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Sun SPARC® Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes

For XCP Version 1071

820-4294-11



Contents

Preface

Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes

New in XCP 1071

Supported Firmware and Software Versions

Using a WAN Boot Server

Solaris Patch Information

Required Patches for Solaris 10 8/07 with SPARC64 VII CPUs

Required Patches for Solaris 10 11/06 OS

Upgrading to XCP 1071

Updating the OpenBoot PROM Firmware

Upgrading From XCP 104n

General Functionality Issues and Limitations

Hardware Installation and Service Issues

Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards

U320 PCIe SCSI Card

Software and Firmware Issues

XCP Issues and Workarounds

Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds

Solaris Issues for All Supported Releases

Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/08

Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 8/07

Sun Management Center Software Issues and Workarounds

Software Documentation Updates

Additional Software Procedures

Booting From a WAN Boot Server

Identifying Degraded Memory in a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Identify Degraded Memory in a System

Identifying Different Memory Sizes in a System Board

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use the showdevices Command

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use the prtdiag Command to Identify Memory Size

Identifying Permanent Memory in a Target Board

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Identify Permanent Memory in a Target Board

Adding SPARC64 VII Processors to Your Server -- Service Representatives Only

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Add a New SPARC64 VII CPU Module as a New Domain

Adding SPARC64 VII Processors to an Existing Domain

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Prepare to Add SPARC64 VII Processors to an Existing Domain

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Add a New SPARC64 VII CPU Module to a Domain Configured With SPARC64 VI

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Upgrade a SPARC64 VI CPU Module to SPARC64 VII on an Existing Domain