Specifications

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Chapter
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Updating IPMI FW and FRU data for an AMC or RTM
ThischapterdescribesupdatingtheAMCorRTMIPMIfirmwareusingrsys‐ipmitooland
updatingtheFRUda taforanAMCorRTMusingthermcptautility.
ThefollowingitemsarerequiredtocompletetheIPMIfirmwareandFRUdataupdatesforan
AMCorRTM:
•AShelfManagerwithRMCPLANtoIPMBbridgingandSendMessagecommandsupport
•AcarrierwithSendMessagecommandsupporttoAMCsandRTMs
•AWindowsorLinuxmachineabletocommunicateoveraLANwiththeShelfManager
•TheRadisyssoftwaretoolrmcptaforcheckingthecurrentfirmwareversionandupdating
theFRUdata
•TheRadisyssoftwaretoolrsys‐ipmitoolforcheckingthebackupfirmwareversionand
updatingtheIPMIfirmware
•AnHPM.1firmwareupgradeimage(*.hpm)
•AFRUinformationupdatefile(*.fru)
Determining the IPMI firmware version
TodeterminetheIPMIfirmwareversionforanAMCorRTM,thesedeviceaddressesnee dto
beacquired:
•IPaddressoftheShelfManager
•IPMBaddressofthecarrierwheretheAMCisinstalled
•IPMB‐LaddressoftheAMCorRTM
SeeAppendixB,IPMBandIPMB‐Laddressmapping,onpage 85forinformationaboutIPMB
andIPMB‐Laddresses.
Current firmware version
Tocheckthecurrentfirmwareversion,enterthesecommands:
1. rmcpta‐h<shelfIPaddress>
2. targetfwd<carrierIPMBaddress><AMCorRTMIPMB‐Laddress>
3. getdeviceid
Backup firmware version
Tocheckthebackupfirmwareversion,executethiscommand:
rsys‐ipmitool‐Ilan‐H<shelfIPaddress>‐Anone‐T<carrierIPMBaddress>‐B0
‐t<AMCorRTMIPMB‐Laddress>‐b7hpmcheck