Access the Firmware and Software on the OSA USB Flash Drive

The OSA USB flash drive contains firmware and software for your server. The USB flash drive is accessible through the OS or virtual machine software filesystem. Updated firmware and software are downloaded with every software release update using the Get Updates task within OSA.

This procedure describes how to access and view the firmware and software that resides on the OSA USB flash drive.

1. Ensure that the server is powered on and the OS is running.
2. Mount the OSA USB flash drive.

   For OS specific mounting instructions, see:

   • Oracle VM: Mount the OSA USB Flash Drive on Oracle VM 3.3

   • Linux OS: Mount the OSA USB Flash Drive on a Linux OS

   • Oracle Solaris 11.2: Mount the OSA USB Flash Drive on an Oracle Solaris 11.2 OS

3. Use a filesystem browser to navigate to the internal OSA USB flash drive.

   The label for the USB flash drive is: ORACLE SSM on Oracle VM OS, and ORACLE_SSM on the Oracle Solaris 11.2 OS and Linux OS.

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   Note -  If the OSA USB flash drive is mounted but is still is not visible, OSA might be disabled. To enable OSA, see Enable OSA.

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4. To view the contents of the Oracle_SSM drive, double-click on the drive.

   The OSA USB flash drive directory is displayed and lists the contents of the drive.