ALOM Firmware Upgrade Method

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been given a v240 to get prepped for a demo. The server needs a little TLC including a firmware upgrade, an OS upgrade and an ALOM upgrade. I have gotten the firmware and OS upgraded and now am working on the ALOM.

The readme in the file is pretty straight forward on the steps.

1. Use the telnet, rlogin or ssh command through the network to log into the system as superuser.
Caution: Do not attempt this procedure while logged into the system through the SERIAL MGT port.
2. Change directories as follows:
# cd /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib
3. If there is no images subdirectory, create one:
# mkdir images
4. Change to the images directory:
# cd images
5. Place this file in the images directory:
ALOM_1.6.3_fw_hw0.tar.gz
6. Unpack the tar file: gzcat ALOM_1.6.3_fw_hw0.tar.gz | tar xf -
The following files will be created:
README (this file)
copyright
alombootfw (boot image file)
alommainfw (main image file)
7. Load the boot image file alombootfw into the System Controller hardware:
# /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm download boot alombootfw
8. When the scadm utility completes, wait 60 seconds.
9. Load the main image file alommainfw into the System Controller hardware:
# /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm download alommainfw
Approximately 120 seconds after the scadm utility completes, ALOM is available for use.
10. Delete the tar file:
# rm ALOM_1.6.3_fw_hw0.tar.gz

After a few minutes, I got a message back that the ALOM was upgraded. I connected to the ALOM and ran setupsc. One of the best features of the new ALOM version is that you can disable telnet and use ssh. My opinion about telnet can be found here. After a restart of the ALOM I can now ssh in