Chapter 3 Late-Breaking News

This chapter includes information on new features that arrived too late to be included in the Sun Management Center 3.6.1 documentation set.

This chapter contains the following sections.

• Platforms No Longer Supported

• Sun Systems Supported by Sun Management Center 3.6.1

• Availability of Fault Manager Event Service in Solaris 10 Update 3

Platforms No Longer Supported

Starting with this release, the platforms listed in Table 3–1 are no longer supported by the corresponding add-on software.

If you want to use Sun Management Center software with these platforms, you must use an earlier version. If you want to use the software with these platforms with the Solaris 10 Operating System, minimum requirements are:

• Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1b software

• Patch 118389-07 (or later)

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Note –

The Sun Fire V1280 is no longer supported by the Netra add-on software with Sun Management Center 3.6 software. Instead, use the add-on software for Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems or an earlier version of the software.

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Table 3–1 Unsupported Platforms Starting With Version 3.6

Add-On Software	Platforms No Longer Supported
Netra	Netra T1/X1 series
	Sun Fire V1280 — Use instead add-on software for Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems
Starfire (Sun Enterprise 10000)	Entire add-on no longer supported
Sun Enterprise 3x00/4x00/5x00/6x00 and SPARCserver 2000 (x is a variable)	Entire add-on no longer supported
Sun Fire B1600 with server blades B200x/B100x/B100s	Entire add-on no longer supported
Sun Fire Link	Entire add-on no longer supported
Workgroup Servers	Sun Enterprise 450/420R/250/220R/10/5/2
	Sun Filer N8400/N8200
	Sun Ultra 450/250/10/5/2/1
Workstations	Sun Ultra 80/60/30

Sun Systems Supported by Sun Management Center 3.6.1

The following table lists the Sun systems supported by Sun Management Center 3.6.1.

Table 3–2 Sun Systems Supported by Sun Management Center 3.6.1

System Type	Model
CoolThreadsTM Servers	Sun Fire T1000
	Sun Fire T2000
Sun Fire Entry-level Servers	Sun Fire V100
	Sun Fire V120
	Sun Fire V210
	Sun Fire V240
	Sun Fire V250
	Sun Fire V440
	Sun Fire 280R
Sun Fire Midrange and High-end Servers	Sun Fire V490/V480
	Sun Fire V890/V880
	Sun Fire E2900/V1280
	Sun Fire E4900
	Sun Fire E6900
	Sun Fire E25K/E20K
	Sun Fire 15K/12K
	Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800
Carrier-Grade Servers	Netra 1290 [Need to download Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 Add-on Software. See Support for Netra 1290 Systems Available in Release 3.6 Version 3 for more information.]
	Netra 1280
	Netra 120
	Netra 210
	Netra 240
	Netra 440
	Netra 20
	Netra t 1120/1125
	Netra t 1400/1405
Desktop	Sun Ultra 45
	Sun Blade 100
	Sun Blade 150
	Sun Blade 1000
	Sun Blade 1500
	Sun Blade 2000
	Sun Blade 2500

UltraSparc IV+ CPU/Memory boards are supported on the following platforms:

• Sun Fire V890/V490

• Sun Fire E2900

• Sun Fire E6900/E4900

• Sun Fire E25K/E20K

Support for Netra 1290 Systems Available in Release 3.6 Version 3

Support for Netra 1290 systems is available in the recently released Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 Add-On Software for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems.

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Note –

Even if you have previously installed the release 3.6 Version 3 add-on software, you must install it again after installing the core 3.6.1 software.

For information about installing this add-on software with the core Sun Management Center 3.6.1 software, refer to Installing Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 Add-On Software for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems: Required for Netra 1290 Systems.

For information about installing this add-on software later, after installing the core Sun Management Center 3.6.1 software, refer to the Sun Management Center 3.6 Version 3 Add-On Software Release Notes for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems and follow the instructions in the section “Updating From Sun Management Center 3.6 Software,” replacing references to the core Sun Management Center 3.6 software with “3.6.1.” The release notes document is available at http://docs.sun.com/.

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Availability of Fault Manager Event Service in Solaris 10 Update 3

Sun Management Center 3.6.1 allows modules to subscribe to and receive fault events occurring on the Fault Manager Daemon (FMD).

Sun Management Center FM Event Service is available with Solaris 10 Update 3 for agent module writers. The service relies on Sun Management Center FM Plugin which will be made available as part of Solaris 10 Update 3.