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Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server Downloads
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Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 2.3
This distribution offers the lastest firmware for Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers with AMD Opteron 8000 series processors.
Enhancements:
  • LSI MPT SAS firmware 1.26.90 and MPT BIOS 6.24.01.
  • BIOS 126 (0ABIT126). Enhancements:
    • Fix CR6709421 to support RHEL4.4.
    • Fix CR6719935 to solve the issue of device name and interfaces change when update BIOS from 50 to the latest.
  • ILOM Service Processor firmware 3.0.3.31 build 42822.
  • Bootable Diagnostics CD including SunVTS 7.0ps4.
  • Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) version 2.2.13 for Windows and Linux.
  • Tools and Drivers CD version 2.3. Enhancements:
    • Update the SNMP MIBs supported by ILOM.
    • Updated HERD to version 2.0.
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 2.2
This distribution offers the lastest firmware for Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers with AMD Opteron 8000 series processors.
Enhancements include:
  • Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) version 2.2.2 for Windows and Linux.
    Enhancements:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 (64-bit)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 (64-bit)
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (64-bit)
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 (64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition
    • Windows Server 2008 x86 Edition
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 2.1.3
This release provides enhancement with Sun ILOM web interface to enforce stricter authentication.
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 2.1.2
This distribution offers the lastest firmware for Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers with AMD Opteron 8000 series processors. The new BIOS adds support for 8-GB DIMMs. Most software components, including the Tools & Drivers CD, SIA, and Sun VTS are the same versions as in Software Release 2.1.
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 2.1
This distribution offers the latest firmware and software for Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers, supporting AMD Opteron 8000 series processors, including quad-core.
New features include:
  • Support for Windows Server 2008
  • Support for VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 1
  • Updated Tools and Drivers CD
  • Sun Installation Assistant 2.1.1
  • Updated Bootable Diagnostics CD based on SunVTS 7.0 PS2
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server with quad-core processors.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 2.0
This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting Sun Fire X4600 M2 for AMD Dual-core and Quad-core Opteron processors. Changed modules in this release include:
  • ILOM Service Processor version 2.0.2.5
  • Bootable Diagnostics CD 2.3, which includes SunVTS 6.4 PS2
Tools and Drivers CD enhancements include:
  • IPMItool 1.8.9.4 and IPMIflash 1.8.9.4
  • HERD 1.8.1
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server for dual core and quad core processors.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 1.3.a
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 1.2 release are:
  • ILOM Service Processor version 2.0.2.1
  • Bootable Diagnostics CD 2.3, which includes SunVTS 6.4
Tools and Drivers CD 1.3.a Enhancements:
  • IPMItool 1.8.9 and IPMIflash 1.8.9
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 1.2
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 1.2

Changed modules since software 1.1 release are:
  • LSI MPT SAS firmware 1.16.40 and MPT BIOS 6.14.04
  • BIOS 50 (0ABIT050). Enhancements:
    • Support for 8-DIMM CPU cards (Helix)
    • Memory timings adjusted for better margins
    • Support for configurations of 2 and 6 CPU card systems
    • Fix IPMI command to clear CMOS, allowing it to be a 1-time control
    • Enable SERR/PERR on PCI-e cards containing bridges
    • Program MAX_READ_REQUEST_SIZE on PCI-e cards containing bridges
    • Display BMC IP address and version number on POST display
    • Fixed error handling for PCIe cards that are compliant to 1.0a specification
    • Added support for more than 4 Intel Quad NIC cards
    • Fixed Setup option to allow enabling Memory Powerdown feature
    • Fixed BIOS POST F8 and F12 support for booting for NICs residing on a PCI-e option card
  • ILOM Service Processor firmware 1.1.8
  • Bootable Diagnostics CD 2.2.1, which includes SunVTS 6.3ps1
  • Sun Installation Assistant CD 2.0.131. Enhancements:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64-bit)
    • Windows 2003 SP1 Installation Assistant
  • Tools and Drivers CD version 1.2. Enhancements:
    • MSM-IR 1.19 Linux support with LSI SNMP agent
    • Suncfg tool - performs SP and BIOS configuration tasks that are useful automated deployment. Requires an MS-DOS compatible OS
    • LSI cfggen utility (WinPE version) - for configuration of LSI1064 RAID arrays
    • HERD tool - monitors, decodes, and reports correctable hardware errors
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 1.1
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Software 1.1

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 M2 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers Supplemental 1.0.1*
Sun Fire X4600 M2 SW1.0.1 Release

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 M2 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers Supplemental 1.0
Sun Fire X4600 M2 SW1.0 Release

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 M2 Server.

Sun Fire X4600 Server Downloads
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Sun Fire X4600 Software 1.5

This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 product with AMD Opteron 800 series processors only.

