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Installing, system, firmware

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Click Continue. 8. The next screen shows the firmware update progress: When the update is finished, a confirmation message appears and an entry is placed in the Advanced Management Module log. 9. Power up and boot the blade server. Note: BladeCenter QS21 firmware contains a proprietary implementation of Cell/B.E. hardware initialization code. Installing the system firmware System firmware can only be installed after the operating system has booted. If the operating system is not installed or cannot boot, then no upgrade or recovery is possible. See the other sections of the manual Chapter 5, "Diagnostics and troubleshooting," on page 51 for further information about troubleshooting the BladeCenter QS21 blade server. You can update the system firmware: v Through IBM Director. See the IBM Director documentation on the IBM Director CD for further information. v Using the update package available from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/. See "Updating the system firmware automatically" on page 22 for further information on how to perform an update. v Using the update_flash script available on supported Linux operating systems. This requires the system firmware image file. See "The firmware update package" on page 21 for information about how to extract the file. v Updating the firmware manually. See "Installing the firmware manually" on page 22 for further information. 20 BladeCenter QS21 Type 0792: Problem Determination and Service Guide

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Click
Continue
.
8.
The
next
screen
shows
the
firmware
update
progress:
When
the
update
is
finished,
a
confirmation
message
appears
and
an
entry
is
placed
in
the
Advanced
Management
Module
log.
9.
Power
up
and
boot
the
blade
server.
Note:
BladeCenter
QS21
firmware
contains
a
proprietary
implementation
of
Cell/B.E.
hardware
initialization
code.
Installing
the
system
firmware
System
firmware
can
only
be
installed
after
the
operating
system
has
booted.
If
the
operating
system
is
not
installed
or
cannot
boot,
then
no
upgrade
or
recovery
is
possible.
See
the
other
sections
of
the
manual
Chapter
5,
“Diagnostics
and
troubleshooting,”
on
page
51
for
further
information
about
troubleshooting
the
BladeCenter
QS21
blade
server.
You
can
update
the
system
firmware:
v
Through
IBM
Director.
See
the
IBM
Director
documentation
on
the
IBM
Director
CD
for
further
information.
v
Using
the
update
package
available
from
See
“Updating
the
system
firmware
automatically”
on
page
22
for
further
information
on
how
to
perform
an
update.
v
Using
the
update_flash
script
available
on
supported
Linux
operating
systems.
This
requires
the
system
firmware
image
file.
See
“The
firmware
update
package”
on
page
21
for
information
about
how
to
extract
the
file.
v
Updating
the
firmware
manually.
See
“Installing
the
firmware
manually”
on
page
22
for
further
information.
20
BladeCenter
QS21
Type
0792:
Problem
Determination
and
Service
Guide