Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - In-Band Automated Boot Recovery Method; Out-Of-Band Method; Automated Boot Recovery (ABR)

Step10.Turnofftheserveranddisconnectallpowercordsandexternalcables,andthenremovethe
left-sidecover(see“Removingtheleft-sidecover”onpage49
).
Step11.ChangethepositionoftheUEFIbootbackupswitchback(changeswitch1oftheSW4totheoff
position).
Step12.Reinstalltheleft-sidecover(see“Installingtheleft-sidecover”onpage183).
Step13.Reconnectthepowercordandanycablesthatyouremoved.
Step14.Restarttheserver.Thesystembeginsthepower-onself-test(POST).Ifthisdoesnotrecoverthe
primarybank,continuewiththefollowingsteps.
Step15.Removetheleft-sidecover(see“Removingtheleft-sidecover”onpage49).
Step16.ResettheCMOSbyremovingthesystembattery(see“Removingthesystembattery”onpage227).
Step17.Leavethesystembatteryoutoftheserverforapproximately5to15minutes.
Step18.Reinstallthesystembattery(see“Installingthesystembattery”onpage228).
Step19.Reinstalltheleft-sidecover(see“Installingtheleft-sidecover”onpage183).
Step20.Reconnectthepowercordandanycablesthatyouremoved.
Step21.Restarttheserver.Thesystembeginsthepower-onself-test(POST).
Step22.Iftheserecoveryeffortsfail,contactyourLenovoservicerepresentativeforsupport.
In-bandautomatedbootrecoverymethod
Thissectiondetailsthein-bandautomatedbootrecoverymethod.
Note:UsethismethodiftheSystemboardLEDonthelightpathdiagnosticspanelislitandthereisalog
entryorBootingBackupImageisdisplayedonthefirmwaresplashscreen;otherwise,usethein-band
manualrecoverymethod.
Step1.Boottheservertoanoperatingsystemthatissupportedbythefirmwareupdatepackagethat
youdownloaded.
Step2.Performthefirmwareupdatebyfollowingtheinstructionsthatareinthefirmwareupdatepackage
readmefile.
Step3.Restarttheserver.
Step4.Atthefirmwaresplashscreen,pressF3whenpromptedtorestoretotheprimarybank.The
serverbootsfromtheprimarybank.
Out-of-bandmethod
SeetheIMM2.1documentation(IntegratedManagementModuleIIUser'sGuide)at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systemx/documentation/topic/com.lenovo.sysx.imm2.doc/
printable_doc.html.
Automatedbootrecovery(ABR)
UsethisinformationforAutomatedbootrecovery(ABR).
Whiletheserverisstarting,iftheintegratedmanagementmoduleIIdetectsproblemswiththeserver
firmwareintheprimarybank,theserverautomaticallyswitchestothebackupfirmwarebankandgives
youtheopportunitytorecoverthefirmwareintheprimarybank.ForinstructionsforrecoveringtheUEFI
firmware,see“Recoveringtheserverfirmware(UEFIupdatefailure)”onpage160.Afteryouhaverecovered
thefirmwareintheprimarybank,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Restarttheserver.
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