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1. Packages SUNWsspue SUN Wsspst SUN Wsspr SUN Wssppo SUN Wsspop SUN Wsspob SUNWsspmn SUNWsspid SUNWsspfp SUNWsspdr SUNWsspdo SUNWsspdf SUN Wuessp SUNWcod SUNWcodbk SUNWcodmn SUNW2jdrt SUN Wctac SUN Wcteux SUN Wctevx SUNWctmex SUNWtsalm SUNWtsalr SUNWtsalu SUNWlomm SUNWlomr SUNWlomu SUNWcdrw SUNWclLbut SUNWclbx u SUNWfcbpl u Note Packages for the SMS software are also included on the Supplement CD but should not be installed using the pkgadd command For information on installing SMS and use of the smsinstall command refer to the System Management Services Installation Guide The most recent version of this book is listed in Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 15 Note For names and descriptions of localized packages see Appendix A If a problem occurs during package installation information about the problem is displayed followed by this prompt Do you want to continue with this installation Respond with either yes no or quit 16 Validation Test Suite Software SunV IS Software The SunVTS validation test suite is a diagnostic tool designed to test Sun hardware By running multiple diagnostic hardware tests the SunVTS software verifies the connectivity and functionality of most SPARC hardware controllers and devices in a 32 bit or 64 bit Solaris operating environment SunVTS provides an infrastructure for programmers to deve
2. and the system is power cycled diagnostics will run Also when you boot the system the system will attempt to boot from the network Unless you had diag switch set to true before the flash PROM update set diag switch to false the default value ok setenv diag switch false If the use nvramrc configuration variable was set to true before the flash PROM update as part of the update the use nvramrc variable was set to false because the contents of the NVRAM configuration variable nvramrc may or may not be appropriate for use with the new firmware If you want to change the use nvramrc variable back to true evaluate the contents of nvramrc first with printenv nvramrc then change the use nvramrc configuration variable back to true with the setenv use nvramrc true command Make sure that other configuration variables are set properly a Use the printenv OpenBoot command to display the NVRAM configuration variables and their settings oy At the PROM monitor s ok prompt you can use OpenBoot commands to restore the values of the configuration variables Refer to the OpenBoot 3 x Command Reference Manual You can also use the eeprom utility as superuser in the Solaris operating environment See the eeprom man page description for more information Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 57 7 If you have a Sun Enterprise 450 or an Ultra 450 turn the keyswitch to the
3. dev console 0600 dev fbs frame buffers Note that your system is no longer secure Sun Remote System Control for Sun Servers Sun Remote System Control RSC is a secure server management tool that lets you monitor and control a Sun Enterprise 250 Sun Fire 280R Sun Fire V880 or Sun Fire V480 server over modem lines and over a network using Solaris operating environment or Microsoft Windows clients RSC can also notify you when server problems occur RSC provides remote system administration for geographically distributed or physically inaccessible systems All hardware functionality required to support RSC is already included with your Sun Enterprise 250 Sun Fire 280R Sun Fire V880 or Sun Fire V480 server The Sun Remote System Control for Sun Servers software is provided on the Supplement CD For installation information see Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 For configuration information for Remote System Control see Remote System Control RSC 2 2 User s Guide To install RSC client software on a computer running the Microsoft Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 or Windows 2000 operating environment load the Supplement CD into the systems s CD ROM drive The InstallShield application starts automatically prompts you for a directory name and installs the RSC executable in the location that you specify Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 23 Lights Out Management LO
4. Confirm that output has been redirected to one of the frame buffers m The NVRAM configuration variables might have been modified because of the firmware update just before power was lost If this happened then the system output was possibly redirected to a device other than the one originally used to display it This could only have happened if a keyboard was connected to the system m If there is no keyboard connected to the system and the NVRAM configuration variables are set to their default values then system input and output are directed to serial port A 54 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 2 If output cannot be found on any of the installed frame buffers or serial port A set the boot control jumper to boot from the half of the PROM that is not currently selected See FIGURE 4 1 on page 46 FIGURE 4 2 FIGURE 4 6 and FIGURE 4 7 An asterisk on the main logic board notes the location of pin 1 m If the jumper is set for high half booting move it to low half booting pins 2 and 3 jumpered See FIGURE 4 6 m If the jumper is set for low half booting move it to high half booting pins 1 and 2 jumpered See FIGURE 4 6 TABLE 4 5 Boot Control Jumper System Jumper Pins 1 2 Jumpered Pins 2 3 Jumpered Default Jumper on Name Pins Ultra 1 2 J2204 High half booting Low half booting Apo Boot control Sun Enterprise J5501 High half booting Low half booting 243 Boot control 450 or Sun Ultra 450 wor
5. Japanese UTF 8 SunFDDI SBus Man Pages Japanese UTF 8 SunFDDI PCI Man Pages Japanese PCK SunVTS Man Pages TABLE A 1 Japanese Localized Packages Continued Software Product Package Name Description SUNWjuvtm Japanese UTF 8 SunVTS Man Pages SUNWjvtsm Japanese EUC SunVTS Man Pages AnswerBook SUNWahwja Solaris 8 on Sun Hardware Collection Japanese Capacity on Demand SUNWj codb Japanese AnswerBook for Capacity on Demand Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP SUNWjassp Japanese AnswerBook for Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP CDRW SUNWJ cdrw Japanese EUC Manual Page and Message for CDRW Netra ct SUNWjecte Japanese EUC manual pages and messages for Netra ct Platform Software Lights Out Management SUNWj lomu Japanese localization EUC for LOM LOMlite utilities Sun Fire B10n SUN Wjeclbut Japanese EUC Manual Pages for Sun Fire B10n SUN W jpclbut Japanese PCK Manual Pages for Sun Fire B10n SUN Wjuclbut Japanese UTF 8 Manual Pages for Sun Fire B10n Appendix A Localized Packages on the Supplement CD 117 118 German Localized Packages TABLE A 2 German Localized Packages Software Product Package Name SunForum SUNWdedat Remote System Control SUNWdersc SUNWdrscd SUNWdrscj AnswerBook SUNWAhwde Netra ct SUNWdecte CDRW SUNWdcdrw Lights Out Management SUNWdlomu LOM Description German SunForum German Remote System Control German Remote System Control User Guide German Remote System Control GUI Solaris 8 on Su
6. The SunATM Driver Software Platform Notes the Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Platform Notes Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Device Driver Platform Notes the eri FasEthernet Device Driver Dynamic Reconfiguration User s Guide for Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 3x00 Systems Contents A quick reference card for the SunVTS diagnostic software Feature differences between SBus and PCI Information on how to configure the hme device driver for use with the Ultra Workstation series platform Sun Enterprise servers SunSwift SBus adapter SunSwift PCI adapter and PCI SunFastEthernet card Information about how to take advantage of graphics memory and acceleration features of these systems Sun Enterprise X000 specific OpenBoot commands including those for board hot plug operations Also contains board hot plug procedures and miscellaneous related information New OpenBoot commands configuration variables and disk drive hot plug procedures Also provides procedures for mapping between logical and physical device names for internal storage devices New OpenBoot commands configuration variables and disk drive hot plug procedures Also provides procedures for mapping between logical and physical device names for internal storage devices Instructions on using the luxadm administrative program with the Sun StorEdge A5000 the SPARCstorage Array and the Sun Fire 880 internal storage array Information about how to configu
7. 0 0 gt VA Reset 0 0 gt nD Peek Poke device 0 0 gt e d Environmental Status 0 0 gt CAT Test Menus 0 0 gt Le State Dump 00 gt NO Frequency Margining 0 0 gt a Ai Display System Summary 0 0 gt Os Display Fatal Reset Info 0 0 gt ega Scan System Board Ring 0 0 gt a Set Memory Test Megs 0 0 gt rps Print SIMM Info 0 0 gt nE Focus CPU 0 0 gt a CPU State 0 0 gt oa fcopy 0 0 gt ig System Power Off 00 gt ch Bounce Patterns 0 0 gt ay Focus I O Board 0 0 gt 82 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 1 Type f to select fcopy Command gt f 0 0 gt Flash PROM Copy Menu 0 0 gt Select one of the following functions 0 0 gt EM Return 0 0 gt rI Copy 0 0 gt Cae Verify 0 0 gt cat Display Version 0 0 gt rA Activate System Board 0 0 gt Command gt 2 Without powering off the system plug in the board with the corrupted flash PROM Be sure its power LED is lit 3 Type 4 to select Activate System Board The system prompts you to enter the board number in hexadecimal notation from 0 through 9 and a through f In the example below board 3 is entered as the board to be activated Command gt 4 0 0 gt Input board number in hex 0 thru 9 and a thru f 23 0 0 gt 0 0 gt Flash PROM Copy Menu 00 gt Oe Return 0 0 gt cis Copy 0 0 gt uD Verify 0 0 gt dc ii Display Version 0 0 gt rA Activate System Bo
8. 127 0 0 1 netmask 000000 hme0 flags 1000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 2 inet 129 144 131 91 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 129 144 131 255 ether 8 0 20 a4 4f b8 cel23000 flags 1000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 3 inet 199 199 123 3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 199 199 123 255 ether 8 0 20 a4 4f b b8 ce224000 flags 1000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 4 inet 199 199 224 3 netmask ffffffO00 broadcast 199 199 224 255 ether 8 0 20 a4 4f b8 3 On the switch set VLAN tagging and set VLAN ports to coincide with the VLANs you ve set up on the server Using the examples in Step 2 you would set up VLAN ports 123 and 224 on the switch Refer to the documentation that came with your switch for specific instructions for setting VLAN tagging and ports Java 3D 1 3 1 API The Java 3D 1 3 1 API is a set of classes for writing three dimensional graphics applications and 3D applets It gives developers high level constructs for creating and manipulating 3D geometry and for constructing the structures used in rendering that geometry Application developers can describe very large virtual worlds using these constructs which provide Java 3D software with enough information to render these worlds efficiently Installation Dependencies m OpenGL 1 1 software or later 28 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 m JDK 1 2 1 sof
9. 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems This chapter describes how to update the flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and the Sun Enterprise 450 systems Some systems require a higher level of OpenBoot firmware in the flash PROM to run the 64 bit mode of the Solaris 8 operating environment The OpenBoot firmware is contained within a single flash PROM for the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and the Sun Enterprise 450 systems Note Only those systems identified in this chapter and the following chapter need the flash PROM upgrade The flash PROM devices which contain OpenBoot are electrically erasable and writable devices This means that the firmware can be updated without removing the flash PROM from the system board Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating Only sun4u systems that can run the 64 bit mode of the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment might need the flash PROM update Systems that can only run the 32 bit mode such as those in the sun4c sun4d and sun4m platform groups do not require updated firmware to run Solaris 8 2 04 software 41 42 Note If the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment notified you that the flash PROM in your system needs updating skip the steps in the procedure To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update on page 42 and go
10. 450 System and the Sun Ultra 450 Workstation Disabling Write Protection For the Sun Enterprise 450 system and the Sun Ultra 450 workstation you do not have to change jumper pins Instead you move the keyswitch to allow the flash PROM to be write enabled When the switch is set to the Locked position FIGURE 4 4 the flash PROM is write protected When the switch is set to the On or Diagnostics position the flash PROM is write enabled v To Write Enable the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 450 System and the Sun Ultra 450 Workstation 1 Turn the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics position FIGURE 4 4 before updating the flash PROM Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 47 AN Note Disabling write protection the Sun Enterprise 450 system or the Ultra 450 workstation assumes that the write protect enable jumper was set in the default position enabled If you previously changed the write protect enable jumper to be write protected perform the steps to make the flash PROM write enabled in Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise 450 System and the Ultra 450 Workstation on page 59 You must change the jumper to be write enabled before continuing with the flash PROM update procedure Diagnostics Locked FIGURE 4 4 Sun Enterprise 450 and Sun Ultra 450 Keyswitch Location Before Updating the Flash
11. Power interruption during updating of the flash PROMs aborts the updating at the point of the power interruption Turn the keyswitch to the Standby position FIGURE 5 1 on page 68 to prevent power surge to the system when power is restored The following recovery procedure requires another board of the same type with an uncorrupted PROM image if you are updating an I O Type 1 board you must use another I O Type 1 board In the following code examples the flash PROM on board 3 recovers by copying the flash PROM image from board 0 1 Connect a null modem cable to port A and to either a terminal or a Sun Workstation 2 Set the serial port at 9600 bps 8 bit word no parity and 1 stop bit 3 Remove the board that was being programmed when the power went out 4 Turn the keyswitch to the On position FIGURE 5 1 on page 68 Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 81 The system responds with the message Hardware Power ON 1 Wait 15 seconds and type s on the keyboard terminal or the tip window connected to the serial port The system responds 0 0 gt xxx Toggle Stop POST Flag 1 This message shows that POST power on self test has recorded your request to stop after testing is completed When POST stops it will display the following options menu 0 O gt Extended POST Menus 0 0 gt Select one of the following functions 0 0 gt Ra Return
12. Software on a Standalone System Using pkgadd 12 Validation Test Suite Software SunVTS Software 16 SunVIS Packages 18 Installing SunVTS 18 Using SunVTS Software 18 OpenGL Software 18 vi Supported Platforms 19 Removing Old Packages 19 OpenGL Packages 20 Installing OpenGL 21 After Installing the Packages 21 Unexpected Slow Local Rendering 22 Sun Remote System Control for Sun Servers 23 Lights Out Management LOM Software 24 SunForum 24 Installing SunForum 24 Online Help 25 Network Adapter Drivers Included on the Supplement CD 25 Installing the Drivers 25 Platform Notes for Network Adapter Drivers 25 Configuring VLANs 26 Java 3D 1 3 1 API 28 Installation Dependencies 28 Installing Java 3D 1 3 1 API 29 Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Software 29 Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1 0 Software 29 Netra ct Platform Software 29 Installing Sun Fire 880 FC AL Backplane Firmware 30 USBA 1 0 Framework 30 Documents on the Supplement CD 33 AnswerBook2 Sets 33 Installing Solaris 8 2 04 AnswerBook Sets 33 Solaris 8 2 04 AnswerBook Packages 34 Solaris 8 2 04 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook Set 34 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP AnswerBook Set 36 Alternate Pathing AnswerBook Set 36 Capacity On Demand AnswerBook Set 37 Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Packages 37 Using Sun Computer Systems Manual Pages 38 Other Documents on the Computer Systems Supplement CD 38 HTML PDF PostScript a
13. Standby position wait a few seconds and then power on again If you have an Ultra 1 or Ultra 2 system type reset all If you set the auto boot NVRAM configuration variable to true and the boot device variable contains the device or device alias where the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment was installed then the system will boot the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment Error Messages Most of the error messages were documented within the flash PROM update procedure This section contains error messages that were not part of the flash PROM update procedure Retained Page mmap Failure If you see an error message similar to the following just after the flash update program logs on Flash Update 2 0 Program and system initialization in progress eeprom attach No retained page found in device tree then the update will fail with the following message if the Flash PROM Update is attempted Do you wish to update the firmware in the system Flash PROM yes no yes eeprom mmap on retained page failed no retained page found Flash Update MMAP call failed No such device or address If this error occurs issue a reboot command at the superuser prompt and allow the system to return to the Flash PROM Update inquiry WITHOUT INTERRUPTION Attempt the flash PROM Update once again by completing the steps in the section To Update the Flash PROM on page 49 If the reboot was uninterrupted and the flash PROM Update fails a s
14. System Control User Guide Simplified Chinese EUC Remote System Control GUI Simplified Chinese EUC localization for Netra ct Simplified Chinese EUC localization for CDRW utility Simplified Chinese localization EUC for LOMlite utilities Korean Localized Packages TABLE A 9 Korean Localized Packages Software Product Package Name SunForum SUNWkodat Remote System Control SUNWkrsc SUNWkrscd SUNWkrscj Netra ct SUNWkocte CDRW SUNWkcdrw Lights Out SUNWk1lomu Management LOM Description Korean SunForum Korean EUC Remote System Control Korean EUC Remote System Control User Guide Korean EUC Remote System Control GUI Korean EUC localization for Netra ct Korean EUC localization for CDRW utility Korean localization EUC for LOMlite utilities 124 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Index A AnswerBook 33 hardware manuals 33 Updates CD installation xii AnswerBook2 installing the SSP document collection 101 server software 101 AutoShutdown availability 87 AutoWakeup availability 87 C Chinese packages Simplified Chinese 124 Traditional Chinese 122 configuring VLANs 26 D database database size recommended 89 104 109 default Power Management settings 87 device Power Management availability 87 display Power Management availability 87 E Energy Star Computers program 85 F flash PROM reprogramming 59 flash PROM jumper settings S
15. a particular feature or device that is supported by Alternate Pathing simply adding AP to your server will not enable it to use that feature or device Configure AP For an example of the steps you need to follow see To Configure AP on page 10 Also see the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 User Guide Note If you are using IPv6 your etc hostname files will have the name etc hostname xxx While the content of the IPv6 files is different than IPv4 as far as AP installation is concerned the etc hostname6 xxx files can be treated in exactly the same manner as the etc hostname xxx files For more information on IPv6 refer to System Administration Guide Volume 3 To Manually Install AP 2 3 1 Log in as superuser Change directory to the location of the AP 2 3 1 package m If you downloaded software from the Web cd download_directory ap_2_3_1_sparc Product Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 95 m If you are installing the upgrade from the CD ROM cd cdrom cdromO Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Product 3 Install the AP 2 3 1 domain packages on the server pkgadd d SUNWapdoc SUNWapdv SUNWapr SUNWapu Note You can install the packages in any order you wish but you must install them all Package installation depends on the ssd patch being present See ssd Patch on page 93 for more information The software briefly displays copyright trademark and license information fo
