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Each Ethernet-controller port on the system board is routed to a different switch module in I/O bay 1 or bay 2. The routing from the Ethernet-controller port to the I/O bay varies according to whether an Ethernet adapter is enabled and the operating system that is installed. See "Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration" on page 52 for information about how to determine the routing from the Ethernet-controller ports to I/O bays for your blade server. You do not have to set any jumpers or configure the controller for the blade server operating system. However, you must install a device driver to enable the blade server operating system to address the Ethernet-controller ports. For device drivers and information about configuring your Ethernet controller ports, see the Ethernet software documentation that comes with your blade server, or contact your IBM marketing representative or authorized reseller. For updated information about configuring the controllers, go to the Barcelona Computing Centre Web site at http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/. Note: If your blade server contains a different type of optional Ethernet-compatible switch module in I/O bay 1 than the switch modules that are mentioned in this section, see the documentation that comes with the Ethernet switch module that you are using. Updating the Ethernet controller firmware To update the Ethernet controller firmware, you must download an update package from http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/. This section describes how to use the update package to install the firmware update. The update package consists of four files: v A file containing the change history for the QS22 Ethernet Controller firmware. This has a .chg extension. v A file containing the update package. This has an .sh extension. v A readme file for the update package. This contains specific installation and configuration information. v An XML file. This file is for use by IBM Systems Management tools, including IBM Director Update Manager, UpdateXpress CD, and UpdateXpress System Pack Installer. Using the update package The package consists of an file with a .sh extension that runs from the Linux prompt. It has a number of options. To see what options are available, run the package without any options or with the -h switch: # ./brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh In the example shown above, brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh is the name of the firmware update package. The file name changes according to the version of the firmware. A screen similar to the following appears: 50 QS21 Installation and User's Guide

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Each
Ethernet-controller
port
on
the
system
board
is
routed
to
a
different
switch
module
in
I/O
bay
1
or
bay
2.
The
routing
from
the
Ethernet-controller
port
to
the
I/O
bay
varies
according
to
whether
an
Ethernet
adapter
is
enabled
and
the
operating
system
that
is
installed.
See
“Blade
server
Ethernet
controller
enumeration”
on
page
52
for
information
about
how
to
determine
the
routing
from
the
Ethernet-controller
ports
to
I/O
bays
for
your
blade
server.
You
do
not
have
to
set
any
jumpers
or
configure
the
controller
for
the
blade
server
operating
system.
However,
you
must
install
a
device
driver
to
enable
the
blade
server
operating
system
to
address
the
Ethernet-controller
ports.
For
device
drivers
and
information
about
configuring
your
Ethernet
controller
ports,
see
the
Ethernet
software
documentation
that
comes
with
your
blade
server,
or
contact
your
IBM
marketing
representative
or
authorized
reseller.
For
updated
information
about
configuring
the
controllers,
go
to
the
Barcelona
Computing
Centre
Web
site
at
Note:
If
your
blade
server
contains
a
different
type
of
optional
Ethernet-compatible
switch
module
in
I/O
bay
1
than
the
switch
modules
that
are
mentioned
in
this
section,
see
the
documentation
that
comes
with
the
Ethernet
switch
module
that
you
are
using.
Updating
the
Ethernet
controller
firmware
To
update
the
Ethernet
controller
firmware,
you
must
download
an
update
package
from
This
section
describes
how
to
use
the
update
package
to
install
the
firmware
update.
The
update
package
consists
of
four
files:
v
A
file
containing
the
change
history
for
the
QS22
Ethernet
Controller
firmware.
This
has
a
.chg
extension.
v
A
file
containing
the
update
package.
This
has
an
.sh
extension.
v
A
readme
file
for
the
update
package.
This
contains
specific
installation
and
configuration
information.
v
An
XML
file.
This
file
is
for
use
by
IBM
Systems
Management
tools,
including
IBM
Director
Update
Manager,
UpdateXpress
CD,
and
UpdateXpress
System
Pack
Installer.
Using
the
update
package
The
package
consists
of
an
file
with
a
.sh
extension
that
runs
from
the
Linux
prompt.
It
has
a
number
of
options.
To
see
what
options
are
available,
run
the
package
without
any
options
or
with
the
-h
switch:
#
./brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh
In
the
example
shown
above,
brcm_fw_nic_2.0.3-e-1_rhel5_cell.sh
is
the
name
of
the
firmware
update
package.
The
file
name
changes
according
to
the
version
of
the
firmware.
A
screen
similar
to
the
following
appears:
50
QS21
Installation
and
User’s
Guide