Updating the Broadcom Ethernet controller firmware

Notes:
  1. The Linux operating system must be installed and configured before updating the Broadcom Ethernet controller firmware.
  2. You must be logged in as a root user to perform these procedures.

The Broadcom Ethernet controller on the BladeCenter® JS20 Type 8842 blade server has the following requirements for SOL operation:

Complete the following steps to update the BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 blade server Broadcom Ethernet controller firmware. You do not have to configure the Broadcom Ethernet controllers to enable SOL.

  1. Download the latest version of BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 blade server Broadcom Ethernet controller firmware from http://www.ibm.com/support/.
  2. Update the blade server Broadcom Ethernet controller firmware, following the instructions that come with the update file that you downloaded.

After installing the Broadcom Ethernet controller firmware, you must restart the blade server before you can use the SOL feature.