This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting Sun Fire X4600 M2 product, with AMD Opteron 8000 series processor only.
Changed modules since software 1.0.1 release are:
LSI MPT SAS firmware 1.16.00 and MPT BIOS 6.10.00B
BIOS 43 (0ABIT043). Enhancements:
Opteron Rev F3 Support
Recognition of Qimonda DIMMs
Fixed issue where IPMI CMOS Clear function reset the time and date of the RTC
Fixed issue where Last State was not preserved through shutdown. This allows the Setup option "Restore on AC/Power Loss" to work correctly in all cases
Setup option added for HPET IRQ routing as some OSes require different settings
Improvements to reporting of fatal errors
ILOM Service Processor firmware 1.1.1
ILOM Service Processor firmware 1.1.1.1 (optional patch version)
Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.2, which includes SunVTS 6.3
Sun Installation Assistant for Linux CD version 2.0.127. Enhancements:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 U8 AS/ES/WS (64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64-bit)
Tools and Drivers CD version 1.1 (23003a). Enhancements:
Windows drivers for MSM-IR support
LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM-IR 1.19)
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting Sun Fire X4600 product. This release includes the following modules:
Changed modules since 1.0 release are:
BIOS 36 (0ABIT036). Enhancement:
BIOS support for VMware 3.0.1
ILOM Service Processor firmware 1.0.6
Sun Installation Assistant for Linux CD version 2.0.118 provides additional support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U4 AS/ES/WS (32-bit)
Unchanged modules carry over from 1.0:
Drivers for Windows Server 2003
Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.1f, SunVTS 6.2
Tools and Drivers CD version 1.0
New tools are provided in Windows Package. They are:
Intel NIC Teaming
LSI MyStorage
AMD Machine Check Analysis, Power Monitor, and PowerNow
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting Sun Fire X4600 M2 product. This release includes the following modules:
ILOM Service Processor firmware 1.0.6
BIOS 0ABIT035
Drivers for Windows Server 2003
New tools are provided in Windows Package. They are:
Intel NIC Teaming
LSI MyStorage
AMD MCA, Power Monitor, and PowerNow
CD images for:
Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.1f, SunVTS 6.2
Tools and Drivers CD version 1.0 provides updated ipmitool 1.8.8, Windows applications such as Intel NIC Teaming, LSI MyStorage, AMD MCA, Power Monitor and PowerNow, Sun Fire X4600 M2 device drivers for Windows Server 2003.
Sun Installation Assistant for Linux CD version 2.0.117 adds support for the following Linux operating systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 FCS AS/ES/WS (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U4 AS/ES/WS (64-bit)
SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 9 SP3 (64-bit)
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting Sun
Fire X4600 product. This release includes the following modules:
LSI FW 1.10 and MPTBIOS 6.06.06A (FW110_B60606A.iso)
BIOS support for VMware 3.0.1 (ilom.X4600-1.0.2-BIOS41.ima)
Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.1f
(sunvtsbcd-s10u2b9a-VTS6.2b9-2.1f.iso)
Tools and Drivers CD version 1.1
(X4600_Tools_And_Drivers_CD_20587a.iso)
Sun Installation Assistant CD version 2.0.117 for Linux
(SIA-2.0.117-galaxy.iso)
What's needed for Windows installation:
Windows installation can be performed using either the virtual floppy
drive functionality provided by Integrated Lights-Out Manager, or by
using an external USB floppy drive with a floppy disc. For
detailed installation instructions, please refer to the Windows
Operating System Installation Guide 819-4346-12 (or later).
Note: LSI MPT SAS firmware and MPT BIOS must be upgraded to LSI FW 1.10.00 and MPTBIOS 6.06.06A for this release. Refer to Sun Fire X4600 Server Release Notes819-5036-10 (or later) on how to upgrade LSI MPT SAS firmware and MPT BIOS using CD method.
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
*Note the Software release versions have similar numbering for the Sun
Fire X4600 and Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers; however, they are different
software releases for the Sun Fire X4600 with AMD Opteron 800 series
processors and with 8000 series processors (M2). Please select the
software release appropriate to the Sun Fire X4600 server model number
or type of processors you have in your server.
"Saying this server is "fast" doesn't really do it justice.
Speed isn't nearly as important as good design, redundancy, and
close attention to detail from a seasoned server manufacturer.
Combine that with extreme flexibility and speed, and you have the X4600."
- Charlie Schluting, ServerWatch
