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1. 18 6244 1147afbe d006 4446 8cf2 49b6e5a893dc SCF 8007 AR 100 fault chassis SPARC Enterprise cpu SPARC64 VII way ce Problem in hc chassis 0 cmu 1 cpu 0 Affects hc chassis 0 cmu 1 cpu 0 FRU he product id SPARC Enterprise M8000 chassis id 2030638006 server id aaa dc1 3 sf0 serial PP1032026V part CA06620 D061 B1 371 4929 02 revision 0a01 component CMU 1 CPUM 0 Location CMU 1 CPUM 0 Identifying Degraded Memory ina System V To Identify Degraded Memory in a System 1 Log in to XSCE 2 Type the following command XSCF gt showstatus 3 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 Chapter 3 Information About Software 13 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 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 Enabling the Web Console SMF Service V To Enable the Web Console SMF Service e Log in to a terminal as root then enable the service svcadm enable svc system webconsole console If you have to reloa
2. DR Add the following line to etc system deleteboard operation the system and reboot the system panics when the following network set ip ip soft rings cnt 0 interfaces are in use X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter CR 6571370 o o Use of the following cards have been Add the following line in etc system observed to cause data corruption in and reboot the system stress test under laboratory conditions set nxge nxge_rx_threshold_hi 0 e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter CR 6584984 o The busstat 1M command with w There is no workaround Do not use option might cause M8000 M9000 busstat 1M command with w option server domains to reboot on pemu_p CR 6589546 o o prtdiag does not show all IO devices Use prtdiag v for full output 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 Chapter 3 Information About Software 29 TABLE 3 7 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 5 of 5 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6663570 o o DR operations involving the lowest Do not use DR to remove the system numbered CPU
3. 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 F20 PCle Cards This release supports Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCle 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 38 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 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 reguired bootstrap firmware upgrade has been performed Version 1 0 of the SCA6000 driver does not support hot plug and should not be used U320 PCle SCSI Card The U320 PCle SCSI card part number 375 3357 01 02 is not supported in PCI cassettes for SPARC Enterprise M800
4. ensure only authorized COD resources are installed Note The XCP 1100 firmware release introduced support for the showcodactivationhistory 8 command which lets you view or transfer COD activation history 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 For more information about login account names see also TABLE 2 1 in Chapter 2 Fault Management 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 12 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 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
5. might cause the domain board that hosts the CPU with the lowest to panic CPU ID Use the Oracle Solaris prtdiag command to identify the CPU with the lowest CPU ID Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 TABLE 3 8 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 8 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 1 of 4 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 m9000 Description Workaround CR 6303418 o M9000 server with a single domain and Do not exceed 170 CPU threads 11 or MONE fully populated system Limit the number of CPU threads to boards might hang under heavy stress one per CPU core by using the Oracle Solaris psradm command to disable the excess CPU threads For example disable all odd numbered CPU threads CR 6416224 o o System performance can degrade using Use multiple NIC cards to split a single NIC card with more than 5 000 network connections connections CR 6441349 o o 1 0 error can hang the system There is no workaround CR 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 30 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 3 8 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 2 of 4 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Work
6. now use it on any M Series server setpasswordpolicy 8 A more complete description of the r remember option is Sets the number of passwords remembered in password history Valid values are integers of 1 10 The initial setting is 3 A zero value is not supported and prevents further password modifications by the user TABLE 3 10 Changes to Manuals Document Title Change SPARC Enterprise This document does not yet include instructions about setting M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 headroom to zero before upgrading to XCP 1101 firmware See Servers Capacity on Demand Capacity on Demand COD on page 11 COD User s Guide 34 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 CHAPTER 4 Information About Hardware This chapter describes issues about M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 server hardware as related to this XCP release See also Compatible Hardware Firmware and Software Matrix on page 2 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds All M Series Servers 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 Gui
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8. technetwork documentation sparc mseries servers 252709 html Oracle Solaris Operating System documents http www oracle com technetwork documentation index html Related M Series Server Documents SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Site Planning Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Site Planning Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide SPARC Enterprise Equipment Rack Mounting Guide x SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Related M Series Server Documents SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Getting Started Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Getting Started Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Getting Started Guide 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 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 SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server Unpacking Guide SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Unpacking Guide SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Installation Guide SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Installation Gui
