1. Oracle 6.8 TB (max 7.68 TB) NVMe SSD User Guide
  2. Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Product Information
  3. Updating Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Software and Firmware

Updating Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Software and Firmware

This section provides information on updating Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD firmware and software.

Parent topic: Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Product Information

Accessing Software Updates and Firmware Downloads

Product patches, updates and firmware are available on My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com from the Patches and Updates tab.

This section provides information on updating Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD firmware and software.

Parent topic: Updating Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Software and Firmware

Download the Device Software Package

To find the device software package, access My Oracle Support and download the latest software package for Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs.

  1. Go to the My Oracle Support web site: https://support.oracle.com.
  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 Number/Name or Bug Number (Simple).

    The Search tab area appears with search fields.

  5. In the Product field, enter the patch number for 6.8TB NVME PCIE SSD.
  6. Click Search.

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

  7. To review the ReadMe file for this patch, click ReadMe.
  8. To download the patch for the software release, click Download.
  9. 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.

Parent topic: Accessing Software Updates and Firmware Downloads

Update the NVMe Storage Drive Firmware

  • Update your system to the latest software release.

  • Verify that the latest supported software release of Oracle Hardware Management Pack is installed on the host.

    For CLI command instructions, refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation at https://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs .

This procedure provides instructions to update Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD NAND flash controller firmware for the host on supported Oracle Solaris and Oracle Linux operating systems. Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD firmware is updated as a single package using Oracle Hardware Management Pack utility command-line interface (CLI) tools.

Note:

Refer to the server documentation product notes for detailed instructions on system software updates.
  1. Check Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Product Notes for the latest firmware requirements.
  2. Log in to the target system.

    For detailed instructions, refer to the server installation guide. For example, to log in to the target system through SSH or through Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus, do one of the following:

    • If you are using an SSH client connection.

      1. From a shell command line in a terminal window, establish an SSH connection to the server host.

        Type: ssh root@hostname , where hostname can be the DNS name or the IP address for the server host.

      2. Log in to the system using an account with root access.

      3. Proceed to Step 3.

    • If you are using a remote system console, first refer to the server administration guide and then perform these steps.

      To launch an Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus session, refer to Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions in the server administration guide.

      1. Access the host console. Establish a remote connection to the host console.

        Start an Oracle ILOM serial console session, type:

        --> start /HOST/console

        Are you sure you want to start /HOST/console (y/n)? y

      2. Ensure that the server is powered on and booted.

      3. Access the operating system command-line interface.

        You issue Oracle Hardware Management Pack commands from the operating system command-line interface.

  3. Download and store any firmware image file updates on the server that are required to support Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs.
    1. Download firmware image files from this location:
    2. Copy the downloaded firmware image files to the target system root directory.
  4. Identify all Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs and controller firmware versions in the server.
    1. Type: # fwupdate list controller

      In the following examples, 6.4 TB NVMe SSD controllers c1-6 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command. 

      # fwupdate list controller
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID    Type   Manufacturer   Model     Product Name              FW Version   
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0    NVMe   Samsung        0xa824    SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3MPK94R5Q     
c1    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c2    HDC    Intel          0xa182    0x4873                    -            
c3    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c4    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c5    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC30     
c6    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC30     
c7    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c8    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c9    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c10   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c11   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50
    2. Verify that the firmware package files that are installed in Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs require updating.

      To identify NVMe controllers that need updated firmware image files, view the FW Version column in the output from the fwdupdate list controller command.

      In the following example, 6.4 TB NVMe SSD controller c5 and c6 show firmware version 2CV1RC30, while all of the other NVMe controllers show firmware version 2CV1RC50. All 6.8 TB NVMe SSD controllers c0 through c6 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command. 

      # fwupdate list controller
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID    Type   Manufacturer   Model     Product Name              FW Version   
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0    NVMe   Samsung        0xa824    SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3MPK94R5Q     
c1    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c2    HDC    Intel          0xa182    0x4873                    -            
c3    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c4    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c5    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC30     
c6    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC30     
c7    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c8    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c9    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c10   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c11   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50
    3. View the Firmware Revision in the output from the nvmeadm list -v command.

      To identify NVMe controllers and current firmware versions type:

      # nvmeadm list -v

      In the following example, controller SUNW-NVME-2 shows firmware version 2CV1RC50 in the output returned by the above command. 

