Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise M8000, Product Notes

Page 1: ...SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Product Notes For XCP Version 1092 Manual Code C120 E619 01EN Part No 875 4650 10 April 2010 Revision A ...

Page 2: ...ies Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc SPARC64 is a trademark of SPARC International Inc used under license by Fujitsu Microelectroni...

Page 3: ...es marques déposées de Fujitsu Limited Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilisées sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits portant les marques SPARC sont basés sur une architecture développée par Sun Microsystems Inc SPARC64 est une marques déposée de SPARC International Inc utilisée sous le permi...

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Page 5: ...nd Software 2 Solaris OS Patch Information 3 Patches for Solaris 10 5 08 3 Patches for Solaris 10 8 07 4 Patches for Solaris 10 11 06 4 Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards 4 Updating to XCP 1092 4 Resetting the XSCF Firmware 5 Updating from a Version Earlier Than XCP 1050 5 Updating from a Version Earlier Than XCP 1070 5 Functionality Issues and Limitations 5 Limitations for SPARC64 VII Proc...

Page 6: ...an IOU 13 Grounding Port Connection Locations 16 Notes on DVD Drive and Discs 18 Notes on the Use of USB Memory 18 Power Control and Operator Panel Mode Switch 19 Hardware Issues and Workarounds 19 DVD Drives and cfgadm 19 Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards 20 Hardware Documentation Updates 20 Updates of the SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide 22 Cooling Air Conditioning Requir...

Page 7: ...XCP 1092 34 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds 50 Solaris Issues and Workarounds for All Supported Releases 50 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10 09 54 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5 09 56 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10 08 57 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5 08 60 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 8 07 64 Software Documentation Updates 69 Identifying Degraded Mem...

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Page 9: ...sion are subsequently updated You must therefore check the manuals for the latest XCP version in addition to those related to the XCP version you are using Global Site http www fujitsu com sparcenterprise manual Japanese Site http primeserver fujitsu com sparcenterprise manual North American Site https download computers us fujitsu com Technical Support If you have technical questions or issues th...

Page 10: ...curity products others unix North American Site https download computers us fujitsu com Installation information and README files are included in the patch download Accessing Documentation Note Information in these product notes supersedes the information in the SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 servers documentation set Instructions for installing administering and using your SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9...

Page 11: ...this document or if you find any unclear statements in the document please state your points specifically on the form at the following URL For Users in U S A Canada and Mexico http www computers us fujitsu com www support_servers shtml su pport servers For Users in Other Countries SPARC Enterprise contact http www fujitsu com global contact computing sparce_index html ...

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Page 13: ...g new XSCF commands are supported setpacketfilters 8 showpacketfilters 8 For detail see the man pages for each command The following options for specifying a proxy server and a login user name are supported in the loadcert operand of setad 8 and setldapssl 8 p proxy t proxy_type u username For detail see the man pages for each command The websites which can download the latest files of XCP firmwar...

Page 14: ...he Solaris 10 8 07 installation DVD Use the Solaris 10 5 08 or later installation DVD to boot a domain mounted with the SPARC64 VII processors For XCP you can download the latest files of firmware at the following websites Global Site https updatesite jp fujitsu com unix en download firmware Japanese Site https updatesite jp fujitsu com unix jp download firmware TABLE 1 Supported Firmware and Oper...

Page 15: ...upgrade including the patches see SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Service Manual Patches are not required for servers running Solaris 10 10 08 OS or later Patches for Solaris 10 5 08 The following patch is required for Solaris 10 5 08 OS only on servers containing SPARC64 VI processors or SPARC64 VII 2 52GHz processors 137137 09 For Solaris 10 5 08 OS on servers containing SPARC64 VII 2 88GHz...

Page 16: ... 10 11 06 The following patches are required for Solaris 10 11 06 OS Note that Solaris 10 11 06 OS does not support SPARC64 VII processors even with these required patches 118833 36 Install 118833 36 before 125100 04 125100 04 or later 120068 03 or later 123839 07 or later 125424 01 or later 125075 01 or later 125670 02 or later Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards The following Emulex cards ...

Page 17: ...ctions Delete any accounts named admin Any accounts named admin must be deleted prior to updating to XCP 1050 or later This account name is reserved in XCP 1050 and later Use the deleteuser 8 command to delete the account Updating from a Version Earlier Than XCP 1070 On a domain which has been in operation during the XCP update to 1092 when you perform Dynamic Reconfiguration DR to add or replace ...

