Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Chapter 2. Configuring; Updating the Firmware

Chapter2.Configuring
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutupdatingthefirmwareandusingtheconfigurationutilities.
Updatingthefirmware
Usethisinformationtoupdatethefirmware.
Important:
•Someclustersolutionsrequirespecificcodelevelsorcoordinatedcodeupdates.Ifthedeviceispart
ofaclustersolution,verifythatthelatestlevelofcodeissupportedfortheclustersolutionbeforeyou
updatethecode.
•Beforeyouupdatethefirmware,besuretobackupanydatathatisstoredintheTrustedPlatformModule
(TPM),incaseanyoftheTPMcharacteristicsarechangedbythenewfirmware.Forinstructions,seeyour
encryptionsoftwaredocumentation.
•Installingthewrongfirmwareordevice-driverupdatemightcausetheservertomalfunction.Beforeyou
installafirmwareordevice-driverupdate,readanyreadmeandchangehistoryfilesthatareprovided
withthedownloadedupdate.Thesefilescontainimportantinformationabouttheupdateandthe
procedureforinstallingtheupdate,includinganyspecialprocedureforupdatingfromanearlyfirmwareor
device-driverversiontothelatestversion.
YoucaninstallcodeupdatesthatarepackagedasanUpdateXpressSystemPackorUpdateXpressCD
image.AnUpdateXpressSystemPackcontainsanintegration-testedbundleofonlinefirmwareand
device-driverupdatesforyourserver.UseUpdateXpressSystemPackInstallertoacquireandapply
UpdateXpressSystemPacksandindividualfirmwareanddevice-driverupdates.Foradditionalinformation
andtodownloadtheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller,gototheToolsCenterforSystemxand
BladeCenterathttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTERandclickUpdateXpress
SystemPackInstaller.
Whenyouclickanupdate,aninformationpageisdisplayed,includingalistoftheproblemsthattheupdate
fixes.Reviewthislistforyourspecificproblem;however,evenifyourproblemisnotlisted,installingthe
updatemightsolvetheproblem.
Besuretoseparatelyinstallanylistedcriticalupdatesthathavereleasedatesthatarelaterthantherelease
dateoftheUpdateXpressSystemPackorUpdateXpressimage.
ThefirmwarefortheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.To
checkforthelatestleveloffirmware,suchastheUEFIfirmware,devicedrivers,andintegratedmanagement
module(IMM)firmware,gotohttp://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
Downloadthelatestfirmwarefortheserver;then,installthefirmware,usingtheinstructionsthatareincluded
withthedownloadedfiles.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoupdatethefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryon
thedeviceorrestorethepre-existingfirmwarefromaCDorDVDimage.
Thefollowinglistindicateswherethefirmwareisstored:
•UEFIfirmwareisstoredinROMonthesystemboard.
•IMM2.1firmwareisstoredinROMonthesystemboard.
•EthernetfirmwareisstoredinROMontheEthernetcontrollerandonthesystemboard.
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