Updating the System Firmware

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To update SP firmware from the HOST, Oracle is standardizing on the fwupdate utility. This utility is included in Oracle Solaris as part of the Oracle Hardware Management Pack (OHMP).

Note - The sysfwdownload utility does not ship with SP firmware releases, and that utility is not supported on SPARC T8 servers.

For more information on using the fwpudate utility that is included in Oracle Solaris 11.3, refer to Using fwupdate to Update Firmware (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E64576_01/html/E64582/gyuui.html#scrolltoc) in the Oracle Server CLI Tools for Oracle Solaris 11.3 User Guide.

When you follow the steps in that procedure, and have obtained a desired firmware package, use this command to update the SP from the HOST:

fwupdate update all -x powercyle_metadata.xml

firmware-package-file.pkg is the path to the firmware package for your server's SP.

Note - On SPARC T8 servers running Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 23 and SRU 24, the host cannot automatically power cycle as required by some firmware updates. This issue occurs even if there is a power cycle command in the firmware metadata file. If a power cycle is required for a firmware update, you must manually power cycle the host to complete the update. For more information, refer to 26613165 in "fwupdate Known Issues" in the Oracle Hardware Management Pack for Oracle Solaris 11.3 Release Notes at: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E64576_01/index.html