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N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Installation Guide

B1600 Blade System Chassis

This section provides the Blade System Chassis hardware and firmware requirements.

Blade System Chassis Hardware Requirements

Blade System chassis hardware requirements are listed in the following table.

Table 2–1 B1600 Blade System Chassis Hardware Requirements

Chassis Component 

Description 

Switch and System Controller (SSC) 

Each chassis must have at least one SSC.  

Caution – Caution –

An SSC must be installed in SSC0.

Sun FireTM Server Blades

1 to 16 single-slot server blades in combination: 

  • B100s SPARC®-based blades for Solaris

  • B100x single processor and B200x dual processor blades - x86–based blades for Solaris x86 and Linux

    Note –

    The B200x blade occupies two chassis slots, and requires a two-processor operating system image. The B200x is treated as an unmanaged device.

  • B10n content load balancing blade

  • B10p SSL Proxy blade

    Note –

    The B10p blade is treated as an unmanaged device.

Blade System Chassis Firmware Requirements

Blade System chassis firmware version requirements are listed in the following table.

Note –

This version of the N1 Provisioning Server, Blades Edition supports chassis firmware version 1.2 and version 4D.2.

Table 2–2 Blade System Chassis Firmware Requirements

Device 

Firmware 

Switch  

  • Loader version 0.0.6.7

  • Boot ROM version 1.0.0.9

  • Operation Code version 1.0.0.16

System controller 

  • SC version 1.2.7

  • SC Boot version 1.2.7

B10n Load Balancing Blade 

  • Blade Support Chip version 5.1.4

  • Firmware version 1.2.1

B100s SPARC Server Blade 

  • Blade Support Chip version 5.0.2

  • Open Boot Prom version 4.7.5

B100x Server Blade 

  • Blade Support Chip version 5.1.3

  • BIOS version 4.0 (R6.0)

B200x Server Blade 

  • Blade Support Chip version 5.1.8

  • BIOS version P1.1.27

Before installing N1 Provisioning Server software, make certain that the firmware versions for the blade system chassis and each server blade meet the firmware version requirements listed by the previous table. Procedures for determining firmware versions and upgrading firmware are provided in the administration guide for each server blade.