Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K servers: Firmware Revisions

Asset ID:	1-71-1003372.1
Update Date:	2011-06-07
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Solution Type Technical Instruction Sure

Solution 1003372.1 : Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K servers: Firmware Revisions

Applies to:

Sun Fire 12K Server
Sun Fire 15K Server
Sun Fire E20K Server
Sun Fire E25K Server
All Platforms

Goal

Firmware Matrix for the SunFire[TM] 12K/15K/20K/25K servers

Solution

Description
There are several types of firmware used on various components and flash PROMs in Sun Fire [TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K systems.

NOTE: Only the firmware levels listed here, are supported. It is not supported to use any level of firmware other than that listed below, for each version of System Management Services(SMS) software.

The table below details the various firmware and revisions.

Firmware	SMS 1.6	SMS 1.5	SMS 1.4.1	SMS 1.4	SMS 1.3	SMS 1.2
Domain OBP	4.21.0 4.22.20 ( 124460-01 ) 4.22.32 ( 124460-03 ) 4.30.4 ( 124460-04 )	4.18 4.18.2 ( 120843-01 )	4.13.1 4.13.3 ( 117642-01 ) 4.15.8 ( 117642-02 )	4.12.2	4.7.4 4.7.6 ( 114656-01 )	4.5.2 4.5.17 ( 113860-01 ) 4.5.20 ( 113860-02 )
POST	5.20.0 5.20.6 ( 124264-01 ) 5.20.10 ( 124264-03 )	5.19.0 5.19.3 ( 121091-01 ) 5.19.5 ( 121091-02 ) 5.19.6 ( 121091-03 )	5.17.0 5.17.1 ( 117772-01 ) 5.17.2 ( 117772-02 ) 5.18.1 ( 117772-03 )* 5.18.3 ( 117772-04 )**	5.15.3	5.14.2 5.14.5 ( 115285-01 ) 5.14.6 ( 115285-02 )	5.12.56 5.13.1 (w/ 112829-03) 5.13.3 (w/ 112829-04) 5.13.4 (w/ 112829-05)
SSCPOST	1.25 ( for CP1500 ) 2.4 ( for CP2140 )	1.25 ( for CP1500 ) 2.4 ( for CP2140 )	1.24 ( for CP1500 ) 2.3 ( for CP2140 )	CP1500 1.23 1.24 ( 116907-01 ) CP2140 2.2 2.3 ( 116907-01 )	CP1500 1.18 1.20 (w/ 114609-01) 1.23 (w/ 114609-02) 1.24 (w/ 114609-03) CP2140 2.2 (w/ 114609-02) 2.3 (w/ 114609-03)	1.15 1.17 ( 112552-01 ) 1.18 ( 112552-02 )
SCOBPimg	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2 1.3 ( 115957-01 )	1.2

Note:

* To use lpost 5.18.1, hpost patch 117371-06 or higher, must be installed on the System Controller(SC).
**This lpost patch requires SMS 1.4.1 hpost patch 117371-08 or later.

Sustaining support for SMS Releases :
SMS 1.1. 1.2, 1.4 : Discontinued effective June 9,2004.
SMS 1.3 : Discontinued effective October 5,2005.
SMS 1.4.1 : Discontinued effective July 15,2006.
SMS 1.5 : Discontinued effective July 30, 2008.
SMS 1.6 is the only supported releases for the Sun Fire 12K/15K/E20K/E25K platform family.

SMS 1.4.1(or greater) required for using UltraSPARCIV (USIV Jaguar) boards in the Sun Fire 12K/15K/E20K/E25K server
SMS 1.6 required for using USIV+(Panther) boards, in the Sun Fire 12K/15K/E20K/E25K server

Only the following OBP versions are supported on the respective SC type

Nordica (CP1500): 3.14.6 - available here (linked from http://panacea.uk.oracle.com/twiki/bin/view/Products/Last_ProdPatchesFirmwareStarcat linked from http://panacea.uk.oracle.com/twiki/bin/view/Products/ProdPatchesFirmwareStarcat).
Othello+ (CP2140): 1.1.19 - available via patch 116345-11

Note:There is no support for lpost version 5.18.0 on the Starcat platform.
Note: 5.18.1 is the minimum firmware required for 1.35 MHz USIV procs.
Note: 5.19.0 is the minimum firmware required for 1.5 MHz USIV+ procs.

For systems running SMS 1.3: Due to Bug 6336735, flashupdate will fail when trying to re-flash boards that already contain FW version 5.19 or higher. See the bug for more information.

15K, 12K, SF15K, SF12K, Sun Fire 15K, Enterprise, Sun Fire 12K, firmware, LPOST, OBP, SCOBPimg, SSCPOST, SMS, Amazon, 20K, 25K

Previously Published As 73580

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