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5.5. Update VIOS (if necessary)
Updates to the VIOS software are released as
Fix Packs
, or rarely for important individual fixes,
interim fixes (ifixes). A Fix Pack is cumulative and contains all fixes from previous Fix Packs.
Each Fix Pack also includes information on the level of VIOS to which it will update the system.
To find your current VIOS level, use the following command in a VIOS Telnet session:
•
ioslevel
Then compare your current level with the level documented in the latest Fix Pack. To find the
latest VIOS Fix Pack, visit
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/vios/download/home.html. To install a Fix
Pack or ifix, click on it on the VIOS
Downloads
page above and follow the instructions for that
update.
5.6 Update the microcode on the I/O expansion cards on the blade (if necessary)
5.6.1. Displaying the current microcode level of the expansion adapters on the blade:
•
Start a Telnet session to VIOS
•
lsfware –dev <device name>
, where the device names can be:
•
fcs0
or similar for CFFh and CIOv Fibre Channel adapters
•
mptsas0
or similar will be the device name for the CFFv SAS card
•
sissas0
for the embedded SAS controller, which is updated instead of the CIOv
passthrough SAS expansion adapter if the latter is present
•
You should see a result similar to:
77103224.0125040024
(for the QLogic CFFh Fibre
Channel card)
5.6.2. Downloading the latest available level of expansion adapter microcode:
•
Start at http://www.ibm.com/support
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Choose
BladeCenter
under
Choose support type
and click the right arrow
•
Select the correct blade server, such as
BladeCenter JS22
or
BladeCenter JS23,
under
Product family
and click
Go
.
•
Locate the correct microcode download link by using the adapter description, such as
SAS Expansion Card (CFFv) Firmware for AIX - IBM BladeCenter
or
QLogic 4 Gb
fibre channel expansion card Multiboot v1.46 (AIX package) - IBM BladeCenter
If multiple microcode links are present for a single adapter, choose the
one designated for AIX
•
Click the download link to the right
•
On the download page, right-click and save the microcode file, such as
00105000.1004912584
for the CFFv SAS adapter
5.6.3. Updating the adapter microcode:
•
Start an FTP session to VIOS and sign in with
padmin
•
Type
bin
and press
Enter
•
Type
lcd <dir>
, where <dir> is the folder where you downloaded the microcode file
•
Type
put <file>
, where <file> is the name of the microcode file
o
By default, the file will be uploaded to /home/padmin in VIOS
•
Start a Telnet session to VIOS and sign in with
padmin
•
Type
oem_setup_env
and press
Enter
•
Type
mv <file> /etc/microcode/
, where <file> is the name of the microcode file
o
Do not forget the trailing “/”