Siemens SPARC ENTERPRISE M8000 - Manual (Page 40)

32 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1072 • September 2008
CPU Upgrade
This section describes the procedure to mount the SPARC64 VII processor on the
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 server.
■ Adding a New CMU Equipped with SPARC64 VII as a New Domain
■ Upgrading an On-CMU SPARC64 VI to SPARC64 VII, or Adding SPARC64 VII to
an Existing CMU, to an Existing Domain Configured with SPARC64 VI
■ Adding a New CMU Equipped with SPARC64 VII to an Existing Domain
Configured with SPARC64 VI
Installation Notes
Note – Before upgrading firmware to XCP 1071 or later, refer to “Updating to XCP”
on page 3 .
Caution – You must complete the upgrades to the XCP firmware and to Solaris
before inserting SPARC 64 VII processors into the chassis.
Updating the OpenBoot PROM Firmware With Processor
Upgrade
If you have added SPARC64 VII processors to a domain and upgraded from an XCP
version earlier than 1070, you must restart the domain to complete the update to the
OpenBoot PROM firmware in the target domain.
Adding SPARC64 VII Processors to a Domain Using DR
Before adding SPARC64 VII CPUs to a domain using dynamic configuration (DR) for
the first time, you must already have performed the following steps:
1. Upgrade to XCP 1071 or later and a compatible version of Solaris.
2. Reboot the domain.