Sun Microsystems Sun Fire 880 - Manual (Page 15)

Sun Fire 880 Server Product Notes 9
1. As superuser, type the following command to bring the system to single-user
mode:
2. Place the security keyswitch in the Normal position.
The Locked keyswitch position prevents unauthorized programming of the system
flash PROMs.
3. Type the following luxadm subcommand to begin the flash update process:
Where:
■
firmware_path is the location of the firmware image on the system disk—in this
case,
/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-880/lib/images/int_fcbpl_fw .
■ enclosure_name is the enclosure name assigned to the Sun Fire 880 internal storage
array—by default,
FCloop . If you need to verify the enclosure name first, use the
luxadm probe subcommand.
Note – For more information about the luxadm utility, see Platform Notes: Using
luxadm Software, part of the Solaris on Sun Hardware AnswerBook2 set on the
Supplement CD.
4. When the superuser prompt reappears, wait at least 15 more minutes before
continuing with this procedure.
This minimum wait time is required for the flash update process to propagate the
firmware code to all SSC100 processors in the system. Do not attempt any other
operations during this time.
5. After the required waiting period, reboot the system to single-user mode. Type the
following:
6. To verify that the flash update process has successfully completed, type the
following luxadm subcommand:
# init s
# luxadm download -f firmware_path enclosure_name
# reboot -- -s
# luxadm display enclosure_name