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1. 837 33 0 1154 45 3 Unit mm inch Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 47 Figure 1 15 shows the M9000 server base cabinet expansion cabinet installation area Service area M9000 M9000 Base cabinet Ex cabinet Service area 837 33 0 Unit mm inch 1674 65 9 48 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Figure 1 16 shows the M9000 server base cabinet expansion cabinet power cabinet installation area Service area M9000 M9000 Base cabinet Ex cabinet rel re 2 a Power cabinet Service area 2282 89 8 Unit mm inch Warning Label on M9000 Server AC Section The warning label on the AC section indicates that the terminal connection sequence has been changed Connect in accordance with the terminal sequence described on the warning label Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 49 ar roa Peel off this label when you SS connect the power lines RAID Capable IOUA M8000 M9000 servers can now support RAID under certain conditions See XCP Support for RAID Capable IOUA Cards in M8000 M9000 Servers on page 5 for more information RAID information for M8000 M9000 servers has been added to the June 2012 versions of the SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Service Manual and the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Administration Guide DVD Drives
2. Faults marked as REPAIRED RESOLVED on a domain are resent to the XSCF each time the domain is rebooted or the XSCF is rebooted If the XSCF is not replaced this is not a problem and no new fault is generated However if the XSCF on M4000 M5000 servers or the MBU on M3000 servers is replaced a new fault for the resolved problem might be generated After regenerating XSCF host public key with setssh c genhostkey other connected XSCF users might encounter a permission denied error when executing the XSCF command line When the XSCFU is monitored by Ops Center the service processor can sometimes reset or failover unexpectedly In addition parts can be incorrectly marked faulty Workaround Do not execute the command setpasswordpolicy r 0 When a new fault is generated after the XSCF or MBU is replaced check the solaris u uid in fmdump V output to determine if the fault is genuine XSCF reboot is required after generating the XSCF host key Disable Ops Center monitoring of the XSCFU 10 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 CHAPTER O Information About Software This chapter describes Oracle Solaris software issues and workarounds as related to this XCP firmware release Your server was shipped with the Oracle Solaris Operating System and Java Enterprise System software preinstalled Software Compatibility For current Oracle Solaris compatib
3. Fault management software does not differentiate between SPARC64 VII and SPARC64 VII processors Ereport fault event strings display SPARC64 VII for both processor types for example fault chassis SPARC Enterprise cpu SPARC64 VII core ce However the FRU field of the fault does contain the correct part number allowing you to identify the processor type For example XSCF gt fmdump v Nov 19 00 58 18 6244 1147afbe d006 4d46 8cf 2 d9b6e5a893dc SCF 8007 AR 100 fault chassis SPARC Enterprise cpu SPARC64 VII way ce Problem in hce chassis 0 cmu 1 cpu 0 Affects hc chassis 0 cmu 1 cpu 0 FRU hc product id SPARC Enterprise M8000 chassis id e 2030638006 server id aaa dc1 3 sf0 serial PP1032026V part CA06620 D061 B1 e 371 4929 02 revision 0a01 component CMU 1 CPUM 0 Location CMU 1 CPUM 0 14 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Identifying Degraded Memory ina System V To Identify Degraded Memory in a System 1 Log in to XSCF 2 Type the following command XSCF gt showstatus The following example reveals that DIMM number 0A on the motherboard unit has degraded memory XSCF gt showstatus MBU_A Status Normal MEM 0A Status Degraded Sun Java Enterprise System The Sun Java Enterprise System software is a comprehensive set of software and life cycle services that make the most of your software investment It might not include patches that are
4. M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6531036 o o o The error message network There is no workaround initialization failed appears repeatedly after a boot net installation 6532215 o o o volfs or dscp services might fail Restart the service To avoid the when a domain is booted problem issue the following commands svccfg s dscp setprop start timeout_seconds count 300 svccfg s volfs setprop start timeout_seconds count 300 svcadm refresh dscp svcadm refresh volfs 6588650 o o On occasion a There is no workaround M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 server is unable to DR after an XSCF failover to or from backup XSCF 6589644 o When XSCF switchover happens on Press CTRL q to recover an M8000 M9000 server after the system board has been added using the addboard 8 command the console is no longer available 6592302 o o Unsuccessful DR operation leaves It might be possible to recover by memory partially configured adding the board back to the domain with an addboard d command Otherwise try deleteboard 8 again 6611966 o o DR deleteboard 8 and Try DR operations again moveboard 8 operations might fail Example for messages on domain drmach WARNING driver failure lt XXXX gt Device pcidcs config_change_state Hardware specific failure Device pci unconfigure SBl driver failure Chapter 3 Information About Software 19 TABLE 3 2 Known Oracle Solaris Issues and Workarounds
5. Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6660168 o o o See CR 6660168 on page 20 It was removed from this table due to the length of the description 6674266 o o This CR is a duplicate of CR 6611966 6745410 o o o Boot program ignores the Kadb None option which causes the system not to boot 7009469 o Creating a RAID configuration None using the raidct1 1M command generates a warning message on initial process Subsequent RAID configurations do not 7135497 o On systems with the RAID capable Execute cfgadm 1M IOUA card and running Oracle cfgadm c unconfigure cn Solaris 11 after a RAID volume is where cn is the controller number deleted using raidctl d the format utility does not display the disk CR 6660168 If a ubc piowbeue cpu error occurs on a domain the Oracle Solaris Fault Management cpumem diagnosis module might fail causing an interruption in FMA service If this happens you will see output similar to the following sample 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 lt hostname gt SOURCE fmd self diagnosis REV 1 0 EVENT ID 6b2e15d7 aa65 6bcc bcb1 cb03a7dd77e3 DESC A Oracle Solaris Fault Manager component has experienced an error that required the module to be disabled Refer to http sun com msg FMD 8000 2K fo
6. From a WAN Boot Server 41 Booting Multiple Systems From a Single J4200 JBOD Storage Array 42 Notes on the Use of USB Memory 42 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations 43 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds M3000 Servers Only 43 Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards 43 Daughter Card Installed on the MBU_A 43 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations 44 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds M4000 M5000 and M8000 M9000 Servers Only 45 v For M4000 M5000 Servers Determine if any CPUM is Licensed Under Capacity On Demand COD 45 v For M8000 M9000 Servers Determine if any CPU is Licensed Under COD 45 M9000 Server Installation Area 46 Warning Label on M9000 Server AC Section 49 RAID Capable IOUA 50 DVD Drives and cfgadm 50 F20 PCIe Cards 51 Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards 51 U320 PCIe SCSI Card 51 Patches for QLogic PCIe Cards 51 Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards 52 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations 52 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M3000 Server 53 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M4000 M5000 Servers 54 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M8000 M9000 Servers 55 Contents vii viii SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Using This Documentation These product notes contain important and late breaking information about the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 servers sometimes called M Series servers f
7. HBA e SG XPCI2FC QF4 4 Gigabit PCI XDual Port Fiber Channel HBA e SG XPCI1FC QF4 4 Gigabit PCI XSingle Port Fiber Channel HBA After the system is rebooted the fmadm repair command can be used to prevent a recurrence of the problem on the next boot Retry the DR operation at a later time For Oracle Solaris domains that include SPARC64 VII processors limit domains to a maximum of 256 threads Panic can be avoided when a duplicated copy of the metadb is accessible via another Host Bus Adapter 26 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 TABLE 3 7 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 Sheet 2 of 4 Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6589833 o o The DR addboard command might There is no workaround cause a system hang if you are adding a Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCI E HBA card SG XPCIE2FC QF4 at the same time that an SAP process is attempting to access storage devices attached to this card The chance of a system hang is increased if the following cards are used for heavy network traffic X4447A Z PCI e Quad port GigabitEthernet Adapter UTP X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter 6608404 o o Hot plug of the X4447A Z PCI e To avoid the defect do not install this Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter card in slot 1 UTP card in slot 1 might cause ot
