Sun Management Center 4.0 Version 2 Add-On Software Release Notes

This document contains release notes for Sun trademark Management Center 4.0 Version 2 add-on software for Sun SPARC^® Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers. The document includes the following sections:

What’s New in This Release

Supported Platforms and Environments

Recommended Patches

Documentation

Obtaining the Add-On Software

Known Issues and Workarounds

What’s New in This Release

The Sun Management Center 4.0 Version 2 add-on software for Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers is an new (or update) release adding support for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server and requires XCP 1080.

Server/console packages for x86 are now provided to allow SPARC agent platforms to be monitored from x86 consoles. Support for x86 consoles is only included in core Sun Management Center 4.0, or later.

Supported Platforms and Environments

Supported Platforms

Sun Management Center 4.0 Version 2 add-on software supports the following systems:

Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 servers

Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers

Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers

Supported Software

TABLE 1 lists the minimum software versions required for Sun Management Center 4.0 Version 2 add-on software.

TABLE 1 Minimum Required Software Versions
Host	Required Software	Version
Monitored platform	Software is pre-installed as part of XCP firmware. Sun Management Center software updates are included in XCP firmware image updates.	1080
Monitored domain	Solaris Operating System SunMC core software SunMC Add-On Software for Sun SPARC Enterprise Mx000 servers	10 11/06 4.0 4.0 Version 2
For both: Server machine Workstations or common network location (for console layer)	Solaris Operating System ^[1]	8 2/04 9 9/04 10 11/06
	Sun Management Center server core software	4.0
	Sun Management Center add-on software for Sun SPARC Enterprise Mx000 servers	4.0 Version 2

Recommended Patches

Solaris software patches and Sun Management Center patches might be available for your platform, for the core Sun Management Center 4.0 application, and for this add-on software. The product notes for your platform and the Sun Management Center Software Release Notes might also include information about required and recommended patches.

Note - You must install all the patches required for your platform and your operating system before installing Sun Management Center 4.0 software and this add-on.

If you have a Sun service contract, you can download the patches from:

http://sunsolve.sun.com

Documentation

This document supplements the information available in the Sun Management Center 4.0 Supplement for Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers (820-6019).

Sun Management Center documentation is available at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

Refer to the preface of the Sun Management Center 4.0 Supplement for Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers for more information about related documentation.

Obtaining the Add-On Software

Sun Management Center software, including this Sun Management Center 4.0 Version 2 add-on software, is available for download at:

http://www.sun.com/download

For information about installing the software, refer to the Sun Management Center 4.0 Supplement for Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers.

Known Issues and Workarounds

This section describes known issues in this release.

General Functionality

Refer to the product notes for your platform for the latest information about supported functionality for your server.

Sun Management Center Software Issues and Workarounds

TABLE 2 lists issues and possible workarounds for Sun Management Center software.

TABLE 2 Sun Management Center Issues and Workarounds
CR ID	Description	Workaround
6567937	SunMC alarms do not appear in the Alarms tab after a successful SP failover.	Click on the “Reload the Alarm Table” button to refresh the table and display the correct alarm state.
6750818	The physical view is not seen on the web console. This occurs for both the Domain Config reader and Platform Admin Module on all Mx000 systems.	Use the Java Sun MC console to see physical view for Mx000 add-ons.
6760340	M3000 Server Is Not Translated in Localization Files. Message files modfied to include M3000 model have not been translated. Some message containing model information in languages other than English will not show M3000 model	In languages other than English, the M3000 model can be verified in the system table.

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