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1. m AAAA 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 Caution Do not interrupt power during flash PROM updating 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 the custom and default values displayed so that you can restore them after you perform the flash PROM update 90 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Note If power is interrupted during flash PROM updating follow the power interruption recovery procedures covered later in this chapter Running the Flash PROM Update Script Manually The flash PROM update script is typically run at bootup You 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 o 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 on page 91 Begin with Step 2 do not execute t
2. Chapter 7 Installing Solaris With the SPARCstorage Array 153 Scenario 2 New Installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on Systems Not Booting From the SPARCstorage Array Disk 1 Install the Solaris software environment with the no reboot option Refer to Chapter 1 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 2 Determine which level of SPARCstorage Array firmware is in each SPARCstorage Array Type ssaadm display controller 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 Firmware Rev 3 12 3 If the firmware revision is lower than 3 12 download the new firmware Type ssaadm download f usr lib firmware ssa ssafirmware controller 4 Halt the system Type usr sbin init 0 5 If you downloaded new firmware press the SYS OK button on the back of the SPARCstorage Array s to reset Note Before you proceed wait for the SPARCstorage Array to complete POST 154 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 6 Boot your system Type ok boot Note You have completed the new installation of Solaris 7 3 99 If you would like to install disk management software refer to your disk management software documentation
3. Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 137 9 In the netcon 1M window boot the system from the network ok boot net Note You should have an alias usually net in OBP for the proper network interface Use that alias with the boot 1M command as shown in the example above Otherwise you must type in a very long path If you specify an alias or path that does not describe the proper network interface the boot 1M command will fail The boot net command starts the suninstall1 utility This utility prompts you to provide site and platform specific information Refer to the following table for the platform specific information you may need to supply If you have questions about the suninstall utility please refer to the Installation Instructions for Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Platform Edition in your media kit TABLE 6 9 Platform Specific Information for the suninstall Utility If you are asked to Do this Please enter the Enter the hostname for your SSP hostname of the SSP for domain_name default_name Set the network Select the appropriate level of information you want to provide information If you select any option other than None the suninstall utility displays a series of dialogs that request configuration information Provide that information Solaris Interactive Select Upgrade Installation Select 64 bit Click Select To Include Solaris 64 bit Support to install the 64 bit ke
4. ERROR System security is set System firmware was not modified Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 5 If you need to change the OpenBoot security mode as the system boots go to the ok prompt by one of the following methods Then follow the steps in the screen which follows m Press Stop a from the keyboard a If you are running on a terminal and connected to serial port A of the system press the Break key m 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 m If you are connected to serial port A via a tip connection send a Break sequence by typing the characters in quick succession ype boot go continue or login command mode gt login Firmware Password Type your security password Type help for more information ok setenv security mode none ok boot 6 When the flash update process begins it displays the current and available OpenBoot firmware revisions Type yes to the question about updating the firmware in the system flash PROM If the NVRAM configuration variable use Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 67 68 nvramrc is set to true the update script resets use nvramrc to false You will only see the message about the use nvramrc
5. If any duplicate entries exist in the devalias file remove them The following example removes the last created net devalias You may have to issue a second nvunalias command if the second net alias is the incorrect one Then issue an nvalias command to create the correct net device alias ok nvunalias net If you are at the ok prompt perform the following step a Use the setenv command to set the default boot device alias to the correct device ok setenv boot device boot_device_alias Where boot_device_alias corresponds to the correct default boot device alias If diag switch is set to true perform the following step a Use the OBP setenv command to set the diag device variable to the correct device ok setenv diag device boot_device_alias 114 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Note If diag switch is set to true OBP uses diag device and diag fileas the default boot parameters If diag switch is false OBP uses boot device and boot file as the default boot parameters If you are at the domain prompt perform the following steps a Log in as superuser on the domain b Use the eeprom 1M command to set the boot device variable domain_name eeprom boot device boot_device_alias If an alias does not exist for the network interface that is on the same subnet as the SSP you can create one by typing a command similar to the following example ok nvalias net sbus 41
6. Online Validation Test Suite Software SunVTS The SunVTS online validation test suite is a diagnostic tool designed to test Sun hardware By running multiple diagnostic hardware tests the SunVTS software verifies the configuration and functionality of most hardware controllers and devices in a 32 bit or 64 bit environment Within this environment you can run individual tests designed to validate all currently supported hardware that Sun sells The SunVTS environment also allows programmers to develop their own tests and run them on SunVTS interfaces You can find the software for the SunVTS application on the Supplement CD To use the SunVTS software refer to the SunVTS 3 1 User s Guide SunVTS 3 1 Test Reference Manual and the SunVTS Quick Reference Card 28 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 3 3 describes the main features of the SunVTS environment TABLE 3 3 SunVTS Diagnostic Tools Features SunVTS kernel vt sk SunVTS OPEN LOOK user interface vtsui o1 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 user interface During testing the SunVTS kernel coordinates the running of individual tests and manages all the messages informational and error messages
7. Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 10 11 Note If diag switch is set to true OBP uses diag device and diag file as the default boot parameters If diag switch is false OBP uses boot device and boot file as the default boot parameters If you are at the domain prompt perform the following steps a Log in as superuser on the domain b Use the eeprom 1M command to set the boot device variable domain_name eeprom boot device boot_device_alias Shut down the domain before you begin the upgrade domain_name cd domain_name lockfs fa domain_name shutdown i0 g60 y The lockfs fa command is necessary only when you are running a version of the Solaris operating environment that was released prior to the Solaris 2 5 1 kernel update 103640 12 Upgrading the Solaris Operating Environment The steps that follow modify the suninstall procedures For more information refer to the Installation Instructions for Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Platform Edition In an SSP window ensure that the SUNW_HOSTNAME variable is set to the proper domain name If the variable does not have the correct value use the domain_switch 1M command to set the variable to the proper value The domain_switch 1M command must be executed from the C shell Remove the existing domain ssp domain_remove d domain_name Answer y when prompted to save the directories Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on
8. Scenario 3 Upgrading to Solaris 7 3 99 If you are currently using one of the Solaris releases below and would like to upgrade to Solaris 7 3 99 follow the instructions in this section Solaris 2 3 Solaris 2 4 Hardware 11 94 Solaris 2 4 Hardware 3 95 Solaris 2 5 Solaris 2 5 1 Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 8 97 Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 11 97 Solaris 2 6 Solaris 2 6 Hardware 3 98 Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 Caution If you are currently running disk management software on your system do not follow these instructions or you may lose the data on your disks Refer to your disk management software documentation for instructions 1 Type su to become superuser 2 Back up the data on your system Refer to the System Administration Guide Volume I for information 3 Stop all processes database or other applications that are accessing SPARCstorage Array disks except swap usr and opt 4 Insert the Solaris 7 3 99 CD into the CD ROM drive and upgrade your system to Solaris 7 3 99 Refer to Chapter 1 Installing Software from the Solaris CD and the SPARC Installing Solaris Software manual for more information Chapter 7 Installing Solaris With the SPARCstorage Array 155 Caution Do not select the system to reboot at the end of the Solaris installation setup 5 Determine which level of SPARCstorage Array firmware is in your SPARCstorage Array s by entering the following command at the prompt for each SPARCstor
9. usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed 5 In the Admintool Add Software window select PC File Viewer 1 0 1 The software is installed in the opt directory default 6 In the Admintool Add Software window click Add The installation process should take a few minutes 7 Quit Admintool Using PC File Viewer Command Line Usage To use PC file viewer without the icons run the following command opt SUNWdtpcv bin sdtpcv amp Adding PC File Viewer to the CDE Front Panel To add PC file viewer to the CDE front panel dtfile dtpad etc do the following 1 Open File Manager dtfile 2 Go to the opt SUNWdtpcv bin directory You will see the PC file viewer icon there 3 Open the CDE front panel where you want the icon For example 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 icon in the CDE front panel You can also promote the icon to appear on the front panel by default 40 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 ShowMe TV 1 2 1 Software ShowMe TV is a television system for local and wide area networks You can use it to view and broadcast live or prerecorded video programs on your network Here are some examples of how you can use ShowMe TV a Broadcast and view training
10. The following FDDI drivers are provided on the Supplement CD contained in your Solaris 7 3 99 Media Kit TABLE 3 12 SunFDDI Clusters and Packages Cluster Name Includes Packages Description SUNWCfdis SUNWnfd SunFDDI Sbus drivers SUNWnfh SunFDDI Sbus header files SUNWnfm SunFDDI Sbus man pages SUNWnfu SunFDDI Sbus utilities SUNWCfdip SUNWpfd SunFDDI PCI drivers SUNWpfh SunFDDI PCI header files SUNWpfm SunFDDI PCI man pages SUNWpfu SunFDDI PCI utilities 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 SunFDDI Drivers To install SunFDDI follow these steps 1 Start CDE or OpenWindows 2 Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed 3 Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password 50 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed In the Admintool Add Software window select either SunFDDI PCI Driver Software 2 0 or SunFDDI Sbus Driver Software 6 0 whichever is appropriate for your system Click Add The installation process should take a few minutes Quit Admintool Note For more infornation about the SunFDDI Drive
11. on page 57 v To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update 1 Determine the architecture type of your system uname m TABLE 4 1 Determining the System Architecture If your system architecture type is Then e sun4u Go to Step 2 e sun4c sun4d sun4dm You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further 2 Determine the system type of your system uname i 56 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 4 2 Determining the System Type If your system type is one of the following systems SUNW Ultra 1 Then 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 Determine the version level of the firmware in your system Type o prtconf V TABLE 4 3 Determining the Firmware Version Level And you see a number If your system type is lower than Then Otherwise SUNW Ultra 1 3 11 1 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 57 PROM update Do not proceed further SUNW Ultra 2 3 11 2 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 57 PROM update Do not proceed further SUNW Ultra 4 3 7 107 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 57 PROM update Do not proceed further SUNW Ultr
12. 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 7 3 99 User AnswerBook set for more information when you identify the platform group that applies to your system 157 Note Power Management does not support the sun4c and sun4d platform groups TABLE 8 1 Platform Names and Groups Supported by Power Management System Name Platform Name Platform Group SPARCstation 4 SUNW SPARCstation 4 sun4m SPARCstation 5 SUNW SPARCstation 5 sun4m SPARCstation 10 SUNW SPARCstation 10 sun4m SPARCstation 10SX SUNW SPARCstation 10 SX sun4m SPARCstation 20 SUNW SPARCstation 20 sun4m SPARCstation LX SUNW SPARCstation LX sun4m SPARCstation LX SUNW SPARCstation LX sun4m SPARCclassic SUNW SPARCclassic sun4dm SPARCclassic X SUNW SPARCclassic X sun4dm SPARCstation Voyager SUNW S240 sun4dm Ultra 1 all models SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 5 SUNW Ultra 5 sun4u Ultra 10 SUNW Ultra 10 sun4u Ultra 30 SUNW Ultra 30 sun4u Ultra 60 SUNW Ultra 60 sun4u Ultra 450 SUNW Ultra 4 sun4u Ultra 2 Creator all models SUNW Ultra 2 sun4u Sun Enterprise 1 Model 140 SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Sun Enterprise 1 Model 170 SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Sun Enterprise 1 Model 170E SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Sun Enterprise 2 Model 1300 SUNW Ultra 2 sun4u Sun Enterprise 2 Model 2300 SUNW Ultra 2 sun4u 158 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide
13. Sun GigabitEthernet Note Before installing the Sun GigabitEthernet software from the supplement CD make sure that you have already installed the Sun GigabitEthernet adapter Refer to the Platform Notes The Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver document for more information To install Sun GigabitEthernet software follow these steps 1 Start CDE or OpenWindows 2 Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed 3 Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password 4 Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed 5 In the Admintool Add Software window select Sun GigabitEthernet 52 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 6 Click Add The installation process should take a few minutes 7 Quit Admintool Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 53 54 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems The steps in this chapter describe how to update the flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and the Sun Enterprise 450 systems Some systems will need to be updated to a higher level of OpenBoot firmware in the flash PROM before they can run the 64 bit mode of
14. To install packages for supported products from the Supplement CD using pkgadd Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password Type usr sbin pkgadd d cdrom cdrom0 Product package_names 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 Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 23 24 To install a particular product choose the appropriate packages TABLE 3 1 Software Product Open Data Base Connectivity Driver Manager ODBC Online Validation Test Suite SunVTS OpenGL Software PC file viewer ShowMe TV Solaris 7 3 99 AnswerBook Set Sun Computer Systems Manual Pages Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Packages ISLIodbc ISLIodbcD UNWvts UNWvt smn UNWodu UNWsycfd UNWvtsx NNNN NN UNWglrt UNWglrtu UNWffbgl UNWafbgl UNWafbgx UNWEfbgx UNWglrtx NNNNNN N n UNWdtpcv UNWdtpcz n UNWsmtvh UNWsmtvr UNWsmtvt UNWsmtvu NNnNNnNN SUNWabhdw UNWgedm UNWnfm UNWpfm UNWvt smn UNUNUN TABLE 3 1 Software Product Packages SunFDDI NNNNNUNNN Sun Gigabit Ethernet SU n
15. a AMI AMI Professional Version through 3 1 36 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Spreadsheet Formats a Microsoft Excel Windows Version 2 2 through 7 0 and Excel 97 a Microsoft Excel Chart Version 2 x through 7 0 a Microsoft Windows Works Version through 4 0 a Lotus 1 2 3 Windows Version through 6 x a Lotus 1 2 3 Chart Windows Version through 5 0 a QuattroPro for Windows Version through 7 0 Presentation Formats a Microsoft PowerPoint Version through 7 0 and PowerPoint 97 a Corel Presentation Version through 7 0 a FreelanceVersion 1 0 and 2 0 Graphics Formats a BMP Windows a DXF Version through 13 a GEM Bitmap amp vector a PIC Lotus PC File Viewer Limitations PC file viewer is limited to the following products and configurations for this Solaris release SPARC architecture ONLY Printing is not supported The following limitations are related to displaying items in a supported file Charts are not supported in QuattroPro Text that is designed to be shown vertically is shown horizontally in the viewer This vertical text may overlap adjacent cells making reading what is in them difficult Figures and footers are aligned with the anchors in the text If font sizes on the viewing system are not identical to those on the authoring system then anchored objects will not be at the appropriate place in the text There is limited support for incremental shading in presentation file format
16. a PC file viewer software m ShowMe TV 1 2 1 Software a Sun Hardware Manual Pages m Solaris 7 AnswerBook Set m Sun FDDI Drivers a Remote System Control RSC for Sun Enterprise 250 Servers m Sun Gigabit Ethernet Software Support Sun Computer Systems supplies the software on the Supplement CD If you have support issues concerning this software contact your authorized support provider You can use one of two methods to install software package clusters from the Supplement CD m swmtool m pkgadd 21 swmt ool the Software Manager is the recommended method to use when installing software package clusters from the Supplement CD It provides a graphical user interface GUI that simplifies the task of installing the software package clusters To use swmtool you must be running the Common Desktop Environment CDE or OpenWindows and have the X Window system installed on your system Note Unless otherwise noted swmtool1 is the installation method described throughout this chapter pkgadd is another method used to install software package clusters from the Supplement CD pkgadd differs from swmtoo1 in that you do not need to run CDE or OpenWindows You can invoke the pkgadd command at the operating system prompt For instructions on using pkgadd go to Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplements for Solaris 7 3 99 Software on a Standalone System Using pkgadd on page 23 Note You can use the Solaris Web Star
17. 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 5 1O O O O O OO 185 T79 181 182 180 183 tacos localhost snax ssp vegetables loghost snax cb0 snax cb1 pizza chips marvin 49 vegetables priv chips priv The etc hosts file is actually a link to inet hosts Caution If the new domain entry follows any other host or SSP entry the add_install_client command may not work in Step 3 in the next section 3 Manually edit the etc ethers file to include the Ethernet address of the new domain The correct entries would look similar to the following etc ethers sample OOOO O 0 aw OOOO CCO oO 20 be be be be be be 87 O01 01 a6 a6 a6 a6 58 00 00 50 6f bfi 6f a5 le 57 2E 19 23 2a snax ssp vegetables snax cb0 snax cb1 pizza chips priv nachos tacos Updating the OpenBoot PROM Before you can install Solaris 7 3 99 on a domain you need to update the OpenBoot PROM OBP on the SSP by performing the following steps 110 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Insert the Sun Computer Systems Supplements CD into the CD ROM drive After inserting the CD wait about one minute for the Volume Manager to mount the CD ROM Log in to the SSP as superuser if you skipped the previous section Change to the 105684 04 patch directory on the CD ssp ed cdrom cdrom0 Patches 105684 04 Install the patch ssp install