8. Installation and Service Manual SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Administration Guide SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF User s Guide SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Dynamic Reconfiguration DR User s Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Capacity on Demand COD User s Guide SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Product Notes beginning with XCP 1100 SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Product Notes pre XCP 1100 SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Product Notes pre XCP 1100 SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Product Notes pre XCP 1100 External I O Expansion Unit Product Notes SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Glossary Feedback You can comment on this and other Oracle documents at the following web site http www oracle com goto docfeedback Include the title and part number of the document you are commenting on This document is SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Product Notes part number E40564 03 Using This Documentation xi Access to Oracle Support Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support For information visit http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc amp id info or http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc amp id trs if you are hearing
9. Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6888928 o o o The IPMP interface fails since probe Disable probe based failure packets are not sent through that detection See IPMP Link based Only interface Problem occurs with Failure Detection with Solaris 10 M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 Operating System OS Doc ID M9000 Seen on servers running the 1008064 1 Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 OS and IPMP or any Oracle Solaris release running IPMP with Patch 141444 09 installed 6668237 o o o After DIMMs are replaced the Use the command fmadm repair corresponding DIMM faults are not fmri uuid to record the repair Then cleared on the domain use the command fmadm rotate to clear out any leftover events 6872501 o o o Cores are not offlined when Use fmdump 1M with its v option requested by the XSCF This CR affects only Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 and Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 releases on the Service Processor to identify the faulty core Once identified use psradm 8 on the domain to offline the core Chapter 3 Information About Software 23 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 TABLE 3 5 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 5 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6572827 o o o The prtdiag v command reports There is no workaroun
10. Servers Documents SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Getting Started Guide printed document SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Getting Started Guide printed document SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Getting Started Guide printed document SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Overview Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Overview Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Overview Guide SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Important Legal and Safety Information printed document SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Safety and Compliance Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide External I O Expansion Unit Safety and Compliance Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server Unpacking Guide printed document SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server Unpacking Guide printed document SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Unpacking Guide printed document SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Installation Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Installation Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Installation Guide SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Service Manual x SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Related SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Documents SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Service Manual SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Service Manual External I O Expansion Unit
11. Software Compatibility Caution Before installing any processor such as the SPARC64 VII processor verify that your server satisfies all requirements for that processor type Such requirements include minimum required XCP firmware and Oracle Solaris OS versions and all required patches You can find current information about Oracle Solaris and XCP at 2 http myoraclesupport com For XCP compatibility information see MOS Article ID 1002631 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 XSCF Control Package XCP Firmware Image Software Version Matrix Information The matrix lists XCP configurations and download packages For Oracle Solaris compatibility information see MOS Article ID 1145383 1 SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Server Matrix for Hardware Firmware and Software SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Obtaining Oracle Solaris Patches Always refer to a patch s README for information about patch requirements and special installation instructions The two digit suffix of each patch represents the minimum revision level of the patch Check http myoraclesupport com for the latest patch revision Apply patches in the order listed The Oracle Sun Connection Update Manager can be used to reinstall the patches if necessary or to update the system with the latest set of mandatory patches For more information about the Sun Connection U
12. Using an independent NTP server provides optimal reliability in maintaining consistent time on the SP and the domains For more information about NTP refer to the Sun Blueprint document Using NTP to Control and Synchronize System Clocks at the following site https wikis oracle com display CommSuite Messaging Server NFS Guidelines and Requirements TABLE 2 1 XCP Functionality Issues and Limitations M4000 M8000 M3000 M500 M9000 Description o o o You cannot use the following user account names as they are reserved for system use adm admin apache bin daemon default ldap nobody ntp operator proxyuser root rpc rpcuser and sshd See Remote Initial Login on page 13 o o o An XSCF user account user name cannot match an LDAP user name and an XSCF user account number UID cannot match an LDAP UID number o o o When you import XCP or update the firmware using the XSCF you might see Web session ID errors displayed on the web browser When you specify the timeout period as over 30 minutes in the Autologout setting Internal Server Errors might be displayed To reconnect to the XSCF Web close the current browser and open the new browser o o o Before using the XSCF Web disable pop up blocking and remove any plug ins such as the search tool installed with the browser o o o XSCF LAN is compliant with auto negotiation Set the network device that connects with XSCF LAN to the auto negotiation mode Otherwise when y
13. and cfgadm The Oracle Solaris c gadm 1M command does not always unconfigure a DVD drive from a domain on SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 servers 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 the command etc init d volmgt start 50 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 F20 PCIe Cards This release supports Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe cards on M4000 M5000 and M8000 M9000 servers These cards are not supported on M3000 servers On M4000 M5000 servers configure the F20 card only in slots 1 and 3 This restriction does not apply to M8000 M9000 servers For more information see the F20 documentation http www oracle com technetwork documentation index html Note The External I O Expansion Unit does not support F20 cards Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards If you are not using the correct version of the Sun Crypto Accelerator SCA 6000 card driver hot plug operations on SCA 6000 cards can cause SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 servers to panic or hang Version 1 1 of the SCA6000 driver and firmware supports hot plug operations after the required bootstrap firmware upgrade has been performed Version 1 0 of the SCA6000 driver does not support hot plug and should not be us