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18. be specifically written to demonstrate the problem It is highly unlikely that a legitimate handwritten assembler routine would use this code sequence Users willing to assume the risk that a user might accidentally or deliberately run a program that was designed to cause a processor to stall may choose to run the Solaris 64 bit kernel on these systems You can determine the speed of your processor s by typing usr sbin psrinfo v You can change the default kernel from 32 bit on a system by modifying the boot policy file Edit the platform platform name boot conf file so that it contains an uncommented line with the variable named ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC_1_CPU set to the value true as shown in the example that follows ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC_1_CPU true See boot 1M for more information about changing the default kernel You may also purchase an upgrade to your system contact your Sun representative for details System Kernel Support All SPARC systems can run 32 bit applications Systems using newer SPARC processors that is UltraSPARC based systems can boot and run a full 64 bit kernel which allows those systems to run 32 bit and 64 bit applications concurrently 6 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Systems running a 64 bit kernel require 64 bit versions of drivers and other software modules that load directly into the kernel A small number of applications may be dependent o
19. can also run the flash PROM update script manually by doing the following 1 Bring the system down to single user mode Type the following Q su Type your superuser password init S 2 Execute the flash PROM update script by typing the following bin sh usr platform sun4u lib prom usr bin uname i Follow the step by step instructions when running the script in the section To Update the Flash PROM Begin with Step 2 do not execute the reboot command v To Update the Flash PROM 1 Reboot your system Type reboot at the superuser prompt Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 69 70 2 If your flash PROM needs to be updated the flash PROM update script displays the following message This system has older firmware Although the current firmware is fully capable of running the 32 bit packages you will not be able to run the 64 bit packages installed on this system until you update the system flash PROM This system ships with flash PROM write protect jumpers in the write enabled position Unless the jumpers on this system have been changed there is no need to change them in order to run the system flash PROM update The front panel keyswitch on this system must NOT be in the SECURE position while the system flash PROM update is running Please check the keyswitch position before answering the next question See the Hardware Platform Guide fo
20. cycle the system revise the configuration variables as needed to restore your preferences Refer to the recovery procedure covered later in this chapter if there is a power interruption during the update process When your system has been updated to the proper firmware revision you can run Solaris 8 2 04 software in 64 bit mode Capturing Configuration Variable Settings While the Solaris operating environment is still running capture the NVRAM configuration variable settings before you install the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment or begin the flash PROM update process As part of the flash PROM update your NVRAM configuration variables might change to the default values To ensure that you can change the default values back to the values you customized you need to save the current state of the NVRAM configuration variables using the eeprom command v To Capture the Configuration Variable Settings 1 Using the eeprom utility capture the system s configuration variable settings in a file Type eeprom gt filename The filename is any file name you choose eeprom gt filename Note If you have custom values installed in oem logo or keymap those values cannot be displayed or printed properly by the eeprom utility because the contents contain binary information If it is necessary to restore these values after a power loss you should determine the original method by which these values were placed into NVRAM and use that
21. is run on an UltraSPARC Creator3D OpenGL Vendor Sun Microsystems Inc OpenGL Version 1 3 Sun OpenGL 1 3 for Solaris For diagnostic purposes the following values should be noted if Solaris OpenGL software problems are seen OpenGL Renderer Creator 3D VIS OpenGL Extension Support GL_ EXT _texture3D GL_SGI_color_table GL_SUN_geometry_compression GL_EXT_abgr GL_ EXT rescale_ normal OpenGL GLX Server Detail Status Report GLX Context is direct GLX OpenGL Rendering in use GLX Double Buffering in use GLX Color Buffer GLX BUFFER SIZE 24 bits GLX Depth Buffer GLX_DEPTH_SIZE 28 bits GLX Stencil Buffer GLX STENCIL SIZE 4 bits GLX RGBA True Color Direct Color Visual in use OpenGL Library Detail Status Report Number of color bits R G B A 8 8 8 0 Frame Buffer Depth GL_DEPTH_BITS 28 Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 21 Unexpected Slow Local Rendering Whenever possible Sun OpenGL software for Solaris renders directly to the frame buffer bypassing the X server This is enabled by Sun s DGA mechanism for locking portions of the screen However a Solaris security feature only allows the user who originally logged in to the window system to use DGA to lock portions of the screen Only owners of the window system have access to DGA If you notice poor performance when rendering locally the cause may be this Solaris security feature For example if you start the window
22. method to restore the values 66 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 2 Print out the values captured by the eeprom command You must have a printed copy of the configuration values before you install the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment and begin to update the flash PROM Type the following 1p filename v To Install the Solaris 8 2 04 Operating Environment 1 Install the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment on your system Refer to the Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide which is in your Solaris 8 2 04 media kit As the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment is installed you will be notified whether the flash PROM in your system needs updating Installing this Solaris release will provide the software that can upgrade your system s flash PROM to the required level Making the Flash PROM Write Enabled Before you update the OpenBoot firmware which is contained in the flash PROM you must set the front panel keyswitch to the proper position to allow the flash PROM to be write enabled When the switch is set to the Locked position FIGURE 5 1 the flash PROM is write protected When the switch is set to the On position or to the Diagnostics position the flash PROM is write enabled FIGURE 5 1 shows the keyswitch positions on a 16 slot Sun Enterprise 6000 system The server systems described in this section have the same keyswitch positions v To Write Enable the Flash PROM 1 Turn the keyswitch
23. not installed 109524 01 Patch verification failed Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 requires this package You MUST apply the required patches before proceeding PACKAGE INSTALLATION FAILED HHH checkinstall script suspends Installation of lt SUNWapdv gt was suspended administration No changes were made to the system The required patches are as follows m Patch 105356 15 for Solaris 2 6 m Patch 107458 09 for Solaris 7 m Patch 109524 01 for Solaris 8 You can obtain these patches from SunSolve at http sunsolve sun com Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 93 94 You can use Web Start to install the AP 2 3 1 software and optionally the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 collection or you can manually install the AP and AnswerBook packages using pkgadd To manually install AP 2 3 1 proceed to To Manually Install AP 2 3 1 on page 95 To manually install the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook see To Install the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 Collection on page 102 If you have a third party volume manager installed on your system you must deconfigure it according to your vendor s instructions before installing AP 2 3 1 Once you have finished deconfiguring or if you do not have a volume manager installed proceed to To Install AP 2 3 1 Using Web Start on page 94 for the Web Start procedure or To Manually Install AP 2 3 1 on page 95 for the manual procedure To Install A
24. provided on the Solaris Software Supplement CD and explains how to install product software Describes flash PROM update procedures necessary for some systems to run in 64 bit mode Describes hardware and software requirements affecting Power Management software Note For general Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment installation instructions refer to Chapter 1 For information about how to install software contained on the Solaris Software Supplement CD and information about supported hardware refer to Chapter 2 Where to Find Installation Information The Solaris 8 2 04 software is delivered on three CDs or a single DVD Solaris 8 2 04 SPARC Platform Edition CDs called the Solaris CDs throughout this manual Solaris Software Supplement CD called the Supplement CD throughout this manual xi xii Before installing the Solaris 8 2 04 software check TABLE P 1 for listings of manuals with information that may apply to your situation and TABLE P 2 for specific installation information Note All Solaris and SPARC documentation can be found on the Documentation CD All Sun hardware specific documentation can be found on the Supplement CD Some co packaged products contain documentation on their respective CDs TABLE P 1 Related Documentation Title Solaris 8 Start Here Solaris Advanced Installation Guide Description Primary installation manual for this release of the Solaris operating environment from
25. settings Accessing Sun Documentation You can view print or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation including localized versions at http www sun com documentation Xiv Sun Welcomes Your Comments Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can email your comments to Sun at docfeedback sun com Please include the part number 817 4347 10 of your document in the subject line of your email Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD This chapter covers the following topics Automatic Installation of Solaris Software on page 1 Supported Platform Names and Groups on page 2 32 bit Kernel Default on 200MHz or Lower UltraSPARC Systems on page 6 System Kernel Support on page 6 Supported Graphics on page 7 Note For initial instructions on installing this Solaris release see the Start Here document provided with the discs Automatic Installation of Solaris Software For the Sun hardware listed in TABLE 1 1 the Solaris 8 release requires no special installation or upgrade instructions If you plan to perform an automatic installation of the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment on your Sun hardware refer to the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide for all your installation needs Supported Platform Names and Groups You need to know your
26. system and another user at the workstation changes to that user s own environment using su the application will not run via DGA even though the second user is running the application locally If you notice slow local rendering run the ogl_install_ check diagnostic program found in usr openwin demo GL to determine whether the application is running via DGA If the OpenGL GLX server status report from the ogl_install_check program says that the GLX context is indirect edit the login permissions to enable DGA access for all users To give all local users access to DGA follow these steps v To Give All Local Users Access to DGA 1 Become superuser 9 d Su Password superuser password 2 Edit permissions to allow world read write access to the following devices chmod 666 dev mouse dev kbd dev sound dev fbs This enables DGA access for all users for the duration of the current window system session subject to X authorization see xhost 1 22 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 3 Edit the etc logindevperm file and change the default permissions of all devices listed in the file to 0666 to allow world read write access For example in the following lines in logindevperm change 0600 to 0666 so that the next time you log in and restart your window system it will still be accessible by all users dev console 0600 dev mouse dev kbd dev console 0600 dev sound audio devices
27. the server as superuser and run the following script to deconfigure AP and save the AP configuration so that it can be restored later path Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Tools ap upgrade begin ap_upgrade_ begin complete State saved in var tmp apstate Now you can safely remove the old AP packages upgrade Solaris if necessary and install new AP packages Run the ap_upgrade_finish script when you re done to restore the AP configuration Please read the upgrade directions in the Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2 3 Installation and Release Notes for specific details This script saves the current AP configuration information in the file var tmp apstate You may examine the var tmp apstate file if you wish but do not modify or remove it Doing so can compromise the upgrade procedure b Remove the packages SUNWapdoc SUNWapr SUNWapu SUNWabap and SUNWapdv if applicable by using the pkgrm 1M command c If you are not upgrading your Solaris operating environment reboot before proceeding to Step 6 4 Upgrade the Solaris operating environment if applicable now Note You must upgrade the Solaris operating environment if you are running a version prior to Solaris 2 6 Note Make sure you upgrade the correct slice If you were previously using a volume manager to mirror the boot disk and if you were also using AP to alternately path each boot disk mirror then there are four physical paths that were previous
28. 1 which controls if the flash PROM can or cannot be updated m With the jumper P0601 installed all the flash PROM can be updated m With the jumper P0601 removed all the flash PROM cannot be updated If you previously removed jumper P0601 you must reinstall it before you can complete the flash PROM update procedure Note The clock board is not hot pluggable Do not remove the clock board until the system has been halted and powered off Installing the P0601 Jumper To install the P0601 jumper follow these steps 1 Halt the system then turn the keyswitch to the Standby position 2 Remove the clock board from the system see FIGURE 5 2 78 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Clock board oOo O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO 0 0000 oo FIGURE 5 2 Rear View of the Sun Enterprise 6000 System Note FIGURE 5 2 shows a 16 slot system Systems also come in 4 5 and 8 slot configurations 3 Locate the P0601 jumper location FIGURE 5 3 on the clock board Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 79 PO601 FIGURE 5 3 Clock Board and Jumper P0601 Jumper Location 4 Insert the P0601 jumper on the clock board 5 Replace the clock board in the system Refer to
29. ARC IIi cEngine Ultra 1 Engine UltraSPARC IIi Engine UltraSPARC IIi cEngine UltraSPARC IIi cEngine Ultra AX MP Ultra AX MP Ultra AX e Ultra AX e2 UltraSPARCengine_CP 20 UltraSPARCengine_CP 40 UltraSPARCengine_CP 60 UltraSPARCengine_CP 80 Platforms that only support a 32 bit kernel or driver Platform Names for Sun Systems Continued Platform Group 32 Bit 32 amp 64 64 Bit Onlyt suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu Only Bitt X K XK O XK O XKX XK XK X X XxX K XX t These systems are 64 bit platforms that can boot a 32 Bit kernel or driver They support 32 bit applications and drivers on a 32 bit ker nel and support 32 bit or 64 bit applications and 64 bit drivers on a 64 bit kernel 64 bit platforms that do not support a 32 bit kernel or driver Chapter 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD 5 32 bit Kernel Default on 200MHz or Lower UltraSPARC Systems On UltraSPARC systems with 200MHz or lower processors it is possible for a user to run a 64 bit program designed to exploit a problem that could cause a processor to stall Since 64 bit programs cannot run on the Solaris 32 bit kernel the Solaris 32 bit kernel is booted by default on these systems The code sequence that exploits the problem is very unusual and is not likely to be generated by a compiler Assembler code had to
30. Bus Driver 25 SunForum 24 SunHSI PCI Driver 25 SunHSI SBus Driver 25 SunVTS 16 Swedish packages 122 system architecture determining 2 system architecture distinctions 87 sun4m 87 sun4u pre Energy Star 3 0 87 sun4u pre Energy Star v3 87 126 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 U U S Environmental Protection Agency 85 Updates CD contents 34 37 installation xii installing pkgadd 12 upgrade from CD ROM 90 upgrade flash PROM performing 44 66 V validation test suite 16 virtual device 28 VLAN ID 26 VLAN naming format 27 W Web Start 94 write enable jumper setting 45 59 write enabling the system 45 67 servers 47 Index 127 128 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004
31. Chapter 6 in your reference manual for the detailed procedure 6 Turn the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics position Recovering From a Power Failure During the Flash PROM Update If the power was lost during the flash PROM update complete the power interruption recovery procedure for your system Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems There are three scenarios for the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 systems 80 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 m Completing the update of the flash PROM m Recovering a one board system after power interruption m Recovering a multi board system after power interruption v To Complete the Update of the Flash PROM If power was interrupted during the flash PROM update procedure it is possible that one or more system boards were not updated successfully You must become superuser and complete the flash PROM update 1 At the prompt type the following bin sh usr platform sun4u 1ib prom uname i v To Recover a One Board System After Power Interruption 1 Call your Sun service provider or local Sun service Authorized Service Provider v To Recover a Multi Board System After Power Interruption Only one board is updated at any given time in the flash PROM updating process If there is a power interruption to the system while the flash PROMs are being updated only one board will have its flash PROMs in an inconsistent state Note
32. Cstation 5 SUNW SPA RCstation 10 SUNW SPARCstation 10 SX SUNW SPA RCstation 20 SUNW SPA RCstation LX SUNW SPA RCstation LX SUNW SPARCclassic SUNW SPARCclassic X SUNW Ultra 1 SUNW Ultra 5 SUNW Ultra 10 SUNW Ultra 30 SUNW Ultra 60 SUNW Ultra 4 SUNW Ultra 2 SUNW Ultra 1 SUNW Ultra 1 SUNW Ultra 1 SUNW Ultra 2 SUNW Ultra 2 SUNW Sun Blade 100 SUNW Sun Blade 100 SUNW Sun Blade 1000 SUNW Sun Blade 1500 SUNW Sun Blade 1000 SUNW Sun Blade 2500 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Note Power Management does not support the sun4c and sun4d platform groups Platform Group sun4m sun4m sun4m sun4m sun4m sun4m sun4m sun4m sun4m suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu suntu Note The SPARCstation Voyager is a sun4m architecture system but it is not supported in this Solaris release System Architecture Distinctions and Default Settings The SPARC architecture of a workstation determines which Power Management features are available To determine your system s architecture see TABLE 6 1 The default behavior in Power Management functions varies on systems as described in TABLE 6 2 TABLE 6 2 Power Management Features in Different SPARC Architectures Power Management Features sun4m sun4u sun4u Servers Energy Star 2 0 Energy Star 3 0 Display PM Available Yes Yes Yes Yes Disp
33. D Expert3D Lite XVR 500 XVR 1000 XVR 1200 and XVR 4000 graphics accelerators OpenGL 64 bit loadable pipelines for Creator Creator3D Elite3D Expert3D Expert3D Lite XVR 500 XVR 1000 XVR 1200 and XVR 4000 graphics accelerators OpenGL header files OpenGL client side runtime libraries OpenGL generic SPARC software renderer OpenGL libraries specific to UltraSPARC OpenGL UltraSPARC software renderer Sun OpenGL 64 bit Runtime Libraries OpenGL 64 bit UltraSPARC software renderer 20 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Default Install Location usr openwin share usr openwin 1l1ib GL devhandlers usr openwin lib sparcv9 GL devhandlers usr usr openwin lib usr openwin lib usr openwin platform sun4 u 1ib GL usr openwin platform sun4 u 1ib GL usr openwin usr openwin platform sun4 u lib sparcv9 GL Installing OpenGL See Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 After Installing the Packages After installing the packages do the following To Verify Package Installation Exit the window system and restart it so that the window system loads the newly installed GLX server extension To verify that the OpenGL libraries are installed correctly run ogl_ install check The ogl_install check test program prints the version of the OpenGL library and renderer used and renders a rotating wheel The program returns the following output when it
