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Solaris 8 2/02 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware

Dynamic Reconfiguration Software Installation Instructions

The following software supports DR on a Sun Fire system: version 8 2/02 of the Solaris operating environment, and version 5.12.6 of the system firmware.

In addition, you have the option of installing the Sun Management Center (SunMC). Refer to the Sun Management Center 3.0 Supplement for Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems for complete instructions.

Upgrading the System Firmware

An upgrade of the Sun Fire system firmware takes place via an FTP or HTTP connection from an FTP or HTTP server where the firmware image is stored. Refer to the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Platform Administration Manual for more information.

Note –

Additional information about installing the firmware patch is available in the README and Install.info files that accompany the patch.

Caution – Caution –

Do not update the system controller firmware without updating the firmware for all your CPU/Memory boards and I/O assemblies. If the firmware for your CPU/Memory boards and I/O assemblies is different from the system controller firmware, you may not be able to boot your domains.

To Upgrade the System Firmware:

  1. Set up the FTP or HTTP server.

    For more information, see Appendix B of the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Platform Administration Manual (part number 805-7373-13).

  2. Download the 5.12.6 firmware.

    This firmware and related documentation is included in SunSolve patch 112127-02, which is available on the SunSolve Web site located at :

    http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access

  3. Copy the patch onto the FTP or HTTP server using a command such as the following:

    # cp /patch_location/* /export/ftp/pub/5.12.6

  4. Connect to the system controller console (serial port) to monitor the system when you upgrade the firmware (Step 6).

    The prompt for the system controller is:

    schostname:SC>

  5. Shut down all the domains by halting the Solaris operating environment.

    The keyswitch remains in the on position in these domains.

  6. In each domain that you shut down in step 5, set the keyswitch position to standby:

    schostname:A> setkeyswitch standby

  7. Verify that all the CPU/Memory boards and I/O assemblies are powered on by running the showboards command on the system controller in the platform shell:

    schostname:SC> showboards

  8. If any CPU/Memory boards or I/O assemblies are not powered on, use the poweron command on the system controller in the platform shell to power on those components:

    schostname:SC> poweron component_names

  9. Upgrade the firmware by using the flashupdate command on the system controller in the platform shell.

    Caution – Caution –

    Do not power down the system or reset the system while performing this step.

    Use the command syntax appropriate to the URL protocol:

    schostname:SC> flashupdate -f URL all

    The flashupdate command reboots the system controller and upgrades the CPU/Memory boards and I/O assemblies, scapp, and RTOS.

    Note –

    When running scapp 5.12.5 or higher and RTOS 18 or higher, the upgrade procedure updates scapp and RTOS only when the image to be installed is different from the image currently installed.

  10. After the system controller reboots successfully, connect to each domain console and power off all the CPU/Memory boards and I/O assemblies by setting the keyswitch position to off:

    schostname:A> setkeyswitch off

  11. Verify that all the CPU/Memory boards and I/O assemblies are powered off by running the showboards command on the system controller in the platform shell:

    schostname:SC> showboards

  12. If any CPU/Memory boards or I/O assemblies are not powered off, use the poweroff command on the system controller in the platform shell to power off those components:

    schostname:SC> poweroff component_names

  13. Bring up each domain by setting the keyswitch position to on:

    schostname:A> setkeyswitch on

  14. After all the domains have been brought up, update the configuration backup of the system controller by using the dumpconfig command:

    schostname:SC> dumpconfig -f URL

    where URL specifies the ftp protocol.