14. contains one but the transceiver is not in use 6725885 o The XCP command cfgadm 8 The cfgadm output for SB1 SB15 can displays non existent M3000 system boards SB1 to SB15 be ignored Chapter 3 Information About Software 25 TABLE 3 7 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 TABLE 3 7 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 Sheet 1 of 4 CR ID M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Description Workaround 6511374 6533686 6535018 6556742 o o Memory translation warning messages might appear during boot if memory banks were disabled due to excessive errors When XSCF is low on system resources DR deleteboard or moveboard operations that relocate permanent memory might fail with one or more of these errors SCF busy DR parallel copy timeout This applies only to Quad XSB configured System Boards hosting multiple domains In Oracle Solaris domains that include SPARC64 VII processors workloads that make heavy use of the Oracle Solaris kernel might not scale as expected when you increase the thread count to a value greater than 256 The system panics when DiskSuite cannot read the metadb during DR This bug affects the following cards e SG XPCIE2FC QF4 4 Gigabit PCI eDual Port Fiber Channel HBA e SG XPCIE1FC QF4 4 Gigabit PCI eSingle Port Fiber Channel
15. impaired In addition Oracle customers can collaborate with Oracle product experts and industry peers on the Oracle Online Support Communities Visit https communities oracle com for answers support and sharing of Best Practices on Oracle products services and related technologies For SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers specific topics visit https communities oracle com portal server pt community sparc_ m series_servers 451 xii SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 CHAPTER 1 Introduction This document describes the XCP 1115 firmware release as supported on M Series M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 servers Except where noted otherwise the information in this document applies to all of these servers This chapter contains important information that applies to firmware hardware and software as of this firmware release Other sections describe matters limited to firmware software or hardware Note Always check the Oracle firmware download site for the latest available firmware and its associated README file Generally Product Notes content supersedes that of other product documentation because Product Notes are published more frequently However in case of a conflict compare the publication date on each document s title page And note that online man pages are sometimes updated more frequently than printed documents including Product Notes Hardware Firmware and
16. mandatory for your server Note Due to an issue that arises from the installation of the Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 on your system it might be necessary to enable the WebConsole SMF service Chapter 3 Information About Software 15 Enabling the Web Console SMF Service V To Enable the Web Console SMF Service Log in to a terminal as root then enable the service svcadm enable svc system webconsole console If you have to reload the software go to the following web site for download and installation instructions http myoraclesupport com If you download a fresh copy of software that software might not include patches that are mandatory for your server After installing the software verify that all required patches are installed and install any that are not 16 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Software Functionality Issues and Limitations This section describes software functionality issues and limitations in this release TABLE 3 1 Software Functionality Issues and Limitations M4000 M8000 M3000 M5000 M9000 Issue o o o The Remote Cabinet Interface RCI function is not supported on Oracle M series servers o o On occasion a M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 server is unable to DR after an XSCF failover to or from the backup XSCF This rare occurrence was once designated as CR 6588650 There is no workaround o o o The setsnmp 8 and showsnmp 8 command
17. no workaround To reconfigure the DVD DAT drive between two DVD Tape drive execute reboot r domains from the domain exhibiting the problem 6530178 o o The DR addboard command can hang There is no workaround Once the problem is observed further DR operations are blocked Recovery requires reboot of the domain 6530288 o o The cfgadm 1M command might not There is no workaround correctly show Ap_Td format 6534471 o o Systems might panic trap during normal If a patch is not available disable the operation kernel large page sTLB programming In the file etc system change the heaplp_use_stlb variable to 0 set heaplp_use_stlb 0 6535564 o o PCI hot plug to PCI slot 0 1 or External Use DR instead of PCI hot plug if you I O Expansion Unit might fail on XSB need to add or remove PCI card on the added by DR XSB 6539084 o o There is a low probability of a domain There is no workaround panic during reboot when the Sun Quad GbE UTP x8 PCIe X4447A Z card is present in a domain 6539909 o o Do not use the following I O cards for Use an alternative type of network card network access when you are using the or onboard network device to install the boot net install command to install the Oracle Solaris OS via the network Oracle Solaris OS e X4447A Z X4447A Z PCIe Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z X1027A Z PCIe Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP 6542632 o o Memory leak in PCIe module if driver There is no workaro
18. technetwork documentation index html 41 If you do not upgrade the wanboot executable the server will panic with messages similar to the following krtld load_exec fail to expand cpu S CPU krtld error during initial load link phase panic boot exitto64 returned from client program Booting Multiple Systems From a Single J4200 JBOD Storage Array Sun Storage J4200 SAS JBOD arrays have six general purpose SAS connectors With FW version 3A32 or higher each of them can be connected to separate SAS initiators therefore up to six systems can be connected to the array Each system can use a different disk on the array as its boot device J4200 arrays have 12 disks so each boot device can be mirrored for higher reliability J4200 arrays can be configured into multiple zones to provide a more secure environment For related information see Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software documentation at http www oracle com technetwork documentation disk device 194280 html hic See especially m Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Software Release Notes 6 4 1 m Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager User Guide for Open Systems 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 memory you need
19. the External I O information that is installed in the Expansion Unit is configured using External I O Expansion Unit if the PCI hot plug the PCI card External I O Expansion Unit is information is displayed correctly configured using PCI hot plug 6536564 o o showlogs 8 and showstatus 8 To avoid this problem issue the command might report wrong I O component following commands on the domain cd usr platform SUNW SPARCEnte rprise lib fm topo plugins mv ioboard so ioboard so orig svcadm restart fmd Contact a service engineer if the following messages are displayed SUNW MSG ID SUNOS 8000 1L TYPE Defect VER 1 SEVERITY Minor EVENT TIME Sun May 6 18 22 24 PDT 2007 PLATFORM SUNW SPARC Enterprise CSN BE80601007 HOSTNAME sparc Chapter 3 Information About Software 31 TABLE 3 8 CR ID Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 Sheet 3 of 5 Continued M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Description Workaround 6545143 6545685 6546188 6551356 32 o o There is a low probability that a system panic can occur during trap processing of a TLB miss for a user stack address The problem can occur if the user stack is unmapped concurrently with the user process executing a flush windows trap ta 3 The panic message will contain the following string bad kernel MMU trap at TL 2 If the system has detected correctable memory errors CE at power on
20. to pay attention to the management of the USB memory in which the data is stored from the data security viewpoint Proper operation and connectivity to the XSCF of every USB memory currently on the market cannot be guaranteed Depending on the USB memory in use defects such as the XSCF firmware error or reset might occur In case such defects occurred stop the use of USB memory immediately 42 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 To connect the USB memory to the USB port for the XSCF connect the USB memory directly to the USB port If connected through the USB hub or USB extension it might cause errors Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations When you use the external power control interface of the external power controller the following notification signals are not supported m The OS panic or the server hardware error signal CPUN RTNU m The server hardware error signal power fail temperature error and fan error ALARM For information about I O options and storage such as the number of cards supported in a domain see the Oracle Cross Platform IO Support page https wikis oracle com display SystemsComm Cross Platform 1I0 S upport Important Notes Issues and Workarounds M3000 Servers Only Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards The following Emulex cards require drivers supplied in patch 120222 27 m XSEFC402AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit
