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e. A window opens that shows the progress of the download.
f. Click the Continue button when prompted to confirm the firmware update.
This step may also take some time to complete.
g. A window opens that shows the progress.
The new ISMP firmware is now active in the target BladeCenter JS20.
5.5 Providing a console for the JS20 blades
The BladeCenter JS20 differs from other blade servers that are available for the
BladeCenter in that it does not provide an interface to a keyboard, video monitor,
and mouse (KVM) console. Therefore, you must set up the SoL remote text
console function to provide a console for a BladeCenter JS20. Use of SoL is
optional for other types of blade server that support KVM consoles.
The SoL remote text console function involves several different components in
the BladeCenter infrastructure as illustrated in Figure 5-11.
The SoL remote console function works as follows:
1. Using a Telnet or SSH client, connect to the BladeCenter Management
Module CLI. This is usually via an external management network that is
connected to the Management Module’s 10/100BaseT Ethernet interface.
2. From the Management Module’s CLI, initiate a SoL remote console session to
the desired blade server.
3. The Management Module uses a private VLAN provided by the LAN switch
module in I/O module bay 1, to transport the SoL data stream to the Ethernet
interface of the target blade server.
4. The Ethernet controller of the target blade server passes the SoL data stream
received from the private VLAN to the blade system management processor
(BSMP), which manages the text console for the blade server.
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