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.

You can download the firmware/driver image to your PC X4600M2_Tools_And_Drivers_CD_40975a.iso. Then access your iLOM using net mgmt.
Before you perform the upgrade, your server should be powered off. Using the GUI at the web browser to point to your image file and the upgrade would automatically take effect for abt 6-10 mins. You need not use the tftpserver method

Thank u so much for your advice. Actually ILOM ip address is routed through linux server and I cannot use web GUI because if I ping to the ILOM IP address its not getting connected since its routed through linux server. First , I ssh to the linux server and from there to my SP.

Could you please tell me how can I connect it directly to my Server instead of routing it through linux server. The ILOM cable should be unplugged from the linux server and should be connected to my server . Am I correct ? Could you please help me with this .

Thank you

start the webbrowser from the linux mashine. you can route the display to your locel mashine and do the update this way...

How can I start the web GUI on a linux machine. I do not have access to that . Actually it is the previous system administrators machine and I do not have any access.

I am new to solaris OS and I am facing lot of problems.

Sorry if I am bugging you. Anyways thank you so much

you can route the display of one mashine to another one... this can be done with ssh.

from the ssh manpage:

    -X       Enables X11 forwarding.  This can also be specified on a per-host
             basis in a configuration file.

             X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution.  Users with the
             ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the
             user's X authorization database) can access the local X11 display
             through the forwarded connection.  An attacker may then be able
             to perform activities such as keystroke monitoring.

             For this reason, X11 forwarding is subjected to X11 SECURITY
             extension restrictions by default.  Please refer to the ssh -Y
             option and the ForwardX11Trusted directive in ssh_config(5) for
             more information.