Sun Microsystems Blade X6450, Service Manual

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Chapter 5 Updating ELOM Firmware 5-7
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To Update the REM Firmware from a
DOS-Bootable USB Thumb Drive
1. On a system with internet access, download the Tools and Driver CD ISO image
from:
http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp
2. Burn a CD or mount the ISO image.
3. Insert the DOS-bootable USB flash drive into the USB port.
4. On the CD or ISO image, go to the Adaptec firmware directory,
firmware/REM/
.
5. Copy all the files from the
firmware/REM/directory
to the DOS-bootable
USB flash drive.
6. Remove the USB flash drive from the system.
7. Connect the multi-port dongle cable to the UCP connector on the front of the
server module.
8. Attach a keyboard, a monitor, and the DOS-bootable USB flash drive to the
multi-port dongle cable.
9. To boot the USB thumb drive to DOS:
a. Restart the server module.
Watch the POST and boot messages for prompt to press F8 to enter BIOS.
b. When the BIOS F8 prompt appears, press F8.
After some messages, the software prompts you to select a boot device.
c. Select USB boot device, then press Enter.
The server module boots to DOS and displays the DOS prompt.
A:\>
10. From the DOS prompt, navigate to the directory where you copied the Adaptec
files.
11. Execute the
afu.exe
file by entering the command:
afu
The Adaptec Flash Utility window appears.
12. Select Update the Flash Image, then press Enter.
The utility displays a message:
Please insert disk labeled “Sun STK RAID REM Firmware Disk
.
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