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System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Release Notes |
This chapter contains the release notes for System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 on Sun Fire high-end systems and covers the following topics:
SMS 1.6 includes the following new features:.
The AVL 2.0 FS-2 functionality in the SMS software encompasses the features described in the following Requests for Enhancement (RFEs):
AVL 2.0 FS-2 provides the following enhancements to the SMS software:
The following patches are available for SMS 1.6:
These patches are available at http://sunsolve.sun.com.
This section contains the following topics:
For more information about the correct package to use for your version of the Solaris OS, refer to the System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Installation Guide.
The software requirements shown in this section are the minimum software requirements for SMS 1.6. They vary by operating system.
Note - All software versions and patch levels shown in this section reflect the first versions that SMS 1.6 supports. |
Note - SMS 1.6 does not support the Solaris 8 OS on the SCs. The Solaris 8 OS is supported on the domains only. |
As a minimum, the Solaris 8 OS on the domains requires the Solaris 8 2/02 OS release.
Note - The Solaris 8 OS is not supported on domains running on UltraSPARC IV+ processors. |
As a minimum, the Solaris 9 OS version on the domains requires:
Note - On systems with UltraSPARC IV+ 1.8 GHz processors, the first supported version of the Solaris 9 OS is Solaris 9 9/05. |
As a minimum, the Solaris 10 OS version on the domains requires:
SMS 1.6 has different binary packages for the Solaris 9 OS and the Solaris 10 OS on the SCs. You must install the correct SMS package for your OS version. For more information about the correct package to use for your version of the Solaris OS, refer to the System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Installation Guide.
The software requirements shown in this section are the minimum software requirements for SMS 1.6. They vary by operating system.
Note - All software versions and patch levels shown in this section reflect the first versions that SMS 1.6 supports. |
As a minimum, the Solaris 9 OS version of SMS 1.6 requires:
As a minimum, the Solaris 10 OS version of SMS 1.6 requires:
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.
You can use the smsversion script to switch to any version of SMS that is still installed on your system, with these exceptions:
This switching of SMS versions only applies if you have the same Solaris OS version running. The version switching does not apply if you have upgraded the Solaris OS version. Refer to previous versions of SMS Installation Guides for installation instructions prior to SMS 1.6.
For more information about version switching and its relationship to the Solaris OS, refer to the System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Installation Guide.
Before installing the SMS 1.6 packages, make sure that you have serial or console access to the SC or have ssh available on the SC. After you install SMS 1.6 and reboot the SC, the hardening performed by the smsinstall script disables remote access. This hardening takes place due to the secure by default feature in SMS 1.6. If you do not have ssh available on your system, you will not have access to the SC except by using the console cable.
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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