34. DRW utility Lights Out SUNWs lomu Swedish localization for LOMlite utilities Management LOM Traditional Chinese Localized Packages TABLE A 7 Traditional Chinese Localized Packages Software Product Package Name Description SunForum SUNW5dat Traditional Chinese zh_TW BIG5 SunForum SUNWhdat Traditional Chinese zh_TW EUC SunForum Remote System SUNWhrsc Traditional Chinese EUC Remote System Control Control SUNWhrscd Traditional Chinese EUC Remote System Control User Guide SUNWhrscj Traditional Chinese EUC Remote System Control GUI 122 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 TABLE A 7 Traditional Chinese Localized Packages Continued Software Product Netra ct CDRW Lights Out Management LOM Package Name Description SUNWhcte Traditional Chinese EUC localization for Netra ct SUNWhcdrw Traditional Chinese EUC localization for CDRW utility SUNWh1omu Traditional Cninese localization EUC for LOMlite utilities Appendix A Localized Packages on the Supplement CD 123 Simplified Chinese Localized Packages TABLE A 8 Simplified Chinese Localized Packages Software Products Packaage Name SunForum SUNWcdat Remote System SUNWcrsc Control SUNWcrscd SUNWcrscj Netra ct SUNWecte CDRW SUNWccdrw Lights Out SUNWc lomu Management LOM Description Simplified Chinese zh EUC SunForum Simplified Chinese EUC Remote System Control Simplified Chinese EUC Remote
35. I P Manual Pages SUNWsspmn SSP Manual Pages SUNWcodmn Capacity on Demand Manual Pages SUNW1omm LOMLite Manual Pages SUNWtsalm TS91 Alarm and Monitor Manual Pages SUNWclbut Manual Page Supplement for Sun Fire B10n Chapter 3 Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Packages on the Supplement CD Description Manual pages for SunVTS drivers binaries Manual pages for SunFDDI SBus Manual pages for SunFDDI PCI Manual pages for Sun Alternate Pathing Manual pages for SunHSI SBus Manual pages for SunHSI PCI Manual pages for SSP Manual pages for COD Manual pages for Lights Out Management Manual pages for TS91 Alarm and Monitor Manual pages for the Sun Fire B10n located in the Supplement CD directory Sun_Fire _Bl0n_Load_Balancing_ Blade 1 0 Documents on the Supplement CD 37 This release no longer requires the SUNWs8hwman and SUNWs8hwman1 packages All new manual pages are installed from the Solaris CD into the standard usr man directory If you have used the Solaris 8 HW 12 02 5 03 or 7 03 releases you can now remove the opt SUNWs8hwman and opt SUNWs8hwman1 directories from your MANPATH list Using Sun Computer Systems Manual Pages To view the man pages you have installed use the man command as you would for the man pages installed as part of the Solaris operating environment installation These additional man pages are also available in the Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Manual Supplement in the Docs REFMAN_SUPP director
36. Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed 2 In a shell become superuser using the su command and the superuser password 12 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 3 Type usr sbin pkgadd d cdrom cdrom0 directory Product package_names OI cd c drom c dromO directory Product pkdadd d package names where directory is the software product directory from TABLE 2 3 and package_names are the package names from TABLE 2 3 The argument to the d option must be a full path name to a device or directory If you do not specify the device on which the package resides pkgadd checks the default spool directory var spool pkg If the package is not there installation fails To install a particular product choose the appropriate packages TABLE 2 3 Software and Packages Software Version Directory Validation Test Suite Software 5 1 PS5 SunVTS_5 1_PS5 SunVTS XML library required for SunVTS 2 4 12 XML _Libraries_2 4 12 OpenGL Runtime Libraries 1 3 OpenGL_1 3 Remote System Control Server PAPP RSC_2 2 2 Packages SUNWvts SUNWvtsmn SUNWvtsx SUNWlxml SUNWlxmlx SUNW gldoc SUNWeldp SUNWeldpx SUNWelh SUNWelrt SUNWelrtu SUNWelrtx SUNWelsr SUNWelsrx SUNWelsrz SUNWrsc SUNWrscd SUN Wrscj Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 13 TABLE 2 3 Software SunForum SunFDDI PCI driver
37. Installing SunForum See Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 24 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Online Help You can read information about SunForum online You can access help from the Help menu located on any SunForum menu bar Network Adapter Drivers Included on the Supplement CD The following software is provided on the Supplement CD contained in your Solaris 8 2 04 Media Kit SunFDDI PCI driver software SunFDDI SBus driver software SunHSI PCI driver software SunHSI SBus driver software SunATM 5 0 software Note SunFDDI supports booting from the 32 bit kernel or the 64 bit kernel SunFDDI will attach to whichever you choose to boot from with no special user interaction Installing the Drivers Note Before installing driver software from the Supplement CD make sure that you have already installed the adapter hardware Refer to the appropriate Platform Notes for more information See Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 Platform Notes for Network Adapter Drivers Refer to the following platform notes for more information m Platform Notes Sun FDDI Adapters m Platform Notes The Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 25 Platform Notes The SunHSI P Device Driver Platform Notes The SunHSI S Device Driver Platform Notes Sun ATM Driver Software Platform Notes The hme FastEtherne
38. M Software Lights Out Management LOM Software is a secure server management tool that lets you monitor and control select Sun Fire and Netra servers via a terminal concentrator or modem LOM is currently supported on Sun Fire V100 Sun Fire V120 Sun Fire V1280 Netra T1 Netra X1 Netra tl Netra t1400 1405 and Netra 1280 servers LOM provides remote systems administration for geographically remote or physically inaccessible systems All hardware functionality to support LOM operation is incorporated into the supported server platforms The LOM software is provided on the Supplement CD For installation information see Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 For configuration operation instructions for Lights Out Management see the relevant chapter in the User Manual that came with the supported server SunForum SunForum is a data conferencing product for Sun workstations It is based on the T 120 standard which enables your Sun system to conference over intranets and the Internet with other T 120 products such as Microsoft NetMeeting and PictureTel LiveShare Plus version 4 0 SunForum includes the following features m View and control applications shared from other UNIX or PC machines that are based on the T 120 protocol m Share local Solaris applications which can be viewed and controlled by any conference participant m Exchange ideas and data using the whiteboard clipboard chat and file transfers
39. M update Do not use setenv to change the nvramrc variable Instead use nvedit and nvstore If you know that the nvramrc variable contains a firmware patch which is no longer compatible with the newly programmed firmware do not change the nvramrc variable to its previously customized value false If oem logo was true before the flash PROM update the oem logo might be lost after the update and oem logo might be set to false false If oem banner was true before the flash PROM update the oem banner might be lost after the flash PROM update and oem banner might be set to false Turn the keyswitch to the Standby position wait a few seconds and then power on again This power cycling flushes any old firmware code out of system memory If you set the auto boot NVRAM configuration variable to true and the boot device variable contains the device or device alias where the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment was installed then the system will boot the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment This concludes the flash PROM update procedure Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise Server systems If you previously removed the write protect enable jumper you must reinstall it in order to successfully perform the flash PROM update procedure Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 77 Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x000 systems have a jumper on the clock board P060
40. M J2003 write protect enable jumper on the motherboard in your system m See FIGURE 4 1 if you have a Sun Ultra 1 system m See FIGURE 4 2 if you have a Sun Ultra 2 system Note You may have to remove a plug in card if the card is covering the flash PROM jumper Refer to the service manual for your system to remove the card Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 45 J2003 write protect enable jumpe Back panel Front panel FIGURE 4 1 Sun Ultra 1 Series Write Protect Enable Jumper Location on Motherboard J2003 write protect enable jumper Back panel FIGURE 4 2 Sun Ultra 2 System Write Protect Enable Jumper Location on Motherboard 46 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 6 Set the J2003 write protect enable jumper to pins 2 and 3 write enabled using needlenose pliers see FIGURE 4 3 Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk x 12 3 Write Write protected enabled FIGURE 4 3 Setting the Write Protect Enable Jumper to the Write Enable Position TABLE 4 4 Jumper Setting Jumper Pins 1 2 Jumpered Pins 2 3 Jumpered Default Jumper on Pins Name J2003 Write protect Write enable 1 2 Write protect enable 7 If you removed a plug in card from the system before changing the jumper replace the card now 8 Remove your wrist strap and replace the system access cover 9 Go to Before Updating the Flash PROM on page 48 Sun Enterprise
41. P 2 3 1 Using Web Start You can use Web Start to perform a fresh install from CD ROM or from files you have downloaded from the Web Log in as superuser Set the DISPLAY environment variable For sh 1 or ksh 1 type DISPLAY hostname 0 export DISPLAY Where hostname is the host name of the machine used to graphically display Web Start Change directory to the location of the AP 2 3 1 package m If you downloaded software from the Web cd download_directory ap_2_3_1_sparc Product m If you are installing the upgrade from the CD ROM cd cdrom cdrom0 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Product Begin Web Start by typing installer Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Select Custom Install then select the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 software and optionally the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 product With custom installation only the products that you select are installed Note You can install the packages in any order you wish but you must install them all Package installation depends on the ssd patch being present See ssd Patch on page 93 for more information Verify that you have sufficient disk space to cover the requirements displayed on the Ready to Install dialog Click the Install Now button Wait until the installation is complete and the Installation Summary dialog is displayed Note If your Sun Enterprise server is not configured to support
42. PORTANT As a consequence of the firmware upgrade that is about to take place it is very possible that the customized values in the configuration variables will revert to their default values upon the next system power cycle or soft reset If this happens it could have a significant effect on the behavior of the system after the power cycle or soft reset Following is a list of the system s NVRAM configuration variables which have been customized i e they are different than the default values You may wish to write down the values of the indicated configuration variables so that they may be restored if necessary after the next power cycle or soft reset Name auto boot Default true Current false Name boot file Default lt null gt Current kadb d 5 Take note of the variables and values for current settings Either write down the current values or mark up the eeprom output you captured in To Capture the Configuration Variable Settings on page 66 so that you know which NVRAM configuration variables will need to be changed from their default values after the flash PROM update 6 If the keyswitch is set to the locked position you will see the following error message FPROM Write Protected Check Write Enable Jumper or Front Panel Key Switch Make the flash PROM write enabled by turning the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics position then type reboot at the prompt 72 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Pla
43. PROM Before you begin updating the flash PROM please note the following Note Do not interrupt power during flash PROM updating When you are using the update routine do not remove or insert system boards 48 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Note If power is interrupted during flash PROM updating follow the power interruption recovery procedures covered later in this chapter v To Update the Flash PROM 1 If you shut down your system to set the write enable jumper Ultra 1 Ultra 2 systems turn the system on so it can boot 2 Bring the system down to single user mode Type the following su Type your superuser password init S 3 Execute the flash PROM update script by typing the following bin sh usr platform sun4u lib prom usr bin uname i 4 When the flash update process begins it displays the current available OpenBoot firmware revisions Type yes to the question about updating the firmware in the system flash PROM Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 49 50 Note If the NVRAM configuration variable use nvramrc is set to true the update script resets use nvramrc to false You will only see the message about the use nvramrc variable if use nvramrc is set to true This is rarely the case Current System Flash PROM Revision OBP 354 2 1997 04 06 17240 Available System Flash PROM Revisio
44. Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 6x00 and 10000 Servers Preparing to Install or Upgrade The AP packages require approximately 2 7 megabytes of disk space on the server The following table lists the total size of the AP software by file system TABLE 7 1 AP Software Approximate File System Sizes File System Size usr 317 Kbytes j 1 3 Mbytes ete 13 Kbytes kernel 1528 Kbytes sbin 1481 Kbytes AP requires that an entire disk partition with at least 300 Kbytes be dedicated to each database copy For more detailed information on partitioning for the AP databases see Chapter 2 Alternate Pathing Database in the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 User Guide 89 The installation instructions in this section assume that your system is running the Solaris 2 6 Solaris 7 or Solaris 8 operating environment AP 2 3 1 will not run under software releases earlier than Solaris 2 6 environment v To Install or Upgrade From the Web 1 Using your web browser go to http www sun com servers sw 2 Click the Enterprise Alternate Pathing AP link 3 Click the Click here to download link The file that is then downloaded is named ap_2_ 3 1 sparc zip 4 Log in as superuser 5 Change directory to the location where you downloaded the software ed download_directory 6 Extract the downloaded file by typing unzip v ap2 3 1 sparc zip The AP 2 3 1 packages are located in download_directory ap_2_3_1_sparc Product and the i
45. SunFDDI SBus driver SunHSI PCI driver SunHSI SBus driver Sun Hardware AnswerBook2 Java 3D SunAIM 5 0 Alternate Pathing Software and Packages Continued Versi 3 1 3 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 5 0 2 31 on Directory SunForum_3 1 SunFDDI_PCI_3 0 SunFDDI_SBus_7 0 SunHSI PCI 3 0 SunHSI SBus_3 0 Sun_Hardware_Answerbook Java3D_1 3 1 SunATM_5 0 Alternate_Pathing_2 3 1 14 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Packages SUNWdat SUNWdatu SUNWpfd SUNWpfh SUNWpfm SUNWpfu SUNWnfd SUNWnfh SUNWnfm SUNWnfu SUNWhsip SUNWhsipm SUNWhsipu SUNWhsis SUNWhsism SUNWhsisu SUNWabhdw SUNWj3doc SUNWj3dem SUNWj3drt SUNWj3dut SUNWatm SUNWatma SUNWatmu SUNWapdoc SUNWapdv SUNWapr SUNWapu SUNWabap TABLE 2 3 Software Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity On Demand COD software and AnswerBook Netra ct Platform software Netra tllxx Alarms software Lights Out Management software CDRW Sun Fire B10n software and manpages Sun Fire 880 FC AL Backplane Firmware Version 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 Software and Packages Continued Directory System_Service_Processor_3 5 Capacity_on_Demand_1 0 Netra_ct_Platform_1 0 Netra_tllxx_Alarms_2 0 Lights_Out_Management_2 0 CDRW_1 1 Sun_Fire_B10n_Load_Balancing_Blade_1 1 Sun_Fire_880_FC AL_Backplane_Firmware_1 0
46. _64BIT_ KERNEL ON_ UltraSPARC 1 CPU true 7 If you have a Sun Ultra 1 or Ultra 2 system change the jumper back to the write protect position a Allow the system to boot so you can become superuser b Halt the system by typing init 0 at the superuser prompt 52 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Chapter 4 c Power off the system d Open the system unit refer to the installation or service manual for your system e Attach a wrist strap properly refer to the installation or service manual for your system f Reset the J2003 write enable protect jumper to the write protect position In the write protect position pins 1 and 2 are jumpered see FIGURE 4 1 FIGURE 4 2 FIGURE 4 5 and TABLE 4 4 You may need to remove a plug in card from the system before resetting the jumper if the card is covering the jumper Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk 12 3 Write Write enabled protected FIGURE 4 5 Moving the Write Protect Enable Jumper Back to the Write Protect Position g If you removed a plug in card from the system before changing the jumper replace the card now h Remove your wrist strap and replace the system access cover i Turn the power on to the system If you have a Sun Enterprise 450 system ora Sun Ultra 450 workstation turn the keyswitch to the Standby position wait a few seconds and then power on again This power cycling flushes any old firmware code out of system memo
47. ade 89 Performing an Initial Installation of AP 92 ssd Patch 93 Installing the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 Collection 101 AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 Collection 101 Before Performing an Upgrade of AP 103 Backing Up Your Server 104 Uncommitted AP Database Entries 104 Checking Other Software Documentation 105 Simultaneously Upgrading AP and Solaris Software 105 Performing an Upgrade of AP 106 8 OpenBoot Emergency Procedures 111 OpenBoot Emergency Procedures for Systems with Standard non USB Keyboards 111 OpenBoot Emergency Procedures for Systems with USB Keyboards 112 Stop A 112 viii Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Stop N Equivalent 112 Stop F Functionality 113 Stop D Functionality 114 Localized Packages on the Supplement CD 115 Japanese Localized Packages 116 German Localized Packages 118 Italian Localized Packages 118 French Localized Packages 120 Spanish Localized Packages 120 Swedish Localized Packages 122 Traditional Chinese Localized Packages 122 Simplified Chinese Localized Packages 124 Korean Localized Packages 124 Index 125 Contents ix x Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Preface The Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide contains important information about the Sun hardware supported by the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment This manual m Provides platform specific installation instructions for the Solaris 8 2 04 software Describes software
48. ag header consists of two bytes of Ethernet Tag Protocol Identifier TPID 0x8100 and two bytes of Tag Control Information TCI FIGURE 2 1 shows the Ethernet Tag Header format 26 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 TPID 0 x 8100 3 bits 12 bits seer sort L VID FIGURE 2 1 Ethernet Tag Header Format To Configure Static VLANs Create one hostname cenum file hostname6 cenum file for IPv6 for each VLAN which will be configured for each adapter on the server using the following naming format that includes both the VID and the physical point of attachment PPA VLAN logical PPA lt 1000 VID gt lt Device PPA gt el23000 1000 123 U Example hostname ce123000 This format limits the maximum number of PPAs instances you can configure to 1000 in the etc path_to_inst file For example on a server with the Sun GigabitEthernet P 3 0 adapter having an instance of 0 that belongs to a member of two VLANs with VID 123 and 224 you would use ce123000 and ce224000 respectively as the two VLAN PPAs Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 27 2 Use the ifconfig 1M to configure a VLAN virtual device for example ifconfig ce123000 plumb up ifconfig ce224000 plumb up The output of ifconfig aona system having VLAN devices ce123000 and ce224000 ifconfig a 100 flags 1000849 lt UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 8232 index 1 inet
