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Operating Systems Solaris firmware update on t5120 Post 302298817 by upengan78 on Wednesday 18th of March 2009 05:11:01 PM
Old 03-18-2009
firmware update on t5120

Hi,

I am using 3 t5120 sparc systems, OS solaris 10.

I am confused by update manager behaviour and sun support.

Sun support guy, tells me install patch : 136932-09 (#136932-09: Hardware/PROM: SPARC Enterprise T5120 & T5220 Sun System Firmware with LDOMS support)

When I checked Install.info, it clearly says, once done with prerequisits then use update manager (1.0.10 which systems have) to locate firmware patch. but the update manager in my case does not show any such firmware update available.

What is confusing is step 3 in Install.info

Quote:
1. On the host (Solaris domain), maximize the Sun Update Manager
Window.

2. Select the "Available Updates" tab located in the upper right hand
portion
of the window
3. Review the "Synopsis" column to find entry containing "...Sun
Firmware System Firmware Update". This entry will be specific to your
particular system type.
NOTE: If there is NO entry containing the string above and all
of the prerequisites listed above are met, the firmware stack version
currently loaded on your Service Processor is up to date and does not
require updating.


The NOTE clearly says that if you do not see update available then system does not need one.

Now support guy says, he does not know anything about update manager at all Smilie and I should download patch from sun.com or he can email me.

The question here is, is it wise to do this firmware update when update manager does not show it (even though 1.0.10 is supposed to show firmware updates on t5120) Check: What's Been Fixed in Update Manager 1.0.10? - Patch Management - wikis.sun.com)

Hope you understand my question,

I would like to know from people who have done this firmware update. How did they do it and was it success?

OK, Reason why I am doing it is, @ sc> console -f hangs , resetsc -y gives this error:

Quote:
sc> resetsc -y
Performing hard reset on the SC failed
resetsc: No such inventory
Support guy tells me install the above patch but does not seem knowledgeble enough to support his suggestion.

Thanks
 

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install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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