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  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Understanding an Overview of the SPARC M12/M10
    1.  1.1 Basics of the SPARC M12/M10
    2. Click 1.2 Basics of the XSCF Firmware
    3. Click 1.3 Network Configuration
    4.  1.4 Basics of Hypervisor
    5.  1.5 Basics of Oracle VM Server for SPARC
    6.  1.6 Basics of OpenBoot PROM
  3. Chapter 2 Logging In/Out of the XSCF
    1. Click 2.1 Connecting the System Management Terminal
    2. Click 2.2 Logging In to the XSCF Shell
    3.  2.3 Logging Out from the XSCF Shell
    4. Click 2.4 Logging In to XSCF Web
    5.  2.5 Logging Out From XSCF Web
    6.  2.6 Number of Connectable Users
  4. Chapter 3 Configuring the System
    1. Click 3.1 Preliminary Work for XSCF Setup
    2. Click 3.2 Understanding the Contents of the XSCF Firmware Settings
    3.  3.3 Setting Up From the XSCF Shell
    4.  3.4 Setting Up From XSCF Web
    5. Click 3.5 Creating/Managing XSCF Users
    6. Click 3.6 Setting the XSCF Time/Date
    7. Click 3.7 Configuring the SSH/Telnet Service for Login to the XSCF
    8. Click 3.8 Configuring the HTTPS Service for Login to the XSCF
    9. Click 3.9 Configuring the XSCF Network
    10. Click 3.10 Configuring Auditing to Strengthen XSCF Security
  5. Chapter 4 Configuring the System to Suit the Usage Type
    1. Click 4.1 Setting/Checking the System Altitude
    2. Click 4.2 Controlling System Start
    3. Click 4.3 Enabling/Disabling Dual Power Feed
    4. Click 4.4 Reducing Power Consumption
    5. Click 4.5 Connecting a DVD Drive
    6. Click 4.6 Using Remote Storage
  6. Chapter 5 CPU Activation
    1.  5.1 Basic Concepts of CPU Activation
    2.  5.2 CPU Activation Key
    3. Click 5.3 Adding CPU Core Resources
    4. Click 5.4 Deleting CPU Core Resources
    5. Click 5.5 Moving CPU Core Resources
    6. Click 5.6 Displaying CPU Activation Information
    7. Click 5.7 Saving/Restoring CPU Activation Keys
    8. Click 5.8 Troubleshooting CPU Activation Errors
    9.  5.9 Important Notes about CPU Activation
  7. Chapter 6 Starting/Stopping the System
    1. Click 6.1 Starting the System
    2. Click 6.2 Stopping the System
    3.  6.3 Rebooting the System
    4.  6.4 Suppressing Starting Oracle Solaris at Power-on
  8. Chapter 7 Controlling Physical Partitions
    1.  7.1 Configuring a Physical Partition
    2. Click 7.2 Setting the Physical Partition Operation Mode
    3.  7.3 Powering On a Physical Partition
    4.  7.4 Powering Off a Physical Partition
    5.  7.5 Changing the Configuration of a Physical Partition
  9. Chapter 8 Controlling Logical Domains
    1.  8.1 Configuring a Logical Domain
    2. Click 8.2 Configuring the Oracle Solaris Kernel Zone
    3. Click 8.3 Switching to the Control Domain Console From the XSCF Shell
    4. Click 8.4 Returning to the XSCF Shell From the Control Domain Console
    5.  8.5 Starting a Logical Domain
    6.  8.6 Shutting Down a Logical Domain
    7. Click 8.7 Ordered Shutdown of Logical Domains
    8.  8.8 Checking CPU Activation Information
    9. Click 8.9 Setting the OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables of the Control Domain
    10. Click 8.10 Domain Console Logging Function
    11.  8.11 Changing the Configuration of a Logical Domain
    12.  8.12 Setting the Logical Domain Time
    13. Click 8.13 Collecting a Hypervisor Dump File
    14. Click 8.14 Managing Logical Domain Resources Associated with CPU Sockets
    15. Click 8.15 Setting the Physical Partition Dynamic Reconfiguration Policy
    16. Click 8.16 Setting the Maximum Page Size of a Logical Domain
  10. Chapter 9 Managing the Systems Daily
  11. Chapter 10 Preparing/Taking Action for Failures
    1.  10.1 Learning about Troubleshooting and Related Functions
    2. Click 10.2 Receiving Notification by E-mail When a Failure Occurs
    3. Click 10.3 Monitoring/Managing the System Status With the SNMP Agent
    4. Click 10.4 Monitoring the System
