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| Update Date: | 2011-04-14 |
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1010756.1
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Sun Fire[TM] Mid-Range Servers ScApp Features and Requirements Matrix
| Related Items |
- Sun Fire E6900 Server
- Sun Fire 6800 Server
- Sun Fire 3800 Server
- Sun Fire E4900 Server
- Sun Netra 1280 Server
- Sun Fire 4800 Server
- Sun Fire E2900 Server
- Sun Fire V1280 Server
- Sun Fire 4810 Server
- Sun Netra 1290 Server
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| Related Categories |
- GCS>Sun Microsystems>Servers>Midrange V and Netra Servers
- GCS>Sun Microsystems>Servers>Entry-Level Servers
- GCS>Sun Microsystems>Servers>Midrange Servers
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Applies to:
Sun Fire 6800 Server Sun Fire E2900 Server Sun Fire E4900 Server Sun Fire E6900 Server Sun Fire 4800 Server All Platforms
Goal
This document provides an overview of the Sun
Fire[TM]1280/E2900/3800/48x0/E4900/6800 & Sun Fire[TM] E6900 &
Netra[TM]1280/1290 server's System Controller Application (ScApp)
firmware version features & requirements. Before upgrading ScApp, always read the Release Notes,
Install.info file, and README file that are included with each
version of the ScApp firmware patch. The firmware revisions
listed below are considered the minimum major and minor level
needed to provide stable operation for the listed servers and
features. Running firmware levels
earlier than those listed below puts the system at risk for bugs
which have been fixed, will reduce the availability features
engineered into newer firmware, and
may cause unnecessary instability. If a system is operating
on a firmware level below those listed in this document, it should
be considered for upgrade as soon as scheduling permits.
For maximum availability and
stability, engineering suggests domains operate Solaris 10
and System Controllers operate ScApp
5.20.X. ScApp 5.21.x
was released to support USBRDT-5240 boards which have been obsoleted.
As a result, ScApp 5.21.x has been obsoleted by 5.20.11 (patch
114527-12). Please upgrade your ScApp firmware as soon as possible to
keep current. See <Document 1006281.1> to download and install the most current version of ScApp.
Solution
DescriptionSteps to FollowThe chart below contains Sun Fire Servers Features Matrix by ScApp Version.
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Sun Fire Servers Features Matrix by ScApp Version.
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Server, Component, or Feature
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ScApp 5.16.x; Patch 114523-xx
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ScApp 5.17.x; Patch 114524-xx
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ScApp 5.18.x; Patch 114525-xx
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ScApp 5.19.x; Patch 114526-xx
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ScApp 5.20.x; Patch 114527-xx
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SF3800-6800
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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E4900-6900
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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V1280/Netra1280/E2900
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Supported USIII /USIII+ CPU Speeds
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750, 900, 1050, 1200, MHz
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750, 900, 1050, 1200, MHz
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750, 900, 1050, 1200, MHz
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750, 900, 1050, 1200, MHz
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750, 900, 1050, 1200, MHz
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Supported USIV/USIV+ CPU Speeds
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1050, 1200 MHz
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1050, 1200 MHz
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1050, 1200, 1350 MHz
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1050, 1200, 1350, 1500 MHz
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1050, 1200, 1350, 1500, 1800, 1950* MHz
*ScApp 5.20.3
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SC V2 (Enhanced-Memory System Controller)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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PCI+ I/O Assembly
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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PCI (XMITS 3.1) (TBA)
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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System Controller Failover
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Dynamic Reconfiguration Supported
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Yes (S8 & 9 only)
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Yes (S8 & 9 only)
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Yes (S8-10)
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Yes (S8-10)
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Yes (S8-10)
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Domain DR patch requirements
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S8 02/02 KJP 108528-14 & 111111-01, 112396-02, 108987-09,
111097-08
S9 KJP 11233-01
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S8 02/02 KJP 108528-14 & 111111-01, 112396-02, 108987-09,
111097-08
S9 KJP 11233-01
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S 8 02/02 KJP 108528-14 & 111111-01, 112396-02, 108987-09,
111097-08
S9 KJP 11233-01
S10
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S8 02/02 KJP 108528-14 & 111111-01, 112396-02, 108987-09,
111097-08
S9 KJP 11233-01
S10
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S8 02/02 KJP 108528-14 & 111111-01, 112396-02, 108987-09,
111097-08
S9 KJP 11233-01
S10
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Server, Component, or Feature
