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Solution Type FAB (standard) Sure Solution 1001176.1 : SMS 1.3 flashupgrade command unable to downgrade firmware from LPOST 5.19.x to a lower version.
PreviouslyPublishedAs 201570 Product Sun Fire 12K Server Sun Fire 15K Server Symptoms
Customers running SMS 1.3 are unable to flashupdate new system boards that have 5.19.X firmware preinstalled.
The version of flashupdate that comes with SMS 1.3 can only handle images that are less the 1M in size. See Bug:4818465
If you are running SMS 1.3 then you should be using lpost 5.14.X.
New boards or replacement boards from the RSLs will be unusable if they have latest firmware (5.19.X) installed. Workaround
The workaround and solution is upgrade to SMS 1.4.1 or SMS 1.5. However if an SMS upgrade is unfeasible, a special flashupdate binary is available from PTS (see internal section for details). As a work around use the flashupdate located at http://pts-platform/twiki/bin/view/Products/StarcatFlashupdate. It ignores the read errors and will flash successfully if you answer yes to the question. Here is an example: sms-svc:36> ./flashupdate -f /opt/SUNWSMS/hostobjs/sgcpu.flash SB7 Current System Board FPROM Information ======================================== CPU at SB7, FPROM 0: POST 02/24/05 02:16:00 PM 5.19.0 OBP 02/24/05 02:15:00 PM 5.19.0 ERROR: Unable to read FPROM. CPU at SB7, FPROM 1: Flash Image Information ========================== POST 12/09/02 04:30:00 PM Release 5.14.2 Build 2.0 I/F 12 OBP 12/09/02 04:30:00 PM Release 5.14.2 Build 2.0 Ver 12/09/02 04:30:00 PM Release 5.14.2 Build 2.0 Do you wish to update the FPROM (yes/no)? yes Notes: Prior to downloading the new flashupdate program make a backup copy of the existing flashupdate program. This is for your protection only ***DO NOT OVERWRITE THE FLASHUPDATE program*** # cp /opt/SUNWSMS/bin/flashupdate /opt/SUNWSMS/bin/flashupdate.orig For details and the binary please read:
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