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Chapter 1

Installing Software From the Solaris CD

SunSwift PCI Adapter

SUNWChmd

SunSwift PCI Adapter Drivers

SUNWhmdx

64-bit Support

SPARCstation 4

SUNWCtcx

TCX API Support

SPARCstation 5

SUNWCtcx

TCX API Support

SPARCstation 10SX

SUNWCsx

SX End User

SPARCstation 20

SUNWCsx

SX End User

Ultra 1 Series

SUNWxilvl

VIS/XIL Support

Ultra 1 Creator Series, Ultra 2
Creator Series, and Sun
Enterprise X000 Series

SUNWxilvl

SUNWCffb

VIS/XIL Support
Creator Graphics Device Drivers and
Pipelines

SUNWChmd

SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers

SUNWffbx

SUNWhmdx

64-bit Support

Ultra 5, Ultra 10, and Ultra 30

SUNWxilvl

VIS/XIL Support

SUNWCffb

Creator Graphics Device Drivers and
Pipelines

SUNWCm64

M64 Graphics Support

SUNWChmd

SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers

SUNWffbx

SUNWhmdx

SUNWm64x

64-bit Support

Ultra 60

SUNWxilvl

VIS/XIL Support

SUNWCffb

Creator Graphics Device Drivers and
Pipelines

SUNWCm64

M64 Graphics Support

SUNWChmd

SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers

SUNWffbx

SUNWm64x

64-bit Support

Ultra 450 and
Sun Enterprise 450

SUNWCpd

Drivers for SPARC platforms with PCI bus

SUNWpdx

64-bit Support

Sun Enterprise 10000

SUNWC4u1

Sun Enterprise 10000 Support

SUNWcvcx

64-bit Support

TABLE 1-2

Required Software Clusters and Packages for Sun Hardware (Continued)

Product Name

Cluster or Package Name

Description

Summary of Contents for Solaris 7 11/99

Page 1: ...ents about this document to docfeedback sun com Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Part No 806 2134 10 November 1999 Revision A Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 49...

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Page 3: ...Default on 200MHz or Lower UltraSPARC Systems 10 2 Supported Sun Hardware 13 Supported Platforms 13 Supported Storage Peripherals 14 Controllers 18 Graphics Accelerators 19 PCMCIA 20 TTY Graphics Inpu...

Page 4: ...Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 59 Related Material 59 Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating 60 Updating the Flash PROM 61 Recovering From a Power Fai...

Page 5: ...ARCstorage Array Disk 112 Scenario 3 Upgrading to the Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment 113 7 Power Management on Sun Hardware 117 Supported Platforms 117 Supported Peripherals 119 SPARCstation 4...

Page 6: ...on the Supplement CD 201 Japanese Localized Packages 201 German Localized Packages 203 Italian Localized Packages 203 French Localized Packages 204 Spanish Localized Packages 204 Swedish Localized Pa...

Page 7: ...essary for some systems to run in 64 bit mode Describes installation issues affecting the Sun Enterprise 10000 system Identifies installation issues affecting the SPARCstorage Array Describes hardware...

Page 8: ...products contain documentation on their respective CDs TABLE P 1 Related Documentation Title Description Solaris 7 SPARC Installation Instructions Primary installation manual for this release of the S...

Page 9: ...rprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 systems Chapter 6 describes how to install the Solaris 7 11 99 software either as a new installation or as an upgrade on systems where the SPARCstorage Array may be used...

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Page 13: ...form Edition Installation Library or the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide for all your installation needs Manual Installation of Solaris Software If you are installing the Solaris 7 11 99 operating...

Page 14: ...RCstation ELC SUNW Sun_4_25 sun4c SPARCstation IPC SUNW Sun_4_40 sun4c SPARCstation IPX SUNW Sun_4_50 sun4c SPARCstation 1 SUNW Sun_4_60 sun4c SPARCstation 1 SUNW Sun_4_65 sun4c SPARCstation 2 SUNW Su...

Page 15: ...tra 2 Creator3D Model 1200 SUNW Ultra 2 sun4u Ultra 2 Creator Model 2200 SUNW Ultra 2 sun4u Ultra 2 Creator 3D Model 2200 SUNW Ultra 2 sun4u Ultra 2 Creator Model 1300 SUNW Ultra 2 sun4u Ultra 2 Creat...

Page 16: ...m as a diskless client Sun Enterprise 250 SUNW Ultra 250 sun4u Sun Enterprise 450 SUNW Ultra 4 sun4u Sun Enterprise 3000 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u Sun Enterprise 4000 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u Sun...

Page 17: ...ing environment from the Solaris CD all of the required software clusters and packages for your Sun hardware are automatically loaded If you choose to customize your Solaris 7 11 99 software configura...

Page 18: ...ges SUNWxfb u Elite3D FFB Creator Common Driver Routines SUNWafbx 64 bit Support PGX Graphics Frame Buffer SUNWCm64 M64 Graphics Support SUNWm64x 64 bit Support PGX32 Graphics Frame Buffer TSIpgx u De...

