Specifications

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Operation and Maintenance
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Overview of firmware updates
Table 16summarizestheCPM’sprogrammabledevicesandthecontentthatcanbeupdated.
AllupdatescanbeperformedfromtheCPM’slocalCPU:
•ThroughaserialconsolethatisdirectlyconnectedtotheCPMorRTMserialport.
•ThrougharemoteserialconsoleasdescribedinChapter4,Serial‐Over‐LAN,onpage 65.
•ByaremotelogintotheCPMoverEthernet.ThesessionislostwhentheCPMreboots.
TheBIOSsetupmenuscannotbeaccessedandthebootupmessagescannotbeviewed.
UpdatesoftheIPMCandIPMCEEPROMcanalternativelybeperformedfromaremote
computer’sCPU:
•ByspecifyingtheShelfManagerIPaddressandtheCPM’sIPMBaddressintheupdate
commands.
•ByspecifyingtheCPM’sBaseinterfaceIPaddressintheupdatecommands.Thismethodis
availablewhenaccesstotheIPMChasbeenconfiguredasdescribedinChapter4,IPMI‐
Over‐LAN,onpage 63.
Instructionsforupgradingallnecessarycomponentsareincludedwiththeupdateimage,
whichisavailablefromRadisysTechnicalSupport.
Table 16. Programmable devices and upgradeable content
Programmable device Upgradeable content Copies to update Run update commands on
SPI flash BIOS 2 CPM’s CPU
SPI flash ME 1 CPM’s CPU
IPMC IPMI code 2 CPM’s CPU or remote CPU
IPMC EEPROM FRU records 1 CPM's CPU or remote CPU
SAS EEPROM LSI SAS EEPROM 1 CPM’s CPU
Base NIC EEPROM image 1 CPM’s CPU
Fabric NIC Firmware 1 CPM’s CPU