Users invoke the Internet Exporter Web browser to login to the Integrated Management Module (IMM) Web user interface:
Web -> Server Management -> Server firmware -> Update firmware
After uploading a firmware image for IMM firmware, the user idles untilthe Web session times out and is removed from AppWeb. When the user tries to login again to the Web and attempts to update firmware again, the IMM Web user interface displays an error message that indicates:
another firmware update is already in progress
Source
RETAIN tip: H21907
Symptom
Users invoke the Internet Exporter Web browser to login to the
Integrated Management Module (IMM) Web user interface:
| |
Web -> Server Management
-> Server firmware -> Update firmware |
After uploading a firmware image for IMM firmware, the user
idles until the Web session times out and is removed from AppWeb.
When the user tries to login again to the Web and attempts to
update firmware again, the IMM Web user interface displays an error
message that indicates:
| |
another firmware update is already
in progress |
Affected configurations
The system can be any of the following IBM servers:
- System x NeXtScale nx360 M4, type 5455,
any model
- System x3250 M5, type 5458, any model
- System x3500 M4, type 7383, any model
- System x3550 M4, type 7914, any model
- System x3650 M4 HD, type 5460, any
model
- System x3650 M4, type 7915, any model
- System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 server, type
7912, any model
This tip is not software specific.
This tip is not option specific.
The following system firmware level is affected:
Integrated Management Module (IMM) 48H
Solution
This behavior will be corrected in a future release of
firmware.
For all platforms except the IBM System x NeXtScale nx360 M4,
the target date for this release is fourth quarter 2013.
The file is or will be available by selecting the appropriate
Product Group, type of System, Product name, Product machine type,
and Operating system on IBM Support's Fix Central web page, at the
following URL:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Workaround
Choose one of these two workarounds:
- When the Web session is timed out, wait for five minutes, then
it is OK to update firmware again.
- Use the Service Processor (SP) Command Line Interface (CLI)
command 'spreset' to resolve this issue.
- Use Telnet to login to the IMM Command Line Interface
(CLI).
- Issue the 'spreset' command, which resets IMM directly.
Additional Information
This issue occurs because IMM does not revoke the firmware
update request after the Web session times out.
System x:Operating system independent / None
Lenovo x86 servers:Operating system independent / None
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