I got V440 and have several questions:
- as far as I saw, the easiest and most flexible OS would still be Solaris, since both OpenBSD and Debian lacked some functionality. Both Debian and OBSD had problems with partitioning and boot options, while Debian couldn't recognize two dditional Quad Gigabit cards and required drivers that were not available. Thus, I figured it would be safest to try with Solaris - as machine has 2x 1.2 GHz Sparcs and 4GB RAM, would latest Solaris 10 work fine (I don't require GUI; compiler sets nd web/DB related applications will suffice, and I am aware they are available and work properly (but not necessarily to fast) on Slowaris.

- the machine was taken from a financial institution and lacked any DASD, but I also didn't get any administration documentation. IOW - when I bump into ALOM's login part, I have no clue how to log in. Apparently, while searching through the Net, "admin" should be username and last 8 *digits* of V440's serial number would make a password. Although I assume someone tampered with those credentials, my serial number is alphanumeric, so this "digit" part largely makes me doubt in that information. Nevertheless, I also read it is possible to reset ALOM credentials via Solaris. Since I can boot (>ok prompt appears and allows booting from cdrom and disks), is this doable?
- lastly, my ROM version is OpenBoot 4.22.33 and there seems to be an upgrade. It also seems Oracle has put much effort to make my life miserable and provided numerous steps in order to obtain one with requirements I don't understand how to comply to. They require "The Customer Support Identifier (or CSI) is the identifier used for the support contract for between you and Oracle Support. You may request access to one or more, typically you enter a CSI of about 8 digits in length." and filling out contact forms... All in all, I wonder, since I cannot find change log and would like to upgrade machine with two additional CPU's with 8GB RAM, is it worth additional trouble and exploration? What is the procedure of upgrading OpenBoot anyway? Can it be obtained via 3rd party, in terms of being able to download it somewhere else?
TIA!