IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Aix, File/var/updateflashimage

Refer to the downloaded update instructions, or to the

System

Management

Services

“Config” on page 3-5 or “Display

Configuration”

on

page 3-26

or

Service

Processor

menus

on page 4-7, to determine the level

of

the

system

unit

or

service

processor

flash.

Updating

Firmware from the Service Processor Menus:

The Service Processor Menus

are

available while the server is powered off. From the

Service

Processor

Main

Menu,

select

Service

Processor

Setup to bring up a menu containing the item,

Reprogram Service Processor Flash EPROM. Selecting that item starts the update

process.

The

process

requests

the update diskette(s) as needed. After inserting the

first

diskette and informing the system, the process continues automatically. If

the

process requires user assistance, it

is

requested.

Updating

Firmware

from

the

SMS

Utilities:

From a powered down or reset condition,

bring

up the SMS Utilities and

select the menu item for updating firmware. The

process

requests

the

update

diskette(s)

as

needed. After

inserting

the

first

diskette

and informing the system, the process continues automatically. If the process

requires

user assistance,

it

is

requested.

Updating

Firmware

from

the

Service

Aids

Note:

This service aid is only

supported for :OnlineThis serviceDiagnosticsaid.

allows you to update the system or service processor flash.

Additional

update

and

recovery

instructions

may

be

provided;

also you need to know

the

fully

qualified

path

and

file name of the flash update image file. If the

flash

update

image

file

is

on

a

diskette,

you

need

the

AIX

DOS

utilities

package

to

proce

the

diskette. You

can dosdiruse thecommand to

find out

the

name

of

the

update

image

file. This

service

aiddosreaduses commandthe

to

put the

file/var into

the

file

system.

Using

this service aid to update the system

or

service processor

flash

will

not

save

the

current

contents

of the

flash.

The flash image file will be

/varcopiedfile insystthem. If

there

is

not

enough

space

in

/varthe file

system

for

the flash update image file, an error is reported. If

this

occurs, exit the service aid, increase/var filethesystemsize andof theretry the

service aid. After the file

is copied, a warning screen

will ask for confirmation to

continue the flash update. Continuing the flash update

will

eventually

cause

the

system

to

reboot

and

return

to

the

AIX

login

prompt. After

the

system

unit

reboots,

the file/var/update_flash_image

can

be removed to conserve space/var filein the

system.

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