49. all USB drivers existing prior to this release 30 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 USB 2 0 ports already exist on Sun Blade 1500 and Sun Blade 2500 systems Other SPARC systems using an NEC based USB 2 0 PCI card may also take advantage of the full 2 0 functionality Please note The keyboard and mouse must be connected to an on board USB port for use when booting the system and working with the window manager While USB 2 0 devices can operate on a USB 1 x port their performance will be significantly better when connected to a USB 2 0 port USB 1 x devices connected through a USB 2 0 hub to a USB 2 0 port do not work in this release Please see the hardware specific Getting Started Guide or the installation reference documentation which came with your system for diagrams and connection information For further details and release notes about the USB dual framework please see the USB documentation at www sun com desktop whitepapers html The man pages explaining new USB functionality are now installed in the standard location with most Solaris man pages Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 31 32 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER 3 Documents on the Supplement CD Documents on the Supplement CD are divided into three formats m AnswerBook2 collections m Man pages m Other formats AnswerBook2 Sets For customers us
50. amrc has been modified cr If any of the NVRAM configuration variables have been customized the update displays both the default value and the current value Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 51 Note After the update you may want to evaluate if the customized values displayed on the previous screen need to be modified The script automatically boots the machine and displays the following message Erasing the top half of the Flash PROM Programming OBP into the top half of the Flash PROM Verifying OBP in the top half of the Flash PROM Erasing the bottom half of the Flash PROM Programming OBP into the bottom half of Flash PROM Verifying OBP in the bottom half of the Flash PROM Erasing the top half of the Flash PROM Programming POST into the top half of Flash PROM Verifying POST in the top half of the Flash PROM The system s Flash PROM firmware has been updated Please wait while the system is rebooted The system s reboot messages are displayed NOTICE 64 bit OS installed but the 32 bit OS is the default for the processor on this system See boot 1M for more information Booting the 32 bit OS 6 Become root and change the default kernel from 32 bit to 64 bit by editing the platform platform name boot conf file cd platform sun4u Is poot conf cprboot cprbooter kadb kernel ufsboot vi boot conf Uncomment the line ALLOW
51. ard 0 0 gt Command gt Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 83 4 Type 1 to select Copy Respond to the prompts for source where to copy from and destination where to copy to board numbers in hexadecimal notation In the example below board 0 is entered as the source and board 3 is entered as the destination Command gt 1 0 0 gt Input board number in hex 0 thru 9 and a thru f 0 0 gt from board 0 to board 3 0 0 gt Mfg code 04 Dev code a4 0 0 gt Erasing prom at 000001cc f8000000 0 0 gt Copy prom at 000001c0 8000000 to prom at 000001lcc 8000000 5 Type 3 to select Display Version The system responds by showing all PROM versions in the system Command gt 3 0 0 gt Slot 0 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 1 1996 3 11 09 57 POST 1996 3 11 18 38 0 0 gt Slot 1 IO Type 1 FCODE 1 620 1996 71 23 13 44 IPOST 1 1 4 1996 3705 04 06 6 Turn the keyswitch to the Standby position FIGURE 5 1 Wait 15 seconds 7 Complete the procedure To Update the Flash PROM on page 69 to reattempt the flash PROM update process 84 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER 6 Power Management on Sun Hardware The United States Environmental Protection Agency has the Energy Star guidelines for computer products to encourage the use of energy efficient computer systems and to reduce air pollution associated wit
52. aris operating environment is still running capture the NVRAM configuration variable settings before you install the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment or begin the flash PROM update process This will enable you to restore customized settings if there is a problem during the flash PROM upgrade v To Capture the Configuration Variable Settings 1 Using the eeprom utility capture the system s configuration variable settings in a file The filename is any file name you choose eeprom gt filename Note If you have custom values installed in oem logo or keymap those values cannot be displayed or printed properly by the eeprom utility because the contents contain binary information If it is necessary to restore these values after a power loss you should determine the original method by which these values were placed into NVRAM and use that method to restore the values 2 Print out the values captured by the eeprom command Type the following 1p filename You must have a printed copy of the configuration values before you install the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment and begin to update the flash PROM v To Install the Solaris 8 2 04 Operating Environment 1 Install the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment on your system Refer to the Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide shipped in your Solaris 8 2 04 media kit As the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment is installed you will be notified whether the flash PROM in your
53. ation Note Be sure to read Simultaneously Upgrading AP and Solaris Software on page 105 before performing the following command path Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 1 Tools ap_ upgrade finish ap_upgrade_ finish complete State saved in var tmp apstate Now you can upgrade and configure any volume managers or other software to use AP metadevices Please read the upgrade directions in the Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2 3 Installation and Release Notes for specific details d Reboot 7 If you have a third party volume manager install and configure it according to manufacturer s instructions now Note If your boot disk is mirrored make sure you specify the upgraded disk as the primary mirror Upgrade is now complete 110 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER 8 OpenBoot Emergency Procedures The introduction of USB keyboards with the newest Sun desktop systems has made it necessary to change some of the OpenBoot emergency procedures Specifically the Stop N Stop D and Stop F commands that are available on systems with standard non USB keyboards are not supported on systems that have USB keyboards The following sections describe the OpenBoot emergency procedures for systems with standard keyboards and for newer systems with USB keyboards OpenBoot Emergency Procedures for Systems with Standard non USB Keyboards When issuing any of these commands press
54. be set to true With diag switch set to true diagnostics will be run at boot up Also the system may attempt to boot from a different device than was booted prior to the flash PROM update disk If you had diag switch set to true before the update then this is the device that would probably have been booted This device might not be the boot device after the flash PROM update Empty string If you were booting a customized kernel file before the update and diag switch was set to true after the flash PROM update the customized kernel file might not be booted after the flash PROM update 76 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Variable Name poot file boot device use nvramrc nvramre oem logo oem banner 15 TABLE 5 4 Continued Variable Default Values Default Value Description Empty string If you were booting a customized kernel file before the flash PROM update and diag switch was false default the customized kernel file might not be booted after the flash PROM update disk net If you had a different sequence of boot devices specified after the flash PROM update an incorrect device might be booted false If you had customized commands in the nvramrc and use nvramrc was set to true then those customized commands might not be used after the flash PROM update Empty If you had customized commands in the nvramrc then those customized commands might be lost after the flash PRO
55. be used from a terminal a shell tool or a remote login session through a modem Besides being run from a SunVTS user interface each individual hardware test can be run from a UNIX command line Running a test alone can be helpful to validate only one piece of hardware A SunVTS user can run third party executable test binaries under the SunVTS environment in the way that the test rather than the SunVTS kernel fully controls its input argument list and output log files A user can simply modify the customtest file provided by SunVTS to make it loosely coupled to the environment Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 17 SunVTS Packages TABLE 2 5 provides a list of SunVTS packages needed to run the SunVTS diagnostic tool TABLE 2 5 SunVTS Packages on the Supplement CD Includes Packages Name Description SUNWvts Validation Test Suite SunVTS kernel user interface UJ tests and tools SUNWvtsmn Validation Test Suite Manual Manual pages for SunVTS Pages utilities binaries SUNWvt sx Validation Test Suite 64 Bit Validation Test Suite software Installing SunVTS See Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 Using SunVTS Software To use SunVTS software refer to the SunVTS documentation in the Solaris 8 2 04 AnswerBook Set For new features tests and test enhancements for this release refer to the SunVTS 5 1 Patch Set 5 Documentation Supplement For overall test configuration modes i
56. ce d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences crites de Sun La notice suivante est applicable SunForum 3 1 Copyright DATA CONNECTION LIMITED 2001 TELES AG 2000 Des parties de ce produit logiciel sont prot g es par Copyright 1996 1998 RADVision Ltd DATA CONNECTION est une marque d pos e de DATA CONNECTION LIMITED aux Estas Unis et dans d autres pays Pour OpenGL 1 3 OpenGL est une marque d pos e de Silicon Graphics Inc Pour Sun Enterprise 10000 COD D riv de RSA Data Security MD5 Message Digest Algorithim as Linseed da Adobe PostScript LA DOCUMENTATION EST FOURNIE EN L ETAT ET TOUTES AUTRES CONDITIONS DECLARATIONS ET GARANTIES EXPRESSES OU TACITES SONT FORMELLEMENT EXCLUES DANS LA MESURE AUTORISEE PAR LA LOI APPLICABLE YCOMPRIS NOTAMMENT TOUTE GARANTIE IMPLICITE RELATIVE A LA QUALITE MARCHANDE A L APTITUDE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU A L ABSENCE DE CONTREFA ON Contents Preface xi Installing Software From the Solaris CD 1 Automatic Installation of Solaris Software 1 Supported Platform Names and Groups 2 32 bit Kernel Default on 200MHz or Lower UltraSPARC Systems 6 System Kernel Support 6 Supported Graphics 7 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 9 Installing Supplement CD Software 11 Before Installing Supplement CD Software 11 Installing Supplement CD Software Using Solaris Web Start 2 0 12 Installing Supplement CD
57. ction French French EUC localization for Netra ct French localization for CDRW utility French Alternate Pathing collection French localization for LOMlite utilities Management LOM Spanish Localized Packages TABLE A 5 Spanish Localized Packages Software Product Package Name Description SunForum SUNWesdat Spanish SunForum Remote System SUNWesrsc Spanish Remote System Control Control SUNWerscd Spanish Remote System Control User Guide SUNWersc3 Spanish Remote System Control GUI AnswerBook SUNWAhwes Solaris 8 on Sun Hardware Collection Spanish 120 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 TABLE A 5 Spanish Localized Packages Continued Software Product Package Name Description Netra ct SUNWescte Spanish EUC localization for Netra ct CDRW SUNWecdrw Spanish localization for CDRW utility Lights Out SUNWelomu Spanish localization for LOMlite utilities Management LOM Appendix A Localized Packages on the Supplement CD 121 Swedish Localized Packages TABLE A 6 Swedish Localized Packages Software Product Package Name Description SunForum SUNWsvdat Swedish SunForum Remote System Control SUNWsvrsc Swedish Remote System Control SUNWsrscd Swedish Remote System Control User Guide SUNWsrscj Swedish Remote System Control GUI AnswerBook SUNWAhwsv Solaris 8 on Sun Hardware Collection Swedish Netra ct SUNWsvcte Swedish EUC localization for Netra ct CDRW SUNWscdrw Swedish localization for C
58. d will continue to exist after the upgrade 104 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Checking Other Software Documentation Check the documentation of other software you are running such as disk volume managers before you use the upgrade option in the suninstall utility There may be additional instructions you need to follow to preserve existing configurations Also be sure to check the release notes for AP and any volume managers you are using Simultaneously Upgrading AP and Solaris Software The AP upgrade procedures in this section use two scripts ap_upgrade_begin and ap_upgrade_finish The first script saves your current AP configuration The second script restores that exact configuration after you install the AP 2 3 1 packages It is possible that you will upgrade the Solaris software at the same time you upgrade to AP 2 3 1 since AP 2 3 1 supports Solaris 2 6 Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 Because the AP configuration is restored exactly as it was before you upgraded the Solaris operating environment you need to be aware of the issues described in the following sections AP Database Partitions The AP upgrade scripts attempt to recreate the AP databases in the same partitions that they occupied before the upgrade of the Solaris operating environment Note however that Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 require more disk space than earlier versions of the Solaris operating environment Because of this you can choose
59. directly to Updating the Flash PROM on page 43 To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update Determine the architecture type of your system uname m TABLE 4 1 Determining the System Architecture If your system architecture type is Then e suntu Go to Step 2 e sun4c sun4d sun4m You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further Determine the system type of your system uname i TABLE 4 2 Determining the System Type If your system type is one of the Then following systems SUNW Ultra 1 Go to Step 3 for each system type SUNW Ultra 2 SUNW Ultra 4 SUNW Ultra Enterprise Not in the above list You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further 3 Determine the version level of the firmware in your system Type prtconf V Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 TABLE 4 3 Determining the Firmware Version Level If your system type is And you see a number Then Otherwise SUNW Ultra 1 SUNW Ultra 2 SUNW Ultra 4 lower than 3 11 1 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 43 PROM update Do not proceed further 3112 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 43 PROM update Do not proceed further 3 7 107 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 43 PROM update Do not proceed further SUNW Ultra Enterpri
60. e Sun Des parties de ce produit pourront tre d riv es des systemes Berkeley BSD licenci s par l Universit de Californie UNIX est une marque d pos e aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays et licenci e exclusivement par X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo Solaris Answerbook Netra SunVTS SunFDDI Sun HSI P Sun HSI S SunForum Sun ATM Java 3D Sun StorEdge Sun Blade Sun Fire and Sun Enterprise sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de Sun Microsystems Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilis es sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits protant les marques SPARC sont bas s sur une architecture d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc Le logo Adobe et le logo PostScript sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de Adobe Systems Incorporated L interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et Sun a t d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc pour ses utilisateurs et licenci s Sun reconnait les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le d veloppment du concept des interfaces d utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l industrie de l informatique Sun d tient une license non exclusive do Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci es de Sun qui mettent en place l interfa
61. e following message maybe displayed Alternate Pathing Subsystem Drivers sparc 2 3 1 REV 2000 05 09 11 28 Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Executing checkinstall script Determining patch requirements Verifying required patches are installed Required patches not installed 109524 01 Patch verification failed Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 requires this package You MUST apply the required patches before Proceeding HHH PACKAGE INSTALLATION FAILED checkinstall script suspends Installation of lt SUNWapdv gt was suspended administration No changes were made to the system See Section ssd Patch on page 793 for the required patches if you have not already done so 6 Upgrade to AP 2 3 1 a Log in as superuser and type Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 109 m If you downloaded software from the web cd download_directory ap_2_3_1_sparc Tools m If you are installing the upgrade from the CD ROM cd cdrom cdrom0 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Tools b Install the required AP 2 3 1 packages pkgadd d SUNWapdoc SUNWapdv SUNWapr SUNWapu Note You can install the packages in any order you wish but you must install them all Package installation depends on the ssd 7D patch being present See ssd Patch on page 93 for more information c Run the following script to restore the original AP configur
62. econd time for the same reason contact your Authorized Service Provider 58 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise 450 System and the Ultra 450 Workstation The flash PROM update procedure for the Sun Enterprise 450 and the Ultra 450 systems assumes that the write protect enable jumper was set in the default position enabled In order to update the flash PROM you must move the write protect enable jumper to the write enable position Three jumpers on the main logic board affect flash PROM operation FIGURE 4 7 shows the jumper locations and TABLE 4 6 describes their functions Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 59 Flash PROM jumpers FIGURE 4 7 Flash PROM Jumpers on the Sun Enterprise 450 System and the Sun Ultra 450 Workstation TABLE 4 6 Sun Enterprose 450 and Ultra 450 Flash PROM Jumper Settings Jumper Pins 1 2 Jumpered Pins 2 3 Jumpered Default on Signal Controlled Pins 3102 Flash PROM Not to be used 1 2 FLASH PROM SEL J3103 Write protect Write enable 2 3 FLASH PROM PROG ENABLE 5501 High half booting Low half booting 24 3 XOR LOGIC SET Make sure that the write protect write enable jumper is set to the write enable position pins 2 a
63. encapsulate both nonboot disks and boot disks that are configured as AP metadevices VxVM can encapsulate AP databases without any impact on AP Note however that the standard VxVM requirements for encapsulation apply m There must be an s2 slice that represents the entire disk m There must be two free partitions The partition requirement may necessitate giving up an AP database which is often placed in slice s4 m There must be a small amount of free disk space at the beginning or end of the disk Software installation of VxDMP and AP are mutually exclusive You can only install one or the other VxDMP does not work with DR 6 Reboot the server if necessary If you just rebooted the server after configuring a volume manager this step is unnecessary Installing the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 Collection This section explains how to manually install the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 document collection using the standard installation utility pkgadd AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 Collection Before you can install the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 document collection you must have the AnswerBook2 server software installed For instructions on installing the AnswerBookz2 server software see Installing and Administering an AnswerBook2 Server in the AnswerBook2 Help Collection on docs sun com The server software can be obtained from the following sources m The Documentation CD for Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 environments m The Web http www sun com so
