Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Recovering the Server Firmware (UEFI Update Failure); In-Band Manual Recovery Method

Recoveringtheserverfirmware(UEFIupdatefailure)
Usethisinformationtorecovertheserverfirmware.
Important:Someclustersolutionsrequirespecificcodelevelsorcoordinatedcodeupdates.Ifthedevice
ispartofaclustersolution,verifythatthelatestlevelofcodeissupportedfortheclustersolutionbefore
youupdatethecode.
Iftheserverfirmwarehasbecomecorrupted,suchasfromapowerfailureduringanupdate,youcan
recovertheserverfirmwareinthefollowingway:
•In-bandmethod:Recoverserverfirmware,usingeitherthebootblockjumper(AutomatedBoot
Recovery)andaserverFirmwareUpdatePackageServicePack.
•Out-of-bandmethod:UsetheIMM2webinterfacetoupdatethefirmware,usingthelatestserver
firmwareupdatepackage.
Note:Youcanobtainaserverupdatepackagefromoneofthefollowingsources:
•DownloadtheserverfirmwareupdatefromtheWorldWideWeb.
•ContactyourIBMservicerepresentative.
TodownloadtheserverfirmwareupdatepackagefromtheWorldWideWeb,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
Theflashmemoryoftheserverconsistsofaprimarybankandabackupbank.Youmustmaintainabootable
UEFIfirmwareimageinthebackupbank.Iftheserverfirmwareintheprimarybankbecomescorrupted,you
caneithermanuallybootthebackupbankwiththeUEFIbootbackupjumper(JP2),orinthecaseofimage
corruption,thiswilloccurautomaticallywiththeAutomatedBootRecoveryfunction.
In-bandmanualrecoverymethod
Thissectiondetailsthein-bandmanualrecoverymethod.
Torecovertheserverfirmwareandrestoretheserveroperationtotheprimarybank,completethefollowing
steps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage33.
Step2.Turnofftheserver,anddisconnectallpowercordsandexternalcables.
Step3.Unlockandremovethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage35).
Step4.LocatetheUEFIbootbackupjumperonthesystemboard.
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