ILOM Firmware

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ILOM Firmware

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Identify your ILOM firmware version.	Identifying ILOM Version Information
Update your ILOM firmware	Updating ILOM Firmware to Latest Version

Identifying ILOM Version Information

You can easily identify the ILOM firmware version that is running on the server SP. To identify the ILOM firmware version, you need the Read Only (o) role enabled.

Identify ILOM Version Using the Web Interface

1. Log in to the ILOM web interface.

2. Select System Information --> Version.

The current firmware version information appears.

Identify ILOM Version Using the CLI

1. Log in to the ILOM CLI.

2. At the command prompt, type version.

The current firmware version information appears. For example:

SP firmware 3.0.0.1
SP firmware build number: 38000
SP firmware date: Fri Nov 28 14:03:21 EDT 2008
SP filesystem version: 0.1.22

Updating ILOM Firmware to Latest Version

You can use either the ILOM web interface or the CLI to update ILOM firmware. See:

Update ILOM Firmware Using the Web Interface

Update ILOM Firmware Using the CLI

Before You Begin

Prior to performing the procedures in this section, the following requirements must be met:

Identify the version of ILOM that is currently running on your system.

Download the firmware image for your server or CMM from the platform’s product web site. Refer to the section about Updating the Firmware in either the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Web Procedures Guide or the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 CLI Procedures Guide.

Copy the firmware image to a server using a supported protocol (TFTP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS). For a CLI update, copy the image to a local server. For a web interface update, copy the image to the system on which the web browser is running.

If required by your platform, shut down your host operating system before updating the firmware on your server SP.

Obtain an ILOM user name and password that has Admin (a) role account privileges. You must have Admin (a) privileges to update the firmware on the system.

The firmware update process takes about six minutes to complete. During this time, do not perform other ILOM tasks. When the firmware update is complete, the system will reboot.

Update ILOM Firmware Using the Web Interface

1. Log in to the ILOM web interface as any user with Admin (a) role account privileges.

2. Select Maintenance --> Firmware Upgrade.

The Firmware Upgrade page appears.

3. In the Firmware Upgrade page, click Enter Upgrade Mode.

An Upgrade Verification dialog appears, indicating that other users who are logged in will lose their session when the update processes completes.

4. In the Upgrade Verification dialog, click OK to continue.

The Firmware Upgrade page appears.

5. In the Firmware Upgrade page, do the following:

a. Specify the image location by performing one of the following:

Click Browse to select the location of the firmware image you want to install.

If supported on your system, click Specify URL to specify a URL that will locate the firmware image. Then type the URL into the text box.

b. Click the Upload button to upload and validate the file.

Wait for the file to upload and validate.

The Firmware Verification page appears.

6. In the Firmware Verification page, enable one of the following options:

Preserve Configuration. Enable this option if you want to save your existing configuration in ILOM and restore that existing configuration after the update process completes.

Delay BIOS upgrade until next server power-off. Enable this option if you want to postpone the BIOS upgrade until the next time the system reboots.

Note - The BIOS prompt only appears on x86 systems currently running an ILOM 3.x firmware release. If you answer yes (y) to the prompt, the system postpones the BIOS upgrade until the next time the system reboots. If you answer no (n) to the prompt, the system automatically updates the BIOS, if necessary, when updating the SP firmware.

If you choose to update the BIOS, the system will automatically overwrite the current BIOS settings and then assign the BIOS factory default settings.

7. Click Start Upgrade to start the upgrade process or click Exit to cancel the process.

When you click Start Upgrade the upload process will start and a prompt to continue the process appears.

8. At the prompt, click OK to continue.

The Update Status page appears providing details about the update progress. When the update status indicates 100%, the firmware update is complete.

When the update completes, the system automatically reboots.

Note - The ILOM web interface might not refresh properly after the update completes. If the ILOM web page is missing information, or displays an error message, you might be viewing a cached version of the page from the version previous to the update. Clear your browser cache and refresh your browser before continuing.

9. Reconnect to the ILOM web interface using the same user name and password that you provided in Step 1 of this procedure.

If you did not preserve the ILOM configuration before the firmware update, you will need to perform the initial ILOM setup procedures to reconnect to ILOM.

10. Verify that the proper firmware version has been installed. Select System Information --> Version.

The firmware version on the SP or CMM should correspond to the firmware image you installed.

Update ILOM Firmware Using the CLI

1. Log in to the ILOM CLI as any user with Admin (a) role account privileges.

2. Verify that you have network connectivity to update the firmware.

For example:

To verify network connectivity on a server SP, type:

-> show /SP/network

To verify network connectivity on a CMM, type:

-> show /CMM/network

3. Type the following command to load the ILOM firmware image:

-> load -source <supported_protocol>://<server_ipaddress>/<path_to_ firmware_image>/<filename.xxx>

A note about the firmware update process followed by message prompts to load the image are displayed. The text of the note depends on your platform.

4. At the prompt for loading the specified file, type y for yes or n for no.

The prompt to preserve the configuration appears.

For example:
Do you want to preserve the configuration (y/n)?

5. At the preserve configuration prompt, type y for yes or n for no.

Type y to save your existing ILOM configuration and to restore that configuration when the update process completes.

Note - If you type n at the preserve configuration prompt, another platform-specific prompt appears.

6. Do one of the following:

If you have a 2.x firmware release installed on your system, the system will enter a special mode to load the new firmware. Then the system will automatically reboot to complete the firmware update. Proceed to Step 7.

If you have a 3.x firmware release installed on a SPARC system, the system will enter a special mode to load the new firmware. Then the system will automatically reboot to complete the firmware update. Proceed to Step 7.

If you have a 3.x firmware release installed on an x86 system, a prompt to postpone the BIOS update will appear.

For example:
Do you want to force the server off if BIOS needs to be upgraded (y/n)?

a. At the prompt to postpone the BIOS update, type y for yes or n for no.

The system will enter a special mode to load the new firmware and then the system will automatically reboot to complete the firmware update.

b. Proceed to Step 7.

7. Reconnect to the ILOM server SP or CMM using an SSH connection and using the same user name and password that you provided in Step 1 of this procedure.

If you did not preserve the ILOM configuration before the firmware update, you will need to perform the initial ILOM setup procedures to reconnect to ILOM.

8. Verify that the proper firmware version has been installed. At the CLI prompt, type:

-> version

The firmware version on the SP or CMM should correspond to the firmware image you installed.