Upgrade the Switch Firmware (CLI)

Before You Begin

When ILOM performs the firmware upgrade, it checks the following:

• All line cards configured for upgrade are in an active state and all links are up.

• All fabric cards configured for upgrade are in an active state and all links are up.

• All fabric card fillers configured for upgrade are in an active state.

Components that do not meet these criteria are not upgraded, and ILOM displays a warning indicating so.

1. Access the ILOM CLI.

   See Access ILOM From the CLI.

2. Upgrade the firmware:

   -> load -source URI/pkgname

   where:

   URI is the uniform resource indicator for the firmware server.

   pkgname is the name of the firmware package in the transfer directory.

   For example, using the FTP protocol:

   -> load -source ftp://root:password@123.45.67.89/transfer_directory/SUN_DCS_648_BINARY_1.0.2.pkg
    
   Downloading firmware image. This will take approximately 2 minutes.

   Respond to the upgrade.

   1. Read the note and respond appropriately.

      For example:

      NOTE: Firmware upgrade will upgrade the chassis CMM firmware.
               It will also do H8 and I4 upgrade on all line cards
               and fabric cards of the chassis. For a fully loaded
               chassis, firmware upgrade takes couple of hours.
       
               ILOM will enter a special mode to load new firmware. No
               other tasks can be performed in ILOM until the firmware
               upgrade is complete and ILOM is reset.
       
      Are you sure you want to load the specified file (y/n)? y

   2. Type y to preserve the existing ILOM configuration or n to have it removed.

      For example:

      Preserve existing configuration (y/n)? y

   3. Type y to perform the firmware upgrade outside of the InfiniBand fabric should the upgrade within the InfiniBand fabric fail or n to just abort the firmware upgrade in that situation.

      For example:

      Switch to outband update if inband update fails for I4 (y/n)? n 

      ---

      Note - An upgrade outside of the InfiniBand fabric can take many hours.

      ---

   The firmware upgrade enviroment is set up and the following message is displayed:

   Setting up environment for firmware upgrade. This will take approximately 2 minutes.
    
   Starting FW upgrade

   The firmware upgrade starts. During the process, you see messages of the progress. For example:

   ==========================
   Performing operation: FC 2
   ==========================
   FC 2: H8 is already at the given version.
   FC 2: I4 0 is already at the given version.
   FC 2: I4 1 is already at the given version.

   When the firmware upgrade ends, a summary is displayed. For example:

   ===========================
   Summary of Firmware update 
   ===========================
   LC status (1,8:full): FW UPDATE - FAILED
   H8 succeeded on cards          :  none
   H8 already up-to-date on cards :  none
   H8 failed on cards             :  none
   I4 succeeded on cards          :  none
   I4 already up-to-date on cards :  none
   I4 failed on cards             :  none
   Cards in "Not Present" state   :  1
   Cards not in "Ready" state     :  8
   FC/FCF status (2:full): FW UPDATE - SUCCESS
   H8 succeeded on cards          :  none
   H8 already up-to-date on cards :  2
   H8 failed on cards             :  none
   I4 succeeded on cards          :  none
   I4 already up-to-date on cards :  2(I4 - 0,1)
   I4 failed on cards             :  none
   Cards in "Not Present" state   :  none
   Cards not in "Ready" state     :  none
    
   Firmware update is complete.

Related Information

• Upgrade the Switch Firmware (Web Interface)