10 Firmware update

This chapter provides you with information about the following topics:

iRMC S2/S3 firmware (overview)

Creating a memory stick for updating the firmware

Updating firmware images

Emergency flash

flash tools

IThe current firmware versions are present on the ServerView Suite DVD 1 or can be downloaded manually from the Download section of the Fujitsu Technology Solutions web server.

You can obtain the up-to-date version of the ServerView Suite DVD 1 at two-monthly intervals.

IBesides the possibility of performing a firmware update, you can also downgrade the firmware to the previous version.

IBefore updating or downgrading the firmware, read the supplementary documentation supplied with the new firmware carefully (in particular the Readme files).

IServers with iRMC S2 must be rebooted to activate the updated / downgraded firmware. For servers with iRMC S3, no reboot is required to activate the updated / downgraded firmware.

VCAUTION!

When updating / downgrading the firmware, note that the problem-free operation of the firmware can only be guaranteed if the runtime firmware and the SDR (Sensor Data Record, see page 355) both belong to the same firmware release.

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