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SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/ M8000/M9000 Servers

Product Notes for XCP Version 1115

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Using This Documentation

1.  Introduction

Hardware, Firmware, and Software Compatibility

Obtaining Oracle Solaris Patches

2.  Information About XCP 1115 Firmware

XCP Support for RAID-Capable IOUA Cards in M8000/M9000 Servers

Upgrading and Downgrading XCP

XCP Compatibility

Upgrading to This Release

Updating the OpenBoot PROM Firmware

Upgrading From a Version Earlier Than XCP 1050

Upgrading an M8000/M9000 Server From a Version Earlier Than XCP 1082

Domain Restart Required After Certain Type of XCP Upgrade

Downgrading XCP Firmware

XCP Functionality Issues and Limitations

XCP Known Issues (CRs) and Workarounds

3.  Information About Software

Software Compatibility

Capacity on Demand (COD)

COD Changes in XCP 1101

COD Changes in XCP 1102

Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card

Remote Initial Login

Fault Management

Identifying Degraded Memory in a System

To Identify Degraded Memory in a System

Sun Java Enterprise System

Enabling the Web Console SMF Service

To Enable the Web Console SMF Service

Software Functionality Issues and Limitations

Oracle Solaris OS Issues (CRs) and Workarounds

Known Issues in All Supported Oracle Solaris Releases

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 9/10

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10/09

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5/09

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10/08

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5/08

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8/07

Software Documentation Updates

Updates for Man Pages

Updates for Software Manuals

4.  Information About Hardware

Important Notes, Issues and Workarounds – All M-Series Servers

Hardware Compatibility

Booting From a WAN Boot Server

Booting Multiple Systems From a Single J4200 JBOD Storage Array

Notes on the Use of USB Memory

Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations

Important Notes, Issues and Workarounds – M3000 Servers Only

Patches for Emulex PCI Express (PCIe) Cards

Daughter Card Installed on the MBU_A

Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations

Important Notes, Issues and Workarounds – M4000/M5000 and M8000/M9000 Servers Only

For M4000/M5000 Servers Determine if any CPUM is Licensed Under Capacity On Demand (COD)

For M8000/M9000 Servers Determine if any CPU is Licensed Under COD

M9000 Server Installation Area

Warning Label on M9000 Server AC Section

RAID-Capable IOUA

DVD Drives and cfgadm

F20 PCIe Cards

Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards

U320 PCIe SCSI Card

Patches for QLogic PCIe Cards

Patches for Emulex PCI Express (PCIe) Cards

Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations

Hardware Documentation Updates for the M3000 Server

Hardware Documentation Updates for the M4000/M5000 Servers

Hardware Documentation Updates for the M8000/M9000 Servers

Using This Documentation

These product notes contain important and late-breaking information about the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers – sometimes called M-Series servers – from Oracle Corporation and Fujitsu Limited. It covers hardware, software, firmware, and documentation related to the XCP 1115 firmware release.

Some references to server names and document names are abbreviated for readability. For example, if you see a reference to the M9000 server, note that the full product name is the SPARC Enterprise M9000 server. And if you see a reference to the XSCF Reference Manual, note that the full document name is the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual.

Besides this document, you also should read, at minimum, the overview guide for your server, the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Administration Guide, and the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User's Guide.

Always see the Product Notes that apply to the firmware on your server, and those that apply to the latest firmware release.

Related Documentation

Documentation
Links
Sun Oracle software-related manuals (Oracle Solaris OS, and so on)
Oracle M-series server documents

The following table lists related M-Series documents. All are online only unless noted otherwise:

Related SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Documents
SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Getting Started Guide (printed document)
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Getting Started Guide (printed document)
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Getting Started Guide (printed document)
SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Overview Guide
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Overview Guide
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Overview Guide
SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Important Legal and Safety Information (printed document)
SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Safety and Compliance Guide
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide
External I/O Expansion Unit Safety and Compliance Guide
SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server Unpacking Guide (printed document)
SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server Unpacking Guide (printed document)
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Unpacking Guide (printed document)
SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Installation Guide
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Installation Guide
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Installation Guide
SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Service Manual
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual
External I/O Expansion Unit Installation and Service Manual
SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Administration Guide
SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User's Guide
SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) User's Guide
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Capacity on Demand (COD) User's Guide
SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes (beginning with XCP 1100)
SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Product Notes (pre-XCP 1100)
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes (pre-XCP 1100)
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes (pre-XCP 1100)
External I/O Expansion Unit Product Notes
SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Glossary

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