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5-8 Sun Netra CP3250 Blade Server User’s Guide • April 2009
5.8 Perform a Live Firmware Upgrade
To upgrade the BIOS firmware while retaining the current BIOS image, follow these
steps:
1. Switch the BIOS image from page 0 to page 1.
See Section 5.7, “Secondary BIOS Image” on page 5-7.
2. Use the Solaris BIOS Update Utility to upgrade the page 1 BIOS image.
See Section 5.6, “Updating the BIOS” on page 5-6.
3. Reboot the system into the updated page 1 BIOS.
See Section 2.3.12, “Resetting the Netra CP3250 Blade Server” on page 2-34.
5.9 Power-On Self-Test
The system provides a rudimentary power-on self-test (POST) that runs each time
the blade server boots to check the basic devices required for the system to operate.
The progress of the self-test is indicated by a series of POST codes. These codes
appear at the bottom right corner of the system’s VGA screen (once the self-test has
progressed far enough to initialize the video monitor).
You can configure the level of POST testing and some POST display features through
the BIOS menus. For more information, see Section 5.10, “Changing POST Options”
on page 5-9.