Update an Oracle ILOM Service Processor Using fwupdate - Oracle® Server CLI Tools for Oracle Solaris 11.2 User's Guide

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Update an Oracle ILOM Service Processor Using `fwupdate`

The following example shows how to use fwupdate to update an Oracle ILOM service processor and system BIOS or OBP with new firmware. You can use fwupdate to update either the local service processor or a remote service processor. When using local update, fwupdate uses the fastest local interface available. If a Host-to-ILOM connection is available, then this fast connection is used, otherwise the KCS interface is used.

Caution - Loss of server functionality. Updating the service processor firmware incorrectly might damage the service processor.

Before You Begin

Ensure the Host-to-ILOM Interconnect or the KCS interface is correctly configured to communicate with the target Oracle ILOM service processor.
Download the service processor updates from https://support.oracle.com.

These include the metadata or firmware file for the target Oracle ILOM service processor.
To make sure that the firmware is compatible with the target service processor, read all documentation and release notes included with the firmware file before proceeding.

To display information about the service processor and system BIOS firmware, do one of the following:
- To list information about the local Oracle ILOM service processor and the system BIOS firmware, type the following command:
  fwupdate list sp_bios
- To list information about an Oracle ILOM service processor and system BIOS firmware using a network connection, type:
  fwupdate list sp_bios -H sp_ip -U username
  
  where sp_ip is the IP address of the service processor and username is the user name for logging in to the Oracle ILOM service processor.
  
  Enter the Oracle ILOM password when prompted.
Output related to the target is displayed. For example the output from this command is similar to:
```
================================================
SP + BIOS
==================================================
ID      Product Name           ILOM Version     BIOS/OBP Version  XML Support
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sp_bios SUN FIRE X4270 SERVER  v3.0.12.0 r64525 07060223          N/A
```
Note - When the Oracle ILOM service processor and OBP are updated on a SPARC system, the system reboots the host automatically. Shut down cannot be disabled with the silent-no-reboot option.
To update the Oracle ILOM service processor, choose the local or remote option:
- Local: To update the local Oracle ILOM service processor, choose one of these steps:
  - If a metadata XML file is available, type this command to use automatic mode:
    fwupdate update sp_bios -x metadata.xml
    
    where metadata.xml is the path to the metadata file.
    
    Note - For x86 systems, you can also use the –-silent-reboot or –-silent-no-reboot options after the .xml metadata file option to either automatically reboot or not reboot the server after the firmware update.
  - If a metadata XML file is not available, type this command to use manual mode:
    fwupdate update sp-bios-firmware -n sp_bios -f sp-bios-fimware-package-file.pkg
    
    where sp-bios-fimware-package-file.pkg is the path to the firmware file for your server's Oracle ILOM service processor.
- Remote: To update an Oracle ILOM service processor using a network connection, do one of the following:
  - If a metadata XML file is available, type this command to use automatic mode:
    fwupdate update sp_bios -x metadata.xml -H sp_ip -U username
    
    where metadata.xml is the path to the metadata file for your server's Oracle ILOM service processor.
    
    Note - If you are running Oracle Solaris 11.2 with SRU 14 or later, for x86 systems you can also use the –-silent-reboot or –-silent-no-reboot options after the .xml metadata file option to either automatically reboot or not automatically reboot the server after the firmware update.
    If you are running an earlier version of Oracle Solaris 11.2, you must manually power cycle the remote system after the update.
  - If a metadata XML file is not available, type this command to use manual mode:
    fwupdate update sp-bios-firmware -n sp_bios -f sp-bios-fimware-package-file.pkg -H sp_ip -U username
    
    where sp-bios-fimware-package-file.pkg is the path to the firmware file for your server's Oracle ILOM service processor.
The Oracle ILOM service processor is updated.
Reboot the host server to initialize the BIOS update.
- For SPARC systems, the host is automatically rebooted.
- For x86 systems:
  - If the metadata file is available and you used the –-silent-reboot option with the fwupdate command, the system automatically reboots.
  - If the metadata file is available and the system does not automatically reboot, type y at the prompt:
    Do you wish to automatically reboot now? [y/n]?
  - If no metadata XML file is available or the metadata file does not contain the reboot instructions, reboot the host server manually.