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The -u option
Updating the system firmware automatically
Complete the following steps to update the firmware automatically using the update
package:
1. Check the README before attempting to update the system firmware as it
2. Download the update package from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/. The
3. Change to the directory where you have downloaded the package.
4. Run the package with the -u option. Using the example from above, at the
5. Check the system firmware images to confirm the update has succeeded. See
Installing the firmware manually
If you cannot update the firmware using the update_flash script, it is possible to
update the firmware manually. You can use rtas_flash over /proc.
Complete the following steps to install the firmware manually:
1. Download the update package from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/.
2. Extract the system firmware image package. At the command prompt enter:
3. Change to the directory containing the firmware image package.
4. Extract the firmware image. At the command prompt enter:
5. Ensure the rtas_flash driver is loaded. To do this, run lsmod.
6. If the module is not yet in the kernel, invoke the following to load it:
7. To update your current firmware, copy the image file to /proc/ppc64/rtas/
This performs an unattended and automatic update of the system firmware.
The blade server reboots automatically as part of the update process.
contains specific information about the particular firmware release.
update package has a .sh extension.
command prompt enter:
./ibm_fw_bios_qb-1.9.1-2_linux-pq_cell.sh -u
"Determining current blade server firmware levels" on page 44 for instructions.
./<update package> -x <target directory>
For example, to extract the image package ibm_fw_bios_qb-1.9.1-2.sh from
ibm_fw_bios_qb-1.9.1-2_linux-pq_cell.sh in the directory /temp/fwimage
enter:
./ibm_fw_bios_qb-1.9.1-2_linux-pq_cell.sh -x /temp/fwimage
If the directory does not exist the firmware package creates it.
./<image package> -x
For example, to extract the image file QB-1.9.1-2-boot_rom.bin from
ibm_fw_bios_qb-1.9.1-2.sh enter:
./ibm_fw_bios_qb-1.9.1-2.sh -x
modprobe rtas_flash
firmware_update and reboot manually:
cp <image-file> /proc/ppc64/rtas/firmware_update
shutdown —r now
For example, to copy the image file cp QB-1.9.1-2-boot_rom.bin to
/proc/ppc64/rtas/firmware_update enter:
cp QB-1.9.1-2-boot_rom.bin /proc/ppc64/rtas/firmware_update
shutdown —r now
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