Committing The Temporary Firmware Image Using Aix; Verifying The System Firmware Levels Using Aix - IBM JS20 - BladeCenter - 8842 Installation And User Manual

diag
v Otherwise, boot standalone diagnostics; then press Enter.
3. From the "Function Selection" menu, choose Task Selection.
4. From the "Tasks Selection List", choose Update and Manage System Flash.
5. From the "Update and Manage System Flash" list:
v If, in step 1 on page 42, you have put the image in the /etc/microcode file
system, then choose the File System selection. At the flash update image
file prompt, specify the directory that contains the image (normally
/etc/microcode), and then choose Commit (PF7).
v If, in step 1 on page 42, you have put the image on optical media or diskette,
place the media containing the image into the drive and choose Removable
Media and then choose Commit (PF7).
Note: If you have booted standalone diagnostics from a CD, you may remove
the standalone diagnostics CD media from the drive and replace it with
the optical media containing the image that you want to update.
6. Follow the instructions that are displayed on the screen; for example:
Choose Yes to proceed with the flash operation.
7. After the system flash operation completes, and the system reboots, you may
remove the media containing the image from the diskette or optical drive, or
from the /etc/microcode directory on the file system. You may also remove the
temporary file created in the "/var/update_flash_image" directory after the reboot
occurs, after you log in to the operating system.

Committing the temporary firmware image using AIX

After the system reboots successfully and once you are satisfied with the
functionality of the new image, commit the update by using the following AIX
diagnostic commands:
1. Run diagnostics.
v If you have booted AIX, log in as "root" or use the CE login; then, at the
command line, enter:
diag
v Otherwise, boot standalone diagnostics; then press Enter.
2. From the "Function Selection" menu, choose Task Selection.
3. From the "Tasks Selection List" choose Update and Manage System Flash.
4. Choose Commit the Temporary Image.
5. Choose Yes to commit the image.
6. Press F10 to exit diagnostics
Note: This selection commits the Temporary system firmware image to the PERM
image when booted from the Temporary image.

Verifying the system firmware levels using AIX

To verify levels of system firmware on the PERM and TEMP sides, use the AIX
diagnostics "Update and Manage System Flash" (see "Updating the system flash
using AIX" on page 42). The diagnostics function displays the system firmware
image level for both the PERM and TEMP sides as well as an indication as to
which side was used for the current boot cycle. The following illustration is an
example screen:
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