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8. The next screen shows the firmware update progress:
9. Power up and boot the blade server.
Note: BladeCenter QS21 firmware contains a proprietary implementation of
Installing the system firmware
System firmware can only be installed after the operating system has booted. If the
operating system is not installed or cannot boot, then no upgrade or recovery is
possible. See the other sections of the manual Chapter 7, "Solving problems," on
page 59 for further information about troubleshooting the BladeCenter QS21 blade
server.
You can update the system firmware:
v Through IBM Director. See the IBM Director documentation on the IBM Director
v Using the update package available from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/. See
v Using the update_flash script available on supported Linux operating systems.
v Updating the firmware manually. See "Installing the firmware manually" on page
46
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Click Continue.
When the update is finished, a confirmation message appears and an entry is
placed in the Advanced Management Module log.
Cell/B.E. hardware initialization code.
CD for further information.
"Updating the system firmware automatically" on page 48 for further information
on how to perform an update.
This requires the system firmware image file. See "The firmware update
package" on page 47 for information about how to extract the file.
48 for further information.
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