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■ It is important to understand that the in-band firmware upgrade procedure is not
complete until the HCA is rebooted. Until then, the new Option ROM and
firmware are resident on the HCA, but not yet active because they have not yet
been loaded into memory.
■ The in-band upgrade procedure does not automatically perform the reset, so you
must reboot the HCA (or server) to complete the upgrade procedure. Oracle has
designed the feature this way to enable you to load new Option ROM and
firmware at any time, then choose an optimal time to perform the HCA reset—for
example, during a maintenance window or other times of relatively low traffic.
While the Option ROM and firmware are on the HCA, traffic is supported, but
when the HCA is rebooted, service will temporarily be interrupted.
■ Also, the Oracle Fabric Interconnect has no way to reboot the HCAs that were
upgraded, or their servers. As a result, to complete the in-band upgrade, you
must log in to and manually reboot the server(s) to complete the Option ROM or
firmware upgrade.
Get the Latest Option ROM and Firmware
The latest version of the Option ROM and firmware are not provided by Oracle as
part of the Oracle Fabric Interconnect’s XgOS software.
■ You will need to obtain the latest version of HCA Option ROM from Oracle,
which makes Option ROM images available for download.
■ You will need to obtain the latest version of the correct firmware from either
Oracle, the server manufacturer, or the HCA vendor (for example, Mellanox).
You will need to know specific information about the HCA board ID to figure out
the correct version of firmware to download and install on the Oracle Fabric
Interconnect.
When you locate the Option ROM and firmware, you will need to get it onto the
Oracle Fabric Interconnect. Three different protocols are supported for getting the
images onto the Oracle Fabric Interconnect:
■ scp
■ http
■ file for USB access