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Preparing for a Sun StorEdge A5x00 Installation
1. Use the array's front panel module (FPM) to ensure that the firmware level of the
interface boards is at least 1.05.
Menu screen
Checking the Sun StorEdge A5x00 Array Interface Board Firmware Level
FIGURE 2
If the firmware level is less than 1.05, you must upgrade the firmware using an
SBus-based host system before you can connect the array to the Sun StorageTek PCI-
X Enterprise 2 Gb FC Single Port HBA . The instructions for obtaining the upgrade
patch are in Step 3.
2. Determine which version of the Solaris™ operating environment you are using.
Look at the /etc/release file and make sure the operating environment installed
is at least Solaris 8. If you do not have an /etc/release file, you probably need to
upgrade you operating environment to at least Solaris 8.
3. Get the required software:
qlc driver
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SunVTS™
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a. Go to the http://docs.sun.com Web site and read the Sun StorEdge A5000
Installation Supplement.
b. Go to the http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs
Web site, click Storage and read the Sun StorageTek PCI-X Enter prise 2 Gb FC
Single Port Host Bus Adapter Release Notes for the software patch IDs.
Interface board
level 2 screen
Installing, Connecting, and Testing the Host Bus Adapter
Firmware revision
must be at
least 1.05
Interface board
level 3 screen
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