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# 1  
Old 11-10-2008
How do i update firmware on X4500??
I have solaris X4500 with ILOM version 1.1.1. I want to update the firmware. I know that we need to use

load -source tftp://tftpserver/image file

But I do not understand what is the IP address of the tftp server that we need to type in there.

Kindly, help me with this.

Thank you
# 2  
Old 11-10-2008
use "https://ip_of_your_box" to connect to the ilom with a browser. go to maintenance tab and do the firmwareupdate from there...
# 3  
Old 11-10-2008
thank you so much for you advice. But the problem is I cannot access to the ILOM using web browser since I need to access my ILOM through a LINUX server. So, first I need to ssh to the linux server and once I get access to the linux server from there i need to ssh to the ILOM port of my box. Could, you please tell me how do I update it through CLI.

load -source tftp://tftpserver/firmware.ima

I found this command in the manual, but I do not understand what tftpserver we need to use here. Where should we download the firmware so that we can have access to firmware.ima through ILOM.

Please help me.

Thank you
# 4  
Old 11-10-2008
go to "sunsolve.sun.com" to find the firmware for your system. after that you have to install a tftp server on your linux box. copy the firmware to a directory on your linux server and access this with the above mentioned command...

edit: direct link to download the firmware:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP...-F@CDS-CDS_SMI
# 5  
Old 11-10-2008
thank you so much for your reply and I would try it for sure . If I have any questions I would post them back
# 6  
Old 11-12-2008
Problem with updating firmware
First of all I could not install the server on the linux machine because I do not have access to it.

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

I followed the procedure given in the above link. Everything is fine with the setup process but after completing the procedure I get the following output:

svcs network/tftp/udp6
svcs: Pattern 'network/tftp/udp6' doesn't match any instances
STATE STIME FMRI
root@dervish # svcadm restart network/tftp/udp6
svcadm: Pattern 'network/tftp/udp6' doesn't match any instances
root@dervish # svcadm enable network/tftp/udp6
svcadm: Pattern 'network/tftp/udp6' doesn't match any instances

I do not understand why it is not recognizing the pattern and what should I do in order to enable it.

Please help me !!!!
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