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

Product Notes for XCP Version 1115

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Document Information

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

Obtaining Oracle Solaris Patches

Always refer to a patch's README for information about patch requirements and special installation instructions. The two-digit suffix of each patch represents the minimum revision level of the patch. Check http://myoraclesupport.com for the latest patch revision. Apply patches in the order listed.

The Oracle Sun Connection Update Manager can be used to reinstall the patches if necessary or to update the system with the latest set of mandatory patches. For more information about the Sun Connection Update Manager, refer to the Sun Update Connection System Administration Guide at:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19107-01/

Installation information and README files are included in the patch downloads.

Two options are available to register your system and to use the Oracle Sun Connection Update Manager to obtain the latest Oracle Solaris OS patches:


Caution

Caution - For SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers running the Oracle Solaris 10 11/06 OS, patches 123003-03 and 124171-06 must be installed on your system prior to using Sun Connection Update Manager. These patches can be downloaded from http://myoraclesupport.com. Note that Oracle Solaris 10 11/06 does not support SPARC64 VII processors.