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Important: To avoid problems and to maintain proper system performance, always
verify that the blade server BIOS, service processor, and diagnostic firmware levels
are consistent for all blade servers within the BladeCenter unit. See "Verifying the
system firmware levels" on page 41 for more information.
Plan to use a method of applying blade server firmware updates other than the
management module. The JS12 blade server enhanced BMC has a larger firmware
image that makes it impractical to download and install over the RS-485 bus of the
management module. Therefore, a firmware update for the blade server is not
supported from the management module.
You can still use the other methods of performing firmware updates for the blade
server:
v In-band operating system capabilities, such as the update_flash command for
v The firmware update function of AIX diagnostics
v The firmware update function of the stand-alone Diagnostics CD
Attention: Before the installation of the new firmware to the Temporary side
begins, the contents of the Temporary side are copied into the Permanent side.
After the firmware installation begins, the previous level of firmware on the
Permanent side is no longer available.
Use the following procedure to install updated firmware.
1. Start the TEMP image, as described in "Starting the TEMP image" on page 41.
2. Download the JS12 firmware.
3. Log on to the AIX or Linux system as root, or log on to the Virtual I/O
4. Type ls /tmp/fwupdate to identify the name of the firmware.
5. Install the firmware update with one of the following methods:
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Linux and AIX or the ldfware command for Virtual I/O Server
a. Go to the IBM Support site at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/ to
download the updates.
b. Select your product, type, model, and operating system, and then click Go.
c. Click the Download tab, if necessary, for device driver and firmware
updates.
d. Download the firmware to the /tmp/fwupdate directory.
Server/IVM alpha partition as padmin.
The result of the command lists any firmware updates that you downloaded to
the directory, such as the following update, for example:
01EA3xx_yyy_zzz
v Install the firmware with the in-band diagnostics of your AIX system, as
described in Using the AIX diagnostics to install the server firmware update
through AIX.
v Install the firmware with the update_flash command on AIX:
cd /tmp/fwupdate
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/update_flash -f 01EA3xx_yyy_zzz
v Install the firmware with the update_flash command on Linux:
cd /tmp/fwupdate
/usr/sbin/update_flash -f 01EA3xx_yyy_zzz
v Install the firmware with the ldfware command on Virtual I/O Server:
cd /tmp/fwupdate
ldfware -file 01EA3xx_yyy_zzz
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