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Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Release Notes For Software Release 1.2.1

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Contents

Flash Upgrading Your Server to Release 1.2.1

How to Flash Upgrade Your Server to Release 1.2.1

Summary of ILOM SP/BIOS Flash Upgrade Steps

How to Determine The Firmware Version of Your Server

Determining the Firmware Version Using the CLI Through the Management Ethernet Port

Determining the Firmware Version Using the CLI Through the Serial Port

Determining the Firmware Version Using the Web GUI

Running the Pre-Flash Script

Summary Pre-Flash Script Procedure

Detailed Pre-Flash Script Procedures

Determining Whether the Pre-Flash Script Has Been Applied

Locating ILOM Service Processor Addresses

How to Reset the SP

Special Considerations Regarding the ILOM Firmware Release 1.0.5a Update

LSI Firmware fw1.10.00-bios6.06.06A Is Required For Release 1.2.1

Wrong Firmware Version Number in Firmware (6466318)

Flash Upgrades From SP Build 6464 or 10644 Fail With Bad /conf Partition (6415975)

FRU Information Appears Empty After Updating the ILOM Firmware and the BIOS (6406138)

If Flash Upgrade to Release 1.2.1 Fails, No Error Messages Are Displayed (6449094)

New FRU Data Does Not Display Properly on Older SW Releases 1.0 and 1.1 (6475381)

Servers With SW 1.2.1 factory-Installed Do Not Display Correct FRU Data

Upgrades From SW 1.0 Must Upgrade to SW 1.1 Before Upgrading to SW 1.2 or Later (6476901)

Considerations When Starting the Update On Systems With ILOM Versions Earlier than 6464

Recovering From a Failed Flash Update

Upgrading LSI Firmware and BIOS

Component Versions By Release