Page 19: ...64 bit Support Ultra 5 Ultra 10 and Ultra 30 SUNWxilvl VIS XIL Support SUNWCffb Creator Graphics Device Drivers and Pipelines SUNWCm64 M64 Graphics Support SUNWChmd SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers SUNW...

Page 20: ...SUNWsxr m SUNWsx SUNWsxow SUNWxilcg SUNWsxxgl S24 or FSV frame buffer SUNWtcx m SUNWtcxu SUNWtcxow Creator and Creator3D including Series 2 SUNWffb u SUNWffbcf SUNWffbw SUNWffbxg SUNWxilvl Elite3D SU...

Page 21: ...n When writing Custom JumpStart profiles be sure to allow sufficient space in the root partition for software from the Supplement CD such as software for SunVTS diagnostics Sun StorEdge A5000 SUNWluxa...

Page 22: ...kernel the Solaris 32 bit kernel is booted by default on these systems TABLE 1 4 Additional Entries for Custom JumpStart Installations Product Name Package Name SX Frame Buffer cluster SUNWCsx S24 or...

Page 23: ...ocessor 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 You can change the default kernel from 32 bit on a system by mod...

Page 24: ...12 Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide November 1999...

Page 25: ...n IPC SPARCstation IPX SPARCstation 1 SPARCstation 1 SPARCstation 2 SPARCstation 4 SPARCstation 5 SPARCstation 5 Model 170 SPARCstation 10 SPARCstation 10SX SPARCstation 20 SPARCstation 20 Model HS11...

Page 26: ...Enterprise 5000 Sun Enterprise 6000 Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 Sun Enterprise 6500 Sun Enterprise 10000 SPARCserver 1000 and 1000E SPARCcenter 2000 and 2000E Supporte...

Page 27: ...yte 4 x 9 Gbyte 7200 rpm Ultra 9 Gbyte 6 x 9 Gbyte Ultra 16 8 Gbyte 4 x 4 2 Gbyte 16 8 Gbyte 4 x 4 2 Gbyte 5400 rpm 18 Gbyte 2 x 9 Gbyte 36 Gbyte 2 x 18 Gbyte 36 Gbyte 4 x 9 Gbyte 54 Gbyte 6 x 9 Gbyte...

Page 28: ...isk Tray 5 25 inch 2 1 Gbyte 2 9 Gbyte 9 0 Gbyte Differential SCSI Expansion Pedestal 5 25 inch 2 1 Gbyte SCSI Disk Cards 3 5 inch 2 1 Gbyte 4 x 535 Mbyte narrow 4 2 Gbyte 4 x 1 05 Gbyte wide 8 4 Gbyt...

Page 29: ...Backup Pack 14 Gbyte 8mm Desktop Backup Pack and Sun StorEdge UniPack Multi Tape Tray and Dragon Media Tray 20 Gbyte 4mm tape autoloader 5 0 Gbyte 8mm 10 Gbyte 8mm 14 Gbyte 8mm Internal 4 Gbyte 4mm DD...

Page 30: ...SBus Single Ended Fast Wide Intelligent SCSI 2 SWIS S SBus Single Ended Fast Wide SCSI 2 SunSwift SBus Differential Fast Wide Intelligent SCSI 2 DWIS S SBus Differential SCSI Buffered Ethernet DSBE S...

Page 31: ...e n a CG3 dev fbs cgthreeX SBus GX CG6 dev fbs cgsixX SBus GXplus CG6 dev fbs cgsixX SBus TGX TurboGX dev fbs cgsixX SBus TGX4 TurboGX dev fbs cgsixX SBus SX CG14 dev fbs cgfourteenX embedded SPARCsta...

Page 32: ...cards TTY Graphics Input Devices SunDials SunButtons Note The SunDials and SunButtons products are not supported on all hardware Contact your authorized Sun Support provider for more information Netwo...

Page 33: ...SDN Serial Parallel Controller SBus SPC S SunPC Accelerator SunFDDI Single Attach PCI Adapter SunFDDI Dual Attach PCI Adapter SUNTRI Token Ring Interface PCI Adapter SUNHSI High Speed Serial Interface...

Page 34: ...22 Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide November 1999...

Page 35: ...re Sun Hardware Manual Pages Solaris 7 11 99 AnswerBook Set SunFDDI 6 0 drivers SunHSI PCI 2 0 and SunHSI SBus 3 0 drivers Sun GigabitEthernet 2 0 driver SunATM 4 0 Update 1 SunForum 2 0 software Remo...

Page 36: ...Web Start module in the Information Library See TABLE 3 1 for a list of which software on the Supplement CD is installed by default or not installed by Solaris Web Start 1 0 software Installing Supple...

Page 37: ...are Installed by default Installed by default Installed by default Solaris on Sun Hardware AnswerBook Set Optional Installed by default Installed by default SunFDDI drivers Cannot be installed Cannot...

