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Solaris 7 8/99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware

Chapter 1 Late Breaking News

This manual provides the following information:

This manual supplements the Solaris 7 8/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide and the Solaris 7 8/99 Release Notes.

Service Contract Upgrades to the Solaris 7 8/99 Operating Environment

You may have received a Solaris Server Media Kit to upgrade systems to the Solaris 7 8/99 operating environment. Please note that your service contract entitles you to use only those products that apply to your original Solaris operating environment license.

Unbundled Product Support

If you are upgrading from an existing version of Solaris and have installed unbundled products, either from Sun or from a different company, you must ensure that all those products are supported on Solaris 7 8/99 prior to upgrading. Depending on the status of each unbundled product, you have three options for each unbundled product:

For additional information contact the supplier of the unbundled product or your service provider or go to:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/sunsolve/pubpatches/patches.html

Documents on the Software Supplement for the Solaris 7 8/99 Operating Environment for Sun Computer Systems CD

Table 1-1 lists the documents available on the Supplement CD:

Table 1-1 Documents on the Supplement CD

Path 

Comment 

Docs/HWPG/EOS.html

List of future end-of-support peripheral products 

Docs/HWPG/Hardware.ps

Supported hardware matrices 

Docs/HWPG/HWPG_en.ps

Solaris 7 8/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

Docs/ODBC/README.ODBC_en.html

Readme file for ODBC 

Docs/ShowMeTV1.3/UG_en.ps

ShowMe TV 1.3 User's Guide

Docs/README_en.html/

Readme file for Solaris 7 8/99 Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 

Note -

The _en indicates an English language document. Other languages may be indicated, depending on locale.

The Supplement CD also contains other documentation in AnswerBook(TM) packages and in man page packages. The documentation in AnswerBook packages can only be read through the AnswerBook2(TM) server software provided on the Solaris Documentation CD. Documents in the man page packages can only be read through the man command. Refer to the Solaris 7 8/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide for details on installing these packages from the Supplement CD.

Flash PROM Update for 64-bit Operations

Some sun4u systems need to be updated to a higher level of OpenBoot(TM) firmware in the flash PROM before they can run the 64-bit mode of the Solaris 7 8/99 operating environment. Systems that can only run the 32-bit mode (such as those in the sun4c, sun4d, and sun4m platform groups) do not require updated firmware to run Solaris 7 8/99 software.

The only systems that may require this flash PROM update are the following:

See the Solaris 7 8/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide for instructions for determining whether your system needs a flash PROM update and for instructions on performing that update.

For the Ultra and Ultra 2 systems, an antistatic wrist strap may be required for the update. If you need a wriststrap, send e-mail to strap@eng.sun.com

Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD

This CD provides video clips that illustrate how to perform steps involving hardware that are part of the procedures for updating the Flash PROM on some sun4u systems.

The video clips on this CD can be accessed several ways. Some software products are present on this CD to facilitate viewing of the videos directly from the CD. Do not use the AnswerBook2 server software or the ShowMe TV software on this CD to install these products permanently on a system. Instead, use the Solaris 7 8/99 Documentation CD to install AnswerBook2 server software and use the Supplement CD to install ShowMe TV software.

Note -

The video clips on the Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD have English language audio tracks. The volume level for the audio tracks is set to minimum. If you want to hear the English language audio track, you must adjust the audio level.