Step 2: Updating Bios And Firmware Code; Step 3: Configuring Serveraid Controllers - IBM 86655RY - Netfinity 7600 - 8665 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Step 2: Updating BIOS and firmware code

Step 3: Configuring ServeRAID controllers

3. Continue with "Step 2: Updating BIOS and firmware code".
Before configuring the ServeRAID controller, you must have the latest BIOS and
firmware code installed on your server.
Note: You must update all RAID software at the same time to ensure compatibility
with all of the levels of the software. This includes:
• BIOS/firmware
• Device drivers
• ServeRAID Manager
• IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution software
1. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Support CD into the server CD-ROM drive.
2. Turn on the server. The IBM ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard program
automatically starts.
The IBM ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard is an easy to use program that
simplifies the updating of BIOS and firmware code on ServeRAID controllers. The
IBM ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard automatically scans and identifies each
ServeRAID controller in your system. After scanning completes and if an update
is required, a report screen opens with the following information:
• Controller types found
• Controller slot number, if known
• Firmware version
• BIOS version
• Update status. If a controller has outdated BIOS or firmware, the IBM
ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard marks the controller as a candidate for
update.
If the BIOS and firmware code do not require updating, the IBM ServeRAID ROM
Update Wizard automatically exits and the ServeRAID Manager program opens.
Continue with "Step 3: Configuring ServeRAID controllers".
If the BIOS and firmware code require updating, the IBM ServeRAID ROM
Update Wizard asks if you want to update. You decide whether to update your
controllers, but you must update all the controllers or none (that is, you cannot
selectively update).
3. Click Update. The IBM ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard displays a progress
indicator as it updates the controllers. If the IBM ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard
detects an error, it displays the error message and saves the error message to a file
on the disk.
If you do not want to update your ServeRAID controllers, click Cancel.
4. When all updates are complete, scroll through the Features window. This window
reports the changes that the IBM ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard applied to
your ServeRAID controllers.
5. Leaving the IBM ServeRAID Support CD in the CD-ROM drive, shut down and
restart the server.
This section provides information about configuring and using the ServeRAID
Manager program. You can use the ServeRAID Manager program to configure the
ServeRAID controllers, view the ServeRAID configuration and associated devices,
create arrays and logical drives, delete an array, dynamically increase the logical-drive
size, change RAID levels, and much more.
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