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Feature History of SysFW 6.x & 7.x Major and Minor Releases for Sun CoolThreads CMT Systems


Overview of Firmware Releases for SPARC Systems
Date
SysFW Release
Features
Platforms Supported
6.x
7.x
6.x
7.x

Nov. 2005

6.0

n/a
  • Support for CMT Architecture

Sun Fire T2000 server

n/a

Jan. 2006

6.1

n/a
  • New platform support

Sun Fire T2000 server

Sun Fire T1000 server

n/a

June 2006

6.2

n/a
  • Secure Shell (SSH) in ALOM-CMT
  • DHCP by default
  • Faster console speed
  • Reflash from the Solaris OS
  • New platform support

Sun Fire T2000 server

Sun Fire T1000 server

Sun Netra T2000 server

Sun Netra CP3060 server

n/a

Dec. 2006

6.3

n/a
  • “Diag-Off” - changed default diag behavior
  • Kernel Core Dump Utility
  • Watchdog Timer support
  • Fast memory scrub
  • Sun SPARC Enterprise product line
  • New platform support
  • PICL, 4HDD support for Sun Netra T2000 server
  • Bug fixes

Sun Fire/Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 server

Sun Fire/Sun SPARC Enterprise T1000 server

Sun Netra T2000 server

Sun Netra CP3060 server

Sun Blade T6300 server

n/a

Apr. 2007

6.4

n/a
  • Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0
  • ALOM-CMT Alerts via ETM Channel
  • Remote Mgmt Channel via ETM
  • SNMP support
  • OBP PCI Mem64 support
  • Multi-path boot support
  • POST Enhanced Memory testing
  • Bug fixes

All of the above

n/a

Aug. 2007

6.5

7.0
  • Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.1
  • USB2 support in OBP
  • UltraSPARC T2 support (7.x only)
  • New platform support
  • Bug fixes

All of the above

Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 server

Sun Blade T6320 server

Sun Netra T5220 server

Sun Netra CP3260 server

Jan. 2008

6.6

7.1
  • Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.2
  • UltraSPARC T2 Plus support (7.x only)
  • Bug fixes

All of the above

All of the above, plus Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140, T5240 and T5440 servers

Sun Blade T6340 server

Sun Netra T5440 server

Dec. 2008

6.7

7.2
  • Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.1, 1.2
  • ILOM updated to 3.0 (7.x only)
  • Bug fixes

All of the above

All of the above
 

Note: When SysFW 7.0 made its debut, it shared four sub-component versions (OBP, POST, Hypervisor, and vBSC) with the existing SysFW 6.x., then at version 6.5. For the foreseeable future, Sun plans on releasing the 6.x and 7.x minor versions in lockstep for their respective platform families. So, the next concurrent minor releases should be 6.8 and 7.3.

 
 

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