Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.2 Release Notes

Chapter 1 What's New in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.2

This chapter details the new hardware and operating systems supported in the Sun N1TM System Manager 1.3.2 release.

New Hardware and Operating System Support in N1 System Manager 1.3.2

The N1 System Manager 1.3.2 release provides the following new hardware and operating system support.

For a complete list of hardware and operating systems supported by N1 System Manager, see Chapter 3, Supported Hardware and Operating Systems.

Table 1–1 New Hardware and Operating System Support in N1 System Manager 1.3.2

Hardware 

Provisionable OS 

Minimum Firmware Version 

Recommended Firmware Version 

Sun FireTM V215 and Sun Fire V245

Solaris 10 6/06 

1.6 

1.6.2 

Sun Fire V445 

Solaris 10 6/06 

1.6 

1.6.2 

Sun Fire X2100 M2 

Solaris 10 6/06 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 8, 32-bit and 64-bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 4, 32-bit and 64-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, 64-bit 

1.1/1.80/3A05 [1.1 is the external version of the tools/drivers ISO; 1.80 is the SP version; 3A05 is the BIOS version.]

1.2/1.91/3A07 

Sun Fire X2200 M2 

Solaris 10 6/06 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 8, 32-bit and 64-bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 4, 32-bit and 64-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, 64-bit 

1.1/1.60/3BB5 

1.2/1.91/3B10 

Sun Fire X4600 M2 

Solaris 10 1/06, 64-bit, 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 4, 64-bit, 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, 64-bit 

Windows 2003 SE, SP1, 32-bit 

1.0.2/0ABHA038 [1.0.2 is the SP version; 0ABHA038 is the BIOS version.]

1.0.6/0ABIT032 

Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4200M2  

Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit 

Solaris x64 Version 10 1/06, 64-bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 1 and Update 2, 64-bit 

Windows 2003 SE, 64-bit 

Windows 2003 SE, SP1 32-bit 

1.0.7/0ABJX024 

1.0.7/0ABJX024 

Upgrading From N1 System Manager 1.3.1

The upgrade procedure to N1 System Manager 1.3.2 from N1 System Manager 1.3.1 is identical to the upgrade procedure to N1 System Manager 1.3.1 from N1 System Manager 1.3. See Upgrading to Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for details.

Online Help Updates for New System Support

This section details some minor additions that were added to the online help for the N1 System Manager 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 releases. The following model names are required for the firmware-related commands: create firmware, delete firmware, and show firmware.

Table 1–2 Updated Model Name Values for Firmware Commands

System Name 

Firmware Command Model Name Value 

Sun Fire V215 server 

V215

Sun Fire V245 server 

V245

Sun Fire V445 server 

V445

Sun Fire X2100 M2 

X2100M2

Sun Fire X2200 M2 

X2200M2

Sun Fire X4100 M2 server 

X4100M2

Sun Fire X4200 M2 server 

X4200M2

Sun Fire X4600 M2 server 

X4600M2