Page 18: ... for the timeout and then execute again Notes on LDAP SSL If the specified timeout is too brief for the configuration the login process or retrieval of user privilege settings could fail In such case specify larger value for the timeout and try again Notes on Airflow Indicator The amount of exhaust air might not be indicated correctly in the MIB information in the showenvironment air command outpu...

Page 19: ...me value as the address of the XSCF s own local clock An NTP server like this is excluded from the target of XSCF time synchronization You can execute the showntp l command to refer to the address of the NTP server s own clock source which is set in XSCF and the address of the XSCF s own local clock Of the two NTP server outputs the upper 192 168 1 2 indicates the NTP server which is set by using ...

Page 20: ...fid Therefore there is no chance that it will have the same address as the XSCF s own local clock When you change the stratum value of an NTP server make sure in advance that it has no impact on other NTP clients Change the address of the XSCF s own local clock By using the setntp m localaddr value command change the address of the XSCF s own local clock In value specify the least significant byte...

Page 21: ...XCP or update the firmware Session ID error may be displayed on the web browser And Internal Server Error might be displayed when you perform the firmware update Please close the current browser and open the new browser to reconnect to XSCF Web When you use the XSCF Web if a plug in such as the search tool installed with the browser remove the plug in or disable the pop up blocking General Functio...

Page 22: ...040 or XCP 1041 which does not support dual XSCF Unit feature You cannot use the following user account names as they are reserved for system use root bin daemon adm operator nobody sshd rpc rpcuser ldap apache ntp admin proxyuser and default XSCF LAN is compliant with auto negotiation When you connect XSCF LAN and the network device which has been fixed to the full duplex mode according to the IE...

Page 23: ...e 26 Antistatic Precautions Caution Before handling FRUs be sure to connect an antistatic wrist strap clip and an antistatic conductive mat to a cabinet grounding port and attach the band of the wrist strap to one of your wrists Remove static electricity on the FRUs before installation by placing the FRUs on a grounded antistatic conductive mat while wearing the wrist strap Failure to do so might ...

Page 24: ...tic conductive mat to a server grounding port See Grounding Port Connection Locations on page 16 Note Do not use antistatic bags or packaging materials in place of a grounded antistatic conductive mat when handling the FRUs 2 Connect an antistatic wrist strap clip to a server grounding port See Grounding Port Connection Locations on page 16 3 Ensure that the metallic underside of the wrist strap i...

Page 25: ...nds When touching the FRU take care not to damage the parts such as the connector on the edge of the unit Caution Do not touch the CMU IOU or the dummy unit without wearing an antistatic wrist strap Failure to do so might result in serious damage to operating domains Removing Static Electricity on a CMU and an IOU a Prior to mounting a new CMU or IOU place it on the grounded antistatic conductive ...

Page 26: ...etallic chassis for 5 or more seconds with your bare hand wearing the antistatic wrist strap See FIGURE 1 2 or FIGURE 1 3 You cannot remove static electricity by touching the label FIGURE 1 2 Metallic Chassis CMU FIGURE 1 3 Metallic Chassis IOU Touch for 5 or more seconds Touch for 5 or more seconds ...

Page 27: ...nated points on the guide blocks for 5 or more seconds with your bare hand wearing the antistatic wrist strap See FIGURE 1 4 or FIGURE 1 5 FIGURE 1 4 Guide Block CMU FIGURE 1 5 Guide Block IOU Guide block Touch for 5 or more seconds Touch 5 or more seconds ...

Page 28: ...n provides the information of the grounding port connection locations of the M8000 M9000 servers The grounding port can be used to connect the clip of the antistatic wrist strap and the antistatic conductive mat FIGURE 1 6 M8000 Grounding Port Connection Locations for the Wrist Strap Clip and the Antistatic Conductive Mat Front View ...

Page 29: ... 1 7 M8000 Grounding Port Connection Locations for the Wrist Strap Clip and the Antistatic Conductive Mat Rear View FIGURE 1 8 M9000 Grounding Port Connection Locations for the Wrist Strap Clip and the Antistatic Conductive Mat Front View ...

