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Overview of Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM User's Guide
Features of the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM
Performing Hot Plug Insertion and Removal
Installing or Replacing the Virtualized M2 NEM
Installing and Removing SFP+ Optical Transceiver Modules
Booting Over the Virtualized M2 NEM 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port
Booting over the Network With an x86 Blade Server
Booting over the Network With a SPARC Blade Server
Installing and Configuring the hxge Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform
How to Configure the Network Host Files
Configuring the hxge Device Driver Parameters
Configuring the Jumbo Frames Feature
Installing and Configuring the hxge Driver on a Linux Platform
Installing and Removing the Driver on a Linux Platform
Configuring the Network Interface
Checking and Testing the hxge Device
Changing the hxge Driver Configuration
Installing and Configuring Drivers on a Windows Platform
Installing Drivers on a Windows Platform
Installing and Configuring Drivers on a VMware ESX Server Platform
Installing the ESX Server Drivers on an Existing ESX Server
Installing the ESX Server Drivers With a New ESX Installation
Configuring the Virtual NEM M2 Network Adapters
Accessing ILOM Documentation and Updates
How to Find the ILOM's IP Address
Connecting to ILOM Through Ethernet
How to Connect to the CLI Through Ethernet
How to Connect to the Web Interface Through Ethernet
Connecting to ILOM Through a Serial Connector
How to Connect to ILOM Through the Chassis (CMM) Serial Connector
How to Connect to the ILOM Using the NEM Serial Connector
How to Update NEM Firmware Using the Web Interface
How to Update NEM ILOM Firmware Using the Command-Line Interface
Enabling Private and Failover Mode
How to Enable Failover or Private Mode Using the Web Interface
How to Enable Failover or Private Mode Using the CLI
How to Prepare the NEM for Hot Plug Using the Web Inteface
How to Prepare the NEM for Hot Plug Using the Command-Line Interface
Fixing Problems with Oracle ILOM Using the Preboot Menu
How to Access the Preboot Menu
Using the edit Command and Configuring the Preboot Menu for Remote Access
How to Use the edit Command and to Configure the Preboot Menu for Remote Access
Overview of the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM Product Notes
Supported Software and Firmware
Hardware and Networking Issues
Packet Drop at 1Gb with 100m Cable (6879222)
Special Instructions for Network PXE Booting for the Sun Blade X3-2B Server (7183913)
ILOM Failover and Private Mode Cannot Be Enabled Simultaneously (6911661)
Cannot Set NEM SP IP Address When NEM Is Powered Off (6938660)
ipmitool Command Fails (6940791)
Prepare-to-Remove and Return-to-Service Does Not Work on NEM ILOM (6948103)
Green Rear SAS Link LEDs All Turn On When Setting Prepare-to-Remove (6950981)
NEM SAS Firmware Updates Must be Performed from the CMM and Not the NEM SP (7020854)
Oracle Linux: Server Module Might Hang When NEM Replaced Repeatedly (6935520)
Oracle Solaris: Virtualized M2 NEM hxge 10 GbE Driver Can Hang Under High Stress (6932684)
Linux: Configuring PCIe Hot Plug in Linux (7075694)
Windows: Incorrect Driver Version Displayed When Driver File Properties is Viewed (7069358)
The preboot menu provides the ability to recover the Oracle ILOM firmware image by updating (flashing) the SP firmware.
Normally, if the host is running, you can update the SP using the Oracle ILOM CLI or the web interface.
If the host is powered off and the SP firmware image becomes corrupted (making the server SP inaccessible using Oracle ILOM), you can use the following procedure to update it using the preboot menu.
Before You Begin
You must have a valid .flash SP firmware image file on a TFTP server. In addition, the TFTP server must be accessible over a network connection to your NEM's SP. This file is located on the Tools and Drivers DVD ISO image (available with the Virtualized M2 NEM software release 1.0.1) from the patches and updates section on the Oracle support site: http://support.oracle.com
Note - Updating the SP firmware using the preboot menu requires a .flash file instead of the .pkg file used to update the SP from Oracle ILOM.
For more information, refer to Accessing the Preboot Menu.
Preboot> net dhcp
This configures a DHCP network. You need to be network-connected to access your tftp server.
Preboot> net ping tftpIPaddress
where tftpIPaddress is the IP address of a TFTP server.
This checks to see if the TFTP server is accessible over the network.
Preboot> net flash tftpIPaddress path/ILOM-version-Sun_Fire_X4338.flash
where:
tftpIPaddress is the IP address of a tftp server
path is the path to the file relative to /tftpboot
version is the version of SP firmware
For example:
Preboot> net flash 10.8.173.25 images/ILOM-3_0_x_x_rxxxx-Sun_Server_X4338.flash
This downloads and flashes the firmware image. After a series of messages, the preboot prompt appears.
Preboot> reset
The preboot menu exits, and the service processor reboots.