Updating From A Version Earlier Than Xcp 1050; Domain Restart Required After Certain Type Of Xcp Upgrade; Functionality Issues And Limitations; Limitations For Sparc64 Vii Processors - Sun Microsystems SPARC Enterprise M8000 Product Notes

Updating From a Version Earlier Than XCP 1050

If you are currently running a version earlier than XCP 1050, you cannot directly
update to XCP 1090 or XCP 1091. You must first update to an interim version of XCP
(between 1050 and 1070, inclusive). Contact your Oracle representative for access to
older XCP releases.
Note – Use the deleteuser(8) command to delete any accounts named admin
prior to updating to XCP 1050 or later. The admin account name is reserved starting
in XCP 1050.
Domain Restart Required After Certain Type of
XCP Upgrade
On a domain that has been in operation during the update to XCP 1090 or XCP 1091
from a version between XCP 1050 and 1070 (inclusive), when you perform dynamic
reconfiguration (DR) to add or replace a SPARC64 VII processor, you need to update
the OpenBoot PROM firmware. The OpenBoot PROM firmware is updated as you
update the XCP and restart the domain. For this reason, restart all the domains after
you update the firmware to the latest XCP release, regardless of whether you added
or replaced a SPARC64 VII processor.

Functionality Issues and Limitations

This section describes issues and limitations known at the time of this release.

Limitations for SPARC64 VII Processors

Caution – You must complete the upgrades to the XCP firmware and to the Solaris
OS before inserting SPARC 64 VII processors into the chassis.
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