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SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1101

Product Notes for XCP Version 1101

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Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

Compatible Hardware, Firmware, and Software Matrix

Obtaining Oracle Solaris Patches

Compatible Web Browsers

2. Information About XCP 1101 Firmware

What’s New in This Release

Upgrading and Downgrading XCP

Upgrading to This Release

Updating the OpenBoot PROM Firmware

Upgrading From a Version Earlier Than XCP 1050

Domain Restart Required After Certain Type of XCP Upgrade

Downgrading XCP Firmware

XCP Functionality Issues and Limitations

XCP Known Issues (CRs) and Workarounds

3. Information About Software

Capacity on Demand (COD)

COD Changes

Remote Initial Login

Fault Management

Identifying Degraded Memory in a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Identify Degraded Memory in a System

Sun Java Enterprise System

Enabling the Web Console SMF Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enable the Web Console SMF Service

Software Functionality Issues and Limitations

Oracle Solaris OS Issues (CRs) and Workarounds

Known Issues in All Supported Oracle Solaris Releases

CR 6660168

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 9/10

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10/09

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5/09

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10/08

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5/08

Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8/07

Software Documentation Updates

4. Information About Hardware

Important Notes, Issues and Workarounds - All M-Series Servers

Booting From a WAN Boot Server

Booting Multiple Systems From a Single J4200 JBOD Storage Array

Notes on the Use of USB Memory

Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations

Important Notes, Issues and Workarounds - M3000 Servers Only

Patches for Emulex PCI Express (PCIe) Cards

Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations

Important Notes, Issues and Workarounds - M4000/M5000 and M8000/M9000 Servers Only

DVD Drives and cfgadm

F20 PCIe Cards

Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards

U320 PCIe SCSI Card

Patches for QLogic PCIe Cards

Patches for Emulex PCI Express (PCIe) Cards

Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations

Hardware Documentation Updates for the M3000 Server

Hardware Documentation Updates for the M4000/M5000 Servers

Hardware Documentation Updates for the M8000/M9000 Servers