Firmware Update

Select Blade Tasks → Firmware Update to update the Blade System Management Processor (BSMP) firmware on a blade server.

Use this page to update the BSMP firmware on a specific blade server. Currently, the blade server BSMP is the only component whose firmware can be updated by using this page. This page does not support the update of blade server BIOS, diagnostics, or network adapter firmware.

Graphic illustrating the blade server firmware update page.

Select the target blade server and the firmware file to use for the update; then, click Update. You can obtain the firmware files from http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.