Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating

If your system is an Ultra(TM) Enterprise(TM) 10000, you do not need to do this update because the Ultra Enterprise 10000 does not have a flash PROM.

Only sun4u systems that can run the 64-bit mode of the Solaris 7 operating environment might need the flash PROM update. Systems that can only run the 32-bit mode (such as those in the sun4c, sun4d, and sun4m platform groups) do not require updated firmware to run Solaris 7 software.

If the Solaris 7 operating environment notified you that the flash PROM in your system needs updating, skip the steps in the procedure "To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update" and go directly to "Updating the Flash PROM ".

To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update

1. Determine the architecture type of your system.

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   % uname -m
   

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   Table 5-1

   If your system architecture type is . . .	Then . . .
   o sun4u	Go to Step 2.
   o sun4c, sun4d, sun4m	You do not need a flash PROM update. Do not proceed further.

2. Determine the system type of your system.

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   % uname -i
   

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   Table 5-2

   If your system type is one of the following systems. . .	Then . . .
   SUNW, Ultra-1  SUNW, Ultra-2  SUNW, Ultra-4  SUNW, Ultra-Enterprise	Go to Step 3 for each system type.
   Not in the above list	You do not need a flash PROM update. Do not proceed further.

3. Determine the version level of the firmware in your system. Type prtconf -V (upper case V).

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   % prtconf -V
   

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   Table 5-3

   If your system type is . . .	And you see a number lower than . . .	Then . . .	Otherwise . . .
   SUNW, Ultra-Enterprise	3.2.16	Proceed to "Updating the Flash PROM ".	You do not need a flash PROM update. Do not proceed further.
   SUNW, Ultra-1	3.11.1	Proceed to Chapter 4, Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 450, and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems.	You do not need a flash PROM update. Do not proceed further.
   SUNW, Ultra-2	3.11.2	Proceed to Chapter 4, Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 450, and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems.	You do not need a flash PROM update. Do not proceed further.
   SUNW, Ultra-4	3.7.107	Proceed to Chapter 4, Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 450, and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems.	You do not need a flash PROM update. Do not proceed further.