64. erprise 4000 Sun Enterprise 3000 SPA RCcenter M 2000 SPA RCserver M 1000 High End Systems Sun Fire 15K 12K Sun Enterprise 10000 Netra Servers Netra 20 Netra 120 Netra 240 SUNW Netra T12 SUNW Sun fire SUNW Sun fire SUNW Sun fire SUNW Sun fire SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW SPARCcenter 2000 SUNW SPARCserver 1000 SUNW Sun Fire 15000 SUNW Ultra Enterprise SUNW Netra T4 SUNW UltraAX i2 SUNW Netra 240 Platform Group sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4d sun4d sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u 4 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Platform Names for Sun Systems Continued 32 Bit Only 32 amp 64 Bitt x XKX XxX X x XKX XxX X 64 Bit Onlyt x XK K K X TABLE 1 1 System Netra 1280 Netra T1 AC200 DC200 Netra X1 Netra ct800 Netra ct400 Netra t 1400 amp t 1405 Netra t 1120 amp t 1125 Netra t1 100 amp t1 105 Board Level Products Ultra AX Ultra AXi CP1400 CP1500 UltraAX MP UltraAX MP UltraAXe UltraAX e2 CP2020 CP2040 CP2060 CP2080 Platform Name SUNW Netra T12 SUNW UltraAX i2 SUNW UltraAX i2 SUNW UltraSPARC ITli Netract SUNW UltraSPARC IIi Netract SUNW Ultra 80 SUNW Ultra 60 SUNW UltraSP
65. f V TABLE 5 3 Firmware Versions If your system type is And you see a number Then Otherwise lower than SUNW Ultra Enterprise 3 224 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 65 PROM update Do not proceed further SUNW Ultra 1 3 11 1 Proceed to Chapter 4 You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further SUNW Ultra 2 3 11 2 Proceed to Chapter 4 You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further SUNW Ultra 4 3 7 107 Proceed to Chapter 4 You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further Updating the Flash PROM This section describes the following Flash PROM update process Capturing NVRAM configuration variable settings Making the flash PROM write enabled Steps to perform before updating the flash PROM Updating the flash PROM Flash PROM Update Process Note For step by step instructions follow the procedures beginning with Capturing Configuration Variable Settings on page 66 Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 65 After installing the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment make sure that the external front panel keyswitch is set to the On or Diagnostics position Take note of screen messages during the flash PROM update that report configuration variables that may be reset to their default values When the update is complete and after you either reset the system or power
66. files For more information on IPv6 refer to System Administration Guide Volume 3 v To Configure AP 1 Create three to five AP databases apdb c raw_disk_slice Note See the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 User Guide for information on disk partitions for the AP database 2 Create the AP metadisks You must know the configuration of the host hardware so that you know which two ports are connected to the same disk array The following steps use sf ports Your ports may vary depending on the configuration of the host a Display all of the ports and their disk device nodes apinst sf 0 dev dsk c1t0d0 dev dsk c1t1d0 dev dsk c1t2d0 dev dsk c1t3d0 dev dsk c1t4d0 dev dsk c1t5d0 dev dsk c2t0d0 dev dsk c2t1d0 dev dsk c2t2d0 dev dsk c2t3d0 dev dsk c2t4d0 dev dsk c2t5d0 Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 97 98 b Create an uncommitted disk pathgroup apdisk c p sf 0 a sf 1 apconfig S u where c causes the pathgroup to be created p designates the primary path a designates the alternate path You can verify the results by using apconfig 1M as shown above c Commit the database entries ee As shown you can verify the results of that command by using apconfig S d If you are placing the boot disk under AP control use apboot 1M to define the new AP boot device apboot metadisk_name The apboot 1M command modifies the etc vfstab fi
67. ftware part of the Solaris on Sun Hardware Documentation Set on the Supplement CD Note Before you can flash update the system you must install the backup image from the Supplement CD onto the Sun Fire 880 system disk If you use Solaris Web Start to install the Supplement CD software the Sun Fire 880 FC AL Backplane Firmware is not included in the default installation To install the backup firmware choose the Custom Install option and select the Sun Fire 880 FC AL Backplane Firmware For installation instructions see Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 By default the firmware image is installed in the following location on the Sun Fire 880 system disk usr platform SUNW Sun Fire 880 lib images int_fcbpl_ fw Once the image is installed on the disk perform the flash update procedure using the luxadm download subcommand with the f option as descibed in Platform Notes Using luxadm Software USBA 1 0 Framework The SUNWusb and SUNWusbx packages of this software release provided on the Solaris Software CD feature a dual USB framework consisting of both the original Solaris 8 2 02 USB framework and the USBA 1 0 framework This new framework supports devices and ports using either USB 2 0 or USB 1 x specifications The USBA 1 0 framework supports high speed USB 2 0 devices is more evolved and offers better performance than the original USBA framework The original framework is delivered for compatibility with
68. ftware ab2 index htm1 Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 101 v To Install the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 Collection 1 Log in as superuser on the machine where the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBookz2 collection is to be installed 2 If you have a previous version of the SUNWabap package installed remove it using pkgrm SUNWabap er gt d O Pag LO 5 3 A z 9 5 za 3 Change directory to the location of the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook package m If you downloaded software from the Web cd download_directory ap_2_3_1_sparc Product m If you are installing the upgrade from the CD ROM cd cdrom cdrom0 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Product 4 Add the SUNWabap package by typing pkgadd d SUNWabap 5 When you are requested to select an installation option type 2 heavy installation Select an installation option 2 6 When you are asked to specify the parent path for the AnswerBook2 collection type the path to the directory in which you want to put the AP 2 3 1 AnswerBook2 It is suggested that you install the AP AnswerBook2 Collection in opt Specify the parent path of this AnswerBook2 Collection directory opt 102 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 7 Type y at the following prompt This package contains scripts which will be executed with super user permission during the process of installing this package Do you want to continue with the installation
69. h energy generation To meet these guidelines Sun Microsystems Inc designs hardware to use power efficiently also it provides Power Management software with which to configure the power management settings In order to reduce power consumption your Sun workstation and devices are capable of entering a lower power state when they have been inactive for a period of time This section supplements the Using Power Management manual in the Solaris 8 User Collection Supported Platforms and System Distinctions Power Management software supports the sun4m and sun4u platform groups Software features and defaults may vary between the two platform groups Refer to Using Power Management in the Solaris 8 User AnswerBook set for more information when you identify the platform group that applies to your system 85 86 TABLE 6 1 Platform Names and Groups Supported by Power Management Sun System Name SPARCstation 4 SPARCstation 5 SPARCstation 10 SPARCstation 10SX SPA RCstation 20 SPARCstation LX SPARCstation LX SPARCclassic SPARCclassic X Ultra 1 all models Ultra 5 Ultra 10 Ultra 30 Ultra 60 Ultra 450 Ultra 2 Creator all models Sun Enterprise 1 Model 140 Sun Enterprise 1 Model 170 Sun Enterprise 1 Model 170E Sun Enterprise 2 Model 1300 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 2300 Sun Blade 100 Sun Blade 150 Sun Blade 1000 Sun Blade 1500 Sun Blade 2000 Sun Blade 2500 Platform Name SUNW SPA RCstation 4 SUNW SPA R
70. he customized settings For additional information on the NVRAM configuration variables refer to the OpenBoot 3 x Command Reference Manual TABLE 5 4 Variable Default Values Default Value Description screen If output device is not set to the default value before the flash PROM update then it is possible that the output device may be other than what you anticipate keyboard If input device is not set to the default value before the flash PROM update then it is possible that the input device may be other than what you anticipate 960078 fly 1 gt If you are running anything from the serial ports A or B with port settings other than what is default baud rate number of bits parity number of stop bits handshake then those communications lines may not function after the flash PROM update 96006 ny l If you are running anything from the serial ports A or B with port settings other than what is default baud rate number of bits parity number of stop bits handshake then those communications lines may not function after the flash PROM update boot If there are any custom flags to boot then the system may not boot as anticipated after the flash PROM update true The system may attempt to autoboot after the first reset or power cycle following the flash PROM update With auto boot set to false the system will not autoboot true After you reboot or power cycle the system after the flash PROM update the diag switch may
71. ices SMS software Software Alternate Pathing CDRW Capacity on Demand Java 3D Netra ct Platform Netra tllxx Alarms Lights Out Management OpenGL PC launcher PC file viewer RSC ShowMe TV SunATM SunFDDI PCI SunFDDI SBus SunForum SunHSI PCI 10 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Version 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 4 Solaris 8 2 04 Supplement CD Content and Installation Status Continued Solaris Web Start Optional Optional Optional Separate installation The following table lists the versions of the software in the current Solaris 8 update release as well as the versions in the preceding Solaris 8 releases TABLE 2 2 Solaris Solaris 8 8 10 00 1 01 2 3 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 5 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 Solaris 8 4 01 2 31 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2l 1 3 5 0 3 0 7 0 oul 3 0 Solaris 8 7 01 Dl 1 0 1 0 1 21 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 21 1 3 5 0 3 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 Solaris 8 10 01 2 91 1 0 1 0 1 2 1_ 01 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 22 1 3 5 0 3 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 Solaris 8 Supplement CD Content Solari s 8 2 02 2 31 1 0 1 0 1 21 03 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 5 0 3 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 Sola
72. ing skip to Step 3 a If volume manager is not running on your system type etc init d volmgt start 3 Check to see if NFS is running on your system ps ef grep nfsd Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 91 m If you see an entry containing usr lib nfs nfsd then nfsd is running on your system Iype share F nfs o ro cdrom cdrom0 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 m If nfsd is not running type etc init d nfs server start share F nfs o ro cdrom cdrom0 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 4 Log in to target machine as superuser and cd to the source machine cd net source_machine cdrom cdrom0 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 If you cannot change to that directory and you do not have automounter on your network create a mount point on the target machine and mount the Product directory mkdir remote_products usr sbin mount F nfs r source_machine cadrom cdrom0 Alternate_Pathing 2 3 1 remote_products cd remote_products 5 At this point you may proceed with the install Performing an Initial Installation of AP on page 92 or Before Performing an Upgrade of AP on page 103 Once you have completed installation you can umount the CD ROM using umount source _machine ceadrom Performing an Initial Installation of AP The initial installation instructions in this section are for environments where AP is not currently installed and configured If any version of AP is cur
73. ing Sun hardware four sets of online manuals in AnswerBook2 format are provided on the Supplement CD Installing Solaris 8 2 04 AnswerBook Sets See Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 for information about installing the Sun Computer Systems AnswerBook2 packages Refer to the Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide for information about installing AnswerBook sets 33 Solaris 8 2 04 AnswerBook Packages The following table lists the packages that are provided for the Solaris 8 2 04 AnswerBook collections TABLE 3 1 Solaris 8 2 04 AnswerBook Packages on the Supplement CD AnswerBook Package Location Description Sun _Hardware_Answerbook Product SUNWabhdw Solaris on Sun Hardware AnswerBook collection System_Service_Processor_3 5 Product SUNWuessp SSP AnswerBook collection Alternate _Pathing_2 3 1 Product SUNWabap Alternate Pathing AnswerBook collection Capacity_on_Demand_1 0 Product SUNWcodbk Capacity on Demand AnswerBook collection Solaris 8 2 04 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook Set This AnswerBook set includes general manuals as well as Platform Notes which are manuals that cover use of Solaris 8 2 04 software with specific Sun hardware products This AnswerBook set includes Title Contents Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Contains information about installing software from the Supplement CD and other system products hardware issues Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Manual Information to hel
74. is 8 2 04 operating environment might need the flash PROM update Systems that can only run the 32 bit mode such as those in the sun4c sun4d and sun4m platform groups do not require updated firmware to run Solaris 8 2 04 software 63 64 Note If the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment notified you that the flash PROM in your system needs updating skip the steps in the procedure To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update on page 64 and go directly to Updating the Flash PROM on page 65 To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update Determine the architecture type of your system uname m TABLE 5 1 Determining the System Architecture If your system architecture type is Then e suntu Go to Step 2 e sun4c sun4d sun4m You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further Determine the system type of your system uname i TABLE 5 2 Determining the System Type If your system type is one of the Then following systems SUNW Ultra 1 Go to Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the SUNW Ultra 2 Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 SUNW Ultra 4 i SUNW Ultra Enterprise Go to Step 3 Not in the above list You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 3 Determine the version level of the firmware in your system Type prtconf V upper case V prtcon
75. is Software on page 105 v To Upgrade to AP 2 3 1 1 If necessary log in as superuser and commit any uncommitted entries in the AP database 2 Terminate any processes that directly or indirectly access AP metadevices If you have a third party volume manager installed on your system deconfigure it now using the documentation provided by the specific vendor With regard to AP no additional steps need to be taken to do this other than those recommended by the manufacturer to deconfigure the volume manager Note Once the volume manager has been deconfigured if you are instructed to install the new OS stop at that point and remove your previous version of AP Do not install Solaris 8 software at this time You do not need to be concerned if your mounted ufs file systems or TCP IP networks are using AP metadevices The ap_upgrade_begin script which you will run later in this procedure and the subsequent reboot will cause the ufs file systems and any swap devices configured in etc vfstab to use physical paths rather than AP metadevices Likewise ap_upgrade_begin will also take care of renaming any TCP IP network interfaces etc hostname xxxx that may be using AP metadevices Note This is true for any ufs file system configured in vfstab or any network configured with etc hostname xxxx files 3 Remove the current AP configuration Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 107 a Log in to
76. ition 10 Turn the power on to the system As the system boots diagnostics will be run at boot up because the OpenBoot diag switch was set to true in the flash PROM update procedure Running diagnostics could take several minutes Note Other NVRAM variables may be reset to their default values which could affect the system in other ways For example if you ran the flash PROM update through the serial port and the system still has its keyboard plugged in you will no longer get any response from the serial port connection The firmware will be waiting for input from the keyboard TABLE 5 4 which follows describes the workarounds for NVRAM settings 11 As the system boots go to the ok prompt by one of the following methods a Press Stop a from the keyboard b If you are running on a terminal and connected to serial port A of the system press the Break key c If you are connected to serial port A via telnet connection send a Break sequence by pressing the Control and keys simultaneously This returns you to the telnet command line Type send brk at the telnet command line d If you are connected to serial port A via a tip connection send a Break sequence by typing the characters in quick succession 74 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 12 13 14 Reset the configuration variables default value to the current value see the values you captured with the eeprom command in Io Capture
77. k space The following table lists the total size of the AP software by file system TABLE 7 2 AP Software File System Sizes File System Size usr 317 Kbytes 1 3 Mbytes ECC 13 Kbytes kernel 1528 Kbytes sbin 1481 Kbytes Note When partitioning the hard drive during the Solaris software installation you must dedicate an entire disk partition with at least 300 Kbytes to each database copy For more detailed information on partitioning for the AP databases see Chapter 2 Alternate Pathing Database in the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 User Guide Backing Up Your Server Always back up an existing server before you upgrade any software The safest backup to perform is a level 0 dump ufsdump 1M of the file systems connected to the server being upgraded If you do not have an established backup procedure see the System Administration Guide You do not need to back out installed patches before you perform the upgrade Note If you wish to add or remove any hardware included in an AP path group do so either before you begin the upgrade process or after you have completed it In general avoid changing your hardware in ways that result in controller renumbering Uncommitted AP Database Entries Before you run ap_upgrade_begin commit any uncommitted entries in the AP database Any metadevices that were created but not committed are not preserved during the upgrade Similarly any metadevices that were deleted but not committe
78. kstation 123 12 3 High half Low half booting booting FIGURE 4 6 Setting the Boot Control Jumper to Low Half Booting or High Half Booting 3 Power on the system unit m If the system recovers complete the programming process by rebooting m If the system does not recover repeat Step 1 and Step 2 a second time 4 If the system still does not recover contact your Sun service provider or local Sun service Authorized Service Provider Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 55 Restoring NVRAM Configuration Variables If for any reason the flash PROM update process did not complete successfully for example if you lost power you may have to restore diag switch to its default value of false and restore any customized values to the other NVRAM configuration variables Note Use the steps in this section only if for any reason your NVRAM configuration variables were not reset to their customized values or if diag switch was not set to its proper value 1 Reboot the system by typing reboot at the prompt If diag switch was set to true and the system is power cycled diagnostics will be run Running diagnostics could take several minutes Also the system will attempt to boot from the network once the diagnostics have completed running Note Other NVRAM variables may be reset to their default values which could affect the system in other ways For example if
