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5.1 Updating firmware and BIOS
Before updating firmware, ensure that all hardware components have been
installed in the x3850 M2 or x3950 M2. Ensure that all hardware components
required to upgrade the x3850 M2 to the x3950 M2 are installed including the
ScaleXpander key (chip).
Information about installing all hardware components for the x3850 M2 or the
x3950 M2, both as a single server and as a multinode complex, is in Chapter 3,
"Hardware configuration" on page 89 and Chapter 4, "Multinode hardware
configurations" on page 195.
In this section, we discuss updating the following components:
System BIOS
DSA Preboot diagnostics
BMC firmware
FPGA firmware
Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware
Additional devices such as RAID controller firmware and NIC firmware
5.1.1 Prerequisite checklist
Make sure to perform the following tasks before updating the firmware and
installing the operating systems:
You have installed servers and additional components according to
instructions in Chapter 3, "Hardware configuration" on page 89 and
Chapter 4, "Multinode hardware configurations" on page 195.
Check the BIOS and firmware levels on the items listed before you start
installing the operating systems. Refer to 6.9, "DSA Preboot" on page 366 for
details on how to check the BIOS and firmware levels of your server.
If you plan to install multiple x3950 M2 systems in a multinode complex,
update all the nodes in the complex to the same firmware levels.
Even if the firmware is reported to be at the latest level by the update utility,
we still recommend that you use the firmware update utility to re-apply the
most recent IBM supported firmware level to your node. This ensures that all
x3950 M2 nodes are optimally prepared for any stand-alone or multinode
configuration operating system deployment.
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