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This procedure describes how to update the firmware for Brisque (RS/6000
and pSeries) platforms. The machine firmware should be up to date in order
to support new devices and boards. The Firmware Update CD (P/N 634-00397A)
is available for all Brisque platforms. You can obtain the firmware for
your specific platform from the CD (browse to the required download),
or download from this page.
There are 2 alternative loading procedures, which are described in further
detail; the first procedure is the recommended one:
- Loading option 1 (recommended)—AIX® mode (for normal
operation on machines running AIX operating system)
- Loading option 2—DOS mode (using DOS diskettes for machines
that cannot reboot)
Notes for all loading options:
On 43P-150 and 44P-170, the new firmware changes the GUI SMS menu to a
text-based menu:
- To access SMS, use 1 instead of F1
- To boot from the CD, use 5 instead of F5
After loading the new firmware, the SMS menus on the various platforms
change:
- GUI SMS [F1] for E30, 43P-140 (Tiger1), F50
- Text SMS [1] for 43P-150 (Tiger2), 44P-170 (Hammerhead), 6F1, 6E3, 6E4
Loading option 1—AIX mode
Note: This loading option is not applicable for E30 and
43P-140 (Tiger1); use option 2 for these platforms.
- Download the AIX file that corresponds to the type of your Brisque
platform:
- Create a new folder on the Brisque machine and copy the file to the
new folder.
- Change the directory to the new folder.
- Uncompress the file: type
uncompress xx_AIX_FW.tar.Z.
Then untar the file: type tar xvf xxx_AIX_FW.tar (where
xxx is the type of your Brisque platform).
- Type
fw_update.sh and press Enter.
The version numbers of the current and required firmware appear.
- At the loading firmware prompt, answer yes and press Enter.
Press Enter again to confirm system reboot.
Attention: Reboot may take several minutes. Do not switch off
the machine during reboot.
Note: On F50, the machine reboots twice—once when loading
system firmware and once when loading service processor firmware.
Wait for the Loading completed message during machine startup
(before login). The message is displayed for several seconds. You can
view the message also in the firmware program log file, located at:
/scitex/version/logs/fw_update.log.
Loading option 2—DOS mode (using diskettes):
- Download the DOS file that corresponds to the type of your Brisque
platform:
- Unzip the file on a Windows® computer.
- For 6F1, 6E3 and 6E4, execute the exe files one by one to create
the diskettes. For E30, 43P, 44P and F50, there are no exe files,
so you should copy the img file to a new diskette.
Note: On F50 and 44P-170, one img file is for system firmware
and one img file is for service processor firmware. Copy each img
file to a separate diskette.
On F50, the WIL file is for system firmware and the wc
file is for service processor.
On 44P-170, the ROS file is for system firmware and the sh
file is for service processor.
- Label the diskettes accordingly.
- Depending on your machine:
- E30, 43P, 44P and F50: use the diskettes to load the firmware via
SMS. To access the SMS menu, press F1 or 1 during power-on.
- On newer platforms, use the diskettes to load the firmware via the
Service Processor menu. To access the Service Processor menu:
- Connect a laptop to the serial connector of the machine (machine
in OK status)
- Select (1) Service Processor Setup menu.
- Select (7) Program Flash EPROM menu.
- The diskette mode on 44P-170 contains a very old firmware version.
If you must use this old version, reload the firmware using the AIX
loading options described previously.
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