Updating The Firmware Code For The Blade Server And The Service Processor; Determining Current Blade Server Firmware Code Levels - IBM JS20 - BladeCenter - 8842 Installation And User Manual

5. From the Main Menu, select option 2 (Select Media Adapter).
6. From the Select Media Adapter menu, select the Fibre Channel adapter.
7. From the Select Device menu, select the Fibre Channel device that you want to
8. From the Select Task menu, select normal boot mode. (This creates an
9. Restart the blade server.
For additional information about setting up your system configuration for remote
startup operations through Fibre Channel switch modules, contact the IBM technical
support team. In the U.S. and Canada, call 1-800-IBM-SERV (1-800-426-7378). In
other countries, go to http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/ to locate your support
telephone numbers.
Updating the firmware code for the blade server and the service
processor
This section describes how to determine the current code levels for the blade server
(system) firmware and Integrated Systems Management Processor (service
processor). Information on how to validate, update and commit the system firmware
is included.
The blade server contains firmware code for the system and service processor. IBM
will periodically make firmware updates available for the blade server and the
service processor. You can maintain the latest levels of firmware code for the blade
server and the service processor in the blade server by installing firmware updates
as they become available. Be sure to follow the instructions in this section.

Determining current blade server firmware code levels

Complete the following steps to view the current firmware code levels for the blade
server and the service processor:
1. Access and log onto the BladeCenter management-module Web interface as
2. From the Blade Tasks section, select Firmware VPD.
The Blade Server Firmware VPD window contains the build identifier, release, and
revision. Compare this information to the firmware information on the IBM Support
Web site at http://www.ibm.com/support. If these two types of information match,
then the blade server has the latest firmware code. If these two types of information
differ, download the latest firmware code from the IBM Support Web site. Follow the
update instructions on the IBM Support Web site.
Note: The firmware version displayed by the BladeCenter unit management
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After you make this selection, a wait message is displayed, followed by the
Select Media Adapter menu.
After you make this selection, a wait message and several additional messages
are displayed, followed by the Select Device menu.
set as the boot device.
After you make this selection, the Select Task menu is displayed.
ibm,fw-fcpdisk alias in the /aliases node.)
After you make this selection, the command prompt appears.
described in the BladeCenter unit Installation and User's Guide.
module might be different from the version displayed by your operating