Working with Platform Firmware Updates
This section describes how to check and update the Oracle ILOM and/or BIOS firmware for an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance. This process is known as a platform firmware update, and is available with software version OS8.7.0 or later. BUI and CLI procedures are provided in this section for checking the current firmware versions and for updating the platform firmware.
The automatic platform firmware update feature is supported on the following platforms:
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ZS7-2
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ZS5-4
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ZS5-2
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ZS4-4
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ZS3-2
For automatic platform firmware updates, the appliance must have a minimum Oracle ILOM version, as shown in the following table:
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To view the Oracle ILOM version in the BUI, click the Sun/Oracle logo in the upper left corner of the BUI masthead. In the System Info window, the Oracle ILOM version is listed for the "Service Processor."
To view the Oracle ILOM version in the CLI, enter configuration version get sp_version.
hostname:> configuration version get sp_version
sp_version = 3.2.7.24 r113383
If the Oracle ILOM version does not meet the minimum required level, contact Oracle Service. Otherwise, use the following tasks to update the platform firmware.