boot image

This command designates the startup firmware image and restarts the appliance with this image.

Syntax

boot image [accept-license] file

Parameters

accept-license: Indicates acceptance of the terms of the license agreements.
file: Specifies the name of the firmware image.

Guidelines

The boot config and boot image commands work together to define the restart process.

The boot config command designates the startup configuration.
The boot image command designates the startup firmware image.

The firmware image can contain new version of component firmware. Examples of component firmware includes, but is not limited to, the BIOS, BMC, and RAID controller for the appliance. When the firmware image contains new versions of component firmware. the upgrade can take approximately 20 minutes. During this upgrade process, do not power off or restart the appliance.

You must use the accept-license keyword to confirm acceptance of the original license agreement (that is, the license agreement that you accepted when you installed and configured the IBM® MQ Appliance).

You can use an empty license.accepted file when you automate the installation process with a script. To indicate acceptance of the terms of the license agreements, the script must create the empty license.accepted file in the temporary: directory on the appliance. When the file exists on the appliance:

The license is considered to be accepted.
The appliance allows the firmware upgrade to proceed.

Examples

Restarts the appliance with the file 5001 in the image: directory. Acknowledge acceptance of the license agreements with the accept-license keyword.
```
# boot image accept-license 5001
…
.....Firmware upgrade successful
Device is rebooting now.
```
Restarts the appliance with the file 5001 in the image: directory when an empty file temporary:///license.accepted exists.
```
# boot image 5001
…
.....Firmware upgrade successful
Device is rebooting now.
```