The following are instructions pieced together from Oracle Patch: 10263984: Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.6
Steps to Follow
ALOM faq for sun equip
Q. What versions of Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM) are available?
A. Presently, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.x and 1.6 of ALOM are in use but only version 1.6 is available for download.
Q. From where are new versions of ALOM obtained?
A. Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager is available under the Systems Management heading at Sun Download Center.
The best way to get patches now is from My Oracle Support (MOS):
– Login to MOS and go to the Patches & Updates tab.
– In the patch search field click on Product or Family
– In the product field put in ‘Advanced Lights Out Manager’ and click the search button.
– The next page will provide a patch name 10263984
– Click the patch number 10263984 and the page will show a button for Download
– Click ‘Download’ and obtain the file shown: p10263984_160_Generic.zip
– Unzip the file, it will provide the following firmware:
* ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw0.tar.gz – ALOM 1.6.10 Firmware for Sun Fire V125, V210, V240, V250, V440, and Netra 210, 240 and 440
* ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw8.tar.gz – ALOM 1.6.10 Firmware for Sun Fire V215, V245 and V445
Login to the system and become root. Do not do this on the console as you will be disconnected and will not be able to complete the procedure. The host OS will not go down during this operation.
- mkdir /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/images/
- mv p10263984_160_Generic.zip /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/images/
- cd /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/images
- unzip *zip
Archive: p10263984_160_Generic.zip>
inflating: ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw0.tar.gz
inflating: ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw8.tar.gz
inflating: license_agreement1.html
inflating: readme.html - more readme.html (I’ve removed the html stuff for readability)
Effective Date:
Long Description:Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) is the standard system controller for out-of-band management for Sun Fire V125, V210, V215, V240, V245, V250, V440, V445 and Netra 210, 240 and 440 servers. Its main functions allow for monitoring and control of the system, and for remotely managing a server in a typical “lights-out” environment. It combines the features of RSC, LOM and LOMlite in addition to many new capabilities. Before installation, please read the install instructions included in the download package.In Sun Fire V440 and V250 servers that use a ALOM System Controller Card, daughter cards marked with part number 501-6346-06 (or higher, not -01 through -05) absolutely require ALOM release 1.4 or later. ALOM is pre-installed on your system.This download is being made available to customers who wish to upgrade to the current ALOM release or for some reason need to reinstall the ALOM firmware on their system.There are two different download files. Please select the file appropriate to your particular Sun Fire or Netra server model. Short Description:ALOM is the standard System Controller for remote out-of-band management for Entry-level servers.
I’m upgrading a SunFire V215 so I select ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw8.tar.gz
- gunzip ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw8.tar.gz
- tar xvf ALOM_1.6.10_fw_hw8.tar
x README, 9057 bytes, 18 tape blocks
x copyright, 2915 bytes, 6 tape blocks
x Legal, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x Legal/THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt, 14286 bytes, 28 tape blocks
x Legal/ALOM_Entitlement.txt, 882 bytes, 2 tape blocks
x Legal/819-0764-10_SLA_Multi.pdf, 20025392 bytes, 39113 tape blocks
x alomfw, 3222346 bytes, 6294 tape blocks - /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm download alomfw
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Download completed successfullyPlease wait for verification
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Complete
- ALOM is now rebooting and the HOST OS remains running.
- cd /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin
- ./scadm version
SC Version v1.6
SC Bootmon Version: v1.6.10
SC Firmware Version: v1.6.10
– See more at: http://serviceitdirect.com/blog/upgrading-alom-sunfire-v215-v-1610#sthash.nvBJw0a9.dpuf