Fixing ILO Update Failures on HP DL380 G7 Due to Firmware Version Gap

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I tried updating several HP Proliant DL380 G7 ILOs today to firmware version 1.50.
Some had 1.15, some had 1.26. Those with the older revision refused to accept the firmware blob, the newer ones did update successfully.

Is this behaviour expected or documented somewhere?

Updating to 1.50 via 1.26 is acceptable, I do wonder why this happens though.

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You typically need to update to ILO3 version 1.28 and then move to version 1.50.

As you can can see below, I keep both ILO versions handy on my jump server, just in case I encounter an ILO3 with a <1.20 firmware version.

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In the ILO firmware package README file:

PREREQUISITE: iLO 3 v1.20 BUILD DATE: 8/20/2012 EFFECTIVE DATE: 9/24/2012 DESCRIPTION: Firmware for the Hewlett-Packard Integrated Lights-Out 3 Management Controller

LAST RECOMMENDED OR CRITICAL VERSION: 1.28

PREVIOUS VERSION: 1.28 UPGRADE REQUIREMENTS:

RECOMMENDED: Includes new enhancements, features, and/or minor bug fixes.

FIRMWARE DEPENDENCY: iLO 3 should be upgraded to v1.20 before upgrading to this version.

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From your client, run a quick scan to see which ILO ports are open. Something like nmap -p22,80,443 10.247.172.70 should show the status of the common ILO ports. You'd minimally need port 22 to respond as "open". Ports 80 and 443 are for web management.

Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2012-04-12 10:09 CDT
Interesting ports on testilo.abc.net (172.16.16.23):
PORT    STATE SERVICE
22/tcp  open  ssh
80/tcp  open  http
443/tcp open  https
MAC Address: 1C:C1:DE:78:04:F8 (Unknown)

Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.187 seconds

If the nmap output shows the ports as filtered, talk to whomever manages the firewall/routing between subnets and indicate that you need inbound SSH (tcp port 22) open to the ILO.

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