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Expand file tree Collapse file tree Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ Dealing with iLO firmware updates
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44One of the key features of python_hpilo is that it makes iLO firmware updates
5- painless. It can download the firmware for you, or you can feed it the .bin or
6- .scexe files HP ships.
5+ painless. It can download the firmware for you, or you can feed it the .bin,
6+ .scexe or .fwpkg files HP ships.
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8+ Note that the newest versions of the firmware, as of August 2020, are shipped
9+ in a new format and you will need to use python-hpilo 4.4 or newer to extract
10+ and use them. If you cannot upgrade, you can manually extract the .bin file
11+ from the .fwpkg file (just open it with anything that can open zip files) and
12+ pass the .bin file to python-hpilo.
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814From the CLI
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3939 hpilo_cli example-server.int.kaarsemaker.net update_rib_firmware version=latest
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41+ If this fails to extract the firmware, try upgrading python-hpilo as newer
42+ firmware versions are shipped in a different, incompatible format.
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4144Syntax error: Line #0
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4346Occasionally you might see this error at the end of a traceback::
You can’t perform that action at this time.
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