Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7, Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

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94 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
RX300 S7
Basic software procedures
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Ensure that the server has been shut down and disconnected from the
mains as described in section
"Shutting down the server" on page 65 .
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Connect the USB stick to the USB port.
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Ensure that only the USB device with the iRMC firmware is connected
to the USB port. Remove all other USB devices temporarily.
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Connect the server to the mains while pushing the ID button on the front
panel. Ask a second person to help you if necessary.
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Ensure that the Global Error indicator and the ID indicator are flashing to
indicate that the server is entering the iRMC recovery state.
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Press the Power On / Off button. The system starts the POST process.
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In iRMC recovery mode, the “FUJITSU” logo does not show up.
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The system will detect the USB stick.
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If the BIOS cannot identify the USB stick, the pop-up message
Failed to boot for Emergency flash. Please Reset now.
will show up in the center of the screen.
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Choose the Recovery_L option from the update tool menu to start the iRMC
update process.
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CAUTION!
Do not interrupt the iRMC upgrade process after it has started. If the
process is interrupted, the iRMC BIOS may be permanently
corrupted.
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If the iRMC does not work after flashing, disconnect the system from
the mains and reconnect it again.
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Shut down the server by pressing the power On / Off button.
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Disconnect the server from the mains to exit the iRMC recovery state.
5.2.2 Verifying system information backup / restore
To avoid the loss of non-default settings when replacing the system board, a
backup copy of important system configuration data is automatically stored from
the system board NVRAM to the Chassis ID EPROM. After replacing the
system board the backup data is restored from the Chassis ID board to the new
system board.