Download Firmware and Software Updates From My Oracle Support

There are various methods for you to download and update the latest firmware and software for your system. This procedure provides steps to do so from the My Oracle Support web site. If you would like to use a different method to update system firmware and software, see Installing System Firmware Using Other Methods.

After downloading firmware and software updates, follow the instructions in Update System Firmware Using Oracle ILOM to update the system firmware using Oracle ILOM.

Follow these steps to download firmware and software updates:

  1. Go to the My Oracle Support web site: My Oracle Support.
  2. Sign in to My Oracle Support.
  3. At the top of the page, click the Patches & Updates tab.

    The Patch Search pane appears at the right of the screen.

  4. Within the Search tab area, click Product or Family (Advanced).

    The Search tab area appears with search fields.

  5. In the Product field, select the product from the drop-down list.

    Alternatively, type a full or partial product name (for example, Oracle Server X9-2) until a match appears.

  6. In the Release field, select a software release from the drop-down list.

    Expand the list to see all available software releases.

  7. Click Search.

    The Patch Advanced Search Results screen appears, listing the patches for the software release.

    See What's In a Software Release? for a description of the available software releases.

  8. To select a patch for a software release, click the patch number next to the software release version.

    You can use the Shift key to select more than one patch.

    A pop-up action panel appears. The panel contains several action options, including the ReadMe, Download, and Add to Plan options. For information about the Add to Plan option, click the associated button and select “Why use a plan?”.

  9. To review the ReadMe file for this patch, click ReadMe.
  10. To download the patch for the software release, click Download, and in the File Download dialog box, click the patch zip file name.

    The patch for the software release downloads. The download is an archive zip file, which you must extract to find the directory containing the image .pkg file.

    You can now update your system with the newly downloaded Firmware Pack (Patch). See Update System Firmware Using Oracle ILOM.