Fail-Safe Booter Utility; Starting The Fsb Automatically - HP AlphaServer TS15 Owner's Manual

7.11 Fail-Safe Booter Utility

The fail-safe booter utility (FSB) is another variant of the SRM console. The FSB
provides an emergency recovery mechanism if the firmware image contained in flash
memory becomes corrupted. You can run the FSB and boot another image from a CD-
ROM or network that is capable of reprogramming the flash ROM.
Use the FSB when one of the following failures at power-up prohibits you from getting to
the console program:
•
Firmware image in flash memory corrupted
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Power failure or accidental power-down during a firmware upgrade
•
Error in the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) file
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Incorrect environment variable setting
•
Driver error

7.11.1 Starting the FSB Automatically

If the firmware image is unavailable when the system is powered on or reset, the FSB runs
automatically.
1. Reset the system to restart the FSB. The FSB loads from the flash.
2. Update the firmware as described in Section 7.11.4.
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