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ScApp 5.16.x; Patch 114523-xx
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ScApp 5.17.x; Patch 114524-xx
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ScApp 5.18.x; Patch 114525-xx
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ScApp 5.19.x; Patch 114526-xx
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ScApp 5.20.x; Patch 114527-xx
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Capacity On Demand Demand(COD)
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3800-6800
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3800-6800 & E4900-6900
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3800-6800 & E4900-6900
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3800-6800, E4900-E6900, v1280, E2900, & Netra1280/1290
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3800-6800, E4900-E6900, v1280, E2900, & Netra1280/1290
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setls
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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SunMC version
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3.0 Update 4
3.5
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3.0 Update 4
3.5
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3.5
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3..6.1
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3.6.1
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Secure Shell(SSH) Protocol
*(a) SF3800-6800 & E4900-E6900
*(b) v1280, Netra1280/1290, E2900
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3800-6800 & E4900-E6900
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3800-6800, E4900-E6900, v1280, E2900, & Netra1280/1290
* Requires SC V2 for v1280, E2900, & Netra 1280/1290.
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3800-6800, E4900-E6900, v1280, E2900, & Netra1280/1290
* Requires SC V2 for v1280, E2900, & Netra 1280/1290.
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3800-6800, E4900-E6900, v1280, E2900, & Netra1280/1290
* Requires SC V2 for v1280, E2900, & Netra 1280/1290.
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3800-6800, E4900-E6900, v1280, E2900, & Netra1280/1290
* Requires SC V2 for v1280, E2900, & Netra 1280/1290.
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Domain MAC / HostID *(1)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Domain hang recovery *(2)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Component Health Status
(CHS) *(3)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Repeated Domain Panic Recovery *(4)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Persistent Update of CHS by Solaris[TM] OE for CPU offline
L2_SRAM conditions *(5)
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Yes
*Requires minimum of Solaris 8 KJP 108528-29 or Solaris 9 KJP
11233-09 w/patch 116009-01 or Solaris 10
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Persistent Logging of system errors, SC platform logs and SC
domain logs * (6)
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No
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Yes
* Requires SCV2
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Yes
* Requires SCV2
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Yes
* Requires SCV2
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Yes
* Requires SCV2
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Server, Component, or Feature
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ScApp 5.16.x; Patch 114523-xx
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ScApp 5.17.x; Patch 114524-xx
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ScApp 5.18.x; Patch 114425-xx
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ScApp 5.19.x; Patch 114526-xx
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ScApp 5.20.x; Patch 114527-xx
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VCMON
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No
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No
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Yes * (7)
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Yes * (7)
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Yes * (7)
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Processor Offlining due to VCMON
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes *(11)
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CPU Diagnosis Engine * (8)
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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ECC Diagnosis Engine * (9)
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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max-panic-diag-level parameter * (10)
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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CHS updated for components identified by VCMON * (11)
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Solaris 10 Ready,
(FMA) persistent off-lining of discovered faults
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes *(3), *(9)
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*Additional Details for Sun Fire Mid-Range Server Features
3800-6800 and E4900-E6900 systems support up to 5 SSH
connections in total. Only one SSH connection is allowed per Domain
plus one SSH connection to the Platform shell.
V1280,Netra1280/1290, and E2900 systems support up to 2
SSH connections using firmware 5.18.x..
* Summary Description of each Sun Fire Mid-Range Servers
Availability Feature
Domain MAC/HostID can be swapped between Domains. Example:
MAC/HostID from Domain A can be swapped to Domain C. Allows more
flexibility in configuration and will not interfere with licensing
requirements.
SC monitors Domain heartbeat. If heartbeat or interrupts quit
responding, SC initiates a reset of the Domain or posts a NOTIFY
message depending on the setting of the hang-policy Domain
variable.
Persistent record of event information stored in the
component. Ensures faulty components will not be configured into a
Domain.