18. 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 Chapter 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD 5 TABLE 1 2 Required Software Clusters and Packages for Sun Hardware Continued If your system is or has This cluster or package is required Cluster or package name Ultra 1 Series SUNWxilvl VIS XIL Support Ultra 1 Creator Series Ultra 2 SUNWxilvl VIS XIL Support Creator Series and Sun SUNWCf fb Creator Graphics Device Drivers and Enterprise X000 Series Pipelines SUNWChmd SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers SUNW fbx 64 bit Support SUNWhmdx Ultra 5 Ultra 10 and Ultra 30 SUNWxilvl VIS XIL Support SUNWCf fb Creator Graphics Device Drivers and Pipelines SUNWCm64 M64 Graphics Support SUNWChmd SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers SUNWf fbx 64 bit Support SUNWhmdx SUNWm64x Ultra 60 SUNWxilvl VIS XIL Support SUNWCf fb Creator Graphics Device Drivers and Pipelines SUNWCm64 M64 Graphics Support SUNWChmd SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers SUNWf fbx 64 bit Support SUNWm64x Ultra 450 and SUNWCpd Drivers for SPARC platforms with PCI bus Sun Enterprise 450 7 SUNWpdx 64 bit Support Sun Enterprise 10000 SUNWC4u1 Sun Enterprise 10000 Support SUNWevcx 64 bit Support 6 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Manual Installation of Packages If you are installi
19. a thru MFT 105 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 8000000 0 0 gt Copy prom at 000001c0 f 8000000 to prom at 000001cc f8000000 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 BeO 1996 3 11 18 38 0 0 gt Slot 1 IO Type 1 FCODE 1 6 0 1996 1 23 13 44 iPOST 1 1 4 1996 3 05 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 91 to reattempt the flash PROM update process 106 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 This section includes fresh install and upgrade instructions for the Solaris operating environment on the Sun Enterprise 10000 Caution If you are installing Solaris 7 3 99 on an Enterprise 10000 domain your system must have SSP 3 1 running on the System Servi
20. 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD 9 ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_U1ltraSPARC_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 10 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 2 Supported Sun Hardware Supported Platforms Note Not all platforms and peripheral devices listed in this chapter are compatible Contact your authorized Sun support provider for support information SPARC classic SPARCstation SLC SPARCstation ELC SPARCstation LX SPARCstation 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 HS12 HS14 HS21 HS22 151 and 152 SPARCstation Voyager Ultra 1 Model 140 170 Ultra 1 Creator Model 140E 170E 200E Ultra 1 Creator3D Model 140E 170E 200E Sun Enterprise 1 Model 140 170 170E Ultra 2 Creator Model 1170 2170 1200 2200 1300 2300 Ultra 2 Creator3D Model 1170 2170 1200 2200 Ultra 5 Ultra 10 Ultra 30 Ultra 60 Ultra 450 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 1170 2170 1200 2200 1300 2300 Sun Enterprise 150 Sun Enterprise 250 Sun Enterprise 450 Sun Enterprise 3000 Sun Enterprise 4000 Sun Enterprise 5000 Sun Enterprise 6000 Sun Enterprise
21. 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 3 4 5 Chapter 4 To run the viewing script type watch videos Select the first video clip you want to see Before you view another video clip dismiss the viewer that displayed the previous video clip Running an AnswerBook2 Server from the CD To run the AnswerBook2 server directly from the CD perform the following steps Insert the Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD into your CD ROM drive Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password Change directory to the top level of the CD ROM volume This should look similar to ed cdrom flash_answerbook where cdrom is the mount point for the CD ROM device and flash_answerbook is the name of the CD ROM volume Among other things this directory contains the executable script ab2cd Run the following command ab2cd If you have existing AnswerBook2 documentation collections installed on your server machine and you want the CD driven server software to recognize those collections use the following command ab2cd s This causes the CD driver server software to scan for other collections installed on this system and add them to its database Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 81 6 You can now access the document server using the following URL http serv
22. 7 3 99 AnswerBook Set To determine which of the manuals in this AnswerBook set are of interest to you see the Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Documentation Guide in this set To use any AnswerBook set see the Solaris User s Guide in the Solaris 7 3 99 User AnswerBook on the Solaris CD Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 47 Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Clusters and Packages The SUNWCman cluster will install all the manual man pages for software on the Supplement CD This provides a way to install the man pages on a system without installing the software they describe on that system TABLE 3 11 Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Clusters and Packages on the Supplement CD Includes Cluster Name Package Name Description SUNWCman SUNWvtsmn Online Validation Test All manual pages for SunVTS Suite Manual Pages drivers binaries SUNWnfm SunFDDI SBus Manual All manual pages for SunFDDI Pares SBus SUNWpfm SunFDDI PCI Manual All manual pages for SunFDDI Pages PCI SUNWgedm Sun Gigabit Manual All manual pages for Sun Gigabit Pages Installing Sun Computer Systems Manual Pages To install the Sun Computer Systems Manual Pages follow these steps 1 Start CDE or OpenWindows 2 Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed 3 Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password 4 Enter the swmtool comma
23. AnswerBooks To install the AnswerBook cluster or a particular AnswerBook follow these steps Start CDE or OpenWindows Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password 46 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 10 11 12 Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed In the Admintool Add Software window select Sun Hardware AnswerBook Cluster 1 0 Click the Customize option The Admintool Customize Installation window is displayed In the Admintool Customize Installation window click the Deselect All option Click on the box beside the AnswerBook cluster or AnswerBook you desire In the Installation Directory window enter the directory where you want the AnswerBook installed Leaving this blank will install the software in the opt directory default Note opt is recommended as the home directory for the Solaris 7 3 99 AnswerBooks Click OK In the Admintool Add Software window click Add The installation process should take a few minutes Quit Admintool Note For further information on installing AnswerBooks refer to the Accessing Online Documentation module in the Solaris 7 3 99 Installation Library Using the Solaris
24. Device Driver Describes 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 Platform Notes SPARCstation 10SX and 20 System Configuration Guide Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software 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 How to take advantage of graphics memory and acceleration features of these systems Information about Supplement CD software used with the SPARCstation Voyager system Also contains information for system administrator s supporting users with SPARCstation Voyager systems Lists and describes Sun Enterprise X000 specific OpenBoot commands including those for board hot plug operations Also contains board hot plug procedures and miscellaneous small pieces of related information Covers 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 Covers 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 device
25. Ethernet Card SBE S SBus Fast SCSI Buffered Ethernet Card FSBE S SBus Differential SCSI Buffered Ethernet Card DSBE S SBus Quad Ethernet Controller GQEC SunSwift SBus Adapter SunFastEthernet 2 SBus Adapter SunSwift PCI Adapter Unbundled Options SBus Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDDI S SBus High Speed Interface HSI S SBus Token Ring Interface TRI S SBus Prestoserve SBus SunATM 155 SBus SunATM 622 SBus Fibre Channel Card FC S NVSIMM Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN 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 PCI Adapter Chapter 2 Supported Sun Hardware 19 a Sun Serial Asynchronous Interface PCI Adapter Keyboard and Mouse Options The following keyboard and mouse options are supported Keyboard Options Type 3 keyboard Type 4 keyboard Type 5 keyboard Compact 1 keyboard Mouse Options M3 mouse M4 mouse Type 5 mouse a a a Compact 1 mouse 20 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD This chapter describes the contents and the installation of the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD which contains software for these Sun products m Open Data Base Connectivity Driver Manager a SunVTS m OpenGL software
26. Note Before booting your system wait for the SPARCstorage Array to complete POST 8 Reset and boot your system ok reset ok boot Note You have completed the new installation of Solaris 7 3 99 If you would like to install disk management software refer to your disk management software documentation Trouble Booting If your system does not boot check that m Your boot device environmental variable is correctly set to your boot device m The FCode revision level is at 1 33 or higher if you are attempting to boot through an FC S SBus Card To check the FCode revision level refer to Checking the FCode Level of Your FC S SBus Card on page 152 Chapter 7 Installing Solaris With the SPARCstorage Array 151 v Checking the FCode Level of Your FC S SBus Card 1 Determine your FCode level Type the following at the ok prompt ok setenv fcode debug true ok reset ok show devs When you type the show devs command you should see output similar to this iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 1le 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 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 espdma 4 8400000 iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW DBRIe 2 10000 mmcodec iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln a0000800 2
27. PROM P0601 jumper Ultra Enterprise 3000 6000 systems 100 flash PROM upgrade cautions 65 90 determining 56 85 overview 57 87 step by step procedure 58 88 installation Solaris CD viii J jumper write enabled setting 59 79 89 jumpers flash PROM 59 78 JumpStart Creator graphics accelerator entry 8 custom profiles 8 S24 frame buffer entry 8 SPARCstation 10SX entry 9 SPARCstation 20 entry 9 SunSwift SBus adapter entry 9 SX frame buffer entry 8 K keyswitch diagnostics mode 63 89 power on mode 63 89 Index 161 L latest news where to find information viii monitors configuring 45 N new products where to find information viii news latest where to find information viii P peripherals where to find information viii pkgadd installing update software 23 power interruption recovery procedure 73 102 products new where to find information viii R recovery procedure power interruption 73 102 reprogamming flash PROM 58 88 S S24 frame buffer interactive installation required software cluster 5 manual installation required software packages 7 security mode variable setting 67 Solaris 2 5 interactive installation 4 Solaris 7 operating environment installing 59 89 SPARCstation 10SX interactive installation required software cluster 5 SPARCstation 20 interactive installation required software cluster 5 platform notes 45 SPARCstation 4 interactiv
28. ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed 3 Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password 4 Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed 5 In the Admintool Add Software window select ShowMe TV 1 2 1 6 Click Add The installation process should take a few minutes 7 Quit Admintool Translated Documentation The CD ROM contains the ShowMe TV User s Guide in the following languages m French m German 42 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Spanish Italian Swedish Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Accessing the ShowMe TV Users Guide The Docs ShowMeTV1 2 1 UserGuide directory on the Supplement CD contains the following files TABLE 3 8 ShowMe TV Translated Documents File Name Description UG_en ps English PostScript file UG_de ps German PostScript file UG_fr ps French PostScript file UG_es ps Spanish PostScript file UG_it ps Italian PostScript file UG_sv ps Swedish PostScript file UG_ja ps Japanese PostScript file UG_ko_dir Korean HTML files UG_zh_dir Simplified Chinese HTML files UG_zh_TW_dir Traditional Chinese HTML files To view the desired PostScript manual type the following at the command line imagetool filename To print the manual either use the File menu in Image Tool or type th
29. Status Report Number of color bits R G B A 8 8 8 0 Frame Buffer Depth GL_DEPTH_BITS 28 Unexpected Slow Local Rendering Whenever possible Solaris OpenGL 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 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 the login permissions need to be edited to enable DGA access for all users To give all local users access to DGA follow these steps Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 35 1 Become superuser o 53 su Password superuser password 2 Edit permissions to allow world read write access
30. SunVTS Clusters and Packages TABLE 3 4 provides a list of SunVTS clusters and packages needed to run the SunVTS diagnostic tool TABLE 3 4 SunVTS Clusters and Packages on the Supplement CD Includes Cluster Packages Name Description SUNWCvts SUNWvts Online Validation Test SunVTS kernel User Interface Suite UI tests and tools SUNWvt smn Online Validation Test Manual pages for SunVTS Suite Manual Pages utilities binaries SUNWsycfd Standalone configuration reader SUNWCvtsx SUNWvtsx Online Validation Test 64 bit Online Validation Test SUNWCvts Suite Suite software SUNWCondg SUNWodu Online Validation Test Online diagnostics tool software Suite Diagnostics Note SUNWodu is not installed via WebStart You must install it using pkgadd Installing SunVTS Software To install the SunVTS software follow these steps Start CDE or OpenWindows Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed In the Admintool Add Software window select the package clusters you want Online Diagnostics Tool Software 3 1 Online Validation Test Suite Software 3 1 and or 64 Bit Online Validation Test Suite Software 3 1 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platf
31. Test Menus 0 0 gt Tor State Dump 0 0 gt 6 Frequency Margining 0 0 gt rye Display System Summary 0 0 gt mOr Display Fatal Reset Info 0 0 gt O Scan System Board Ring 0 0 gt rae Set Memory Test Megs 0 0 gt rp Print SIMM Info 0 0 gt her Focus CPU 0 0 gt rar CPU State 0 0 gt ES fcopy 0 0 gt rg System Power Off 0 0 gt h Bounce Patterns 0 0 gt vI Focus I O Board 0 0 gt 104 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 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 ROZ Return 0 0 gt aie Copy 0 0 gt K2 Verify 0 0 gt Esi Display Version 0 0 gt AE 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 Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems Command gt 4 0 0 gt Input board number in hex 0 23 0 0 gt 0 0 gt Flash PROM Copy Menu 0 0 gt POF Return 0 0 gt ra Copy 0 0 gt ad Verify 0 0 gt Cy Display Version 0 0 gt eae Activate System Board 0 0 gt Command gt
32. 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 a 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 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 FIGURE 4 2 FIGURE 4 3 FIGURE 4 7 and FIGURE 4 8 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 7 a If the jumper is set for low half booting move it to high half booting pins 1 and 2 jumpered See FIGURE 4 7 TABLE 4 5 Boot Control Jumper Default Jumper on System Jumper Pins 1 2 Jumpered Pins 2 3 Jumpered Pins Name Ultra 1 2 J2204 High half booting Low half booting 243 Boot control Sun Enterprise J5501 High half booting Low half booting 2 3 Boot control 450 or Sun Ultra 450 workstation A 1 2 3 12 3 High half Low half booting booting 3 Power on the system unit FIGURE 4 7 Setting the Boot Co
33. Update on page 86 and go directly to Updating the Flash PROM on page 87 To Determine If Your System Requires a Flash PROM Update Determine the architecture type of your system uname m TABLE 5 1 If your system architecture type is Then e sun4u 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 If your system type is one of the following systems Then 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 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 3 Determine the version level of the firmware in your system Type prtconf V upper case V prtconft V TABLE 5 3 If your system type is And you see a number lower than Then Otherwise SUNW Ultra Enterprise 3 2 16 Proceed to Updating the You do not need a flash Flash PROM on page 87 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 proc
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35. as wearing a wrist strap to avoid electrostatically damaging system components Refer to the installation guide or service manual for your system for this procedure Locate the flash PROM J2003 write protect enable jumper on the motherboard in your system m See FIGURE 4 1 if you have a Sun Ultra 1 Series system m See FIGURE 4 2 if you have a Sun Ultra 1 Creator Series system m See FIGURE 4 3 if you have a Sun Ultra 2 system You may have to remove a plug in card if the card is covering the flash PROM jumper Refer to your service manual for your system to remove the card Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 J2003 write protect enable jumper Back panel ne J2204 cI Front panel FIGURE 4 1 Sun Ultra 1 Series Write Protect Enable Jumper Location on Motherboard Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 61 J2003 write protect enable jumper Back panel MmJ2204 FIGURE 4 2 Sun Ultra 1 Creator Series Write Protect Enable J
36. custom JumpStart method at your site consult your system administrator TABLE 1 4 lists platforms and hardware and software options that may require additional entries in custom profiles These clusters might not be installed with the core distribution software group Refer to the Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Installation Instructions manual for more information 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 Note For more information about automating Solaris installations refer to Automating Solaris Installations A Custom JumpStart Guide Kasper McClellan a SunSoft Press Prentice Hall publication TABLE 1 4 If your system is or has Additional Entries for Custom JumpStart Installations Add the following lines to the profile SX Frame Buffer cluster SUNWCsx 24 or FSV Frame Buffer cluster SUNWCtcx Creator and Creator3D Graphics cluster SUNWCf fb including Series 2 package SUNWxilvl Elite3D cluster SUNWCafb package SUNWafbmn package SUNWxfb u Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 1 4 Additional Entries for Custom JumpStart Installations Continued If your system is or has Add the following lines to the profile PGX Graphics Frame Buffer cluster SUNWCm64 SunSwift SBus Adapter cluster SUNWChmd SunSwift PCI Adapter cluster SUNWChmd SPARCstati
37. file system it reports the failure and exits Chapter 6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 131 132 Preparing the SSP for the Upgrade This section contains instructions for preparing the SSP for the upgrade For existing systems the SSP should already be configured as an install server therefore you will only check to ensure that the information is correct You must install a patch to update the OBP on the SSP and you must set up the SSP as a boot server for all Enterprise 10000 domains Checking the Domain Network Information For existing machines the SSP should already be configured as an install server however to ensure that the information is correct perform the following steps Log in to the SSP as superuser Ensure that the Enterprise 10000 host name and host name IP address are correct in the etc hosts file Ensure that the Enterprise 10000 host name and Ethernet address are correct in the etc ethers file Updating the OBP On the SSP Before you can install Solaris 73 99 on a domain you must update the OBP on the SSP by performing the following steps 1 Insert the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Change to the 105684 03 patch directory on the CD ssp ed cdrom cdrom0 Patches 105684 03 3 Install the patch ssp installpatch 4 Remove the CD ssp cd ssp eject cdrom Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999
