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Updating the Firmware

The flashupdate command updates both the service processor firmware and the server firmware.

The flash image consists of the following components:

Service Processor firmware

OpenBoot

POST

Reset/Config

Sequencer

Partition description

Updating the Firmware

To use the features and fixes in subsequent firmware releases, perform “To Update the Firmware” on page 61.

To Update the Firmware

1.Ensure that the ILOM service processor network management port is configured.

This is required to access the new flash image over the network. See “To Configure the Service Processor Network Management Port” on page 48.

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