Table of Contents
Advertisement
enumeration" on page 52 for information about how to determine the routing from
the Ethernet-controller ports to I/O bays for your blade server.
You do not have to set any jumpers or configure the controller for the blade server
operating system. However, you must install a device driver to enable the blade
server operating system to address the Ethernet-controller ports. For device drivers
and information about configuring your Ethernet controller ports, see the Ethernet
software documentation that comes with your blade server, or contact your IBM
marketing representative or authorized reseller. For updated information about
configuring the controllers, go to the Barcelona Computing Centre Web site at
http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/.
Note: If your blade server contains a different type of optional Ethernet-compatible
Updating the Ethernet controller firmware
To update the Ethernet controller firmware, you must download an update package
from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/. This section describes how to use the
update package to install the firmware update.
The update package consists of four files:
v A file containing the change history for the QS22 Ethernet Controller firmware.
v A file containing the update package. This has an .sh extension.
v A readme file for the update package. This contains specific installation and
v An XML file. This file is for use by IBM Systems Management tools, including
Using the update package
The package consists of an file with a .sh extension that runs from the Linux
prompt. It has a number of options. To see what options are available, run the
package without any options or with the -h switch:
# ./brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh
In the example shown above, brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh is the name
of the firmware update package. The file name changes according to the version of
the firmware.
A screen similar to the following appears:
The -xd and -x options are not supported on QS22.
switch module in I/O bay 1 than the switch modules that are mentioned in
this section, see the documentation that comes with the Ethernet switch
module that you are using.
This has a .chg extension.
configuration information.
IBM Director Update Manager, UpdateXpress CD, and UpdateXpress System
Pack Installer.
Usage:
-x /someDirectory - Extract the payload to <some directory>
-xr /someDirectory - Extract the payload plus PkgSdk files to <some directory>
-xd /dev/fd0 - Create a DOS bootable diskette - Internel floppy drive
-xd /dev/sda - Create a DOS bootable diskette - External USB floppy drive
-u - Perform update unattended
-h - Display this help screen
++debug - Display helpful debug information
Chapter 5. Configuring the blade server
51
Advertisement
Table of Contents