Page 38: ...wmtool 4 Select Add from the swmtool Edit Menu 5 Enter the path to the Supplement CD or From cdrom cdrom0 you can add clusters from cdrom cdrom0 Product you can customize and add individual packages 6...

Page 39: ...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 appro...

Page 40: ...ystem Control Client Software 1 0 SUNWCrscc SUNWrscj ShowMe TV 1 3 SUNWCsmtv SUNWsmtvh SUNWsmtvr SUNWsmtvt SUNWsmtvu Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Cluster 1 0 SUNWCman SUNWapdoc SUNWgedm SUNWhsipm...

Page 41: ...her yes no or quit Validation Test Suite Software SunVTS Software The SunVTS validation test suite is a diagnostic tool designed to test Sun hardware By running multiple diagnostic hardware tests the...

Page 42: ...tarting the SunVTS kernel probes the hardware configuration of the system under test and waits for instructions from a user interface During testing the SunVTS kernel coordinates the running of indivi...

Page 43: ...er 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 Su...

Page 44: ...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 Supported Pla...

Page 45: ...s packages pkginfo egrep i OpenGL application SUNWffbgl Creator Graphics FFB OpenGL Support application SUNWglrt OpenGL Runtime Libraries application SUNWglrtu OpenGL Platform Specific Runtime Librari...

Page 46: ...ogl SUNWglrt OpenGL client side runtime libraries usr openwin lib SUNWglrtu UltraSPARC specific OpenGL libraries usr openwin platform sun4u lib GL SUNWffbgl Device pipeline for Creator and Creator3D G...

Page 47: ...uffer 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 sy...

Page 48: ...DGA access for all users To give all local users access to DGA follow these steps To Give All Local Users Access to DGA 1 Become superuser 2 Edit permissions to allow world read write access to the fo...

Page 49: ...and files in the PC environment PC launcher enables you to launch attachments and files created in the Windows environment PC Launcher Installation Requirements Software Supplement for the Solaris 7 1...

Page 50: ...uting system a real router another Sun system an NT system etc on the same subnet to act as a proxy router Note You must have account access to the IP router you have selected since you must add two r...

Page 51: ...ase Notes SunPCi 1 1 Windows NT Installation Guide Installing PC Launcher Packages See Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD Software on page 23 Configuring PC Launcher You configure PC launch...

Page 52: ...Application Manager 2 Click Configure PC launcher under the Desktop controls then select or enter the following a On Board PC Emulator and SoftWindows b Hostname c Let Solaris handle the file Note PC...

Page 53: ...ch as SunPCi To do this drag and drop OpenInSunPCi from the Desktop Applications in Application Manager onto the Front Panel If you did not configure PC launcher then the first time you open PC launch...

Page 54: ...le to you This procedure makes the Solaris desktop act like a Windows desktop You can keep all your relevant applications inside the Solaris CDE front panel and CDE workspace and run them by double cl...

Page 55: ...3 Start Application Manager 4 Go to the Desktop controls 5 Click Reload Application To Log On to a Different Machine Reconfigure PC launcher on the Configuration window To Reconfigure PC Launcher Rem...

Page 56: ...pports 17 different file types Word Processing Formats Microsoft Word for Windows versions through 7 0 and Word 97 Microsoft Windows Works versions through 4 0 Word Perfect for Windows versions throug...

Page 57: ...uthoring system then anchored objects will not be at the appropriate place in the text There is limited support for incremental shading in presentation file formats There is no support for drawing obj...

Page 58: ...files Korean SUNWkcpcv Korean EUC UTF 8 common messages SUNWkupcv Korean UTF 8 messages SUNWkdpcv Korean EUC messages SUNWkupcz Korean UTF 8 action files SUNWkdpcz Korean EUC action files Traditional...

Page 59: ...e the Application or File sub folder 4 Drag and drop the PC file viewer icon from File Manager to InstallIcon in the selected subfolder Now the PC file viewer can be launched by just clicking on the i...

Page 60: ...Me TV Receiver ShowMe TV Transmitter ShowMe TV Address Book ShowMe TV Packages TABLE 3 7 lists the packages that are provided with ShowMe TV Removing Old Packages If you have ShowMe TV 1 1 1 2 or 1 2...

Page 61: ...re packages To remove ShowMe TV 1 2 or 1 2 1 type Installing ShowMe TV See Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD Software on page 23 Translated Documentation The Supplement CD contains the Sho...

Page 62: ...he address field If you have copied the HTML files to a different directory type in the path to that directory Open the table of contents to determine which file to open TABLE 3 8 ShowMe TV Translated...

Page 63: ...in this set Helps you determine which manuals are useful for the work you do with your hardware Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Manual Supplement Information to help you find a compilation of manua...

Page 64: ...rver 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 Platfo...

Page 65: ...he Solaris User s Guide in the Solaris 7 11 99 User AnswerBook on the Solaris CD Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing User s Guide Information about how to use Alternate Pathing software features o...

