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 After generate the files, you can use the following commands to program the MMC microcontroller.
 To upgrade the firmware, use
 
-    ipmitool -I lan -H host_name_mch -A none -T 0x82 -m 0x20 -t (112 + num_slot*2 in hexadecimal) hpm upgrade openMMC.hpm
+    ipmitool -I lan -H host_name_mch -A none -T 0x82 -m 0x20 -t (112 + num_slot*2 in hexadecimal) hpm upgrade openMMC.hpm activate
 
 To upgrade the bootloader, use
 
-    ipmitool -I lan -H host_name_mch -A none -T 0x82 -m 0x20 -t (112 + num_slot*2 in hexadecimal) hpm upgrade newboot.hpm
+    ipmitool -I lan -H host_name_mch -A none -T 0x82 -m 0x20 -t (112 + num_slot*2 in hexadecimal) hpm upgrade newboot.hpm activate
 
 ## Debugging
 It is possible to debug the MMC firmware using OpenOCD and GDB. First, connect OpenOCD with the debug probe using the `out/openocd.cfg` file generated by cmake in the build directory: