Sun Enterprise 10000 Server - Server Alternate Pathing

Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing

• Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.0.1
• Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.2
• Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.3
• Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.3.1

Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.0.1

Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.0.1 enables Sun Enterprise[tm] 10000 server customers who run Solaris 2.5.1 11/97 on their domain(s) to use all of the features of the AP 2.1 release. AP 2.1 runs only on Solaris 2.6 5/98 domains and AP 2.2 runs only on Solaris 7 5/99 domains. AP 2.0.1 also includes integrated fixes for many bugs that were patched in AP 2.1.

AP 2.0.1 provides the following additions to AP 2.0 functionality:

• Auto Failover for FC-based storage devices
  
  
• Support for automatic switch on DR detach
  
  
• An architectural generic OpenBoot[tm] PROM fix
  
  
• Support for mirrored AP boot disks
  
  
• Support for Sun StorEdge[tm] A5000 and Sun GigabitEthernet (2.0)
  
  

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Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.2

Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.2 enables Sun Enterprise[tm] 10000 server customers who run Solaris 7 on their domain(s) to use all of the features of the AP 2.1 release with the Solaris 7 64-bit OS, as well as offering Check Point Restart (CPR) enhancements to render AP CPR safe.

Note that AP 2.2 provides these same Alternate Pathing features to the Sun Enterprise[tm] 3x00, 4x00, 5x00, 6x00 server product line in addition to Sun Enterprise[tm] 10000 servers.

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Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.3

Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.3 enables Sun Enterprise[tm] 10000 server customers who run Solaris 8 on their domain(s) to use all of the features of the AP 2.2 release with the Solaris 8 64-bit OS. AP 2.3 adds a consolidated network metadriver feature that allows device types to be mixed within media classes (currently FDDI or Ethernet). This release of AP supports Solaris 2.6 and 7 as well as Solaris 8.

Note that AP 2.3 provides Alternate Pathing features to the Sun Enterprise[tm] 3x00, 4x00, 5x00, 6x00 server product line in addition to Sun Enterprise[tm] 10000 servers.

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The AP 2.3 Alternate Pathing User Guide and Reference manual are not included in the software package, and must be downloaded separately.

Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.3.1

Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing (AP) 2.3.1 adds full support for Sun StorEdgeTM T3s using most favored path algorithms to obtain maximum I/O performance. This release of AP supports Solaris 2.6 and 7 as well as Solaris 8 operating environments.

Note that AP 2.3.1 provides all Alternate Pathing features to the Sun Enterprise[tm] 3x00, 4x00, 5x00, 6x00 and E10000 server product lines.

The software is available as a ZIP file capable of being unpacked with the unzip command present in the Solaris 7 operating environment and forward. If you are running the Solaris 2.6 operating environment, you can obtain the unzip command by applying patch 106193-05.

Once you have downloaded the file, perform the following UNIX command at a command prompt in the directory in which the ZIP file resides:

cksum ap_2_3_1_sparc.zip

The command should report the following information:

2885671963      4046573   ap_2_3_1_sparc.zip

This output confirms the successful download of AP 2.3.1. Any other results indicate a faulty download that must be retried. Do not attempt to use corrupt ZIP archives.

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AP 2.3.1 is also available with messages and documents translated to French (fr), Japanese (ja) and Asian (ko, zh and zh_TW) languages. The cksum command output for this package is:

660542682     12212165   ap_2_3_1_sparc_L10N.zip

Please examine the README file found in the package's 'ap_2_3_1_sparc_L10N' directory for installation details.

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