Firmware Update Issues

This section describes known firmware update issues.

Run a Script Before Updating Firmware on Sun Fire X4100/X4200/X4600 Platforms

If you are running older versions of firmware on Sun Fire X4100/X4200/X4600 platforms and want to update firmware to the current level, you must first run a pre-flash upgrade script on all affected servers. Refer to the chapter “Flash Upgrading Your Server to Release 1.1” at http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-1162-17/ to determine if your servers are affected.

N1 System Manager provides a script that will automatically perform the following actions:

• Examine all discovered servers.

• Determine the servers that require pre-flash upgrade.

• Run the pre-flash upgrade script on each affected server.

The location of the script is /opt/sun/n1gc/bin/updateall.

After this script has been successfully applied to all the affected servers, you can update the firmware using N1 System Manager. Refer to the Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide for instructions.

N1 System Manager Does Not Display System Firmware Version for T1000/T2000 Platforms (6443502)

Firmware updates for T1000/T2000 platforms are provided as versioned bundles which might update any of its subcomponents. N1 System Manager does not display this version number.

Workaround: Log in manually to the service processor using telnet. Determine the version of System Firmware using the showhost command.

Inadequate Error Message When Firmware Update Fails on ALOM-based Servers (6330195)

If the FTP service is not enabled on the management server, firmware updates on ALOM-based servers fail with the following error message in the job output:

An exception occurred trying to update server-name. Please refer to the log file for more information.

Workaround: Enable the FTP service on the management server. See Enabling FTP on the Management Server in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Site Preparation Guide for details.

N1 System Manager Allows Deployment of Incompatible Firmware to Dual-Core Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers (6296404)

Dual-core Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers require a 2.3.x and greater firmware revision. N1 System Manager does not prevent you from deploying firmware revisions below 2.3.x. Deploying firmware revisions below 2.3.x might result in issues with the server's service processor.

Workaround: Double check the firmware revision before updating.