IBM eX5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 9. Management 509

To download the Scripting Toolkit or the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit User’s Reference,

select the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit website:

http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-TOOLKIT

9.10 Firmware update tools and methods

Multiple methods exist for performing firmware updates. The preferred method to perform

firmware updates is to use one of these tools:

򐂰 UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (UXSPI)

򐂰 Bootable Media Creator (BoMC)

These tools are able to perform these functions:

򐂰 Display an inventory of installed firmware and drivers

򐂰 Download firmware and drivers from http://www.ibm.com

򐂰 Download a UXSP from http://www.ibm.com

򐂰 Update all of the firmware and drivers in your system, including RAID, hard disk drives

(HDDs), network interchange cards (NICs), and Fibre Channel devices

򐂰 Apply updates in the correct order to completely update a system with the fewest reboots

򐂰 Create a bootable CD/DVD/USB key/Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) image to

perform firmware updates (BoMC)

We cover these two tools in the following sections.

This section describes important points for the firmware update. You can also read the

readme file in each update package and all recommendations and prerequisites for updating

in the Best Practice Firmware Update Guide at the following website:

http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5082923

9.10.1 Configuring UEFI

To enable flashing, you must enable the LAN over USB interface first in UEFI:

For the x3850 X5 and x3690 X5 servers, in the UEFI menu, select System Settings 

Integrated Management Module  Commands on USB Interface Preference and enable

Commands on USB interface. See Figure 9-61 on page 510.

Tip: On systems that contain an FPGA, a power off/on cycle is required to activate the new

firmware.