5
Update Firmware
Sun highly recommends that you use the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) to upgrade system BIOS and Sun
Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) firmware. SIA is easy to use and available in the Documentation and
Media Kit, or online at:
http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/sia.jsp
For more information, refer to the documentation for the version of SIA supported for your server at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/install.x64svr#hic
To upgrade system BIOS and ILOM firmware without using SIA, refer to
Sun ILOM 3.0 Supplement for the
Sun Fire X4640 Servers
at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4640#hic
Hardware Warranty and Software Service Plan
For information on hardware warranty, see:
http://www.sun.com/service/warranty/index.jsp
For information on a software service plan, see:
http://www.sun.com/service/serviceplanssoftware/
You might be asked for your hardware serial number if you need service for your system. To find the serial
number of your system, use the ILOM command
get /SYS
or see your
Installation Guide
or
Service Manual
.
Documentation for This Product
The following table lists the documentation in the approximate order of the tasks that you might perform when
installing a new system. Review the tasks on the left, and then refer to the corresponding documentation on the
right. You can find the most up-to-date versions of all the documents at the Sun documentation web site:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4640#hic
OS
Read this
document:
For information, go to:
For drivers and
firmware, go to:
For patch information:
Preinstalled
Solaris OS
Installation
Guide
(821-
0240)
http://www.sun.com/
software/preinstall/
http://store.vervante.com
http://
www.sun.com/
software/
solaris/10/
index.jsp
See the
Sun Fire X4640
Server Product Notes
(821-
0245)
http://
sunsolve.sun.com
Solaris OS
See the
appropriate
OS
Installation
Guide
on
docs.sun.com
http://www.sun.com/
software/solaris/
OpenSolaris
http://
www.opensolaris.org/os/
VMware
(ESX)
http://www.vmware.com/
http://www.sun.com/
servers/x64/x4640/os.jsp
http://
www.sun.com/
servers/x64/
x4640/
downloads.jsp
http://
www.vmware.com/
download/
Windows
http://www.sun.com/
servers/x64/x4640/os.jsp
Use SIA for automatic driver and
firmware updates:
http://www.sun.com/
systemmanagement/sia.jsp
http://
update.microsoft.com/
Linux
Red Hat:
https://
www.redhat.com/apps/
download/
SUSE:
http://
download.novell.com/
index.jsp
