Unable to update system firmware using the sysfwdownload utility after updating to 9.6.24 (Doc ID 2505800.1)

Last updated on MARCH 03, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

 sysfwdownload utility was used to update the System Firmware on a T5-2 from version 9.6.24 to 9.6.23

The SP event logs indicate the firmware update successful, i.e.

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7582   Thu Jan 10 06:02:36 2019  System    Log       minor
       Host: OpenBoot Running
7581   Thu Jan 10 06:02:21 2019  System    Log       minor
       Host: OpenBoot initializing
7580   Thu Jan 10 06:02:18 2019  System    Log       minor
       Host: Host started
7579   Thu Jan 10 06:01:52 2019  System    Log       minor
       Host: HV started
7578   Thu Jan 10 05:54:25 2019  System    Log       minor
       Host: Powered On
7577   Thu Jan 10 05:54:22 2019  IPMI      Log       minor
       ID =   ba : 01/10/2019 : 05:54:22 : System Boot Initiated : System
Management Software : System Restart : Asserted
7576   Thu Jan 10 05:54:20 2019  Power     On        major
       Power to /SYS has been turned on by: SP, Reason: Firmware update  <-----------------
complete
7575   Thu Jan 10 05:53:59 2019  System    Log       minor
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However, if we check firmware version, it still stays at 9.6.24 i.e.

-> version
SP firmware 4.0.4.2.b <-----------------
SP firmware build number: 127485
SP firmware date: Wed Oct 10 11:23:03 PDT 2018
SP filesystem version: 0.3.180406

-> show /HOST sysfw_version

 /HOST
    Properties:
        sysfw_version = Sun System Firmware 9.6.24 2018/10/10 11:20 <-----------------

Changes

 The System Firmware was recently updated to version 9.6.24

Cause

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