New Features and OS Support
This software release contains the following enhancements:
For a current list of supported operating systems for these servers, refer to the following web sites:
TABLE 1 lists the component versions for Release 1.1 of the Sun Fire X4100 M2/X4200 M2 servers.
TABLE 2 lists the component versions for the Releases 1.0 and 1.1 of the Sun Fire X4100 M2/X4200 M2 servers.
After flashing a new image, you may be unable to log in to the WebGUI. This can happen if the Web GUI is open during the flash upgrade. Therefore, it is best that the GUI and all other functions related to the firmware be shut down before a firmware upgrade is performed.
Clear the browser's cache and cookies.
If your password contains exactly 16 characters, you will not be able to log in to the service processor (SP) using either the ILOM web GUI or CLI.
Choose a password containing fewer than 16 characters.
If you downgrade the flash, you might be required to repeat the process. If this becomes necessary, a message will prompt you. This does not indicate a problem; simply repeat the procedure as instructed and it will succeed.
If the flash downgrade using the GUI, CLI, or N1 System Manager does not succeed the first time, retry a second time to complete the process.
The new ILOM flash process does not power off the host unless a new BIOS is required. To force the updating of all components (including the BIOS) and therefore power off the host, use the CLI load command with the -f option, as shown below:
load -f tftp://<tftpserver>/ILOM.ima
ILOM service processor might not successfully update the BIOS version, if a previous flash upgrade has failed. If the BIOS version is not correct after ILOM flash upgrade completes, use the -f force flag on the ILOM CLI load command, to force BIOS flash upgrade.
This issue applies to up to ILOM 1.1.1, and will be addressed in future releases.