Page 66: ...vironment installation These additional man pages are also available in the Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Manual Supplement in the Solaris 7 11 99 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook set TABLE 3 11 Sun Com...

Page 67: ...ement CD For installation information see Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD Software on page 23 For configuration information for Remote System Control see Remote System Control RSC Instal...

Page 68: ...SBus Driver software SunATM 4 0 Update 1 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 intera...

Page 69: ...onstructing the structures used in rendering that geometry Application developers can describe very large virtual worlds using these constructs which provides Java 3D with enough information to render...

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Page 71: ...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...

Page 72: ...Solaris 7 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 60 and g...

Page 73: ...ra Enterprise Go to Step 3 for each system type Not in the above list You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further prtconf V TABLE 4 3 Determining the Firmware Version Level If your syst...

Page 74: ...tem has been updated to the proper firmware revision you can run the Solaris 7 software in 64 bit mode Capturing Configuration Variable Settings While the Solaris operating environment is still runnin...

Page 75: ...e your system s flash PROM to the required level 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 posit...

Page 76: ...p to avoid electrostatically damaging system components 5 Locate the flash PROM J2003 write protect enable jumper on the motherboard in your system See FIGURE 4 1 if you have a Sun Ultra 1 system See...

Page 77: ...se pliers see FIGURE 4 3 Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk FIGURE 4 3 Setting the Write Protect Enable Jumper to the Write Enable Position 7 If you removed a plug in card from the system before changing t...

Page 78: ...or Diagnostics position the flash PROM is write enabled To Write Enable the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 450 System and the Sun Ultra 450 Workstation Turn the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics po...

Page 79: ...following Caution Do not interrupt power during flash PROM updating When you are using the update routine do not remove or insert system boards Note If power is interrupted during flash PROM updating...

Page 80: ...variable if use nvramrc is set to true This is rarely the case su Type your superuser password init S bin sh usr platform sun4u lib prom usr bin uname i Current System Flash PROM Revision OBP 3 5 2 19...

Page 81: ...sible 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 e...

Page 82: ...typing init 0 at the superuser prompt 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 hal...

Page 83: ...covering the jumper Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk 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...

Page 84: ...o 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...

Page 85: ...igh half booting pins 1 and 2 jumpered See FIGURE 4 6 FIGURE 4 6 Setting the Boot Control Jumper to Low Half Booting or High Half Booting 3 Power on the system unit If the system recovers complete the...

Page 86: ...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 you ran the fla...

Page 87: ...amrc 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 nvramr...

Page 88: ...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...

Page 89: ...pdate 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 mov...

Page 90: ...ion pins 2 and 3 jumpered see FIGURE 4 8 Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk TABLE 4 6 Sun Enterprose 450 and Ultra 450 Flash PROM Jumper Settings Jumper Pins 1 2 Jumpered Pins 2 3 Jumpered Default on Pins...

Page 91: ...rBook2 server You also can view the video clips directly without using AnswerBook software or a browser Running the Video Clips from the CD To run the video clips contained in this AnswerBook collecti...

Page 92: ...ommand and superuser password 3 Change directory to the top level of the CD ROM volume This should look similar to where cdrom is the mount point for the CD ROM device and flash_answerbook is the name...

Page 93: ...In the list of Applications specify that MPEG Video is handled by the following showmetv nowrap s d Click OK to apply this change to the Preferences 8 In the document click the video clip icon to laun...

Page 94: ...stop command stops all server processes but does not clean up the files in the tmp ab2 and tmp ab2cd_config directories Running Two AnswerBooks To run two AnswerBook2 servers one on your system one f...

Page 95: ...erasable and writable devices This means that the firmware can be updated without removing the flash PROM from the system board This Solaris 7 kit includes the routines and instructions you need to up...

Page 96: ...ROM Update 1 Determine the architecture type of your system 2 Determine the system type of your system uname m TABLE 5 1 Determining the System Architecture If your system architecture type is Then su...

Page 97: ...Note For step by step instructions follow the procedures beginning with Capturing Configuration Variable Settings on page 86 prtconf V TABLE 5 3 If your system type is And you see a number lower than...

Page 98: ...l running capture the NVRAM configuration variable settings before you install the Solaris 7 operating environment or begin the flash PROM update process As part of the flash PROM update your NVRAM co...

Page 99: ...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 Lock...

Page 100: ...pdating When you are using the update routine do not remove or insert system boards Caution The flash update may cause default NVRAM values to overwrite customized NVRAM variables Be sure to record th...

Page 101: ...1 Bring the system down to single user mode Type the following 2 Execute the flash PROM update script by typing the following Follow the step by step instructions when running the script in the secti...

Page 102: ...bled 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 t...

Page 103: ...58 POST 3 9 4 1998 06 09 16 25 Board 1 I O Type 2 FCODE 1 8 3 1997 11 14 12 41 iPOST 3 4 6 1998 04 16 14 22 Board 3 I O Type 5 FCODE 1 8 7 1997 12 08 15 39 iPOST 3 4 6 1998 04 16 14 22 Board 7 I O Typ...