    5.  10.5 Understanding the Failure Degradation Mechanism
    6. Click 10.6 Checking Failed Hardware Resources
    7. Click 10.7 Setting Automatic Replacement of Failed CPU Cores
    8.  10.8 Setting Recovery Mode
    9.  10.9 Setting Up a Redundant Component Configuration
    10. Click 10.10 Saving/Restoring XSCF Settings Information
    11. Click 10.11 Saving/Restoring Logical Domain Configuration Information in the XSCF
    12. Click 10.12 Saving/Restoring Logical Domain Configuration Information in an XML File
    13. Click 10.13 Saving/Restoring the OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables
    14.  10.14 Saving/Restoring the Contents of a Hard Disk
    15.  10.15 Resetting a Logical Domain
    16. Click 10.16 Causing a Panic in a Logical Domain
    17.  10.17 Resetting a Physical Partition
    18. Click 10.18 Returning the Server to the State at Factory Shipment
    19.  10.19 Collecting a Crash Dump File Using Deferred Dump
  12. Chapter 11 Checking the System Status
    1. Click 11.1 Checking the System Configuration/Status
    2. Click 11.2 Checking a Physical Partition
  13. Chapter 12 Checking Logs and Messages
    1. Click 12.1 Checking a Log Saved by the XSCF
    2. Click 12.2 Checking Warning and Notification Messages
  14. Chapter 13 Switching to Locked Mode/Service Mode
    1.  13.1 Understanding the Differences Between Locked Mode and Service Mode
    2.  13.2 Switching the Operating Mode
  15. Chapter 14 Configuring a Highly Reliable System
    1. Click 14.1 Configuring Memory Mirroring
    2. Click 14.2 Configuring Hardware RAID
    3.  14.3 Using the LDAP Service
    4.  14.4 Using SAN Boot
    5.  14.5 Using iSCSI
    6. Click 14.6 Remote Power Management for the SPARC M12/M10 and I/O Devices
    7.  14.7 Using an Uninterruptible Power Supply
    8. Click 14.8 Using Verified Boot
  16. Chapter 15 Expanding the System Configuration
    1.  15.1 Changing the Virtual CPU Configuration
    2.  15.2 Changing the Memory Configuration
    3. Click 15.3 Dynamic Reconfiguration Function for PCIe Endpoint Devices
    4. Click 15.4 Using the PCI Expansion Unit
    5.  15.5 Expanding the SPARC M12-2S/M10-4S
  17. Chapter 16 Updating the XCP Firmware
    1. Click 16.1 Basics of Firmware Update
    2. Click 16.2 Before Updating Firmware
    3.  16.3 Update Flow
    4.  16.4 Preparing an XCP Image File
    5. Click 16.5 Updating Firmware
    6.  16.6 Updating Firmware From XSCF Web
    7. Click 16.7 Firmware Version Matching with Parts Addition/Replacement
    8.  16.8 Trouble During Firmware Update
    9.  16.9 FAQ Relating to Firmware Update
  18. Chapter 17 Updating Oracle Solaris and Oracle VM Server for SPARC
  19. Chapter 18 Troubleshooting
    1.  18.1 Troubleshooting for the XSCF
    2.  18.2 Precautions Concerning Using the RESET Switch
    3.  18.3 Frequently Asked Questions / FAQ
    4.  18.4 System Troubleshooting With the XSCF
  20. Appendix A Lists of SPARC M12/M10 System Device Paths
    1.  A.1 SPARC M12-1 Device Paths
    2. Click A.2 SPARC M12-2 Device Paths
    3. Click A.3 SPARC M12-2S Device Paths
    4.  A.4 SPARC M10-1 Device Paths
    5. Click A.5 SPARC M10-4 Device Paths
    6. Click A.6 SPARC M10-4S Device Paths
  21. Appendix B Identifying an SAS2 Device Based on a WWN
    1.  B.1 World Wide Name (WWN) Syntax
    2.  B.2 Overview of probe-scsi-all Command Output
    3. Click B.3 Identifying a Disk Slot by Using the probe-scsi-all Command
    4. Click B.4 Identifying Disk Slot
  22. Appendix C List of the XSCF Web Pages
    1.  C.1 Overview of the Pages
    2.  C.2 Understanding the Menu Configuration
    3. Click C.3 Available Pages
  23. Appendix D XSCF MIB Information
    1.  D.1 MIB Object Identification
    2.  D.2 Standard MIB
    3. Click D.3 Extended MIB
    4.  D.4 Traps
  24. Appendix E SPARC M12/M10 System-specific Functions of Oracle VM Server for SPARC
    1.  E.1 Ordered Shutdown of Logical Domains
    2.  E.2 CPU Activation Support
    3. Click E.3 Checking Failed Resources
