Firmware Update May Timeout for a Sun Fire X2100 M2 or Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server (6493791)

If the management network is slow between a managed server's SP and the N1 SM management server, the firmware update process may take longer than the default timeout (10 minutes) to complete and the firmware update job will error out.

Workaround: You need to increase the speed of the management network or increase the timeout value.

1. Verify that the firmware update actually failed. The update might have actually completed. To verify this, perform steps 4-9 described in the workaround for Upgrading Firmware Version 1.0a/1.1 to 1.2 Is Not Supported on a Sun Fire X2100 M2 or Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server (6492583). If the firmware has not been updated, proceed to the next step.

2. Log in as root on the N1 SM management server.

3. Make a new directory in the /opt/sun/n1gc/dvrs directory.

   # mkdir /opt/sun/n1gc/drvrs/resources

4. Create a file named taurus.properties in the resources directory with the following contents. Note the value of the firmwareUpdateTimeout property, which is set to 40 minutes.

   ipmi.lan.channel=1
   consoleProtocol=ssh
   nicFruPattern=(.*NIC0.*)|(.*NIC1.*)
   supportedModels=X2100M2,X2200M2
   firmwareUpdateTimeout=2400
   firmwareUpdateFinishedPattern=Update Successful
   firmwareUpdateFailedPattern=fail|error
   ipmi.factory_default_user_name=root
   ipmi.factory_default_password=changeme

5. Restart the N1 SM management server.

   # /etc/init.d/n1sminit stop # /etc/init.d/n1sminit start

6. Retry the firmware update.