Updating

Firmware

from

AIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You

must

delete the/var/updatefileflash_image

before proceeding.

 

The

flash

update

image

file

must

have already /varbeenfileplacedsystemin. the

 

This

could

have been

done with a

file transfer from another server or

with the

dosread

command of the AIX DOS Utilities,

for example.

With the flash

update

image in place, issuing the following AIX command

 

 

shutdown -u /var/\filename\.img

 

 

 

 

 

initiates

the

update

process. Where *filename* is the

name of the flash update

image. During the process, the server powers down and

reboots. You know

the

process is complete

when

the

login

prompt

reappears.

 

 

Service

Processor

Logs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service

Processor

Error

Log:

 

The Service Processor error logs contain error

 

conditions

detected

by

the

Service Processor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

à

ð

 

 

Error Log

 

 

1997ð626223337 ð. Loss of Redundant Fan #5

 

 

4ð21ðð91

 

Press "C" to clear error log, any other key to continue. >

á

ñ

The time stamp in this error log is Coordinated Universal Time (CUT), a.k.a. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). AIX error logs have more information available and are able to time stamp with local time.

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