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SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Servers Administration Guide

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Updated: September 2017
 
 

Updating the Firmware

On these servers, you can update the firmware without impacting hosts that are running in the PDomains. For hosts that are running, the firmware is automatically updated when the running system or PDomains are powered off and then powered on.

If you try to update the firmware with a version that is incompatible with the firmware on the running system or PDomains, you will be instructed to shut down the hosts with the incompatible version and then update to the new firmware version. Optionally, to ensure that all SPs and hosts move to the new image at the same time, you must power off all hosts.

In addition, Oracle ILOM ensures that the system is upgraded automatically to the correct firmware when swapping SPs and powering hosts off then on.

The firmware image you install to update the system firmware includes all necessary firmware components, including the Oracle ILOM firmware, OpenBoot PROM firmware, POST firmware, and miscellaneous files. The firmware image is installed in the flash memory of the SP.

These topics describe how to update the system firmware and view current versions of firmware for these servers.

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