{"id":538,"date":"2011-07-24T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zensonic.dk\/?p=538"},"modified":"2017-04-09T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T10:03:43","slug":"upgrading-obp-and-alom-on-a-sunfire-v210v240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zensonic.dk\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading OBP and ALOM on a SunFire v210\/v240"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I got my hands on a piece of oldish SUN equipment (SunFire V210\/V240). It was in an ok condition. Not perfect, but still usable and I will be able to fix the smaller issues.<\/p>\n

One of the issues was the really really old OBP and ALOM installed. In this post I will show how to upgrade OBP and ALOM. The key thing to remember is to<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Read ALL<\/strong> the attached readmes and whats not.<\/li>\n
  2. Make sure ALL<\/strong> dependencies are met<\/li>\n
  3. Upgrade the OBP before<\/strong> you upgrade the ALOM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And as usual. If you break your stuff following this post, then sorry but I can and will not be held responsible for anything you do. It worked for me. If it works for you, great. If it doesn’t, then tuff luck.<\/p>\n

    With that out of the way lets get started. First we need to obtain the ALOM and OPB patch. As a private person you might have a hard time getting hold of these files without an active support contract with oracle. I know I had. Mail\u00c2\u00a0 me if you run out of luck. You will need<\/p>\n

      \n
    • 142700-02.zip – OBP 4.30.0<\/li>\n
    • ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw0.tar.gz – ALOM 1.6.10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Below is the raw output of the upgrade so you can see how it is done. OBP first<\/p>\n

      **** While in the OS download and unpack the OBP firmware<\/p>\n

      # wget http:\/\/someserver\/142700-02.zip<\/p>\n

      # unzip 142700-02.zip<\/p>\n

      # cd 142700-02<\/p>\n

      # cp flash-update*\u00c2\u00a0 \/<\/p>\n

      # chmod 755 \/flash-update*<\/p>\n

      # halt<\/p>\n

      **** From the OBP prompt issue<\/p>\n

      ok boot disk \/flash-update-SunFire240<\/p>\n

      Firmware Release(s)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Firmware Release(s)
      \nCurrently Existing in the System\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Available for Installation\u00c2\u00a0 \/\u00c2\u00a0 Install?
      \n———————————- ——————————————-
      \nOBP 4.11.4 2003\/07\/23 08:04\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 OBP 4.30.0 2010\/01\/06 14:48\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 YES
      \nPOST 4.30.4 2010\/01\/06 15:10\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 YES<\/p>\n

      Type sa if you wish to select all available firmware releases for
      \ninstallation.\u00c2\u00a0 Type h for help, quit to exit, or cont to continue: cont<\/p>\n

      The Flash programming process is about to begin.
      \nType h for help, q to quit, Return or Enter to continue:<\/p>\n

      Erasing the top half of the Flash PROM.
      \nProgramming OBP into the top half of the Flash PROM.
      \nVerifying OBP in the top half of the Flash PROM.<\/p>\n

      Erasing the top half of the Flash PROM.
      \nProgramming POST into the top half of Flash PROM.
      \nVerifying POST in the top half of the Flash PROM.
      \nProgramming was successful.<\/p>\n

      SC Alert: Host System has Reset
      \nSC Alert: Host System has read and cleared bootmode.<\/p>\n

      Configuring system memory & CPU(s)
      \nProbing system devices
      \nProbing memory
      \nNOTICE: Initializing security keystore
      \nProbing I\/O buses<\/p>\n

      Sun Fire V210, No Keyboard
      \nCopyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.\u00c2\u00a0 All rights reserved.
      \nOpenBoot 4.30.4.a, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #57866961.
      \nEthernet address 0:3:ba:72:fa:d1, Host ID: 8372fad1.<\/p>\n

      NOTICE: Updating OpenBoot NVRAM diagnostic configuration variables..
      \ndiag-script =\u00c2\u00a0 normal
      \ndiag-trigger =\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 error-reset power-on-reset
      \ndiag-level =\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 max
      \nverbosity =\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 normal
      \nservice-mode? =\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 false
      \nauto-boot-on-error? =\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 true
      \nerror-reset-recovery =\u00c2\u00a0 sync<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      Your OBP is now updated. Now to the ALOM. From the OS<\/p>\n

      # firmware<\/p>\n

      # \/usr\/platform\/`uname -i`\/sbin\/scadm version<\/p>\n

      SC Version v1.3
      \nSC Bootmon Version:\u00c2\u00a0 v1.3.0
      \nSC Firmware Version:\u00c2\u00a0 v1.3.0<\/p>\n

      # \/usr\/platform\/`uname -i`\/sbin\/scadm download boot alombootfw
      \n……………….. (100%)
      \nDownload completed successfully<\/p>\n

      Please wait for verification<\/p>\n

      …………
      \nComplete<\/p>\n

      # sleep 60
      \n#\u00c2\u00a0 \/usr\/platform\/`uname -i`\/sbin\/scadm version<\/p>\n

      SC Version v1.3
      \nSC Bootmon Version:\u00c2\u00a0 v1.6.10
      \nSC Firmware Version:\u00c2\u00a0 v1.3.0<\/p>\n

      # sleep 120
      \n#\u00c2\u00a0 \/usr\/platform\/`uname -i`\/sbin\/scadm version<\/p>\n

      SC Version v1.6
      \nSC Bootmon Version:\u00c2\u00a0 v1.6.10
      \nSC Firmware Version:\u00c2\u00a0 v1.6.10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      You ALOM is now updated. Nothing fancy really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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