| System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Release Notes |    
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| System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Release Notes |
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System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Release Notes |
This chapter contains the release notes for System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 on Sun Fire high-end systems and covers the following topics:
SMS 1.5 includes the following new features:.
IV 1.5-GHz processor
4.1.1
A voltage core monitoring parameter (VCMON)was added to the SMS software. When VCMON is enabled, it monitors any voltage changes or drifts on the processors. If VCMON detects an upward change in voltage (which usually indicates a socket attach issue), it notifies the user with an FMA event and marks the component health status (CHS) of that processor as faulty.
SMS software now supports the new A196 power supply in Sun Fire high-end systems. The showenvironment command identifies the presence of the A196 power supply.
The A196 power supply is capable of operating in single-grid or dual-grid mode, meaning that it can run from two separate AC inputs, or from one input. The single-grid (single-input) option provides power up to 4 KW.
If the second AC input is removed, it is recommended that it be restored as soon as possible to provide power above 4 KW.
These are the minimum software requirements for SMS 1.5. They vary by operating system.
As a minimum, the Solaris 8 OS version of SMS 1.5 requires:
The fixes for these libraries are available respectively through patches 108528-24, 115831-01, and 115829-01. These are the first releases that SMS 1.5 supports.
Apply the patches to both the SCs and domains.
1.2.2 must be installed in the default directory (/usr/java1.2/bin/java). Java 1.2.2 is normally installed in this directory during Solaris Entire Distribution installation. This is the first release that SMS 1.5 supports.
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Caution - If you are using Sun Fire Interconnect and Java 1.2.2 is not installed on the SCs or is not installed in its default directory, SMS will fail to load. |
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Note - If possible, consider upgrading your operating system to the Solaris 9 OS. The Solaris 9 OS includes ssh. |
As a minimum, the Solaris 9 OS version of SMS 1.5 requires:
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Caution - If you are using Sun Fire Interconnect, and Java 1.2.2 is not installed on the SCs or is not installed in its default directory, SMS will fail to load. |
SMS 1.5 currently supports Solaris 10 3/05 OS only on the domains, not on the system controllers (SCs). The SCs require either Solaris 8 OS or Solaris 9 OS.
This section contains known limitations for SMS 1.5 on a Sun Fire high-end system.
SMS 1.5 supports Sun Fire Link wPCI hardware. However, SMS will not support subsequent versions of the software. If you install and use SMS 1.5 with Sun Fire Link hardware, SMS will return an error message when you power on a wPCI board:
Detected Sun Fire Link hardware. Sun Fire Link hardware has been EOL'd and may not be supported by future versions of SMS. |
This section contains general notes and issues that involve SMS on Sun Fire high-end systems.
smsconnectsc is intended to be used in the event a remote SC hangs and cannot be accessed normally through login. Using smsconnectsc to create a remote console session from the local SC can result in the local SC losing monitoring capability and functionality. Do not use smsconnectsc except for the express purpose of system recovery.
Previous versions of SMS documented the use of the Java WebStart GUI and the pkgadd command to install the SMS packages on the Sun Fire high-end system. SMS vesions starting with SMS 1.3 introduced the smsinstall and smsupgrade scripts, which simplify and streamline the installation and upgrade process to the extent that WebStart and pkgadd are no longer recommended or documented. Because of the complexity of configuration for SMS, do not use any method other than the ones documented in the System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Installation Guide to install or upgrade to SMS 1.5. Doing so could result in misconfiguration and loss of functionality.
You can use the smsversion command to switch to any version of SMS that is still installed on your system, with these exceptions:
Before installing the SMS 1.5 packages, make sure that you have serial or console access to the SC or have ssh available on the SC. After you install SMS 1.5 and reboot the SC, the hardening performed by the smsinstall script disables remote access. This hardening takes place due to the new secure by default feature in SMS 1.5. If you do not have ssh installed on a system running the Solaris 8 OS, you will not have access to the SC except by using the console cable.
Since Sun does not provide ssh software for Solaris 8 OS, you should consider upgrading to the Solaris 9 OS, which insludes ssh. As an alternative, you must install a commercially available third-party or freely available version of ssh that supports the SSH 2.0 protocol.
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Note - Sun does not provide support for third-party ssh client software. |
Software documentation for this release is provided at:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/High-End_Servers/Sun_Fire_15K/SW_FW_Documentation/SMS/index.html
Files are named by part numbers. The part numbers correspond to these document titles:
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