Here are the important features and enhancements

  • BIOS 51 (0ABHA051) Enhancements:
    • Improve Sun Microsystems Error Handling Module
    • Disable CK8 and IO4 PCI-express prefetch.
    • Support GART/IOMMU aperture configuration.
  • ILOM Service Processor firmware 2.0.2.5
  • Sun Installation Assistant 2.2.11 Enhancements:
    • Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2 (64-bit)
  • Tools and Drivers CD version 1.5 Enhancements:
    • Updated Herd to version 2.0
To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 Servers Software 1.4.1

This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 product with AMD Opteron 800 series processors only.

Software 1.4.1 updates the service processor firmware to ILOM-2.0.2.5-r37165:

  • Fix CR6732655 - Sun ILOM web interface should enforce stricter authentication.

All other features are same as Software 1.4.

To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 Servers Software 1.4

This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 product with AMD Opteron 800 series processors only.

Here are the important features and enhancements

  • BIOS 48 (0ABHA048) Enhancements
    • Add ILOM-based Diagnostics
    • Add Force TLB Caching
    • Add workaround for CK8-04/IO4 PCI Express performance balancing
    • Fix the issue of system hang when RAID card installed in slot2/3/4
    • Fix the issue of IPMItool clear-COMS not working
    • Fix the issue of suncfg not working
  • ILOM Service Processor firmware 2.0.2.5
    • Add ILOM-based error reporting
  • Tools and Drivers CD version 1.4 Enhancements:
    • Suncfg tool - performs SP and BIOS configuration tasks that are useful automated deployment. Requires an MS-DOS compatible OS
    • Updated IPMItool and IPMIflash 1.8.9.4

To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 Servers Software 1.3

This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 product with AMD Opteron 800 series processors only.

Here are the important features and enhancements

  • LSI MPT SAS firmware 1.22.01 and MPT BIOS 6.16.00
  • BIOS 47 (0ABHA047). Enhancements:
    • Fixed an issue with the BIOS not being able to disable on-board NIC and LSI option ROM
    • Added 4-digit ILOM verion number support
    • Support for Qimonda DIMMs
    • Fixed an issue with certain 4-port ethernet cards running out of option ROM space
    • Fixed 'max read request size' to 128 bytes and enable PER/SER on PCI-e devices
    • Updated Intel PXE ROM
  • ILOM Service Processor firmware 2.0.2.1
  • Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.3, which includes SunVTS 6.4ps1
  • Sun Installation Assistant CD version 2.0.141. Enhancements:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 (64-bit)
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (64-bit)
    • Windows 2003 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Tools and Drivers CD version 1.3. Enhancements:
    • MSM 2.18 Linux and Windows
    • suncfg tool - performs SP and BIOS configuration tasks that are useful automated deployment. Requires an MS-DOS compatible OS
    • LSI cfggen utility (DOS version) - for configuration of LSI1064 RAID arrays
    • Hardware Error Report and Decode (HERD) tool - monitors, decodes, and reports correctable hardware errors
    • updated IPMItool and IPMIflash 1.8.9

To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 Servers Software 1.2

Sun Fire X4600 SW1.2 Release

This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 product. This release includes the following modules:

Changed modules since software 1.1 release are:

  • LSI MPT SAS firmware 1.16.00 and MPT BIOS 6.10.00B
  • BIOS 44 (0ABHA044). Enhancements:
    • Fixed rebooting issue when PCI-e HBA cards (1.0a compliance) are plugged in
    • THERMTRIP error logging in DMI and BMC event log
    • Fixed MS LongHorn installation issue
    • Fixed the interrupt routing issue with the Intel PCI-e NorthStar card under VMware
  • ILOM Service Processor firmware 1.1.1.1
  • Bootable Diagnostics CD version 2.2, which includes SunVTS 6.3
  • Sun Installation Assistant CD version 2.0.130 for Linux. Enhancements:
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64-bit)
  • Tools and Drivers CD version 1.2. Enhancements:
    • LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager (SM-IR 1.19) with LSI SNMP Agent
    • Windows drivers for LSI MSM-IR support

To obtain the latest version of firmware and software supporting the Sun Fire X4600 Server.
Sun Fire X4600 Servers Supplemental 1.1

Sun Fire X4600 SW1.1 Release

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.
Sun Fire X4600 Servers Supplemental 1.0
Sun Fire X4600 1.0 Revenue Release

This distribution offers the latest firmware and software supporting Sun Fire X4600 product. This release includes the following modules:
  • ILOM Service Processor firmware 1.0.2
  • BIOS 38 (0ABHA038)
  • Drivers for Windows Server 2003
CD images for
  • Bootable Diagnostics CD version 1.0 includes SunVTS 6.1 PS 1
  • Tools and Drivers CD version 1.0 provides updated ipmitool 1.8.4 and contains Sun Fire X4600 device drivers for Windows Server 2003
  • Sun Installation Assistant for Linux CD version 2.0.114 adds support for the following Linux operating systems:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 FCS AS/ES/WS (64-bit)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U3 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.

*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.