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Firmware Upgrade Procedure on Oracle M7 server (for version below 9.5.2.g)

The firmware upgrade can be performed via Oracle ILOM CLI or

 web interface.While the activity is in process we should ideally 

 have a serial connection to both the SP’s. This can be performed 

 even remotely , the only thing is that you will lose connectivity for 

 a while when the SP’s go for a reboot.



The procedure to upgrade firmware from CLI is as follows:



1. We check the SP status and the current Firmware version.


->show /SP/redundancy status

/SP/redundancy

Properties:

status = Active

->show /System/firmware

/System/Firmware

Targets:

Other_Firmware

Properties:

system_fw_version = Sun System Firmware 9.x.x.a 2015/03/11 14:26


 

2. Now we will stop the system and wait till the power_off property  sets to off.


-> stop /System

Are you sure you want to stop all of the configured hosts on the system (y/n)? y

Stopping /System

stop:

/HOST0: Stopping

/HOST1: Stopping

...

-> show /System power_state

Properties:

power_state = Off



3. Now go ahead and take a note/backup of current network configuration .


-> show /SP/network

/SP/network

...

Properties:

commitpending = (Cannot show property)

ipdiscovery = static

ipgateway = 10.xxx.x9.x

ipnetmask = 255.255.255.0

pendingipdiscovery = static

pendingipgateway = 10.xxx.x9.1

pendingipnetmask = 255.255.255.0

...

-> show -o table -level 2 /SP/network ipaddress

Target | Property | Value

------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------------------

/SP/network/ACTIVE_SP | ipaddress | 10.xxx.x9.49

/SP/network/HOST0 | ipaddress | 0.0.0.0

/SP/network/HOST1 | ipaddress | 0.0.0.0

/SP/network/HOST2 | ipaddress | 0.0.0.0

/SP/network/HOST3 | ipaddress | 0.0.0.0

/SP/network/SP0 | ipaddress | 10.xxx.x9.50

/SP/network/SP1 | ipaddress | 10.xxx.x9.51

-> show /SP hostname

...

hostname = m7-8-xxxxxx-a-sp0

...

-> show /HOST0/diag hw_change_level

...

hw_change_level = off

...

-> show /HOST1/diag hw_change_level

...

...



4. Now back up the existing SP configuration

We can use a remote server here to copy the backed up configuration 

So that it could be retrieved in case of any failure and it could be secured 

with a passphrase.


-> set /SP/config passphrase=passphrase

-> set /SP/config dump_uri=scp://user@IP-address/file-name.xml 


The firmware package can be downloaded from here :visit here



5. Now we will load the firmware package to which the system is to 

Be upgraded.

For this too we can use the same server as in step 4.


-> load -source http://IP-address/Sun_System_Firmware-9_x_x_a-SPARC_M7-Systems.pkg

 

6. Now Restore the SP network settings from the serial console for the Active SP.



-> set /SP/network pendingipgateway=IP-address pendingipnetmask=netmask

-> set /SP/network/ACTIVE_SP pendingipaddress=IP-address

-> set /SP/network commitpending=true

Set 'commitpending' to 'true'




7. SP configuration restore


This step will use the backup that we took before starting the upgrade.

Use the same passphrase that was set earlier and the IP address to 

Which the configuration was backed up as an xml file.


-> set /SP/config passphrase=passphrase

-> set /SP/config load_uri=scp://user@IP-address/filename.xml

 

Now you can reboot the SP’s immediately or one by one as per the 

Firmware loading step.



8. Load the fallback image.


Use the IP address where you downloaded the Oracle Solaris mini root 

Fallback image.


-> load -source http://IP-address/sol-11_3_2_4_0-fallback_boot-sparc.pkg



9. The  Firmware package can now be loaded.



-> load -source http://IP-address/Sun_System_Firmware-9_x_x_a-SPARC_M7-Systems.pkg


Once both the SP’s reboot you can confirm all the settings and the new firmware version installed.




REFERENCES: Check for the Oracle DOC reference here: visit here

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