Sun Microsystems Sun Netra CP3250, User Manual

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Chapter 5 Configuring and Using BIOS Firmware 5-7
5.7 Secondary BIOS Image
The Sun Netra CP3250 blade server provides dual 1-Mbyte BIOS chips that support
redundant BIOS images for increased reliability. The default chip (page 0) acts as the
primary BIOS chip and is automatically selected for update during a firmware
upgrade. The secondary BIOS chip (page 1) retains the original BIOS image, and can
be used through manual configuration in the unlikely case where the primary BIOS
becomes corrupt.
If the primary BIOS becomes unbootable, use the secondary BIOS to manually boot
the blade server:
1. Log into the Shelf Manager.
2. To select the secondary BIOS image, type:
For example:
3. To boot the blade server from the Shelf Manager, type:
Note – Once the blade server is booted, reset the blade server to use the primary
BIOS image (
page 0
).
# clia sendcmd 96 2e 81 00 00 2a 01
# clia
sendcmd 96 2e 81 00 00 2a 01 <----- Setting the boot page to 1
Pigeon Point Shelf Manager Command Line Interpreter
Completion code: 0x0 (0) <----- successful completion code
Response data: 00 00 2A <----- no data returned
# clia activate board n