Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X2100 M2, Service Manual

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Appendix B Using the Tools and Drivers CD B-3
B.2.2 tftp Using CLI
1. Set up a tftp server to host the BIOS/BMC image.
Instructions for setting up the tftp server can be found in the system administration
guides for the appropriate Solaris or Linux version:
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Solaris 10 manual at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5504
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 manual at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 manual at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 manual at:
http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles9/pdfdoc/
sles_9_admin_guide/sles_9_admin_guide.pdf
2. Copy the combined BIOS/BMC image from the
/remoteflash/
version
/
bios_bmc_file file on the Tools and Drivers CD to your tftp
server
/tftpboot
directory.
Where version is the version of the Tools and Drivers CD that you are using and
bios_bmc_file is the name of the BIOS/BMC image.
For example:
/remoteflash/1.0/90_3A02
3. Ensure that the OS on the platform is shut down.
4. Log onto the Sun Fire X2100 M2 Embedded LOM CLI and cd into the Tftpupdate:
/SP -> cd TftpUpdate
5. Run the following commands from TftpUpdate:
/SP/TftpUpdate ->
set ServerIPAddress
= IP address of tftp server
/SP/TftpUpdate -> set FileName=
bios_bmc_file
.bin
/SP/TftpUpdate -> set Update=action
The BIOS and BMC firmware are updated.
Note – During the upgrade process, the login prompt will appear. Please do not
attempt to login until the flash update has completed.