IBM Global Business Services Massive Distribution Of Firmware Updates Using UXSPI Pxe Package (Update Express System Pack Installer) Deploy Using RDM 4. 30 As A PXE Server July, 2009 deeper Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services What Does It Good For? § Masive distribution of firmware updates: • You can boot multiple Server Systems (Blades etc. ) at the same time without dealing with physical CD-ROMs and Media Tray of Blade Center Chassis. • You do not have to deal with building scripts for individual firmware updates anymore • Easy update collecting & easy deployment • Clasic alternative tool for the traditional (RDM) firmware deployment method 2 Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Prerequisites /phases /Limitation Prerequisites 1. RDM 4. 30 (will not work with 4. 40) 2. Phases 3. Create pxe package for your blades using 4. Update. Xpress System Pack Installer for Microsoft Windows 3. Create a custom Task to load bootstrap pxelinux. 0 Limitation • Systems will not give Feedback to RDM Task Activation (The Task will timeout, but you could integrate the rdagent. exe in your UXSPI pxe package to give feedback to RDM) 3 Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Phase #1 Create UXSPI PXE Package Run the IBM Update. Xpress System Pack Installer Hit to launch the Tool. Center Bootable Media Center (BOMC) 4 Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 1. 5 Hit Next Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 2. 6 Make sure to select all the check boxes Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 3. 7 Choose Latest Available Individual Updates Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 4. 8 Select Your Targeted Systems Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 5. 9 Select Your Target Directory Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 6. 10 Coose The Media Format - Select Device Type “PXE” Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 7. 11 Confirm Your Choices and Hit Next Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Step 8. 12 Wait For the Process to finish and Open The target Diretory Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Copy the files into the pxedir to the repository dir Copy the files from the pxedir into the repository dir, usualy located in: C: Program FilesIBMRDMrepository 13 Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Phase #2 14 Create a Custom Task in RDM Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Advanced Command List in RDM Task 15 Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Screenshot #1 16 Send The Custom Task To The Target Blade And Wait for the Boot Process to finish Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Screenshot #2 17 Booting To Toolcenter Media Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Screenshot #3 18 Toolcenter Media Is Gethering Inventory About The Machine Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
IBM Global Business Services Screenshot #4 Now Updates Will Automatically Start When Countdown reaches 0 At this point you can disconnect your RDM Server machine and run the process on other Blade Center. The UXSPI is runing from the blade ram drive. 19 Author: Yossi Swisa / IBM Israel (zsy@il. ibm. com) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007
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