Feature History of SysFW 6.x, 7.x and 8.x Releases

Feature History of SysFW 6.x, 7.x and 8.x Major and Minor Releases for Oracle SPARC T-Series Systems

Overview of Firmware Releases for SPARC Systems

Date	SysFW Release			Features	Platforms Supported
Date	6.x	7.x	8.x	Features	6.x	7.x	8.x
Nov. 2005	6.0	n/a	n/a	Support for CMT Architecture	Sun Fire T2000 server	n/a	n/a
Jan. 2006	6.1	n/a	n/a	New platform support	Sun Fire T2000 server Sun Fire T1000 server	n/a	n/a
June 2006	6.2	n/a	n/a	Secure Shell (SSH) in ALOM-CMT DHCP by default Faster console speed Reflash from the Solaris OS New platform support	Sun Fire T2000 server Sun Fire T1000 server Sun Netra T2000 server Sun Netra CP3060 server	n/a	n/a
Dec. 2006	6.3	n/a	n/a	“Diag-Off” - changed default diag behavior Kernel Core Dump Utility Watchdog Timer support Fast memory scrub Sun SPARC Enterprise product line New platform support PICL, 4HDD support for Sun Netra T2000 server Bug fixes	Sun Fire/Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 server Sun Fire/Sun SPARC Enterprise T1000 server Sun Netra T2000 server Sun Netra CP3060 server Sun Blade T6300 server	n/a	n/a
Apr. 2007	6.4	n/a	n/a	Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0 ALOM-CMT Alerts via ETM Channel Remote Mgmt Channel via ETM SNMP support OBP PCI Mem64 support Multi-path boot support POST Enhanced Memory testing Bug fixes	All SPARC T1 servers	n/a	n/a
Aug. 2007	6.5	7.0	n/a	Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.1 USB2 support in OBP UltraSPARC T2 support (7.x only) New platform support Bug fixes	All SPARC T1 servers	Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 server Sun Blade T6320 server Sun Netra T5220 server Sun Netra CP3260 server	n/a
Jan. 2008	6.6	7.1	n/a	Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.2 UltraSPARC T2 Plus support (7.x only) Bug fixes	All SPARC T1 servers	All of the above, plus Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140, T5240 and T5440 servers Sun Blade T6340 server Sun Netra T5440 server	n/a
Dec. 2008	6.7	7.2	n/a	Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.1, 1.2 ILOM updated to 3.0 (7.x only) Bug fixes	All SPARC T1 servers	All SPARC T2/T2+ servers	n/a
Nov. 2010	n/a	7.3	8.0	Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 (formerly LDoms) SPARC T3 support (8.x only) ILOM Update 12 (3.0.12) iSCSI Bug fixes	n/a	All SPARC T2/T2+ servers	All SPARC T3 servers
Jun. 2011	n/a	7.4	8.1	Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1 support SPARC T4 support (8.1.x only) ILOM Update 16 (8.x only) Bug fixes	n/a	All SPARC T2/T2+ servers	All SPARC T3/T4 servers
May. 2012	n/a	n/a	8.2	Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 support Bug fixes	n/a	n/a	All SPARC T3/T4 servers

Notes: Sun System Firmware uses the first (MAJOR) version number to denote architectural evolution, vs. tracking features. Sun System Firmware 6.x supports only the original SPARC T1 series of products and uses the Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) as a service processor environment. Sun System Firmware 7.x supports only the SPARC T2/T2+ series of products and introduced the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) as a service processor environment. Sun System Firmware 8.x is the latest major version of SPARC T-Series firmware, and it supports only the T3/T4 generation of SPARC servers. It shares four sub-component versions (OpenBoot, POST, Hypervisor, and ILOM) with the existing Sun System Firmware 7.x and differs primarily in the introduction of the Guest Manager feature and a restructured Reset phase introduced in a new component called Nyx 1.0, which replaces the previous vBSC 1.x reset functionality. There are no new Sun System Firmware 6.x or 7.x feature releases planned.