Using the Tools and Drivers CD

A P P E N D I X B

This chapter contains information on the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Tools and Driver CD. It contains information on the following topics:

Section B.1, Tools and Drivers CD Contents

Section B.2, Updating BIOS and BMC Firmware

Section B.3, Booting the Tools and Drivers CD from a PXE Server

Section B.4, Broadcom NetXtreme Software

B.1 Tools and Drivers CD Contents

The Tools and Drivers CD contains several software applications and utilities for use with your Sun Fire X2200 M2 server. TABLE B-1 lists the contents of the CD and shows where to find more information on the contents.

TABLE B-1 Tools and Drivers CD Contents
Application	Document or Section in this Document
Drivers and installation scripts for supported operating systems	Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Operating System Installation Guide
BIOS/BMC firmware	Section B.2, Updating BIOS and BMC Firmware
Diagnostics software	Chapter 3
Windows RIS files	Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Operating System Installation Guide
Broadcom NetXtreme software	Section B.4, Broadcom NetXtreme Software

B.2 Updating BIOS and BMC Firmware

You can update the BIOS and BMC firmware from the Tools and Drivers CD using one of the following methods:

Using a Local Server and DVD Drive to Update the Firmware

Using tftp and the CLI to Update the Firmware

Using the ELOM Web GUI to Update the Firmware

To recover a corrupt BMC, refer to the Embedded Lights Out Manager Administration Guide.

B.2.1 Using a Local Server and DVD Drive to Update the Firmware

To Use a Local Server and DVD Drive to Update the Firmware

1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server DVD drive.

2. Reboot the server.

3. When the Tools and Drivers CD menu is displayed, select Upgrade System BIOS and SP firmware from the menu.

The BIOS and BMC will be updated to the latest versions and the system will automatically reboot. The BIOS will automatically load the optimized defaults.

4. Do the following after the firmware is updated:

Verify the BIOS settings.

Because the BIOS optimized defaults are automatically loaded when the BIOS is flashed, you might need to reset some of the BIOS settings.

For example, if the BIOS was previously modified to support RAID, you must re-enable RAID support in the BIOS after flashing it.

Verify the BIOS setting for Installed OS.

The default OS setting is for Solaris and Linux. See the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Operating System Installation Guide for instructions on changing the BIOS settings.

B.2.2 Using tftp and the CLI to Update the Firmware

To Uuse tftp and the CLI to Update the Firmware

1. Set up a tftp server to host the BIOS/BMC image.

Instructions for setting up the tftp server can be found in the system administration guides for the appropriate Solaris or Linux version:

Solaris 10 manual at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5504

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 manual at:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 manual at:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 manual at:

http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles9/pdfdoc/ sles_9_admin_guide/sles_9_admin_guide.pdf

2. Copy the combined BIOS/BMC image from the /remoteflash/version/bios_bmc_file file on the Tools and Drivers CD to your tftp server /tftpboot directory.

Where version is the version of the Tools and Drivers CD that you are using and bios_bmc_file is the name of the BIOS/BMC image.

For example: /remoteflash/1.0/x2200-191_3B10

3. Ensure that the OS on the platform is shut down.

4. Log onto the Sun Fire X2200 M2 ELOM CLI and cd into the Tftpupdate:

/SP -> cd TftpUpdate

5. Run the following commands from TftpUpdate:

/SP/TftpUpdate -> set ServerIPAddress=IP address of tftp server

/SP/TftpUpdate -> set FileName=bios_bmc_file

/SP/TftpUpdate -> set Update=action

The BIOS and BMC firmware are updated.

Note - During the upgrade process, the login prompt will appear. Do not attempt to log in until the flash update has completed.

6. If an OS is running on the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server that has been updated, reboot the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server in order for the BIOS and BMC updates to take effect.

The tftp download will start and you will see the following output.

B.2.3 Using the ELOM Web GUI to Update the Firmware

This method uses the ELOM SP to flash the BIOS and BMC. See the Embedded Lights Out Manager Administration Guide for more information on setting up and using the ELOM software.

To Use the ELOM Web GUI to Update the Firmware

1. Start the ELOM SP web GUI by typing the IP address of the SP into a browser.

See the Embedded Lights Out Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using the ELOM web GUI.

2. Copy the file /remoteflash/version/bios_bmc_file from the remoteflash directory located on the Tools and Drivers CD to the remote system that is running the ELOM Web GUI.

Where version is the version of the Tools and Drivers CD that you are using and bios_bmc_file is the name of the BIOS/BMC image.

For example: /remoteflash/1.0/x2200-191_3B10

3. Log in to the SP.

4. Click on Control and select Firmware Update from the drop-down menu.

The Firmware Update screen is displayed.

5. Click Browse and navigate to the location of the flash file.

6. Click Update.

The BIOS and BMC firmware on the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server will be updated.

