Use the scadm download command to program the ALOM firmware. This command works like the ALOM shell command flashupdate.
You can find the links to the download sites on the ALOM product page at:
http://www.sun.com/servers/alom.html
The ALOM firmware contains two parts: the main image and the boot monitor (bootmon).
Note: The download process can take several minutes to complete. Downloading the main firmware image can take up to 10 minutes. The boot monitor (bootmon) image download process can take several minutes to complete. After the download is complete, ALOM automatically resets.
Caution: Do not use the scadm resetrsc command while a firmware update is in progress. If you need to reset ALOM manually, wait until after the update is complete. Otherwise, you could corrupt the ALOM firmware and render it unusable.
To program the main image, at the superuser prompt, type the following command:
# scadm download filename
where filename is the name of the main image file you want to download.
To program the boot monitor (bootmon), at the superuser prompt, type the following command:
# scadm download boot filename
where filename is the name of the boot monitor file you want to download.
For example:
To download the ALOM main firmware:
# scadm download/usr/platform/platform-name/lib/
images/alommainfw
where platform-name is the platform name for your host server.
To download the bootmon image:
# scadm download
boot /usr/platform/platform-name/lib/
images/alombootfw
where platform-name is the platform name for your host server.
The download command uses one option: boot.
This option directs the download command to program the boot monitor with the downloaded file you specify.