9. to firmware hardware and software as of this firmware release Other sections describe matters limited to firmware software or hardware Note Oracle publishes Product Notes for regular firmware releases such as XCP 1100 but for only some updates such as XCP 1101 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 freguently However in case of a conflict compare the publication date on each document s title page 2 Compatible Hardware Firmware and Software Matrix Please check the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Server Processor and Software Requirements Matrix at the following URL https supporthtml oracle com ep faces secure km DocumentDisplay jspx id 1145383 1 The matrix lists supported hardware firmware and operating system OS versions as well as required software 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 Caution Before installing any processor such as the SPARC64 VII processor verify that your server satisfies all reguirement
10. 0 M9000 servers Customers must use part number 375 3357 03 at a minimum Patches for OLogic PCle Cards The following OLogic cards reguire drivers supplied in patch 125166 10 m Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCle HBA part SG XPCIE2FC QF4 m Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCle HBA part SG XPCIE1FC QF4 Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCle Cards The following Emulex cards reguire drivers supplied in patch 120222 27 m Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCle HBA part SG XPCIE2FC EM4 m Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCle HBA part SG XPCIE1FC EM4 Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 39 40 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 single power feed servers without the dual power feed option All power cables must be connected and powered on at all times DR operations on an M8000 M9000 server might fail with a misleading message regarding the board being unavailable for DR after the addfru 8 or replacefru 8 command has been used for active replacement This happens when the active replaceme
11. 000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround 7009084 7012224 7018644 7020161 o o o If setpasswordpolicy r is set to 0 existing XCSF users are unable to change their password and get the error message password Operation failed On occasion messages similar to the following might appear on the domain console during OS reboot or shutdown Nov 30 16 56 36 sca m5k 3 a ip ipsec_check_inbound_policy Policy Failure for the incoming packet not secure Source 192 168 224 001 Destination 192 168 224 002 Such messages from the OS are informational only You can safely ignore them 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 In M3000 servers with SPARC64 VII 2 86 GHz processors Permitted AC power consumption is shown as 470W The correct value is 505W Do not execute the command setpasswordpolicy r 0 See the entry for this command in TABLE 3 9 Ignore the alarms When a new fault is generated after the XSCF or MBU is replaced check the solaris u uidin fmdump V output to determine if the fault is genuine There is no workaround Chapter 2 Information About XCP 1101 Firmware
12. 000 M5000 kernel drv st conf M8000 M9000 servers might time out during tape ee operations i A SEAGATE DAT DAT72 000 The device might also be A Pret A identified by the system as a Se no aaasta OIC drive SEAGATE DAT DAT72 000 SEAGATE DAT DAT72 000 1 0x34 0 0x9639 4 0x00 0x8c 0x8c 0x8c 3 There are four spaces between SEAGATE DAT and DAT72 000 CR 6522017 o o Domains using the ZFS file Set the maximum size of the ZFS ARC lower system cannot use DR For detailed assistance contact your authorized service representative 16 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 3 2 CR ID M3000 M4000 M8000 M5000 M9000 Description Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds for All Supported Releases 2 of 3 Workaround CR 6531036 o CR 6532215 o CR 6588650 CR 6589644 CR 6592302 CR 6611966 CR 6660168 o CR 6674266 o o o o The error message network initialization failed appears repeatedly after a boot net installation volfs or dscp services might fail when a domain is booted On occasion a M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 server is unable to DR after an XSCF failover to or from backup XSCF When XSCF switchover happens on an M8000 M9000 server after the system board has been added using the addboard command the console is no longer available Unsuccessful DR operation leaves memory partially configured DR deleteboard 8 and moveboard 8 o
13. 01035 HOSTNAME FF2 35 0 Chapter 3 Information About Software 31 TABLE 3 8 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 3 of 4 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 m9000 Description Workaround CR 6502204 o o Unexpected error messages might be If you see unexpected messages use displayed on console on booting after the showdomainstatus 8 command CPU UE panic to 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 SPARC Enterprise CSN 2030636002 HOSTNAME P2 DC1 16 d0 CR 650275 o o Inserted or removed hot plugged PCI There is no workaround card might not output notification message CR 6508432 o o A large number of spurious PCIe To mask these errors add the correctable errors can be recorded in the following entry to etc system and FMA error log reboot the system set pcie pcie aer ce mask 0x2001 CR 6508434 o The domain might panic when an Do not insert a different type of PCI X additional PCI X card is installed ora card on the same PCI slot by using PCI X card is replaced using PCI hot PCI hot plug plug CR 6510861 o o When using the PCIe Dual Port Add the following entry to Ultra320 SCSI controller card SG etc system to prevent the X PCIE2SCSIU320Z a PCIe correctable problem error causes a Oracle Solaris panic set pcie pcie aer ce mas
