NEC N8800-096F, User Manual

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5-68 Installing and Using Utilities
Firmware Update
The server can update firmware (including BIOS) if some hardware components operate in the
online state (in which the system continues the operation but the component trying to update
firmware or BIOS is stopped).
To update firmware with NEC ESMPRO Manager, use the [Update] tree of the component in the
data viewer. Open the tree of the component for which firmware is updated and select the [Update]
tree.
To update the firmware of a component with the Server Maintenance Utility, use the utility screen of
the component.
To update the firmware of a component, the firmware image file of the firmware for update must
previously be stored in the managed server. On the firmware update screen, specify the path to the
firmware image file for update.
The table below shows the potential cases in which the firmware of a component is to be updated.
Firmware update
Component
Remote Local
CPU Module When BIOS must be updated to
new one.
Executable in any of the
following module states (this can
be viewed on manager screen):
x
Removed
x
Broken
x Shot
x
Diagnostics Passed
To update the module under
operation, bring down the
module before the update.
When BIOS must be updated to new
one.
Executable in the following module
state (this can be viewed on Server
Maintenance Utility screen):
x
Removed
x Broken
x
Shot
x
Diagnostics Passed
(Firmware Update Complete)
To update the module under operation,
bring down the module before the
update.
Remote: Executable from remote management PC by using NEC ESMPRO Manager
Local:
Executable on local server by using Server Maintenance Utility