79. lay PM by Default Yes Yes Yes Yes Device PM Available No No Yes No Device PM by Default N A N A Yes N A Suspend Resume Available Yes Yes Yes No Suspend Resume by Default No Yes No N A AutoShutDown Available No Yes Yes No AutoWakeup by Default N A Yes No N A SPARCstation 4 Issues This section describes a workaround to a limitation of the SPARCstation 4 when used with Power Management The AC accessory outlet on the SPARCstation 4 system is an unswitched outlet The AC power switch does not control power flowing through the accessory outlet If you connect a monitor to the accessory outlet you cannot turn it off using the system unit power switch Similarly if you use Power Management software the software cannot turn off the monitor automatically To conserve energy consider using an Energy Star compliant monitor Sun offers a variety of Energy Star Chapter6 Power Management on Sun Hardware 87 compliant monitors in its standard SPARCstation 4 system configurations This information does not apply to SPARCserver 4 configurations The SPARCserver 4 includes a switched accessory outlet 88 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers This chapter contains initial installation and upgrade instructions for Alternate Pathing AP 2 3 1 With the introduction of AP 2 3 1 both the initial install instructions and the upgrade instructions now apply to the
80. le and the etc system file The metadisk_name must be in the form mcxtxdx Modify any references that use a physical device node that is a path that begins with dev dsk or dev rdsk to use the corresponding metadisk device node that is a path that begins with dev ap dsk or dev ap rdsk If a partition is mounted under a physical path unmount and remount it under the metadisk path using umount and mount respectively Examine etc vfstab for any physical devices that should be changed to AP metadevices If necessary edit etc vfstab to make the necessary modifications Note You must be a knowledgeable system administrator to edit etc vfstab If you do not configure your file systems properly in etc vfstab it is possible that you can lose data and or leave the server unbootable 3 Create AP metanetworks for nonprimary networks Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Note The following steps should be applied to all networks that you want to alternately path except the primary network a Create the network pathgroup apnet c a network_interface a network_interface apconfig N u As shown you can verify the results of the apnet 1M command by using apconfig 1M b Commit the network pathgroup entries in the database You can verify the results of the apdb 1M command by using the apconfig 1M command with the N option c Remove all direct usage of both members
81. locate the root or usr partitions to another disk as this will cause the AP upgrade script to fail ssd Patch AP 2 3 1 requires an ssd 7D patch AP 2 3 1 installation checks for the presence of this patch The required patches are as follows m Patch 105356 15 for Solaris 2 6 m Patch 107458 09 for Solaris 7 m Patch 109524 01 for Solaris 8 You can obtain these patches from SunSolve at http sunsolve sun com Performing an Upgrade of AP The upgrade installation instructions in this section are for environments where AP is currently installed and configured Note If your Sun Enterprise server is not configured to support a particular feature or device that is supported by Alternate Pathing simply adding AP to your server will not enable it to use that feature or device The installation instructions in this section assume that your system is running the Solaris 2 6 Solaris 7 or Solaris 8 operating environment AP 2 3 1 will not run under software releases earlier than Solaris 2 6 environment 106 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Note AP 2 3 1 software installation is based on your operating environment If at a later date you upgrade your Solaris operating environment you must re install AP 2 3 1 following this AP 2 3 1 upgrade procedure See Before Performing an Upgrade of AP on page 103 For information on simultaneous upgrade see Simultaneously Upgrading AP and Solar
82. lop their own tests and run them using the SunVTS interface You can find the software for the SunVTS application on the Solaris Software Supplement CD and the documentation in the Solaris 8 2 04 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook set Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 TABLE 2 4 describes the main features of the SunVTS environment TABLE 2 4 SunVTS Diagnostic Tool Features Feature SunVTS kernel vtsk SunVTS CDE user interface vtsui SunVTS TTY user interface vtstty Running an individual test from the command line Custom test support Chapter 2 Description The SunVTS kernel controls all aspects of the testing It is a daemon designed to stay in the background and to be used when needed Upon starting the SunVTS kernel probes the hardware configuration of the system under test and waits for instructions from a SunVTS user interface During testing the SunVTS kernel coordinates the running of individual tests and manages all the messages informational and error messages sent by these tests This interface is designed to run on top of the Common Desktop Environment CDE This user interface provides the means to configure run and monitor SunVTS test sessions for local and remote hosts Because not every system has a monitor SunVTS has a TTY interface This ASCII menu based interface accepts various key sequences to control the test options and the test sessions It can
83. ly potential paths to the boot disk two alternate paths for each boot disk mirror Now that both AP and the volume manager have been deconfigured examine etc vfstab to determine the physical path that corresponds to the root file system When you run suninstall specify that path as the disk to upgrade Later when you restore your volume manager be sure to designate that disk as the primary mirror See your volume manager documentation for information on determining which physical slice is used when booting 108 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Note When partitioning the hard drive during the Solaris software installation you must dedicate an entire disk partition that has at least 300 Kbytes to each database copy For more detailed information on partitioning for the AP databases see Chapter 2 Alternate Pathing Database in the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 User Guide See Upgrading a System in Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide Note that you must choose the upgrade option to perform an upgrade of the Solaris operating environment 5 When the Solaris software upgrade process is completely finished install the correct ssd patch Note If you have not upgraded the Solaris operating environment or you did not reboot as part of the upgrade or Step 3 do so now AP 2 3 1 installation checks for the presence of an ssd patch If the patch is not present then depending on your configuration th
84. n OBP 31141 1997 12 03 15244 NOTE The system will be rebooted reset after the firmware has been updated Do you wish to update the firmware in the system Flash PROM yes no yes The NVRAM variable use nvramrc was true This program will reset it to the default value false This is being done because the contents of the NVRAM variable nvramrc may or may not be appropriate for use with the new firmware Do not change the value of use nvramrc until you evaluate the contents of nvramrc Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 5 Next the update script asks you if you want to continue Type yes Are you sure that you wish to continue yes no yes TMPORTANT If the power fails during the firmware update that 1s about to take place it is possible that the customized values in the NVRAM configuration variables will revert back to their default values once the system power is restored If this event occurs then it could have a significant effect on the behavior of the system after power is restored Following is a list of the system s NVRAM configuration variables which have default values and have been customized You may wish to write this information down so that the values may be restored after recovery from a power loss Name sbus probe list Default 01 Current 10 Name nvramrc Default lt null gt Current This is a sample message which indicates that nvr
85. n Hardware Collection German German EUC localization for Netra ct German EUC localization for CDRW utility German localization for LOMlite utilities Italian Localized Packages TABLE A 3 Italian Localized Packages Software Product SunForum SUNWitdat Remote System Control SUNWitrsc SUNWirscd SUNWirscj AnswerBook SUNWAhwit Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Package Name Description Italian SunForum Italian Remote System Control Italian Remote System Control User Guide Italian Remote System Control GUI Solaris 8 on Sun Hardware Collection Italian TABLE A 3 Italian Localized Packages Continued Software Product Netra ct CDRW Package Name Description SUNWitcte Italian EUC localization for Netra ct SUNWicdrw Italian localization for CDRW utility SUNWi lomu Italian localization for LOMlite utilities Lights Out Management LOM Appendix A Localized Packages on the Supplement CD 119 French Localized Packages TABLE A 4 Software Product SunForum Remote System Control AnswerBook Netra ct CDRW Alternate Pathing Lights Out French Localized Packages Package Name SUNWfrdat SUNWfrrsc SUNWfrscd SUNWfrscj SUNWAhwfr SUNWfrcte SUNW cdrw SUNWfabap SUNW Lomu Description French SunForum French Remote System Control French Remote System Control User Guide French Remote System Control GUI Solaris 8 on Sun Hardware Colle
86. n such components and thus would require versions of these components specific to a 32 bit or 64 bit kernel Also 32 bit applications cannot link to 64 bit libraries and vice versa The Solaris 8 operating environment includes both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of system libraries TABLE 1 1 indicates which systems can run 64 bit as well as 32 bit applications and which systems can boot a 32 bit kernel a 64 bit kernel or both Frame Buffer Card XVR 500 XVR 1200 XVR 100 XVR 600 Supported Graphics The following frame buffer cards are now supported in this release TABLE 1 2 Supported Graphics First Supported Solaris 8 HW 12 02 Solaris 8 HW 5 03 Solaris 8 HW 5 03 Solaris 8 2 04 Driver ifb fb pfb fb Config Command fbconfig fbconfig fbconfig fbeontig For More Information Sun XVR 500 Graphics Accelerator Installation Guide Part 816 3028 12 Sun XVR 1200 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User s Guide Part 816 7386 11 Sun XVR 100 Graphics Accelerator Installation Guide Part 816 7560 12 Sun XVR 600 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User s Guide Part 817 2195 10 Note One frame buffer mentioned in the Solaris Handbook for Sun Frame Buffers the Sun XVR 1000 graphics accelerator is not supported in Solaris 8 HW 12 02 Solaris 8 HW 5 03 nor in this release Chapter 1 Installing Software From the SolarisCD 7 8 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardwa
87. nd 3 jumpered see FIGURE 4 8 Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk 60 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 12 3 protected enabled FIGURE 4 8 Setting the J3103 Write Protect Enable Jumper on the Sun Enterprise 450 or Ultra 450 Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 61 62 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems The steps in this chapter describe how to update the flash PROMs in your Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 or 6x00 system Some systems require higher level of OpenBoot firmware in the flash PROM to run the 64 bit mode of the Solaris 8 operating environment The OpenBoot firmware is contained in several PROMs that are located on several different boards The flash PROM devices which contain OpenBoot are electrically erasable and writable devices This means that the firmware can be updated without removing the flash PROM from the system board This Solaris 8 2 04 kit includes the routines and instructions you need to update the flash PROM in your system Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating Note If your system is an Ultra Enterprise 10000 you do not need to do this update because the Ultra Enterprise 10000 does not have a flash PROM Only sun4u systems that can run the 64 bit mode of the Solar
88. nd Other Formats 39 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 41 Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating 41 Updating the Flash PROM 43 Capturing Configuration Variable Settings 44 Making the Flash PROM Write Enabled 45 Before Updating the Flash PROM 48 Recovering From a Power Failure During the Flash PROM Update 53 Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 Systems Sun Enterprise 450 System Sun Ultra 450 Workstation 54 Restoring NVRAM Configuration Variables 56 Error Messages 58 Retained Page mmap Failure 58 Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise 450 System and the Ultra 450 Workstation 59 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 63 Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating 63 Updating the Flash PROM 65 Flash PROM Update Process 65 Capturing Configuration Variable Settings 66 Making the Flash PROM Write Enabled 67 Contents vii Before Updating the Flash PROM 68 Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise Server Systems 77 Installing the P0601 Jumper 78 Recovering From a Power Failure During the Flash PROM Update 80 Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 80 6 Power Management on Sun Hardware 85 Supported Platforms and System Distinctions 85 System Architecture Distinctions and Default Settings 87 SPARCstation 4 Issues 87 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 89 Preparing to Install or Upgr
89. nstall and upgrade scripts are located in download_directory ap_2_3_1_sparc Tools 7 Proceed to Performing an Initial Installation of AP on page 92 or Before Performing an Upgrade of AP on page 103 v To Install or Upgrade From a CD ROM 1 Insert the Software Supplement for the Solaris 8 Operating Environment CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Allow time for the volume manager to mount the CD ROM 90 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Note If your CD ROM is not local to your system for example on a Sun Enterprise 10000 and you are not familiar with remote installation using a CD ROM see To Mount a CD ROM over NES on page 91 or refer to your Solaris System Administration Guide The AP 2 3 1 packages are located in cdrom cdromO Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Product The install and upgrade scripts are located in cdrom cdromO Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Tools 2 Become superuser and cd to the Product installation directory cd cdrom cdrom0 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Product 3 Proceed to Performing an Initial Installation of AP on page 92 or Before Performing an Upgrade of AP on page 103 v To Mount a CD ROM over NFS 1 Log in as superuser and verify that the volume manager is running on your St A 5 d ps ef grep vold 2 If you see an entry containing usr sbin vold volume manager is running on your system m If volume manager is runn
90. nterfaces and options refer to the SunVTS 5 1 User s Guide For individual test and quick reference information refer to the SunVTS 5 1 Test Reference Manual and the SunVTS Quick Reference Card OpenGL Software The Sun OpenGL software for Solaris is the Sun native implementation of the OpenGL application programming interface API The OpenGL API is an industry standard vendor neutral graphics library It provides a small set of low level geometric primitives and many basic and advanced 3D rendering features such as modeling transformations shading lighting anti aliasing texture mapping fog and alpha blending 18 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Q pkginfo application application application application application application application application application Supported Platforms The Sun OpenGL 1 3 software for Solaris supports the following devices m Creator Graphics Creator3D Graphics Elite3D Graphics and Expert3D Graphics OpenGL functionality is accelerated in hardware m SX GX GX TGX TGX S24 OpenGL functionality is performed in software m All Sun SPARC systems equipped with the following frame buffers are supported on the OpenGL 1 3 software the TCX SX GX Creator Elite3D and Expert3D families of frame buffers This includes Ultra desktop Sun Enterprise and all the legacy SPARCstation family Removing Old Packages If you have older versions of
91. of lt SUNWabap gt y n Y A message indicates that the SUNWabap package was successfully installed For instructions on launching the AnswerBook2 viewer and viewing document collections see Viewing Online Documentation Using the AnswerBook2 System in the AnswerBook2 Help Collection on docs sun com Before Performing an Upgrade of AP This section provides information and recommendations concerning an upgrade to AP 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise servers AP 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 and 2 2 are not supported under the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment The upgrade process involves Saving your current configuration Deconfiguring AP Removing the earlier version of AP Installing a set of core AP packages Restoring your AP configuration Scripts are provided to simplify this process in download_directory ap_2_3_1_sparc Tools from the web or on CD ROM in cdrom cdrom0 Alternate_Pathing _2 3 1 Tools Note If you are upgrading to AP 2 3 1 on all Sun Enterprise 10000 domains then you can safely remove the SUNWapssp package software from the SSP workstation using pkgrm If however any domain will remain at an earlier version of AP then you must not remove the AP software on the SSP workstation In either case leaving AP software on SSP workstations will have no effect on AP 2 3 1 Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 103 Installation of the packages requires approximately 2 7 megabytes of dis
92. of the network pathgroups If the physical interface is currently plumbed and it is not the interface that you will be using as you run commands to configure the metanetwork you can unplumb the physical interface by using the ifconfig 1M command d Create an etc hostname metherx for example hostname mether0 file for any metanetworks that you want to configure when the server is rebooted Note If you are using IPv6 your etc hostname files will have the name etc hostname6 xxx While the content of the IPv6 files is different than IPv4 as far as AP installation is concerned the etc hostname6 xxx files can be treated in exactly the same manner as the etc hostname xxx files For more information on IPv6 refer to System Administration Guide Volume 3 Create the AP metanetwork for the primary network a View the contents of the etc nodename and etc hostname xxxxx files for example hostname hme0 to verify that the interface name is the same Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 99 100 Note If you are using IPv6 your etc hostname files will have the name etc hostname6 xxx While the content of the IPv6 files is different than IPv4 as far as AP installation is concerned the etc hostname6 xxx files can be treated in exactly the same manner as the etc hostname xxx files For more information on IPv6 refer to System Administration Guide Volume 3 b Create the primary network pa
93. op D functionality can be closely emulated by using the power button double tap see Stop N Functionality since this temporarily sets diag switch to true If you want the diagnostic mode turned on permanently type ok setenv diag switch true 114 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 APPENDIX A Localized Packages on the Supplement CD 116 Japanese Localized Packages TABLE A 1 Japanese Localized Packages Software Product SunForum Alternate Pathing Remote System Control SunFDDI SunVTS Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Package Name SUNWjadat SUNWjpdat SUNWJj aap SUNWjabap SUNWj eapd SUNWj papd SUNWjJuapd SUNWjersc SUNWj rscd SUNW J rscj SUNWJ enf m SUNWj ep fm SUNWJjpn fm SUNWJpPp fm SUNWJun fm SUNWJ up fm SUNWJ pvtm Description Japanese ja EUC SunForum Japanese ja PCK SunForum Japanese localization for Alternate Pathing Japanese AnswerBook for Alternate Pathing Japanese manual pages for Alternate Pathing Japanese PCK manual pages for Alternate Pathing Japanese UTF 8 manual pages for Alternate Pathing Japanese EUC Remote System Control Japanese EUC Remote System Control User Guide Japanese EUC Remote System Control GUI Japanese EUC SunFDDI SBus Man Pages Japanese EUC SunFDDI PCI Man Pages Japanese PCK SunFDDI SBus Man Pages Japanese PCK SunFDDI PCI Man Pages