38. locked position you will see the following error message To remedy the problem make the flash PROM write enabled by turning keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics position then type reboot at the prompt FPROM Write Protected Check Write Enable Jumper or Front Panel Key Switch Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 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 y Updating Board 0 Type cpu PromID 1a4 MUMEASING P a Redas tel nee naaa IN oen ERT E a wees Done I VERVE ViIAGshraSe Ries teta dang dee telat velo srancni we racemereceneter ers Done I Programming es Aia E ETE piace ote temaie rte gots Done Lo Verity an GO Progra geron fac ana ee E a Seer Sis Hartel lop Sie SA we eins Done Updating Board 1 Type upa sbus PromID 1a4 LEASING 8 9 0 aiketbed Geena r E elite Sea eM ocd E Done T Verifying Erase 5 iuhelas GNedterte die gente e eiaa E ea ES Done J JPEOGEAMMING o e Sarpa wierd els tly ee e A E tes Done t Verifying PEOGLrAM setes rai ote e a a EE E E i Done Updating Board 4 Type dual pci PromID 1a4 dis Meees TGs o o o A E E ratte tN eign oh r Naa Done I Verifyrig Brass n ien Eae Stele E r E E TA Done I PHOGLAMMIMG O are e eE E a E E its e
39. 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 7 3 99 operating environment was installed then the system will boot the Solaris 7 3 99 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 65 If the reboot was uninterrupted and the flash PROM Update fails a second time for the same reason contact y
40. rm_install_client domain_name If you are done with the upgrade remove the Solaris 7 3 99 CD ssp cd ssp unshare cdrom cdrom0 s0 ssp eject cdrom Upgrading the Sun Microsystems Computer Systems Supplement Packages You should upgrade any supplement packages your system needs from the Sun Computer Systems Supplements CD at this point in the upgrade process Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 141 1 Insert the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 2 Log in to the SSP as superuser and share the CD ROM ssp share F nfs o ro anon 0 cdrom cdrom0 3 Create and mount the cdrom directory and add the Sun Microsystems Computer Systems Supplements packages domain_namet mkdir cdrom if it does not already exist domain_name mount ssp_name cdrom cdrom0 cdrom domain_name cd cdrom Product domain_name pkgadd d SUNWabhdw Note Perform this step only for those domains in which you want to use the AnswerBook files The pkgadd 1M command may display several messages and ask several installation questions for each package some relating to space others asking whether it is OK to continue After answering these questions and when you are asked whether to proceed answer Yes The pkgadd 1M command will install the following package TABLE 6 11 Sun Microsystems Computer Systems Supplements Package Includes Cluster Package Description SUNWabhdw Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardw
41. the domain Note All key and hostid numbers are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as they are received 4 Execute the following sys_id command to check the results ssp sys_id d f SSPVAR ssp_private eeprom_save eeprom image domain_name In the following example 49933C54C64C858CD4CF is the key and 0x80a66e05 is the hostid ssp sys_id h 0x80a66e05 k 49933C54C64C858CD4CF f S SSPVAR ssp_private eeprom_save eeprom image domain_name ssp sys_id d f SSPVAR ssp_private eeprom_save eeprom image domain_name IDPROM in eeprom image domain_name Format 0x01 Machine Type 0x80 Ethernet Address 0 0 be a6 6e 5 Manufacturing Date Wed Dec 31 16 00 00 1997 Serial number machine ID 0xa66e05 Checksum 0x3f 108 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 5 Back up the SSP eeprom image files to tape or disk where they can be accessed in case of an SSP boot disk failure Creating a New Domain This section contains instructions for creating a new domain 1 Log in to the SSP as user ssp The default password is 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 domain in which the operating system is to be installed Domain names cannot be longer than 14 characters 3 Use the domain_create 1M command to create the domain ssp domain_create d d
42. the required software clusters and packages for your Sun hardware If you choose to customize your Solaris 7 3 99 software configuration using the interactive method refer to TABLE 1 2 and TABLE 1 3 to identify which software packages and clusters are needed Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 1 2 Required Software Clusters and Packages for Sun Hardware This cluster or package If your system is or has is required Cluster or package name S24 frame buffer SUNWCtcx TCX API Support SX frame buffer SUNWCsx SX Support Creator and Creator3D SUNWxilvl Creator Graphics Device Drivers and SUNWCf fb Pipelines SUNWf fbx 64 bit Support Creator and Creator3D SUNWxilv1l Creator Graphics Device Drivers and Series 2 Oner Pipelines SUNWf fbx 64 bit Support Elite3D SUNWCafb Elite3D Device Drivers and Pipelines SUNWafbmn Elite3D Online Manual Pages SUNWxfb u Elite3D FFB Creator Common Driver Routines SUNWafbx 64 bit Support PGX Graphics Frame Buffer SUNWCm64 M64 Graphics Support SUNWm64x 64 bit Support SPARCstorage Array SUNWssad SPARCstorage Array Support Software Models 100 or 200 SUNWssaop SUNWssdx 64 bit Support Sun StorEdge A5000 SUNWClux Sun StorEdge A5000 Support Software SUNWses SUNWluxdx u 64 bit Support SUNWlux1x SunSwift SBus Adapter SUNWChmd SunSwift SBus Adapter Drivers SUNWhmdx 64 bit Support SunSwift PCI Adapter SUNWChmd SunSwift PCI Adapter Drivers
43. to the following devices chmod 666 dev mouse dev kbd dev sound dev fbs This will enable DGA access by all users for the duration of the current window system session subject to X authorization see xhost 1 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 the 0600 should be changed 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 dev console 0600 dev fbs frame buffers Note that your system is no longer secure PC File Viewer The PC file viewer software provides you with an application to view popular PC file formats such as Word PowerPoint Excel Lotus 1 2 3 and AutoCAD The viewer allows you to choose a file and to copy and paste information from the viewer to another application such as a text editor CDE applications will be able to identify these filetypes and launch this application by double clicking on the icon in your mail attachment or from File manager dtfile PC file viewer supports the following file formats a Word Processing Formats a Microsoft Word for Windows Version through 7 0 and Word 97 a Microsoft Windows Works Version through 4 0 a Word Perfect for Windows Version through 7 0
44. 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 98 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Variable Name TABLE 5 4 Default Value Description boot file boot device use nvramrc nvramrc oem logo oem banner 15 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 PROM 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 it
45. upgrade the suninstal1 utility attempts to mount all file systems listed in the etc vfstab file on the root file system being upgraded If the suninstall utility cannot mount a file system it reports the failure and exits 5 If any file systems shown in the etc vfstab file are metadevices for example mirrored striped concatenated for Solstice DiskSuite Sun Enterprise Volume Manager or Alternate Pathing and have not already been commented out reconfigure them as non metadevices for the upgrade This step is necessary because the suninstal1 utility cannot handle metadevices For more information about these products refer to their respective user s guides Caution Make certain that all metadevices are commented out If any are not the upgrade will fail 6 Reboot the domain domain_name init 6 7 If you are upgrading from Solaris 2 5 1 remove the SUNWxntp packages by using the pkgrm 1M command 8 If you are at the ok prompt perform the following step to remove duplicate boot device entries a Use the OBP setenv command to set the default boot device alias to the correct device ok setenv boot device boot_device_alias Where boot_device_alias corresponds to the correct default boot device alias 9 If diag switch is set to true perform the following step a Use the OBP setenv command to set the diag device variable to the correct device ok setenv diag device boot_device_alias
46. 0 SUNW hme 0 8c00000 Where sbus 41 0 refers to system board 0 and SBus 1 The SUNW hme 0 portion of the device name defines a 100BASE T network interface installed in Slot 0 Your configuration may vary The following table contains the SBus numbers used in the devaliasfile TABLE 6 1 SBus Numbers in the devalias File system system board sysio 0 sysio 1 board sysio 0 sysio 1 0 sbus 40 sbus 41 8 sbus 60 sbus 61 1 sbus 44 sbus 45 9 sbus 64 sbus 65 2 sbus 48 sbus 49 10 sbus 68 sbus 69 3 sbus 4c sbus 4d 11 sbus 6c sbus 6d 4 sbus 50 sbus 51 12 sbus 70 sbus 71 5 sbus 54 sbus 55 13 sbus 74 sbus 75 6 sbus 58 sbus 59 14 sbus 78 sbus 79 7 sbus 5c sbus 5d 15 sbus 7c sbus 7d The OBP command watch net all1 displays the functioning network interfaces Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 115 116 10 Caution The next step starts the suninstal1 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 device name In the netcon 1M window boot the system from the network ok boot net Note You should have an alias usually net in OBP for the proper network interface Use that alias with the boot 1M command as shown in the example above Otherwise you must type in a very long path If you specify an alias or path that does not describe the proper network inter
47. 01cacl11 iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln a0000800 201cac11 SUNW ssd 2 Look at the output from the show devs command and find the lines for the FC S card s that is attached to the SPARCstorage Array that you want to boot from The output for an FC S card will be the lines containing soc x x similar to iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW soc 0 0 iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln a0000800 201lcac11 iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln a0000800 201cacl11 SUNW ssd 152 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 3 To determine which version of FCode is in the FC S card type ok cd short_path ok sccsid type 1 33 95 04 19 ok device end where short_path is the shortest line containing soc x x from the output Using the previous output as an example you would enter ok ed iommu 0 10000000 sbus 0 10001000 SUNW soc 0 0 ok sccsid type 1 33 95 04 19 ok device end If the FCode version is not at 1 33 or higher you must upgrade to the minimum FCode level Note You can upgrade your FCode after installing the Solaris 7 3 99 software The following part numbers refer to the FC S SBus Cards that contain the minimum FCode revision level to allow booting m 501 2069 07 or higher m 501 2553 03 or higher Reset your OBP environment variable fcode debug ok setenv fcode debug false ok reset
48. 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 Domain Domain Name Name Boot Boot Disk Disk Partition Name Size Partition Name Size 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 119 TABLE 6 4 Disk Partition Form Domain Domain Name Name Boot Boot Disk Disk Partition Name Size Partition Name Size 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 Domain Domain Name Name Boot Boot Disk Disk Partition Name Size Partition Name Size 0 ee 0 oo J 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 Note Return to TABLE 6 2 to continue the suninstall installation information 120 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Configuring 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 domain_name ls 1 dev dsk root_partition_device where root_partition_device is in the form cxtxdxsx 2 Copy the part of the string that begins with either sbus or pci Example sbus 65 0 SUNW fas 1 8800000 sd 3 0 a Record your string here 3 Shut down the domain from the netcon 1M window domain_name init 0 4 In the netcon 1M window assign the string to an alias ok nvalias bootdisk_name sbus 48 0 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln a0000000 78ca3b ssd 0 0 a From Step 2 As in this example the nvalias command should be entered on a single lin
49. 1 49 03 09 99 m Germany 49 89 962 71 152 a United Kingdom 44 1727 812 812 The mailing address is InterSolv 9420 Key West Avenue Rockville Maryland 20850 USA Further information is available at http www intersolv com ODBC is a standard for data access from Microsoft and X Open Databases supporting ODBC include Clipper dBASE FoxBase FoxPro INFORMIX INGRES Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Sybase System 10 Sybase SQL Server and Sybase NetGateway to DB2 and other databases and ASCII text files The Supplement CD includes a demo version of the InterSolv ODBC dBASE driver This demo software can display only 30 records and process 100 SQL statements but is otherwise fully functional 26 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 InterSolv ODBC Clusters and Packages TABLE 3 2 provides a list of InterSolv ODBC packages provided on the Supplement CD TABLE 3 2 _InterSolv ODBC Clusters and Packages Includes Cluster Name Cluster Package Description SUNWCodbc ISLIodbe ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity Driver Manager ISLIodbcD Demo ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity Mutli Dialect dBASE Driver Installing InterSolv ODBC Software To install the InterSolv ODBC software follow these steps Start CDE or OpenWindows Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser pas
50. 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 Sun Enterprise 6500 Sun Enterprise 10000 SPARCserver 1000 and 1000E SPARCcenter 2000 and 2000E Supported Storage Peripherals The following peripherals are supported SPARCstorage Array Sun StorEdge A5000 Sun StorEdge D1000 A1000 SCSI Disks Sun StorEdge UniPack 1 05 Gbyte 1 05 Gbyte Fast Wide 2 1 Gbyte 2 1 Gbyte Fast Wide 4 2 Gbyte Fast Wide 9 Gbyte Ultra 18 Gbyte Ultra 12 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Sun StorEdge MultiPack 2 1 Gbyte 2 x 1 05 Gbyte 4 2 Gbyte 2 x 2 1 Gbyte Fast SCSI 2 4 2 Gbyte 4 x 1 05 Gbyte 4 2 Gbyte 2 x 2 1 Gbyte 7200 rpm 8 4 Gbyte 4 x 2 1 Gbyte Fast SCSI 2 8 4 Gbyte 2 x 4 2 Gbyte 5400 rpm 8 4 Gbyte 4 x 2 1 Gbyte 7200 rpm 8 4 Gbyte 2 x 4 2 Gbyte 9 Gbyte 2 x 9 Gbyte 7200 rpm Ultra 9 Gbyte 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 72 Gbyte 4 x 18 Gbyte 108 Gbyte 6 x 18 Gbyte Desktop Storage Pack 3 5 inch 104 Mbyte 207 Mbyte 207 Mbyte Low profile LP 424 Mbyte 535 Mbyte LP 1 05 Gbyte 1 05 Gbyte LP 2 1 Gbyte 4 2 Gbyte External Storage Module External Expansion Module 5 25 inch 327 Mbyte 669 Mbyte Multi Disk Pack 3 5 inch 4 2 Gbyte 4 x 1 05 Gbyte 4 2 Gbyte 2 x 2 1 Gbyte Chap
51. 4 Hardware 11 94 e Solaris 2 4 Hardware 3 95 e Solaris 2 5 e Solaris 2 5 1 e Solaris 2 6 Hardware 3 98 e Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 Scenario 1 New Installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on Systems Booting From the SPARCstorage Array Disk Using the FC S SBus Card If the disk that you intend to use as your boot device is on a SPARCstorage Array that is connected to the system through an FC S SBus card note that the FC S SBus card FCode revision level must be at 1 33 or higher to allow booting The following FC S SBus cards are configured from the factory with an FCode revision level of 1 33 or higher m 501 2069 07 or higher m 501 2553 03 or higher To check the FCode revision level of your FC S SBus card refer to Checking the FCode Level of Your FC S SBus Card on page 152 Using the Onboard FC Ports If the SPARCstorage Array is connected to the system through an onboard FC port it is not necessary to check the FCode revision level these systems come configured from the factory with the minimum FCode revision level to allow booting Chapter 7 Installing Solaris With the SPARCstorage Array 149 v Installing Solaris 7 3 99 on a SPARCstorage Array Disk 1 Install the Solaris software environment with the no reboot option Refer to Chapter 1 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 informat
52. AM 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 nvramrc has been modified cr The update script asks you again if you want to continue Type yes If the default value of any variable changed from the old revision to the new revision and you have a customized value the update script lists the old default value the customized value and the new default value If you did not print the contents of NVRAM with the eeprom utility at the beginning of the flash update process Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 69 70 then you may want to write down your customized value Note that the new firmware default value will replace the customized value and the old default value Are you sure that you wish to continue yes no yes Note this change to the default value for NVRAM variable sbus probe list The default value for the old firmware 01 Your customized value in NVRAM r TO The default value for the new firmware e01 The new firmware default value is replacing your custom value and the old default value in NVRAM This change will have an effect on the
53. 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 how to install Solaris 7 3 99 software on a Sun Enterprise 10000 Domain It also describes how to upgrade Solaris on a host domain Chapter 7 describes how to install the Solaris 7 3 99 software either as a new installation or as an upgrade on systems where the SPARCstorage Array may be used as the boot device Chapter 8 describes the hardware and software requirements for running Power Management on Sun hardware Typographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book TABLE P 3 Typeface or Symbol AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 x Typographic Conventions Meaning The names of commands files and directories on screen computer output What you type contrasted with on screen computer output Command line placeholder replace with a real name or value Book titles new words or terms or words to be emphasized Example Edit your login file Use 1s a to list all files machine_name S You have mail achine_name S su assword To delete a file type rm filename Read Chapter 6 in User s Guide These are called class options You must be root to do this Sun Documentation on the Web The docs sun com web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation on the Web You
54. March 1999 Hardware and Software Requirements Power Management software in Solaris 7 3 99 requires the following hardware and software a Hardware options a Type 5 or Compact 1 keyboard a 17 inch 20 inch or 24 inch color monitor Software a Solaris 7 3 99 software environment already installed Supported Peripherals TABLE 8 2 shows the peripherals supported by Power Management software TABLE 8 2 Power Management Supported Peripherals Peripheral Description Frame Buffers Black and white frame buffer driver 24 bit color frame buffer driver Accelerated 8 bit color frame buffer driver 8 bit color frame buffer driver SX graphic driver Creator and Creator3D graphics accelerators FFB2 graphics PGX graphics frame buffer ATI graphics m64 SBus SBus driver SBus memory driver SBus DMA gate array driver Sysio SBus driver SCSI Emulex Intelligent SCSI Processor driver Emulex SCSI Processor host adapter driver SCSI disk driver Chapter 8 Power Management on Sun Hardware 159 TABLE 8 2 Power Management Supported Peripherals Continued Peripheral Description SCSI tape driver Symbios SCSI host adapter Miscellaneous Intel 82072 82077 floppy disk driver LANCE Am7990 Ethernet driver Zilog 8530 SCC Serial Communications driver Serial I O driver for Multi Interface Chip MIC Dual Basic Rate ISDN and audio interface driver CS 4231 Audio Chip driver AMD AM79C30A Audio Chip driver Bi directional Parallel Port driv
55. OM 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 method to restore the values 88 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 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 7 3 99 operating environment and begin to update the flash PROM Type the following v To Install the Solaris 7 3 99 Operating Environment Install the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment on your system Refer to the Installation Library which is in your Solaris 7 3 99 media kit As the Solaris 7 3 99 operating env
