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Sun Management Center 3.1 - 3.6.1 FAQ

Last Updated: Feb 05, 2008

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Questions
01. What is the latest version of Sun Management Center?

02. What are the latest patches for Sun Management Center?

03. Is Sun Management Center really free?

04. Does Halcyon provide any add-ons or plug-ins for Sun N1 System Manager?

05. Can Sun Management Center agents forward SNMP traps directly into 3rd party enterprise frameworks such as IBM Tivoli or HP Openview?

06. Can the Sun MC server be installed on a Solaris 10 zone?

07. Can Sun MC be installed on a Solaris x86 or Linux systems?

08. There are so many confusing short forms for Sun Management Center, what is the official acronym?



Questions and Answers

01. What is the latest available version of Sun Management Center?
The latest release of Sun Management Center is 4.0. It can be downloaded from the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter

02. What patches are currently available for Sun Management Center?
The following tables list the patches available for download from http://sunsolve.sun.com for Sun Management Center for various versions.

*** Halcyon takes no responsibility for any problems or issues that may arise as a result of installing ANY patches. We highly recommend first installing the patches in a non-production environment for testing purposes. ***

Note: Halcyon has only listed the patches related to Sun Management Center. You may also need to install some Solaris (kernel) patches.

Patches for Sun Management Center 3.6.1
Last Updated: Oct 7, 2008

Patch OS Release Date Description
123919-08 Solaris 7 Aug-14-2008 Sun Management Center 3.6.1 core
123920-08 Solaris 8 Aug-14-2008 Sun Management Center 3.6.1 core
123921-08 Solaris 9 Aug-14-2008 Sun Management Center 3.6.1 core
123922-07 Solaris 9 x86 Jun-10-2008 Sun Management Center 3.6.1 core
123923-08 Solaris 10 Aug-14-2008 Sun Management Center 3.6.1 core
123924-07 Solaris 10 x86 Jun-10-2008 Sun Management Center 3.6.1 core
125190-01 Solaris 7 Mar-08-2007 PRM Patch
125191-02 Solaris 8 Sep-10-2008 PRM Patch
125192-02 Solaris 9 Sep-10-2008 PRM Patch
125194-02 Solaris 10 Sep-10-2008 PRM Patch
126138-01 Solaris 8 Sept-20-2007 HWDS Patch
126139-01 Solaris 9 Sept-20-2007 HWDS Patch
126140-01 Solaris 10 Sept-20-2007 HWDS Patch
126128-01 Solaris 8 May-11-2007 Oracle Patch
126129-01 Solaris 9 May-02-2007 Oracle Patch
126130-01 Solaris 10 May-11-2007 Oracle Patch
125830-04 Solaris 8 Apr-08-2008 SCM Patch
125831-04 Solaris 9 Apr-08-2008 SCM Patch
125832-03 Solaris 9 x86 Apr-05-2007 SCM Patch (No -04 revision like others)
125833-04 Solaris 10 Apr-08-2008 SCM Patch
125834-04 Solaris 10 x86 Apr-08-2008 SCM Patch



Patches for Sun Management Center 3.5.1
Last Updated: Dec 09, 2005

Category Solaris 8 Solaris 9/10 Release Date Description
Core Sun MC 118388-07 118389-07 Jul/26/2005 Sun Management Center 3.5.1
Performance Reporting Manager (PRM) 117438-05 117439-05 Aug/18/2005 Performance and Reports Manager 3.5.1
System Reliability Manager (SysRM) 118838-02 118839-02 Oct/17/2005 Sun Management Center 3.5.1: Patch for SysRM
E10K 118755-01 118756-01 Feb/22/2005 SunMC 3.5: config-reader lacks user interface to disable tape monitoring
E10K SSP (Agent Component) 115810-01 115934-01 Aug/21/2003 SunMC 3.5: SSP Status will incorrectly determine the SPARE SSP as MAIN
E10K SSP (Server Component) 115852-01 115935-01 Aug/21/2003 SunMC 3.5: SSP Status will incorrectly determine the SPARE SSP as MAIN
Entry Level Platform (ELP) 119640-02 119640-02 Jul/26/2005 SunMC-enxs-picldaq-3.5: agent process dies
Entry Level Platform (ELP) 119641-01 119641-01 Apr/29/2005 SunMC-enxs-core-3.5: ELP config-reader needs to slow refreshInterval
Workgroup Server (WGS) 118118-01 119641-01 Sep/24/2004 SunMC 3.5pu1 libcommonWG.so.1.0 configdWG patch
Workgroup Server HEES (WGS) 119263-03 119264-03 Jun/15/2005 SunMC 3.5pu1 libcfgpiclWG.so.1.0 patch
Sun Fire Link 116162-02 116164-03 Apr/14/2004 update fabric to show link down
Solaris Container Manager (SCM) 118728-01 118729-01 Feb/15/2005 SCM 3.5.1
Sun Fire 12/15K 117712-01 117712-01 Oct/05/2004 SunMC 3.5V3: platadmin
Sun Fire 12/15K 117713-01 117713-01 Oct/05/2004 SunMC 3.5V3: platadmin
Sun Fire 12/15K 117662-01 117662-01 Oct/05/2004 SunMC 3.5V3: platadmin
Sun Fire 12/15K 118252-02 118253-02 Feb/02/2005 SunMC 3.5V3: configd
Sun Fire 118766-01 118766-01 Feb/22/2005 SunMC 3.5: libgenconfigdsun4u patch


03. Is Sun Management Center really free?
Yes, Sun Management Center is now available for free as of version 3.6. However, the product must be purchased to obtain any support from Sun.

04. Does Halcyon provide any add-ons or plug-ins for Sun N1 System Manager?
No. At this time Halcyon does have any add-ons for N1 System Manager.

05. Can Sun Management Center agents forward SNMP traps directly into 3rd party enterprise frameworks such as IBM Tivoli or HP Openview?
No. Sun Management Center (Sun MC) agents are not designed to send out SNMP traps to anything other than the Sun MC server. However, the Sun MC server does have the capability to send out SNMP traps when configured with the Halcyon PrimeAlert EventAction product.

06. Can the Sun MC server be installed on a Solaris 10 zone?
Yes, Sun Management Center version 3.6.1 supports running the server component on a Solaris 10 zone. However, the zone must be a whole root zone (not sparse) and only SPARC systems currently support the Sun MC server.

07. Can Sun MC be installed on a Solaris x86 or Linux systems?
Yes and No. Currently the Sun MC server can only be installed on the SPARC platform. However Sun MC agents can be installed on both the Solaris x86 and Linux platforms for monitoring and reporting purposes.

08. There are so many confusing short forms for Sun Management Center, what is the official acronym?
We agree, we have seen or heard many including "Sun MC", "SunMC", and "SMC". The most commonly used is "Sun MC".

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