94. otes Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1 0 Installation Guide and Release Notes Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide Sun Enterprise 10000 DR Configuration Guide Solaris Handbook for Sun Frame Buffers includes information about the XVR 500 frame buffer Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Manual Supplement Platform Notes The dmfe Fast Ethernet Device Driver Sun Fire Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide Sun Fire 15K 12K Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide SunForum User s Guide Remote System Control 2 2 User Guide Note This document is installed from a package as part of the RSC software installation System Management Services SMS 1 4 Release Notes Sun Fire High End Systems Software Overview Guide System Management Services SMS 1 4 Installation Guide Chapter 3 Documents onthe Supplement CD 39 TABLE 3 3 HTML PDF PostScript and Other Documents on the Supplement CD Path System_Management_Services_1 4 Docs SMS_ADMIN SMS_ADMIN_en pdf System_Management_Services_1 4 Docs SMS_REFMAN SMS_REFMAN_en pdf Docs SMS_DR_UG SMS_DR_UG_en pdf Comment System Management Services SMS 1 4 Administrator Guide System Management Services SMS 1 4 Reference Manual System Management Services SMS 1 4 Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide Note The _en indicates an English language document Other languages may be indicated depending on locale 40 Solaris 8
95. p you find a compilation of manual pages Supplement provided in packages on the Supplement CD Includes man pages that cover SunVTS software Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals Information about installing drives and other peripherals for use with the Solaris 8 2 04 software environment Covers issues such as configuring SCSI addresses NFS Server Performance and Tuning Guide Information about the performance and tuning of an NFS server SunVTS 5 1 User s Guide Basic instructions on using the SunVTS diagnostic software SunVTS 5 1 Test Reference Manual Information about each test provided with the SunVTS diagnostic software SunVTS 5 1 Patch Set 5 Documentation Supplemental information about new tests and new capabilities Supplement added to the base VTS version via a Patch Set PS 34 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Title SunVTS Quick Reference Card PCI SBus Comparison Platform Notes The hme FastEthernet Device Driver Platform Notes SPARCstation 10SX and 20 System Configuration Guide Platform Notes Sun Enterprise 6000 5000 4000 and 3000 Systems Platform Notes Sun Enterprise 250 Server Platform Notes Sun Ultra 450 Workstation and Sun Enterprise 450 Server Platform Notes Using luxadm Software Platform Notes Sun FDDI Adapters Platform Notes Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver Platform Notes The SunHSI S Device Driver Platform Notes The SunHSI P Device Driver Platform Notes
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97. r Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration Reconfiguration Reference Manual Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain User information for Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks Networks User Guide IDN software Alternate Pathing AnswerBook Set This AnswerBook set includes Title Contents Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 User information for Alternate Pathing software User Guide Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 Man pages for Alternate Pathing software Reference Manual 36 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Capacity On Demand AnswerBook Set This AnswerBook set includes Title Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1 0 Administrator Guide Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1 0 Reference Manual Contents System administrator information for Capacity on Demand on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server Man pages for Capacity on Demand on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Packages Manual pages for products you install using Solaris Web Start 2 will be automatically installed If you want to install a man page for a product but do not want to install the product you can use pkgad to install the man page TABLE 3 2 Package Name SUNWvt smn Validation Test Suite Manual Pages SUNWn fm SunFDDI SBus Manual Pages SUNWp fm SunFDDI PCI Manual Pages SUNWapdoc Sun Alternate Pathing Manual Pages SUNWhsism SunHSI S Manual Pages SUNWhsipm SunHS
98. r each package then displays messages about pkgadd 1M actions taken to install the package including a list of the files and directories being installed Depending on your configuration the following messages may be displayed This package contains scripts which will be executed with superuser permission during the process of installing this package Do you want to continue with the installation of this package y n Type y at each successive prompt to continue When this portion of the installation is complete the AP 2 3 1 packages have been installed and the superuser prompt is displayed Note If your Sun Enterprise server is not configured to support a particular feature or device that is supported by Alternate Pathing simply adding AP to your server will not enable it to use that feature or device 4 Remove the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD from the CD ROM drive if applicable cd eject cdrom 96 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 5 Configure AP For an example of the steps you need to follow see Io Configure AP on page 97 Also see the Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 User Guide Note If you are using IPv6 your etc hostname files will have the name etc hostname6 xxx While the content of the IPv6 files is different than IPv4 as far as AP installation is concerned the etc hostname6 xxx files can be treated in exactly the same manner as the etc hostname xxx
99. r more information Please answer the next question within 90 seconds or press the ENTER key to disable the timer Would you like to run the system flash PROM update now By default the system flash PROM update will not be run now yes or no y n Y Extracting files Loading flashprom driver Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 3 When the flash update process begins it displays the current and available system board PROM revisions Current System Board PROM Revisions CPU Memory OBP Board Board Board Board Board Board CPU Memory OBP CPU Memory OBP CPU Memory OBP I O Type 2 FCODE I O Type 5 FCODE I O Type 5 FCODE 1998 06 08 1998 0608 1998 06 08 1998 06 08 1997711714 19977 12708 1997 12708 139897960709 t9987 06709 1998 06 09 1998 06 09 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 Available Update Revisions CPU Memory I O Type 1 I O Type 2 I O Type 3 I O Type 4 5 16 1998 06 08 ae 1997 11 14 1997 11 44 13317 03709 19397712708 1997712708 1998706709 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 1997 05 01 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 I O Type Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 71 4 If any of the NVRAM configuration variables have been customized the update displays both the default value and the customized current value Verifying Checksums Okay Do you wish to flash update your firmware y n y TM
100. r the documentation on the Supplement CD Chapter 4 describes the procedure for updating the flash PROMs for 64 bit operation on Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 systems Chapter 5 describes the procedure for updating the flash PROMs for 64 bit operation on Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 systems Chapter 6 describes the hardware and software requirements for running the Power Management software on Sun hardware Chapter 7 describes installation of Alternate Pathing software Chapter 8 describes new OpenBoot emergency procedures for some systems Note The information previously found in this document regarding Sun Fire 6800 4810 4800 3800 systems is now included in the Sun Fire 6800 4810 4800 3800 Systems Platform Administration Manual and the Sun Fire Midrange Systems Platform Administration Manual Preface xiii Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files Edit your login file and directories on screen Use 1s a to list all files computer output You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when su contrasted with on screen Password computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide words to be emphasized These are called class options Replace command line To delete a file type rm filename variables with real names or values The settings on your browser might differ from these
101. re Platform Guide February 2004 CHAPTER 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD This chapter describes the contents of the software on the CD labeled Solaris Software Supplement CD This CD is referred to in this document as the Supplement CD TABLE 2 1 lists each type of software on the Supplement CD and whether that software is installed by default or by option TABLE 2 1 Solaris 8 2 04 Supplement CD Content and Installation Status Software CDRW software Java 3D software OpenGL software Sun ATM driver SunFDDI PCI driver and SunFDDI SBus driver SunForum software SunHSI PCI driver and SunHSI SBus driver SunVTS software XML Library Sun Fire B10n software Remote System Control RSC for Sun Enterprise Servers Alternate Pathing software Capacity On Demand COD software Lights Out Management software Netra ct Platform software Version 1 1 L31 1 3 5 0 3 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 5 1 Patch Set 5 2 4 12 1 1 222 Dl 1 0 2 0 1 0 Solaris Web Stari Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Optional Installed by default Optional Optional Optional Optional Software TABLE 2 1 Netra tllxx Alarms software Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP software Sun Fire 880 FC AL Backplane Firmware System Management Serv
102. re the SunFDDI driver software and use the SunFDDI network utilities Information on how to configure the Sun GigabitEthernet driver software Describes how to configure the SunHSI SBus driver software Describes how to configure the SunHSI PCI driver software Describes how to configure the SunATM driver software Describes how to configure the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver software Describes how to configure the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet driver software Describes how to configure the eri FastEthernet driver software Information about how to use dynamic reconfiguration software features on these Sun Enterprise servers Chapter 3 Documents on the Supplement CD 35 Title Contents Sun Enterprise 10000 IDN Error Messages Describes error messages for IDN on the Sun Enterprise 10000 system Sun Enterprise 10000 IDN Configuration Contains configutation information for IDN on the Sun Guide Enterprise 10000 system Sun Fire 880 Dynamic Reconfiguration User s Contains information about how to use dynamic configuration Guide software features on the Sun Fire 880 system Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP AnswerBook Set This AnswerBook set includes Title Contents Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3 5 User Guide User information for Sun Enterprise 10000 System Service Processor SSP software Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3 5 Reference Man pages for Sun Enterprise 10000 System Service Processor Manual SSP Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Man pages fo
103. rently installed and configured you can use the instructions in Before Performing an Upgrade of AP on page 103 to install AP 2 3 1 That procedure uses scripts that save your current AP configuration and then restores that configuration after you install the AP 2 3 1 packages 92 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 The installation instructions in this section assume that your system is running the Solaris 2 6 Solaris 7 or Solaris 8 operating environment AP 2 3 1 will not run under software releases earlier than the Solaris 2 6 environment Note AP 2 3 1 software installation is based on your operating environment If at a later date you upgrade your Solaris operating environment you must re install AP 2 3 1 following the AP 2 3 1 upgrade procedure See Before Performing an Upgrade of AP on page 103 For information on performing a simultaneous upgrade see Simultaneously Upgrading AP and Solaris Software on page 105 ssd Patch AP 2 3 1 requires an ssd 7D patch AP 2 3 1 installation checks for the presence of this patch If the patch is not present then depending on your configuration the following message maybe displayed Alternate Pathing Subsystem Drivers Sparc 2 3 1 REV 2000 05 09 11 28 Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Executing checkinstall script Determining patch requirements Verifying required patches are installed Required patches
104. ress 8 0 20 b9 27 61 Host ID 80b92761 Safe NVRAM mode the following nvram configuration variables have been overridden diag switch is true 112 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 use nvramrc is false input device output device are defaulted ttya mode ttyb mode are defaulted These changes are temporary and the original values will be restored after the next hardware or software reset Note that some NVRAM configuration parameters are reset to their defaults They include parameters that are more likely to cause problems such as TTYA settings These NVRAM settings are only reset to the defaults for this power cycle If you do nothing other than reset the machine at this point the values are not permanently changed Only settings that you change manually at this point become permanent All other customized NVRAM settings are retained Typing set defaults discards any customized NVRAM values and permanently restores the default settings for all NVRAM configuration parameters Note Once the power button LED stops blinking and stays lit pressing the power button again will power off the system Stop F Functionality The Stop F functionality is not available in systems with USB keyboards Chapter8 OpenBoot Emergency Procedures 113 Stop D Functionality The Stop D diags key sequence is not supported on systems with USB keyboards however the St
105. ris 8 HW 12 02 2341 1 0 1 0 L21 03 1 0 2 0 2 0 12 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 LS 5 0 3 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 Solaris Solaris 8 HW 8 HW 5 03 7 03 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1_ 1 2 1_ 03 03 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 5 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 3 1 3 1 3 0 3 0 Solaris 8 2 04 Zoi 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 n a n a 22 2 n a 5 0 3 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 TABLE 2 2 Software Solaris Solaris 8 8 10 00 1 01 SunHSI SBus 3 0 3 0 SunVTS 4 1 4 2 Sun Enterprise 3 3 3 4 10000 System Service Processor Sun Fire B10n n a n a software Sun Fire 880 n a n a FC AL Backplane Firmware 1 0 System n a n a Management Services SMS software XML Library n a n a es Solaris 8 4 01 3 0 4 3 3 4 n a 1 0 n a n a Solaris 8 7 01 3 0 4 4 3 4 n a 1 0 n a n a Solaris 8 10 01 3 0 4 5 3 5 n a 1 0 1 1 n a Solari s 8 2 02 3 0 4 6 3 5 n a 1 0 1 2 n a Solaris 8 Supplement CD Content Continued Solaris 8 HW 12 02 3 0 5 1 PS1 3 5 n a 1 0 1 2 2 4 12 Solaris 8 HW 5 03 3 0 5 1 PS2 3 5 n a 1 0 1 2 2 4 12 Solaris 8 HW 7 03 3 0 on PS3 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 4 12 Solaris 8 2 04 3 0 5 1 PS5 3 5 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 4 12 Installing Supplement CD Software There are at least two ways to ins
106. ry Recovering From a Power Failure During the Flash PROM Update If the power was lost during the flash PROM update complete the power interruption recovery procedure for your system Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 53 Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 Systems Sun Enterprise 450 System Sun Ultra 450 Workstation If power to your system was interrupted during updating of the flash PROM complete the following steps 1 Turn the power switch to the Standby position to prevent power surge to the system when power is restored 2 After power is restored to the system location return the power switch to the On position After power is restored one of the following two recovery scenarios should happen on your system Follow the instructions described for the appropriate scenario Scenario 1 System Recovers After Power Restoration If your system attempts to autoboot after power is restored you must complete the flash PROM updating process Scenario 2 System Does Not Recover After Power Restoration If your system does not boot run diagnostics or return to the PROM monitor s ok prompt after power is restored complete the following steps 1 If the update was being run via a serial port and the system also has a frame buffer and keyboard installed or if the system has a keyboard and more than one frame buffer installed a Connect a monitor to each frame buffer b
107. se 3 2 16 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 43 PROM update Do not proceed further Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM This section describes the following Capturing configuration variable settings Installing the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment Making the flash PROM write enabled Steps to perform before updating the flash PROM Updating the flash PROM Note For step by step instructions follow the procedures beginning with To Capture the Configuration Variable Settings on page 44 After installing the Solaris 8 2 04 operating environment on your hardware set the write protect enable flash PROM jumper to the write enable position Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 systems before you attempt to update the firmware in the flash PROM To change the write protection state of the Sun Enterprise 450 system turn the external front panel keyswitch Refer to the recovery procedure covered later in this chapter if there is a power interruption during the update process Return the write protect enable jumper Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 systems to the write protect position after updating the firmware in the flash PROM Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 43 When your system has been updated to the proper firmware revision you can run the Solaris 8 2 04 software in 64 bit mode Capturing Configuration Variable Settings While the Sol
108. station LX Entry Workgroup Servers Sun Fire V880 Sun Fire V480 Sun Fire V440 Sun Fire 280R Sun Fire V250 Sun Fire V240 Sun Fire V210 Sun Fire V120 Sun Fire V100 Sun Fire B100s Sun Fire B10n Sun Enterprise 420R Sun Enterprise 220R Sun Enterprise 450 Sun Enterprise 250 Sun Enterprise 150 Sun Enterprise Ultra 5S Sun Enterprise Ultra 10S Sun Enterprise 2 Sun Enterprise 1 SUNW Sun Fire 880 SUNW Sun Fire 480 SUNW Sun Fire V440 SUNW Sun Fire 280R SUNW Sun Fire V250 SUNW Sun Fire V240 SUNW Sun Fire V210 SUNW UltraAX i2 SUNW UltraAX i2 SUNW Serverbladel SUNW Serverbladel SUNW Ultra 80 SUNW Ultra 60 SUNW Ultra 4 SUNW Ultra 250 SUNW Ultra 1 SUNW Ultra 5_10 SUNW Ultra 5_10 SUNW Ultra 2 SUNW Ultra 1 Platform Names for Sun Systems Continued Platform Group 32 Bit 32 amp 64 64 Bit Onlyt Only Bitt sun4m sun4m sun4m sun4m x KX XxX X sun4m sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u K XK KK KR XKX X X XxX K KM sun4u sun4u X sun4u sun4u sun4u sun4u x XK K K X sun4u sun4u X sun4u X sun4u X Chapter 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD 3 TABLE 1 1 System Platform Name Midrange and Midframe Systems Sun Fire M V1280 Sun Fire 6800 Sun Fire 4810 Sun Fire 4800 Sun Fire 3800 Sun Enterprise 6500 Sun Enterprise 5500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 6000 Sun Enterprise 5000 Sun Ent
109. system architecture platform group if you are performing one of the following tasks m Setting up a boot server on a subnet m Adding clients for network installation standalone servers dataless diskless If you are writing a custom JumpStart installation rules file you need to know the platform name TABLE 1 1 lists and categorizes the supported platform names and platform groups of various Sun hardware systems TABLE 1 1 Platform Names for Sun Systems System Platform Name Platform Group 32 Bit 32 amp 64 64 Bit Onlyt Only Bitt Workstation Systems Sun Blade 100 SUNW Sun Blade 100 suntu X Sun Blade 150 SUNW Sun Blade 100 sun4u X Sun Blade 1000 SUNW Sun Blade 1000 sun4u X Sun Blade 1500 SUNW Sun Blade 1500 sun4u X Sun Blade 2000 SUNW Sun Blade 1000 sun4u X Sun Blade 2500 SUNW Sun Blade 2500 sun4u X Ultra 1 SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u X Ultra 2 SUNW Ultra 2 suntu X Ultra 5 SUNW Ultra 5_10 sun4u X Ultra 10 SUNW Ultra 5_10 sun4u X Ultra 30 SUNW Ultra 30 suntu X Ultra 60 SUNW Ultra 60 suntu X Ultra 80 SUNW Ultra 80 suntu X Ultra 450 SUNW Ultra 4 sun4u X SPARCstation 4 SUNW SPARCstation 4 sun4m X SPARCstation 5 SUNW SPARCstation 5 sun4m X 2 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 TABLE 1 1 System SPARCstation 10 SPARCstation 20 SPARCclassic SPARCstation LX SPARCstation LX Platform Name SUNW SPARCstation 10 SUNW SPARCstation 20 SUNW SPARCclassic SUNW SPARCstation LX SUNW SPARC