56. Remote System Control SU Nwnft NWnf Nwn ft Nwnft NWpf NWpf NWpf NWpf NWged NWgedm NWgedu NWrsc NWrscj If pkgadd encounters a problem 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 Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 25 Open Data Base Connectivity ODBC Driver Manager ODBC is an open database connectivity standard for data access The InterSolv DataDirect ODBC Driver Manager allows you to access the ODBC API interface The driver manager determines the appropriate database requests from client applications loads the ODBC database drivers and routes ODBC function calls to the drivers In addition to the DataDirect ODBC Driver Manager you need ODBC drivers to provide the critical link between your ODBC compliant client server applications and your database Note The ODBC Driver Manager is not a Sun Microsystems Inc supported product ODBC Driver Manager is a product of InterSolv For all technical questions or support please contact InterSolv For support questions or information about the ODBC Drivers contact Intersolv at sunsoft intersolv com or through one of the following phone numbers m USA and Canada 800 547 4000 FAX 919 461 4526 m Asia Pacific 1 301 838 5241 a Australia 61 3 816 9977 m France 33
57. S Done t Verifying Program Gpe tes tye ne eenaa a aene E ES Done Updating Board 6 Type dual pci PromID 1a4 TRE ASETG 8 sL O O paaa SRO a RIES Cae hide a wey Done l Vervtying BRASS Geirr aua a aaa toute terete ete Done Is Programming Arane RT aed ee ele Balas 1b cai ae tg SG el an E Aabeaies Done li Verifying PEOGA easa Se alee Sale tle Ae Ee a oe SEs Done 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 95 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 position 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 coul
58. SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 1 Creator3D Model 200E SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u 2 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 1 1 Platform Names for Sun Systems Continued System Platform Name Platform Group Sun Enterprise 1 Model 140 Sun Enterprise 1 Model 170 Sun Enterprise 1 Model 170E ltra 2 Creator Model 1170 ltra 2 Creator3D Model 1170 ltra 2 Creator Model 2170 ltra 2 Creator3D Model 2170 ltra 2 Creator Model 1200 ltra 2 Creator3D Model 1200 ltra 2 Creator Model 2200 ltra 2 Creator Model 1300 ltra 2 Creator Model 2300 ltra 5 ltra 10 ltra 30 ltra 60 U U U U U U U Ultra 2 Creator 3D Model 2200 U U U U U U U ltra 450 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 1170 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 2170 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 1200 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 2200 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 1300 Sun Enterprise 2 Model 2300 Sun Enterprise 150 Sun Enterprise 250 Sun Enterprise 450 Sun Enterprise 3000 Sun Enterprise 4000 Sun Enterprise 5000 SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U NW U Itra 1 sun4u Itra 1 sun4u Itra 1 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u Itra 2 sun4u Itra 2 sun4u Itra 2 sun4u Itra 2 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u ltr
59. Setting Up the SSP As a Boot Server Perform this procedure for each domain on which the Solaris 7 3 99 will be loaded Insert the Solaris CD disk Wait for the Volume Manager to mount the CD ROM Change to the Tools directory ssp ed cdrom cdrom0 s0 Solaris_2 7 Tools Set up the host domain as an install client ssp add_install_client domain_name sun4u The add_install_client command should share the CD across the net If you receive the following warning perform the share 1M command in Step 3a prom_panic Could not mount filesystem a Share the CD across the net ssp share F nfs o ro anon 0 cdrom cdrom0 s0 Exit the superuser level Preparing the Domain This section contains instructions for preparing the domain to be upgraded to the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment You must perform the following instructions before you attempt the upgrade Log in to each domain as superuser and backup the domain Using ufsdump 1M backup all operating system file systems Comment out all of the file systems in the etc vfstab file except root usr export var opt proc dev fd tmp and swap Comment out all file systems in the etc vfstab file except root usr export var opt proc dev fd tmp and swap Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 133 134 4 Comment out all swap partitions that are not on the same controller as the root disk During an
60. a 5 10 sun4u ltra 5 10 sun4u ltra 30 sun4u ltra 60 sun4u ltra 4 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u Itra 2 sun4u ltra 2 sun4u Itra 2 sun4u Itra 2 sun4u Itra 1 sun4u Itra 250 sun4u ltra 4 sun4u ltra Enterprise sun4u ltra Enterprise sun4u ltra Enterprise sun4u Chapter 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD 3 4 TABLE 1 1 Platform Names for Sun Systems Continued System Platform Name Platform Group Sun Enterprise 6000 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u Sun Enterprise 3500 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u Sun Enterprise 4500 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u Sun Enterprise 5500 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u Sun Enterprise 6500 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u Sun Enterprise 10000 SUNW Ultra Enterprise sun4u SPARCserver 1000 SUNW SPARCserver 1000 sun4d SPARCcenter 2000 SUNW SPARCcenter 2000 sun4d Refer to the Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC SPARC Platform Edition Installation Instructions manual for further information on platform groups for all other systems Setting Up Diskless Clients Using Solstice AdminSuite If you are setting up a diskless client on a platform other than a sun4c sun4d or sun4m you need to select Entire Distribution Plus OEM as the client OS service Caution If you do not select this metacluster you will not be able to boot your sun4u system as a diskless client Interactive Installation of Solaris Software Installing the Solaris 7 3 99 software environment from the Solaris CD automatically loads all of
61. a Enterprise 3 2 16 Proceed to Chapter 5 You do not need a flash PROM update Do not proceed further Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM This section describes the following Capturing configuration variable settings Installing the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment Making the flash PROM write enabled Steps to perform before updating the flash PROM Updating the flash PROM Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 57 Note For step by step instructions follow the procedures beginning with To Capture the Configuration Variable Settings on page 58 After installing the Solaris 7 3 99 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 When your system has been updated to the proper firmware revision you can run the Solaris 7 3 99 software in 64 bit mode Capturing Configuration Variable Settings While the Solaris operating
62. age Array ssaadm display controller 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 Firmware Rev 3 12 6 If the firmware revision is below 3 12 download the new firmware for each SPARCstorage Array ssaadm download f usr lib firmware ssa ssafirmware controller 7 Halt your system Type usr sbin init 0 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 Array to complete POST 9 Boot your system ok boot 156 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 8 Power Management on Sun Hardware The U S Environmental Protection Agency has launched the Energy Star Computers program to encourage the introduction and use of energy efficient computer systems and to reduce air pollution associated with energy generation In response to this policy Sun is providing Power Management software In order to reduce the amount of 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 Using Power Management in the Solaris 7 3 99 User Collection Supported Platforms
63. ages Includes Cluster Name _ Cluster Package Name Description SUNWCvts SunVTS Cluster SUNWvts Online Validation Test SunVTS kernel user Suite interface tests and tools SUNWvt smn Online Validation Test Manual pages for Suite Manual Pages SunVTS utilities and binaries SUNWvtsx Online Validation Test SunVTS kernel user Suite 64 bit version interface tests and tools If you need more information about the SunVTS software refer to SunVTS 3 1 User s Guide 8 If needed install and configure the preloaded Sun Enterprise NetBackup software The Enterprise NetBackup product has been included with your system To configure and customize the software to your requirements refer to the Sun Enterprise NetBackup and Media Manager Installation Guide 9 Configure the NTP packages Perform the following steps to configure the ntp conf file which resides at etc inet ntp conf a Log in to the domain as superuser b Open the ntp conf file in your text editor Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 125 c Edit the file so that it resembles the following example example Starfire domain etc inet ntp conf configuration file ntp conf for Solaris 7 3 99 substitute actual ssp name for lt ssp name gt server lt ssp name gt prefer we can always fall back to the local clock server 127 127 1 0 fudge 127 127 1 0 stratum 9 Other ntp files driftfile etc inet ntp drift Encryption disabl
64. al 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 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 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 75 76 3 Reset the configuration variables default value to the current value see the values you captured with the eeprom command in To Capture the Configuration Variable Settings on page 58 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 and the system
65. ame 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 b 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 97 Variable Name c For the nvramrc configuration variable refer to TABLE 5 4 for how to restore the configuration variable to the customized settings For additional information on the NVRAM configuration variables refer to the OpenBoot 3 x Command Reference Manual TABLE 5 4 Default Value Description output device input device ttyb mode ttya mode boot command auto boot diag switch diag device diag file screen If output d
66. are Collection AnswerBook 4 Install the SSP 3 1 y2000 sys_id patch ssp ed cdrom Patches 106281 01 ssp installpatch 5 Install the SSP 3 1 Y2000 patch ssp cd 106282 01 ssp installpatch 142 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 6 If needed add the Online Validation Test Suite Software SunVTS ssp cd Product ssp pkgadd d SUNWvts SUNWvtsmn SUNWvtsx The SUNWCvts cluster includes the following packages TABLE 6 12 SunVTS Software Cluster Packages Includes Cluster Name _ Cluster Package Name Description SUNWCvts SunVTS Cluster SUNWvts Online Validation Test SunVTS kernel user Suite interface tests and tools SUNWvt smn Online Validation Test Manual pages for Suite Manual Pages SunVTS utilities and binaries SUNWvtsx Online Validation Test SunVTS kernel user Suite 64 bit version interface tests and tools If you need more information about SunVTS refer to the SunVTS 3 1 User s Guide 7 If needed install and configure the preloaded Sun Enterprise NetBackup software The Enterprise NetBackup product has been included with your system To configure and customize the software to your requirements refer to the Sun Enterprise NetBackup and Media Manager Installation Guide 8 Configure the NTP packages Perform the following steps to configure the ntp conf file which resides at etc inet ntp conf a Log in to the domain as superuser b Open the nt
67. are Platform Guide March 1999 Chapter 4 Shut down the current server before running the ab2cd command Use the following command to shut down the existing server usr 1lib ab2 bin ab2admin o stop Stopping the AnswerBook2 Server Process Always use ab2cd stop to stop the server running from the CD Do not use etc init d ab2mgr stop to stop the CD based server The ab2cd stop command stops the AnswerBook2 server process and cleans up all files in the tmp ab2 and tmp ab2cd_config directories The etc init d ab2mgr 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 from the CD keep these rules in mind Startup m The etc init d ab2mgr start command always starts the server on your system a The ab2cd command always starts the server from the CD Shutdown a Always use the ab2cd stop command to stop the server running from the CD a To stop both servers first use the ab2cd stop command to stop the server running from the CD then use either etc init d ab2mgr stop or ust lib ab2 bin ab2admin o stop to stop the server running on your system Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 83 84 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterp
68. as its own instructions The following instructions are specific to the Enterprise 10000 For more information about the suninstal1 utility refer to the Installation Instructions for Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Platform Edition AnswerBook 1 Ensure that SUNW_HOSTNAME is set to the proper domain name If the SUNW_HOSTNAME variable is not set to the proper domain name use the domain_switch 1M command as in the following example ssp domain_switch domain_name Note The domain_switch 1M command must be executed from a C shell 112 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 2 Check for blacklisted components If SBus boards have been added to a system board confirm that the processors on those system boards are not blacklisted Processors are blacklisted at the factory when a system board does not have SBus cards installed During the bring up process observe the list of blacklisted components Alternatively for instructions on how to retrieve the blacklist file refer to the blacklist 1M man page Blacklisted processors need to be removed from the blacklist before you create a domain that includes those processors For instance you want to create a domain using system boards 14 and 15 However when you check the blacklist at SSSPVAR etc starfirel blacklist you discover that system boards 14 and 15 have processors on the blacklist as in the following example ssp more SSPVAR etc starfirel b
69. ate and mount the cdrom directory and add the SUNWabhdw package domain_name mkdir cdrom domain_name mount ssp_name cdrom cdrom0 cdrom domain_name cd cdrom Product domain_name pkgadd d SUNWabhdw Note Perform this step only for those domains in which you want to use the AnswerBook files In the Solaris 2 6 operating environment the SUNWxntp packages were replaced by the SUNWntp packages which are installed by the suninstall utility The pkgadd 1M command may display several messages and ask several installation questions for each package some relating to space others asking whether it is OK to continue After answering these questions and when asked whether to proceed answer Yes The pkgadd 1M command installs the following package TABLE6 5 Sun Microsystems Computer Systems Supplemental Packages Includes Cluster Package Description SUNWabhdw Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Collection AnswerBook 5 Install the SSP 3 1 Y2000 sys_id patch ssp ed cdrom Patches 106281 01 ssp installpatch 6 Install the SSP 3 1 Y2000 patch ssp cd 106282 01 ssp installpatch 124 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 7 If needed add the Online Validation Test Suite Software SunVTS ssp ed Product ssp pkgadd d SUNWvts SUNWvtsmn SUNWvtsx The SUNWCvts cluster includes the following packages TABLE 6 6 SunVTS Software Cluster Pack
70. breaking news 1 Solaris 7 3 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware 2 Solaris 7 Release Notes Begin the install process from the 1 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Solaris CD 2 Solaris 7 SPARC Installation Instructions Install software for your Chapter 3 in this manual platform peripheral from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD as needed Update your flash PROM for 64 Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of this manual bit operation Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE P 2 Specific Installation Information If you want to Go to Install Solaris on a Sun Enterprise Chapter 6 in this manual 10000 system Install Solaris on a SPARCstorage Chapter 7 in this manual Array Install an AnswerBook from the Chapter 3 in this manual Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD as needed How This Book Is Organized This book is organized as follows Chapter 1 supports the Solaris 7 3 99 Start Here card by providing additional installation instructions on how to install or upgrade the Solaris 7 3 99 software on specific Sun platforms and hardware options Chapter 2 is a list of supported Sun hardware Chapter 3 describes how to install the software for Sun platforms and hardware options and value added software provided to users of Sun hardware 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
71. can browse the docs sun com archive or search for a specific book title or subject at http docs sun com Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Sun Welcomes Your Comments We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions You can email your comments to us at docfeedback sun com Please include the part number of your document in the subject line of your email xi xii Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD Automatic Installation of Solaris Software For the Sun hardware listed in TABLE 1 1 this release of Solaris 7 3 99 requires no special installation or upgrade instructions If you plan to perform an automatic installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on your Sun hardware refer to the Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Platform Edition Installation Library or the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide for all your installation needs Manual Installation of Solaris Software If you are installing Solaris 7 3 99 using the manual or interactive method you may need to add some software packages and clusters This section identifies platform specific installation needs and lists the required software packages and clusters The manual installation method is described in the Planning Your Installation module of the Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Platform Edition Installation Library Platform Names and Grou
72. ce Processor SSP SSP 3 0 does not support domains running Solaris 7 3 99 Please refer to your SSP media kit for instructions on how to install the SSP software Performing a Fresh Install This section contains procedures for performing a fresh install of Solaris 73 99 on a host domain If you have a new Enterprise 10000 or if you want to create a new domain you must perform all of the procedures in this section If you are installing Solaris 7 3 99 on an existing domain or a domain that crashed start at Setting up the SSP as a Boot Server on page 111 Creating Additional Domains Domains other than the one created by the factory require software to be loaded on a bootable disk The following instructions assume that you have an SSP window open 107 Creating the eeprom image File You must have the system identification key and the host ID before you perform the following instructions You can obtain the key and ID from your service provider This key is used to generate an eeprom image file 1 Log in to the SSP as user ssp 2 When prompted for the SUNW_HOSTNAME variable use either the platform name or the name of an existing domain 3 Create the eeprom image file ssp sys_id h hostid k key f SSPVAR ssp_private eeprom_save eeprom image domain_name Where hostid is the number provided with the key in the form of 0X80A66xxx key is the EEPROM key number and domain_name is the host name of
73. courses m Lectures m Corporate messages Monitor important news events ShowMe TV contains the following components m ShowMe TV Receiver m ShowMe TV Transmitter m ShowMe TV Address Book ShowMe TV Packages TABLE 3 7 lists the packages that are provided with ShowMe TV TABLE 3 7 Package Name SU SU NWsmtvh NWsmtvr NWsmtvt NWsmtvu ShowMe TV Packages Description Online help binaries and documentation ShowMe TV receiver application and support files ShowMe TV transmitter application and support files Support utilities Default Install Location o o o o pt Ss pt S pt Ss pt Ss U U U U Wsmtv Wsmtv Wsmtv Wsmtv Disk Space Kbytes 287 10743 7698 842 Removing Old Packages If you have ShowMe TV 1 1 or 1 2 installed you need to remove it before installing ShowMe TV 1 2 1 Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 41 To remove ShowMe TV 1 1 type pkgrm SUNWsmUt1 SUNWstv SUNWstvs If you have an earlier release of ShowMe TV 1 2 installed you need to remove it before installing any new software packages To remove ShowMe TV 1 2 type pkgrm SUNWsmtvt SUNWsmtvu SUNWsmtvr SUNWsmtvh Installing the ShowMe TV 1 2 1 Software To install the ShowMe TV software follow these steps 1 Start CDE or OpenWindows 2 Insert the Supplement CD into your CD
