Server User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Sun Netra™ CP3250 Blade Server User’s Guide
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Overview
- Hardware Installation and Service
- 2.1 Safety and Tool Requirements
- 2.2 Installing the Blade Server
- 2.3 Service Procedures
- 2.3.1 Hot-Swapping the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- 2.3.2 Powering Off the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- 2.3.3 Removing the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- 2.3.4 Powering On the System
- 2.3.5 Automatic Power-Off Events
- 2.3.6 Servicing DIMMs
- 2.3.7 Installing the Optional Compact Flash Card
- 2.3.8 Installing Optional AMC
- 2.3.9 Adding or Replacing the Battery
- 2.3.10 Changing Jumper Settings
- 2.3.11 Checking DIP Switch Settings
- 2.3.12 Resetting the Netra CP3250 Blade Server
- Hardware Architecture
- Software Configuration
- Configuring and Using BIOS Firmware
- 5.1 About BIOS Settings
- 5.2 Changing the Configuration of a BIOS Menu Item
- 5.3 Setting the Boot Device Using BIOS Setup Screens
- 5.4 Setting Supervisor and User Passwords
- 5.5 Resetting the System Time and System Date
- 5.6 Updating the BIOS
- 5.7 Secondary BIOS Image
- 5.8 Perform a Live Firmware Upgrade
- 5.9 Power-On Self-Test
- 5.10 Changing POST Options
- BIOS Screens
- Physical Characteristics
- ShMM CLI and Commands
- Index
Chapter 5 Configuring and Using BIOS Firmware 5-7
5.7 Secondary BIOS Image
The Sun Netra CP3250 blade server provides dual 1-Mbyte BIOS chips that support
redundant BIOS images for increased reliability. The default chip (page 0) acts as the
primary BIOS chip and is automatically selected for update during a firmware
upgrade. The secondary BIOS chip (page 1) retains the original BIOS image, and can
be used through manual configuration in the unlikely case where the primary BIOS
becomes corrupt.
If the primary BIOS becomes unbootable, use the secondary BIOS to manually boot
the blade server:
1. Log into the Shelf Manager.
2. To select the secondary BIOS image, type:
For example:
3. To boot the blade server from the Shelf Manager, type:
Note – Once the blade server is booted, reset the blade server to use the primary
BIOS image (page 0).
# clia sendcmd 96 2e 81 00 00 2a 01
# clia sendcmd 96 2e 81 00 00 2a 01 <----- Setting the boot page to 1
Pigeon Point Shelf Manager Command Line Interpreter
Completion code: 0x0 (0) <----- successful completion code
Response data: 00 00 2A <----- no data returned
# clia activate board n