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## How to Prepare for an Unattended SIA Firmware Upgrade

Before You Begin

You can PXE-boot SIA to do an unattended system firmware upgrade on your Sun server. You can choose tasks such as system BIOS and ILOM upgrade, HBA firmware, and SP recovery. The basic steps for setting up an unattended installation include:

Note - Your server must support firmware upgrades through SIA to use the firmware upgrade option. If you enable an unattended firmware upgrade and an upgrade is not required on the target server (because the upgrade firmware image is either the same or earlier than what’s on the server being upgraded), the unattended install will stop at that point, prompting user intervention to continue. To avoid this, confirm that the firmware image you are using for the upgrade is later than what is already on the target server(s). The firmware version (build number) of the upgrade image is included in the README file. The firmware version (build number) on a target server can be viewed by logging into the server’s service processor and viewing the information through the LOM web interface, or by entering the `version` command through the CLI.

- Create the SIA Unattended State File for firmware upgrade.

  The SIA state file is a text file that directs the unattended installation of your upgraded firmware. Consider these requirements when creating an SIA state file:

  - The state file must not contain extraneous spaces or punctuation of any kind.

  - The lines specified in the SIA state file must correspond to the steps you would see if you were interactively using the SIA program to perform tasks.

  - Each variable with its value must be on a separate line in the state file without line breaks.

  An SIA state file for an unattended firmware upgrade looks like the following sample, see Table 4 for an explanation of each variable.

  Sample SIA State File for firmware upgrade:

  Note - Not all servers support the `taskList` and `firmware` options in the SIA state file. Refer to the SIA feature list for your server found on the Oracle download site if you are in doubt about support for these options.

      [STATE_BEGIN noname apit]
      apit.unattended=true
      apit.networking=true
      apit.welcome.acceptlicense=true
      apit.networkconfig.needNetwork=true
      apit.networkconfig.useDHCP=true
      apit.networkconfig.needProxy=false
      apit.taskList.selectedTask=SP/Bios Firmware Upgrade
      apit.remoteUpdate=true
      apit.remoteupdateURL=http://sia-updates.sun.com/remoteUpdate
      apit.http_proxy=path_to_my_http_proxy
      apit.firmware.spIP=n.n.n.n
      apit.firmware.spPasswd=password_for_sp
      [STATE_DONE noname apit]

Next Steps

When done, proceed to How to Create the SIA Image and Prepare for PXE Boot.

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