Solaris 8 upgrade to solaris 10 terminology questio

I have been researching upgrading my E420R and V440's from solaris 8 to solaris 10. I have solaris 10 cds and am confused about the terminology that said "If you want to upgrade a system that has non-global zones installed you have to use the DVDs". There are no zones in solaris 8 so is the entire system considered the global zone? Can I just upgrade with the CDs I have.
I just want to upgrade (not live upgrade, etc).
Thank yo ufor clearing this up.

I'm a little confused about the statement about the zone. Because it is solaris 8, is the entire OS considered a 1 global zone?Solaris 8 has never had zone support nor will it ever have zone support. So from that perspective I guess you could call it a global zone if you wish but at the time Solaris 8 was active the concept of a global zone did not exist. For the purposes of your question, yes, it's only a global zone with no non global zones.
You're reading way to much into this.
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