Installing diagnostics firmware upgrades, Prerequisites – Nortel Networks Application Server 53r 5300 00 User Manual

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Maintenance Releases

If the firmware is out of date, the system flashes the firmware.

5

When the upgrade completes, remove the CD from the CD-ROM
drive.

6

Use the ASM Remote Control to restart the server and boot to
the operating system:

Server > Tasks > Server Restart

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Installing diagnostics firmware upgrades

Use this procedure to upgrade the diagnostics firmware. This procedure
requires the reboot of the server.

Prerequisites

You must be assigned to the SSA role (ntsysadm).

You must have the CD containing the diagnostics firmware upgrade
file.

Procedure Steps

Step

Action

1

Load the diagnostics firmware upgrade CD into the CD-ROM
drive.

2

Log on to the server as the SSA role (ntsysadm).

3

Reboot the server.

sudo reboot

4

If the operating system has been installed, change the boot
sequence so that the CD-ROM is the primary boot device by
doing the following:

When the BIOS information appears, press F12 to select the
boot sequence.

Select CD-ROM as the primary boot device.

Otherwise, wait for the server to reboot.

The IBM Flash Update Utility automatically flashes the firmware
and reboots the system when it completes.

Attention:

It may take up to 5 minutes for the firmware to be

flashed. Do not power off or restart system.

Application Server 5300

Nortel AS 5300 Installation

NN42040-300

01.04

4 November 2008

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