In article <6724a51f.0409300731.4e1e37fb@posting.google.com >,
empete2000@yahoo.com (Pete's) wrote:
> rkrishp@hotmail.com (Krishna) wrote in message
> news:<2bcd6fe2.0409291801.2c8bb760@posting.google. com>...
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > We need some help to install the Firware 6228 3.91 level to a P650 AIX
> > 5.1 Server, We cannot use the diskketes for it, simply because we need
> > to do it for more than 250 servers, is there any alternate method for
> > this.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Chris
>
> I'm not sure on a p650, but on my p660-6H1's, I use the remote method.
> And is done via using update_flash in /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin.
> Without researching further, I would think you could do the same
> thing. I believe you would need to download the aix version of the
> firmare rather than the dos diskette. Execute the .BIN to unzip it.
> Check on the checksum, then run update_flash.
>
> HTH,
> Pete's
Why not just push the image to each machine over the net and do ssh ...
exec ... to run the update_flash?