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Old 11-12-2008
bharu_sri bharu_sri is offline
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Error updating Firmware in X4500

I have X4500 machine with solaris 10 OS and software version 5.10. The firmware version is 1.1.1 and I am planning to upgrade the firmware.

C H A P T E R 1 - Flash Upgrading Your Server to Software Release 1.2

I referred to the above link to do so. But, I do not understand what is the tftpserver that I need to mention here. I get an error message saying gethostbyname() failed. I also setup tftp server on my solaris machine using the following link.

A P P E N D I X C - Updating the Firmware

Please, help me.