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Sun Firetrademark B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes

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Contents

1. Documentation and Miscellaneous Information

1.1 Upgrading the BIOS on a B200x Server Blade

1.2 Before Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade

1.3 Miscellaneous Information

1.3.1 Using N1 Provisioning Software

1.3.2 Using the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade

1.3.3 Downloading New Firmware for Chassis Components

1.4 Viewing the Latest Documentation for the Chassis and Its Components

1.4.1 Documentation in this Release

1.4.2 Documentation Errata

2. Linux

2.1 Installing Linux Onto a B100x or B200x Blade

2.2 Upgrading the BIOS on B200x Server Blades

2.2.1 To Upgrade the BIOS

2.3 B100x and B200x (Linux) Server Blade Issues

2.3.1 Issues Affecting the B200x Server Blade Only

2.3.2 Issues Affecting the B100x Server Blade Only

3. Solaris x86

3.1 Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade

3.1.1 Solaris x86 Drivers and Documentation

3.1.2 Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process

3.2 Applying Mandatory Software Patches to the Solaris x86 Install Image

3.2.1 Downloading the B100x/B200x Mandatory Software for the Network Install Server

3.2.2 Creating a Network Install Server

3.3 Issues Affecting B100x and B200x Server Blades That are Running Solaris x86

3.3.1 Issues for Which You Must Apply a Workaround or Perform an Operational Procedure

3.3.2 Error Messages That Can be Safely Ignored

3.3.3 Other Issues

4. SPARC Solaris

4.1 Installing SPARC Solaris Onto a B100s Server Blade

4.2 B100s (SPARC Solaris) Server Blade Issues

5. System Controller

5.1 Upgrading the System Controller (SC) Firmware

5.2 What To Do If You Lose Your Password for the System Controller

5.3 System Controller Software Issues

5.3.1 System Controller Firmware 1.2

5.3.2 System Controller Firmware 1.1

5.3.3 System Controller Firmware 1.0

6. The System Chassis's Integrated Switch

6.1 Switch Firmware Issues

6.2 Issues Affecting the Web Graphical User Interface to the Switch

6.3 The Term "Trunk" Meaning Either an Aggregated Link Or a Tagged VLAN Connection

6.3.1 Aggregated Links

6.3.2 Switch-to-switch Tagged VLAN Trunk Connections

6.4 Setting up a Tagged VLAN Trunk With Cisco Switches