      # nvmeadm list -v
SUNW-NVME-1
        PCI Vendor ID:                  0x144d
        Serial Number:                  S64TNE0N800033
        Model Number:                   SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3
        Firmware Revision:              MPK94R5Q
        Number of Namespaces:           32
SUNW-NVME-2
        PCI Vendor ID:                  0x8086
        Serial Number:                  PHAB011200LV7P6GGN
        Model Number:                   INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S
        Firmware Revision:              2CV1RC50
        Number of Namespaces:           128
  5. Quiesce Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD devices.

    Before removing a drive, manually quiesce I/O and device usage.

    Caution:

    System hang or data loss. Before updating device firmware, ensure that the device is quiesced and the following events are not occurring:

    • The operating system is not accessing the disk (for example, the system boot disk).

    • An application is not accessing the disk (for example, a database application).

  6. Update the selected 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs with the specified firmware package.

    The fwupdate command can update firmware for all similar devices in the system utilizing an XML metadata file. This method is called Automatic Mode and is the recommended method for upgrades.

    Note:

    Alternately, if you determine that each device must be updated with a separate fwupdate command, perform the fwupdate Automatic Single Drive method, or the fwupdate Manual method (if an XML metadata file is not available). For CLI command instructions, refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation at: https://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs .
    1. Verify that an XML metadata file is available for the server.

      An XML metadata file must be included with the firmware update package to use Automatic Mode. Refer to the update package Release Notes.

    2. To update device firmware on Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs, type fwupdate update controller -x metadata.xml. 
      # fwupdate update controller -x metadata.xml
 The following components will be upgraded as shown:
==========================================================
ID        Priority Action      Status      Old Firmware Ver.   Proposed Ver.       New Firmware Ver.   System Reboot
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c5        1        Check FW    Success     2CV1RC30            2CV1RC50            N/A                 None
c6        1        Check FW    Success     2CV1RC30            2CV1RC50            N/A                 None
       System Reset
Do you wish to process all of the above component upgrades? [y/n]?

      If the current firmware package version on the selected drive is higher than the specified firmware package version, the command returns an error. For error codes, refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation at https://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs .

    3. To upgrade the firmware packages and process all of the above component upgrades, type y. 
      Updating c5:  Success
Updating c6:  Success
Verifying all priority 1 updates
Execution Summary
==========================================================
ID        Priority Action      Status      Old Firmware Ver.   Proposed Ver.       New Firmware Ver.   System Reboot
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c5        1        Check FW    Success     2CV1RC30            2CV1RC50            N/A                 None
c6        1        Check FW    Success     2CV1RC30            2CV1RC50            N/A                 None
System Reboot required for some applied firmware
Do you wish to automatically reboot now? [y/n]?
    4. Type y to reboot the host server to initialize the firmware update.
  7. Re-access the console. See step 2.

    For more instructions, refer to the server Installation Guide.

  8. Verify that the updated firmware package is installed in Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs.
    1. Type the following from a terminal: # fwupdate list controller

      In the following example, Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs are displayed.

      # fwupdate list controller
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID    Type   Manufacturer   Model     Product Name              FW Version   
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0    NVMe   Samsung        0xa824    SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3MPK94R5Q     
c1    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c2    HDC    Intel          0xa182    0x4873                    -            
c3    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c4    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c5    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c6    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c7    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c8    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1RC50     
c9    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c10   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50     
c11   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC50
    2. Verify host recognition of all NVMe SSDs by checking ID enumeration.

      In the above example, 6.8 TB NVMe SSD controller IDs c0 to c11 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.

    3. Ensure that the 6.8 TB NVMe SSD firmware was updated in the output returned by the above command.
  9. Verify Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD operation.
  10. Repeat the firmware upgrade process until Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs have the most up to date firmware release.

    See Minimum Supported Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Firmware Version.

    For example, upgrade drive firmware revision to 2CV1RC50.

    Related Information

Parent topic: Accessing Software Updates and Firmware Downloads

Verify Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD Operation

  • Verify that Oracle Hardware Management Pack is installed on the host.

    For CLI command instructions, refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation at https://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs .

  • Ensure that you have access to the server (either directly or over the network).

This procedure provides instructions to verify Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD operation on the host for supported Oracle Solaris and Oracle Linux operating systems. Verify Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD operation using Oracle Hardware Management Pack utility CLI tools.

  1. Observe Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSD status indicator LEDs.

    Verify that the Fault-Service Required 6.8 TB NVMe SSD status indicator is not lit and that the green Power status indicator is lit on the 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs that you updated. LED status indicators are: Green (operational), Amber (faulty disk ), Blue (SSD has been prepared for removal).

    Refer to LED Status Indicator Characteristics in Oracle 6.8 Tbyte, 2.5-inch, NVMe Solid State Drive Specification.

