| Sun Fire X4600 Servers Release Notes For Software Release 1.3a |     |
| Sun Fire X4600 Servers Release Notes For Software Release 1.3a | |
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Flash Upgrading Your Server to Release 1.3a |
This chapter contains procedures and information for upgrading Sun Fire
X4600 server to Release 1.3a from earlier releases. See the following sections:
| Note - This release replaces Software 1.3, which contains a serious bug and has been withdrawn. To work around this bug, refer to ILOM in Software 1.3 Causes FRU Data to be Lost (6631275). If you have not installed Software 1.3, you can ignore the information in that section. |
This release contains firmware for the Integrated Light Out Manager (ILOM), the BIOS, and the LSI disk controller. The ILOM firmware and the BIOS are tightly coupled and are always updated together. The LSI firmware is updated separately; this can occur before or after the other firmware updates.
In addition to the firmware updates, this release contains a number of optional enhancements to the software that was shipped with earlier releases
The following section shows a summary of the steps you should perform to update your server to Release 1.3a.
1. Determine which version of the ILOM firmware that you currently have. See How to Determine The Firmware Version of Your Server.
| Note - If your ILOM software is build 23233, then you have installed the faulty ILOM firmware provided with Software 1.3. You will need to take the remediation steps described in ILOM in Software 1.3 Causes FRU Data to be Lost (6631275). |
2. Review the section Special Considerations for known issues and considerations regarding the flash upgrade.
3. Download the ilom.X4600-2.0.2.1.ima flash image file by following the links from the URL below:
4. Use the ILOM GUI, the ILOM CLI load command, or N1 System Manager to perform the flash upgrade.
Because of the increased memory usage during web-based GUI operations, you might need to use N1 System Manager or the ILOM CLI load command to upgrade the ILOM firmware. See the N1 System Manager documentation or the Integrated Lights-Out Manager Administration Guide, 819-1160 for details of firmware flashing. For example:
From the ILOM CLI, use the following command
load -source tftp://<tftpserver>/<firmware.ima>
Online documentation for Sun N1 System Manager can be found at:
http://docs.sun.com/coll/1283.2
5. If you cannot get output to your serial console after the flash upgrade, you might have to clear CMOS settings. This is because your default CMOS settings might have been changed by the new BIOS upgrade.
To clear CMOS settings, use the following commands (in this example, the default username, root, and the defaultpassword, changeme, are used):
ipmitool -U root -P changeme -H <SP IP> chassis power off
ipmitool -U root -P changeme -H <SP IP> chassis bootdev disk clear-cmos=yes
6. Optional step: If you have any problems with the flash upgrade, refer to the sectionRecovering From a Failed Flash Update.
There are three alternate procedures in this section that you can use:
1. Connect an RJ-45 Ethernet cable to the NET MGT Ethernet port on the back panel.
2. Establish an SSH connection using the following command, then enter the default password (changeme) when you are prompted:
After you have successfully logged in, the SP displays its default command prompt:
3. Type the version command, which will return output similar to the following:
SP firmware build number: 14023
SP firmware date: Tue Sep 13 12:50:37 PDT 2006
The ILOM firmware build version is the build number listed above.
1. Configure your terminal device or the terminal emulation software running on a laptop or PC to the following settings:
2. Connect a serial cable from the RJ-45 SER MGT port on your server’s back panel to your terminal device or PC.
3. Press Enter on the terminal device to establish a connection between that terminal device and the server’s SP.
The SP displays a login prompt.
In this example login prompt, 0003BA84D777 is the Ethernet MAC address of the SP. This will be different for each server.
4. Log in to the ILOM SP and type the default user name (root) with the default password (changeme).
After you have successfully logged in, the SP displays its default command prompt:
5. Type the version command, which will return output similar to the following:
SP firmware build number: 14023
SP firmware date: Tue Sep 13 12:50:37 PDT 2006
The ILOM firmware build version is the build number listed above.
1. Connect to the ILOM Web GUI by typing the IP address of the server’s SP into your browser’s URL field. For example:
2. Log in to the ILOM SP and type the default user name (root) with the default password (changeme).
The first web page that is presented is the System Information -> Versions page, which includes the Build Number.
There are several methods you can use to locate ILOM SPs and their IP addresses.
For example, the following command can be used to create a list of Sun Fire X4600 servers:
n1sh show server | grep 'X4600'
To reset the ILOM SP, there are several methods you can use (for complete details, see the Integrated Lights-Out Manager Administration Guide, 819-1160):
ipmitool -U root -P <password> -H <sp_ipaddress> bmc reset cold
This section describes considerations that might affect the firmware upgrade.
