Updating firmware images
10.3.4 Update using the operating system flash tools
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An online update using the operating system flash tools is only performed as a recovery flash, i.e. no version check is performed.
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Prerequisite:
The flash tools and the files for the firmware update must be present in the file system of the managed server.
You use one of the following flash tools, depending on the operating system you are running:
DOS:
Windows: flirmcs4
winflirmcs4
Prerequisite:
The ServerView agents for the used Windows operation system (32/64 bit) must be running on the managed server.
Windows (32 bit): w32flirmcs4 (No agents required.)
Windows (64 bit): w64flirmcs4 (No agents required.)
Linux: linflirmcs4
You call the flash tools in the Windows command line (flirmcs4, w32flirmcs4, w64flirmcs4, winflirmcs4) or at the Linux CLI (linflirmcs4).
The syntax and operands for the flash tools are described in section "Flash tools" on page 408 .
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Updating firmware images
Proceed as follows:
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An online update using a USB memory stick is described below (see
section "Setting up the USB memory stick" on page 398 ).
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Connect the USB memory stick to the managed server.
Ê In the Windows command line or the Linux Command Line Interface (CLI) switch to the drive corresponding to the USB memory stick.
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Set the firmware selector to the value 4 by calling the flash tool with the parameter /s 4.
E. g., in the Windows command line you enter: w32flirmcs4 /b 4 or w64flirmcs4 /b 4
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Start the update of the firmware and the SDR data by calling the flash tool with the corresponding update files.
E. g., in the Windows command line you enter: w32flirmcs4 *.bin /i or w64flirmcs4 *.bin /i
This flashes the new version into the inactive EEPROM.
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Firmware and SDR are flashed from the same *.bin file.
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If you call the flash tool with the parameter /wr, the updated firmware will automatically be activated once the flash has completed. In this case, it will not be necessary to reboot the iRMC.
During the firmware update, the console informs you about the progress of the update operation. If an error occurs, the update operation is aborted and a corresponding return code is reported (see
page 410
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Restart the managed server. This automatically activates the firmware image with the updated firmware.
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