NEC EXP320A, User Manual

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Installing and Using Utilities 5-71
Procedure in Server Maintenance Utility
1.
Save the image data of the update firmware in a desired directory of the server.
Write down the path to the directory in which the image data is saved.
2.
Select the target component with the Server Maintenance Utility.
3.
Check the current state of the target component with the LEDs. If the component is operating,
stop the component. Stop the CPU module and then stop the PCI module.
4.
Click the [Firmware…] button for the target component.
Sample screen of Server Maintenance Utility
[CPU Module]
5.
Select [Specify new firmware for update],
enter the directory where the firmware to
update is stored (the directory you wrote down
in step 1) and the file name of the image data
into the input box, and click the [Execute]
button.
The server will update the firmware.
6.
Check the update result with the event log.
When using the Server Maintenance Utility
screen to check the update result, the tree view status is not updated automatically. Select
“Refresh” from the display menu or use the tool button, to update the tree view status.
7.
After the BIOS update for a single CPU module is completed, click [Jump Switch] in [Jump
Switch].
The module completely updated is started and the module under operation is stopped.
Switching boards should be performed only by “Update Firmware.”
㩷 The keyboard and
mouse may not function for a few minutes while switching boards.
If the module is not switched successfully, by setting “Operation at the time of newer version
BIOS detection” of GeminiEngine Monitor Tool, BIOS may be updated for the rest of the