IBM 88743BU User Manual - Page 265
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Note: When you further update the systems in a multinode complex at a later date, you will be able to update certain BIOS and firmware on the primary node; that BIOS and firmware will then be automatically propagated to the other nodes. Be aware, however, that you will have to update FPGA, BMC and BIOS firmware levels on all nodes separately. 5.1.2 Downloading the firmware To download the latest firmware for the servers you will be installing: 1. Navigate to the "Support for IBM System x" Web page: http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/x 2. In the Product family list, select the model of your server (for example x3850 M2 or x3950 M2). 3. In the Type list, select the 4-digit server machine type of your server (7141 or 7233). 4. Click Go to retrieve latest versions of firmware for your server. If you have not already installed an operating system on your server, you can download the non-OS specific firmware update utilities for the components listed previously. Otherwise, there are also OS specific firmware update utilities which you can use to update your server firmware from within the operating system. Note: If firmware for a non-specific OS is not listed, download one of the OS-specific utilities. It should provide a method to extract the non-OS specific firmware update utilities to a local directory. This directory should provide instructions to update the firmware of the server through bootable media such as a floppy disk image file or a bootable ISO image file. 5.1.3 Performing the updates This section lists the sequence we followed, and the server components that require firmware updates. To prepare the x3950 M2 servers in our labs for operating system installation, we used the following firmware update sequence: 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware (RSA II requires a firmware update specific to system x3850 M2 or x3950 M2.) 2. FPGA firmware 3. BMC firmware Chapter 5. Installation 247
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