Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z - Manual (Page 18)

12 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004
Updating the Operating System and
Drivers
The CD media does not contain the most up-to-date versions of the software. Since
the media has been released, there have been many updates to the software.
See the following sections for instructions on updating the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 software.
■ “Updating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software” on page 12
■ “Upgrading SCSI and Network Drivers” on page 12
Updating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software
The CD media does not contain the most up-to-date versions of the software. Since
the media has been released, there have been many updates to the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux software. To keep your system protected against security threats
and increase stability, you should run the up2date program when the system is fully
installed.
Refer to the Red Hat manual included with your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 media
kit for information about setting up the up2date program. When running up2date,
select the kernel packages on the available package updates section. After up2date
has completed, reboot the server.
Upgrading SCSI and Network Drivers
The kernel that is installed on the system might not contain the optimal drivers that
Sun Microsystems recommends. Updating the drivers ensures proper system
performance.
The instructions below describe how to copy the latest drivers from the Sun Fire
V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Documentation and Support Files CD. You can also
download the driver RPMs from the Sun Fire V20z or Sun Fire V40z server
Downloads links at:
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v20z/
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v40z/