Page 104: ...hen type reboot at the prompt Verifying Checksums Okay Do you wish to flash update your firmware y n y IMPORTANT As a consequence of the firmware upgrade that is about to take place it is very possibl...

Page 105: ...ne 1 Verifying Erase Done 1 Programming Done 1 Verifying Program Done Updating Board 1 Type upa sbus PromID 1a4 1 Erasing Done 1 Verifying Erase Done 1 Programming Done 1 Verifying Program Done Updati...

Page 106: ...et 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...

Page 107: ...nBoot 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...

Page 108: ...ning 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...

Page 109: ...ash PROM update boot device disk net If you had a different sequence of boot devices specified after the flash PROM update an incorrect device might be booted use nvramrc false If you had customized c...

Page 110: ...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 Installing the P0601 Jumper To i...

Page 111: ...3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 99 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 j...

Page 112: ...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 th...

Page 113: ...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 h...

Page 114: ...ower on self test has recorded your request to stop after testing is completed When POST stops it will display the following options menu Hardware Power ON 0 0 Toggle Stop POST Flag 1 0 0 Extended POS...

Page 115: ...oard 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 f 0 0 Flash PROM Copy Menu 0 0 Select one of the follo...

Page 116: ...sions in the system 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 89 to reattempt the flash PROM update process Comm...

Page 117: ...this chapter are specific to systems configured with SPARCstorage Arrays Caution The following installation instructions should be performed by an experienced system administrator Failure to comply wi...

Page 118: ...do not need to upgrade your firmware Installation and Upgrade Scenarios This chapter is divided into several installation and upgrade scenarios Refer to the tables below to select the installation or...

Page 119: ...FCode revision level of your FC S SBus card refer to To Check the FCode Level of Your FC S SBus Card on page 110 Using the Onboard FC Ports If the SPARCstorage Array is connected to the system through...

Page 120: ...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 revi...

Page 121: ...ote You have completed the new installation of Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment If you would like to install disk management software refer to your disk management software documentation Troubles...

Page 122: ...iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 le 1 c00000 iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW soc 0 0 iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 ledma 4 8400010 iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW bpp 4 c800000 iommu 0...

Page 123: ...must upgrade to the minimum FCode level Note You can upgrade your FCode after installing the Solaris 7 11 99 software The following part numbers refer to the FC S SBus Cards that contain the minimum F...

Page 124: ...lling Solaris Software manual for more information 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...

Page 125: ...aris releases below and would like to upgrade to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment follow the instructions in this section Solaris 2 3 operating environment Solaris 2 4 Hardware 11 94 operatin...

Page 126: ...aris CD and the SPARC Installing Solaris Software manual for more information Caution Do not select the system to reboot at the end of the Solaris installation setup 5 Determine which level of SPARCst...

Page 127: ...ment With the SPARCstorage Array 115 8 If you downloaded new firmware press the SYS OK button on the back of the SPARCstorage Array s to reset Note Before booting your system wait for the SPARCstorage...

Page 128: ...116 Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide November 1999...

Page 129: ...power your Sun workstation uses your Sun workstation is now capable of entering a lower power state when the display is inactive for a period of time This section supplements the Using Power Manageme...

Page 130: ...SPARCstation LX SUNW SPARCstation LX sun4m SPARCstation LX SUNW SPARCstation LX sun4m SPARCclassic SUNW SPARCclassic sun4m SPARCclassic X SUNW SPARCclassic X sun4m SPARCstation Voyager SUNW S240 sun4m...

Page 131: ...Power Management software TABLE 7 2 Power Management Supported Peripherals Peripheral Description Frame Buffers Black and white frame buffer driver 24 bit color frame buffer driver Accelerated 8 bit...

Page 132: ...ant 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 Symbios SCSI ho...

Page 133: ...e fresh install instructions in this section are for environments where AP is not currently installed and configured If any version of AP is currently installed and configured you can use the instruct...

Page 134: ...operating environment if necessary and then return to this procedure See Upgrading a System in Solaris 7 SPARC Platform Edition Installation Library Note that you must choose the initial install optio...

Page 135: ...of the installation is complete the AP 2 2 packages have been installed and the superuser prompt is displayed 5 Remove the Supplement CD from the CD ROM drive 6 Configure AP For an example of the ste...

Page 136: ...ice nodes b Create an uncommitted disk pathgroup 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 1...

Page 137: ...ile The metadisk_name must be in the form mcxtxdx g 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 n...

Page 138: ...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 hos...

Page 139: ...want to build your SEVM volumes on top of AP you should configure your volumes using AP metadisk paths rather than physical paths SEVM recognizes and properly installs existing AP metadevices with no...

Page 140: ...nt The upgrade process involves removing the earlier version of AP installing a set of core AP packages and restoring your AP configuration Scripts are provided to simplify this process Installation o...