  2. Log in to the target system.

    For detailed instructions, refer to the server installation guide. For example, to log in to the target system through SSH or through Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus, do one of the following:

    • If you are using an SSH client connection.

      1. From a shell command line in a terminal window, establish an SSH connection to the server host.

        Type: ssh root@hostname , where hostname can be the DNS name or the IP address for the server host.

      2. Log in to the system using an account with root access.

      3. Proceed to Step 3.

    • If you are using a remote system console, first refer to the server administration guide and then perform these steps.

      To launch an Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus session, refer to Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions in the server administration guide.

      1. Access the host console. Establish a remote connection to the host console.

        Start an Oracle ILOM serial console session, type:

        --> start /HOST/console

        Are you sure you want to start /HOST/console (y/n)? y

      2. Ensure that the server is powered on and booted.

      3. Access the operating system command-line interface.

        You issue Oracle Hardware Management Pack commands from the operating system command-line interface.

  3. Identify all 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs and verify that the latest firmware packages are installed.
    1. Type the following command: # fwupdate list controller

      In the following example, devices are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.

      # fwupdate list controller
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID    Type   Manufacturer   Model     Product Name              FW Version   
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0    NVMe   Samsung        0xa824    SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3MPK94R5Q     
c1    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c2    HDC    Intel          0xa182    0x4873                    -            
c3    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c4    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c5    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R104     
c6    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R104     
c7    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R103     
c8    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPFCKE064T9S      2CV1R103     
c9    NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c10   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30     
c11   NVMe   Intel          0x0b60    INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S      2CV1RC30
    2. Verify host recognition of all 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs by checking controller ID enumeration.

      In the above example, 6.8 TB NVMe SSD controllers c0 to c6 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.

    3. Ensure that all 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs firmware revisions are current in the output returned by the above command.
  4. Check NVMe device status.

    To identify NVMe controllers and current firmware versions, type: # nvmeadm list -v

    To identify NVMe controllers that have updated firmware, view the Firmware Revision row in the output from the nvmeadm list -v command.

    In the following example, controller SUNW-NVME-2 shows firmware version 2CV1RC30 in the output returned by the above command. 

    # nvmeadm list -v
SUNW-NVME-1
        PCI Vendor ID:                  0x144d
        Serial Number:                  S64TNE0N800033
        Model Number:                   SAMSUNG MZWLR7T6HALA-00AU3
        Firmware Revision:              MPK94R5Q
        Number of Namespaces:           32
SUNW-NVME-2
        PCI Vendor ID:                  0x8086
        Serial Number:                  PHAB011200LV7P6GGN
        Model Number:                   INTEL SSDPF2KX076T9S
        Firmware Revision:              2CV1RC30
        Number of Namespaces:           128
  5. Check the health of Oracle 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs.

    To check the selected 6.8 TB NVMe SSD health and SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) information, type: # nvmeadm getlog -h

    Ensure that the 6.8 TB NVMe SSDs have remaining drive life (Percentage Used) in the output returned by the above command. 

    # nvmeadm getlog -h 
SUNW-NVME-1
SMART/Health Information:
        Critical Warning: 0
        Temperature: 315 Kelvin
        Available Spare: 100 percent
        Available Spare Threshold: 10 percent
        Percentage Used: 0 percent
        Data Unit Read: 0x2fa1c314 of 512k bytes.
        Data Unit Written: 0x23bd12c7 of 512k bytes.
        Number of Host Read Commands: 0x3f0bb9308
        Number of Host Write Commands: 0x1c2433434
        Controller Busy Time in Minutes: 0x525
        Number of Power Cycle: 0x56e
        Number of Power On Hours: 0x55f
        Number of Unsafe Shutdown: 0x307
        Number of Media Errors: 0x0
        Number of Error Info Log Entries: 0x0

SUNW-NVME-2
SMART/Health Information:
        Critical Warning: 0
        Temperature: 310 Kelvin
        Available Spare: 99 percent
        Available Spare Threshold: 10 percent
        Percentage Used: 1 percent
        Data Unit Read: 0x138a818a of 512k bytes.
        Data Unit Written: 0x2d71a25d of 512k bytes.
        Number of Host Read Commands: 0xe75e59ca
        Number of Host Write Commands: 0x7a604b45c
        Controller Busy Time in Minutes: 0xe0
        Number of Power Cycle: 0x89
        Number of Power On Hours: 0x1443
        Number of Unsafe Shutdown: 0x78
        Number of Media Errors: 0x0
        Number of Error Info Log Entries: 0x0

    Related Information

Parent topic: Accessing Software Updates and Firmware Downloads