Description of Software 1.5 and 1.5.1

C H A P T E R 1

This chapter describes the contents of Software 1.5 and 1.5.1. It has the following sections:

Operating System Support

This software release supports the following operating systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64-bit only)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (32- and 64-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.8 (32- and 64-bit)

Solaris 10 OS (64-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64-bit only)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP 3 (64-bit only)

VMware ESX 2.5.3.

Windows 2003 Server SP2 (both 32-bit and 64-bit)

For a current list of supported operating systems for these servers, refer to the following web pages:

http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x4100/os.jsp

http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x4200/os.jsp

Software Versions and Enhancements

Software Release 1.5

Software Release 1.5 includes the following software:

LSI MPT SAS firmware 1.16.40 and MPT BIOS 6.14.04

BIOS 42 (0ABGA042).

ILOM Service Processor firmware 2.0.2.1

Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.3, which includes SunVTS 6.4ps1

Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) for Linux CD version 2.0.134.

Tools and Drivers CD version 1.5.

MSM 1.19 for Linux and Windows

LSI SNMP agent

LSI cfggen utility (DOS version) - for configuration of RAID arrays on internal disks.

IPMItool and IPMIflash 1.8.9 for Solaris and Linux; IPMItool 1.8.8 for Windows.

Software Release 1.5.1

Software Release 1.5.1 includes the following software:

LSI MPT SAS firmware 1.16.40 and MPT BIOS 6.14.04

BIOS 42 (0ABGA042).

ILOM Service Processor firmware 2.0.2.5

Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.3, which includes SunVTS 6.4ps1

Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) for Linux CD version 2.0.134.

Tools and Drivers CD version 1.5.1.

MSM 1.19 for Linux and Windows

LSI SNMP agent

LSI cfggen utility (DOS version) - for configuration of RAID arrays on internal disks.

IPMItool and IPMIflash 1.8.9.4 for Solaris and Linux; IPMItool 1.8.8 for Windows.

Component Versions by Release

The ILOM firmware, system BIOS, and LSI firmware versions are usually updated in each new software release. Refer to the tables below for details on the released versions.

Note - Upgrading from software release 1.0 to 1.1 and from 1.1 to 1.2 are mandatory. Any subsequent upgrades can skip a release, including directly to the latest release.

TABLE 1-1 Software Release 1.5.1 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 2.0.2.5, Build 32265	Version 2.0.2.5, Build 32265
BIOS	0ABGA042	0ABGA042
LSI Firmware	fw1.16.40-bios6.14.04	fw1.16.40-bios6.14.04
Motherboard	501-7513 (RoHS compliant)	501-7514 (RoHS compliant)

TABLE 1-2 Software Release 1.5 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 2.0.2.1, Build 23233	Version 2.0.2.1, Build 23233
BIOS	0ABGA042	0ABGA042
LSI Firmware	fw1.16.40-bios6.14.04	fw1.16.40-bios6.14.04
Motherboard	501-7513 (RoHS compliant)	501-7514 (RoHS compliant)

TABLE 1-3 Software Release 1.4 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 1.1.8, Build 18244	Version 1.1.8, Build 18244
BIOS	0ABGA041	0ABGA041
LSI Firmware	fw1.16.40-bios6.14.04	fw1.16.40-bios6.14.04
Motherboard	501-7513 (RoHS compliant)	501-7514 (RoHS compliant)

TABLE 1-4 Software Release 1.3 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 1.1.1, build 15632	Version 1.1.1, build 15632
BIOS	0ABGA039	0ABGA039
LSI Firmware	fw1.16.00-bios6.10.00B	fw1.16.00-bios6.10.00B
Motherboard	501-7513 (RoHS compliant)	501-7514 (RoHS compliant)

TABLE 1-5 Software Release 1.2.1 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 1.0.5a, build 12513	Version 1.0.5a, build 12513
BIOS	0ABGA036	0ABGA036
LSI Firmware	fw1.10.00-bios6.06.06A	fw1.10.00-bios6.06.06A
Motherboard	501-7513 (RoHS compliant)	501-7514 (RoHS compliant)