Software 1.3 for the Sun Fire X4600 contains a build of ILOM 2.0.2.1 with a serious bug. Upgrading to this ILOM version causes FRU data to be lost. Because of this, Software 1.3 has been withdrawn and replaced by Software 1.3a.
If you have not yet upgraded to the ILOM provided with Software 1.3, this issue does not affect you. Simply discard any copies of Software 1.3 and obtain Software 1.3A, which contains ILOM firmware with the fix.
If you have upgraded to the ILOM provided with Software 1.3, you must install the ILOM firmware provided with Software 1.3A. Doing so will both remove the bug and recover some of the lost FRU data. The remaining FRU data must be re-entered manually.
You can identify your ILOM firmware using the ILOM CLI or WebGUI:
In the information you obtain, find the “Firmware Version” (just “Firmware” in the CLI) and “Firmware Build Number”. Depending on the values you obtain, you should take one of the following actions:
The ILOM bug causes the following FRU data to be lost:
You can recover the Product Part Number and Product Serial Number by installing the ILOM firmware provided with Software 1.3A. If you downgraded the ILOM after observing the problem, Product Part Number and Product Serial Number are lost permanently, and must be re-entered. Chassis Serial Number must be re-entered in any case.
Follow these steps to re-enter the lost FRU data:
1. Use SSH to log in to the “sunservice” ILOM account. From the Solaris or Linux command line:
where ipaddress is the Service Processor IP address.
2. Enter one of the following commands. If you only need to re-enter the chassis serial number, enter:
servicetool --fru_chassis_serial_number
If you need to re-enter all three FRU values, enter:
servicetool --fru_product_part_number --fru_product_serial_number --fru_chassis_serial_number
3. Enter the FRU information when prompted.
The host CPU and DIMM FRU information shown by the service processor is provided to the service processor during each BIOS power-on-self-test (POST). Therefore, after a BIOS/ILOM upgrade, this FRU information is empty until the first host BIOS POST.
This is expected behavior. Reset the server and allow it to complete POST during bootup to repopulate the FRU lists.
If you use the CLI to perform the update and JavaRConsole is active, a dialog box might appear in JavaRConsole with the following message and an OK button:
Keyboard redirection error: an established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine
This is expected behavior. Click OK in the dialog box to continue. It is possible that clicking the OK button will not close the dialog box. In that case, terminate the JavaRConsole process. For example, on a Windows platform, press Control+Alt+Delete to bring up the list of open processes, then terminate the JavaRConcole process.
After updating the system BIOS, you might need to clear CMOS settings to get serial console output from the host. This is because CMOS defaults might be changed from your existing settings in the new BIOS.
If you cannot get serial console output, clear the CMOS settings. To clear CMOS settings, use the following commands (in this example, the default username, root, and the defaultpassword, changeme, are used):
ipmitool -U root -P changeme -H <SP IP> chassis power off ipmitool -U root -P changeme -H <SP IP> chassis bootdev disk clear-cmos=yes
This section contains instructions for recovering from a failed Sun Fire X4600 ILOM firmware upgrade. Several issues have been identified with the firmware upgrade, which could result in a failed or incomplete firmware upgrade.
Use the following procedure to recover from a failed firmware upgrade. Note that in a small percentage of cases (such as when no output is displayed on the SP serial port), the Graphics Redirect and Service Processor (GRASP) board must be replaced.
| Note - Numbers printed below are in hexidecimal unless otherwise noted. |
1. Determine if the ILOM SP first-level booter (referred to in this procedure as U-Boot) is intact. Follow documented procedures to connect to the SP serial port, apply power to the system, and observe the initial ILOM boot messages.
See the Sun Fire X4600 Server Installation Guide, 819-4341 for details.
2. Enter the ILOM SP U-Boot command interpreter with xyzzy.
When the message, Booting linux in 2 seconds... is displayed, during ILOM initial boot, type xyzzy to enter the U-Boot command interpreter.
