4. Carefully lay the combined unit on a flat, static-protective surface, with the
cover side up.
5. Remove the cover from the storage expansion unit.
6. Locate the 2-pin jumper at JP1 on the system board, near the right side of the
ServeRAID-8k DIMM connector, as shown in Figure 3.
7. Install the jumper connector across the two pins that are shown in Figure 3.
8. Replace the cover on the storage expansion unit and reinsert the blade server
into the BladeCenter unit.
9. Switch control for the monitor and media bay to the blade server.
10. Insert the ServeRAID-8k firmware disk 1 into the diskette drive.
11. Turn on the blade server and observe the system POST process. If the
zero-mode jumper is installed correctly, the ServeRAID-8k controller does not
display a POST banner.
12. As the system starts to diskette 1, the following message is displayed:
This program will update the firmware on all IBM ServeRAID-8k controllers
in the system. Do you want to continue. [Y,N]?
13. Type y to respond to the prompt, and then follow the instructions on the screen
to complete the flash update.
14. After the flash update is completed, turn off the blade server.
15. Remove the combined blade server and storage expansion unit from the
BladeCenter unit.
16. Remove the cover on the storage expansion unit and remove the 2-pin jumper
connector from JP1 (see Figure 3).
Figure 3. ServeRAID-8k and ServeRAID-8k-l zero-mode flash jumper (BladeCenter Storage
Expansion Unit 3)
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