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  • Grabbed a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server for my homelab..Looking for

    From Viktor Madarasz@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 29 14:38:54 2019
    Hi

    Looking for the latest firmware for Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server

    I dont have an oracle contract therefore I am unable to download myself
    however I own the server legally as I bought it and paid for it on the secondhand market ebay.

    I managed to grab Solaris 11.3 for SPARC which is the last one supported on this server.

    But I am missing still the software Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 ( the
    last one supported on this server with the T2 chip)

    The Firmware files are:

    SysFW 7.4.11 (based on ILOM 3.0) 147307-15

    SysFW 7.1.8.a (based on ILOM 2.0) 136932-10

    Thanks

    viktormadarasz

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  • From Chris@21:1/5 to Viktor Madarasz on Thu Oct 31 14:08:31 2019
    On 10/29/19 21:38, Viktor Madarasz wrote:
    Hi

    Looking for the latest firmware for Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server

    I dont have an oracle contract therefore I am unable to download myself however I own the server legally as I bought it and paid for it on the secondhand market ebay.

    I managed to grab Solaris 11.3 for SPARC which is the last one supported on this server.

    But I am missing still the software Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 ( the
    last one supported on this server with the T2 chip)

    The Firmware files are:

    SysFW 7.4.11 (based on ILOM 3.0) 147307-15

    SysFW 7.1.8.a (based on ILOM 2.0) 136932-10

    Thanks

    viktormadarasz

    Unless you need the enhancements in 11.x, I would stick with Solaris 10.

    For hobby use, 10 should do everything you need and also supports a
    graphics card, which afaics, 11 does not. Find something like an XVR300
    and suitable kbd and mouse and you have a usable Gnome 2 based desktop.
    Quite useful if only to allow multiple shells open at once. Xvnc is
    included as well, though you need to dig to find the setup info, as
    it's not well documented.

    As for firmware, you need a support contract to get that, but I would
    try it with existing firmware to start with. A dealer may be able to
    help with firmware, but never needed it here for hobby use, original
    has always worked just fine...

    Regards,

    Chris

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  • From Viktor Madarasz@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 31 08:20:10 2019
    Hi

    it comes with a video card with dms59 port its pending to confirm if its an xvr 300 my model or not

    regarding keyboard: does it work with any of the special sun keyboards,?

    xvnc i will check some docs

    maybe i try a dealer regarding fw but first lets see the version it comes with

    viktormadarasz

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  • From Viktor Madarasz@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 4 12:10:33 2019
    The GPU is a FireMV 2200 x8 128MB

    is it better or worse than the Sun XVR-3000 You mentioned?

    The FW is to be figured out but i managed to get the FW 7.4.10 (the one before the latest 7.4.11) for T5220

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  • From Chris@21:1/5 to Viktor Madarasz on Tue Nov 5 01:55:39 2019
    On 11/04/19 20:10, Viktor Madarasz wrote:
    The GPU is a FireMV 2200 x8 128MB

    is it better or worse than the Sun XVR-3000 You mentioned?

    The FW is to be figured out but i managed to get the FW 7.4.10 (the one before the latest 7.4.11) for T5220

    From memory, the 3000 should be better, but not always relevant
    if you are primarily running a desktop. In fact, some of the
    lower end cards have better 2d and X performance than the more
    expensive cards. Whatever, but don't expect gaming machine
    performance from that machine.

    Just forget the firmware side track and install Sol 10 and
    see how far you get. Much more interesting :-)...

    Regards,

    Chris

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  • From Viktor Madarasz@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 4 22:11:05 2019
    Hi

    all i need is decent 2d

    for the record on the boot screen it shows sun xvr 300 logo and mt card looks exactly like this one so i guess its xvr 300

    even the firemv sticker the same like on the link

    https://www.serverworlds.com/sun-375-3545-xvr-300-graphics-accelerator-x3000a/

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  • From Viktor Madarasz@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 4 22:29:53 2019
    Hi

    some users who own T5120 recommended either:
    http://www.milax.fi/v9os.html

    or latest OpenBSD 6.6 tough it remains unknown how it behaves with the high cpu/core count the kernel wait times...

    But first i have to go through the jumper root reset for ilom and to be able to bring back the box to factory reset so i xan install solaris 10 or 11 whichever iso i find first on my NAS

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  • From Jevgeni Mullo@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 18 12:30:40 2022
    Hello all,

    Is there by any chance someone that still has the SyfFw 7.4.10 or, perhaps, .11 and is willing to help out another enthusiast in need?
    Got a T5120 running 7.4.4 recently and desperately looking for a newer/latest version.

    Cheers,
    Jevgeni

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  • From YTC#1@21:1/5 to Jevgeni Mullo on Fri Nov 25 21:13:28 2022
    On 18/11/2022 20:30, Jevgeni Mullo wrote:
    Hello all,

    Is there by any chance someone that still has the SyfFw 7.4.10 or, perhaps, .11 and is willing to help out another enthusiast in need?
    Got a T5120 running 7.4.4 recently and desperately looking for a newer/latest version.


    You'd have to ask someone privately, Oracle would probably frown upon
    such exchanges openly on the net.

    Obviously to ask someone you would have to understand that you may need
    to remove the -spambin or such from their email address.


    --
    Bruce Porter
    "The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly" http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
    There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

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  • From Dave Dev@21:1/5 to Jevgeni Mullo on Sat Oct 28 06:40:30 2023
    On Saturday, 19 November 2022 at 02:00:43 UTC+5:30, Jevgeni Mullo wrote:
    Hello all,

    Is there by any chance someone that still has the SyfFw 7.4.10 or, perhaps, .11 and is willing to help out another enthusiast in need?
    Got a T5120 running 7.4.4 recently and desperately looking for a newer/latest version.

    Cheers,
    Jevgeni
    Dude,
    Can you please help me with at least 7.4.x at least, we are under 1.v of firmware for T5120, we are having an MMU error, needs to be updated, please help me with the firmware 7.x v. Our Oracle guys support guys too costly to handle by our educational
    organization.

    Help us dude please.

    Thanks in advance

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