TABLE 1-6 Software Release 1.2 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 1.0.5, build 12029C	Version 1.0.5, build 12029C
BIOS	0ABGA034	0ABGA034
LSI Firmware	fw1.10.00-bios6.06.06A	fw1.10.00-bios6.06.06A
Motherboard	501-7513 (RoHS compliant)	501-7514 (RoHS compliant)

TABLE 1-7 Software Release 1.1 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 1.0.1, build 9306	Version 1.0.1, build 9306
BIOS	0ABGA031	0ABGA031
LSI Firmware	fw1.08.01A-bios6.40.70A	fw1.08.01A-bios6.40.70A
Motherboard	501-7261	501-6974

TABLE 1-8 Software Release 1.0 Component Versions
Component Name	Sun Fire X4100 Server Version	Sun Fire X4200 Server Version
ILOM FW	Version 1.0, build 6169	Version 1.0, build 6169
BIOS	0ABGA022	0ABGA022
LSI Firmware	fw1.04.00-bios6.02.0A	fw1.04.00-bios6.02.0A
Motherboard	501-7261	501-6974

Software Release Special Considerations

This section describes considerations that might affect the firmware update.

Current Issues

Do Not Downgrade LSI Firmware Version 1.16 (6495476)

Once you update to version 1.16, downgrading the firmware to a previous version is not supported. Doing so can cause the LSI card and SCSI devices to become undetectable.

Special Considerations Regarding the ILOM Firmware 1.1.1 Update

This section describes considerations that might affect the firmware upgrade. For issues on ILOM in general, refer to the Sun Fire X4100/X4200 Servers Product Notes.

Current Issues

FRU Information Appears Empty After Updating the ILOM Firmware and the BIOS (6406138)

The host CPU and DIMM FRU information shown by the service processor is provided to the service processor during each BIOS power-on-self-test (POST). Therefore, after a BIOS/ILOM upgrade, this FRU information is empty until the first host BIOS POST.

Workaround

This is expected behavior. Reset the server and allow it to complete POST during boot to repopulate the FRU lists.

Serial Console on Host System Might Stop Working After BIOS Update (6489959)

After updating the system BIOS, you might need to clear CMOS settings to get serial console output from the host. This is because CMOS defaults might be changed from your existing settings in the new BIOS.

Workaround

If you cannot get serial console output, clear the CMOS settings. To clear CMOS settings, use the following commands :

ipmitool -I lan -H SP chassis power off
ipmitool -I lan -H SP chassis bootdev disk clear-cmos=yes

where SP is the IP address of the service processor.

New ILOM Flash Update Layout

The ILOM 1.1.1 and above firmware provides a new, more reliable flash layout. Because of the layout changes, special steps might be required to downgrade to previous ILOM 1.0.x releases.

You might have to perform the flash downgrade to 1.0.x process twice to reformat the flash layout to the old format. If the flash downgrade through GUI, CLI, or N1 System Manager, does not succeed the first time, retry a second time to complete the process.

The new ILOM flash process only powers off the host if a new BIOS version is needed. The ILOM CLI load command provides the -f option to force update of all components. Use the following command to force updating all firmware components:

load -f -source tftp://tftpserver/firmware.ima

where tftpserver is a trivial file-transfer protocol (TFTP) server and firmware.ima is the name of the image file, such as, ILOM.X4100-1.1.1.ima.

Resolved Issues

BIOS Update Might Fail (6499287)

(Fixed in Software 1.3.)

A firmware upgrade might fail to install a new BIOS if a previous upgrade has failed. This occurs because the ILOM incorrect interprets the BIOS version information.

Workaround

Check the BIOS version. If it is not the version that goes with your ILOM firmware version, use the ILOM command load with the -f flag to force the BIOS update.