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Sun SSM Component Manager Overview
Upgrading from Previous Versions
(Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager
(Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager in Interactive Mode
(Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager in Unattended Mode
(Windows) Using Component Manager
(Windows) Using the Component Manager Graphic Interface
(Windows) Using Component Manager Command-line Interface
CLI Tools Command Syntax and Conventions
CLI Tools Device-Naming Convention
Configuring the Device Boot Order
Configuring Individual CMOS Settings
Commands That Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output
fwupdate Command-Line Interface
How To Show a Detailed Listing
How To Show a Brief Listing of a Disk
remove spare Subcommand and Options
How to Remove a Spare Disk or a RAID Volume
How to Modify a RAID Volume Name
How to Export an Inventory to a File
How to Configure RAID Volumes from a File
Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1
How to Install Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1 Manually
How to Perform an Unattended Installation of the Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1
How to Verify ipmitool Installation
How to Configure for PXE to Boot First
How to Configure for the Hard Drive to Boot First
How to Configure for Any CD/DVD to Boot First
How to Configure for Any Floppy or Removable Media to Boot First
The fwupdate tool is one of the CLI components of the Sun Server Hardware Management Pack. fwupdate is a cross-OS utility that enables you to query, update, and validate the firmware of storage devices such as HBA, expanders, and disks on Sun servers. fwupdate is supported on Linux, the Solaris OS, and Windows for x86 servers and Solaris OS for SPARC servers.
The fwupdate tool updates a storage component's (SAS controller, SAS expander, disk drive, SAS bridge) firmware images when an update is made to that firmware. The tool displays the inventory of storage components that can be seen by a host and can show all of the available firmware versions.
The fwupdate tool uses a general-purpose cross-OS storage management library to access specific hardware information and provides exploration, monitoring, and configuration of on-board (local disks) and external storage resources (JBODs) connected to the host system.
The fwupdate CLI commands are run on the host machine and supports the target devices. fwupdate supports the following storage subsystems:
Disk drives (spinning media and Flash drives)
HBA and embedded storage controllers, SAS1 and SAS2
LSI SAS expander devices, SAS1 and SAS2
This section covers the following topics: