been looking for.
firmware upgrade for DL160 G6
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=US&swItem=MTX-bacd5d0a20894372b1d6697c4c&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3454575
usb creation confirmed – works via virtual windows 7.
…and fixed my dl160 firmware successfully!
Thanks works wells.
Also found for the DL180 G6 Easy Setup CD the usbkey tool doesn’t work (yet). But you can mount the iso image and run the [ /usb/usbcreator.cmd iso: usb: ] to copy files from the mounted iso image drive letter to the mounted usb drive letter, at the end it runs syslinux to make the usb drive bootable.
Then can mount the firmware CD and copy over folders that don’t collide with existing folders in the usb: image drive letter, make a temporary folder like usb:\temp to copy the firmware CD system folder into, rename it system2 and move it to the top as usrb:\system2
The syslinux.cfg file can be added to include the stanza from the firmware CD system/syslinux.cfg that starts the firmware CD kernel and tools, modifying the kernel and initrd paths to include the /system2/ prefix.
On startup the menu will present Easy Setup CD and firmware update options and boot the appropriate kernel. If you include the OS iso image on the usb stick you can perform firmware update, and assisted OS install with all drivers and agents included during the install.. the Easy Setup menus prompt for the iso location which defaults to the usb key.
I want to include my Windows iso file on this USB key. Where can I place this file? I see it allows me to browse to the /mount/ directory, but I want to place my Windows ISO file into this directory.
@nappy_d
I would like to know that as well…