Updating The Ethernet Controller Firmware; Using The Update Package - IBM QS21 - BladeCenter - 0792 Service Manual

Each Ethernet-controller port on the system board is routed to a different switch
module in I/O bay 1 or bay 2. The routing from the Ethernet-controller port to the
I/O bay varies according to whether an Ethernet adapter is enabled and the
operating system that is installed. See "Blade server Ethernet controller
enumeration" on page 26 for information about how to determine the routing from
the Ethernet-controller ports to I/O bays for your blade server.
You do not have to set any jumpers or configure the controller for the blade server
operating system. However, you must install a device driver to enable the blade
server operating system to address the Ethernet-controller ports. For device drivers
and information about configuring your Ethernet controller ports, see the Ethernet
software documentation that comes with your blade server, or contact your IBM
marketing representative or authorized reseller. For updated information about
configuring the controllers, go to the Barcelona Computing Centre Web site at
http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/.
Note: If your blade server contains a different type of optional Ethernet-compatible

Updating the Ethernet controller firmware

To update the Ethernet controller firmware, you must download an update package
from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/. This section describes how to use the
update package to install the firmware update.
The update package consists of four files:
v A file containing the change history for the QS22 Ethernet Controller firmware.
v A file containing the update package. This has an .sh extension.
v A readme file for the update package. This contains specific installation and
v An XML file. This file is for use by IBM Systems Management tools, including

Using the update package

The package consists of an file with a .sh extension that runs from the Linux
prompt. It has a number of options. To see what options are available, run the
package without any options or with the -h switch:
# ./brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh
In the example shown above, brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh is the name
of the firmware update package. The file name changes according to the version of
the firmware.
A screen similar to the following appears:
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switch module in I/O bay 1 than the switch modules that are mentioned in
this section, see the documentation that comes with the Ethernet switch
module that you are using.
This has a .chg extension.
configuration information.
IBM Director Update Manager, UpdateXpress CD, and UpdateXpress System
Pack Installer.