Firmware Update - Fujitsu Remote Management User Manual

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Firmware update

This chapter provides you with information about the following topics:
– iRMC S2/S3 firmware (overview)
– Creating a memory stick for updating the firmware
– Updating firmware images
– Emergency flash
– flash tools
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The current firmware versions are present on the ServerView Suite DVD 1
or can be downloaded manually from the Download section of the Fujitsu
Technology Solutions web server.
You can obtain the up-to-date version of the ServerView Suite DVD 1 at
two-monthly intervals.
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Besides the possibility of performing a firmware update, you can also
downgrade the firmware to the previous version.
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Before updating or downgrading the firmware, read the supplementary
documentation supplied with the new firmware carefully (in particular the
Readme files).
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Servers with iRMC S2 must be rebooted to activate the updated /
downgraded firmware. For servers with iRMC S3, no reboot is required
to activate the updated / downgraded firmware.
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CAUTION!
When updating / downgrading the firmware, note that the problem-free
operation of the firmware can only be guaranteed if the runtime firmware
and the SDR (Sensor Data Record, see
same firmware release.
iRMC S2/S3
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