Page 141: ...oller Renumbering In general avoid changing your hardware in ways that can result in controller renumbering If I O controller renumbering occurs the AP upgrade scripts will not work I O controller ren...

Page 142: ...inish that file system is overwritten by a copy of the AP database Root Disk Partitions The AP upgrade facility assumes that the partitioning of the root disk the disk containing the root partition is...

Page 143: ...it can be restored later This script saves the current AP configuration information in the files var tmp ap This script also generates executable shell scripts that you can use to regenerate your AP...

Page 144: ...r 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...

Page 145: ...4 2 You should ensure that you have the following publications before you start the upgrade Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware available in printed form in your Solaris 7 11 99...

Page 146: ...ystems Running DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 in the Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes October 19 1998 3 Reboot This assures that the deconfigured disk volumes are no longer active 4 Termina...

Page 147: ...n to upgrade to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment perform that upgrade now See Upgrading a System in Solaris 7 SPARC Platform Edition Installation Library Note that you must choose the upgrade...

Page 148: ...n AP metadevices edit etc vfstab and reconfigure those file systems as AP metadevices Caution You must be a knowledgeable system administrator to edit etc vfstab If you do not configure your file syst...

Page 149: ...ich is required for AP 2 2 Use the procedure To Upgrade To AP 2 2 and SDS 4 2 on page 134 as an example However two of the steps are different Instead of Step 2 Deconfigure Solstice DiskSuite SDS use...

Page 150: ...138 Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide November 1999...

Page 151: ...main The fresh install instructions in this section are for environments where AP is not currently installed and configured If any version of AP is currently installed and configured you can use the i...

Page 152: ...the chapter Solaris 7 11 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 Server in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide 2 Mount the CD ROM a Log in to the SSP as superuser b Insert the Sun Computer Systems...

Page 153: ...domain as superuser b Create and mount the cdrom directory c Install the AP 2 2 host packages on the domain 5 Unmount and remove the CD ROM a Unmount the CD ROM on the domain b If necessary log in to...

Page 154: ...must know the configuration of the domain s hardware so that you know which two ports are connected to the same disk array The following examples use pln ports Your ports may vary depending on the con...

Page 155: ...and by using apconfig S d Rebuild the devices directories As shown above you can verify the results of the drvconfig 1M command by listing the contents of devices pseudo ap_dmd e Create symbolic links...

Page 156: ...d be changed to AP metadevices If necessary edit etc vfstab to make the necessary modifications Caution You must be a knowledgeable system administrator to edit etc vfstab If you do not configure your...

Page 157: ...new primary network pathgroup p designates the primary network path and a designates the alternate path c Commit the network pathgroup entry in the database As shown above you can verify the results o...

Page 158: ...ribe how to integrate AP with an existing SEVM configuration SDS Issues If you want to build your SDS volumes on top of AP you should configure your volumes using AP metadisk paths rather than physica...

Page 159: ...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 Checking O...

Page 160: ...reconfigure boot operation may cause the controllers to be renumbered For example pln5 may become pln3 The suninstall procedure requires a reconfigure boot operation If this causes controllers to be...

Page 161: ...ing the AP 2 2 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 m...

Page 162: ...Kill the ap_ssp_daemon process b Remove the package SUNWapssp on both the main SSP and the spare SSP if you have one by using the pkgrm 1M command c Install the AP 2 2 SUNWapssp package on both the ma...

Page 163: ...SUNWapu and SUNWabap by using the pkgrm 1M command 6 If you plan to upgrade to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment perform that upgrade now See the section Performing an Upgrade in the chapter...

Page 164: ...the CD c Share the CD ROM so that it can be accessed over the network 8 Upgrade to AP 2 2 on the domain a Log in to the domain as superuser b If necessary create and mount the cdrom directory c Instal...

Page 165: ...s 7 11 99 operating environment and have AP 2 0 or 2 1 and Solstice DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 SDS on your system you must upgrade to AP 2 2 and SDS 4 2 You should ensure that you have the following publica...

Page 166: ...n as superuser b Commit the entries in the AP database 2 Deconfigure Solstice DiskSuite SDS by following steps one through eight in How to Convert to DiskSuite 4 2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4...

Page 167: ...process b Remove the package SUNWapssp on both the main SSP and the spare SSP if you have one by using the pkgrm 1M command c Install the AP 2 2 SUNWapssp package on both the main SSP and the spare SS...

Page 168: ...apu and SUNWabap by using the pkgrm 1M command 8 If you plan to upgrade to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment perform that upgrade now See the section Performing an Upgrade in the chapter Solar...

Page 169: ...unt the CD c Share the CD ROM so that it can be accessed over the network 10 Upgrade to AP 2 2 on the domain a Log in to the domain as superuser b If necessary create and mount the cdrom directory c I...

Page 170: ...re How to Convert to DiskSuite 4 2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 in the Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes October 19 1998 Caution If your boot disk is mirrored make...

