How to Determine the ILOM and BIOS Firmware Versions Using the Command-Line Interface Through the Serial Port

1. Configure your terminal device or the terminal emulation software running on a laptop or PC to the following settings:

   • 8, N, 1 (eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit).

   • 9600 baud.

   • Disable hardware flow control (CTS/RTS).

   • Disable software flow control (XON/XOFF).

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 login prompt appears:

   SUNproduct–serial_number login:

   where product–serial_number is the product serial number by default. This value can also be the host name, which is assigned by the user or the DHCP 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 command prompt appears:

   ->

5. To view the ILOM version information, type:

   version

   This command returns output similar to the following:

   SP firmware 2.0.2.16
   SP firmware build number: 42063
   SP firmware date: Mon Feb  9 22:45:34 PST 2009
   SP filesystem version: 0.1.16

6. To view the BIOS version, type:

   show /SYS/MB/BIOS

   The command returns output similar to the following:

    /SYS/MB/BIOS
       Targets:
   
       Properties:
       type = BIOS
       ipmi_name = MB/BIOS
       fru_name = SYSTEM BIOS
       fru_manufacturer = AMERICAN MEGATRENDS
       fru_version = 1ABSF005
       fru_part_number = AMIBIOS8
   
       Commands:
       cd
       show

   The fru_version field contains the BIOS version number.

7. Note the ILOM and BIOS versions on the Firmware Versions Worksheet.