B.3 Booting the Tools and Drivers CD from a PXE Server

If you have a Sun Fire X2200 M2 server that does not have a DVD drive, you can run the Pc-Check diagnostics and flash the BIOS from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server.

The following topics are included in this section:

Section B.3.1, Setting up the Tools and Drivers CD Image on the PXE Server

Section B.3.2, Accessing the Tools and Drivers CD From the Target Server

B.3.1 Setting up the Tools and Drivers CD Image on the PXE Server

You will need the following to set up the PXE server:

Red Hat kickstart server with a CD or DVD drive

Instructions for setting up the Red Hat kickstart server can be found in the system administration guides for Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 manual at

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 manual at

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/

Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Tools and Drivers CD

MEMDISK kernel from the SYSLINUX project. Access this kernel at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/

To Set Up the PXE Server

1. Log in to the PXE server as root (superuser).

2. Determine the directory where the Red Hat image is installed on the PXE server.

The default directory for the PXE image is usually /tftpboot/linux-install. The remainder of this procedure assumes that the PXE files have been installed in this directory.

Note - If your PXE files are not installed in the /tftpboot/linux-install directory, modify the procedure as necessary.

3. Make a directory for the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Tools and Drivers CD contents.

# mkdir /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_tau

4. Insert the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Tools and Drivers CD into the PXE server, and copy the boot.img file located in the root directory of the CD to the new Sun Fire X2200 M2 server supplemental directory created in Step 3.

# cp /mnt/cdrom/boot.img /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_tau

5. Download the MEMDISK kernel.

a. Go to the latest SYSLINUX project web site at:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/

b. Save the latest syslinux-version.zip file to your root directory.

Where version is the latest SYSLINUX project version.

Note - Version 3.09 was the latest version at the time of this writing.

6. Unzip the zip file.

For example:

# unzip syslinux-3.09.zip

7. Change to the memdisk directory.

For example:

# cd /syslinux-3.09/memdisk

8. Copy the memdisk kernel to the new Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Tools and Drivers Directory created in Step 3.

For example:

# cp /syslinux-3.09/memdisk/memdisk /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_tau

9. Edit the Boot Message Screen as follows.

a. Open the boot.msg file in a text editor.

# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg

b. Type the following line after 0 -Local Machine.

suppl_tau - Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Tools and Drivers CD

c. Save and close the boot.msg file.

10. Edit the default PXE Configuration file as follows.

a. Open the default file in a text editor.

# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/default

b. Type the following lines after the label0 section:

label suppl_tau
kernel suppl_tau/memdisk
append initrd=suppl_tau/boot.img

c. Save and close the default file.

11. Test the installation on the test machine.

B.3.2 Accessing the Tools and Drivers CD From the Target Server

You will need the following to run diagnostics on a target Sun Fire X2200 M2 server:

PXE server configured as shown in Section B.3.1, Setting up the Tools and Drivers CD Image on the PXE Server.

Sun Fire X2200 M2 server set up on the same network as the PXE server.

To Access the Tools and Drivers CD From the Target Server

1. Connect the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server to the same network as the PXE server.

2. Power on (or reboot) the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server.

3. Press the F12 key during POST.

4. The Boot Message Screen located on your PXE server at /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg displays on the screen.

5. Type suppl_tau at the prompt and press Return.

The MEMDISK kernel and the bootable portion of the Tools and Drivers CD are downloaded to the test machine over the network and into memory.

Once downloaded, the bootable portion of the Tools and Drivers CD will be booted.

6. The main menu of the bootable portion of the Tools and Drivers CD is displayed on the target Sun Fire X2200 M2 server.

7. You can now run the hardware diagnostics or update the System BIOS.

See Chapter 3 in this document for information on running Pc-Check diagnostics software.

B.4 Broadcom NetXtreme Software

Included on the Tools and Drivers CD is software from Broadcom for specific management applications for Windows only.

Broadcom advanced control suite

BASP (Intermediate Driver for VLAN and Teaming)

SNMP sub-agent

SIM provider

DMI PCI service provider

To install the software from a Windows Server 2003 Sun Fire X2200 M2 server:

1. Navigate to the following directory on the Tools and Drivers CD:

d:\tools_&_driver_1.0\drivers\windows\broadcomNIC\Launch.exe

2. Double-click Launch.exe.

3. Click Management Applications and follow the install wizard.

4. Click the Users Guide button in the Broadcom NetXtreme software for information about the software.

After the management software is installed you can run it as follows:

5. Start -> Broadcom -> Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2

Please note the following considerations when using the teaming feature of the Broadcom software:

Teaming two NVIDIA NICS or one NVIDIA NIC and one Broadcom NIC is not recommended but will work. See FIGURE 1-2 for the location of the NVIDIA and Broadcom NICs.

One of the broadcom NICs is shared with the SP NET MGT (LAN 1) port. This port is not supported for Broadcom teaming. For more information, refer to the users guide included with the Broadcom software.