CIMC Firmware Management

Activating Installed CIMC Firmware

Note If you start an update while an update is already in process, both updates will fail.

Procedure

 

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

Server# scope cimc

Enters the CIMC command mode.

Step 2

Server /cimc # scope firmware

Enters the CIMC firmware command mode.

Step 3

Server /cimc/firmware # update

Specifies the protocol, IP address of the remote server

 

protocol IP Address path

and the file path to the firmware file on the server. The

 

 

protocol can be one of the following:

 

 

TFTP

 

 

FTP

 

 

SFTP

 

 

SCP

 

 

HTTP

Step 4

Server /cimc/firmware # show detail

(Optional)

 

 

Displays the progress of the firmware update.

This example updates the CIMC firmware:

Server# scope cimc

Server /cimc # scope firmware

Server /cimc/firmware # update ftp 192.0.20.34 //test/dnld-ucs-k9-bundle.1.0.2h.bin<CR> Press Enter key

Firmware update has started.

Please check the status using "show detail"

Server /cimc/firmware #

What to Do Next

Activate the new firmware.

Activating Installed CIMC Firmware

Before You Begin

Install the CIMC firmware on the server.

 

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