Preface

These Product Notes contain important and late-breaking information about the Sun SPARC® Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers hardware, software, and documentation that became known after the documentation set was published.

Technical Support

If you have technical questions or issues that are not addressed in the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers documentation, contact your local Sun trademark Service representative.

For customers in the U.S. or Canada, call 1-800-USA-4SUN (1-800-872-4786). For customers in the rest of the world, find the World Wide Solution Center nearest you by visiting the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/service/contacting/solution.html/

Software Resources

The Solaris trademark Operating System and Sun Java Enterprise System software are preinstalled on your Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers.

Obtaining the Latest Solaris Patches

The mandatory Solaris patches for the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers should be preinstalled on your system. See Solaris Patch Information for the list of patches required on your version of the Solaris OS.

Caution - For Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers running Solaris 10 11/06 OS, patches 123003-03 and 124171-06 must be installed on your system prior to using Sun Connection Update Manager. These patches can be downloaded from http://sunsolve.sun.com/if needed. These patches are not required for servers running Solaris 10 8/07 OS.

The Sun Connection Update Manager can be used to reinstall the patches if necessary or to update the system with the latest set of mandatory patches. For more Information about the Sun Connection Update Manager refer to the Sun Update Connection System 1.0.8 Administration Guide:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-4687

Or visit:

http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunConnection/Update+Manager

There are two options available to register your system and use the Sun Connection Update Manager to obtain the latest Solaris OS patches. Installation information and README files are included in the patch download.

Using the Update Manager GUI to Obtain Patches.

Using the smpatch CLI to Obtain Patches

Using the Update Manager GUI to Obtain Patches

1. Launch the Update Manager.

From JDS Launch menu, Launch->Applications->System Tools->Update Manager.

From a terminal window with the CLI, type in /usr/bin/updatemanager.

a. If you have already registered, proceed to Step 2.

b. If you have not yet registered, Update Manager will take you through the registration process. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Note - On Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers, if the Sun Connection Update Manager GUI fails to register correctly, use the Command Line (CLI) interface option to obtain patches. See Using the smpatch CLI to Obtain Patches.

2. In the Available tab in the Update Manager, open the Update Collection dropdown menu and select Sun SPARC(R) Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers.

Update Manager will analyze your system for any patches that are needed.

3. If patch 118833-xx is recommended, select it by clicking the box to the left of the patch ID, then click the Install button.

The patch will be downloaded to /var/sadm/spool.

Note - 118833-xx is a kernel patch that requires special instructions for installation (see the patch README for specifics) and therefore is a download only (interactive) patch requiring manual installation. It is important to install patch 118833-xx first in order for any remaining patches in the patchset to be installed.

4. Continue by typing:

# cd /var/sadm/spool

# unzip 118833-xx.jar

5. Follow the installation instructions in the file
/var/sadm/spool/118833-xx/README.118833-xx.

6. After installing 118833-xx, restart the system.

Use the init or shutdown commands:

# init 6

# shutdown -i6

Note - The reboot command does not complete installations of patches that require a restart. Use either the Update Manager, the init command, or the shutdown command.

7. Launch the Update Manager again, and select the Enterprise Server collection.

8. If the Update Manager does not automatically start a new analysis, click the Check for Updates button.

9. Select any patches that are listed by checking the boxes to the left of the patch IDs.

10. Click the Install button.

Update Manager will download and install the patches.

Note - If any restart required patches were installed, UM will offer to restart the system. Alternatively, shutdown or init as used in Step 6 can be used. For restart required patches, the restart is required before the patches are effectively installed.

11. If any of the patches requires a system restart, see Step 6.

The patch installation is now complete.

Using the `smpatch` CLI to Obtain Patches

1. Copy the file /usr/lib/breg/data/RegistrationProfile.properties to your /tmp directory.

2. Edit the file /tmp/RegistrationProfile.properties to add your user name, password, network proxy (if necessary), and port (if required).

Note - The user name and password is a Sun Online Account. To create an account, go to http://sunsolve.sun.com.

3. Register your system by typing the command:

# sconadm register -a -r /tmp/RegistrationProfile.properties

4. Obtain the correct patches for your system by typing the command:

# smpatch set patchpro.patchset=sem4k5k8k9k

5. Install patch 118833-xx, as follows.

This patch can be downloaded through the Sun Connection Update Manager.

a. Download the patch to your /var/sadm/spool directory by typing:

# smpatch update -i 118833-xx

b. To unzip the patch, type:

# cd /var/sadm/spool

# unzip 118833-xx.jar

c. To install the patch, follow the special installation instructions in the file /var/sadm/spool/118833-xx/README.118833-xx.

6. After installing patch 118833-xx, restart the system.

To restart the system, use either the init command or the shutdown command.

# init 6

# shutdown -i6

Note - The reboot command does not complete installations of patches that require a restart.

7. Display a list of patches to be installed by typing the command:

# smpatch analyse

8. Download and install the patches by typing the command:

# smpatch update

9. If any of the patches requires a system restart, see Step 6.

The patch installation is now complete.

Additional Information

For additional information, read the release notes which come with your Solaris documentation, as well as the latest Solaris 10 Sun Hardware Platform Guide. Also, check the documentation web page for any additional supplements to this book. The most up-to-date information is posted at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Accessing Documentation

Instructions for installing, administering, and using your Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers are provided in the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers documentation set. The entire documentation set is available for download from the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Note - Information in these product notes supersedes the information in the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers documentation set.

Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) documentation is located at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

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Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060, part number 820-3611-10