IBM Flex System FC5054, User Manual

IBM Flex System FC5054 4-Port 16 Gb FC Adapter User's Guide 

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Chapter 3. Updating the firmware

This chapter contains information and instructions for updating the adapter firmware.

Important:

Installing the wrong firmware or device-driver update might cause the 

network adapter or switch to malfunction. Before you install a firmware 

or device-driver update, read any readme and change history files that are 

provided with the downloaded update. These files contain important 

information about the update and the procedure for installing the update, 

including any special procedure for updating from an early firmware or 

device-driver version to the latest version.

Determining the adapter firmware level and 
upgrading adapter firmware

AIX

Note:

This section applies only to IBM Power Systems compute nodes.

Diagnostics are used to determine the adapter firmware level and to upgrade the 

adapter firmware. AIX systems can use either stand-alone diagnostics or AIX 

concurrent diagnostic utilities. Systems running other operating systems have the 

option to run the AIX stand-alone diagnostics or utilities provided for the specific 

operating system.
The AIX-based stand-alone diagnostics are available from the IBM website. Boot the 

diagnostics from a CD drive or from an AIX NIM server if the compute node cannot 

boot to an operating system, no matter which operating system is installed. Run AIX 

concurrent diagnostics if AIX is functioning instead of the stand-alone diagnostics. 

Refer to your system's documentation on running the diagnostic program.

Linux 

For IBM Power Systems compute nodes, refer to the instructions on using the ethtool -f 

command in the operating system documentation for your specific Linux distribution 

for information on how to determine the adapter firmware level and upgrade the 

firmware.
For IBM X-Architecture compute nodes, refer to the following application and utilities 

documentation for information on determining the adapter firmware level and 

upgrading the adapter firmware.



OneCommand™ Manager Application User Manual



Offline and Online Adapter Management Utilities User Manual

The documentation is available at http://www.emulex.com/downloads/ibm.html.