About System Features and Components
Server Modules and On-Board Modules
Power Supplies and Front Fan Modules
Chassis Monitoring Module and Service Processor
Chassis and Component Firmware Compatibility
How to Download Sun Blade 6000 CMM Firmware
Updating Server Module and NEM Firmware
Guidelines for Updating Firmware
Adding a Server Module to the Chassis
Chassis and Server Modules Running Oracle ILOM
The firmware is incorporated into new chassis, blade, and network express module (NEM) products at the factory. However, it is updated periodically in packages called either “software updates” or “firmware updates.”
All of these updates are released for either a single server module, NEM, or the Sun Blade 6000 chassis.
For server modules, software updates can include software and firmware. The chassis has no software, so the chassis software updates contain only firmware. The NEM software updates might include software drivers and firmware.
For a major release, the first number of the release changes, for example, from 2.0 to 3.0. For a minor release, the second number changes, for example from 2.0. to 2.1.