Set the U-Boot environment variable, bootretry, to -1 to temporarily disable automatic reboot:
4. Configure the network for TFTP access.
a. Copy the ILOM SP firmware image to a TFTP server that is accessible on the same IP subnet as the ILOM SP network port.
b. Set the IP address for the ILOM SP and the TFTP server IP address by setting the ethaddr and serverip U-Boot variables.
set ipaddr n.n.n.n
set serverip n.n.n.n
5. Use the U-Boot tftp command to download the ILOM firmware image.
| Note - If the TFTP server or filename is incorrect, you might need to enter ^C to halt the tftp command, then repeat this recovery procedure. |
Be sure that the complete flash image is actually downloaded successfully before proceeding. You should see a message similar to:
=> tftp 100000 r15028.rom.ima Using FCC1 ETHERNET deviceTFTP from server 10.6.154.8; our IP address is 10.6.154.99Filename ’r10644.rom.ima’.Load address: 0x100000 Loading:########################################################### ########################################################### ########################################################### ########################################################### ########################## done Bytes transferred = 13107200 (c80000 hex)
6. Confirm that the download succeeded:
a. Confirm that the tftp command output ends with
Bytes transferred = ByteCount
b. Use the md command and confirm that its output displays strings from the beginning of the firmware image file. For example:
00100000: 244d4f44 554c4524 01004000 00000200 $MODULE$..@..... 00100010: 00000000 000000f2 67726173 70000000 ........grasp... 00100020: 01000200 40000000 61000000 0000ffff ....@...a....... 00100030: ffff0000 00000100 00000000 0000aa55 ...............U 00100040: 46575f56 45525349 4f4e3d31 2e302e31 FW_VERSION=1.0.1 00100050: 0a46575f 44415445 3d4d6172 20203320 .FW_DATE=Mar 3 00100060: 32303036 0a46575f 4255494c 4454494d 2006.FW_BUILDTIM 00100070: 453d3130 3a35363a 30370a46 575f4445 E=10:56:07.FW_DE 00100080: 53433d57 41524e49 4e47203a 20554e4f SC=WARNING : UNO 00100090: 46464943 49414c20 4255494c 44212120 FFICIAL BUILD!! 001000a0: 0affffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ................
7. Erase the existing ILOM flash image:
a. Erase the exiting flash image with the erase ff380000 ffffffff command.
A series of dots will be displayed indicating the progress of the erase. For example:
.................................................................................Erased 200/200 sectors
b. If a failure occurs, retry the erase command repeatedly until it succeeds.
8. Program the new ILOM firmware image:
a. Use the U-Boot cp.b command to copy the new ILOM firmware image from the download location at 100000 to ff380000, until end address ffffffff.
=> cp.b 100000 ff380000 ffffffff
Copy to Flash .............................................................................................................................................done
b. Use the fmh command to verify the new ILOM firmware image.
Before resetting, make sure the copy succeeded, using the fmh command, which should display firmware sections. For example:
=> fmh Listing FMH Modules Flash Size : 32768 KB Erase Size : 64 KB Sector Count : 512 FMH Located at 0xff380000 of Size 0x00020000 Name : grasp Ver : 1.0 Type : 0x0002 Flags : 0x0000 Size : 0x00000061 Location: 0xff380040 LoadAddr: 0xffffffff CheckSum: Not Computed -------------------------------------------------- FMH Located at 0xff3a0000 of Size 0x00120000 Name : sysbios Ver : 1.31 Type : 0x0000 Flags : 0x0100 Size : 0x00100000 Location: 0xff3c0000 LoadAddr: 0xffffffff CheckSum: Valid -------------------------------------------------- FMH Located at 0xff4c0000 of Size 0x000c0000 Name : osimage Ver : 1.0 Type : 0x0006 Flags : 0x0119 Size : 0x000ac9c8 Location: 0xff4c0040 LoadAddr: 0x00c00000 CheckSum: Valid ...
9. Reset the ILOM service processor.
Once you are certain that the service processor firmware image has been recovered, you can restart the service processor with the reset command.
| Note - This manual ILOM SP recovery process does not reflash the system BIOS. Repeat the firmware upgrade process, using the ILOM GUI or CLI procedures as described in How to Flash Upgrade Your Server to Release 1.3a and the Integrated Lights-Out Manager Administration Guide, 819-1160. |
Be sure to reset your service processor and BIOS configuration settings as needed, because they might be lost during this recovery.
| Note - LSI MPT SAS firmware and MPT BIOS must be upgraded to LSI FW 1.22.01 and MPTBIOS 6.16.00 for this release. |
To update the LSI firmware and BIOS, use the following steps:
1. Download the FW116_B61000B.ISO image file and burn it to a CD.
2. Boot from the CD you just created, then select option 1 from the list that is displayed:
Press 1 to update Press 2 to exit to DOS
The service processor (SP) and BIOS software and the LSI firmware versions might be updated in each new release. Version numbers are listed in the tables below.
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