    4.  E.4 Automatic Replacement of Failed CPUs
    5.  E.5 Hypervisor Dump
    6.  E.6 Domain Console Logging Function
    7.  E.7 CPU Socket Restrictions
  25. Appendix F SAS2IRCU Utility Command Examples
    1.  F.1 Displaying a List of SAS Controllers Recognized by sas2ircu
    2.  F.2 Displaying the Information of a Hardware RAID Volume
    3.  F.3 Adding a Hardware RAID Volume
    4.  F.4 Displaying the Configuration Status of a Hardware RAID Volume
    5.  F.5 Creating a Hot Spare of a Hardware RAID Volume
    6.  F.6 Deleting a Hot Spare of a Hardware RAID Volume
    7.  F.7 Deleting a Hardware RAID Volume
    8.  F.8 Identifying the Faulty Disk Drive of a Hardware RAID Volume
  26. Appendix G SPARC M12-1/M10-1 XSCF Startup Mode Function
    1. Click G.1 Function Overview
    2. Click G.2 Restrictions and Notes
    3.  G.3 Configuration Procedure
  27. Appendix H OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables and Commands
    1.  H.1 SCSI Device Display
    2.  H.2 Unsupported OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables
    3.  H.3 Unsupported OpenBoot PROM Commands
    4.  H.4 Behavior With the Security Mode Enabled
  28. Appendix I How to Specify the Boot Device
    1.  I.1 Device Path of the Internal Storage
    2.  I.2 Method of Specification With a PHY Number
    3.  I.3 Method of Specification With a Target ID
    4.  I.4 Method of Specification With an SAS Address
    5.  I.5 Method of Specification With a Volume Device Name
    6.  I.6 Notes About the Device Alias net of the SPARC M12 Without On-Board LAN
  29. Appendix J Lists of DVD Drive Aliases
    1. Click J.1 External DVD Drive Aliases
    2. Click J.2 Remote Storage DVD Drive Aliases
  30. Appendix K CPU Activation Interim Permit
    1.  K.1 What is the CPU Activation Interim Permit?
    2.  K.2 Terms of Use of the CPU Activation Interim Permit and Precautions
    3. Click K.3 Related Commands
    4. Click K.4 Flows and Procedures for Using a CPU Activation Interim Permit
    5. Click K.5 Event Notification of the CPU Activation Interim Permit
    6. Click K.6 Other Important Notes

16.6 Updating Firmware From XSCF Web


16.6 Updating Firmware From XSCF Web
This section describes how to update firmware from XSCF Web with an example for the SPARC M12-1.
  1. Log in to XSCF Web.
  1. Select [Menu] - [XSCF] - [Settings] - [Autologout] menu, and set a value of 30 minutes or longer for the [Time-out value] value.
    If you will need to restore the original value, make a note of the current setting value.
Note - If the XSCF shell timeout time is too short during XCP import or firmware update, "Session is invalid" may appear in the Web browser. For a building block configuration, set a value of 60 minutes or longer.
  1. Select [Physical] - [MBU].
  1. Confirm that Status is Normal for the MBU on the [MBU Detail] screen as shown in Figure 16-2.
Figure 16-2  [MBU Detail] Screen
Figure 16-2 [MBU Detail] Screen
  1. Select [Menu] - [Maintenance] - [Firmware Update].
  1. Confirm the version of the XCP firmware in operation, on the [Display Firmware Version] screen shown in Figure 16-3.
Note - The firmware can be updated from XCP 3xxx to XCP 3xxx or from XCP 4xxx to XCP 4xxx. Do not update the firmware from XCP 3xxx to XCP 4xxx or from XCP 4xxx to XCP 3xxx.
Figure 16-3  [Display Firmware Version] Screen
Figure 16-3 [Display Firmware Version] Screen
  1. Import an XCP image file from the [Import Firmware] screen shown in Figure 16-4.
    Specify the path of the XCP image file, and click the [Upload] button. Importing takes about five minutes.
Note - If the overwrite warning message "An existing file will be overwritten, continue to process?" appears, click the [OK] button.
Note - If a message such as "An internal error has occurred" or "Error: insufficient free space" appears during XCP import, an XSCF firmware error or parts failure may have occurred. In this case, see "16.8 Trouble During Firmware Update" and solve the problem.
