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10.

Click

to confirm that you want to restart the Management Module. A window is displayed

advising that the browser window will be closed. Click

Update and configure BladeCenter I/O module

Learn how to select and apply the appropriate I/O module settings and updates. Use the procedure in
this section to accomplish this task.

Select

Admin/Power/Restart

under I/O Module Tasks on the navigation pane on the left side of the

screen.

Scroll down the next page to find the

I/O Module Advanced Setup

heading. Use the

Select a module

pulldown to select the appropriate I/O module (

I/O module 3

for the first port on the iSCSI

expansion card,

I/O module 4

for the second port on the card).

Note:

Make sure the pulldown for External ports has Enabled selected.

Click the

Save

button on the extreme lower right of the screen to save the values to the I/O module.

I/O module software may be updated at this time. The procedure varies depending on the
manufacturer of the I/O module. Refer to the README text printed earlier along with the I/O
module documentation to complete this task.

Update the blade server BIOS

You must perform these updates on all blade servers to be attached. Use the procedure in this section to
accomplish this task.

Refer to the README file printed earlier during the BIOS update download. Use the README file
instructions along with the following steps to perform the update. The README file will contain any
changes necessary to the general instructions listed below. Follow the directions in the README file
wherever differences occur.

Plug the BladeCenter’s ac power cords into a power source. Refer to the BladeCenter documentation
to complete this step.

Assign the KVM and Media Tray to the blade server to be updated. Refer to the blade server
documentation to complete this step.

Insert the media containing the BIOS update in the drive and turn on the blade server. Refer to the
blade server documentation to complete this step.

The server will boot off of the disk and present a window, choose

1 - Update POST/BIOS

from the

list of options.

On the next window, you will be asked if you would like to move the current POST/BIOS image to
the backup ROM location. If you select ’

, the current code will be copied in to the backup bank

immediately.

Select

for the next several display prompts until the

Save current flash code to disk

prompt is

displayed.

Select

for the prompt to Save current flash code to disk.

Select the appropriate language, if prompted, or select the

Update BIOS

option. The update begins.

When the update is complete, remove the media and turn off the blade server’s power. Refer to the
blade server documentation to complete this step.

Repeat the above steps for all blade servers to be attached.

Update the blade iSCSI HBA firmware

If an update for the iSCSI HBA firmware was built during the download process, it should be applied at
this time. Perform he procedure in this section is on the BladeCenter to accomplish this task.

Select the KVM and Media Tray to point to the blade server to receive the update. Refer to
BladeCenter documentation to complete this step.

System i and System p: iSCSI Host Bus Adapter for IBM BladeCenter, System x, or xSeries