Page 30: ...ing the CD DVD discs in the standard DVD drive mounted in this server URL http primeserver fujitsu com sparcenterprise manual Notes on the Use of USB Memory To execute the dumpconfig 8 restoreconfig 8 or snapshot 8 command if you specify USB memory as the destination to store data prepare the USB memory as a medium in advance The data stored will include the information about the system To use USB...

Page 31: ...se the mode switch on the operator panel to switch between system power on off when you use the remote power control utilizing the RCI function or the automatic power control system APCS For details see the Limitations and Cautions in Preface of the SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Service Manual Hardware Issues and Workarounds DVD Drives and cfgadm The Solaris cfgadm 1M command does not alway...

Page 32: ...ion Updates Title Page Number Update SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide 1 35 For the order number of Vibration proof bracket and Vibration proof feet see Cabinet Stabilization Measures on page 26 3 6 Cooling Air Conditioning Requirements in Section 3 2 1 will be corrected See Cooling Air Conditioning Requirements on page 22 for detail 3 10 Airflow Indicator in Section 3 2 3 N...

Page 33: ...e building and performs the grounding work 3 26 CPU Types and Server Maximum Power Consumption in Section 3 3 6 will be corrected See CPU Types and Server Maximum Power Consumption on page 24 for detail SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Overview Guide 1 11 TABLE 1 3 Power consumption Examples in Section 1 2 2 Power Specifications will be corrected See Electrical Specifications on page 25 for de...

Page 34: ...alue 94 Overfloor underfloor Forced air cooling 67 SPARC Enterprise M9000 server base cabinet 22320 71532 102 Overfloor underfloor Forced air cooling 68 SPARC Enterprise M9000 server base cabinet expansion cabinet 42912 142956 205 Underfloor At an installation altitude ranging from 0 to less than 400 m 1312 feet above sea level you can select overfloor cooling as the cooling method of the server F...

Page 35: ...ype of CPU mounted To plan the installation of a server equipped with different types of CPU use the CPU of larger power consumption as a basis For the types of CPU see Section 3 3 6 CPU Types and Server Maximum Power Consumption on page 3 23 4 11 11 12 SPARC Enterprise M9000 server base cabinet Power Cabinet 6 20 19 87 6 58 21 07 SPARC Enterprise M9000 server base cabinet expansion cabinet Power ...

Page 36: ... is mounted with the same CPU TABLE 3 10 CPU Types and Power Specifications on the M8000 Server The M8000 system configuration CMU x 4 4GB DIMM x 128 IOU x 4 HDD x 16 PCI E x 32 DAT x1 CPU Frequency GHz Number Power Consumption KW Apparent Power KVA Heat dissipation KJ h SPARC64 VI processor 2 28 16 9 42 9 99 33912 2 4 16 9 52 10 09 34272 SPARC64 VII processor 2 52 16 10 07 10 68 36252 2 88 16 10 ...

Page 37: ...ency GHz Number Power Consumption KW Apparent Power KVA Heat dissipation KJ h SPARC64 VI processor 2 28 64 36 11 38 30 129996 2 4 64 36 51 38 73 131436 SPARC64 VII processor 2 52 64 38 71 41 06 139356 2 88 64 39 72 42 13 142992 TABLE 3 1 Power consumption Examples Item M8000 M9000 Base cabinet only Base cabinet expansion cabinet Ambient temperature 25 C 25 C 25 C Configuration 10Watt PCIe cards ar...

Page 38: ...WB12 121 x4 Metal washer F6 WM12 121 x4 Bolt F6 B12 121 Bolt diameter M12 Bolt length mm The bolt length must be specified here Note Consult with the company that constructed the building because the length depends on the structure of the building Vibration proof feet order number CA06620 H902 By specifying the above you can issue an order to get the following parts You should order the bolt separ...

Page 39: ...Information About Hardware 27 Note Consult with the company that constructed the building because the length depends on the structure of the building ...

Page 40: ...t Memory in a Target Board on page 75 Active Directory and LDAP SSL The XCP 1091 release introduces support for the Active Directory 1 and LDAP SSL features Active Directory is a distributed directory service from Microsoft 1 Corporation Like an LDAP directory service it is used to authenticate users LDAP SSL offers enhanced security to LDAP users by way of Secure Socket Layer SSL technology It us...

