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Administration, Diagnostics, and Service
Determining Your Server Management Strategy
Common Server Management Tasks
Server Management Software Benefits
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager
Oracle Hardware Management Pack
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
Evaluating Your Server Environment
Server Management Downloads and Documentation
Oracle ILOM 3.0 Common Feature Set Documentation
Determining Current Firmware Versions
How to Verify the Oracle ILOM and BIOS Firmware Versions Using the Web Interface
How to Verify the Oracle ILOM and BIOS Firmware Versions Using the Command Line Interface
How to Verify the LSI HBA Firmware Version
Planning and Downloading the Firmware Update
How to Plan the Firmware Update
How to Download Firmware Updates
How to Request Physical Media Online
How to Request Physical Media by Phone
Updating the Oracle ILOM and System BIOS
How to Update the Oracle ILOM and System BIOS Using the Web Interface
How to Update the Oracle ILOM and System BIOS Using the CLI
How to Update Embedded HBA Firmware
How to Update NEM Firmware Using the Web Interface
How to Update NEM Firmware Using the CLI
Server-Specific Oracle ILOM Features
Minimum Supported Firmware and BIOS
How to Use the Web Interface to Monitor Power Usage and Set Notification Thresholds
How to Use the CLI to Monitor Power Usage and Set Notification Thresholds
Fixing Problems with Oracle ILOM Using the Preboot Menu
Using the edit Command and Configuring the Preboot Menu for Remote Access
Restoring Oracle ILOM Access to the Serial Console
Identifying and Clearing Faults
Components With No Fault Diagnosis
Recovering a Lost Oracle ILOM Password
How to Recover a Lost Password by Proving Physical Presence
The preboot menu provides the ability to recover the Oracle ILOM firmware image by updating (flashing) the SP firmware.
Normally, if the host is running, you can update the SP using the Oracle ILOM CLI or the web interface.
If the host is powered off and the SP firmware image becomes corrupted (making the server SP inaccessible using Oracle ILOM), you can use the following procedure to update it using the preboot menu.
Before You Begin
You must have a valid .flash SP firmware image file on a TFTP server. In addition, the TFTP server must be accessible over a network connection to your server's SP. This file is available on the Tools and Drivers DVD (under the sp_firmware directory) , and on the Oracle download site: http://support.oracle.com
Note - Updating the SP firmware using the preboot menu requires a .flash file instead of the .pkg file used to update the SP from Oracle ILOM.
For more information, refer to Accessing the Preboot Menu.
Preboot> net dhcp
This configures a DHCP network. You need to be network-connected to access your tftp server.
Preboot> net ping tftpIPaddress
where tftpIPaddress is the IP address of a TFTP server.
This checks to see if the TFTP server is accessible over the network.
Preboot> net flash tftpIPaddress path/ILOM-version-Sun_Fire_X800M2.flash
where:
tftpIPaddress is the IP address of a tftp server
path is the path to the file relative to /tftpboot
version is the version of SP firmware
For example:
Preboot> net flash 10.8.173.25 images/ILOM-3_0_x_x_rxxxx-Sun_Server_X28.flash
This downloads and flashes the firmware image. After a series of messages, the preboot prompt appears.
Preboot> reset
The preboot menu exits, and the service processor reboots.