21. your M8000 M9000 server is running firmware older than XCP 1082 execute the rebootxscf 8 command from the Active XSCF to reset both it and the Standby XSCF before upgrading to this XCP release SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Domain Restart Required After Certain Type of XCP Upgrade On a domain that has been in operation during an update from an XCP version between XCP 1050 and 1070 inclusive when you perform dynamic reconfiguration DR to add or replace the SPARC64 VII processors you need to update the OpenBoot PROM firmware The OpenBoot PROM firmware is updated as you update the XCP and restart the domain For this reason restart all the domains after you update the firmware to the latest XCP release regardless of whether you added or replaced the SPARC64 VII processors Downgrading XCP Firmware Downgrading your XCP firmware to an earlier release would remove improvements and corrections provided in the latest release and could lead to a system failure due to mismatched dependencies However if you must downgrade your XCP release execute the following command afterward to clear old style audit logs XSCF gt restoredefaults c xscfu Chapter 2 Information About XCP 1115 Firmware 7 XCP Functionality Issues and Limitations This section describes known XCP firmware issues Note Do not use the service processor SP as the Network Time Protocol NTP server
22. 0 Chapter 3 Information About Software 33 TABLE 3 8 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 Sheet 5 of 5 Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6571370 o o Use of the following cards have Add the following line in been observed to cause data etc system and reboot the corruption in stress test under system laboratory conditions set e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port nxge nxge_rx_threshold_hi 0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter 6584984 o The busstat 1M command with There is no workaround Do not use w option might cause M8000 M9000 the busstat w command on server domains to reboot pcemu_p 6589546 o o prtdiag does not show all IO Use prtdiag v for full output devices of the following cards e SG XPCIE2FC EM4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCI E HBA e SG XPCIE1FC EM4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCI E HBA 6663570 o o DR operations involving the lowest Do not use DR to remove the system numbered CPU might cause the board that hosts the CPU with the domain to panic lowest CPU ID Use the Oracle Solaris prtdiag command to identify the CPU with the lowest CPU ID 34 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 TABLE 3 9 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10
23. 0 servers System displays identify RAID capable IOUA cards as Type 2 Use of these cards carries certain Oracle Solaris OS and patch requirements For details log in to My Oracle Support MOS and search the Knowledge Base for MOS Doc ID 1401119 1 at https supporthtml oracle com Upgrading and Downgrading XCP XCP Compatibility For current XCP compatibility information see Hardware Firmware and Software Compatibility on page 1 6 Upgrading to This Release For information about upgrading your firmware see the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF User s Guide Note After upgrading XCP firmware use the rebootxscf 8 command to reset the XSCF Updating the OpenBoot PROM Firmware To complete updating the OpenBoot PROM OBP firmware in the target domain restart the domain as soon as possible after completing the update Upgrading From a Version Earlier Than XCP 1050 If your server is running firmware older than XCP 1050 you cannot directly upgrade to this XCP release You must first upgrade to an interim version of XCP between 1050 and 1070 inclusive Contact your Oracle representative for access to older XCP releases Note Use the deleteuser 8 command to delete any accounts named admin prior to updating to XCP 1050 or later The admin account name is reserved starting in XCP 1050 Upgrading an M8000 M9000 Server From a Version Earlier Than XCP 1082 If
24. 000 M9000 server might fail with a misleading message regarding the board being unavailable for DR after the addf ru 8 or replacefru 8 command has been used for active replacement This happens when the active replacement is done without the diagnostic test in the maintenance menu Execute the diagnosis in the maintenance menu of the addfru 8 or replacefru 8 command to avoid this problem To recover execute the testsb 8 command or delete the CPU memory board unit using the deletefru 8 command and then retry the addfru 8 command Contact your sales representative for tape drive unit options The M4000 M5000 servers are cold service machines Hot swapping of the CPU module CPUM memory board MEMB I O unit IOU or XSCF unit is not supported 52 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M3000 Server The M3000 server hardware documentation was updated in March 2012 This section contains late breaking hardware information that became known after the documentation set was published and the following corrections apply to the M3000 server hardware documentation TABLE 4 1 Hardware Documentation Updates Title Page Number Update SPARC Enterprise M3000 B 1 Table B 1 FRU List Server Service Manual Footnote should be added Do not remove or swap non FRU components such as MEMR and DDCs as this interferes with the repair depot s ability to diagno
25. 8 07 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 9 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 Sheet 1 of 3 M4000 M8000 CR ID M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6303418 o M9000 server with a single domain and 11 Do not exceed 170 CPU threads OP ANOTE fully populated system boards Limit the number of CPU threads to one might hang under heavy stress per CPU core by using the Oracle Solaris psradm command to disable the excess CPU threads For example disable all odd numbered CPU threads 6416224 o o System performance can degrade usinga Use multiple NIC cards to split network single NIC card with more than 5 000 connections connections 6441349 o o I O error can hang the system There is no workaround 6485555 o o On board Gigabit Ethernet NVRAM There is no workaround corruption could occur due to a race condition The window of opportunity for this race condition is very small 6496337 o o The cpumem diagnosis module If the problem has already occurred might fail to load after uncorrectable error 1 Remove the cpumemdiagnosis file UE ae Systems will function rm var fm fmd ckpt correctly but events normally cpumemdiagnosis automatically diagnosed by FMA using i cpumem diagnosis this module will require manual di 2 Restart fmd service iagnosis Example ane bee fmd SUNW MSG ID FMD 8000 2K TYPE To avoid this problem in advance add the following line in the file Defect VER 1 SE
26. C Enterprise CSN 2030636002 HOSTNAME P2 DC1 16 d0 650275 o o Inserted or removed hot plugged PCI There is no workaround card might not output notification message 6508432 o o A large number of spurious PCIe To mask these errors add the following correctable errors can be recorded in the entry to etc system and reboot the FMA error log system set pcie pcie_aer_ce_mask 0x2001 6508434 o A domain might panic when an Do not insert a different type of PCI X additional PCI X card is installed or a card in the same PCI slot by using PCI PCI X card is replaced using PCI hot hot plug plug 6510861 o o When using the PCIe Dual Port Ultra320 Add the following entry to SCSI controller card SG X PCIE2SCSIU320Z a PCIe correctable error causes a Oracle Solaris panic etc system to prevent the problem set pcie pcie_aer_ce_mask 0x31c1 36 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 TABLE 3 9 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 Sheet 3 of 3 Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6520990 o o When a domain reboots SCF might notbe Increase the DR timeout period by able to service other domains that share setting the following statement in the same physical board DR operation etc system and reboot your system can exceed the default timeout periodand set drmach fmem_timeout 30 panic can occur 6527781 o The cfgadm command fails while moving There is
