The version of Sun System Firmware running on the system to be flash-updated must be 6.1.10 or higher. Consult the Install.info or other system documentation to determine the system’s Sun System Firmware version. If the version of Sun System Firmware is older than 6.1.10, then you must use the default protocol for flash-updating via the System Controller NET MGT port.

** Installing the Sun System Firmware from Solaris

1. Login to the system as root.

2. Change directory to /tmp

# cd /tmp/

3. Create a subdirectory named ‘images‘.

# mkdir images

4. Change directory to /images

# cd images

5. Copy the ‘sysfwdownload‘ binary and Sun System Firmware image (e.g. Sun_System_Firmware-<version>-<platform>-.bin) from the SunSolve site to the /tmp/images directory.

6. Use the sysfwdownload utility to download the Sun System Firmware image to the System Controller:
(In this example, we use Sun_System_Firmware-6_2_0-Sun_Fire_T2000.bin)

# /tmp/images/sysfwdownload Sun_System_Firmware-6_2_0-Sun_Fire_T2000.bin
………. (10%)………. (20%)………. (30%)………. (41%)……
…. (51%)………. (61%)………. (71%)………. (82%)………. (92%)……
.. (100%)
Download completed successfully.

7. Wait until the download completes successfully.  This should take 10-15 minutes.

8. Power off the system.  (i.e. to standby mode).

a) As root, exit the OS such that the system returns to the PROM’s “ok” prompt:

# shutdown -i0

{0} ok

b) Access the System Controller command line interface (CLI).  This is accomplished using the console escape characters. (normally “#.“)

{0} ok #.
sc>

c) From the System Controller CLI, issue the poweroff command.

sc> poweroff
Are you sure you want to power off the system [y/n]?  y
sc>
SC Alert: SC Request to Power Off Host.
SC Alert: Host system has shut down.
sc>

9. Make sure the virtual keyswitch setting is not in the LOCKED position. You can check the setting from the System Controller CLI with the following command:

sc> showkeyswitch

If the virtual key switch is in LOCKED position you can change that with the following command:

sc> setkeyswitch -y normal

10. Flash update the downloaded Sun System Firmware image:

sc> flashupdate -s 127.0.0.1

‘127.0.0.1‘ is the default address for the local host.

As the download process progresses, a series of periods appear across your screen.

…………………..

When the download process is finished, ALOM displays the message:

Update complete. Reset device to use new software.

11. The Sun System Firmware has now been updated. For the system to use the new firmware you must reset the System Controller. Type the resetsc command to reset ALOM.

sc> resetsc
User Requested SC Shutdown

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