74. ction files SUNWkdpcz Korean EUC action files Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 3 6 PC file viewer Packages Continued Locale Package Name Description Traditional SUNWhcpcv Traditional Chinese EUC BIG5 common files ye SUNW5pcv Traditional Chinese BIG5 messages SUNWhdpcv Traditional Chinese EUC messages SUNW5pcz Traditional Chinese BIG5 action files SUNWhdpcz Traditional Chinese EUC action files Simplified SUNWccpcv Simplified Chinese EUC GBK common messages ee SUNWcdpcv Simplified Chinese EUC messages SUNWgpcv Simplified Chinese GBK messages SUNWcdpcz Simplified Chinese EUC action files SUNWgpcz Simplified Chinese GBK action files German SUNWdepcv German messages SUNWdepcz German action files French SUNWfrpcv French messages SUNWfrpcz French action files Spanish SUNWespcv Spanish messages SUNWespcz Spanish action files Italian SUNWitpcv Italian messages SUNWitpcz Italian action files Swedish SUNWsvpcv Swedish messages SUNWsvpcz Swedish action files Installing PC File Viewer To install PC file viewer follow these steps Start CDE or OpenWindows Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 39 4 Enter the swmtool command at the prompt
75. d in the domain s net con console window Chapter 6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 117 118 Customizing the File System When you perform a full install of the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment on a domain the suninstal1 utility allows you to manually enter the disk partition sizes for your file systems Do not use disk partitions that are less than the minimum sizes 1N TABLE 6 3 If two disks are used root and usr must be on the device specified in the OBP boot alias TABLE 6 3 Minimum Partition Sizes Minimum Partition Sizes Notes 0 256 Mbyte Bare minimum size 1 swap 1024 Mbyte Bare minimum size 2 overlap Actual total disk size 3 var 512 Mbyte 4 2 Mbyte This slice must be reserved for the Alternate Pathing and Solstice DiskSuite products Otherwise subsequent Alternate Pathing installations will overwrite the operating system 5 opt 512 Mbyte This may be larger depending upon remaining space 6 usr 1 Gbyte Asian language users may need more space here Use the Tab key to move the cursor and use the keyboard to type the size for each partition Press F2 when you are done Use the following table to record the actual disk partitions Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 6 4 Disk Partition Form Domain Domain Name Name Boot Boot Disk Disk Partition Name Size Partition Name Size 0 0 1
76. d 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 96 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 12 13 14 Reset the configuration variables default value to the current value see the values you captured with the eeprom command in To Capture the Configuration Variable Settings on page 88 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 variablen
77. e 5 If you are at the ok prompt perform the following step to set up the boot device alias a Use the OBP setenv command to set the default boot device alias to the correct device ok setenv boot device boot_device_alias Where boot_device_alias corresponds to the correct default boot device alias 6 If diag switch is set to true perform the following step Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 121 a Use the OBP setenv command to set the diag device variable to the correct device ok setenv diag device boot_device_alias Note If diag switch is set to true OBP uses diag device and diag file as the default boot parameters If diag switch is false OBP uses boot device and boot file as the default boot parameters 7 If you are at the domain prompt perform the following steps a Log in as superuser on the domain b Use the eeprom 1M command to set the boot device variable domain_name eeprom boot device boot_device_alias 8 In an SSP window verify that the SUNW_HOSTNAME variable is set to the proper omain name a If SUNW_HOSTNAME is not set to the proper domain name use domain_switch 1M to change the value 9 Bring up the domain ssp bringup A on If this is the first domain to be brought up you will be prompted to configure the centerplane Type y to confirm This bringup will configure the Centerplane Please confirm y n y 10 Change to the T
78. 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 3 FIGURE 4 6 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 6 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 Refer to the installation guide or service manual for your system for this procedure h Remove your wrist strap and replace the system access cover Refer to the installation guide or service manual for your system for this procedure i Turn the power on to the system 13 If you have a Sun Enterprise 450 system or a Sun Ultra 450 workstation after the flash PROM update is completed 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 72 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Chapter 4 Recovering From a Power Failure During the Flash PROM Update If the power was lost during the flash PROM update complete the power interruption reco
79. e OpenGL softwar see SUNWCog 1 in the left column above Default Install Location usr openwin usr openwin usr openwin After Installing the Packages After installing the packages do the following installed GLX server extension ogl_install_check Exit the window system and restart it so that the window system loads the newly To verify that the OpenGL libraries are installed correctly run 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 is run on an UltraSPARC Creator3D OpenGL Vendor OpenGL Version Sun Microsystems Ines 1 1 2 Solaris OpenGL 1 1 2_08 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 For diagnostic purposes the following values should be noted anytime that Solaris OpenGL 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
80. e Systems Mount Remote File System Reboot after installation Platform Specific Information for the suninstall Utility Do this Enter the hostname for your SSP Select the appropriate level of information you want to provide If you select any option other than None the suninstall utility displays a series of dialogs that request configuration information Provide that information Select Initial for fresh install Click Select To Include Solaris 64 bit Support to install the 64 bit kernel Refer to the Solaris 7 3 99 Release Notes Supplement for instructions on how to check the operating mode to set the default mode and to switch the operating mode Select Entire Distribution plus OEM Support Select the disk s on which the software is to be installed If you choose a drive other than the one designated as the boot drive a warning message appears later in the installation process At that point you can choose whether to continue or not Select Manual Layout The suninstal1 utility enables you to customize the root disk by specifying disk partitions Use TABLE 6 3 as a guide Press F4 if file systems are to be mounted from a remote file server Press F2 if they are not Select manual reboot and press F2 to begin the installation This step which installs the software and the patches from the Solaris release CD takes many minutes to complete When the install ends successfully the superuser prompt is displaye
81. e auth controlkey 1 requestkey 1 authdelay 0 000793 precision declaration precision 18 clock reading precision 1 usec Each domain should use the SSP as its source for time and the SSP should use at least two other sources besides its internal clock to avoid a single point of failure in case the SSP s clock fails For more information about NTP commands refer to Man Pages 1M Network Time Protocol Commands 10 In the netcon 1M window unmount the CD domain_name cd domain_name umount cdrom 11 Log in to the SSP as superuser and remove the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD from the CD ROM drive ssp cd ssp unshare cdrom cdrom0 ssp eject cdrom 12 Install and configure any other purchased software packages 126 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 13 14 Check the operating mode domain_name isainfo k If you are running in 64 bit mode you should get the following output sparcv9 Reboot the domain with the proper operating mode For the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment you can use either the 32 bit mode or the 64 bit mode The 64 bit mode is the default for all sun4u platforms a For 32 bit mode type the following command domain_name boot boot_alias kernel unix b For 64 bit mode type one of the following commands If you are not already in 32 bit mode use the following command domain_name boot boot_alias If
82. e de Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci s de Sun qui mettent en place l interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences crites de Sun CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE EN L ETAT ET AUCUNE GARANTIE EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE N EST ACCORDEE Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE L APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU LE FAIT QU ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S APPLIQUERAIT PAS DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU eo a Ka Adobe PostScript Contents Preface vii Installing Software From the SolarisCD 1 Automatic Installation of Solaris Software 1 Manual Installation of Solaris Software 1 Custom JumpStart Profiles 8 32 bit Kernel the Default on 200MHz or Lower UltraSPARC Systems 9 Supported Sun Hardware 11 Supported Platforms 11 Supported Storage Peripherals 12 Controllers 16 PCMCIA 17 Graphics Accelerators 17 TTY Graphics Input Devices 19 Networking and Communications 19 Keyboard and Mouse Options 20 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 21 Software Support 21 Contents iii iv Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplements for Solaris 7 3 99 Software Using swmtool 22 Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplements for Solaris 7 3 99 Software on a Standalone System U
83. e following at the command line lp filename Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 43 To view the manuals in HTML format use a web browser and type the following in the address field file cdrom cdrom0 Docs directory 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 Solaris 73 99 AnswerBook Set For customers using Sun hardware a set of online manuals in AnswerBook format is provided on the Supplement CD The Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Collection is contained in the package named SUNWabhdw Refer to the SPARC Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Installation Instructions that accompanies the AnswerBook CD for information about installing the Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook set Refer to the Accessing Online Documentation module in the Solaris 7 3 99 Installation Library for information about how to install document collections on an AnswerBook2 server The AnswerBook sets include general manuals as well as Platform Notes which are manuals that cover use of Solaris 7 3 99 software with specific Sun hardware products TABLE 3 9 lists the manuals online versions found on this AnswerBook TABLE 3 9 Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Manuals Title Description Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Describes other manuals in this set and helps you determine which Documentat
84. e installation required software cluster 5 SPARCstation 5 interactive installation required software cluster 5 SPARCstorage Array interactive installation required software cluster 5 manual installation required software packages 7 Sun Enterprise 450 system flash PROM jumper settings 78 SunSwift SBus adapter manual installation required software packages 7 Supplement CD contents 27 50 SX frame buffer interactive installation required software cluster 5 manual installation required software packages 7 system architecture determining 1 U U S Environmental Protection Agency 157 Ultra 1 Creator Model 170E interactive installation required software cluster 6 manual installation required software packages 8 Ultra 1 Creator3D Model 170E 162 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 interactive installation required software cluster 6 manual installation required software packages 8 Ultra 1 Model 140 interactive installation required software package 6 Ultra 1 Model 170 interactive installation required software package 6 ltra Enterprise 10000 manual installation required software package 8 pdates CD contents 38 46 48 installation viii installing pkgadd 23 upgrade flash PROM performing 58 88 G W write enable jumper setting 60 78 write enabling the system 59 89 servers 63 Index 163 164 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999
85. e the keyswitch to allow the flash PROM to be write enabled When the switch is set to the Locked position FIGURE 4 5 the flash PROM is write protected When the switch is set to the On or Diagnostics position the flash PROM is write enabled Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 63 v 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 position FIGURE 4 5 before updating the flash PROM 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 78 You must change the jumper to be write enabled before continuing with the flash PROM update procedure Diagnostics e o0 Oo FIGURE 4 5 Sun Enterprise 450 and Sun Ultra 450 Keyswitch Location 64 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Chapter 4 Before Updating the Flash PROM Bef
86. eed 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 88 Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 87 After installing the Solaris 7 3 99 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 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 7 3 99 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 7 3 99 operating environment or begin the flash PR
87. environment is still running capture the NVRAM configuration variable settings before you install the Solaris 7 3 99 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 58 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 2 Chapter 4 Print out the values captured by the eeprom command You must have a printed copy of the configuration values before you install the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment and begin to update the flash PROM Type the following To Install the Solaris 7 3 99 Operating Environment Install the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment on your system Refer to the Installation Library shipped in your Solaris 7 3 99 media kit As the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment is installed you will be notified wheth
88. er Profile driver SunSwift SBus Adapter drivers SunSwift PCI Adapter drivers SunFDDI Single Attach PCI Adapter SunFDDI Dual Attach PCI Adapter SUNTRI Token Ring Interface PCI Adapter Dual Single ended UltraSCSI PCI Adapter Dual Differential UltraSCSI PCI Adapter 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 unit 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 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 160 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Index A AnswerBook hardware manuals 44 Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware 44 Updates CD installation ix C custom profiles JumpStart 8 E Energy Star Computers program 157 F flash PROM reprogramming 78 flash PROM jumper settings Sun Enterprise 450 system 78 Ultra 1 system 61 Ultra 2 system 62 flash
89. er 8888 Where server is the name of the machine to which the CD is attached 7 To view video clips that are contained in an AnswerBook document edit your browser s preferences to specify an MPEG Video application For example to make use of the ShowMe TV software provided on this CD in a Netscape Communicator browser perform these steps a In the top bar menu of the browser select Edit gt Preferences b In the Preferences window select the category Navigator and the subcategory Applications c 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 launch the viewer 9 Before you view another video clip dismiss the viewer that displayed the previous video clip 10 To stop running the AnswerBook server from the CD run the following command cdrom flash_answerbook ab2cd stop Notes on Running AnswerBook2 from a CD The following paragraphs provide important information about running the AnswerBook2 server from the CD Default AnswerBook2 Port The AnswerBook2 server run from the CD always runs on port 8888 If you already have an AnswerBook2 server running on your system using the default port 8888 the ab2cd script will display the following message A document server is already running on this system as server 8888 82 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardw
90. er interruption Turn the keyswitch to the Standby position FIGURE 5 1 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 Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 103 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 The system responds with the message Hardware Power ON 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 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 0 gt Extended POST Menus 0 0 gt Select one of the following functions 0 0 gt Oe Return 0 0 gt RJ Reset 0 0 gt TAT Peek Poke devic 0 0 gt rat Environmental Status 0 0 gt rar
91. er 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 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 as shipped from the factory is for the flash PROM to be write protected In order for the flash PROM to be updated you must change the jumper to the write enable position Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 59 60 v Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 Systems To Change the Jumper to the Write Enable Position Shut down the system Type the following o 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
92. evice 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 9600 8 n 1 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 9600 8 n 1 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 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
93. face the boot 1M command will fail If you install the operating system on a drive other than the one designated as the boot drive the suninstall utility displays a warning message similar to the following Warning You have an invalid disk configuration because of the condition s displayed in the window below Errors should be fixed to ensure a successful installation Warnings can be ignored without causing the installation to fail gt To go back and fix errors or warnings select Cancel gt To accept the error conditions or warnings and continue with the installation select Continue WARNING The boot disk is not selected or does not have a mount point c0t3d0 You can safely ignore this warning and press F2 to continue Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 The boot net command starts the suninstal1 utility This utility prompts you to provide site and platform specific information Refer to the following table for the platform specific information you may need to supply If you have questions about the suninstall utility refer to the Installation Instructions for Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Platform Edition in your media kit TABLE 6 2 If you are asked to Please enter the hostname of the SSP for domain_name default_name Set the network information Solaris Interactive Installation Select 64 bit Select Software Select Disk s Automatically Layout Fil
94. ftware Documentation Check the documentation of other software you are running such as any disk volume managers before you use the upgrade option There may be additional instructions you need to follow to preserve existing configurations Upgrading Important Files The following files must be present on stand alone systems servers and each diskless client being upgraded var sadm softinfo INST_RELEASE var sadm install contents var sadm system admin clus var sadm system admin CLUST ertoc lod W Preserving Local Modifications During an upgrade the suninstal11 utility attempts to preserve local modifications to the server whenever possible however local modifications might make an upgrade fail or perform differently than you would expect 130 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 What to Do Before Upgrading Preserve symbolic links Preserve symbolic links to automounted file systems Prevent unneeded file systems from being mounted The following table includes tasks you should perform before you upgrade the domain TABLE6 7 Upgrading Tasks How to Replace symbolic links that use absolute paths with symbolic links that use relative paths For example if usr openwin is a symbolic link to export openwin change the symbolic link to export openwin Remove packages by using Software Manager or the pkgrm 1M command that will create files or d