Page 41: ...s in an Active Directory or LDAP SSL server requires only a password with no regard to group membership If the defaultrole parameter is not configured or set user privileges are learned from the Active Directory or LDAP SSL server based on the user s group membership On XSCF the group parameter must be configured with the corresponding group name from the Active Directory or LDAP SSL server Each g...

Page 42: ...and To show if Active Directory support is enabled or disabled enter Use the setad 8 command with its various parameters to configure Active Directory For example you can use it to set up one primary and five alternate Active Directory servers assign group names and privileges configure a particular user domain control logging of diagnostic messages and more User domain can be configured explicitl...

Page 43: ...s in XCP 1092 TABLE 4 Known Issues and Workarounds in XCP 1092 ID Description Workaround RTIF1 070914 025 When you execute XCP Sync on the Firmware Update page after 15 minutes the error message Another flashupdate is now processing or The page cannot be displayed may appear No workaround is available However the XCP Sync process has been continuously executed Check the XSCF update completion mess...

Page 44: ... RTIF1 081225 001 In the settimezone c adddst command when you set eight or more letters to the abbreviation of time zone and the name of Daylight Saving Time execution of the showlogs command induces a segmentation fault and results in an error Specify the abbreviation of time zone and the name of Daylight Saving Time in seven letters or less RTIF1 090108 003 Date and time of the Last Update whic...

Page 45: ... error messages and a core dump ereport chassis software core when one of these conditions occurs A local account has been created with a user ID explicitly assigned to a value larger than 65536 adduser u uid An LDAP account has been used that has a UID value larger than 65536 Use only user accounts with a user ID UID value between 100 and 60000 This is the range of auto assigned UIDs for the XSCF...

Page 46: ...F22F if you fail to specify the correct device path an error log with no message might be registered In the same way when you start up a domain from a disk connected to the 8 Gbps fibre channel card SE0X7F21F SE0X7F22F even if the domain cannot be started due to reasons such as disk failure the error log might not be registered No workaround is available RTIF1 091105 001 The loadcert console opera...

Page 47: ...rmware image if the image is corrupted for example if the browser window is closed during import the flashupdate command might later report an internal error CR ID 6537996 is similar Use the command getflashimage d to delete the corrupted image If necessary reboot the XSCF Unit then use the flashupdate command again to clear the internal error RTIF1 070418 021 Attempting to move a COD board using ...

Page 48: ...nfiguration of CPU or memory which assigned to the domain appears differently from the actual domain configuration On the Menu select Device Status to refer to the domain hardware configuration Or use the showdevices 8 command to refer to the domain hardware configuration RTIF1 070824 001 When remote power control mode of interlocking mechanism for power supply to domain is enabled after XSCF Unit...

Page 49: ... 2 in the Configuration policy setting on the Domain Configuration screen when you specify a domain which is in operation an error display pop up appears When you click on the Back button on this error display pop up and click on the Cancel button on the inquiry screen to re display the data the system remains in the error message screen From the Menu select the Domain Configuration page again RTI...

Page 50: ...plete The rest of the system will function normally during this time The CLI can also be aborted by C Note that the operation disabling emailreport is completed even if C is used showemailreport can be used to confirm that the service has been disabled RTIF1 070914 001 While executing the firmware update by using the flashupdate 8 command or BUI when the import of XCP executed by using the getflas...

Page 51: ...y User of the SNMP User Based Security Model USM the Create or Copy User screen appears as a pop up On this screen when you set the SNMP User with 16 digits or more it will be registered correctly but the web browser screen displays up to 15 digits When you set the SNMP User with 16 digits or more use the showsnmpusm 8 command RTIF1 070914 011 On the XSCF Web on the SNMPv3 Security Settings screen...

Page 52: ...r name of 20 characters or more use the adduser 8 command RTIF1 070914 016 On the XSCF Web when you select LDAP to perform the LDAP configuration if you execute Save while the LDAP Search Timeout remains as its default value 0 it results in LDAP Configuration Update Failed Save LDAP Configuration Data failed and the setting can t be stored Since 0 is an invalid value in the LDAP Search Timeout do ...

Page 53: ...h are not supported on the machine there appears the parameter error message To specify the available domain ID or XSB number on the machine RTIF1 070914 024 When you display the physical tree on the XSCF Web the warning mark is displayed on the link card for External I O expansion unit None available at this time RTIF1 070914 026 The XSCFU cannot act as a reliable NTP source for domains All domai...

