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### NEM Firmware Update

Some Oracle ILOM and ASIC firmware on the NEMs can be updated without powering down the blades. These are referred to in this document as live updates. Some NEMs require that the blades are powered down.

To perform a live update for most NEMs, a second NEM must be installed with IP network multipathing (IPMP) or trunking software configured so that port failover is enabled to the second NEM.

Note - The main tools for updating NEMs are the Oracle ILOM CMM and the Oracle Hardware Management Pack `fwupdate` tool. To determine the correct tool for updating NEM firmware, refer to the NEM documentation.

The following table clarifies which NEMs can and cannot be updated live. Except for cases noted in the table, SAS expander firmware can not be updated live and requires blades to be powered off to update.

Name | Marketing Part Number | Manufacturing Part Number | NEM Firmware to Update | LIve Update? | Notes
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
SB6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24P 10GbE | X2073A | 541-3770 or 7053929 | ILOM, sefos | Yes | Can be updated live if a second NEM is installed to provide redundancy.
Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE NEM | X4238 | 540-7695 | ILOM, SAS expander | No | All blades must be powered down to update this NEM.
Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM | X4338A | 542-0406 or 540-7961 | ILOM, SAS expander | No | All blades must be powered down to update this NEM.
Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized 40 GbE NEM | 7100090 | 7020536 or 7052308 | ASIC, SAS expander | Yes | Can be updated live if a second NEM is installed to provide redundancy. This NEM has no service processor so there is no Oracle ILOM firmware. A reset of the NEM is required to initialize the new firmware.
Sun Blade 6000 Multi-Fabric NEM | X4212A | 540-7589 or 371-2743 | SAS expander | No | All blades must be powered down to update this NEM.
Sun Blade 6000 Multi-Fabric 10GbE NEM | X4236A | 541-2760 | SAS expander | No | All blades must be powered down to update this NEM.

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