Sun Microsystems Netra CT 820 Administration Manual page 61

During a flash update of the BMC firmware, the BMC is not able to respond to
communication requests, and the following messages may display on the console:
ysif_xfer_msg: kcs driver xfermsg returns -1
read_evt_buffer: sysif_xfer_msg returns -1
poll_evt_handler: read_evt_buffer returns -1
listner_thread: poll_evt_handler returns -1
To Update All the Distributed Management
M
Card Flash Images
1. Log in to the distributed management card.
2. Flash update the distributed management card images:
Note – The scdf option is not mandatory. Use it only if you want to initialize the
system configuration variables to the defaults.
flashupdate -d cmsw -f path
hostname cli>
hostname cli> flashupdate -d bcfw -f path
flashupdate -d bmcfw -f path
hostname cli>
hostname cli>
flashupdate -d scdf
flashupdate -d rpdf -f path
hostname cli>
where path can be nfs://nfs.server.ip.address/directory/filename or
tftp://tftp.server.ip.address/directory/filename where the software to use in the flash is
installed.
After you update rpdf, the distributed management card resets itself. If you do not
update rpdf, you must reset the distributed management card manually.
M To Update an Individual Distributed
Management Card Flash Image
1. Log in to the distributed management card.
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