Preface

These product notes contain important and late-breaking information about the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers - sometimes called M-Series servers - from Oracle Corporation and Fujitsu Limited. It covers hardware, software, firmware, and documentation related to the XCP 1101 firmware release.

Some references to server names and document names are abbreviated for readability. For example, if you see a reference to the M9000 server, note that the full product name is the SPARC Enterprise M9000 server. And if you see a reference to the XSCF Reference Manual, note that the full document name is the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual.

Besides this document, you also should read, at minimum, the overview guide for your server, the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Administration Guide, and the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User’s Guide.

At publication of this document, M-Series servers were shipping with XCP 1101 firmware supported or installed. That might no longer be the latest available version, or the version now installed. Always see the Product Notes that apply to the firmware on your server, and those that apply to the latest firmware release.

This chapter includes the following sections:


Audience

This document is written for experienced system administrators with working knowledge of computer networks and advanced knowledge of the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Oracle Solaris OS).

 


Related Documentation

The following table lists related M-Series documents, which can be viewed online at the following locations:

Hardware documents:

M3000 server:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19867-01&id=homepage
M4000 server:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19855-01&id=homepage
M5000 server,
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19580-01&id=homepage
M8000 server:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19170-01&id=homepage
M9000 server:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19415-01&id=homepage

Software documents:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/sparc-mseries-servers-252709.html

Oracle Solaris Operating System documents:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/index.html


Related M-Series Server Documents

SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Site Planning Guide

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Site Planning Guide

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide

SPARC Enterprise Equipment Rack Mounting Guide

SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Getting Started Guide[1]

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Getting Started Guide*

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Getting Started Guide*

SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Overview Guide

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Overview Guide

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Overview Guide

SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Important Legal and Safety Information*

SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Safety and Compliance Guide

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide

External I/O Expansion Unit Safety and Compliance Guide

SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server Unpacking Guide*

SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server Unpacking Guide*

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Unpacking Guide*

SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Installation Guide

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Installation Guide

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Installation Guide

SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Service Manual

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual

External I/O Expansion Unit Installation and Service Manual

SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Administration Guide

SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User’s Guide

SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) User’s Guide

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Capacity on Demand (COD) User’s Guide

SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes[2]

SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Product Notes

SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes

External I/O Expansion Unit Product Notes

SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Glossary



Text Conventions

This manual uses the following fonts and symbols to express specific types of information.


Font/symbol

Meaning

Example

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output.

This font represents the example of command input in the frame.

XSCF> adduser jsmith

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output.

This font represents the example of command output in the frame.

XSCF> showuser -P
User Name:  jsmith
Privileges: useradm
            auditadm

Italic

Indicates the name of a reference manual, a variable, or user-replaceable text.

See the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User’s Guide.

" "

Indicates names of chapters, sections, items, buttons, or menus.

See Chapter 2, "System Features."



Syntax of the Command-Line Interface (CLI)

The command syntax is as follows:


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1 (TableFootnote) This is a printed document.
2 (TableFootnote) Beginning with the XCP 1100 release.