Sun Microsystems Solaris 7 11/99, Hardware Platform Manual

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108 Solaris 7 11/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide • November 1999
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To Install Solaris 7 11/99 Software on a
SPARCstorage Array Disk
1. Install the Solaris operating environment with the no reboot option.
Refer to Chapter 1, “Installing Software From the Solaris CD” and the SPARC:
Installing Solaris Software manual for more information.
Note –
Keep track of which disk you select as your boot device as you will need this
information to set your boot path.
Caution –
Do not select the system to reboot at the end of the Solaris installation
setup.
2. Determine which level of SPARCstorage Array firmware is in each SPARCstorage
Array:
Where controller is the logical controller name of the SPARCstorage Array (for
example,
c1
). Look for the line that gives the firmware revision information, similar
to the following:
3. If the firmware revision is lower than 3.12, download the new firmware:
4. Set your boot device:
Where <boot device pathname> is the path to the device you selected as your boot
device in Step 1. This command is interactive and requires user confirmation before
setting the boot path. This command sets the OBP environmental variable boot device
to the path of the device you selected as the boot device. You should create an OBP
devalias to keep track of the boot path in case of accidental loss.
#
ssaadm display controller
Firmware Rev: 3.12
# ssaadm download -f /usr/lib/firmware/ssa/ssafirmware
controller
# ssaadm set_boot_dev
<boot device pathname>
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