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4. From a command-line prompt, change to the disk drive that contains the
5. Type the following command to run the ChassisUpdate utility:
BladeScanner and ChassisUpdate record the transactions that they perform in a
single log file. The log file is created in the following directories:
Information is appended to the uxbc.log file each time you run BladeScanner or
ChassisUpdate. As a best practice, you should periodically delete this file.
Steps to update firmware without an OS
The use of UXSPs requires that you have an OS running on the blade. If you do
not have an OS on your blade, you can follow these steps to upgrade your
firmware.
Steps to update blade BMC firmware:
1. Download the boot image (BMC update diskette) of the latest version of the
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IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Installation and User's Guide
# This field is mandatory if you intend to update the Management Module. If
# not overridden, the default paths are used.
mmFilename1=\\server\share\AMMFirmware\BPETXXX.TKT
# mmFilename2=FILE2
# mmFilename3=FILE3
# This is an optional field that disables the update of the BladeCenter
# Management Module. If not specified, or specified as FALSE, the
# Management Module is updated.
mmdisable=FALSE
# This is an optional field that is used for informational purposes by
# BladeScanner. BladeScanner in scan mode detects the firmware revision of
# the MM and stores it in this field. BladeScanner in edit mode reads the MM
# firmware revision from this field and displays it on the UI.
# The update scripts ignore this field.
mmMainAppFirmwareRevision=BRET86L
mmMainAppRevisionNum=16
#mmBootRomFirmwareRevision=
#mmBootRomRevisionNum=
#mmRemoteControlFirmwareRevision=
#mmRemoteRevisionNum=
mmPS2toUSBFirmwareRevision=BREZ15
mmMMtoUSBFirmwareRevision=BRPI33
mmName=MM00096BCA2328
UpdateXpress for BladeCenter utilities.
chassisupdate.py -r file
where, file is the fully qualified file name of the response file that you want to
use. The ChassisUpdate utility reads the parameter from the response file and
updates the applicable systems.
Table 8. BladeScanner and ChassisUpdate log file locations
Windows
%TEMP%\uxbc.log
where %TEMP% is the temporary directory
for the Windows operating system.
BMC firmware for your system from the Software and device drivers - IBM
BladeCenter Web site (http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/
supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-63017&brandind=5000020). Select
your blade type from the list. This action directs you to a page for your blade
type. Click Baseboard Management Controller, which takes you to the
Baseboard Management Controller section of the page. You can then select from
a list of available boot images. The boot image (BMC update diskette) will have
a file extension of img.
Linux
$HOME/uxbc.log
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