Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Chapter 3. Configuring; Updating the Firmware

Chapter3.Configuring
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutupdatingthefirmwareandusingtheconfigurationutilities.
Updatingthefirmware
Usethisinformationtoupdatethefirmware.
Important:
1.Someclustersolutionsrequirespecificcodelevelsorcoordinatedcodeupdates.Ifthedeviceispart
ofaclustersolution,verifythatthelatestlevelofcodeissupportedfortheclustersolutionbefore
youupdatethecode.
2.Beforeyouupdatethefirmware,besuretobackupanydatathatisstoredintheTrustedPlatform
Module(TPM),incaseanyoftheTPMcharacteristicsarechangedbythenewfirmware.Forinstructions,
seeyourencryptionsoftwaredocumentation.
3.Installingthewrongfirmwareordevice-driverupdatemightcausetheservertomalfunction.Beforeyou
installafirmwareordevice-driverupdate,readanyreadmeandchangehistoryfilesthatareprovided
withthedownloadedupdate.Thesefilescontainimportantinformationabouttheupdateandthe
procedureforinstallingtheupdate,includinganyspecialprocedureforupdatingfromanearlyfirmware
ordevice-driverversiontothelatestversion.
YoucaninstallcodeupdatesthatarepackagedasanUpdateXpressSystemPackorUpdateXpressCD
image.AnUpdateXpressSystemPackcontainsanintegration-testedbundleofonlinefirmwareand
device-driverupdatesforyourserver.UseUpdateXpressSystemPackInstallertoacquireandapply
UpdateXpressSystemPacksandindividualfirmwareanddevice-driverupdates.Foradditionalinformation
andtodownloadtheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller,gototheToolsCenterforSystemxand
BladeCenterathttp://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-CENTERandclick
UpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller.
Whenyouclickanupdate,aninformationpageisdisplayed,includingalistoftheproblemsthattheupdate
fixes.Reviewthislistforyourspecificproblem;however,evenifyourproblemisnotlisted,installingthe
updatemightsolvetheproblem.
Besuretoseparatelyinstallanylistedcriticalupdatesthathavereleasedatesthatarelaterthantherelease
dateoftheUpdateXpressSystemPackorUpdateXpressimage.
Thefirmwarefortheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadonthewebsite.Tocheck
forthelatestleveloffirmware,suchastheUEFIfirmware,devicedrivers,andintegratedmanagement
module(IMM)firmware,gotohttp://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
Downloadthelatestfirmwarefortheserver;then,installthefirmware,usingtheinstructionsthatareincluded
withthedownloadedfiles.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoupdatethefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryon
thedeviceorrestorethepre-existingfirmwarefromaCDorDVDimage.
Thefollowinglistindicateswherethefirmwareisstored:
•UEFIfirmwareisstoredinROMonthesystemboard.
•IMM2firmwareisstoredinROMonthesystemboard.
•EthernetfirmwareisstoredinROMontheEthernetcontrollerandonthesystemboard.
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