How to Update BIOS and ILOM SP Firmware Using the CLI

1. Set up a TFTP server to host the SP image.

   Instructions for setting up the TFTP server can be found in the system administration guides for the appropriate Solaris or Linux version:

   • Solaris 10 manual at:

     http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10#hic

   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 documentation at:

     http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/#RHEL5

   • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 manual at:

     http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse.html

2. Copy the SP image from the /firmware/webgui_cli/version/SP_file file on the Tools and Drivers CD to your TFTP server /tftpboot directory.

   where version is the version of the Tools and Drivers CD that you are using and SP_file is the name of the SP image.

   For example: /firmware/webgui_cli/1.0.0/X2270M2-3.0.9.20.pkg

3. Ensure that the OS on the platform is shut down.
4. Log in to the Sun Fire X2270 ILOM CLI with Administrator privileges.
5. Type the following command to download the new ILOM SP firmware image:

   -> load -source tftp:URL

   For example:

   -> load -source tftp://ipaddress/X2270M2-xxx_xxxx.pkg

6. Type y to load the specified file.
7. Type y to preserve your ILOM configuration settings. If not, the settings will be overwritten by the firmware default.
8. Type n to upgrade BIOS after ILOM is upgraded.

   The BIOS and ILOM SP firmware update begins.

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   Note - During the upgrade process, the login prompt appears. Do not attempt to log in until the update is finished.

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   Caution - Possible firmware corruption. The update is not finished until the SP reboot is complete. Do not press the Power button until the SP is booted and the server is in standby-power mode.

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