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3. Copy the new firmware image file to your system, inside the /tmp/fwupdate or
/home/padmin/fw for a VIO Server directory. You should create this directory if
it doesn’t exist. In order to do that type mkdir /tmp/fwupdate or mkdir fw for a
VIO Server.
4. Log on to the AIX or Linux system as root, or log on to the Virtual I/O
Server/IVM alpha partition as padmin.
5. Type
ls /tmp/fwupdate to confirm your new firmware image file is available in
your system. This command will list all files inside the /tmp/fwupdates
directory, including any firmware images you copied there.
For this example we will use the name
01EAXXX.YYY.ZZZ.img for our
firmware image file. See “Interpreting the firmware file name” on page 470for
more details on how to interpret the numbers and letters of a real firmware file
name.
6. Select one of the following methods to update the firmware image:
– Install the firmware with the in-band diagnostics of AIX.
– Update the firmware with the update_flash command on AIX
Example 12-1 Using the update_flash command inside AIX
cd /tmp/fwupdate
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/update_flash -f 01EAXXX.YYY.ZZZ.img
– Update the firmware with the update_flash command on Linux
Example 12-2 Using the update_flash command inside Linux
cd /tmp/fwupdate
/usr/sbin/update_flash -f 01EAXXX.YYY.ZZZ.img
– Update the firmware with the ldfware command on VIOS
Example 12-3 Using the ldfware command inside VIOS
cd /tmp/fwupdate
ldfware -file /home/padmin/fw/01EAXXX.YYY.ZZZ.img
7. Very that the update was successful by checking the firmware level, as shown
in “Verify current firmware level” on page 469.
Important: Updates from within an LPAR are not supported. You need to
be logged in to the VIOS instead.
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