110. system needs updating Installing this Solaris release will provide the software that can upgrade your system s flash PROM to the required level 44 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Chapter 4 Making the Flash PROM Write Enabled Before you update the OpenBoot firmware contained in the flash PROM you must set a jumper to the write enable position Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 systems or set the front panel keyswitch to the proper position Sun Enterprise 450 system and the Sun Ultra 450 workstation The Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 systems which do not have a front panel keyswitch are equipped with jumpers on their motherboards that allow the flash PROM to be either write protected or write enabled The default position is for the flash PROM to be write protected To update the flash PROM you must change the jumper to the write enable position Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 Systems To Change the Jumper to the Write Enable Position Shut down the system Type the following Q su Type your superuser password init 0 System shutdown messages Power off the system unit Refer to the installation guide or service manual for your system Remove the system access cover Refer to the installation guide or service manual for your system for this procedure Use proper grounding procedures such as wearing a wrist strap to avoid electrostatically damaging system components Locate the flash PRO
111. t Device Driver Platform Notes The eri FastEthernet Device Driver Platform Notes Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Device Driver Platform Notes Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Configuring VLANs VLANs Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs are commonly used to split up groups of network users into manageable broadcast domains to create logical segmentation of workgroups and to enforce security policies among each logical segment With multiple VLANs on an adapter a server with a single adapter can have a logical presence on multiple IP subnets By default 512 VLANs can be defined for each VLAN aware adapter on your server If your network does not require multiple VLANs you can use the default configuration in which case no further configuration is necessary VLANs can be created according to various criteria but each VLAN must be assigned a VLAN tag or VLAN ID VID The VID is a 12 bit identifier between 1 and 4094 that identifies a unique VLAN For each network interface ce0 cel ce2 and so on 512 possible VLANs can be created Because IP subnets are commonly used it s best to use IP subnets when setting up a VLAN network interface This means that each VID assigned to a VLAN interface of a physical network interface will belong to different subnets Tagging an Ethernet frame requires the addition of a tag header to the frame The header is inserted immediately following the Destination MAC address and the Source MAC address The t
112. tall software from the Supplement CD m Solaris Web Start 2 0 m pkgadd Note The Supplement CD contents are not contained on the Solaris DVD for this release Before Installing Supplement CD Software If you have installed any of the Supplement CD software from a previous release you should remove the packages associated with that software before installing the new software Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 11 Installing Supplement CD Software Using Solaris Web Start 2 0 You can use Solaris Web Start 2 0 to install Supplement CD software after you have installed the Solaris operating environment v To Install Supplement CD Software Using Solaris Web Start 2 0 1 Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive 2 In a shell type cd cdrom cdrom0 installer 3 When the Solaris Web Start GUI is displayed select Next 4 See TABLE 2 1 on page 9 In the Solaris Web Start column software is labeled Installed by default or Optional a If you want to install all of the default installed software click Default Install then click Next b If you only want to install some of the software products click Custom Install then click Next Select the software you want to install then click Next Installing Supplement CD Software on a Standalone System Using pkgadd v To install packages for supported products from the Supplement CD using pkgadd 1
113. tform Guide February 2004 7 The update then prompts you if you want to continue Make sure that you have turned the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics position then type y The flash PROMs are updated Are you sure that you wish to continue y n Updating Board 0 1 Erasing 1 Verifying Erase 1 Programming 1 Verifying Program Updating Board 1 1 Erasing 1 Verifying Erase 1 Programming 1 Verifying Program Updating Board 4 1 Erasing 1 Verifying Erase 1 Programming 1 Verifying Program Updating Board 6 1 Erasing 1 Verifying Erase 1 Programming 1 Verifying Program Unloading flashprom driver The new firmware will not take effect until the system is power cycled 8 After the flash PROMs are updated the system asks if you would like to halt the system Type yes Do you wish to halt the system now yes or no yes The system s shutdown messages are displayed Program terminated ok Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 73 Note If you answered no to the question on halting the system the installation will continue but the updated firmware will not become effective until the next system reboot The NVRAM configuration variables are changed to default values at the next system reboot If you customized NVRAM configuration variables you must change the values back to their customized settings 9 Turn the keyswitch to the Standby pos
114. the Documentation CD Contains additional information about how to install the Solaris operating environment on server systems TABLE P 2 Specific Installation Information If you want to Know more about new products and peripherals Know about late breaking news Begin the installation process from the Solaris CDs Install software for your platform peripheral from the Supplement CD Update your flash PROM for 64 bit operation Install an AnswerBook from the Supplement CD Go to Chapter 2 in this manual 1 Solaris 8 2 04 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware 2 Solaris 8 2 04 Release Notes 3 Product Notes provided with your Sun hardware platform 1 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide 2 Solaris 8 SPARC Installation Instructions Chapter 2 in this manual Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 in this manual Chapter 3 in this manual Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 How This Book Is Organized This book is organized as follows Chapter 1 supports the Solaris 8 Start Here booklet by providing additional installation instructions on how to install or upgrade to the Solaris 8 2 04 software on specific Sun platforms and hardware options It also lists supported Sun hardware Chapter 2 describes how to install the software for Sun platforms and hardware options and describes value added software provided to users of Sun hardware Chapter 3 describes the locations and formats fo
115. the Configuration Variable Settings on page 66 and the values you wrote down earlier in this procedure in Step 1 At the ok prompt type the following for each configuration variable ok setenv variablename currentvalue For example ok setenv auto boot false The setenv command resets each configuration variable you entered to the current value When you updated the flash PROM the OpenBoot diag switch variable was also set to true With diag switch set to true diagnostics will run when you reboot the system If you don t want diagnostics to be run at boot up set diag switch to false with the setenv diag switch false command Make sure that other configuration variables are set properly TABLE 5 4 describes what might occur if you did not have the default NVRAM configuration variables set before the flash PROM update a Use the printenv OpenBoot command to display the NVRAM configuration variables and their settings oz Use the setenv OpenBoot command to restore the NVRAM configuration variables to the customized values except for the nvramrc configuration variable Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 75 Variable Name output device input device ttyb mode ttya mode boot command auto boot diag switch diag device diag file c For the nvramrc configuration variable refer to TABLE 5 4 for how to restore the configuration variable to t
116. the Sun OpenGL software for Solaris packages you must use the pkgrm command to remove them To Remove Old Packages Check to see whether any older versions of the OpenGL packages are installed using the pkginfo command The pkginfo egrep i OpenGL command lists any existing OpenGL packages that you have installed egrep i OpenGL SUNWffbg1 Creator Graphics FFB OpenGL Support SUNWglrt OpenGL Runtime Libraries SUNWglrtu OpenGL Platform Specific Runtime Libraries SUNWglwrt OpenGL Widget Library SUNWa fbgl Loadable pipeline for UPA Bus Elite3D graphics SUNWgldoc Solaris OpenGL Documentation and Man Pages SUNWg lh Solaris OpenGL Header Files SUNWglut Solaris OpenGL Utilities and Example Programs SUNWg lwh Solaris OpenGL Widget Header Files 2 To remove the packages become superuser Q d Su Password superuser password Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 19 3 Run pkgrm to remove all existing Sun OpenGL software for Solaris packages pkgrm SUNWglrt SUNWglh OpenGL Packages TABLE 2 6 lists the packages that are provided with the Sun OpenGL software for Solaris TABLE 2 6 Package Name SUNWgldoc SUNWg1ldp SUNWg1ldpx SUNWg1h SUNWglrt SUNWglsr SUNWglrtu SUNWglsrz SUNWglrtx SUNWg1lsrx OpenGL Packages Description OpenGL documentation and man pages OpenGL 32 bit loadable pipelines for Creator Creator3D Elite3D Expert3
117. the keys immediately after turning on the power to your system and hold the keys down for a few seconds until the keyboard LEDs flash Command Description Stop Bypass POST This command does not depend on security mode Note Some systems bypass POST as a default In such cases use Stop D to start POST Stop A Abort Stop D Enter the diagnostic mode set diag switch to true Stop F Enter Forth on TTYA instead of probing Use fexit to continue with the initialization sequence Useful if hardware is broken Stop N Reset NVRAM contents to default values 111 OpenBoot Emergency Procedures for Systems with USB Keyboards The following paragraphs describe how to perform the functions of the Stop commands on systems that have USB keyboards Stop A Stop A Abort works the same as it does on systems with standard keyboards except that it does not work during the first few seconds after the machine is reset Stop N Equivalent 1 After turning on the power to your system wait until the front panel power button LED begins to blink and you hear an audible beep 2 Quickly press the front panel power button twice similar to the way you would double click a mouse A screen similar to the following is displayed to indicate that you have successfully reset the NVRAM contents to the default values Sun Blade 1000 2 X UltraSPARC III Keyboard Present OpenBoot 4 0 256 MB memory installed Serial 12134241 Ethernet add
118. thgroup apnet c a network _interfacel a network_interface where c creates the new primary network pathgroup a designates the first alternate network path a designates the second alternate network path c Commit the network pathgroup entry in the database apdb C apconfig N As shown you can verify the results of the apdb 1M command by using apconfig 1M d Rename the etc hostname xxxx file to etc hostname metherx to configure the network when you reboot the server For example mv hostname hme0 hostname methero If you plan to use a volume manager such as Solstice DiskSuite SDS or VERITAS Volume Manager VxVM configure the volume manager according to the vendor s instructions Note Make sure that your volume manager is supported under your version of the Solaris operating environment either version 2 6 version 7 or version 8 m SDS Issues Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 If you want to build your SDS volumes on top of AP configure your volumes using AP metadisk paths rather than physical paths SDS recognizes and properly installs on existing AP metadevices with no special action required m VxVM Issues If you want to build your VxVM volumes on top of AP configure your volumes using AP metadisk paths rather than physical paths VxVM recognizes and properly installs on existing AP metadevices with no special action required VxVM can
119. to modify the boot disk partitioning scheme during suninstall Do not modify the AP database partitions If you are upgrading from Solaris 7 to Solaris 8 operating environment this will not be an issue If however you are upgrading from an earlier version of Solaris and you place file systems in all partitions that were previously used for AP databases ap_upgrade_finish is not able to recreate any databases and the upgrade process fails Note If you place a file system in any partition that was previously used for an AP database and if for some reason that file system is not mounted at the time you run ap_upgrade_finish that file system is overwritten by a copy of the AP database Chapter 7 Alternate Pathing 2 3 1 on the Sun Enterprise Servers 105 Root Disk Partitions The AP upgrade facility assumes that the partitioning of the root disk the disk containing the root partition is not modified during the upgrade Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 software require more disk space than earlier versions One way to acquire the additional space is to repartition the original disk or to split the root disk into two disks using standard commands prior to the Solaris upgrade If you need to repartition the root disk do so before performing the AP 2 3 1 upgrade procedure If there is insufficient space when you run suninstall you have the option to modify the disk partitioning layout to acquire more space However during suninstall you must not re
120. to the On or Diagnostics position FIGURE 5 1 before updating the flash PROM Note Disabling write protection on servers assumes that the system s write protect enable jumpers were set in the default position enabled If you previously removed the write protect enable jumper perform the steps to make the flash PROM write enabled in Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise Server Systems on page 77 Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 67 Standby gt Po Diagnostics Locked Front view CO FRE E A FIGURE 5 1 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 3x00 Keyswitch Locations Before Updating the Flash PROM Before you begin updating the flash PROM please note the following cautions Note Do not interrupt power during flash PROM updating When you are using the update routine do not remove or insert system boards Note The flash update may cause default NVRAM values to overwrite customized NVRAM variables Be sure to record the custom and default values displayed so that you can restore them after you perform the flash PROM update Note If power is interrupted during flash PROM updating follow the power interruption recovery procedures covered later in this chapter 68 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 Running the Flash PROM Update Script Manually The flash PROM update script is typically run at bootup You
121. tware or later Installing Java 3D 1 3 1 API See Installing Supplement CD Software on page 11 Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Software For SSP installation and update procedures as well as SSP release notes see the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Installation and Release Notes a printed copy of which is included in your media kit sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1 0 Software For Capacity on Demand software installation as well as release notes see the Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1 0 Installation Guide and Release Notes Netra ct Platform Software The Netra ct Platform 1 0 software on the Supplement CD contains the software required to support environmental monitoring alarms RSC software and SNMP monitoring of the Netra ct servers The two current Netra ct servers are the Netra ct 800 and the Netra ct 400 The software should not be installed on servers that are not Netra systems Chapter 2 Installing Software from the Solaris Software Supplement CD 29 Installing Sun Fire 880 FC AL Backplane Firmware A backup image of the Sun Fire 880 FC AL Backplane Firmware is provided on the Supplement CD In the unlikely event that the firmware on a Sun Fire 880 FC AL backplane becomes corrupted you can use the backup image to flash update the system with its original firmware The flash update procedure is performed with the luxadm download subcommand and is described in Platform Notes Using luxadm So
122. un Enterprise 450 system 59 Ultra 1 system 46 Ultra 2 system 46 flash PROM P0601 jumper Ultra Enterprise 3000 6000 systems 78 flash PROM upgrade cautions 48 68 determining 41 63 overview 43 65 step by step procedure 44 66 French packages 120 fresh install from CD ROM 90 G German packages 118 ifconfig a 28 install 125 from CD ROM 90 installation Solaris CD xii Web Start process 94 Italian packages 118 J Japanese packages 116 Java 3D 28 jumper write enabled setting 45 60 67 jumpers flash PROM 45 59 K keyswitch diagnostics mode 47 67 power on mode 47 67 Korean packages 124 L latest news where to find information xii N new products where to find information xii news latest where to find information xii O OpenGL 18 P peripherals where to find information xii pkgadd 12 installing update software 12 power interruption recovery procedure 53 80 products new where to find information xii R recovery procedure power interruption 53 80 Remote System Control 23 reprogamming flash PROM 44 66 S Solaris 7 operating environment installing 44 67 Solaris Webstart 2 0 11 Spanish packages 120 SPARC architectures 87 SPARCstation 20 platform notes 35 SSP installation 94 Sun Enterprise 450 system flash PROM jumper settings 59 sun4u UltraSPARC III Energy Star v3 87 SunATM 25 SunFDDI PCI Driver 25 SunFDDI S
123. y of the Supplement CD 38 Other Documents on the Computer Systems Supplement CD The following table lists the documents on the Computer Systems Supplement CD that are not part of AnswerBook sets and are not man pages Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 HTML PDF PostScript and Other Formats TABLE 3 3 Path Docs README README_en html Docs HWPG HWPG_en pdf Docs VTS_PS5_DOC_SUPP VTS_PS5_DOC_SUPP_en pdf Docs SSP_RN SSP_RN_en pdf Docs COD_RN COD_RN_en pdf Docs SUN_E1O0K_DR_UG SUN_E10K_DR_UG_en pdf Docs SUN_E1LOK_DR_ CONFIG GUIDE SUN_E1OK_DR_ CONFIG _GUIDE_en pdf Docs FBH FBH_en pdf Docs REFMAN_SUPP REFMAN_SUPP_en pdf Docs DMFE DMFE_en ps Docs SUN_FIRE_MIDRANGE_DR_UG SUN_FIRE_ MIDRANGE_DR_UG_en pdf Docs SUN_FIRE_15K12K DR _UG SUN_FIRE_15K12K _ DR_UG_en pdf SunForum_3 1 Docs sunforumUG ps RSC_2 2 2 Product SUNWrscd System_Management_Services_1 4 Docs SMS_RN SMS_RN_en pdf System_Management_Services_1 4 Docs SUN_FIRE_ HIGHEND_SOG SUN_FIRE_HIGHEND_SOG_en pdf System_Management_Services_1 4 Docs SMS_INST SMS_INST_en pdf HTML PDF PostScript and Other Documents on the Supplement CD Comment Readme file for Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide also available in hardcopy and AnswerBook form SunVTS 5 1 Patch Set 5 Documentation Supplement Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3 5 Installation Guide and Release N
124. you ran the flash PROM update through the serial port and the system still has its keyboard plugged in you will no longer get any response from the serial port connection The firmware will be waiting for input from the keyboard 2 As the system boots go to the ok prompt by one of the following methods a Press Stop a from the keyboard b If you are running on a terminal and connected to serial port A of the system press the Break key c If you are connected to serial port A via telnet connection send a Break sequence by pressing the Control and keys simultaneously This returns you to the telnet command line Type send brk at the telnet command line d If you are connected to serial port A via a tip connection send a Break sequence by typing the characters in quick succession 56 Solaris 8 2 04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide February 2004 3 Chapter 4 Reset the configuration variables default value to the current value see the values you captured with the eeprom command in Io Capture the Configuration Variable Settings on page 44 and the values you wrote down earlier in this procedure in Step 1 At the ok prompt type the following for each configuration variable ok setenv variablename currentvalue For example ok setenv auto boot false The setenv command resets each configuration variable you entered to the current value If the OpenBoot diag switch variable was set to true false is the default

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