Run power on-self test (POST) at increasing diagnosis levels
to identify and isolate faulty hardware (if any).
SC can receive hardware failure messages from Solaris OS for
specific events
System error messages and 6 levels of messages in domain and
platform logs are retained in additional memory if using SCV2
(enhanced-memory System Controller). These persistent logs are
also retained across reboots. Six levels of messages stored:
alert, critical, emergency, error, fault, and warning.
Voltage Core Monitor. Proactive monitoring and analysis of
CPU core voltage levels to identify CPU boards which may be at risk
for experiencing certain identified types of failures.
Diagnoses specific fatal and non-fatal CPU events.
Correlates collected parity and ECC information to detect bad
writers and bad readers, diagnose signaling
events (Syndrome 0x071), and identify components which experience a
specified number of ECC events in a specified time period when
possible.
The maximum POST diag-level used in Automated Recovery from
Repeated Domain Panics is now tunable.
CHS is now updated for components identified by VCMON.
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Minimum ScApp & OS Requirements by Platform or Board
Type
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Hardware/System Board Type
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ScApp
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Solaris 8
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Solaris 9
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Solaris 10
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3800-6800
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5.18.5
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Solaris 8 KJP 108528-29
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Solaris 9 KJP 112233-12 w/ patch 116009-05
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Solaris 10 3/05
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E4900-E6900
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5.18.5
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Solaris 8 KJP 108528-29
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Solaris 9 U6
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Solaris 10 3/05
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v1280, Netra1280/1290, & E2900
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5.18.5
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Solaris 8 KJP 108528-29
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Solaris 9 KJP 112233-09 w/patch 116009-01
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Solaris 10 3/05
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USIV 1050, 1200 or 1350 MHz
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5.18.5
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Solaris 8 2/04
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Solaris 9 4/04
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Solaris 10 3/05
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US IV + 1500, 1800 and 1950 MHz *(1)
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5.19.2
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No
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Solaris 9 9/05
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Solaris 10 3/05
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*(1) For 6800/E6900, which can be configured with dual
domains per partition (Domains A&B and C&D), in order to
support dual domains per partition with USIV+ SBs, you must have
Version 2 (V2) Repeaters (RPs) installed and at least ScApp 5.20.1.
See Technical Instruction: for details.
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Minimum Requirements for Availability (AVL) Features in
Solaris
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Availability Feature
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Solaris 8
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Solaris 9
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Solaris 10
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CPU off-lining for L2_SRAM events
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Solaris 8 KJP 108528-29
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Solaris 9 KJP 112233-12
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Solaris 10 3/05
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Memory Page Retirement
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Solaris 8 KJP 108528-29 & 117000-03
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Solaris 9 KJP 112233-12
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Solaris 10 3/05
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Fault management Architecture (FMA)
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No
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No
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Solaris 10 3/05
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CPU Level 2/Level 3 (L2/L3) cache-line retirement
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No
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Solaris 9 KJP 122300-28
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Solaris 10 KJP 137111-02
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ScApp Availability (AVL) Enhancement Information:
For a thorough understanding of availability functionality
included in ScApp firmware, review the following Blueprint documents
related to this feature:
* Sun
Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Auto Diagnosis and Recovery Features
(pdf), which describes the Availability feature's introduction in
ScApp 5.15.0.
* Sun
Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Auto Diagnosis and Recovery
Enhancements (pdf) which describes the first set of enhancements
to the feature included in ScApp 5.15.3.
* Sun
Fire Midrange Servers Auto-Diagnosis and Recovery Features (pdf)
which describes the next enhancement to this feature in ScApp 5.17.0.
* Auto
Diagnosis and Recovery Enhancements for Sun Fire Midrange Servers
Updated for Firmware Release 5.19.0 ( pdf ) which describes the
latest enhancements made to ScApp 5.19.0 and in 5.20.x as well.
Some of the links at the bottom are old Sun Links, but we don't know yet where to point them, or if they will move.
Serengeti, lw8, 1280, 2900, 3800, 4800, 6800, 6900, netra, sunfire, sun fire, ScApp, Firmware, Dynamic Reconfiguration, DR, Availability, vcmon, USIV, USIV+, FMA, pci+, pci
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