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Updating firmware images

10.3

Updating firmware images

Since the iRMC S2/S3 firmware executes in the SRAM memory of the
iRMC S2/S3, it is possible to update both active and inactive firmware images
online, i.e. with the server operating system running.

The following methods are available for updating the firmware images:

over the iRMC S2/S3 web interface

using the ServerView Update Manager

using ServerView Update Manager Express or ASP

Update using the operating system flash tools.

Downgrading the firmware to the previous version

Besides the possibility of performing a firmware update, you can also
downgrade the firmware to the previous version.

The simplest way to downgrade the firmware is to store the previous-version
firmware image as the inactive firmware image in the EEPROM of the
iRMC S2/S3. In this case, you only have to set the firmware selector to this
previous-version image (see

page 182

) and subsequently restart the

iRMC S2/S3 to activate the firmware.

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You can also downgrade the firmware by applying the methods described
in the following sections. In these cases, you perform a firmware update
based on the firmware of the previous version. Special requirements to
perform the downgrade are pointed out separately in the following
sections.

10.3.1 Update via the iRMC S2/S3 web interface

The

iRMC S2/S3 Firmware Update

page allows you to update the firmware of the

iRMC S2/S3 by providing the firmware image either locally on the remote
workstation or on a TFTP server (see

section "iRMC S2/S3 Firmware Update"

on page 181

).