IBM JS20 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 63
Committing, temporary, firmware, image, using, Verifying, system, levels
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3. From the ″Function Selection″ menu, choose ″Task Selection″. 4. From the ″Tasks Selection List″ choose ″Update and Manage System Flash″. 5. From the ″Update and Manage System Flash″ list: v If, in Step 1 above, you have put the image in the /etc/microcode file system, then choose the ″File System″ selection. At the ″flash update image file″ prompt, specify the directory that contains the image (normally ″/etc/microcode″), and then Commit (PF7). v If, in Step 1 above, you have put the image on optical media or diskette, place the media containing the image into the drive and choose ″Removable Media″ and then ″Commit″ (PF7). Note: If you have booted standalone diagnostics from CD-ROM, you may remove the standalone diagnostics CD-ROM media from the drive and replace it with the optical media containing the image you want to update. 6. Follow instructions displayed on the screen, for example: Choose ″Yes″ to proceed with the flash operation. 7. After the system flash completes, and the system reboots, you may remove the media containing the image from the diskette or optical drive, or from the /etc/microcode directory on the file system. You may also remove the temporary file created in the ″/var/update_flash_image″ directory after the reboot occurs, after you log in to the operating system. Committing the temporary firmware image using AIX After the system reboots successfully and once you are satisfied with the functionality of the new image, commit the update using the following AIX diagnostic commands: 1. Run diagnostics. v If you have booted AIX, login as ″root″ or use the CE login; then, at the command line, enter: diag v Otherwise, boot standalone diagnostics; then press Enter. 2. From the ″Function Selection″ menu, choose ″Task Selection″. 3. From the ″Tasks Selection List″ choose ″Update and Manage System Flash″. 4. Choose ″Commit the Temporary Image″. 5. Choose ″Yes″ to commit the image. 6. Press F10 to exit diagnostics Note: This selection commits the Temporary system firmware image to the Permanent image when booted from the Temporary image. Verifying the system firmware levels using AIX To verify levels of system firmware on the Permanent and Temporary sides, use the AIX diagnostics "Update and Manage System Flash" (see "Updating the system flash using AIX" on page 52). The diagnostics function displays the system firmware image level for both the Permanent and Temporary sides as well as an indication as to which side was used for the current boot cycle. Following is an example screen: Chapter 7. Diagnostics 53
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