Upgrade System Firmware Without an FTP Server

If you do not have access to a local FTP server to upload firmware to the service processor, you can use the sysfwdownload utility, which is provided with your system firmware upgrade package on the SunSolve site:

http://sunsolve.sun.com

1. Run the following commands within the Solaris OS.

   # cd firmware_location # sysfwdownload system_firmware_file

2. Shut down the Solaris OS instance.

   # shutdown -i5 -g0 -y

3. Power off the system and update the firmware.

   sc> poweroff -fy sc> flashupdate -s 127.0.0.1

4. Reset the service processor and power on the system.

   sc> resetsc -y sc> poweron