Table 2-21. FCB Firmware Behavior

System

Safe Boot Code Firmware

Operational Code Firmware

Configuration

Behavior

Behavior

Server enclosure

• FCB firmware stays in safe

with compute

boot mode and waits for

sleds

BMC to update firmware.

 

• FCB firmware detects sled

 

modules during initialization

 

only. When you replace a

 

compute sled, the FCB

 

controller needs to reset to

 

detect the new sled.

 

• The reset to default button

 

does not work

FCB firmware disables network/SNMP service

FCB firmware update is done by the BMC

FCB firmware updates status to BMC via SC-BMC protocol

The firmware update may fail but not be broken if you install a compute sled into the server enclosure while the FCB firmware update is in progress

The reset to default button does not work

Using the System Setup Program

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