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9.2.3 Updating firmware using the IMM

Through the Integrated Management Module (IMM), you can apply the following updates:

򐂰 IMM

򐂰 UEFI

򐂰 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

򐂰 Preboot Dynamic System Analysis (pDAS)

You can use the .exe or .sh file to make an update. For the UEFI update, you must power up

and boot the server into the operating system or in the UEFI Menu.

Update the firmware in this order:

1. IMM

2. UEFI

3. FPGA

4. pDSA

Use the IMM to update firmware:

1. Log in into the IMM web interface.

2. Select Tasks  Firmware Update, as shown in Figure 9-6.

Figure 9-6 IMM menu

3. Click Browse and select the update file.

4. Click Update to start the update process. A progress indicator opens as the file is

transferred to the temporary storage of the IMM.

When the transfer is completed, click Continue to complete the update process. A progress

indicator opens as the firmware is flashed. A confirmation page opens to verify that the

update was successful.

9.3 Advanced Management Module (AMM)

The Advanced Management Module (AMM) is a hot-swap module that you use to configure

and manage all installed BladeCenter components. The AMM provides system management

functions and keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) multiplexing for all blade servers in the

BladeCenter unit that support KVM. It controls a serial port for remote connection, the

external keyboard, mouse, and video connections for use by a local console, and a 10/100

Mbps Ethernet remote management connection.

IMM firmware update: After the IMM firmware update, the IMM will be reset. The restart of

the IMM after the update can take up to 9 minutes (13 minutes on a scalable complex

system). After this restart, the IMM is ready for any further firmware updates.

Tasks

Power/Restart

Remote Control

PXE Network Boot

Firmware Update

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Figure 9-7 shows an AMM.

Figure 9-7 AMM

All BladeCenter chassis come standard with at least one AMM. Each chassis also supports a

second management module for redundancy. One of the management modules is active, and

the second management module, if installed, remains on standby until the management

functions are manually switched over to it or if the primary management module fails.

The service processor in the management module communicates with the service processor

in each blade server. The IMM is the service processor on the HX5. The service processor

allows support features, such as blade server power-on requests, error and event reporting,

KVM requests, and requests to use the BladeCenter shared media tray (removable-media

drives and USB connector).

You configure BladeCenter components by using the management module to set information,

such as IP addresses. The management module communicates with all components in the

BladeCenter unit, detecting their presence or absence, reporting their status, and sending

alerts for error conditions when required.

With the AMM, you can perform the following tasks:

򐂰 Define the login IDs and passwords

򐂰 Configure the security settings, such as data encryption and user account security

򐂰 Select recipients for the alert notification of specific events

򐂰 Monitor the status of the BladeCenter unit, blade servers, and other BladeCenter

components:

–Event log

–LEDs

– Hardware and firmware VPD

– Fan speeds

–Temperatures

– Power usage

OK

TX/RX

LINK

Serial connector

Video

Remote management

and console (Ethernet)

Two USB ports for

mouse and keyboard