Figure 16-4  [Import Firmware] Screen
Figure 16-4 [Import Firmware] Screen
Importing is completed when "The file has been uploaded successfully." appears.
The XCP Version line on the [Import Firmware] screen shown in Figure 16-5 is updated. Confirm that it displays the firmware version of the imported XCP image file.
Figure 16-5  [Import Firmware] Screen After Importing Ends
Figure 16-5 [Import Firmware] Screen After Importing Ends
  1. Check the [XCP Update] screen shown in Figure 16-6 to see whether the imported XCP image file can be used to update the firmware.
    Click the [Check] button and specify the firmware version in the pop-up window to start the file check. If "The XCP file has been checked successfully." appears, the file can be used for the firmware update.
Figure 16-6  XCP Image File Check From the [XCP Update] Screen
Figure 16-6 XCP Image File Check From the [XCP Update] Screen
  1. Update the firmware from the [XCP Update] screen shown in Figure 16-7.
    Click the [Update] button and specify the firmware version in the pop-up window to start the firmware update. The update takes about 30 minutes.
Note - In a building block configuration, the update tales about 60 minutes.
Note - If a message such as "An internal error has occurred" or "Internal error" appears during firmware update, an XSCF firmware error or parts failure may have occurred. In this case, see "16.8 Trouble During Firmware Update" and solve the problem.
Figure 16-7  Firmware Update From the [XCP Update] Screen
Figure 16-7 Firmware Update From the [XCP Update] Screen
Partway through the update, the XSCF is rebooted, and the XSCF session is disconnected.
The message shown in Figure 16-8 is output.
Figure 16-8  XSCF reboot message
Figure 16-8 XSCF reboot message
The message "The file has been updated successfully" shown in Figure 16-9 also appears partway through the update. At this point in time, the firmware update is not yet complete.
Figure 16-9  Message During the Update
Figure 16-9 Message During the Update
  1. Log in to XSCF Web again.
  1. Check the firmware update message on the [Log Monitor Message] screen in the bottom frame of the window shown in Figure 16-10.
Figure 16-10  [Log Monitor Message] Screen
Figure 16-10 [Log Monitor Message] Screen
If the message "XCP update has been completed" appears, the XCP firmware update has completed.
Note - A message similar to "XSCF update has been completed" or "CMU update has been completed" will appear on the SPARC M10. However, the update of all the XCP firmware will not have completed by the time the message appears.
Note - To safely update the firmware, do not perform power operations for physical partitions, reboot the XSCF, etc. until you have confirmed the "XCP update has been completed" message on the completion of the XCP firmware update. For details, see "16.2.1 Notes on Update."
Note - In a building block configuration: The states of the master and standby XSCFs in a building block configuration immediately after the XCP firmware update is completed have been inverted from their pre-update states. The master and standby XSCFs are switched to return them to their original states. The automatic switching takes about 10 minutes.
  1. Set the XSCF time.
    If the XSCF time has shifted, the logical domain time may shift when the physical partition is powered on.
    For details on how to set the XSCF time, see "6.1.2 Setting the XSCF Time Before System Startup." Take action from the associated XSCF Web menu.
  1. Confirm that the firmware version is up to date on the [Display Firmware Version] screen as shown in Figure 16-11.
Figure 16-11  [Display Firmware Version] Screen
Figure 16-11 [Display Firmware Version] Screen
Note - Power of the physical partition is on: The target CMU firmware has not been updated at this point in time. Therefore, the message does not appear for the CMU firmware. To complete the CMU firmware update after the XCP firmware update is completed, power off and on the physical partition.
Note - In the case of a logical domain configuration, execute the ldm add-spconfig command of Oracle VM Server for SPARC in the control domain to save the latest configuration information in the XSCF before powering off the physical partition.
For details, see "6.2.2 Saving the Logical Domain Configuration Information before System Stop" and "10.11.1 Saving/Displaying Logical Domain Configuration Information."
Note - On the SPARC M10, if firmware is updated by powering on the physical partition, only the current bank of the CMU firmware is updated.
With the CMU firmware, where control is handled only by the current bank, there is no problem with an outdated version of the reserve bank.
If the firmware is updated by stopping the power of a physical partition, then both the reserve bank and current bank of the CMU firmware are updated.
For the CMU firmware version that corresponds to the XCP version, see "Existing XCP Firmware Versions and Support Information" in the latest Product Notes for your server.
  1. If the auto logout time has been changed, select [Menu] - [XSCF] - [Settings] - [Autologout] menu, and restore the original value in [Time-out value].

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