To update the HP iLO, go to this page http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/iloadv3/index.html and under the section Products Firmware and Tools, click on the version that your server has and download the firmware.
Download the file according to your Operating System. My OS is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, so I downloaded the file and then copied to the server.
iLO 1 v.1.96 – CP023365.scexe
iLO 2 v.2.29 – CP027871.scexe
iLO 3 v.1.20 – CP014002.scexe
You first need to have at least iLO 3 version 1.20 to update to later versions
iLO 3 v.1.85 – CP026424.scexe
iLO 4 v.2.30 – CP026236.scexe
To update, you run the file as shown below
root@linux:/tmp # bash ./CP018561.scexe
FLASH_iLO3 v1.09 for Linux (Jan 23 2013)
(C) Copyright 2002-2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Firmware image: ilo3_155.bin
Current iLO 3 firmware version 1.26; Serial number ILOBRC14004X5Component XML file: CP018561.xml
CP018561.xml reports firmware version 1.55
This operation will update the firmware on the
iLO 3 in this server with version 1.55.
Continue (y/N)?y
Current firmware is 1.26 (Aug 26 2011 )
Firmware image is 0x801664(8394340) bytes
Committing to flash part…
******** DO NOT INTERRUPT! ********
Flashing is underway… 67 percent programmed. –
After the flashing finishes, wait a few minutes for iLO to restart
******** DO NOT INTERRUPT! ********
Flashing completed.
Attempting to reset device.
Succeeded.
***** iLO 3 reboot in progress (may take up to 60 seconds.)
***** Please ignore console messages, if any.
iLO 3 reboot completed.
If the update fails, follow the instructions on this page Error when updating iLO2 in HP Proliant to unpack the files in the self-executable and try to update the iLO using the web interface.
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