Page 54: ... While XSCF is running error message of hang up is detected might be displayed to XSCF console and XSCF may reboot Check that XSCF is started If not started use the rebootxscf 8 command to restart XSCF or stop all the domains and then execute the system power off on AC OFF ON To turn on the system power that you turned off wait at least 30 seconds before power on RTIF1 071129 001 If the following ...

Page 55: ... canceled due to invalid system date and time Execute the rebootxscf 8 command to restart XSCF RTIF1 071227 002 When the showhardconf 8 command executed in an environment with the External I O Expansion Unit the showhardconf 8 command may appear as if hang up Press Ctrl C to terminate the showhardconf 8 command and execute the showhardconf 8 command again RTIF1 071227 003 When a non existent devic...

Page 56: ...time variance from the NTP server will be corrected at 0 5 ms second intervals The message which indicates that it failed to synchronize with the NTP server can be safely ignored Before the time completely corrected there remains a time variance between the NTP server and the domain RTIF1 080325 001 When you turn on AC power or when you execute the rebootxscf 8 or switchscf 8 command either of the...

Page 57: ...IF1 080512 002 When the NTP setting are enabled a message as follows may appear on the XSCF console Output sample xx xxx xxx xxx mode 4 code 1 auth 0 clock_filter n 8 off 0 000310 del 0 001300 dsp 0 001158 jit 0 000172 age 0 clock_update at 637535 assoc 2 local_clock assocID 54190 offset 0 000309657 freq 9 765 state 4 This message can be safely ignored No workaround is available RTIF1 080512 003 T...

Page 58: ...blem found on the status this message can be safely ignored If any problem follow the instructions on the manual to solve the problem RTIF1 081006 001 The error log XSCF FMEM write error recorded and the firmware update might fail Power off AC OFF the system and power on AC ON again Then re execute the firmware update RTIF1 081006 002 In the setemailreport 8 command when you specified over 255 cha...

Page 59: ...he popup screen instead of using the Reset button RTIF1 081030 001 The information related to the defined LSB cannot be displayed on XSCF Web Domain Configuration page with an account which has single domain privilege larger than DID15 In addition the operation for such LSB by XSB Config button cannot be performed Use the showdcl 8 addboard 8 deleteboard 8 moveboard 8 command on the XSCF shell RTI...

Page 60: ...telnet c disable command the Telnet service will be stopped immediately However unless you reset XSCF by using the rebootxscf 8 command you might fail in the subsequent restart of the Telnet service After you stopped the Telnet service execute the rebootxscf 8 command to reset XSCF RTIF1 090122 001 Power recovery message is output before a PSU has recovered After the Power recovery message is outp...

Page 61: ...e following warning message appears on the console and at the same time Msg Device error FCode informed error is recorded in the error log WARNING pci 7 700000 FCODE map in doesn t match decoded register type And when you execute the showstatus 8 command Degraded might be indicated to the FRU which has installed the relevant card The entire output can be safely ignored To avoid these outputs execu...

Page 62: ...d is available 6449315 The Solaris OS cfgadm 1M command does not unconfigure a DVD drive from a domain on a SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 server Disable the Volume Management Daemon vold before unconfiguring a DVD drive with the cfgadm 1M command To disable vold stop the daemon by issuing the command etc init d volmgt stop After the device has been removed or inserted restart the daemon by issuing ...

Page 63: ...lly ifconfig interface plumb xxx xxx xxx xxx netmask broadcast up ifconfig interface group group name ifconfig interface addif xxx xxx xxx xxx failover deprecated up This workaround assumes that the etc hostname interface file is correctly configured for the IPMP group and does not need any modification The IP addresses used in the example above should match what was previously used and what match...

Page 64: ...safely ignored 6532215 volfs or dscp service may fail when domain is booted svc platform sun4u dscp default Method lib svc method svc dscp start failed with exit status 95 svc system filesystem volfs defaul t Method or service exit timed out Killing contract 59 Restart the service if the failure is observed To avoid the problem issue the following commands svccfg s dscp setprop start timeout_secon...