Page 171: ...hat upgrades the volume manager to a newer version 2 After following the steps that deconfigure the volume manager devices you may be in the middle of a volume manager upgrade procedure Do not proceed...

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Page 173: ...ctions on how to install the SSP software Knowing Where to Start This section contains a list of the most common installation scenarios for the Sun Enterprise 10000 server Choose which scenario best s...

Page 174: ...de IP address for the new domain Logical name of the boot device in the form cxtxdxsx You can use the etc vfstab file to determine the logical name of the boot device In the following example the boot...

Page 175: ...SSP as user ssp The default password is ssp 2 When prompted for the SUNW_HOSTNAME variable use either the platform name or the name of any existing domain 3 Use the sys_id 1M command to create the eep...

Page 176: ...P as user ssp 2 When prompted for the SUNW_HOSTNAME variable specify the name of the domain that you wish to create Ensure that the domain name corresponds with the hostname of the domain in which the...

Page 177: ...put of the power 1M command depends greatly on the configuration of the server If you are unfamiliar with the output refer to the power 1M for an explanation or contact your service provider for an ex...

Page 178: ...address from your network administrator The correct entries would look similar to the following etc hosts sample Note that the new entry is tacos The etc hosts file is actually a link to inet hosts Ca...

Page 179: ...be addressed before you continue the installation NIS issues are out of the scope of this chapter Otherwise you can now set up the SSP as a boot server as described in the next section To Set Up the...

Page 180: ...s been installed If you have not upgraded the SSP software to SSP 3 1 1 or SSP 3 2 and if Patch 105684 is not installed you need to install Patch 105684 04 at a minimum You can obtain this patch from...

Page 181: ...information you provide with the command to create the new domain If you upgraded the SSP software to SSP 3 1 1 or SSP 3 2 the OS version should be 5 7 If you did not upgrade the SSP software the OS...

Page 182: ...lacklist file resides at SSPVAR etc platform_name blacklist however the location of the blacklist file can be reconfigured so that the location of the blacklist file on your server may be different fr...

Page 183: ...ble the following example Note If any devaliases are defined twice net is defined twice in the above example you should remove the extra devalias entries 2 If any duplicate entries exist in the devali...

Page 184: ...the following section To Install the Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment You can use these instructions to install the Solaris operating environment without saving any previous files During the inst...

Page 185: ...Server 173 Caution The next step starts the suninstall utility During the installation you will be asked to specify the device name of the boot disk Do not begin the installation until you know the d...

Page 186: ...ty refer to the Installation Instructions for Solaris 7 11 99 SPARC Platform Edition in your media kit Warning You have an invalid disk configuration because of the condition s displayed in the window...

Page 187: ...or not Automatically Layout File Systems Select Manual Layout The suninstall utility enables you to customize the root disk by specifying disk partitions Refer to TABLE 10 3 on page 176 as a guide Mo...

Page 188: ...he suninstall installation To Configure the Solaris Operating Environment 1 After the operating system is loaded and the superuser prompt is displayed list the devices entry for your boot disk where r...

Page 189: ...y dependent on the local configuration of the server and the network on which it resides If you are unsure about what tasks you should perform contact your service provider or refer to the System Admi...

Page 190: ...olaris operating environment You are done configuring the OBP variables You can now bring up the domain as described in the following section To Bring Up the Domain 1 In an SSP window use the su 1M co...

Page 191: ...the superuser password then re enter the password when prompted in the netcon 1M window Your entry will become the new superuser password for the domain You are done bringing up the domain You can now...

Page 192: ...tcon 1M window unmount the CD 7 Log in to the SSP as superuser and remove the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD from the CD ROM drive 8 Install and configure any other purchased software packages You...

Page 193: ...NTP commands refer to the ntp 1M man page in the man Pages 1M System Administration Commands section of the Solaris Administration AnswerBook2 Collection You are done configuring the NTP packages You...

Page 194: ...ands Use the ps 1 command to ensure that the edd 1M daemon is running before you attempt to reboot the domain If you are not already in 32 bit mode use the following command If you are switching from...

Page 195: ...s is called a server move contact the Sun License Center to request a server move For more licensing information use the following Sun License Center URL http www sun com licensing To obtain the Sun E...

Page 196: ...olaris operating environment the environment s size has grown significantly thus if you are still using a single 2 1 Gbyte disk as your boot disk you should migrate to a 4 2 Gbyte or larger disk at so...

Page 197: ...e during an upgrade export openwin is really a export openwin When the suninstall utility cannot reference a symbolic link it will overwrite the symbolic link and install the software the installation...

Page 198: ...metadevices exist for example disk network mirrored striped or concatenated for Alternate Pathing Solstice DiskSuite Sun Enterprise Volume Manager or Veritas refer to the installation instructions fo...

Page 199: ...000 host name and host name IP address are correct in the etc hosts file 3 Ensure that the Sun Enterprise 10000 host name and Ethernet address are correct in the etc ethers file You are done checking...

