Multi-boot code for the Converged Network Adapter supports both Ethernet and FCoE boot. This section provides the following information about the multi-boot update:
Hardware configuration includes the following:
Oracle's SPARC Solaris boot client
Oracle Solaris boot server
Converged Network Adapter installed in Oracle's SPARC Solaris boot client
Software configuration requires that you verify (via the .properties command) the multi-boot version and release date by viewing the values of the following properties:
revision-level - 3.15 or later
release-date - 2010-04-30 or later
The following example session shows how to perform an Ethernet boot at the OpenBoot ok prompt on Oracle's SPARC boot client console.
{0} ok show-nets
a) /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/ethernet@0,1
b) /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/ethernet@0
c) /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0,1
d) /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0
e) /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0,1
f) /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit: b
/pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/ethernet@0 has been selected.
Type ^Y ( Control-Y ) to insert it in the command line.
e.g. ok nvalias mydev ^Y
for creating devalias mydev for
/pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/ethernet@0
{0} ok boot /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@9/ethernet@0 -v
You can update the multi-boot code using the QLogic command-line interface (CLI) utility. This utility is located on the Oracle support area of the QLogic web site:
http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/Oracle_Search.aspx
Before updating the multi-boot code, install the latest Oracle Solaris Converged Network Adapter driver. Then copy the multi-boot binary file Q8Qxxyyy.BIN from the preceding link to the Oracle SPARC system under the root(/) directory.
For procedures on updating multi-boot and MPI tables using the QLogic utility, refer to the QLogic CLI user's guide.