Update Firmware

1. Complete the following prerequisites:

   • Complete all steps in Identify the Hardware and Current Firmware Versions.

   • If you want to preserve current BIOS settings after the firmware update, back up the BIOS configuration before performing the firmware update. You can do this with Oracle ILOM or the Oracle Hardware Management Pack biosconfig tool (for x86 systems).

     See Oracle ILOM or Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation.

   • Refer to the component documentation and Firmware Update Notes and Options to determine if there are any component-specific firmware update issues.

2. Update the firmware for any REMs installed on the server modules.

   See REM Firmware Update and component documentation for information on how to update the REM firmware.

3. Update the following components through the CMM ILOM in the following order:
   1. Storage module SAS expanders

      • For the Sun Blade Storage Module M2, use the CMM ILOM.

      • For the Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module, use the Oracle Hardware Management Pack fwupdate tool. See Tools Available for Firmware Update.

   2. NEM SAS expanders

      • For NEMs that have been released recently, use CMM ILOM.

      • For older NEMs, use the Oracle Hardware Management Pack fwupdate tool.

      For more information, see the NEM documentation and Tools Available for Firmware Update.

   3. Server module ILOM and BIOS or OpenBoot PROM
   4. CMM ILOM
   5. NEM ILOM

   Instructions for updating component firmware with the CMM ILOM are available in the the Oracle ILOM 3.1 documentation:

   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/sys-mgmt-networking-190072.html

4. To determine if additional firmware updates are needed for the NEM, refer to the NEM documentation and NEM Firmware Update.