Installing
the
firmware
manually
Where
older
versions
of
the
update_flash
script
exist
on
your
system
or
where
it
is
not
installed
you
can
use
rtas_flash
over
/proc
.
To
install
the
firmware,
do
the
following:
1.
Ensure
the
rtas-flash
driver
is
loaded.
To
do
this,
run
lsmod
.
2.
If
the
module
is
not
yet
in
the
kernel,
invoke
the
following
to
load
it:
modprobe
rtas_flash
3.
To
update
your
current
firmware,
copy
the
image
file
to
/proc/ppc64/rtas/
flash_update
and
reboot
manually:
cp
<image-file>
/proc/ppc64/rtas/flash_update
shutdown
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now
Updating
the
host
and
service
processor
images
To
update
the
host
and
service
processor
images,
do
the
following:
1.
Boot
the
operating
system
if
it
is
not
running
already.
2.
Update
the
host
firmware
image
as
described
in
the
section
above.
3.
Restart
the
blade.
4.
Shut
down
the
blade.
5.
Update
the
service
processor
firmware
using
the
Management
Module.
Updating
the
host
firmware
on
PERM
To
update
an
old
image
on
PERM
you
must
copy
the
TEMP
image
to
PERM
side.
The
command
is:
echo
0
>
/proc/rtas/manage_flash
.
Note:
The
script
checks
whether
the
board
is
booted
from
the
TEMP
image.
If
not,
the
script
does
not
complete.
System
firmware
user
interface
BladeCenter
QS20
system
firmware
is
an
Open
Firmware
implementation.
When
you
enter
the
system
firmware
user
interface,
you
see
the
Open
Firmware
command
prompt.
You
should
only
access
the
user
interface
if
you
intend
to
use
one
of
the
supported
Open
Firmware
commands.
Attention:
Use
the
user
interface
with
care.
It
is
possible
to
damage
the
system
configuration
when
you
use
the
Open
Firmware
prompt.
To
enter
the
Open
Firmware
prompt,
press
s
to
stop
the
automatic
boot
process.
Supported
commands
The
following
commands
are
supported:
Table
11.
Supported
commands
Command
Description
setenv
Allows
modification
of
an
Open
Firmware
environment
variable.
See
the
Open
Firmware
Standard
for
details.
Supported
variables:
boot-file,
boot
device,
boot-command
.
nvupdate
Commits
changed
environment
variables
to
NVRAM.
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