14. 8 DVD Drives and cfgadm 38 F20 PCIe Cards 38 Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards 39 U320 PCle SCSI Card 39 Patches for QLogic PCIe Cards 39 Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards 39 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations 40 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M3000 Server 41 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M4000 M5000 Servers 41 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M8000 M9000 Servers 41 Contents vii viii SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Preface These product notes contain important and late breaking information about the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 servers sometimes called M Series servers from Oracle Corporation and Fujitsu Limited It covers hardware software firmware and documentation related to the XCP 1101 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
15. 9 10 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 CHAPTER 3 Information About Software This chapter describes Oracle Solaris software issues and workarounds as related to this XCP firmware release See also Compatible Hardware Firmware and Software Matrix on page 2 Your server was shipped with the Oracle Solaris Operating System and Java Enterprise System software preinstalled Capacity on Demand COD The XCP 1101 firmware introduces 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 COD Changes The new version of COD m Introduces a new streamlined process for acquiring COD keys through Oracle s E Delivery process Any old style keys in your COD database will continue to work even when new style keys are also present m Supports unlocked COD keys that are not assigned to a server s individual Chassis HostID and can be installed on other servers New COD keys include the word UNLOCKED m Ends support 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 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
16. 9 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 4 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 M4000 M4000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M5000 Description Workaround CR 6572827 o o o The prtdiag v command reports There is no workaround PCI bus types incorrectly It reports PCI for PCI X leaf devices and UNKN for legacy PCI devices CR 6724307 o Scheduler decisions are occasionally Use processor sets to prevent unbalanced uneven threads to core Sometimes two threads will be on one assignment 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 CR 6800734 o o deleteboard hangs in a domain There is no workaround CR 6816913 o o The XSCF showdevices command Use the prtdiag 1M displays the incorrect processor cache command on the domain to size for fractional processor cache report processor information sizes such as displaying 5MB when the correct display would be 5 5MB CR 6821108 o o DR and showdevices don t work Reboot the XSCF service after XSCF reboot processor twice Half the SAs are deleted the first time half are deleted the second ti
17. AUTORISEE PAR LA LOI APPLICABLE Sauf mention contraire express ment stipul e dans ce contrat dans la mesure autoris e par la loi applicable en aucun cas Oracle ou Fujitsu Limited et ou l une ou l autre de leurs soci t s affili es ne sauraient tre tenues responsables envers une quelconque partie tierce sous quelque th orie juridique que ce soit de tout manque paner ou de perte de profit de probl mes d utilisation ou de perte de donn es ou d interruptions d activit s ou de tout dommage indirect sp cial secondaire ou cons cutif m me si ces entit s ont t pr alablement inform es d une telle ventualit LA DOCUMENTATION EST FOURNIE EN L TAT ET TOUTE AUTRE CONDITION D CLARATION ET GARANTIE EXPRESSE OU TACITE EST FORMELLEMENT EXCLUE DANS LA MESURE AUTORISEE PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR Y COMPRIS NOTAMMENT TOUTE GARANTIE IMPLICITE RELATIVE LA QUALIT MARCHANDE L APTITUDE UNE UTILISATION PARTICULI RE OU LABSENCE DE CONTREFA ON Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 Compatible Hardware Firmware and Software Matrix 2 Obtaining Oracle Solaris Patches 3 Compatible Web Browsers 4 Information About XCP 1101 Firmware 5 What s New in This Release 5 Upgrading and Downgrading XCP 6 Upgrading to This Release 6 Updating the OpenBoot PROM Firmware 6 Upgrading From a Version Earlier Than XCP 1050 6 Domain Restart Required After Certain Type of XCP Upgrade 6 Downgrading XCP Firmware 7 XCP Functionali
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19. 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 SG XPCIE2SCSIU320Z Sun StorageTek PCI E Dual Port Ultra320 SCSI HBA e SGXPCI2SCSILM320 Z Sun StorageTek PCI Dual Port Ultra 320 SCSI HBA 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 These messages can be safely ignored After disconnecting a card wait for a few seconds before re connecting 28 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 3 7 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 4 of 5 M4000 M8000 CRID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6564934 o o Performing a DR deleteboard Reconfigure the affected network operation on a board which includes interfaces after the completion of the DR Permanent Memory when using the operation For basic network following network cards results in configuration procedures refer to the broken connections ifconfig man page for more e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit information Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter CR 6568417 o o After a successful CPU
