| Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware |     |
| Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware | |
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Late-Breaking News |
This chapter provides the following information:
The Solaris
9 9/05 HW release is required by certain SPARC® systems that cannot use the original Solaris 9 9/05 software.
This section describes key differences between the Solaris 9 9/05 HW release and the original Solaris 9 9/05 release.
lists Sun hardware systems that require Solaris 9 9/05 HW software.
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SPARC platforms that were supported by the original Solaris 9 9/05 release also can use Solaris 9 9/05 HW software. Those systems are listed in the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide.
The Solaris 9 9/05 HW DVD includes an updated image of the Solaris 9 9/05 HW Software Supplement CD. Most software items included here are the same as are described in the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide. Two pieces of software are updated for the Solaris 9 9/05 HW release:
The updated versions of these software products are installed the same way described for the earlier versions in the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide.
For other software products on the Solaris 9 9/05 HW Software Supplement CD, new versions compatible with this Solaris release might be available at:
http://www.sun.com/software/downloads
The Solaris 9 9/05 HW release includes an updated version of the SunVTS 5.1 validation test suite software. SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 12 includes support for new hardware products. Install this new version as described in the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide. Documentation for the latest SunVTS version is at:
http://www.sun.com/documentation
The Solaris 9 9/05 HW release includes an updated version of the Sun OpenGL 1.3 graphics software. This release of Sun OpenGL 1.3 software for Solaris supports all Sun SPARC systems equipped with the GX, Creator, Elite3D, Expert3D, and XVR families of graphics boards.
OpenGL functionality is accelerated in hardware for systems equipped with the following graphics boards: Creator, Creator3D, Elite3D, Expert3D, XVR-500, XVR-600, XVR-1000, XVR-1200, XVR-2500, and XVR-4000.
OpenGL functionality is performed in software for systems equipped with the following graphics boards: GX, XVR-100, XVR-200, XVR-300.
Install this new version as described in the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide.
The Solaris 9 9/05 HW release is available as a DVD that contains the equivalent scope of software that was provided on the Solaris 9 9/05 DVD for SPARC platforms. Additional software products are provided on other discs in the Solaris 9 9/05 media kit. Those software products can be used on a system installed with Solaris 9 9/05 HW software. To obtain the media and documentation related to installing those optional software products, use the original Solaris 9 9/05 media kit.
Not all media disks in the Solaris 9 9/05 media kit release have changed content. Some disks might still be labeled "Solaris 9 9/04", but they are still appropriate for this release. For the latest information and documentation, check this release notes supplement, the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide, the main Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes, and other documentation at:
Some documents and document collections in the "Solaris 9 9/05 HW" category on http://docs.sun.com might also be labelled "Solaris 9 9/04", but they are still appropriate for this release.
The CD that was previously referred to as the Software Supplement for the Solaris 8 Operating Environment is now called the Solaris 9 Software Supplement. Past and present documentation might refer to this as the "Supplement CD."
The documents supplied on the Supplement CD differ in format from past releases. The AnswerBook2 format documentation collections are no longer supplied with the Solaris 9 9/05 HW release. Instead, the manuals are provided in installable packages of PDF and HTML files. After installing these packages on your system, you can access documents directly using a browser or PDF file reader, such as the Netscape Navigator or Adobe® Acrobat Reader program. For further information, refer to the documentation chapter in the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide.
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Note - Documents unique to the Solaris 9 9/05 HW release are available at http://docs.sun.com. |
Several Sun hardware platforms supported by earlier versions of the Solaris 9 OS now might contain UltraSPARC® IV+ system boards, CPU/memory boards, or processor modules:
Sun Fire V1280
Sun Fire V490
Sun Fire V890
Sun Fire E2900
Sun Fire E4900
Sun Fire E6900
Sun Fire E20K
Sun Fire E25K
Sun Fire 12K
Sun Fire 15K
A system including an UltraSPARC IV+ processor requires installation of the Solaris 9 9/05 OS rather than an earlier Solaris 9 OS version. In a system containing a mixture of UltraSPARC IV+ boards and other boards, only domains that include an UltraSPARC IV+ processor require the Solaris 9 9/05 OS.
Although the Solaris 9 9/05 HW software is tested to be compatible with previous releases, some applications might not be fully ABI-compliant. Contact the supplier of the unbundled product directly for information about compatibility.
If you are upgrading from an existing version of Solaris software and have installed unbundled products, either from Sun or from a different company, you must ensure that all those products are supported on the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment prior to upgrading. Depending on the status of each unbundled product, you have three options for each unbundled product:
Verify that the existing version of the unbundled product is supported on the Solaris 9 9/05 operating environment.
Acquire and install a new version of the unbundled product that is supported on the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment. Note that in this case you might need to remove the previous version of the unbundled product prior to upgrading to the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment. See the unbundled product documentation for more details.
Remove the unbundled product prior to upgrading to the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment.
For additional information, contact the supplier of the unbundled product or your service provider, or go to:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pubpatch
Some sun4u systems need to be updated to a higher level of OpenBoot firmware in the flash PROM before they can run the 64-bit mode of the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment. Systems that can only run the 32-bit mode, such as those in the sun4m platform groups, do not require updated firmware to run Solaris 9 9/05 HW software.
The only systems that might require this flash PROM update are the following:
Sun Ultra 1
Ultra 2
Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450
Sun Enterprise 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 systems
See any edition of the Solaris 8 Sun Hardware Platform Guide at http://www.sun.com/documentation for instructions for determining whether your system needs a flash PROM update and for instructions on performing that update.
For the Ultra and Ultra 2 systems, an antistatic wrist strap might be required for the update. If you need a wrist strap, send email to strap@sun.com.
Power management of interactive devices such as removable media is linked with power management of your monitor and the graphics card that drives your monitor. If your screen is active, devices such as the CD-ROM drive and diskette are kept at full-power mode. This means that if you are running a system without a monitor, these devices might go into low-power mode. If this happens and you want to restore power to the CD or diskette, type volcheck to obtain the latest status from each removable device.
Alternatively, you can disable power management on your system by using the Dtpower GUI. Then the devices are not put into low-power mode even when on a headless system, but run at full power all the time. This is not a bug, this is the intended behavior.
The Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation software (SFS) incorporates kernel drivers and utilities that enable a host to connect, monitor, and transfer data on a storage area network (SAN). The earliest version SFS software supported by Solaris 9 9/05 HW is SAN 4.4.11.
The Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation software, firmware upgrades, and documentation are available on the Sun Download Center. Access the Download Center from the SAN product page at:
http://www.sun.com/storage/san
This release includes the Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide, part number 819-1501-10, which replaces the following three documents:
Sun Fire High-End Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide
Sun Fire Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide
Sun System Management Services (SMS) Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide
For the latest information, refer to the online version of the above document at:
The following late-breaking information made it into the online edition of the new document, but not the version included on the Supplemental CD:You cannot use the DR connect and configure operations to add an I/O board to a domain in a single-partition midrange system that is configured with one or more UltraSPARC IV+ system boards. This restriction is due to the absence of a second domain in which the I/O board can be tested. However, you can use the DR unconfigure and disconnect commands on an I/O board in the described system.
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