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7.
Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and restart the blade server.
Command-line options
To view a list of supported command-line options, at the DOS prompt, type the following command and press
Enter:
flasutil /?
The following command-line options are displayed:
/F xxxx = Write Flash, adapter address = xxxx
If no address specified then write Flash to all adapters
/W xxxx = Copy Flash to file: QLxxRIM.SAV, adapter type = xxxx
/O <filename.ext> = Use <filename.ext> instead of QLxxROM.BIN
/I = Ignore Subsystem ID
/M = Program all adapters
/Q = Quiet Mode, no messages will be displayed
/V xxxx = Display current version number of BIOS on adapters at address xxxx
If no address specified then display the BIOS version of all adapters
/C xxxx = Verify Flash of adapter at address xxxx
If no address specified verify the Flash of all adapters
/Y xxxx = Display port name of adapter at address xxxx
If no address specified then display port name of all adapters
/i= Vendor recognition
Using the flasutil BIOS Update Utility menu
Complete the following steps to update the Expansion Card BIOS code and NVRAM code using the flasutil
BIOS Update Utility menu:
1.
To associate the diskette drive with the blade server, press the CD/diskette/USB select button on the blade
server. For the location of the CD/diskette/USB button, see the illustration on page 11. The LED on the
button flashes while the request is being processed, then is steady when the ownership of the CD-ROM or
diskette drive is transferred to the blade server.
2.
To associate the keyboard port, mouse port, and video port with the blade server, press the
keyboard/mouse/video select button. The LED on this button flashes while the request is processed, then
is steady when the ownership of the keyboard, mouse, and video is transferred to the blade server.
3.
Insert the diskette you created from the support CD into the diskette drive.
4.
Restart the blade server. The blade server starts to a DOS prompt.
5.
From the DOS prompt, type the following command and press Enter:
flasutil /i
The Expansion Card has two I/O addresses. Both port I/O addresses are displayed.
Enter adapter I/O address
6.
At the
update the BIOS code and NVRAM code. Press Enter.
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prompt, type the I/O address of the port for which you want to
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