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Solaris 7 3/99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware

Firmware Issues for Dynamic Reconfiguration

FC-AL Disk Arrays or Internal Drives

For Sun StorEdge(TM) A5000 disk arrays or for internal FC-AL disks in the Sun Enterprise 3500, the firmware version must be at least ST19171FC 0413. For more information, refer to the "Solaris 7" section at the DR web site: 

http://sunsolve2.sun.com/sunsolve/Enterprise-dr/

PROM Updates for CPU and I/O Boards

To perform Dynamic Reconfiguration operations your machine may require one or more firmware updates. If an update is needed, the following message will appear during boot: 

Firmware does not support Dynamic Reconfiguration

Your machine must be running at least CPU PROM version 3.2.16. If you updated your firmware from the Solaris 7 3/99 CD for 64-bit operation, you already have version 3.2.16 installed.

To see your current PROM revision, enter .version and banner at the ok prompt. Your display may be similar to the following:

Table 3-1 Determining PROM Revision Level
ok .version
 Board 0: OBP 3.2.16 1998/06/08 16:58 POST 3.9.4 1998/06/09 16:25
 Board 1: FCODE 1.8.3 1997/11/14 12:41 iPOST 3.4.6 1998/04/16 14:22
 Board 2: FCODE 1.8.7 1997/12/08 15:39 iPOST 3.4.6 1998/04/16 14:22
 Board 4: FCODE 1.8.7 1997/12/08 15:39 iPOST 3.4.6 1998/04/16 14:22
 Board 5: FCODE 1.8.3 1997/11/14 12:41 iPOST 3.4.6 1998/04/16 14:22
 Board 6: FCODE 1.8.7 1997/12/08 15:39 iPOST 3.4.6 1998/04/16 14:22
 Board 7: OBP 3.2.16 1998/06/08 16:58 POST 3.9.4 1998/06/09 16:25
{5} ok banner
 8-slot Sun Enterprise 4000/5000, No Keyboard
 OpenBoot 3.2.16, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #9039599.
 Ethernet address 8:0:xx:xx:xx:xx, Host ID: xxxxxxxx.

For information on how to enable Dynamic Reconfiguration functionality in the PROM, refer to the "Solaris 7" section at this web site. 

http://sunsolve2.sun.com/sunsolve/Enterprise-dr/

If you have not updated to PROM version 3.2.16, the web page also provides information on the following: