C H A P T E R 11

Updating ILOM Firmware

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Description | Links
Review the prerequisites | Before You Begin
Update ILOM firmware | Identify ILOM Firmware Version Download New ILOM Firmware Image Update the Firmware Image Recover From a Network Failure During Firmware Update
Reset the ILOM SP | Reset ILOM SP

Related Topics |  |
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For ILOM | Chapter or Section | Guide
Concepts | Configuration Management and Firmware Updates | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide (820-6410)
CLI | Updating ILOM Firmware | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 CLI Procedures Guide (820-6412)
IPMI and SNMP hosts | Configuring ILOM Firmware Settings | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Management Protocols Reference Guide (820-6413)
CLI and Web interface (CMM only) | Firmware Update Procedures | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) CMM Administration Guide for Sun Blade 6000 and Sun Blade 6048 Modular Systems (820-0052)
The ILOM 3.0 Documentation Collection is available at: `http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/int.lights.mgr30#hic`

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Updating the Firmware

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Description | Links | Platform Feature Support
Review the prerequisites | Before You Begin | x86 system server SP SPARC system server SP CMM
Update ILOM firmware | Identify ILOM Firmware Version Download New ILOM Firmware Image Update the Firmware Image Recover From a Network Failure During Firmware Update

### Before You Begin

Prior to performing the procedures in this section, the following requirements must be met:

- Identify the version of ILOM that is currently running on your system. For details, see Identify ILOM Firmware Version

- Download the firmware image for your server or CMM from the Oracle Sun download web site and place the image on your TFTP, FTP, or HTTP server.

- If required by your platform, shut down your host operating system before changing the firmware on your server SP.

- Obtain an ILOM user name and password that has Admin (`a`) role account privileges. You must have Admin (`a`) privileges to update the firmware on the system.

- The firmware update process takes several minutes to complete. During this time, do not perform other ILOM tasks. When the firmware update is complete, the system will reboot.

Note - As of ILOM 3.0.10, a new feature is available to manage firmware updates for Oracle Sun Modular System chassis components. For information and procedures for updating ILOM firmware on CMM chassis components, refer to the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) CMM Administration Guide for Sun Blade 6000 and Sun Blade 6048 Modular Systems (820-0052).

### Identify ILOM Firmware Version

Follow these steps to identify the firmware version:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Select System Information -->Versions.

The current firmware version information appears.

### Download New ILOM Firmware Image

1. Navigate to `http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/servers/index.html`

2. Expand the “Downloads” box at the right of the page, then click the “Drivers and Firmware” link.

3. Navigate to the appropriate page for your Sun server.

4. Select the “Downloads and Firmware” tab.

5. Click the “Download” link that is appropriate for your server.

### Update the Firmware Image

#### Before You Begin

- If required by your platform, shut down your host operating system before updating the firmware on your server SP.

- To gracefully shut down your host operating system, use the `Remote` `Power` `Controls` -> `Graceful` `Shutdown` `and` `Power` `Off` option in the ILOM web interface, or issue the `stop` `/SYS` command from the ILOM CLI.

Follow these steps to update the firmware image:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Select Maintenance --> Firmware Upgrade.

The Firmware Upgrade page appears.

3. In the Firmware Upgrade page, click Enter Upgrade Mode.

An Upgrade Verification dialog appears, indicating that other users who are logged in will lose their session when the update process completes.

4. In the Upgrade verification dialog, click OK to continue.

The Firmware Upgrade page appears.

5. In the Firmware Upgrade page, perform the following actions:

a. Specify the image location by performing one of the following:

- Click Browse to select the location of the firmware image you want to install.

- If supported on your system, click Specify URL. Then type the URL that will locate the firmware image into the text box.

b. Click the Upload button to upload and validate the file.

Wait for the file to upload and validate.

The Firmware Verification page appears.

6. In the Firmware Verification page, enable any of the following options:

- Preserve Configuration. Enable this option if you want to save your existing configuration in ILOM and restore that existing configuration after the update process completes.

- Delay BIOS upgrade until next server poweroff. Enable this option if you want to postpone the BIOS upgrade until the next time the system reboots.

Note - The “Delay BIOS upgrade” option appears only for firmware updates to ILOM 3.0 or later on x86 systems.

Note - The BIOS default settings cannot be preserved when updating the SP firmware. After updating the SP firmware, the default settings are automatically loaded for the new BIOS image.

7. Click Start Upgrade to start the upgrade process or click Exit to cancel the process.

When you click Start Upgrade the upload process will start and a prompt to continue the process appears.

8. At the prompt, click OK to continue.

The Update Status page appears providing details about the update progress. When the update indicates 100%, the firmware upload is complete.

When the upload completes, the system automatically reboots.

Note - The ILOM web interface might not refresh properly after the update completes. If the ILOM web is missing information or displays an error message, you might be viewing a cached version of the page from the version previous to the update. Clear your browser cache and refresh your browser before continuing.

9. Reconnect to the SP (or CMM) ILOM web interface. Select System Information --> Version to verify that the firmware version on the SP or CMM corresponds to the firmware image you installed.

Note - If you did not preserve the ILOM configuration before the firmware update, you will need to perform the initial ILOM setup procedures to reconnect to ILOM.

### Recover From a Network Failure During Firmware Update

If you were performing the firmware update process via the ILOM web interface using a local file and a network failure occurs, ILOM will automatically time-out and reboot the system.

Follow these steps to recover from a network failure during firmware update:

1. Address and fix the network problem.

2. Reconnect to the ILOM SP.

3. Restart the firmware update process.

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Resetting ILOM SP

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Description | Links | Platform Feature Support
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Reset the ILOM SP | Reset ILOM SP | x86 system server SP SPARC system server SP

### Before You Begin

- To reset the SP, you need the Reset and Host Control (`r`) role enabled.

- After updating the ILOM/BIOS firmware, you must reset the ILOM SP.

### Reset ILOM SP

If you need to reset your ILOM service processor (SP), you can do so without affecting the host OS. However, resetting an SP disconnects your current ILOM session and renders the SP unmanageable during reset.

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface.

2. Select Maintenance --> Reset SP.

The Reset Service Processor page appears

3. Click the Reset SP button.

ILOM reboots. The web interface is unavailable while ILOM reboots.

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