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Sun Fire E25K/E20K/15K/12K System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 is the newest version of system management software for use on Sun Fire
E25K/E20K/15K/12K System Controllers (SCs) to manage Sun Fire high-end systems. SMS 1.6 enables support for new hardware and software features on Sun Fire E25K/E20K/15K/12K servers.
Sun Fire E25K/E20K/15K/12K SMS 1.6 mandates the following conditions:
- System Controllers
System Controllers must have as the minimum Operating System: Solaris 9 4/04 or Solaris 10 1/06 with required patches.
- Domains
Domains running on UltraSPARC IV must have as the minimum Operating System: Solaris 8 2/02, Solaris 9 4/04, Solaris 10 3/05 HW1, or Solaris 10 1/06 or higher, with required patches. Domains running on UltraSPARC IV+ must have as the minimum Operating System: Solaris 9 9/05 , Solaris 10 3/05 HW1, or Solaris 10 1/06 or higher, with required patches.
For more information on what patches are needed, please see the SMS 1.6 Installation Guide.
NOTE: All existing SMS 1.5, 1.4.1, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, and 1.1 users are encouraged to migrate to SMS 1.6 at this time. Sustaining support for SMS 1.5 will be discontinued effective July 30, 2008. Sustaining support for SMS 1.4.1 was discontinued on July 15, 2006. Sustaining support for SMS 1.3 was discontinued October 5, 2005, and sustaining support for SMS 1.4, 1.2, and 1.1 was discontinued effective June 9, 2004. As of July 30, 2006, SMS 1.6 will be the only supported SMS release.
New features of SMS 1.6:
- UltraSPARC IV+ 1.8 GHz processor support
- PCI-X support
- Solaris 10 support on the System Controller (SC)
SMS 1.6 software is available as a ZIP file capable of being unpacked with the unzip(1) command present in the Solaris Operating System.
Patches:
SMS patches are available and required for proper operation of your Sun Fire E25K/E20K/15K/12K server. External SunSolve Patches available for SMS 1.6: click here.
If you need to reinstall the software, be certain to re-apply any patches you may have previously applied.
Follow these guidelines when applying patches:
- Disable failover before installing the patches.
- The system should be stable.
- No DR operations should be in progress.
- No domain bring up or shutdown should be in progress.
- No user initiated data sync or cmdsync operations should be in progress.
- Complete any domain, board, or configuration changes before you begin patch installation.
Please read all patch instructions carefully before attempting this procedure. Instructions in the patch procedure could preempt these
instructions.
Software Download:
To download SMS 1.6 software,  click here.
Once you have downloaded the file, type the following UNIX command at a command prompt in the directory in which the ZIP file resides:
This output confirms the successful download of SMS 1.6. Any other results indicate a faulty download that must be retried. Do not attempt to use corrupt ZIP archives.
Do not attempt to use corrupt ZIP archives.
Documentation Download:
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