Skybox Appliance 7000 Quick Start Guide
Skybox version 11.7.100
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8. Follow onscreen directions at the end of the BIOS update.
Important: After a firmware update, the system takes longer to boot while the backup
firmware region updates. This is normal behavior. Do not interrupt this process.
Updating via RMM
The following instructions explain how to update the firmware via the RMM interface on your
Skybox Appliance.
Updating the firmware
Before you start
You must have permission to log in to the RMM interface of Skybox Appliance from your local
machine. For instructions, see
To update the firmware
1. Open the ZIP file and copy the entire content of the package file to the root directory of a
USB flash drive.
2. Connect the USB flash drive to the back panel of the Skybox Appliance machine.
3. Make sure that no other USB is connected.
4. Connect to RMM as in steps 1 through 3 in
Checking your firmware revision via RMM
.
5. Hover over Remote Control and select IKVM over HTML5.
6. Log in as the root user.
7. Make sure that Skybox is not running on the Skybox Appliance machine before performing
the update.
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Shut down the Skybox Server:
service sbvserver stop