95. h PROM Erasing the top half of the Flash PRO 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 11 At this point any NVRAM configuration variable that had a customized value will 12 Chapter 4 be restored except use nvramrc and the customized values displayed in Step 1 You will see messages similar to the following rebooting Resetting Restoring previous NVRAM environment settings power cycles 376 security badlogins 5 nvramre lt custom nvramrc gt OK Resetting Note You may see variables listed above that were not shown earlier in the process when the customized values were displayed This is because some of the variables shown above may not have assigned default values If you changed the write enable jumper settings on Sun Ultra 1 or Ultra 2 systems earlier change the jumper back to the write protect position see FIGURE 4 1 FIGURE 4 2 FIGURE 4 3 and TABLE 4 4 a Allow the system to boot so you can become superuser Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 71 b Halt the system by typing init 0 at the superuser prompt c Power off the system d Open the system unit refer to the installation or service manual for your system
96. he reboot command v To Update the Flash PROM 1 Reboot your system Type reboot at the superuser prompt reboot Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 91 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 for 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 92 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 3 When the flash update process begins i
97. ion If you are installing Solaris 7 3 99 on an Enterprise 10000 domain the SSP must be running SSP 3 1 SSP 3 0 does not support Solaris 7 3 99 Please refer to your SSP Media Kit for instructions on how to install the SSP software Backing Up Your Domain Always back up an existing domain before you use the upgrade option in the suninstall utility The safest backup to perform is a level 0 dump of the file systems connected to the domain being upgraded If you do not have an established backup procedure see the System Administration Guide Caution In Solaris 2 5 and compatible versions the kernel resides in plat form arch kernel unix notin kernel unix If you override the boot file location by explicitly setting it to kernel unix you can successfully install the Solaris software but you will not be able to boot the domain Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 129 Using the Upgrade Option The upgrade option in the suninstall1 utility determines how the Solaris software is copied to the disk It merges the new version of the Solaris software with the existing files on the domain s disk saving as many local modifications as possible Note The upgrade option may require deleting software packages if the disk is full this requires knowledge of packages and dependencies Upgrading Installed Patches You do not need to back out installed patches before you perform the upgrade Checking Other So
98. ion Guide manuals are useful for the work you do with your hardware Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Information to help you find a compilation of manual pages Manual Supplement provided in packages on the Supplement CD This includes man pages that cover SunVTS software Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals Information about installing drives and other peripherals for use 44 with the Solaris 7 3 99 software environment Covers issues such as configuring SCSI addresses Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 3 9 Title Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Manuals Continued Description Solaris Handbook for Sun Frame Buffers How to use features of the TurboGXPlus SX PGX m64 and Creator Graphics Accelerator frame buffers Also explains how to configure multiple monitors on a system In some past Solaris releases this manual was titled Platform Notes SMCC Frame Buffers NFS Server Performance and Tuning Guide SunVTS 3 1 User s Guide SunVTS 3 1 Test Reference Manual Information about the performance and tuning of an NFS server Basic instructions on using the SunVTS diagnostic software Information about each test provided with the SunVTS diagnostic software SunVTS Quick Reference Card PCI SBus Comparison A quick reference card about how to use the SunVTS diagnostic software Describes feature differences between SBus and PCI Platform Notes The hme FastEthernet
99. ion 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 Type ssaadm display controller 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 Firmware Rev 3 12 3 If the firmware revision is lower than 3 12 download the new firmware Type ssaadm download f usr 1lib firmware ssa ssafirmware controller 4 Set your boot device Type ssaadm set_boot_dev lt boot device pathname gt Where lt boot device pathname gt 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 150 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 5 If you need to upgrade your FCode use the ssaadm command ssaadm fc_download 6 Halt the system Type usr sbin init 0 7 If you downloaded new firmware press the SYS OK button on the back of the SPARCstorage Array s to reset
100. irectories currently automounted In the etc vfstab file comment out file systems that you do not want mounted during the upgrade Why During an upgrade the suninstal1 utility cannot reference symbolic links that use absolute paths because the Solaris installation program mounts the root file system at a For example a symbolic link to export openwin would fail because during an upgrade export openwin is really a export openwin When the suninstal1 utility cannot reference a symbolic link it will overwrite the symbolic link and install the software the installation program doesn t think the software exists As a result duplicate software will be installed and the upgrade may fail because of insufficient disk space The automounter is not active during an upgrade so the suninstall1 utility installs any package s files or directories that are symbolic links to automounted file systems If a symbolic link is overwritten the upgrade may fail because of insufficient disk space If you cannot remove a package you can replace the symbolic link after the upgrade is completed Note The var mail and var news directories which usually reside on an automounted file system are not affected by an upgrade During an upgrade the suninstal1 utility attempts to mount all of the file systems listed in the etc vfstab file on the root file system being upgraded If the Solaris installation program cannot mount a
101. ironment 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 Turn the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics position FIGURE 5 1 before updating the flash PROM Chapter 5 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 89 Standby JN AN 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 99 Diagnostics Locked Front view
102. 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 log 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 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 7 If you have a Sun Enterprise 450 or an Ultra 450 turn the keyswitch to the Standby position wait a few seconds and then power
103. ision level 3 12 which is the latest version of firmware for all SPARCstorage Array models 100 and 200 series If your SPARCstorage Array has a firmware revision level below 3 12 you must upgrade the firmware revision level to 3 12 as instructed If the firmware revision level on your SPARCstorage Array s is at a revision level of 3 12 or higher you 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 upgrade method that describes your current situation Note Read through the entire scenario before performing any installation or upgrade A thorough comprehension of the material is necessary to ensure a successful installation TABLE 7 1 New Installations New Installations Go to New installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on a Scenario 1 New Installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on Systems SPARCstorage Array disk Booting From the SPARCstorage Array Disk on page 149 New installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on a non Scenario 2 New Installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on Systems SPARCstorage Array disk Not Booting From the SPARCstorage Array Disk on page 154 148 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 7 2 Upgrades Upgrades Go to Upgrading to Solaris 7 3 99 from Scenario 3 Upgrading to Solaris 7 3 99 on page 155 e Solaris 2 3 e Solaris 2
104. l RS 232 communication cards m Data and fax modem cards a SRAM DRAM MROM memory cards Graphics Accelerators The following frame buffers are supported Chapter 2 Supported Sun Hardware 17 Frame Buffer Support Matrix TABLE 2 1 Supported Frame Buffers Product Name Common Name Device Driver X Bus Architecture 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 SPARCstation 10SX SPARCstation 20 S24 tcx dev fbs tcxX AFX Bus FSV tcx dev fbs tcxX AFX Bus embedded SunVideo rtve dev rtvcX SBus Creator ffb dev fbs ffbX UPA Bus Creator3D ffb dev fbs ffbX UPA Bus Creator Series ffb2 dev fbs ffbX UPA Bus 2 Creator3D ffb2 dev fbs ffbX UPA Bus Series 2 Elite3D afb dev fbs afbx UPA Bus PGX M64 dev fbs m64X PCI Bus Note X denotes the device number for the device driver and FSV tcx is integrated on the SPARCstation 4 system motherboard Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TTY Graphics Input Devices a SunDials a SunButtons Note The SunDials and SunButtons products are not supported on all hardware Contact your authorized Sun Support provider for more information Networking and Communications The following network and communications devices are supported SBus Second Ethernet SBus SCSI Buffered
105. lacklist PO 2s Br 9 2602 72 1042 V1 2 1262 L392 L432 18 52 To remove the processors on system boards 14 and 15 from the blacklist edit the SSSPVAR etc starfirel blacklist file and remove 14 2 and 15 2 from the pc line 3 Bring up the domain ssp bringup A off If this is the first domain to be brought up you will be prompted to configure the centerplane Type y to confirm This bringup will configure the Centerplane Please confirm y n y After a few minutes the SSP prompt is displayed 4 In the SSP window open a netcon 1M session ssp netcon After a few minutes the ok prompt is displayed Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 113 5 Check for duplicate devaliases entries in OBP The suninstall utility may not work properly if you have defined duplicate devaliases in OBP Use the devalias command to check the aliases The output may resemble the following example ok devalias net ttya ssa_b_example sbus 40 0 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pl1n b0000000 XXXXXX SUNW ssd 0 0 a ssa_a_example sbus 40 0 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln a0000000 XXXXXX SUNW ssd 0 0 a isp_example net_example net ok sbus 41 0 qec 0 20000 qe 1 0 ssp serial sbus 40 0 QLGC isp 0 10000 sd 0 0 sbus 40 0 qec 0 20000 qe 0 0 sbus 41 0 qec 0 20000 qe 0 0 Note If any devaliases are defined twice net is defined twice in the above example you should remove the extra devalias entries
106. lation and Upgrade Scenarios 148 Scenario 1 New Installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on Systems Booting From the SPARCstorage Array Disk 149 Scenario 2 New Installation of Solaris 7 3 99 on Systems Not Booting From the SPARCstorage Array Disk 154 Scenario 3 Upgrading to Solaris 73 99 155 Power Management on Sun Hardware 157 Supported Platforms 157 Supported Peripherals 159 SPARCstation 4 Issues 160 Contents v vi Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Preface The Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide contains important information about the Sun hardware supported by this Solaris 7 3 99 software environment Note For general Solaris 7 3 99 installation instructions refer to Chapter 1 This manual m Provides platform specific installation instructions for the Solaris 7 3 99 software m Describes software provided on the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD and explains how to install product software m Describes flash PROM update procedures necessary for some systems to run in 64 bit mode a Describes installation issues affecting the Sun Enterprise 10000 system m Identifies installation issues affecting the SPARCstorage Array m Describes hardware and software requirements affecting Power Management software Note For information about how to install software contained on the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD and information about supported hardware refer to Chapter 3 I
107. licies on the Enterprise 10000 system All major independent service providers have been notified and should have software policies in place For additional information contact your service provider Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Performing an Upgrade This section includes upgrade instructions for the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment on a host domain These upgrade instructions are intended only for the Sun Enterprise 10000 server You should read this entire section before you attempt to upgrade the domain Caution To upgrade a domain to Solaris 7 3 99 the usr partition on your boot disk must be larger than 653 Mbytes If the partition is smaller than 653 Mbytes you must repartition the drive before you attempt to upgrade the domain Sun Microsystems suggests that you use the disk partition sizes in TABLE 6 10 With the introduction of the 64 bit kernel into the Solaris 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 from one 2 1 Gbyte disk to two 2 1 Gbyte disks or one 4 2 Gbyte disk at some point in the near future These procedures explain how to upgrade the operating environment while preserving existing data and file structures To install the Solaris operating environment without preserving existing files and disk partitions Performing a Fresh Install on page 107 Caut
108. lowing steps Press F2 to select Auto Layout Caution Make sure that the partition sizes for the root swap usr and var file systems are not reduced below the minimum sizes shown in TABLE 6 10 If the proposed modifications are acceptable press F2 to continue Otherwise press F4 to change the constraints that the suninstall utility uses to reconfigure the disk partitions Your data will be temporarily backed up during the partition reconfiguration and then it will be restored For more information refer to the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide 140 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Note For systems with a large Volume Manager configuration 100 disks or more the size of the root file system should be increased Sun Microsystems suggests that you use sizes of approximately 256 megabytes to 512 megabytes to allow for additional space which will be required for device name entries Shut down the domain from the superuser prompt domain_name init 0 Bring up the domain ssp bringup A on 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 supply the device s alias as an argument to the command Change to the Tools directory ssp ed cdrom cdrom0 s0 Solaris_2 7 Tools Remove the host domain as an install client ssp
109. n pr alable et crite de Sun et de ses bailleurs de licence s il y ena Le logiciel d tenu par des tiers et qui comprend la technologie relative aux polices de caract res est prot g par un copyright et licenci par des fournisseurs de Sun Des parties de ce produit pourront tre d riv es des syst mes 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 le logo Sun SunSoft SunDocs SunExpress SPARCclassic SPARCstation SLC SPARCstation ELC SPARCstation IPC SPARCstation IPX SPARCstation Voyager et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es ou marques de service 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 portant les marques SPARC sont bas s sur une architecture d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc 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 reconna t les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le d veloppement du concept des interfaces d utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l industrie de l informatique Sun d tient une licence non exclusiv
110. nd at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed 48 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 10 11 12 In the Admintool Add Software window select Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Cluster 1 0 Click the Customize option The Admintool Customize Installation window is displayed In the Admintool Customize Installation window click the Deselect All option Click on the box beside Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Cluster In the Installation Directory window enter the directory where you want the Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Cluster installed Leaving this blank will install the software in the opt directory default Note opt is recommended as the home directory for the Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Cluster Click OK In the Admintool Add Software window click Add The installation process should take a few minutes Quit Admintool 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 installation These additional man pages are also available in the Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Manual Supplement in the Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook set Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 49 SunFDDI Drivers Included on the Supplement CD
111. ng at the package level refer to TABLE 1 3 for the software packages required for specific hardware TABLE 1 3 If you have Required Packages for Hardware Platforms and Options You must install SX frame buffer NNnNNnNnNN NWsxr m NWsx NWsxow NWxilcg NWsxxgl 24 or FSV frame buffer nn wn NWtcx m NWtcxu NWtcxow Creator and Creator3D including Series 2 NNnNNnNnN NN NWffb u NWffbcf NWffbw NWffbxg NWxilvl Elite3D NNNNNN N NWafb u NWafbcf NWafbmn NWafbr NWafbw NWafbxg NWxfb u PGX Graphics Frame Buffer SunSwift SBus Adapter nn NWm64 u NWm64w Nwm64cf NwWhmd NWhmdu SunSwift PCI Adapter SPARCstorage Array model 100 200 nn NWhmd NWhmdu NWssad NWssaop Sun StorEdge A5000 NNNNNN N NWluxal NWluxdv d NWluxdv u NWluxdv NwWluxmn NWluxop NWses Ultra 1 Series n NWxilvl Chapter 1 Installing Software From the Solaris CD 7 TABLE 1 3 Required Packages for Hardware Platforms and Options Continued If you have You must install Ultra 1 Creator Series Ultra 2 Creator Series SUNWffb u Ultra 5 Ultra 10 Ultra 60 or Sun Enterprise SUNWffbcf X000 Series SUNWf fbw SUNWf fbxg SUNWxilvl SUNWhmd SUNWhmdu Ultra 5 Ultra 10 Ultra 60 Ultra 250 Ultra SUNWpd 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 SUNWpdu Sun Enterprise 10000 SUNWcvcr u 8 Custom JumpStart Profiles For information on the availability of the
112. ng example removes the last created net devalias You may have to issue a second nvunalias command if the second net alias is the incorrect one Then issue an nvalias command to create the correct net device alias ok nvunalias net 8 If an alias does not exist for the network interface that is on the same subnet as the SSP you can create one by typing a command similar to the following example ok nvalias net sbus 41 0 SUNW hme 0 8c00000 Where sbus 41 0 refers to system board 0 and SBus 1 The SUNW hme 0 portion of the device name defines a 100Base T network interface installed in Slot 0 Your configuration will vary The following table contains the SBus numbers that are used in the devalias file TABLE 6 8 Sbus Numbers in the devalias File system system board sysio 0 sysio 1 board sysio 0 sysio 1 0 sbus 40 sbus 41 8 sbus 60 sbus 61 1 sbus 44 sbus 45 9 sbus 64 sbus 65 2 sbus 48 sbus 49 10 sbus 68 sbus 69 3 sbus 4c sbus 4d 11 sbus 6c sbus 6d 4 sbus 50 sbus 51 12 sbus 70 sbus 71 5 sbus 54 sbus 55 13 sbus 74 sbus 75 6 sbus 58 sbus 59 14 sbus 78 sbus 79 7 sbus 5c sbus 5d 15 sbus 7c sbus 7d The OBP command watch net all1 displays the functioning network interfaces Caution The next step starts the suninstal1 utility During the installation you will be asked to specify the device name of the boot disk Do not begin the installation until you have the device name
113. nstalling Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD Where to Find Installation Information The Solaris 7 3 99 software is delivered on two CDs vii viii m Solaris 7 3 99 SPARC Platform Edition called the Solaris CD throughout this manual m Supplement for Solaris 7 3 99 Operating Environment for Sun Computer Systems called the Supplement CD throughout this manual Before installing the Solaris 7 3 99 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 Manuals Title Description Solaris 7 SPARC Installation Primary installation manual for this release of the Instructions Solaris operating environment from the Documentation CD Solaris 7 SPARC Platform Edition Supplements the Solaris Start Here card by Installation Library providing detailed installation information Solaris Advanced Installation Guide Contains additional information about how to install the Solaris operating environment on Server systems TABLE P 2 Specific Installation Information If you want to Go to Know more about new products Chapter 3 in this manual and peripherals Know about late
