Solaris 9 8/03 x86 Edition Platform Software Downloads
All Sun Fire V60x and V65x servers include, for a limited time, a right-to-use
license for the Solaris Operating System, x86 Platform Edition that enables you
to download and install at no additional cost Solaris 9 8/03 Operating
Environment, x86 Platform Edition. The Solaris 9 8/03 Operating Environment, x86
Platform Edition is now available.
The Sun Fire V60x and Sun Fire V65x servers have been certified
as compatible when running the Red Hat 2.4.9-e.12 kernel or later, along
with updated drivers. To use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 with the Sun
Fire V60x or Sun Fire V65x servers, installation of the latest updated
drivers is required.
The drivers for many kernels are supplied on this download site for
your convenience. However, we recommend that you use those for the
Red Hat 2.4.9-e.12 or later kernel, because only those have been qualified.
The instructions for installing these drivers are included in the
procedures in the "Sun Fire V60x and Sun Fire V65x Linux Operating
System Installation Guide," (817-1956). This guide is available PDF format. Download here.
Server Management for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
We now offer support for the Intel IPMI server management
utilities, run with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. Please accept the
license agreement and download the new packages for use with this
operating system.
Procedures for installing and using the server management
utilities are identical to use with Red Hat 7.3 Please refer the
"Sun Fire V60x and Sun Fire V65x Server Management Guide" for
further information.
The Sun Fire V60x and Sun Fire V65x servers have been qualified to run Red Hat 9. To use Red Hat Linux 9 with the Sun Fire V60x or Sun Fire V65x servers, installation of the latest updated drivers is required.
The drivers for many kernels are supplied on this download site for your convenience.
We now offer support for the Intel server management utilities, run with Red Hat Linux 9. Please accept the
license agreement and download the new packages for use with this operating system.
The Sun Fire V60x and Sun Fire V65x servers have been qualified to run Red Hat 8.0. To use Red Hat Linux 8.0 with the Sun Fire V60x or Sun Fire V65x servers,
installation of the latest updated drivers is required.
The drivers for many kernels are supplied on this download site for
your convenience. However, we recommend that you use those for the
Red Hat 2.4.9-e.12 or later kernel, because only those have been qualified.
We now offer support for the Intel IPMI server management utilities, run with Red Hat Linux 8.0. Please accept the license agreement and download the new packages for use with this operating system.
The Sun Fire V60x and Sun Fire V65x servers have been qualified to run Red Hat 7.3. To use Red Hat Linux 7.3 with the Sun Fire V60x or Sun Fire V65x servers, installation of the latest updated drivers is required.
We now offer support for the Intel server management utilities, run with Red Hat Linux 7.3. Please accept the license agreement and download the new packages for use with this operating system.
Installation Information for Red Hat Linux 7.2 Users
There is no official support for Red Hat
Linux 7.2 on the SunFire V60x/V65x servers. To assist customers who
can support themselves, Sun offers an installation
whitepaper and associated files. The files include device driver examples and a NeoPXE support package of drivers plus a stage 2 image
Sun Fire V60x/V65x Server BIOS 1236 (September 28, 2004)
For optimal performance, an update to the BIOS for your Sun Fire V60x or
Sun Fire V65x server is recommended. Included in this package is an
update to microcode and bug fixes. The instructions for installing the
update is in the readme file that is included in the download.
Sun Fire V60x/V65x Server HSC firmware update (June 10, 2004)
Support has been added for the SE7501WV2 server board. When installed with the
board the HSC will report a product ID in the IPMI Get Device ID command
For optimal performance, an update to the BIOS for your Sun Fire V60x or Sun
Fire V65x server is recommended. Included in these updates are support for the
MO stepping processor and bug fixes. The instructions for installing the updates
are in the readme file that is included in the download
For optimal performance, an update to the BIOS for your Sun Fire
V60x or Sun Fire V65x server is recommended. Included in these updates
are support for F29 D1 stepping processor and bug fixes. The instructions
for installing the updates are in the readme file that is included
in the download.
For optimal performance, an update to your Seagate drive firmware for your Sun Fire V60x or Sun Fire V65x server is
recommended. Included in this update are support for Intel RAID SRCZCR and bug fixes, including a fix for
heavy activity modes with high queue depth sequential drive writes or reads.
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