Page 65: ...utput in the console log SUNW MSG ID FMD 8000 2K TYPE Defect VER 1 SEVERITY Minor EVENT TIME Fri Apr 4 21 41 57 PDT 2008 PLATFORM SUNW SPARC Enterprise CSN 2020642002 HOSTNAME hostname SOURCE fmd self diagnosis REV 1 0 EVENT ID 6b2e15d7 aa65 6bcc bcb1 cb03a7dd77e3 DESC A Solaris Fault Manager component has experienced an error that required the module to be disabled Refer to http sun com msg FMD 8...

Page 66: ...he XSCF This CR effects only Solaris 10 5 09 Solaris 10 10 09 and an earlier version of Solaris OS with patch 139555 08 This has been fixed in patch 143359 02 Workaround Use fmdump 8 with its v option on the Service Processor to identify the faulty core Once identified use psradm 1M on the domain to offline the core 6888928 IPMP interface fails since probe packets are not sent through that interfa...

Page 67: ...4 01 Workaround Use processor sets to prevent uneven threads to core assignment 6800734 The deleteboard 8 command hang in a domain This has been fixed in patch 141444 09 No workaround is available 6821108 DR and showdevices 8 command do not work after XSCF reset This has been fixed in patch 140589 02 Workaround Reset the XSCF service processor twice Half the SAs Security Associations are deleted t...

Page 68: ... a system panic This has been fixed in patch 140336 01 Workaround Do not use the Solaris lockstat 1M command or the dtrace lockstat provider 6680733 Sun Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP QGC Sun Dual 10 GigE Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter XGF NICs might panic under high load conditions This has been fixed in patch 139570 01 Workaround If posible use the card in x8 slot Otherise there is no wor...

Page 69: ... safely ignored 6533686 When XSCF is low on system resources DR operations involving relocating permanent memory such as deleteboard 8 or moveboard 8 might fail with one or more of these errors SCF busy DR parellel copy timeout This applies only to Quad XSB configured system boards hosting multiple domains This has been fixed in patch 138397 01 Workaround Retry the DR operation at a later time 653...

Page 70: ... output see Identifying Different Memory Sizes in a System Board on page 73 If a DR command hangs reboot the domain to recover 6619224 For Solaris domains that include SPARC 64 VII processors a single domain of 256 threads 128 cores or more might hang for an extended period of time under certain unusual situations Upon recovery the uptime command will show extremely high load averages This has bee...

Page 71: ... was detected in the PCI Express subsystem Refer to http sun com msg SUN4 8000 75 for more information This has been fixed in patch 137137 09 Note Before adapting the patch delete the following setting from etc system set pcie_expected_ce_mask 0x2001 Workaround Add the following to etc system and then reboot the domain set pcie_expected_ce_mask 0x2001 6720261 If your domain is running one of the f...

Page 72: ... been fixed in patch 127127 11 Workaround Use six or less IOUA cards on one domain 6472153 If you create a Solaris OS Flash archive on a non SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 sun4u server and install it on a SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 sun4u server the console s TTY flags will not be set correctly This can cause the console to lose characters during stress For Solaris 10 8 07 or earlier this has been ...

Page 73: ...s been fixed in patch 125369 05 Workaround To avoid this problem issue the following commands on the domain cd usr platform SUNW SPARC Enterprise lib fm topo plugins mv ioboard so ioboard so orig svcadm restart fmd If the following messages are displayed on the domain contact a service engineer Example SUNW MSG ID SUNOS 8000 1L TYPE Defect VER 1 SEVERITY Minor EVENT TIME Sun May 6 18 22 24 PDT 200...

Page 74: ...1M to configure a previously unconfigured card The message WARNING PCI Expansion ROM is not accessible will be seen on the console shortly before the system panic The following cards are affected by this defect X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter For Solaris 10 8 07 this has been fixed in patch 127741 01 Worka...

Page 75: ...set ip ip_soft_rings_cnt 0 6571370 Use of the following cards have been observed to cause data corruption in stress test under laboratory conditions X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter For Solaris 10 8 07 this has been fixed in patch 127741 01 Workaround Add the following line in etc system and reboot the syst...

Page 76: ...ards might hang under heavy stress For Solaris 10 11 06 this has been fixed in patch 120011 01 Workaround Do not exceed 170 CPU threads Limit the number of CPU threads to one per CPU core by using the Solaris psradm command to disable the excess CPU threads For example disable all odd numbered CPU threads 6416224 System performance can degrade using a single NIC card with more than 5 000 connectio...