27. Dual Port Fiber Channel PCIe HBA m XSEFC401AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCIe HBA Daughter Card Installed on the MBU_A The figure below replaces Figure 6 5 in the SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Service Manual This corrected figure shows the daughter card installed on the MBU_A Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 43 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations This section describes known issues in this release m For power on after power off wait at least 30 seconds before turning the system power back on by using the main line switch or the circuit breakers on the distribution panel m For servers that have the B type plug confirm that a 15A overcurrent protection devices available outside the server If one is not available prepare an external 15A overcurrent protection that can be achieved by means of no fuse breakers NFBs or fuses The B type plug refers to plugs other than grounding type ones with two parallel blades such as the NEMA L6 30 L6 20 L6 15 and L5 15 a Connecting a SAS device containing multiple SAS targets to the onboard external SAS interface is not supported Instead use a Sun StorageTek Host Bus Adaptor SG XPCIE8SAS E Z 44 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds M4000 M5000 and M8000 M9000 Servers Only V For M4000 M5000 Servers Determine if any CPUM is Licensed Unde
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30. LATION status To stop the warning and violation messages execute the procedures described in COD Headroom above Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card The XCP 1102 firmware introduced a fix for CR 6999483 changing the alarm threshold from two years to three years for the Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCle card If your M4000 M5000 or M8000 M9000 server has any F20 cards and is running an older version of XCP firmware update your server to the latest firmware release or at least the XCP 1102 firmware as soon as possible Remote Initial Login In addition to the standard default login M Series servers are delivered with a temporary login called admin to enable remote initial login through a serial port The admin user privileges are fixed to useradm and cannot be changed You cannot log in as temporary admin using the standard UNIX user name and password authentication or SSH public key authentication The temporary admin account has no password and one cannot be added for it The temporary admin account is disabled after someone logged in as the default user or as temporary admin has successfully added the first user with valid password and privileges Also note that you cannot use the following user account names as they are reserved for system use adm admin apache bin daemon default ldap nobody ntp operator proxyuser root rpc rpcuser and sshd Chapter 3 Information About Software 13 Fault Management
31. M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Administration Guide 54 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M8000 M9000 Servers This section contains late breaking hardware information that became known after the documentation set was published in the M8000 M9000 servers hardware documentation TABLE 4 3 Hardware Updates Title Page Number Update SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Service Manual SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Overview Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Installation Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Service Manual 6 5 1 6 3 22 1 18 1 21 3 32 18 10 Before replacing the CMU check if any CPU on the CMU is licensed under Capacity On Demand COD See For M8000 M9000 Servers Determine if any CPU is Licensed Under COD on page 45 The topic Hardware RAID function in section 1 1 Product Overview will add the following Two hard disks which are connected to the IOU onboard device card IOUA can be constructed as a single logical volume The mirrored configuration of the constructed logical volume can secure the data redundancy as well as achieve the improvement in system fault tolerance NOTE Hardware RAID is supported only on the M8000 M9000 servers on which a RAID capable onboard device card IOUA is mount
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33. VERITY Minor 1ib sve method sve dumpadm EVENT TIME Thu Feb 15 15 46 57 i Sa yadev none JST 2007 PLATFORM SUNW SPARC f Enterprise CSN BE80601007 R HOSTNAME col2 ffem7 d0 var fm fmd ckpt cpumemdiagnos is cpumem diagnosis 6495303 o o The use of a PCIe Dual Port Ultra320 SCSI Do not use this card in IOU Slot 1 controller card SG X PCIE2SCSIU320Z in IOU Slot 1 on a SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 server might result in a system panic Chapter 3 Information About Software 35 TABLE 3 9 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 Sheet 2 of 3 Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6498283 o o Using the DR deleteboard command There is no workaround while psradm operations are running on a domain might cause a system panic 6499304 o o Unexpected message is displayed on Check CPU status on XSCF console and CPU isn t offlined when numerous correctable errors CEs occur Example SUNW MSG ID FMD 8000 11 TYPE Defect VER 1 SEVERITY Minor EVENT TIME Fri Feb 2 18 31 07 JST 2007 PLATFORM SPARC Enterprise CSN BE80601035 HOSTNAME FF2 35 0 6502204 o o Unexpected error messages might be If you see unexpected messages use the displayed on console on booting after showdomainstatus 8 command to CPU UE panic check system status on XSCF Example SUNW MSG ID FMD 8000 11 TYPE Defect VER 1 SEVERITY Minor EVENT TIME Tue Jan 9 20 45 08 JST 2007 PLATFORM SUNW SPAR
34. Version Earlier Than XCP 1082 6 Domain Restart Required After Certain Type of XCP Upgrade 7 Downgrading XCP Firmware 7 XCP Functionality Issues and Limitations 8 XCP Known Issues CRs and Workarounds 10 Information About Software 11 Software Compatibility 11 Capacity on Demand COD 11 COD Changes in XCP 1101 12 COD Changes in XCP 1102 12 COD Headroom 12 COD Warning and Violation Messages 12 Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card 13 Remote Initial Login 13 Fault Management 14 Identifying Degraded Memory in a System 15 v To Identify Degraded Memory in a System 15 Sun Java Enterprise System 15 Enabling the Web Console SMF Service 16 v To Enable the Web Console SMF Service 16 Software Functionality Issues and Limitations 17 Oracle Solaris OS Issues CRs and Workarounds 18 Known Issues in All Supported Oracle Solaris Releases 18 CR 6660168 20 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 22 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 109 10 23 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 24 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 105 09 25 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 26 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 105 08 30 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 35 Software Documentation Updates 38 Updates for Man Pages 38 Updates for Software Manuals 39 4 Information About Hardware 41 vi SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds All M Series Servers 41 Hardware Compatibility 41 Booting
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36. cument does not yet include instructions about setting M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers headroom to zero before upgrading to XCP 1101 firmware See Capacity on Demand COD User s Guide Capacity on Demand COD on page 11 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers The SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Administration Guide was Administration Guide updated in June 2012 Chapter 3 Information About Software 39 40 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 CHAPTER 4 Information About Hardware This chapter describes issues about M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 server hardware as related to this XCP release Important Notes Issues and Workarounds All M Series Servers Hardware Compatibility For current hardware compatibility information see Hardware Firmware and Software Compatibility on page 1 Booting From a WAN Boot Server The WAN boot installation method enables you to boot and install software over a wide area network WAN by using HTTP To support booting the M4000 M5000 servers from a WAN boot server you must have the appropriate wanboot executable installed and OpenBoot version 4 24 10 or above to provide the needed hardware support For information about WAN boot servers refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations for the version of Oracle Solaris 10 OS that you are using You can find Oracle Solaris 10 OS documentation here http www oracle com
