Update Blade Chassis Component
Firmware Images
The Oracle ILOM CMM provides a centralized user
interface for managing firmware updates for the following upgradable
blade chassis components:
Storage blade servers
CPU blade servers
NEMs containing SPs
System administrators can choose to use the CMM web interface
or the CLI to view chassis component firmware versions or initiate
chassis component firmware updates.
The following procedure explains the process for updating
a chassis component firmware image using the web interface Firmware
Update page and the CLI chassis component targets for loading the
firmware update.
Before You Begin
Ensure that the initial
firmware update requirements have been met. See Before You Begin the Firmware Update.
The firmware update process takes several minutes to complete. During this time, do not
perform any other Oracle ILOM tasks. When the firmware update
completes, the system component will either reboot or power off.
To start the firmware update process and to verify the update
process completed successfully, follow these steps:
- To
start the firmware update process for a server SP or CMM image,
perform one of the following Oracle ILOM interface procedures:
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Web |
In the CMM web interface, click Firmware.
In the table, click the radio button adjacent to
the chassis component for which you want to upgrade the firmware,
then click the Firmware Update option in the Actions list box.
The Firmware Upgrade page displays the property for uploading
the firmware image.
In the Firmware Upgrade page, perform one the following
actions:
Click Browse to specify the firmware image to upload, then
click the Upload button.
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Input a URL to upload the firmware image, then click the Upload
button.
Oracle ILOM validates the firmware image, and then depending
on the chassis component, Oracle ILOM either displays a button to
start the firmware update process or displays a choice of configuration
options for CPU blade server SPs.
If you are updating the firmware for a CPU blade server SP
proceed to step 4, otherwise proceed to step 5.
(CPU blade update only) In the Firmware Verification
page, enable the applicable options available for CPU blade servers:
Preserve Configuration – Enable
this option to save and restore the existing Oracle ILOM firmware
settings after the firmware update is complete. For further details
about this option, see Preserve Oracle ILOM Configuration .
Preserve BIOS Configuration (x86 server SPs only) - Enable
this option to save and restore existing BIOS
configurations after the update process is
complete. This option is not supported on all x86
servers. Therefore, if this option is not
presented, Oracle ILOM restores the default BIOS
settings after completing the upgrade
process.
Delay BIOS Upgrade (x86 server SPs
only) – Enable this option to postpone the x86 BIOS
upgrade until after the next time the system is power-cycled.
Click Start to start the update process.
Click OK to proceed through a series of prompts
until the Update Status page appears.
The system will either reboot or power-off when the Update Status reaches 100%.
If your system powers-off, refer to the
documentation provided with your system for
instructions about powering on the system
component.
Note -
(x86 server SPs only) If the server has a
pending BIOS upgrade, the power reset could take
longer to complete. This is expected behavior, as
it is necessary to power cycle the server to
upgrade the BIOS firmware. If the upgrade includes
an FPGA update, the process can take as long as 26
minutes to complete.
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CLI |
Navigate
to the blade or NEM Firmware target, for example:
cd /System/Firmware/Other_Firmware/Firmware_#
Where Firmware_# is
the number assigned to the specific blade server or NEM.
To load the Oracle ILOM firmware image using the
CLI, issue the load -source command followed
by a path to locate the firmware image that you want to install.
For example:
load -source protocol://username:password@server_ip/<path_to_image>/<image.pkg>
Where the protocol can
be: http, https, ftp, tftp, sftp, scp.
A message appears prompting you to load the image.
Type y to load the image
file.
Proceed to Step 4 for CPU blade firmware updates, otherwise
proceed to Step 5 for storage blade or NEM firmware updates.
(CPU blade update only) Type y to
enable the applicable update options such as: preserve SP configuration,
preserve x86 BIOS settings, or delay x86 BIOS update
Note – Not all
x86 server SPs support the option to preserve the BIOS configuration settings.
If the x86 BIOS option is not presented, Oracle ILOM will automatically preserve
the default BIOS settings.
For further information about the preserve SP configuration,
see Preserve Oracle ILOM Configuration .
Oracle ILOM displays a status message when the firmware process is complete. The chassis
component will either reboot or power off to apply
the new firmware image.
If your system powers-off, refer to the
documentation provided with your system for
instructions about powering on the system
component.
Note -
(x86 server SPs only) If the server has a
pending BIOS upgrade, the power reset could take
longer to complete. This is expected behavior, as
it is necessary to power cycle the server to
upgrade the BIOS firmware. If the upgrade includes
an FPGA update, the process can take as long as 26
minutes to complete.
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- To verify that the updated firmware
version is installed, perform one of the following:
- Web:
Log in to the Oracle ILOM CMM and click the System Information
> Firmware to view the firmware version installed for each upgradable
chassis component.
Note - The Oracle ILOM web interface might not refresh properly
after a firmware update. If the Oracle ILOM web page is missing
information or displays an error message, you might be viewing a
cached version of the page from the previous version. Clear the
browser cache and refresh the browser before continuing.
- CLI:
Type: show /System/Firmware/Other_Firmware/Firmware_n