Summary of Contents for Sun Microsystems Sun Blade 2000
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Sun Blade™ 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Product Notes Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No.816-3219-16 June 2004, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
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Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, Etats-Unis. Tous droits réservés. Sun Microsystems, Inc. a les droits de propriété intellectuels relatants à la technologie incorporée dans le produit qui est décrit dans ce document. En particulier, et sans la limitation, ces droits de propriété intellectuels peuvent inclure un ou plus des brevets américains énumérés à...
The Sun Blade™ 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Product Notes contain late-breaking information about changes to software, hardware, and documentation that became known after the Sun Blade™ 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 products were released. Software Changes This section describes software changes, patches and related topics.
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After the patch installation is complete, reboot the system: # reboot 2. Using the fbconfig command, set the Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerator to 8+24- bit color depth. % fbconfig -dev pfb0 -fake8 enable Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Product Notes • June 2004...
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Verifying System Configuration With the Sun Install Check Tool Install Check is an optional configuration verification tool. Sun Microsystems encourages its use for customer satisfaction. The Install Check tool verifies and provides information about your Sun Blade 1500 workstation’s configuration. To run Install Check, you need to download it from the web.
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Patches Solaris Operating Environment The Sun Blade 2000 now includes a dual-boot image. During the system set-up you can choose either a Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 operating environment. You can only choose one Solaris operating environment. After you choose an operating environment, the system automatically erases the other Solaris operating environment.
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To install Netscape Communicator 7.x, type the following command in a terminal window: % /opt/spool/NSinstaller/NSinstaller This information updates page 24 of the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Getting Started Guide, 816-3216. Sun Grid Engine Analogous to an electrical power grid, Sun Grid Engine is distributed...
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By default, the XIR feature is activated by pressing the power switch three times within 1.5 seconds. When this is done, the Sun Blade 2000 system changes to the ok prompt. This allows you to begin troubleshooting procedures immediately upon first failure, improving time to resolution.
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Sun Blade 1000 TABLE 2 and Sun Blade 2000 workstations. If you remove and reinstall any of these Solaris operating environments from your system, you must also reinstall the appropriate patches.
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Required Patches for the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Workstations (Continued) TABLE 2 Minimum Supported Operating Patch Patch Environment: Solaris 8 Solaris 9 Description Number Solaris 8 2/02 HW 12/02 12/02 Eri header files (required for 110723-05) 109882-06...
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Smart Card Reader Patches New Sun Blade 2000 Workstations Sun Blade 2000 systems that have Solaris 8 HW 12/02 operating environment or Solaris 9 12/02 operating environment do not require smart card patches. Older Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Workstations...
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6. As superuser, install the patches with the patchadd command. For example: # patchadd -M /download-directory 109887 110457-05 Where download-directory is the directory in which you will download the patches. Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Product Notes • June 2004...
Hardware Changes CPU Torque Tool Beginning in June 2004, CPU torque tools are not shipped in the Sun Blade 2000 workstation. The torque tools are shipped with the CPU modules. CPU Module Options You should verify which CPU modules are installed in your workstation before you purchase or install new CPU modules.
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750 MHz UltraSPARC III Sun Blade 1000 (Cu), No label 501-5988xxxxxx 750 MHz UltraSPARC III 501-6169xxxxxx 750 MHz UltraSPARC III 501-6197xxxxxx 900 MHz UltraSPARC III 501-6286xxxxxx 900 MHz UltraSPARC III Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Product Notes • June 2004...
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UltraSPARC III Cu CPU Module Label FIGURE 1 Configuration Rules for CPU Module Installation The Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 workstations support either one or two CPU modules. The following rules and minimum software are requirements for proper configuration.
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The following table describes the minimum Solaris operating environment release, OpenBoot PROM version, and software patches required for the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 systems. Minimum Software Requirements for Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Systems TABLE 5 Sun Blade 1000...
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Identifying Sun Blade Workstations Some Sun Blade 2000 OpenBoot™ PROM banners and certain Solaris commands identify a Sun Blade 2000 system as a Sun Blade 1000 system. The following table lists distinguishing characteristics of the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 workstations.
Appendix C, Section C.8.1 PCI Bus CPU Module Positions in the Workstation This section updates the information in the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Service Getting Started Guide, 816-3216, “CPU Module Positions in the Workstation”. When you install any CPU module, use the torque tool provided with your system.
The following information updates “Setting Up the Preinstalled Solaris Operating Environment Software” in the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Getting Started Guide, 816-3216. The root partition on newly shipping Sun Blade 2000 workstations is between 14 and 15 Gigabytes. Declaration of Conformity The “Declaration of Conformity”...
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Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Product Notes • June 2004...
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Product Family Name: Sun Ultra 80 Family Sun Enterprise 410 Family Sun Blade 1000 Sun Blade 2000 Sun Fire V270 Family USA—FCC Class B This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1.
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