Specifications

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Updating IPMI FW and FRU data for an AMC or RTM
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Updating the IPMI firmware
TheIPMIfirmwareforanRTMorAMCisupdatedusingrsys‐ipmitool.UpdatetheAMCor
RTMIPMIfirmwarebyfollowingthesesteps:
1. AccesstheLinuxorWindowscommandprompt.
2. ChangedirectorytothelocationoftheextractedAMCorRTMfirmwareimagesandtools.
3. Determinethefollowing:
•IPaddressoftheShelfManager(notnecessaryiftheOpenIPMIdriverisused)
•IPMBaddressofthemodulewheretheAMCisinstalled,orthemoduleassociated
withtheRTM(notnecessaryifupgradingfromthelocalLMPorCPUoverOpenIPMI)
•IPMB‐LaddressoftheAMCorRTM
SeeAppendixB,IPMB
andIPMB‐Laddressmapping,onpage 85fordetailsaboutIPMBand
IPMB‐Laddresses.
TheIPMIfirmwarecanbeupdatedusingthesemethods:
•ShelfManager
• OpenIPMI
Using the Shelf Manager
ThefollowingcommandupdatestheIPMIfirmwareusingrsys‐ipmitoolthroughtheShelf
Manager,specifyingthe*.hpmAMCorRTMfirmwareimage:
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upgrade<.hpmupgradeimage>activate
noprompt
ThisexampleupdatesanAMCataddress0x7A:
rsys‐ipmitool‐Ilan‐H10.2.113.200‐Anone‐T0x86‐B0‐t0x7A‐b7hpm
upgradeupgrade.hpmactivatenoprompt
SomeShelfManagersmayrequireauthentication.If‐AnonedoesnotallowanRMCP
connection,refertothe ShelfManagementSoftwareReferencemanualand
rsys‐ipmitool‐‐
help
todeterminehowtoestablishanRMCPsession.
Using OpenIPMI
ThefollowingcommandupdatesanAMCorRTMforamodulefromthemodule’sLMPor
CPU :
rsys‐ipmitool‐t<AMC/RTMIPMB‐LAddress>‐b7hpmupgrade<UpgradeImage>
activatenoprompt
ThefollowingcommandupdatesanAMCorRTMonadifferentmodulefromamodule’sLMP
orCPU:
rsys‐ipmitool‐T<CarrierIPMBAddress>‐B0‐t<AMC/RTMIPMB‐LAddress>‐b7
hpmupgrade<UpgradeImage>activatenoprompt