Expanded Firmware Release History Content on BigAdmin
The big change to the page is the addition of all of the Sun X86/X64 based servers firmware information. Sun releases unique firmware and drivers for each of the Intel and AMD processor based systems. There are updated BIOS and Service Processor firmware images included, along with various other software drivers available to download from the Software Download Center.
I've also added the Patch ID information for the recently released System Firmware 6.7.x and 7.2.x minor releases. The 7.2.x release is the real news. It updates the ILOM component to a new 3.0 release. ILOM 3.0 is enhanced with many new features and functions that were not available in ILOM 2.x, including improved security, improved usability, and easier integration into your data center environment.
Here are some of the new features in ILOM 3.0:
General Functionality
- DNS support
- Timezone support
- Configuration backup and restore
- Restore to factory defaults
- Enhanced LDAP and LDAP/SSL support
- Power management capabilities
- Ability to generate new SSH keys
- ipmiTool cli access to Service Processor from domain without Ethernet connection
- Automatic firmware update from Domain
- User-configurable filtering of hardware monitoring information in CLI and web interface
- Use host name to access other services by name, such as LDAP, Active Directory, LDAP/SSL
- More granular user roles
- Predefined root and default accounts
- User SSH key authentication
- Ability to disable the network management port when you are using only the serial port
- Ability to disable individual services, such as IPMI, SSH, and KVMS, so that the port is closed
- Data collection utility to diagnose system problems
Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide
Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Getting Started Guide
You can also search on docs.sun.com for the ILOM 3.0 Supplement for your particular type of Sun server.