Page 200: ...ap if the name is not already in the map and re run the add_install_client 1M command 4 Check to see if Patch 105684 has been installed If you did not upgrade the SSP software to SSP 3 1 1 or SSP 3 2...

Page 201: ...to Step 3 If not perform the following steps a Remove the existing domain The domain_remove 1M command prompts you to save the domain directories as in the following example Be sure to answer yes y to...

Page 202: ...figure the centerplane Type y to confirm if you are sure that no other domains are running Responding yes resets the entire platform therefore you must ensure that no other domains are running After a...

Page 203: ...e Installation Instructions for Solaris 7 11 99 SPARC Platform Edition in your media kit ok boot net TABLE 10 5 Platform Specific Information for the suninstall Utility If you are asked to Do this Ple...

Page 204: ...tating that the system needs more disk space Refer to TABLE 10 6 for more information Automatically Layout File Systems Press F4 if file systems are to be mounted from a remote file server Press F2 if...

Page 205: ...r and var file systems are not reduced below the minimum sizes shown in TABLE 10 6 If the proposed modifications are acceptable press F2 to continue Otherwise press F4 to change the constraints that t...

Page 206: ...rom an SSP window bring up the domain Note This step assumes that you are upgrading the boot disk that is defined in the OBP boot device variable If you are upgrading a different boot disk you must su...

Page 207: ...d from the Sun Computer Systems Supplements CD 1 Insert the Sun Computer Systems Supplements CD into the CD ROM drive on the SSP 2 Log in as superuser on the SSP and share the CD ROM 3 Log in as super...

Page 208: ...etcon 1M window unmount the CD 7 Log in to the SSP as superuser and remove the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD from the CD ROM drive 8 Install and configure any other purchased software packages Yo...

Page 209: ...an page in the man Pages 1M System Administration Commands section of the Solaris Administration AnswerBook2 Collection You are done configuring the NTP packages You can now configure the OBP boot dis...

Page 210: ...athing Solstice DiskSuite and Veritas Volume Manager to recreate the metadevices 2 Uncomment all swap partitions that are not on the same controller as the root disk 3 Check the operating mode If you...

Page 211: ...For 64 bit mode type one of the following commands If you are not already in 32 bit mode use the following command If you are switching from the 32 bit mode use the following command You are done wit...

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Page 213: ...Alternate Pathing Remote System Control SUNWjarsc Japanese EUC Remote System Control SUNWjrscj Japanese EUC Remote System Control GUI ShowMe TV SUNWjasmt ShowMe TV Japanese ja EUC Localization Files S...

Page 214: ...ppfm Japanese PCK SunFDDI PCI Man Pages SUNWjunfm Japanese UTF 8 SunFDDI SBus Man Pages SUNWjupfm Japanese UTF 8 SunFDDI PCI Man Pages PC file viewer SUNWjepcv Japanese EUC PC File Format Viewer SUNWj...

Page 215: ...er SUNWdepcv PC File Viewer German messages SUNWdepcz PC File Viewer German help and icons ShowMe TV SUNWdesmt ShowMe TV German Localization Files TABLE A 3 Italian Localized Packages Software Product...

Page 216: ...ile viewer SUNWfrpcv PC File Viewer French messages SUNWfrpcz PC File Viewer French help and icons ShowMe TV SUNWfrsmt ShowMe TV French Localization Files TABLE A 5 Spanish Localized Packages Software...

Page 217: ...raditional Chinese Localized Packages Software Product Package Name Description SunForum SUNW5dat Traditional Chinese zh_TW BIG5 SunForum SUNWhdat Traditional Chinese zh_TW EUC SunForum PC launcher SU...

Page 218: ...Chinese zh EUC SunForum PC launcher SUNWccpcp PC launcher SimplifiedChinese common messages SUNWcdpcp PC launcher SimplifiedChinese zh EUC messages SUNWgpcp PC launcher SimplifiedChinese zh GBK messa...

Page 219: ...Korean ko messages SUNWkupcp PC launcher Korean ko UTF 8 messages PC file viewer SUNWkcpcv PC file viewer Korean common messages SUNWkdpcv PC file viewer Korean ko messages SUNWkupcv PC file viewer K...

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Page 221: ...gs Sun Enterprise 450 system 77 Ultra 1 system 64 Ultra 2 system 65 flash PROM P0601 jumper Ultra Enterprise 3000 6000 systems 98 flash PROM upgrade cautions 67 88 determining 60 83 overview 61 85 ste...

Page 222: ...oducts new where to find information viii R recovery procedure power interruption 71 100 Remote System Control 55 reprogamming flash PROM 62 86 S S24 frame buffer interactive installation required sof...

Page 223: ...ental Protection Agency 117 Ultra 1 Creator Model 170E interactive installation required software cluster 7 manual installation required software packages 9 Ultra 1 Creator3D Model 170E interactive in...

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