Sun Open Telecommunications Platform 1.0 Installation and Administration Guide

ProcedureTo Install Required Patches on Sun Fire T2000 Servers

Before You Begin

Refer to OTP System Hardware and Firmware Requirements for the list of required patches and firmware versions for the T2000 server and storage devices, and to the hardware documentation for firmware validation and update procedures. All firmware must be at the required level on the T2000 and on the storage devices prior to installing the Open Telecommunications Platform.

  1. log in as root (su - root) to the Sun Fire T2000.

  2. Open a web browser and download the following two patches from http://sunsolve2.central.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access.

    • 118833-24

    • 123334-04

  3. Change directory to the directory in which you downloaded the T2000 patches.

  4. Type patchadd 118833-24 to install the first patch.

    Wait for patch installation to complete.

  5. Type patchadd 123334-04 to install the second patch.

    Wait for patch installation to complete.

  6. Type reboot -- -sx to reboot the T2000 in single user mode.

    Wait for the T2000 to finish rebooting.

  7. Type /usr/sbin/e1000g_transition -e -f to complete the transition to the e1000g driver.

  8. Type reboot.

Next Steps

Ensure that the /globaldevices file system has been created on each clustered OTP system as described in the next section.