Automated Boot Recovery (Abr); Nx Boot Failure - IBM System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual

Note: Use this method if the standard I/O book board LED is lit and there is a log
entry or Booting Backup Image is displayed on the firmware splash screen;
otherwise, use the in-band manual recovery method.
1. Boot the server to an operating system that is supported by the firmware
2. Perform the firmware update by following the instructions that are in the
3. Restart the server.
4. At the firmware splash screen, press F3 when prompted to restore to the
Out-of-band method: See the IMM2 documentation (Integrated Management Module
II User's Guide) at http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/
docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5086346.
For more information about UEFI-compliant firmware, go to http://
www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5083207.

Automated boot recovery (ABR)

This topic provides instructions on how to recover the server primary bank
firmware.
About this task
If the server is booting up and the IMM detects problems with the server firmware
in the primary bank, it will automatically switch to the backup firmware bank and
give you the opportunity to recover the primary bank. To recover to the server
firmware primary bank, complete the following steps.
Procedure
1. Restart the server.
2. When the prompt press F3 to restore to primary is displayed, press F3 to

Nx boot failure

This topic provides information about how to set the Nx boot failure feature to set
the number of attempts to automatically restart the server after a POST failure.
About this task
Configuration changes, such as added devices or adapter firmware updates, and
firmware or application code problems can cause the server to fail POST (power-on
self-test). If this occurs, the server responds in either of the following ways:
v The server restarts automatically and attempts POST again.
v The server hangs, and you must manually restart the server for the server to
After a specified number of consecutive attempts (automatic or manual), the Nx
boot failure feature causes the server to revert to the default UEFI configuration
and start the Setup utility so that you can make the necessary corrections to the
update package that you downloaded.
firmware update package readme file.
primary bank. The server boots from the primary bank.
recover the primary bank. Pressing F3 will restart the server.
attempt POST again.
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