Updating The Optional Expansion Card Firmware; Integrating The Gigabit Ethernet Controller Into The Bladecenter; Updating The Ethernet Controller Firmware - IBM QS22 - BladeCenter - 0793 Service Manual

v From the Linux prompt issue the following command:
For more information on booting from the TEMP or PERM images, see "Recovering
the system firmware code" on page 64.

Updating the optional expansion card firmware

If you have installed the SAS optional expansion card or a high-speed expansion
card, for example the InfiniBand card, you may have to update the firmware. See
the documentation that comes with the components for instructions about how to
update the firmware.
IBM periodically makes updates available for both SAS and high-speed expansion
cards. These may be downloaded from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/.

Integrating the Gigabit Ethernet controller into the BladeCenter

One dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller is integrated on the blade server system
board. Each controller port provides a 1000-Mbps full-duplex interface connecting to
one of the Ethernet Switch Modules in I/O bays 1 and 2 of the BladeCenter unit,
which enables simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet
local area network (LAN).
Each Ethernet-controller port on the system board is routed to a different switch
module in I/O bay 1 or bay 2. The routing from the Ethernet-controller port to the
I/O bay varies according to whether an Ethernet adapter is enabled and the
operating system that is installed. See "Blade server Ethernet controller
enumeration" on page 25 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:
Note: The script checks whether the board has booted from the TEMP image. If
not, the script does not complete.
echo 0 > /proc/rtas/manage_flash
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.
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