Updating Firmware For Blade Servers Operating As A Single Partition - IBM BladeCenter HX5 Installation And User Manual

for your servers. For more information about UpdateXpress System Packs, see
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/
docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-XPRESS&brandind=5000008
v Using the IBM ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator. You can use IBM
ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator to create bootable media that is suitable for
applying firmware updates, running preboot diagnostics, and deploying
Windows operating systems on supported systems. Using IBM ToolsCenter
Bootable Media Creator, you can create a single bootable image on supported
media (such as CD, DVD, ISO image, USB flash drive, or set of PXE files) that
bundles multiple IBM BladeCenter tools and updates from UpdateXpress System
Packs, which contain Windows and Linux
You can also create an IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD for deploying
Windows operating systems and updates on supported systems. For more
information about the Bootable Media Creator, see http://www.ibm.com/
systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=TOOL-BOMC
&brandind=5000008.
v Downloading the firmware and device drivers from http://www.ibm.com/
support/fixcentral/systemx/groupView?query.productGroup=ibm
%2FBladeCenter . Follow the instructions that come with the firmware and
device drivers to install them.
You must make sure that you update the firmware for each blade server in the
scalable blade complex to the same levels before resetting the scalable blade
complex. Refer to the following table to select the correct procedure to follow
based on your configuration and preferred update method:
Table 12. Procedures to update firmware for blade servers in a scalable blade complex
Scalable blade complex
mode
Single partition
Independent partitions
For more information about updating firmware and the preferred methods, see the
Firmware Update Best Practices white paper at http://www-947.ibm.com/
systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5082923
&brandind=5000020.
For additional instructions about updating the firmware before attaching a IBM
MAX5 expansion blade, see http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/
docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5085756
Updating firmware for blade servers operating as a single
partition
If you are performing inband updates to firmware on blade servers operating as a
single partition in a scalable blade complex, updates made to the firmware on the
primary blade server are also applied to the secondary blade server.
You can obtain the firmware updates from http://www.ibm.com/support/
fixcentral/systemx/groupView?query.productGroup=ibm%2FBladeCenter .
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firmware and device-driver updates.
Inband updates
"Updating firmware for blade
servers operating as a single
partition"
"Updating firmware for each
blade server independently" on
page 84
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server
Out-of-band updates
"Updating firmware for each
blade server independently" on
page 84
"Updating firmware for each
blade server independently" on
page 84
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