114. ntrol Jumper to Low Half Booting or High Half Booting m If the system recovers complete the programming process by rebooting Complete the steps in the section Running the Flash PROM Update Script Manually on page 65 74 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 4 Chapter 4 m If the system does not recover repeat Step 1 and Step 2 a second time If the system still does not recover contact your Sun service provider or local Sun service Authorized Service Provider 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 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 you ran the flash PROM update through the seri
115. omain_name b board_numbers o OS_version p platform_name Where domain_name is the name of the domain specified in Step 2 board_numbers is a list of the system boards to be included in the domain OS_version is the version of the domain s operating system and platform_name is the name of the platform as defined during the SSP package configuration Refer to the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3 1 User s Guide for additional information 4 Check the power to the domain ssp power 5 If the domain is powered off power on the domain ssp power on Preparing the SSP for the Fresh Install This section contains instructions for preparing the SSP for the fresh install You must set up the SSP as an install server by configuring the domain network information and as a boot server by adding the domain as a install client However before you set up the SSP as a boot server you must install a patch that enables the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment to be installed on a domain Chapter 6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 109 Configuring the Domain Network Information 1 Log in to the SSP as superuser 2 Manually edit the etc hosts file to include the IP address of the new domain The correct entries would look similar to the following etc hosts sample 127 110 110 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 0 0 0 0 193 0 0 153 15 3 153 153 153 TI 4 1
116. ommand to remove them Follow these steps Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 31 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 32 o applica applica applica applica applica applica applica applica applica pkginfo tion tion tion tion tion tion tion tion tion egrep i OpenGL UNWffbg1 Creator Graphics FFB OpenGL Support UNWglrt OpenGL Runtime Libraries UNWglrtu OpenGL Platform Specific Runtime Libraries UNWglwrt OpenGL Widget Library NWafbgl Loadable pipeline for UPA Bus Elite3D graphics UNWgldoc Solaris OpenGL Documentation and Man Pages UNWglh Solaris OpenGL Header Files UNWglut Solaris OpenGL Utilities and Example Programs UNWglwh Solaris OpenGL Widget Header Files NDNNNNNNN WN C To remove the packages become superuser o 5 su Password superuser password Run pkgrm to remove all existing Solaris OpenGL packages pkgrm SUNWglrt SUNWglh Installing the OpenGL Software To install the OpenGL software follow these steps Start CDE or OpenWindows Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser pass
117. on 10SX cluster SUNWCsx SPARCstation 20 cluster SUNWCsx Ultra 5 Ultra 10 Ultra 60 Ultra 250 cluster SUNWCpd Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Sun Enterprise 10000 cluster SUNWC4ul 32 bit Kernel the 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 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 plat form 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 Chapter
118. on the same controller as the root disk 14 If you are at the ok prompt perform the following step to set up the boot devices alias a Use the OBP setenv command to set the default boot device alias to the correct device ok setenv boot device boot_device_alias Where boot_device_alias corresponds to the correct default boot device alias 15 If diag switch is set to true perform the following step a Use the OBP setenv command to set the diag device variable to the correct device ok setenv diag device boot_device_alias Note If diag switch is set to true OBP uses diag device and diag fileas the default boot parameters If diag switch is false OBP uses boot device and boot file as the default boot parameters 16 If you are at the domain prompt perform the following steps a Log in as superuser on the domain b Use the eeprom 1M command to set the boot device variable domain_name eeprom boot device boot_device_alias 17 Check the operating mode domain_name isainfo k If you are running in 64 bit mode you should get the following output sparcv9 Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 145 18 Reboot the domain with the proper operating mode For the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment you can use either the 32 bit mode or the 64 bit mode The 64 bit mode is the default for all sun4u platforms a For 32 bit mode type the following command domain_name boot boo
119. ools directory ssp ed cdrom cdrom0 s0 Solaris_2 7 Tools 11 Remove the host domain as an install client ssp rm_install_client domain_name 122 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 Remove the Solaris CD from the CD ROM drive ssp cd ssp unshare cdrom cdrom0 s0 ssp eject cdrom Reboot the domain After the domain reboots type the superuser password then re enter the password when prompted in the netcon 1M window Root password password Please re enter your root password password Your entry will become the new superuser password for the domain Respond to the prompts for Solaris configuration information You may be asked for the following items Name service such as none NIS NIS Net domain name answer yes to subnet question Net domain mask Server selection usually automatic Timezone Time Enable savecore by editing the etc init d sysetup file to uncomment the savecore setup Installing the Sun Microsystems Computer Systems Supplements Packages You should install the supplement packages as needed from the Sun Computer Systems Supplements CD Insert the Sun Computer Systems Supplements CD Log in as superuser on the SSP and share the CD ROM ssp share F nfs o ro anon 0 cdrom cdrom0 Log in as superuser in the netcon 1M window Chapter 6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 123 4 Cre
120. ore you begin updating the flash PROM please note the 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 follow the power interruption recovery procedures covered later in this chapter Running the Flash PROM Update Script Manually The flash PROM update script is typically run at bootup You can also run the flash PROM update script manually by doing the following If you shut down the system in order to set the write enable jumper Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 systems turn the system on so it can boot Bring the system down to single user mode Type the following o 5 su Type your superuser password init S 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 on page 65 Begin with Step 2 do not execute the reboot command To Update the Flash PROM 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 Go to Step 1 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 65 66 2 If you did not need to shut down the system for example with the Sun Enterpri
121. orm Guide March 1999 6 Click Add The installation process should take a few minutes 7 Quit Admintool Using SunVTS Software To use SunVTS software refer to the SunVTS 3 1 User s Guide in the Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook set For SunVTS test and quick reference information refer to the SunVTS 3 1 Test Reference Manual and SunVTS Quick Reference Card OpenGL Software The Solaris OpenGL software is Sun s 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 Supported Platforms The Solaris OpenGL 1 1 2 software supports the following devices m Creator Graphics and Creator3D Graphics OpenGL functionality is accelerated in hardware m SX GX GX TGX TGX 24 OpenGL functionality is performed in software ma All Sun SPARC systems equipped with the following frame buffers are supported on the OpenGL 1 1 2 software the TCX SX GX Creator and Elite3D 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 the Solaris OpenGL software packages you must use the pkgrm c
122. our Authorized Service Provider Chapter 4 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 77 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 8 shows the jumper locations and TABLE 4 6 describes their functions 78 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 J3304 J3303 J2701 E Coo Flash PROM jumpers Chapter 4 x l J3103 o m m3102 TEE S r ak i I3 9 i SSS IT FIGURE 4 8 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 Default on Jumper Pins 1 2 Jumpered Pins 2 3 J
123. p conf file in your text editor Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 143 c Edit the file so that it resembles the following example example Starfire domain etc inet ntp conf configuration file ntp conf for Solaris 7 3 99 substitute actual ssp name for lt ssp name gt server lt ssp name gt prefer we can always fall back to the local clock server 127 127 1 0 fudge 127 127 1 0 stratum 9 Other ntp files driftfile etc inet ntp drift Encryption disable auth controlkey 1 requestkey 1 authdelay 0 000793 precision declaration precision 18 clock reading precision 1 usec Each domain should use the SSP as its source for time and the SSP should use at least two other sources besides its internal clock to avoid a single point of failure in case the SSP s clock fails For more information about NTP commands refer to Man Pages 1M Network Time Protocol Commands 9 In the netcon 1M window unmount the CD domain_name cd domain_name umount cdrom 10 Log in to the SSP as superuser and remove the CD ssp cd ssp unshare cdrom cdrom0 ssp eject cdrom 11 Install and configure any other purchased software packages 12 Uncomment all file systems in the etc vfstab file that you commented out when you prepared the domain for the upgrade 144 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 13 Uncomment all swap partitions that are not
124. patch Remove the CD ssp cd ssp eject cdrom Setting Up the SSP As a Boot Server Perform these instructions for each domain on which the Solaris operating environment will be installed Insert the Solaris CD into the CD ROM drive After inserting the CD wait about one minute for the Volume Manager to mount the CD ROM Change to the Tools directory on the CD ssp ed cdrom cdrom0 s0 Solaris_2 7 Tools Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 111 3 Set up the host domain as an install client ssp add_install_client domain_name sun4u The add_install_client command should share the CD across the net If you receive the following warning perform the share 1M command in Step 3a prom_panic Could not mount filesystem a Share the CD across the net ssp share F nfs o ro anon 0 cdrom cdrom0 s0 4 Exit the superuser level Installing Solaris 7 3 99 If the boot disk for the domain has crashed and suitable backup files do not exist or if the disk partition is to be changed you must perform the instructions in this section These instructions assume that you have an SSP window open You can use these instructions to upgrade the Solaris operating environment without saving any previous files For upgrades that preserve existing files and disk partitions see Performing an Upgrade on page 129 During the installation you will use the suninstall utility which h
125. 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 102 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 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 At the prompt type the following bin sh usr platform sun4u 1lib prom uname i v To Recover a One Board System After Power Interruption 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 Power interruption during updating of the flash PROMs aborts the updating at the point of the pow
126. ps You need to know your system architecture platform group if you are m Setting up a boot server on a subnet a 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 shows the platform names and platform groups of various Sun hardware systems TABLE 1 1 Platform Names for Sun Systems System Platform Name Platform Group SPARCstation SLC SUNW Sun_4_20 sun4c SPARCstation 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 Sun_4_75 sun4c SPARCclassic SUNW SPARCclassic sun4dm SPARCstation LX SUNW SPARCstation LX sun4m SPARCstation LX SUNW SPARCstation LX sun4m SPARCstation 4 SUNW SPARCstation 4 sun4m SPARCstation 5 SUNW SPARCstation 5 sun4m SPARCstation 5Model 170 SUNW SPARCstation 5 sun4m SPARCstation 10 SUNW SPARCstation 10 sun4m SPARCstation 10SX SUNW SPARCstation 10 SX sun4m SPARCstation 20 SUNW SPARCstation 20 sun4m SPARCstation Voyager SUNW S240 sun4dm Ultra 1 Model 140 SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 1 Model 170 SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 1 Creator Model 140E SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 1 Creator3D Model 140E SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 1 Creator Model 170E SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 1 Creator 3D Model 170E SUNW Ultra 1 sun4u Ultra 1 Creator Model 200E
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128. rise 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 will need to be updated to a higher level of OpenBoot firmware in the flash PROM before they can run the 64 bit mode of the Solaris 7 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 7 3 99 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 Solaris 7 3 99 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 7 3 99 software 85 86 Note If the Solaris 7 3 99 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
129. rnel Refer to the Solaris 7 Release Notes Supplement for instructions on how to check the operating mode to set the default mode and to switch the operating mode Select Software Select Entire Distribution plus OEM Support 138 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 TABLE 6 9 Platform Specific Information for the suninstall Utility If you are asked to Do this Select Disk s Select the disk s on which the software is to be installed If you choose a drive other than the one designated as the bootdrive a warning message appears later in the installation process At that point you can choose whether to continue or not Note For Solaris 7 3 99 you may see a warning stating that the system needs more disk space Refer to TABLE 6 10 for more information Automatically Layout Press F4 if file systems are to be mounted from a remote file File Systems server Press F2 if they are not Select post installation Select manual reboot and press F2 to begin the installation option manual This step which installs the software and the patches on the reboot Solaris release CD takes many minutes to complete When the installation is complete the suninstal1 utility does not reboot the domain if you select manual reboot The Enterprise 10000 host displays the superuser prompt in the net con 1M window Do not use the reboot 1M command to shut down the domain Customizing the File System When you perform a full in
130. rs refer to Platform Notes SunFDDI Drivers Sun Remote System Control for Sun Enterprise 250 Servers Sun Remote System Control RSC is a secure server management tool that lets you monitor and control a Sun Enterprise 250 server over modem lines and over a network using Solaris tm 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 server To install Sun Remote System Control server and client software follow these steps Start CDE or OpenWindows Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive The File Manager window is displayed Open a command window and become superuser using the su command and superuser password Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 51 4 Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed 5 In the Admintool Add Software window select Remote System Console Server Software and or Remote System Console Client Software 6 Click Add The installation process should take a few minutes 7 Quit Admintool For installation and configuration information for Remote System Control see Remote System Control RSC Installation Guide
131. s Describes how to use the luxadm administrative program with the Sun StorEdge A5000 and the SPARCstorage Array Platform Notes Sun FDDI Adapters Chapter 3 Describes how to configure the SunFDDI driver software and use the SunFDDI network utilities Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 45 TABLE 3 9 Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Manuals Continued Title Description Platform Notes Sun GigabitEthernet Describes how to configure the Sun GigabitEthernet driver software Dynamic Reconfiguration User s Guide Information about how to use Dynamic Reconfiguration software for Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 3x00 features on these Sun Enterprise servers Systems Remote System Control RSC User s Information about how to use Remote System Control for the Guide Enterprise 250 Server Remote System Control RSC Installation Installation and configuration information for Remote System Guide Control for the Enterprise 250 Server 1 2 Additional documentation can be found on the Supplement CD in the cdrom cdrom0 Docs directory Solaris 7 3 99 AnswerBook Clusters and Packages The following table lists the clusters and packages that are provided for Solaris 7 3 99 AnswerBooks TABLE 3 10 Solaris 7 3 99 AnswerBook Clusters and Packages on the Supplement CD Includes Cluster Name Package Description SUNWCabks SUNWabhdw Solaris 7 3 99 on Sun Hardware Collection Installing
132. s There is no support for drawing objects in MS Word and Lotus Borders in Word Perfect and AmiPro files are not supported Copy amp paste does not work for Japanese text in Microsoft Office applications Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 37 38 Note All of the above limitations also exist in the Microsoft Windows version of the product from Inso Corporation m There is no support for OLE objects a Ifa font that is used in a document is not on the system the default system font will be used and the viewed text may look different than what was seen in the authoring application a Ifa special character is used in a document that is not in the available character set it will be replaced by an asterisk in the document as shown by the file viewer PC File Viewer Packages TABLE 3 6 lists the packages that are provided with PC file viewer TABLE 3 6 PC file viewer Packages Locale Package Name Description English SUNWdtpcev US base package SUNWdtpez US base actions and messages Japanese SUNWjdpcv Japanese EUC PCK UTF 8 common messages SUNWjepcv Japanese EUC messages SUNWjppcv Japanese PCK messages SUNWjupcv Japanese UTF 8 messages SUNWjepcz Japanese EUC action files SUNWjppcz Japanese PCK action files SUNWjupcz Japanese UTF 8 action files Korean SUNWkcpcv Korean EUC UTF 8 common messages SUNWkupcv Korean UTF 8 messages SUNWkdpcev Korean EUC messages SUNWkupcz Korean UTF 8 a
133. s 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 7 3 99 operating environment was installed then the system will boot the Solaris 7 3 99 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 99 AN Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x000 systems have a jumper on the clock board P0601 which controls if the flash PROM can or cannot be updated a 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 mu
134. se 450 system or the Sun Ultra 450 workstation reboot your system Type reboot at the superuser prompt pee O 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 disabled position Before running the flash PROM update please verify that the flash PROM jumpers are in the writ enabled position See the Hardware Platform Guide for 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 Flash Update 2 0 Program and system initialization in progress If you see the line Current Flash PROM Revision on your screen go to Step 1 If you see the error message Flash Update System Security is set complete Step 1 If the Open Boot security mode was set to either full or command then you have PROM level security turned on and you cannot update the flash PROM With security turned on you will see the following error message You need to set the security mode variable to none
135. sent by these tests This interface is designed to be run on top of OpenWindows Through its numerous buttons and windows users can set options select tests read log files and start and stop testing sessions plus many other options SunVTS CDE user interface vtsui This interface is designed to run on top of the Common Desktop Environment CDE It will also run on top of OpenWindows if the CDE package SUNWdtbas is installed Features are similar to the interface listed above vtsui ol SunVTS TTY user interface vtstty Running an individual test from the command line Custom test support 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 be used from a terminal a shelltool or 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 Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 29 30
