FW Upgrade on M5000 - Solaris 10 05/08

Dears
I have M5000 with solaris 10 05/08, FW (XSCF) version 1060. My question is "I am going to upgrade FW (XSCF) with 1071. so can I upgrade it?" because there are no any docs or suggestion for solaris 10 05/08.
Any suggestion or help ....
///Tanvir

Dear Jhon,
Thanks for your response, dear I did it and finally at the end of up gradation I got an panic error ...
Any suggestion or idea ..
///Tanvir

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