Update The Hardware Device Firmware (Oracle Hardware Management Pack) - Oracle X7 series Administration Manual

Update the Hardware Device Firmware (Oracle Hardware Management Pack)

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Related Information
Update the Server SP or CMM Firmware Image, Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for
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Configuration and Maintenance Guide, Firmware Release 4.0.x at
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Update the Hardware Device Firmware (Oracle
Hardware Management Pack)
The fwupdate CLI tool in Oracle Hardware Management Pack enables you to query, update,
and validate the firmware of storage devices such as host bus adapters (HBAs), expanders, and
disks on the server. fwupdate is supported on Linux and Solaris operating systems.
Obtain the FIRMWARE PACK patch as described in
1.
Software Updates From My Oracle Support" on page
Ensure that the update files are accessible from the server operating system.
2.
Access the operating system command-line with root privileges.
3.
For more information, see
Hardware Management Pack" on page
112 Oracle X7 Series Servers Administration Guide • September 2017
If you did not select Delay BIOS Upgrade, an update status display appears. The
system power cycles and applies the updates when the update status display reaches
100%.
If you selected Delay BIOS Upgrade, the system updates Oracle ILOM but does not
upgrade BIOS, and does not power cycle. Instead, it upgrades BIOS the next time you
reset or power cycle the server.
When the Oracle ILOM update takes place, your Oracle ILOM session ends.
Note -
You can access Oracle ILOM again when the update is complete.
If you reset your server when there is a pending BIOS upgrade, Oracle ILOM
Note -
executes the BIOS upgrade. This power cycles the server and causes the reset to take
longer than usual (as much as 26 minutes). This is normal behavior when a delayed
BIOS upgrade is applied during a reset.
"Accessing the Host Console" on page 38
"Download Firmware and
107.
32.
http://www.oracle.
or "Accessing Oracle