37. d PCI bus types incorrectly It reports PCI for PCI X leaf devices and UNKN for legacy PCI devices 6724307 o Scheduler decisions are occasionally Use processor sets to prevent uneven unbalanced threads to core assignment Sometimes two threads will be on one core causing both to run at about half speed while another core is idle For many OpenMP and similar parallel applications the application performance is limited by the speed of the slowest thread Uneven scheduling is not common perhaps 1 in 50 or 1 in 100 decisions But if there are 128 threads running then the application might have at least one uneven schedule event 6800734 o o deleteboard hangs in a domain There is no workaround 6816913 o o The XSCF showdevices 8 Use the Oracle Solaris command command displays the incorrect prtdiag 1M on the domain to processor cache size for fractional report processor information processor cache sizes such as displaying 5MB when the correct display would be 5 5MB 6821108 o o DR and showdevices 8 don t Reboot the XSCF service processor work after XSCF reboot twice Half the SAs security associations are deleted the first time half are deleted the second time so the second addition succeeds and IPsec communication is reestablished 6827340 o o o DR and Memory patrol might fail There is no workaround due to SCF command error 24 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 Apri
38. ed U320 PCIe SCSI Card The U320 PCle SCSI card part number 375 3357 01 02 is not supported in PCI cassettes for SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 servers Customers must use part number 375 3357 03 at a minimum Patches for QLogic PCIe Cards The following QLogic cards require drivers supplied in patch 125166 10 a Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCIe HBA part SG XPCIE2FC QF4 m Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCle HBA part SG XPCIE1FC QF4 Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 51 Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards The following Emulex cards require drivers supplied in patch 120222 27 Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCle HBA part SG XPCIE2FC EM4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCIe HBA part SG XPCIE1FC EM4 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations This section describes known issues in this release The use of the External I O Expansion Unit to connect the host server to an external boot disk drive is not supported Do not use the CD RW DVD RW drive unit and the TAPE drive unit at the same time Power cables are not redundant on M8000 M9000 single feed single phase servers The dual power feed option is required for power cord redundancy All M8000 M9000 single feed single phase power cables must be connected and powered on at all times DR operations on an M8
39. ed The RAID capable IOUA requires a minimum XSCF firmware with applicable Oracle Solaris OS patches See the latest Product Notes for this information NOTE When the onboard device card is RAID capable the showhardcon 8 command displays Type 2 in the output FIGURE 3 9 A warning label was attached to an M9000 server AC section to indicate a change in the terminal connection sequence FIGURES 1 13 1 16 have corrected metric conversion 3060 mm 120 5 in FIGURE 3 28 A warning label was attached to an M9000 server AC section to indicate a change in the terminal connection sequence Step 10 Additional instructions were added regarding a warning label that was attached to an M9000 server AC section Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 55 56 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014
40. er depending in part on which Oracle Solaris OS release you are using Known Issues in All Supported Oracle Solaris Releases TABLE 3 2 lists Oracle Solaris OS issues that you might encounter in any Oracle Solaris release If your domains are not running the latest Oracle Solaris release also take notice of CRs fixed in releases later than yours as noted in the tables that follow TABLE 3 2 Known Oracle Solaris Issues and Workarounds CR ID M3000 4816837 6459540 6522017 M4000 M8000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround o o System hangs when executing There is no workaround parallel hot plug operation with SP DR in suspend phase o o The DAT72 internal tape drive Add the following definition to connected to M4000 M5000 kernel drv st confs M8000 M9000 servers might time tape config list out during tape operations SEAGATE DAT DAT72 000 The device might also be identified SEAGATE_DAT DAT72 000 by the system as a QIC drive SEAGATE DAT DAT72 000 SEAGATE_DAT DAT72 000 1 0x34 0 0x9639 4 0x00 0x8c Ox8c O0x8c 3 There are four spaces between SEAGATE DAT and DAT72 000 o o Domains using the Oracle ZFS file Set the maximum size of the ZFS system cannot use DR ARC lower For detailed assistance contact your authorized service representative 18 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 TABLE 3 2 Known Oracle Solaris Issues and Workarounds Continued
41. ge_ipp_eccue_valid_check rd_ptr nnn wr_ptr nnn will be observed on the console with the following cards e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter Hot plug operation with the following cards might fail if a card is disconnected and then immediately reconnected e SX PCIE2SCSIU320Z Sun StorageTek PCI E Dual Port Ultra320 SCSI HBA e SGXPCI2SCSILM320 Z Sun StorageTek PCI Dual Port Ultra 320 SCSI HBA Performing a DR deleteboard operation on a board that includes Permanent Memory when using the following network cards results in broken connections e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter After a successful CPU DR deleteboard operation the system panics when the following network interfaces are in use e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter These messages can be safely ignored After disconnecting a card wait for a few seconds before re connecting Reconfigure the affected network interfaces after the completion of the DR operation For basic network configuration procedures refer to the ifconfig man page for more information Add the following line to etc system and reboot the system set ip ip_soft_rings_cnt
42. hannel PCI X HBA 6402328 o If more than six IOUA Base I O Limit the maximum number of Card cards are used in a single IOUAs in a single domain to 6 domain a panic might occur under high I O stress 30 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 TABLE 3 8 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 Sheet 2 of 5 Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6472153 o o If you create a Oracle Solaris Flash Just after installing Oracle Solaris OS archive on a sun4u server other than from a Oracle Solaris Flash archive an M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 telnet into the M4000 M5000 server then install it on one of these M8000 M9000 server to reset the servers the console s TTY flags will console s TTY flags as follows not be set correctly This can cause sttydefs r console the console to lose characters during Fo steydefs a console i stress 9600hupcl opost onlcr crtscts f 9600 This procedure is required only once 6505921 o Correctable error on the system Create a file PCle bus controller generates an etc fm fmd fmd conf containing invalid fault the following lines setprop client buflim 40m setprop client memlim 40m 6522433 o o The incorrect motherboard might be Check system status on XSCF identified by fmdump for CPU faults after reboot 6527811 o o The showhardconf 8 commandon There is no workaround When each the XSCF cannot display PCI card PCI card in
43. her network devices to fail 6614737 o o The DR deleteboard 8 and Avoid performing DR operations if moveboard 8 operations might any of the following conditions exist hang if any of the following Degraded memory To determine conditions exist whether the system contains e A DIMM has been degraded degraded memory use the XSCF e The domain contains system command showstatus 8 boards with different memory e Differing memory sizes To size determine whether the domain contains system boards with different memory sizes display the list of memory sizes using the XSCF command showdevices 8 or the Oracle Solaris command prtdiag 1M on the domain If a DR command hangs reboot the domain to recover Chapter 3 Information About Software 27 TABLE 3 7 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 Sheet 3 of 4 Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6619224 o For Oracle Solaris domains that For Oracle Solaris domains that include SPARC64 VII processors a include SPARC64 VII processors do single domain of 256 threads or not exceed a domain size of 256 more might hang for an extended virtual processors in a single Oracle period of time under certain Solaris domain This means a unusual situations Upon recovery maximum of 32 CPUs in a single the uptime command will show domain configuration maximum extremely high load averages configuration for an M8000 server 6632549 o o fmd service on doma
