Scenario 2: New Installation of Solaris 7
11/99 Software on Systems Not Booting
From the SPARCstorage Array Disk
To Install Solaris 7 11/99 Software on Systems
Not Booting From the SPARCstorage Array Disk
1. Install the Solaris software environment with the no reboot option.
Refer to Chapter 1, "Installing Software From the Solaris CD" and the SPARC:
Installing Solaris Software manual for more information.
Caution – Do not select the system to reboot at the end of the Solaris installation
!
setup.
2. Determine which level of SPARCstorage Array firmware is in each SPARCstorage
Array:
# ssaadm display controller
Where controller is the logical controller name of the SPARCstorage Array (for
example, c1). Look for the line that gives the firmware revision information, similar
to the following:
Firmware Rev: 3.12
3. If the firmware revision is lower than 3.12, download the new firmware:
# ssaadm download -f /usr/lib/firmware/ssa/ssafirmware controller
4. Halt the system:
# /usr/sbin/init 0
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