Page 77: ... in advance add rm f var fm fmd ckpt cpumem diagnosis cpumem diagnosis in lib svc method svc dumpadm file as below We haven t run savecore on a dump device yet savedev none rm f var fm fmd ckpt cpumem diagnosis cpumem diagnosis 6498283 Using the DR deleteboard 8 command while psradm operations are running on a domain might cause a system panic For Solaris 10 11 06 this has been fixed in patch 1200...

Page 78: ...able errors domain may panic For Solaris 10 11 06 this has been fixed in patch 120011 08 Workaround Set the following to etc system and then reboot the domain set pcie pcie_aer_ce_mask 0x2001 6508434 The domain may panic when an additional PCI X card is installed or a PCI X card is replaced by using PCI hot plug For Solaris 10 11 06 this has been fixed in patch 120011 08 Workaround Do not insert a...

Page 79: ...ound is available 6530288 Ap_Id format may not be shown correctly by cfgadm 1M command For Solaris 10 11 06 this has been fixed in patch 120011 07 No workaround is available 6534471 Systems may panic trap during normal operation For Solaris 10 11 06 this has been fixed in patch 125100 06 If a patch is not available disable the kernel large page sTLB programming In the file etc system change the va...

Page 80: ...Z X4447A Z PCIe Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP X1027A Z X1027A Z PCIe Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Use an alternate type of network card or onboard network device to install the Solaris OS via the network 6542632 Memory leak in PCIe module if driver attach fails For Solaris 10 11 06 this has been fixed in patch 120011 09 No workaround is available TABLE 12 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in ...

Page 81: ...is specified do not specify the value with only spaces SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual The setad 8 setldapssl 8 setpacketfilters 8 showad 8 showldapssl 8 and showpacketfilters 8 will be added See the man pages of each command adduser 8 command Added the following information If the Service Processor is configured to use Lightweight Directory Access Prot...

Page 82: ...ress 127 0 0 0 8 the network address or a broadcast address The following options for specifying a domain being referred to DNS server will be added c addsearch c delsearch Along with the addition of DNS search path related descritpion for DNS search path will be added in the applynetwork 8 sethostname 8 and shownameserver 8 commands For details see the the setnameserver 8 applynetwork 8 sethostna...

Page 83: ...owdevices 8 command The following description will be added in EXTENDED DESCRIPTION The showdevices 8 command displays a complete list of devices when executed right after a Solaris OS boot or a DR operation However when executed at other times showdevices does not display a complete list if the Solaris OS has unloaded drivers for any unused devices To be certain the displayed list is complete run...

Page 84: ...placement in a System With Redundant XSCF Units and Confirming That the XSCF Firmware Is Updated When the MBU Is Replaced in the M3000 server the step2 and step3 will be changed as below 2 If the replacement unit and the replaced unit have different versions a message is displayed In this case the firmware is not updated automatically The operator must match the number of the firmware versions 3 W...

Page 85: ...Identifying Different Memory Sizes in a System Board To identify if the domain contains system boards with different memory sizes you can use either of the following commands to display the list of memory sizes showdevices 8 command on the XSCF prtdiag 1M command on the domain Using the showdevices Command 1 Log in to XSCF XSCF showstatus XSCF showstatus CMU 3 Status Normal MEM 00A Status Degraded...

Page 86: ...s mem MB XSB mem MB mem MB 01 00 0 63680 0 0x0000004000000000 260288 01 03 0 16384 7384 0x0000034000000000 260288 01 03 1 16384 0 0x0000030000000000 260288 01 03 2 16384 0 0x000002c000000000 260288 01 03 3 16384 0 0x0000028000000000 260288 prtdiag prtdiag Memory Configuration Memory Available Memory DIMM of Mirror Interleave LSB Group Size Status Size DIMMs Mode Factor 00 A 32768MB okay 2048MB 16 ...

Page 87: ...he example shows permanent memory on 00 2 with 1674 MB If the board includes permanent memory when you execute the deleteboard 8 command or the moveboard 8 command the following notice appears XSCF showdevices d domain_id XSCF showdevices d 0 Memory board perm base domain target deleted remaining DID XSB mem MB mem MB address mem MB XSB mem MB mem MB 00 00 0 8192 0 0x0000000000000000 24576 00 00 2...

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