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45. ility information see Hardware Firmware and Software Compatibility on page 1 Capacity on Demand COD The Capacity on Demand COD feature has not changed in this release The information in this section might be of interest only to those updating from an earlier XCP release The XCP 1100 firmware release introduced support for the showcodactivationhistory 8 command which lets you view or transfer COD activation history 12 COD Changes in XCP 1101 The XCP 1101 firmware introduced a new release of the Capacity on Demand COD feature See the latest version of the SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Capacity on Demand COD User s Guide Changes include Support has been added for the new streamlined process for acquiring COD keys through Oracle s E Delivery process Any old style keys in the COD database continue to work even when new style keys are present Note New style keys will not work with versions of XCP prior to 1101 m Support has been added for COD keys that are not assigned to a server s individual Chassis HostID However note that when a COD Activation Permit is purchased it can only be used on the server for which it was purchased m Support has been ended for the headroom feature If you have any COD processors running on headroom either uninstall the number of COD processors from domains equal to the number in violation or purchase and install COD Hardware Activation Op
46. in might fail Issue the following command on the to go into maintenance mode after domain DR operations svcadm clear fmd 6660197 o o DR might cause the domain to hang 1 Set the following parameter in the if either of the following conditions system specification file exist etc system set set e A domain contains 256 or more drmach drmach_disable_mcopy 1 CPUs 2 Reboot the domain e Memory error occurred and the DIMM has been degraded 6679370 o o The following message might be Add the following to the 28 output on the console during system boot addition of the External I O Expansion Unit using hotplug or an FMEMA operation by DR SUNW MSG ID SUN4 8000 75 TYPE Fault VER 1 SEVERITY Critical DESC A problem was detected in the PCIExpress subsystem etc system file then reboot the domain set pcie expected _ ce mask 0x2001 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 TABLE 3 7 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 Sheet 4 of 4 Continued M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6720261 o o o If your domain is running Oracle Set the following parameter in the Solaris 10 5 08 OS the system system specification file might panic trap during normal etc system operation set heaplp_use_stlb 0 Then reboot the domain 6737039 o WAN boot of an M3000 server fails Power the chassis off then on then intermittently with a panic early in
47. l 2014 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 TABLE 3 6 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 6 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 6588555 o o Resetting the XSCF during a DR Do not start an XSCF reset while a operation on permanent memory DR operation is underway Wait for might cause domain panic the DR operation to complete before starting the reset 6623226 o o o The Oracle Solaris command Do not use the Oracle Solaris lockstat 1M or the dtrace lockstat 1M command or the lockstat provider might cause a dtrace lockstat provider system panic 6680733 o o o Sun Quad port Gigabit Ethernet If possible use the card in x8 slot Adapter UTP QGC amp Sun Dual 10 Otherwise there is no workaround GigE Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter XGF NICs might panic under high load conditions 6689757 o o o Sun Dual 10 GigE Fiber XFP Low Verify that both XFP optical Profile adapter XGF with a single transceivers are firmly seated in the or improperly installed XFP optical housing transceivers might cause the Do not mix INTEL and Sun XFP following error to show on the optical transceivers in the same console adapter The XFP optical transceiver Do NOT plumb a port with the is broken or missing Oracle Solaris command ifconfig 1M if the port does not contain an XFP optical transceiver or it
48. ou connect the XSCF LAN and the network device fixed to the full duplex mode according to the IEEE 802 3 rule the XSCF LAN communicates in half duplex mode and network communication speed might slow down or communication errors might occur 8 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 TABLE 2 1 XCP Functionality Issues and Limitations Continued M4000 M8000 M3000 M500 M9000 Description o o For this XCP release the XSCF browser user interface XSCF Web does not support the External I O Expansion Unit Manager feature o o Due to DR and ZFS file system interoperability issues M4000 M5000 servers are shipped pre installed using the UFS file system See CR 6660168 on page 20 o o o The XCP 1093 release was the first XCP release to support a domain running Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 with the processor groups observability feature enabled Please refer to Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 OS Product Notes for more information Chapter 2 Information About XCP 1115 Firmware 9 TABLE 2 2 CR ID M3000 M500 7009084 o 7018644 o 7087056 o 7145253 o XCP Known Issues CRs and Workarounds This section lists significant CRs and if available suggested workarounds M4000 M8000 M9000 Description o o o o XCP Issues and Workarounds If setpasswordpolicy r is set to 0 existing XCSF users are unable to change their password and get the error message password Operation failed
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50. pdate Manager refer to the Sun Update Connection System Administration Guide at http docs oracle com cd E19107 01 Installation information and README files are included in the patch downloads Two options are available to register your system and to use the Oracle Sun Connection Update Manager to obtain the latest Oracle Solaris OS patches m Use the Update Manager GUI to obtain patches For more information refer to the Sun Update Connection documentation at the links mentioned previously m Use the smpatch 1M command to obtain patches For more information refer to the smpatch 1M man page or the reference manual collection for your version of the Oracle Solaris OS Caution For SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 servers running the Oracle Solaris 10 11 06 OS patches 123003 03 and 124171 06 must be installed on your system prior to using Sun Connection Update Manager These patches can be downloaded from http myoraclesupport com Note that Oracle Solaris 10 11 06 does not support SPARC64 VII processors Chapter 1 Introduction 3 4 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 CHAPTER 2 Information About XCP 1115 Firmware This chapter covers updates to XCP firmware in this release as well as other notable changes XCP Support for RAID Capable IOUA Cards in M8000 M9000 Servers XCP Version 1111 was the first XCP release to support RAID capable IOUA cards on M8000 M900
51. r Capacity On Demand COD Before replacing the motherboard in M4000 M5000 servers check for licensed CPUMs under COD 1 Type the following command XSCF gt showboards va 2 Record the output if COD CPUMs are found 3 After replacing the motherboard run the following command for each XSB that contained COD CPUMs XSCF gt enablecodboard V For M8000 M9000 Servers Determine if any CPU is Licensed Under COD Before replacing the CMU in M8000 M9000 servers check for licensed CPUs under COD 1 Type the following command XSCF gt showboards va 2 Record the output if COD CPUs are found Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 45 3 After replacing the CMU run the following command for each XSB that contained COD CPUMs XSCF gt enablecodboard M9000 Server Installation Area In the SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide Figures 1 13 1 16 required a correction to the metric conversion 3060 mm 120 5 in The following illustrations show the corrected metric conversions Figure 1 13 shows the M9000 server base cabinet installation area Service area M9000 Base cabinet Service area 850 33 4 Unit mm inch 46 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Figure 1 14 shows the M9000 server base cabinet power cabinet installation area Service area M9000 Base cabinet Power cabinet Service area
52. r more information A d UTO RESPONSE The module has been disabled Events estined for the module will be saved for manual diagnosis IMPACT Automated diagnosis and response for subsequent events 20 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 associated with this module will not occur REC ACTION Use fmdump v u lt EVENT ID gt to locate the module Use fmadm reset lt module gt to reset the module Workaround If fmd service fails issue the following command on the domain to recover svcadm clear fmd Then restart coumem diagnosis fmadm restart cpumem diagnosis Chapter 3 Information About Software 21 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 TABLE 3 3 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 3 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M500 M9000 Description Workaround 6794630 o o o An attempt to use the GUI to install Use the command line interface to Oracle Solaris in a domain larger install the Oracle Solaris OS than 2TB might fail 22 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 TABLE 3 4 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 4
