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Note: When you further update the systems in a multinode complex at a later
date, you will be able to update certain BIOS and firmware on the primary
node; that BIOS and firmware will then be automatically propagated to the
other nodes. Be aware, however, that you will have to update FPGA, BMC and
BIOS firmware levels on all nodes separately.
5.1.2 Downloading the firmware
To download the latest firmware for the servers you will be installing:
1. Navigate to the "Support for IBM System x" Web page:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/x
2. In the Product family list, select the model of your server (for example x3850
M2 or x3950 M2).
3. In the Type list, select the 4-digit server machine type of your server (7141 or
7233).
4. Click Go to retrieve latest versions of firmware for your server.
If you have not already installed an operating system on your server, you can
download the non-OS specific firmware update utilities for the components listed
previously. Otherwise, there are also OS specific firmware update utilities which
you can use to update your server firmware from within the operating system.
Note: If firmware for a non-specific OS is
OS-specific utilities. It should provide a method to extract the non-OS specific
firmware update utilities to a local directory. This directory should provide
instructions to update the firmware of the server through bootable media such
as a floppy disk image file or a bootable ISO image file.
5.1.3 Performing the updates
This section lists the sequence we followed, and the server components that
require firmware updates.
To prepare the x3950 M2 servers in our labs for operating system installation, we
used the following firmware update sequence:
1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware (RSA II requires a firmware update
specific to system x3850 M2 or x3950 M2.)
2. FPGA firmware
3. BMC firmware
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