1. Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance Firmware Release 5.0.x
  2. Performing Oracle ILOM Maintenance and Configuration Management Tasks
  3. Updating Oracle ILOM Firmware
  4. Before You Begin the Firmware Update

Before You Begin the Firmware Update

Prior to updating the Oracle ILOM or individual device firmware, you should:

  1. Verify that the managed server SP has network connectivity.

    For example, to verify that the server SP is connected to the network, use a remote web browser client or a remote CLI ssh client to log in to the server SP. For instruction, see Log In to the Oracle ILOM SP.

  2. Identify the Oracle ILOM firmware version that is running on the managed server.

    The firmware version for all upgradable devices appears in the Firmware page in the web interface or in the /System/Firmware CLI target.

  3. Download the firmware image for the upgradable device from the Oracle product download web site and then place the image on a local or network share or on a TFTP, FTP, HTTP or HTTPS server.

    For firmware download instructions, refer to Oracle ILOM Firmware Versions and Download Methods in Oracle ILOM Feature Updates and Release Notes Firmware Release 5.0.x.

  4. Oracle ILOM Admin (a) privileges are required to update the firmware image.

  5. Notify the SP users of the scheduled firmware update and ask them to close all client sessions until after the firmware update is complete.

    System administrators can use a banner message to communicate this message to users. For instructions for creating and enabling a banner message at login, see Management of Banner Messages at Log-In.

  6. If required by the host server platform, power off the host operating system before updating the SP firmware image.

    To determine if the host needs to be powered off, refer to the firmware update section in the administration guide provided for the server.

    Note that if the host server power is ON and the platform server requires the power to be OFF, click the button in the Actions panel on the Summary web page to gracefully power off the host operating system and server. Alternatively, you can gracefully power off the host operating system and server from the CLI by issuing the following command: stop /System

  7. (Optional) Before updating firmware for monitored upgradable devices, suspend the Oracle ILOM Device Monitor feature if it is applicable for the server and if the feature is enabled. Monitored upgradable devices, such as RAID HBA or NVMe devices, can create FMA faults during a firmware update. After the individual device firmware updates have completed, re-enable device monitoring. For information on suspending and re-enabling device monitoring, see Setting Device Monitoring Configuration Properties.