Sun Microsystems SPARCengine Ultra AXi, Technical Manual

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Appendix E System Software Solaris 2.6 Operating Environment E-3
Refer to Appendix E for information on approved IHV devices.
E.5 Ultra AXi Platform Specifics
E.5.1 Advanced System Monitoring (ASM)
Refer to ASM Application Note (805-4877-01)
ASM driver must be downloaded from URL:
http://www.sun.com/microelectronics/SPARCengineUltraAXi/
For details on the features and how various ASM functions are performed, please
refer to the OEM Technical Manual, which is available in postscript or pdf from
URL:
http://www.sun.com/microelectronics/SPARCengineUltraAXi/
The updated ASM driver needs to be downloaded as a package. This updated driver
is not part of the Solaris 2.6 3/98 edition. Solaris 2.6 5/98 edition includes the ASM
driver, and is installed and enabled along with Solaris.
Documentation and instructions on how to add ASM features:
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Software and Hardware requirement
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OBP version 3.10.4 SME created 1998/03/04 or later.
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Solaris 2.6 3/98 FCS.
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Ultra AXi motherboard part number: 501-4559-04 or later.
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System setup procedure
1. Power-On the system. Press
STOP -A
on a Sun keyboard (
cntrl-break
on a PS2
keyboard) after the completion of memory test.
(Note: Before the system boot disk). At the
OK
prompt, type:
ok> setenv env-monitor enabled
(default value is
disabled*
)
ok> reset-all
(MUST do!)
ok> boot disk -r
(all releases)
Note –
-r
is a MUST option each time the machine is booted to load the ASM
driver. Use
v
option after
-r
to run verbose mode.
2. User can download the package from this page.