Updating And Managing System Flash Using Aix Diagnostics; Updating The System Flash Using Aix - IBM JS20 - BladeCenter - 8842 Installation And User Manual

For Example: This command will return output similar to the following information:
Notes:
v If you have to recover the system firmware code, see "Recovering the system
v The IBM Remote Deployment Manager (RDM) program does not support the
v A reboot of the system must be done after using update_flash -c for the
v For additional information about operating-system diagnostics, see the

Updating and managing system flash using AIX diagnostics

This section describes how to update, commit, and verify the system flash using
AIX diagnostics.
Note: For additional information about the CE login function and AIX

Updating the system flash using AIX

Attention:
Complete the following steps:
1. Obtain the flash image that you want to update from the IBM Support Web site
2. Run diagnostics.
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cat $file; echo; echo; done
/proc/device-tree/openprom/ibm,fw-bank
P
/proc/device-tree/openprom/ibm,fw-perm-bank
FW04310120, 17:16:09, 07/26/2004
/proc/device-tree/openprom/ibm,fw-temp-bank
FW04310120, 17:16:09, 07/26/2004
v The value for ibm,fw-bank indicates what side you booted from
(T for TEMP, P for PERM).
v The value for ibm,fw-perm-bank identifies the firmware version,
date, and time stamp of the firmware on the PERM side.
v The value for ibm,fw-temp-bank indicates the firmware version,
date, and time stamp of the firmware on the TEMP side.
firmware code" on page 84.
BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842.
firmware level shown in ibm,fw-perm-bank to be current.
BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 Hardware Maintenance Manual and
Troubleshooting Guide that comes with the blade server.
operating-system diagnostics, see the BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842
Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide that comes with
the blade server.
Do not power off the system while performing this task!
at http://www.ibm.com/support. (Look for the flash image for Type 8842, under
"AIX Diagnostics Version Number"; this is the version used by the AIX
diagnostics service aid.)
v If you want to update the image from the local file system, put the image into
the /etc/microcode directory on the system before running this service aid.
v If you want to update the image from media (diskette or optical media), put
the image on the media of choice before running this service aid.
v If you have booted AIX, login as "root" or use the CE login; then, at the
command line, enter: