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Solaris 7 11/99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware
Book Information
Chapter 1 Late-Breaking News
Release Notes Update
SunFDDI 6.0 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 Server
WorkShop 5
Service Contract Upgrades to the Solaris 7 11/99 Operating Environment
Unbundled Product Support
Documents on the Software Supplement for the Solaris 7 11/99 Operating Environment for Sun Computer Systems CD
Flash PROM Update for 64-bit Operations
Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD
Chapter 2 End-of-Support Products
End-of-Support Products
Network Devices -- BEC Device and be Driver
Graphics Devices--Discontinued Frame Buffers
PEX Graphics Library
Future End-of-Support Products
Sun4c-based Systems
SPARCstation Voyager
SPARC Xterminal 1
Chapter 3 Open Issues
StarOffice Support
Spanish Server installt.html File References ODBC 2.11 (4278257)
Prestoserve 2.4.2 -- Patch Required
To Install the Prestoserve Patch
To Install the Prestoserve Patch on an Ultra 2 System
Booting From Partitions Greater Than 2 Gbytes (1234177)
SunFDDI Adapters Cannot Boot Sun4d Diskless Clients (4144414)
Serial Parallel Controller Driver and Dynamic Reconfiguration
ISDN -- Supported in 32-bit Mode Only
SunScreen SKIP 1.1.1 Not Supported in Solaris 7 11/99 Operating Environment
Solstice SyMON Not Supported in Solaris 7 11/99 Operating Environment
ShowMe TV 1.3 Known Problems
Software
SunVTS 3.4 Issues
New Features for This Release
SunVTS OPEN LOOK User Interface Support
Possible Installation Problems
Using Web Start 1.0 (4268929)
Using Web Start 2.0 (4257539)
Fixed Installation Directory with Web Start 2.0 (4243921)
Running SunVTS Online Diagnostics Through Sun Enterprise SyMON
StorEdge-A5XXX Device Group Changes
Disk Test (disktest) Mounting Issues
Disk Test (disktest) Option File Note
Physical Configuration Mapping Support
The SunVTS User Interface Disappears (4122829)
Some Devices Not Displayed Under Physical Mapping (4228489)
The enatest and socaltest Cannot Run at the Same Time (4065417)
The socaltest FATAL: Failed ioctl FCIO_DIAG_XRAM (4065420)
The socaltest Can Fail Under Heavy System Load (4213518)
dpttest Test
PCMCIA Issues
If the PC ATA (pcata) module is modunloaded the system will appear to hang (4096137)
When Booting Solaris 7 11/99 operating environment initially with 64-bit kernel the device /dev/term/pc0, PC card serial driver, may not get created (4162969)
PC File Viewer Issues
Install in the /opt Directory
Known Bugs
Sun Remote System Control (RSC) Release Notes
What's New in This Version
Hardware and Software Configurations Supported for RSC
Supported Server
Supported GUI Clients
Supported CLI Clients
Ethernet Support
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
Paging Support
Testing RSC Paging
Troubleshooting
Copyright Notices
SunForum(TM) 2.0 Notices
ShowMe TV 1.3 Notices
Copyright\256 1993-1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Tous droits re'serve's.
Copyright 1990-1993 GROUPE BULL
Copyright 1992 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Netscape Communicator Notices
Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Notices
Documentation Errata
Platform Notes: The hme SunFastEthernet Device Driver Guide
Chapter 4 Sun Enterprise 10000 Release Notes
Alternate Pathing
Installation Issues
General Issues
Supported Devices
SunFDDI Devices
Sun StorEdge A3000
Sun StorEdge A5000
Sun StorEdge A7000
Software Compatibility
Known Bugs
Fixed Bugs
Dynamic Reconfiguration
General Issues
dr-max-mem Utility
DR and Bound User Processes
Nonpageable Memory Location
Kernel Cage Location
DR and Tape Drives
DR and SunFDDI
DR and the Sun StorEdge A3000
DR and the Sun StorEdge A5000
DR and pln and soc Drivers
Known Bugs
DR Abort Detach May Not Resume All Detached Disks (4010910)
dr_daemon Does Not Find Veritas Device Usage (4011123)
disks(1M) Command Preens Controller Entries and Corrupts the Sun StorEdge A3000 Device Tree (4096048)
DR Operation Fails Due to an Incompatibility with the DMP Feature in SEVM (4215683)
Cannot Drain and/or Detach Sun Enterprise Server System Boards that Host QFE Cards (4231845)
StorEdge A3000 Daemon Cannot Be Suspended (4100212)
Unable to Drain Sysboards in Solaris 7 and dr_daemon Segmentation Faults (4229238)
Bugs Fixed
InterDomain Networks
General Issues
Software Support
idn.conf(4) File
OpenBoot PROM
idn-smr-size Variable
OBP Environment
Known Bugs
VerExec Error Occurs When a Solaris 2.6 Domain Is Rebooted From OBP (4254715)
IDN Driver Can Panic if idn_slab_mintotal Is Set to a Value Other Than Zero (4273317)
Setting idn_protocol_nservers Value to the Minimum Value of One Causes Panic (4275051)
Remote Domain Reporting Master Domain Without CPU ID (4275420)
IDN Driver Does Not Implement MIB-II Kernel Statistics (4276084)
Setting idn_msgwait_nego to the Minimum Value (1 Second) Can Cause IDN Operations to Fail (4277617)
Patches
108317-01
Documentation Errata
domain_link(1M) and domain_unlink(1M)
IDN Parameter Values
idn.conf(4) File Parameters
Solaris Operating Environment
General Issues
Solaris 7 11/99 and Boot-Disk Partition Sizes
Solaris 7 11/99 and Driver Variables
SunFDDI
SunATM 4.0 Update 1
Known Bugs
4231845 - Cannot Detach System Board if the in.rarpd Daemon is Running and /rplboot Exists
Fixed Bugs
Documentation Errata
OBP Variables
Chapter 5 Sun Enterprise 6x00, 5x00, 4x00, and 3x00 Systems Open Issues
AP on Sun Enterprise Servers
Installation Issues
General Issues
Supported Devices
SunFDDI and GigabitEthernet Devices
Sun StorEdge A3000
Sun StorEdge A5000
Sun StorEdge A7000
Software Compatibility
Known Bugs
Fixed Bugs
Dynamic Reconfiguration of Sun Enterprise 6x00, 5x00, 4x00, and 3x00 Systems
Supported Hardware
Firmware Notes
FC-AL Disk Arrays or Internal Drives
PROM Updates for CPU and I/O Boards
How To Obtain Firmware
Software Notes
Enabling Dynamic Reconfiguration
Quiesce Test
Disabled Board List
Disabled Memory List
Unloading Detach-Unsafe Drivers
Interleaved Memory
Self-Test Failure During a Connect Sequence
Dynamic Reconfiguration Feature in Sun Enterprise SyMON Software
Known Bugs
cfgadm -v Not Working Properly, bug-ID 4149371
Memory Interleaving Set Incorrectly After a Fatal Reset, Bug-ID 4156075
vmstat Output Is Incorrect After Configuring Processors, Bug-ID 4159024
POST System Board Status Displays Only 1 of the 2 Failing CPUs, Bug-ID 4200513
DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory Board That Has Interleaved Memory, Bug ID 4210234
DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory Board That Has Permanent Memory, Bug ID 4210280
cfgadm Disconnect Fails When Running Concurrent cfgadm Commands, Bug-ID 4220105
Fatal Reset on init 5 After DR Operations, Bug-ID 4220852
Cannot Drain And/or Detach Sun Enterprise Server Boards That Host QFE Cards, Bug-ID 4231845
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