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Sun Fire V890 Server Product Notes

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Contents

1. Sun Fire V890 Server Product Notes

Document Revision History

Available Online Documentation

Preinstalled Software

Software and OpenBoot Firmware Requirements

OpenBoot PROM Enhancements for Diagnostic Operation

CPU/Memory Board Hardware Requirements

Required and Recommended Software Patches

Required Software Patches for Solaris 9

Recommended Software Patches for Solaris 9

Required Software Patches for Solaris 8

Recommended Software Patches for Solaris 8

Hardware and Firmware Issues

Sun PCI Cards That Support PCI Hot-Plug

Caution on the Use of PCI Cards Not Specifically Qualified by Sun on the Sun Fire V890 Server

FC-AL Disk Drive Firmware Issues

Installing Sun Fire V890 FC-AL Backplane Firmware

Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and XIR

Updated Rackmounting Information for the Sun Fire V890 Server

Sun Fire V890 Server Rackmounting Safety Information

Software Issues

Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2.2 Software

OpenBoot PROM Enhanced Diagnostics

Sun Management Center Software Support

Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager Software

Documentation Notes

OpenBoot Firmware Documentation

Sun Management Center 3.5 Support

Open Issues

RSC Console Switches to the Server Console Without Warning When OpenBoot PROM Enhanced Diagnostics Are On or the Keyswitch Is in the Diagnostics Position

Disk Errors Are Reported in loghistory While Running SunVTS, But No Errors Are Reported in SunVTS or Solaris

GEM Interface Drops Connections Under Heavy Load Using the sync-TTCP Test Suite

Disabled PCI Slot Causes an fcode_timer Timeout During Solaris Boot

Solaris 8 cfgadm Command Produces Harmless Warning