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Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
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Ê
Reinstall and secure the server blade in the system unit as described in
section
"Installing the server blade in the system unit" on page 57
.
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If applicable, close the rack door as described in section
"Closing the rack
door" on page 62
.
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Update the system board BIOS and iRMC to the latest version as described
in section
"Updating or recovering the system board BIOS and iRMC" on
page 73
.
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When iSCSI boot is used via onboard CNA, the Onboard CNA OpROM has
to be enabled in the system board BIOS. If applicable, proceed as described
in section
"Enabling Option ROM scan" on page 80
.
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If applicable, activate TPM functionality in the system BIOS under
Security
>
TPM (Security Chip) Setting
>
Security Chip
. For more information, refer to the
"D3143 BIOS Setup Utility for PRIMERGY BX924 S4" reference manual.
Ê
Verify and update time settings as described in section
"Verifying the system
time settings" on page 86
.
Ê
Inform the customer about changed WWN and MAC addresses. For further
information, refer to section
"Looking up changed MAC / WWN addresses"
on page 92
.
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After replacing the system board in a server blade running Linux OS, update
the MAC address of the onboard network controller in the related NIC
definition file as described in section
"Updating the NIC configuration file in
a Linux environment" on page 89
.
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Enable boot watchdog functionality as described in section
"Enabling boot
watchdog functionality" on page 84
.
Ê
If BitLocker functionality is used and has been disabled before starting the
maintenance task, re-enable BitLocker as described in section
"Enabling
BitLocker functionality" on page 91
.
Ê
If applicable, restore LAN teaming configurations as described in section
"After replacing the server blade" on page 95
.
Ê
Please observe the notes on RAID rebuild in section
"Performing a RAID
array rebuild" on page 92
.
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If applicable, reconfigure your network settings in the operation system
according to the original configuration of the replaced controller
(expansion card or onboard CNA). For further information, please refer
to section
"Note on network settings recovery" on page 144
.