Technical data
Caution – A local-mac-address? that is set to true might prevent the domain from successfully
booting over the network.
In a netcon window, you can use the following command at the OpenBoot PROM prompt to
display the values of the OpenBoot PROM variables:
OK printenv
To reset the local-mac-address? variable to the default setting. use the setenv command:
OK setenv local-mac-address? false
Dynamic Reconguration on Sun Enterprise Midrange
Systems
This section contains the latest information about dynamic reconguration (DR) functionality
for the following midrange servers that are running the Solaris 10 software:
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Sun Enterprise 6x00
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Sun Enterprise 5x00
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Sun Enterprise 4x00
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Sun Enterprise 3x00
For more information about Sun Enterprise Server Dynamic Reconguration, refer to the
Dynamic Reconguration User's Guide for Sun Enterprise 3x00/4x00/5x00/6x00 Systems. The
Solaris 10 release includes support for all CPU/memory boards and most I/O boards in the
systems that are mentioned in the preceding list.
Supported Hardware
Before proceeding, make sure that the system supports dynamic reconguration. If your system
is of an older design, the following message appears on your console or in your console logs.
Such a system is not suitable for dynamic reconguration.
Hot Plug not supported in this system
The following I/O boards are not currently supported:
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Type 2 (graphics)
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Type 3 (PCI)
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Type 5 (graphics and SOC+)
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