53. rom Oracle Corporation and Fujitsu Limited It covers hardware software firmware and documentation related to the XCP 1115 firmware release Some references to server names and document names are abbreviated for readability For example if you see a reference to the M9000 server note that the full product name is the SPARC Enterprise M9000 server And if you see a reference to the XSCF Reference Manual note that the full document name is the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual Besides this document you also should read at minimum the overview guide for your server the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Administration Guide and the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF User s Guide Always see the Product Notes that apply to the firmware on your server and those that apply to the latest firmware release m Related Documentation on page x m Feedback on page xi m Access to Oracle Support on page xii Related Documentation Documentation Links Sun Oracle software related manuals http www oracle com documentation Oracle Solaris OS and so on Oracle M series server documents http www oracle com technetwork documentation sparc mseries servers 252709 html The following table lists related M Series documents All are online only unless noted otherwise Related SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000
54. s do not notify the user of authorization failure Upon such failure confirm that the SNMP trap host is working and re execute the command using the correct user name o The following functions which display power consumption are not supported on M4000 M5000 servers Any values displayed are invalid e The power operand of the showenvironment 8 command e XSCF Web o o o 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 CR 6789066 Workaround Specify the abbreviation of time zone and the name of Daylight Saving Time in seven or fewer letters o The M3000 server does not support External I O Expansion Units o o o Only M3000 servers with a SPARC64 VII 2 86 GHz processor let you use the raidct1 1M command to create a hardware RAID volume using the onboard SAS LSI controller All M Series servers support use of the raidct1 1M command to view disk controller status and on any PCI host bus adapter HBA installed in the system The RAID creation limitation was once designated as CR 6723202 There is no workaround Chapter 3 Information About Software 17 Oracle Solaris OS Issues CRs and Workarounds This section contains information about Oracle Solaris OS issues known at time of publication The following tables list issues you might encount
55. se and repair field returns Figure 6 5 is corrected to show daughter card installed on the MBU_A Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 53 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M4000 M5000 Servers This section contains late breaking hardware information that became known after the documentation set was published in the M4000 M5000 servers hardware documentation TABLE 4 2 Hardware Updates Title Page Number Update SPARC Enterprise 13 1 M4000 M5000 Servers Service Manual SPARC Enterprise 2 8 M4000 M5000 Servers Installation Guide SPARC Enterprise B 2 M4000 M5000 Servers Service Manual Before replacing the motherboard check if any CPUM is licensed under Capacity On Demand COD See For M4000 M5000 Servers Determine if any CPUM is Licensed Under Capacity On Demand COD on page 45 B type plug in the Note in 2 2 2 Cable Connections should be substituted with the plug with lock function The description for CPU Module in Table B 1 will add the following At least one CPU Module CPUM is required on each eXtended System Board XSB The XSB includes the CPU memory and optional I O The XSB can be set to one of two logical configurations uni XSB or quad XSB mode In the uni XSB mode the M4000 server has one configurable XSB and the M5000 server has two separate configurable XSBs For more information on the rules for system configuration refer to the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000
56. self test POST the domains might incorrectly degrade 4 or 8 DIMMs The system panics when running hot plug cfgadm and DR operations addboard and deleteboard on the following cards e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter The system panics when running hot plug cfgadm 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 e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter There is no workaround Increase the memory patrol timeout values used via the following setting in etc system and reboot the system set mc opl mc_max_rewrite_loop 20000 There is no workaround Use cfgadm c disconnect to completely remove the card After waiting at least 10 seconds the card might be configured back into the domain using the cfgadm c configure command SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 TABLE 3 8 CR ID Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 Sheet 4 of 5 Continued M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Description Workaround 6559504 6563785 6564934 6568417 o o Messages of the form nxge NOTICE nx
57. the boot process Sample output ERROR Last Trap Fast Data Access MMU Miss TL 1 TT 68 TPC 1l3aacc TnPC 13aad0 STSTATE 1605 SPSTATE 16 IE 1 PRIV 1 PEF 1 DSFSR 4280804b FV 1 OW 1 PR 1E 1 TM 1 ASI 80 NC 1 BERR 1 DSFAR fda6 000 DSFPAR 401020827000 D TAG 6365206 66206000 oe oe retry the operation Chapter 3 Information About Software 29 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 TABLE 3 8 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 8 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 Sheet 1 of 5 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 5076574 o A PCIe error can lead to an invalid Create a file fault diagnosis on a large etc fm fmd fmd conf containing M8000 M9000 domain the following lines setprop client buflim 40m setprop client memlim 40m 6348554 o o Using the cfgadm c Do not perform the cfgadm c disconnect command on the disconnect operation on the following cards might hang the affected cards command e SG XPCIE2FC OF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCI E HBA e SG XPCIE1FC QF4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCI E HBA e SG XPCI2FC QF4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCI X HBA e SG XPCI1FC QF4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber C
58. tions for those COD resources in use but not yet purchased Then execute setcod 0 to set headroom to zero and power the domain off then on to ensure only authorized COD resources are installed COD Changes in XCP 1102 COD Headroom The XCP 1101 firmware ended support for the headroom feature on Oracle M Series servers Beginning with the XCP 1102 firmware a non zero headroom value resulted in a COD violation If you have any COD processors running on headroom either uninstall the number of COD processors from domains equal to the number in violation or purchase and install COD Hardware Activation Options for those COD resources in use but not yet purchased Then execute setcod 0 to set headroom to zero and power the domain off then on to ensure only authorized COD resources are installed COD Warning and Violation Messages Beginning with XCP 1102 firmware if the COD headroom value is greater than zero when the server is upgraded the COD software automatically resets it to zero and records a warning message stating so in the monitor log viewable by showlogs 8 However each time the XSCF is initialized the warning appears again To avoid SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 future warnings execute setcod 0 to persistently set headroom to zero In addition if your server is employing headroom to use COD processors on powered on domains COD violations are logged and showcod 8 displays VIO
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60. und attach fails Chapter 3 Information About Software 37 Software Documentation Updates This section contains late breaking information that became known after the documentation set was published or was very recently added Updates for Man Pages Note Online man pages generally are updated more frequently than the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual In case of a conflict check the Last Modified date at the bottom of the man page TABLE 3 10 Changes to Man Pages Man Page Change addcodactivation 8 These man pages still describe the COD headroom feature setcod 8 which is no longer supported See Capacity on Demand COD showcod 8 on page 11 showcodusage 8 setupfru 8 The following description in the man page also applies to M4000 M5000 servers Although a CMU with two CPUs can be configured into Quad XSB mode on an M8000 M9000 server the server generates a configuration error message for those XSBs that do not have a CPU and memory clearfault 8 The clearfault command in the man pages will be updated to say You must have platadm or fieldeng privileges to run this command Refer to setprivileges 8 for more information 38 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1115 April 2014 Updates for Software Manuals TABLE 3 11 Changes to Software Manuals Document Title Change SPARC Enterprise This do

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