136. sing pkgadd 23 Open Data Base Connectivity ODBC Driver Manager 26 Online Validation Test Suite Software SunVTS 28 OpenGL Software 31 PC File Viewer 36 ShowMe TV 1 2 1 Software 41 Solaris 73 99 AnswerBook Set 44 Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Clusters and Packages 48 SunFDDI Drivers Included on the Supplement CD 50 Sun Remote System Control for Sun Enterprise 250 Servers 51 Sun GigabitEthernet 52 Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 55 Related Material 55 Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating 56 Updating the Flash PROM 57 Recovering From a Power Failure During the Flash PROM Update 73 Restoring NVRAM Configuration Variables 75 Error Messages 77 Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise 450 System and the Ultra 450 Workstation 78 Flash PROM Update Multimedia Collection 80 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 85 Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating 85 Updating the Flash PROM 87 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Location of Flash PROM Jumpers in Sun Enterprise Server Systems 99 Recovering From a Power Failure During the Flash PROM Update 102 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 107 Performing a Fresh Install 107 Performing an Upgrade 129 Installing Solaris With the SPARCstorage Array 147 Disk Management Software 147 SPARCstorage Array Firmware 148 Instal
137. st reinstall it before you can complete the flash PROM update procedure Installing the P0601 Jumper To install the P0601 jumper follow these steps Halt the system then turn the keyswitch to the Standby position Caution The clock board is not hot pluggable Do not remove the clock board until the system has been halted and powered off 2 Remove the clock board from the system see FIGURE 5 2 100 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Clock board g f 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000 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 101 P0601 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 Chapter 6 in your reference manual for the detailed procedure 6 Turn the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics
138. stall of the Solaris 7 3 99 operating environment on a domain the suninstal1 utility allows you to manually enter the disk partition sizes for your file systems Sun Microsystems suggests that you do not use disk partitions that are less than the minimum sizes in TABLE 6 10 Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 139 If two disks are used root and usr must be on the device specified in the OBP boot alias TABLE 6 10 Minimum Partition Sizes Minimum Partition Sizes Notes 0 256 Mbyte Bare minimum size 1 swap 1024 Mbyte Bare minimum size 2 overlap Actual total disk size 3 var 512 Mbyte 4 2 Mbyte This slice must be reserved for the Alternate Pathing and Solstice DiskSuite products Otherwise subsequent Alternate Pathing installations will overwrite the operating system 5 opt 512 Mbyte This may be larger depending upon remaining space 6 usr 1 Gbyte Asian language users may need more space here Use the Tab key to move the cursor and use the keyboard to type the size for each partition Press F2 when you are done During the upgrade the suninstal1 utility may notify you that your disk partition sizes are not large enough for Solaris 7 3 99 as in the following example More Space Needed rS tn Sasa ae SS ssa If you see this message during the upgrade you should check the usr partition If this partition is smaller than 653 megabytes you must repartition the boot disk by performing the fol
139. sword Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed In the Admintool Add Software window select ODBC Driver Manager Software 2 11 This will install the SUNWCodbc cluster which includes both the driver manager package ISLIodbc and the demo dBASE driver package ISLIodbcD Click the Customize option if you want to select only one of these packages or change the destination directory from opt The Admintool Customize Installation window appears When you have made the choices you want click the Add option to return to the Admintool Add Software window Chapter 3 Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 27 7 In the Admintool Add Software window click Add The installation process should take a few minutes You ll need to respond to prompts to install each InterSolv package you ve selected This message window is closed when installation is complete 8 Quit the Admintool Software window Using InterSolv ODBC Software To use InterSolv ODBC software refer to the PostScript files installed in the opt ISLIodbc 2 11 doc directory For further details on the driver manager and the demo dBASE driver refer to the man pages for odbc ini and qedbf installed in the opt ISLIodbc 2 11 man man4 directory Also refer to the comments about installation on your system in the opt ISLIodbc 2 11 install log file
140. system after the system has been reset Note After the update you may wish to evaluate if the customized values displayed on the previous screen need to be modified 9 If the jumper is not set so that the flash PROM can be written to or the keyswitch is set to the locked position you will see the following error message To remedy the problem make the flash PROM write enabled Couldn t determine the flash PROM component type a On the Sun Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 systems halt the system by typing init 0 at the superuser prompt Power off the system Set the J2003 jumper to be write enabled pins 2 and 3 jumpered Then power on the system and complete the flash PROM update process For more details see the section Making the Flash PROM Write Enabled on page 59 b On the Sun Enterprise 450 system or the Sun Ultra 450 workstation turn the keyswitch to the On or Diagnostics position then type reboot at the prompt Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 10 At this point the flash PROM is updated After the update the system reboots if the update completed successfully or unsuccessfully 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 Flas
141. t displays the current and available system board PROM revisions Current System Board PROM Revisions Board Board Board Board Board Board Board YATWRFDBN OC Available I O I O I O CPU Memory OBP CPU Memory OBP CPU Memory OBP CPU Memory OBP ype 2 FCODE ype 5 FCODE Update ype 5 FCODE PRR WWW Ww MOO ONNN NN Revisions 16 16 16 16 lt 3 7 z7 1998 06 08 16 1998 06 08 16 1998 06 08 16 1998 06 08 16 1997 11 14 1997 12 08 1997 12 08 CPU Memory OBP 12 153 15 I O Type FCODE 23 I O pe FCODE I O p FCODE I O p oO FCODE oO ape WUN y Y Y y I O p oO Chapter 5 FCODE PRPPRP RP WwW N A A 16 1998 06 08 1997 11 14 1997 11 14 1997 05 09 1997 12 08 1997 12 08 16 D2 123 Lal inom Alone 58 41 41 18 32 39 POST 1POST 1POST TPOST iPOST iPOST 58 58 58 58 41 39 39 WW WWW Ww POST POST POST POST iPOST iPOST iPOST WWWW WW Ww Pe B OO OO OO Or G O e PS AD 1998 06 09 1998 06 09 1998 06 09 1998 06 09 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 hp op nO DADNADAD BF 1998 06 09 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 1997 05 01 1998 04 16 1998 04 16 16 14 14 10 14 14 25 22 22 56 22 22 16 16 Lor T6 14 14 14 25 25 25 25 22 22 22 Updating the Flash PROM on the Sun Enterprise 3
142. t method to install most of the software from the Supplement CD at the same time you are installing from the Solaris CD For more information on the Solaris Web Start method of installation see the Using Solaris Web Start module in the Information Library Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplements for Solaris 7 3 99 Software Using swmtool If you use swmtool to install packages from the Supplement CD you can install packages for more than one software product during the same installation session Note The individual software product sections later in this chapter contain complete procedures for installing each product It may be more convenient for you to install more than one product during a single swmtool session The general process for installing clusters and packages using swmtool is a Insert the Supplement CD into your CD ROM drive m Become superuser m Start swmtool m Select the clusters and packages you want to install 22 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 m In the swmtool GUI select Add Some products may require a customized installation For example if the packages should be installed in a directory other than the default directory opt Specific directions for any customized installations are included in the individual software product sections in this chapter Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplements for Solaris 7 3 99 Software on a Standalone System Using pkgadd
143. t_alias kernel unix b For 64 bit mode type one of the following commands If you are not already in 32 bit mode use the following command domain_name boot boot_alias If you are switching from the 32 bit mode use the following command domain_name boot boot_alias kernel sparcv9 unix 146 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 CHAPTER 7 Installing Solaris With the SPARCstorage Array This chapter describes how to install Solaris 7 3 99 software either as a new installation or as an upgrade on systems where the SPARCstorage Array may be used as the boot device Note The installation instructions in 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 with this requirement may result in a loss of data stored on your disks Disk Management Software Caution If you are currently running disk management software on your system refer to your disk management software documentation before proceeding with these instructions or you may lose the data on your disks 147 SPARCstorage Array Firmware In the installation and upgrade scenarios below you will be instructed to check and if necessary upgrade the firmware for your SPARCstorage Array s This Solaris 7 3 99 software contains SPARCstorage Array firmware rev
144. te 4mm DDS2 tape drive 4 Gbyte 4mm DDS2CR tape drive 4 Gbyte DDS3 tape drive 7 Gbyte 8mm 8505XL tape drive 7 Gbyte 8mm 8705DX tape drive SPARCstorage Library up to two 14 Gbyte tape drives with 10 magazine cartridges and a robotic mechanism to select cartridges SCSI Diskette Drives 3 5 inch dual density diskette drive 3 5 inch tri density diskette drive 3 5 inch tri density manual eject diskette drive Expansion Subsystems SBus Expansion Subsystem Chassis SES C SBus Expansion Subsystem Board SES B Chapter 2 Supported Sun Hardware 15 Controllers Sun StorEdge SCSI Host Adapters Sun SCSI Host Adapter SSHA SBus SCSI Buffered Ethernet SBE S SBus Fast SCSI Buffered Ethernet FSBE S 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 PCI Host Adapters PCI Single ended Fast Wide SCSI 2 SunSwift PCI Dual Differential UltraSCSI UD2S Dual Single ended UltraSCSI US2S Fibre Channel Host Adapters FC S FC OM FC S only FC100 S GBIC FC100 S only 16 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 PCMCIA The PCMCIA interfaces are provided with the following products a SPARCstation Voyager uses STP4020 PCMCIA controller chip a PCMCIA Interface SBus uses STP4020 PCMCIA controller chip The supported PC cards are m Seria
145. ter 2 Supported Sun Hardware 13 m 8 4 Gbyte 4 x 2 1 Gbyte m 8 4 Gbyte 2 x 4 2 Gbyte m 16 8 Gbyte 4 x 4 2 Gbyte Desktop Storage Module m 16 8 Gbyte 4 x 4 2 Gbyte 5 25 inch a 1 3 Gbyte 5 25 inch Differential SCSI Disk Tray 5 25 inch a 2 1 Gbyte a 2 9 Gbyte a 9 0 Gbyte Differential SCSI Expansion Pedestal 5 25 inch a 2 1 Gbyte SCSI Disk Cards 3 5 inch m 2 1 Gbyte 4 x 535 Mbyte narrow m 4 2 Gbyte 4 x 1 05 Gbyte wide a 8 4 Gbyte 4 x 2 1 Gbyte wide Enterprise Disk Cards m 4 2 Gbyte 2 x 2 1 Gbyte m 8 4 Gbyte 2 x 4 2 Gbyte CD Drives SunCD drive SunCD Plus drive SunCD 2Plus drive SunCD 4 drive Sun StorEdge CD12 drive SunCD 16 drive SunCD 24 drive SunCD 32 drive 14 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 SCSI Tape Drives 60 Mbyte 1 4 inch QIC Sun3 Mass Storage subsystem 150 Mbyte 1 4 inch QIC Desktop Backup Pack and External Storage Module 2 5 Gbyte 1 4 inch QIC Sun StorEdge UniPack 1 2 inch Front Load 800 1600 6250 bpi Tape 5 Gbyte 4mm Tape Desktop Backup Pack and Sun StorEdge UniPack 20 Gbyte 4mm Tape Auto Loader Desktop Backup Module 2 3 Gbyte 8mm Desktop Backup Pack and External Storage Module 5 0 Gbyte 8mm Desktop Backup Pack 10 Gbyte 8mm Desktop 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 Gby
146. the Solaris 7 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 Related Material You can also use the Flash PROM Update Multimedia Collection containing videos of how to upgrade the Flash PROM in the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 systems This collection is located on the Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD For more information see Flash PROM Update Multimedia Collection on page 80 55 Determining If the Flash PROM Needs Updating Only sun4u systems that can run the 64 bit mode of the Solaris 7 3 99 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 7 3 99 software Note If the Solaris 7 3 99 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 56 and go directly to Updating the Flash PROM
147. the Sun Enterprise 10000 135 3 Re create the domain with the new OS version number ssp domain_create d domain_name o 2 7 4 Bring up the domain ssp bringup A off If this is the first domain to be brought up you will be prompted to configure the centerplane Type y to confirm This bringup will configure the Centerplane Please confirm y n y After a few minutes the SSP prompt is displayed 5 At the ssp prompt open a netcon 1M session ssp netcon After a few minutes the ok prompt is displayed 6 Check for duplicate devalias entries in OBP The suninstall utility may not work properly if you have defined duplicate devaliases in OBP Use the devalias command to check the aliases The output may resemble the following example ok devalias net sbus 41 0 qec 0 20000 qe 1 0 ttya ssp serial ssa_b_example sbus 40 0 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln b0000000 XXXXXX SUNW ssd 0 0 a ssa_a_example sbus 40 0 SUNW soc 0 0 SUNW pln a0000000 XXXXXX SUNW ssd 0 0 a isp_example sbus 40 0 QLGC isp 0 10000 sd 0 0 net_example sbus 40 0 qec 0 20000 qe 0 0 net sbus 41 0 qec 0 20000 qe 0 0 ok Note If any devaliases are defined twice for example net is defined twice in the above example you should remove the extra devalias entries 136 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 7 If any duplicate entries exist in the devalias file remove them The followi
148. umper Location on Motherboard J2003 write protect enable jumper Back panel i Ban FIGURE 4 3 Sun Ultra 2 System Write Protect Enable Jumper Location on Motherboard 62 Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 6 Set the J2003 write protect enable jumper to pins 2 and 3 jumpered write enabled using needlenose pliers see FIGURE 4 4 Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk 12 3 Write Write protected enabled FIGURE 4 4 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 Refer to the installation guide or service manual for your system for this procedure 9 Go to Before Updating the Flash PROM on page 65 Sun Enterprise 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 mov
149. umpered Pins Signal Controlled J3102 Flash PROM Not to be used 1 2 FLASH PROM SEL J3103 Write protect Write enable 2 3 FLASH PROM PROG ENABLE J5501 High half booting Low half booting 2 3 XOR LOGIC SET Make sure that the write protect write enable jumper is set to the write enable position pins 2 and 3 jumpered see FIGURE 4 9 Pin 1 is noted by an asterisk Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 79 123 Write protected FIGURE 4 9 Setting the J3103 Write Protect Enable Jumper on the Sun Enterprise 450 or Ultra 450 80 Flash PROM Update Multimedia Collection The video content of the AnswerBook2 collection is very large You may want to view it directly from the CD rather than installing this software package on a system already running an AnswerBook2 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 collection directly from the CD perform the following steps Insert the Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD into your CD ROM drive Change directory to or bring up file manager and go to the top level of the CD ROM volume This should look similar to ed cdrom flash_answerbook where cdrom is the mount point for the CD ROM device and flash_answerbook is the name of the CD ROM volume Solaris 7
150. variable if use nvramrc is set to true Current System Flash PROM Revision OBP 3 5 2 1997 01 06 17 40 Available System Flash PROM Revision OBP 3 11 1 1997 12 03 15 44 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 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 7 8 Chapter 4 Next the update script asks you if you want to continue Type yes Also if any of the NVRAM configuration variables have been customized the update displays both the default value and the current value Are you sure that you wish to continue yes no yes TMPORTANT If the power fails during the firmware update that is 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 NVR
151. very procedure for your system 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 Turn the power switch to the Standby position to prevent power surge to the system when power is restored 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 Complete the section Running the Flash PROM Update Script Manually on page 65 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 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 Confirm that output has been redirected to one of the frame buffers Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems 73 a
152. word Solaris 7 3 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide March 1999 Enter the swmtool command at the prompt usr sbin swmtool d cdrom cdrom0 Product The Admintool Add Software window is displayed In the Admintool Add Software window select 32 bit or 64 bit OpenGL Runtime Libraries Software 1 1 2 Click Add The installation process should take a few minutes Quit Admintool OpenGL Clusters and Packages TABLE 3 5 lists the clusters and packages that are provided with Solaris OpenGL TABLE 3 5 Package Cluster Name Name SUNWCogl SUNWglrt SUNWglrtu SUNW fbgl SUNWafbgl Chapter 3 OpenGL Clusters and Packages Description OpenGL client side runtime libraries UltraSPARC specific OpenGL libraries Device pipeline for Creator and Creator3D Graphics frame buffers Loadable pipeline for UPA Bus Elite3D graphics Default Install Location usr openwin lib usr openwin platform sun4u lib GL usr openwin lib GL devhandlers usr openwin Installing Software from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD 33 34 TABLE 3 5 OpenGL Clusters and Packages Continued Package Cluster Name Name SUNWCog1x SUNWglrtx SUNWafbgx SUNWf fbgx SUNWCogl Description Sun OpenGL 64 bit Runtime Libraries Sun OpenGL 64 bit loadable pipeline for the UPA Bus Elite3D graphics accelerator Sun OpenGL 64 bit loadable pipeline for the UPA Bus Creator graphics accelerator Cor
153. x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems 93 94 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 TMPORTANT 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 qd 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 88 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
154. you are switching from the 32 bit mode use the following command domain_name boot boot_alias kernel sparcv9 unix Licensing Your Software The Enterprise 10000 s domain feature requires different approaches to software licensing when compared to systems that cannot be logically partitioned FLEXI m Based Licensing License management the license server is normally tied to a machine host ID On an Enterprise 10000 system the license server is tied to the domain host ID Each domain receives its own domain host ID Chapter6 Solaris 7 3 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 127 128 Therefore if licensing is installed on an Enterprise 10000 system it must be installed in a domain that will not be removed Adding or removing processors from the domain will not affect licensing as long as the domain always has at least one active processor If licensing ever needs to be moved from one domain to another the licenses will need to be regenerated using the new domain host ID This is identical to the situation when moving the license server from one machine to another This process 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 m http www sun com licensing To obtain the Enterprise 10000 system domain host ID type host id in a shell window Other Software Licensing Other software vendors may have unique software licensing po

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