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2. Boot the blade to the downloaded image by either creating a diskette from the
image or using the remote drive feature of the AMM.
3. Follow the directions to update the BMC firmware.
Steps to update blade BIOS:
1. Download the boot image of the latest version of the BIOS update diskette 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 BIOS,
which takes you to the BIOS section of the page. You can then select from a list
of available boot images. The BIOS will have a file extension of img.
2. Boot the blade to the downloaded BIOS by either creating a diskette from the
image or using the remote drive feature of the AMM.
3. Follow the directions to update the BIOS update diskette.
Steps to update Emulex HBA firmware for x86 architecture:
1. Download the latest version of the Emulex HBA 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 Fibre
Channel, which takes you to the Fibre Channel section of the page. You can
then select from a list of available Emulex HBA firmware updates.
2. Create a bootable DOS diskette image containing the doslpcfg.exe flash tool
and the <flash image name>.prg flash file.
3. Boot the blade to the downloaded image by either creating a diskette from the
image or using the remote drive feature of the AMM.
4. Type the following commands:
> doslpcfg download n=1 i=<flash image name>.prg
> doslpcfg download n=2 i=<flash image name>.prg
Steps to update QLogic firmware for x86 architecture:
1. Download the latest version of the QLogic HBA 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 Fibre
Channel, which takes you to the Fibre Channel section of the page. You can
then select from a list of available QLogic HBA firmware updates.
2. Create a bootable DOS diskette image containing the flashutil.exe flash tool and
the <flash image name>.bin flash file.
3. Type the following command:
> flashutil /f /o<flash image name>.bin
Steps to update Emulex or QLogic HBA firmware for POWER PC architecture:
1. Pre-OS installations on POWER PC architecture systems can only be
accomplished by use of the IBM Standalone Diagnostics CD-ROM. The
CD-ROM can be ordered from the IBM Publications Center
(http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/publications/servlet/pbi.wss?CTY=US
&FNC=SRH&). Search for "pSeries standalone".
2. Obtain the latest firmware for Emulex or QLogic HBA from the IBM
BladeCenter Support Web site (https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/
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