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Update the Hardware Device Firmware (Oracle Hardware Management Pack)
120 Oracle X6 Series Servers Administration Guide • April 2016
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Delay BIOS Upgrade: Postpone the BIOS upgrade until after the next time the system
is reset or power-cycled.
Note - These options are enabled by default when using a script.
What happens next depends on whether you selected Delay BIOS Upgrade or not:
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If you did not select Delay BIOS Upgrade, an update status display appears. The
system power cycles and applies the updates when the update status display reaches
100%.
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If you selected Delay BIOS Upgrade, the system updates Oracle ILOM but does not
upgrade BIOS, and does not power cycle. Instead, it upgrades BIOS the next time you
reset or power cycle the server.
Note -
When the Oracle ILOM update takes place, your Oracle ILOM session ends.
You can access Oracle ILOM again when the update is complete.
Note -
If you reset your server when there is a pending BIOS upgrade, Oracle ILOM
executes the BIOS upgrade. This power cycles the server and causes the reset to take
longer than usual (as much as 26 minutes). This is normal behavior when a delayed
BIOS upgrade is applied during a reset.
Related Information
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Update the Server SP or CMM Firmware Image, Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for
Configuration and Maintenance Guide, Firmware Release 3.2.x at
http://www.oracle.
com/goto/ilom/docs
Update the Hardware Device Firmware (Oracle
Hardware Management Pack)
The
fwupdate
CLI tool in Oracle Hardware Management Pack enables you to query, update,
and validate the firmware of storage devices such as host bus adapters (HBAs), expanders, and
disks on the server.
fwupdate
is supported on Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems.
1. Obtain the FIRMWARE PACK patch using one of the methods described in
“Obtaining Software and Firmware Updates” on page 116 .
2.
Ensure that the update files are accessible from the server operating system.