| Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 Add-On Software Release Notes for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems |     |
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Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 Add-On Software Release Notes for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems |
This document contains release notes for the Sun
Management Center 3.6 Version 3 add-on software for Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems. The document includes the following sections:
This section describes changes in Sun Management Center add-on software for Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems since the previous release of this add-on software. This new software release adds support for Netra 1290 systems.
Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 add-on software supports the following systems:
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Note - Netra |
TABLE 1 lists the software versions required for Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 add-on software.
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Solaris Operating System[1] |
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Solaris Operating System* |
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Solaris Operating System* |
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Note - The Sun Management Center server and agent machines need to use the same versions of add-on software. |
Solaris software patches and Sun Management Center patches might be available for your platform, for the core Sun Management Center 3.6 application, and for this add-on software.
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Note - You must install all the patches required for your platform and your operating system before installing Sun Management Center 3.6 software and this add-on. |
If you have a Sun service contract, you can download the patches from:
For more information about the patches required for the latest update to Sun Management Center 3.6 software, see the corresponding Sun Management Center Software Release Notes.
This document contains additional information to supplement the Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 6 Supplement for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems (819-0795). In addition to the related documentation listed in the preface of that document, you may also be interested in the Netra 1290 Server System Administration Guide.
You can find Sun documentation at:
http://www.sun.com/documentation/
The Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 add-on software packages are supplied in a zip file on the software download site at:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/index.html
If you do not see the listing for Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 under New Downloads, use the A-Z Index of All Products to find the software.
Refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide for information about installing and setting up Sun Management Center 3.6 software. This 3.6 Version 3 add-on software is installed using a separate zip file, requiring a change to the installation procedure. FIGURE 1 shows a high-level view of the installation process.
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Caution - Use the installation scripts and the setup scripts provided with the Sun Management Center software. Do notmanually add packages or manually change configuration files. |
If you have already installed core Sun Management Center 3.6 software on your server and console systems, use the following procedures:
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1. Refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
The appendixes of the installation and configuration guide provide instructions for uninstalling add-on products using the es-guiuninst wizard or the es-uninst command-line script. Uninstall only the add-on product named Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System.
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Refer to Obtaining the Add-On Software of this document for information about obtaining the software.
2. Unzip the zip file to a directory located at a path named downloadpath.
3. Log in as superuser on the host machine.
4. Change the directory to the path where the core Sun Management Center 3.6 software is installed.
The directory will look similar to this:
installed_directory/SUNWsymon/sbin
5. Run the es-guiinst or es-inst installation script with a pointer to the path named downloadpath described in Step 2.
You will see a list of add-on products that you can install.
6. Choose the Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System add-on product.
7. Complete the remaining steps in the installation script.
8. Follow the steps to set up the software.
The installation wizard will prompt you to set up the software. For more information, refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
If you have not yet installed any Sun Management Center 3.6 software, you must install it before installing this Version 3 add-on software.
1. Refer to the Sun Management Center 3.6 Supplement for Sun Fire, Sun Blade, and Netra Systems for information about preparing for installation.
2. Refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions for installing the core software.
If you are updating a previous release of Sun Management Center software, read the information about updating the software from your currently installed release.
a. Do not install Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System as part of this step.
In the course of performing this installation you will come to a dialog that allows you to select from a list of add-on products (Figure 1-3, "Add-on Products," in the Sun Management Center 3.6 Installation and Configuration Guide). Do not install the add-on product Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System.
3. Perform the steps outlined in the procedure To Install the 3.6 Version 3 Add-On Software for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems.
When a CPU is disabled, most of the properties for its entry in the CPU Unit table correctly display the value -- (double dash). However, the value for the CPU Status property erroneously displays the value online.
Workaround: Use the psrinfo, prtdiag, or LOM:>showcomponent command to display the correct status of the CPU.
After a DR operation or a hot-swap of a PSU or HDD, you must restart the picl daemon so that the tables provided by this add-on software are updated.
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