Lenovo System x3650 M5 - In-Band Automated Boot Recovery Method; Out-Of-Band Method; Automated Boot Recovery (ABR)

Step13.Reconnectthepowercordandanycablesthatyouremoved.
Step14.Restarttheserver.Thesystembeginsthepower-onself-test(POST).Ifthisdoesnotrecoverthe
primarybank,continuewiththefollowingsteps.
Step15.Removethetopcover(see“Removingthetopcover”onpage149).
Step16.ResettheCMOSbyremovingthecoin-cellbattery(alsocalledCMOSbattery).See“Removing
thecoin-cellbattery(alsocalledCMOSbattery)”onpage255.
Step17.Leavethecoin-cellbatteryoutoftheserverforapproximately5to15minutes.
Step18.Reinstallthecoin-cellbattery(see“Replacingthecoin-cellbattery(alsocalledCMOSbattery)”on
page257).
Step19.Reinstallthetopcover(see“Replacingthetopcover”onpage151).
Step20.Reconnectthepowercordandanycablesthatyouremoved.
Step21.Restarttheserver.Thesystembeginsthepower-onself-test(POST).
Step22.Iftheserecoveryeffortsfail,contactyourservicerepresentativeforsupport.
In-bandautomatedbootrecoverymethod
Thissectiondetailsthein-bandautomatedbootrecoverymethod.
Note:UsethismethodiftheBOARDLEDonthelightpathdiagnosticspanelislitandthereisalogentry
orBootingBackupImageisdisplayedonthefirmwaresplashscreen;otherwise,usethein-bandmanual
recoverymethod.
Step1.Boottheservertoanoperatingsystemthatissupportedbythefirmwareupdatepackagethat
youdownloaded.
Step2.Performthefirmwareupdatebyfollowingtheinstructionsthatareinthefirmwareupdatepackage
readmefile.
Step3.Restarttheserver.
Step4.Atthefirmwaresplashscreen,pressF3whenpromptedtorestoretotheprimarybank.The
serverbootsfromtheprimarybank.
Out-of-bandmethod
SeetheIMM2documentation(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)”onpage108
.Afteryouhaverecovered
thefirmwareintheprimarybank,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Restarttheserver.
Step2.WhenthepromptPressF3torestoretoprimaryisdisplayed,pressF3tostarttheserverfrom
theprimarybank.
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