Operating instructions

88 Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
3. Click Advanced Management in the bay in which the switch resides.
4. To start a Telnet session, click Start Telnet Session.
Complete these steps to upgrade the switch software:
1. Enter your user ID and password. If you do not have an assigned user identifier (ID) and
initial password, type the default user ID (USERID) in the User ID field and the default
password (PASSW0RD, where O is a zero) in the Password field and press Enter.
2. Using the CLI, type the following command and press Enter:
archive download-sw tftp://xxxx/yyyy
(xxxx is the IP address of the TFTP server and yyyy is the image to be downloaded; for
example, cigesm-i6q4l2-tar.121-14.ay.tar)
3. A successful download produces a message similar to:
New software image installed in flash:/cigesm-i6q4l2-mz.121-14.AY
Configuring system to use new image...done.
4. When the download is complete, at the CLI prompt, type reload and press Enter, and type
y and press Enter.
6.2 Blade server initial configuration
In this section, we prepare the IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20s for operation.
6.2.1 Firmware update
There are two primary methods to update the firmware of the BladeCenter HS20:
򐂰 Update diskettes
Download the firmware diskette image. Create an update diskette and boot the HS20 with
it. The updates need to be done one by one for each firmware.
򐂰 UpdateXpress CD
IBM UpdateXpress provides an effective and simple way to update server firmware.
UpdateXpress is a CD containing a self-starting program that allows you to maintain your
system firmware and Windows device drivers at the most current levels defined on the CD.
UpdateXpress automatically detects currently applied device driver and firmware levels
and presents them to you. It then gives you the option of selecting specific upgrades or
allowing UpdateXpress to update all of the items that it detected as needing upgrades.
UpdateXpress
For our example, we used IBM UpdateXpress Version 3.03 to perform the firmware updates
to our HS20 servers. Go to the following Web site to obtain UpdateXpress V3.03:
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-53046
Note: The Java 1.4 Plug-in is required to run this application. If it is not installed, it will
be downloaded if an Internet connection is available. If an Internet session is not
available, download it and install it separately.