How to Identify the Hardware on Your System

You can use your patch management tool to apply firmware patches to Sun Network Storage hardware products that are attached to your system. The tool needs to know what hardware is attached to your system. Some of the hardware is automatically identified by software, but some needs to be identified manually by following this procedure.

When the hardware is identified, the smpatch analyze command can determine whether you need specific firmware patches based on your hardware configuration.

1. Become superuser.

2. Start up the dialog program to identify the hardware that exists on your system.

   # pprosetup -H Change Hardware Configuration. Analyzing this computer. ..............

3. Select the numbers that are associated with the disk drives that are attached to your system.

   You must page through the entire list before you can make your selections. So, note the numbers that are associated with the disk drives that are attached to your system.

   Your selections are listed.

4. Select the numbers that are associated with the storage servers and disk arrays that are attached to your system.

   You must page through the entire list before you can make your selections. So, note the numbers that are associated with the storage servers and disk arrays that are attached to your system.

   Your selections are listed.

5. Select the numbers that are associated with the tape storage systems that are attached to your system.

   You must page through the entire list before you can make your selections. So, note the numbers that are associated with the tape storage systems that are attached to your system.

   Your selections are listed.

6. Save your selections to a file.

   This file is also used by PatchPro Expert, which is available on the SunSolve Online site.

   • If you want to save your selections, type y.

   • If you do not want to save your selections, type n.