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Solaris 8 2/04 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware

Includes Additional Release Notes and End-of-Support Statements for the Solaris 8 2/04 Operating Environment Running on Sun Hardware Products

817-4348-11



Contents

1. Late-Breaking News

No OEM Content in This Release

Unbundled Product Support

Additional Supported Platforms

Documents on the Solaris 8 2/04 Software Supplement CD

Flash PROM Update for 64-Bit Operations

Flash PROM Update CD No Longer Included

Removable Media Manager Issues

Patch Enables Booting From DVD-ROM Media

Patches Enable StarOffice 6.0

DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drives on Headless Systems

Installing Supplement CD Products From DVD

Patch 114152-01 Available

2. End-of-Support Products

Products Not Supported in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment

Sun4c Systems

SPARCstation Voyager

SPARC Xterminal 1

ShowMe TV

PC File Viewer

PC Launcher

Solaris Maintenance Updates

Future End-of-Support Products

sun4d Servers (32-bit only)

Ethernet Quad Drivers qe and qec

Alternate Pathing Multipath I/O

SunHSI/S, SunFDDI/S, SunFDDI/P, le Drivers

Token Ring Network Drivers

SPC Driver

Sun4m Platform Group

3. Open Issues

Application-Specific Issues

Sun StorEdge SAN: Use Latest Upgrades

SunScreen SKIP 1.1.1 Not Supported in Solaris 8 2/04 Operating Environment

PCMCIA Issues

LOMlite 2 Lights Out Management Software Release Notes

Solstice DiskSuite and Alternate Pathing (BugID 4367639)

Vulnerability in the ToolTalk Database Server Allows Root Access (BugID 4499995)

Veritas Installation Fails on Solaris 8 2/04 (BugID 4950830)

Veritas VRTSvxfs Package Fails Installation (BugID 4820479)

SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 5 (PS5) Issues

Sun Remote System Control 2.2 Release Notes

Platform-Specific Issues

Netra T4/Netra T20 Issues

Sun Blade Systems

Documentation Errata

Solaris 8 2/04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

References to MPxIO Documentation

SSP 3.5 Installation Guide and Release Notes

eri(7d) Man Page

Other Issues

Network Drivers Installed by Default

Serial Parallel Controller Driver Does Not Support Dynamic Reconfiguration (BugID 4177805)

Some DVD and CD-ROM Drives Fail to Boot Solaris (BugID 4397457)

FDDI May Hang During Heavy Load (BugIDs 4485758, 4174861, 4486543)

Monitor Goes Blank When Stop-A Is Pressed During Screen Lock (BugID 4519346)

U-Code Does Not Reload After IFB Driver Unloaded (BugID 4532844)

USB Dual Framework

USB Floppy Devices

SunFDDI and Diskless Booting (BugID 4390228)

Multiple Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Cards May Hang System (BugID 4336400, 4365263, 4431409)

System May Hang When the cpr Module Runs (BugID 4466393)

Unable to Disconnect SCSI Controllers With DR (BugID 4446253)

Command cfgadm -c unconfigure Fails Due to qlc detach Failure (BugID 4881110)

wrsm Driver Not Loaded Automatically (BugID 4975878)

Tearing Down an RSM Connection Can Cause an Application to Dump Core (BugID 4966095)

4. AP 2.3.1 on Sun Enterprise Servers

AP 2.3.1 on Sun Enterprise Servers

Future AP Support

Installation Issues

General Issues

Known Bugs/RFEs

Fixed Bugs

Other Bugs

5. Open Issues for Sun Fire Midrange Systems

Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire Midrange Systems

Sun Management Center

System-Specific DR Support

Page Retire Feature

Upgrading the System Firmware

Known DR Limitations

General DR Limitations

Limitations Specific to CompactPCI

Procedures for Bringing a cPCI Network Interface (IPMP) Online or Offline

Operating System Quiescence

Dynamic Reconfiguration Software Bugs

Known Dynamic Reconfiguration Bugs

6. Open Issues for Sun Enterprise Midrange Systems

Dynamic Reconfiguration of Sun Enterprise Midrange Systems

Supported Hardware

Firmware Notes

Software Notes

Known Bugs

7. Sun Enterprise 10000 Release Notes

SSP 3.5 Open Issues

Dynamic Reconfiguration

General Issues

InterDomain Networks (IDN)

General Issues

Solaris Operating Environment

General Issues

Known Bugs

8. Open Issues for Sun Fire High-End Systems

Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire High-End Systems

Known Dynamic Reconfiguration Bugs

Known Non-DR Bugs