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21. XSCF User s Guide At publication of this document M Series servers were shipping with XCP 1101 firmware supported or installed That might no longer be the latest available version or the version now installed Always see the Product Notes that apply to the firmware on your server and those that apply to the latest firmware release This chapter includes the following sections m Audience on page x m Related Documentation on page x m Text Conventions on page xii m Syntax of the Command Line Interface CLI on page xiii m Documentation Feedback on page xiii Audience This document is written for experienced system administrators with working knowledge of computer networks and advanced knowledge of the Oracle Solaris Operating System Oracle Solaris OS Related Documentation The following table lists related M Series documents which can be viewed online at the following locations Hardware documents M3000 server http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx E19867 01 amp id homepage M4000 server http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx E19855 01 amp id homepage M5000 server http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx E19580 01 amp id homepage M8000 server http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx E19170 01 amp id homepage M9000 server http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx E19415 01 amp id homepage Software documents http www oracle com
22. around CR 6496337 o o The cpumem diagnosis module might If the problem has already occurred fail to load after uncorrectable error 1 Remove the cpumemdiagnosis UE panic Systems will function file correctly but events normally rm var fm fmd ckpt automatically diagnosed by FMA using cpumemdiagnosis cpumem diagnosis this module will require manual 2 Restart fmd service diagnosis svcadm restart fmd Example SUNW MSG ID FMD 8000 2K TYPE Ty avoid this problem in advance add Defect VER Ly SEVERITY Minot the following line in the file EVENT TIME Thu Feb 15 15 46 57 lib svc method svc dumpa m JST 2007 PLATFORM SUNW SPARC Enterprise CSN BE80601007 VESPE EAA HOSTNAME col2 ffem7 d0 rm f var fm fmd ckpt cpumemdiagnosis cpumem diagnosis CR 6495303 o o The use of a PCIe Dual Port Ultra320 Do not use this card in IOU Slot 1 SCSI controller card SG X PCIE2SCSIU3202 in IOU Slot 1 on a SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 server might result in a system panic CR 6498283 o o Using the DR deleteboard There is no workaround command while psradm operations are running on a domain might cause a system panic CR 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 BE806
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24. d Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 2 of 5 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6522433 o o The incorrect motherboard might be Check system status on XSCF identified by fmdump for CPU faults after reboot CR 6527811 o o The showhardconf 8 command on There is no workaround When each PCI the XSCF cannot display PCI card card in the External I O Expansion Unit information that is installed in the is configured using PCI hot plug the PCI External I O Expansion Unit if the card information is displayed correctly External I O Expansion Unit is configured using PCI hot plug CR 6536564 o o showlogs 8 and showstatus 8 To avoid this problem issue the command might report wrong I O following commands on the domain component cd usr platform SUNW SPARCEnterprise 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 CR 6545143 o o There is a low probability that a system There is no workaround 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 fol
25. d 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 14 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 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 setsnmp 8 and showsnmp 8 commands 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 letters or less o The M3000 server doe
26. de 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 technetwork documentation index html If you do not upgrade the wanboot executable the server will panic with messages similar to the following 35 krtld load exec fail to expand cpu 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 m
27. de SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Installation Guide SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Service Manual SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Service Manual SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Service Manual External I O Expansion Unit 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 Notest SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Product Notes SPARC Enterprise M4000 M5000 Servers Product Notes Preface xi Related M Series Server Documents SPARC Enterprise M8000 M9000 Servers Product Notes External I O Expansion Unit Product Notes SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Glossary This is a printed document Beginning with the XCP 1100 release Text Conventions This manual uses the following fonts and symbols to express specific types of information Font symbol AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 Italic mu Meaning What you type when contrasted with on screen computer output This font represents the example of command input in the frame The
28. emory 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 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 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 36 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations This section describes known issues in this release m 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 m For information about I O options and storage such as the number of cards supported in a domain see the Sun Cross Platform IO Support page http wikis sun com display PlatformIoSupport Home Important Notes Issues and Wor
29. erprise 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 Channel PCI X HBA CR 6402328 o If more than six IOUA Base I O Card Limit the maximum number of IOUAs in cards are used in a single domain a a single domain to 6 panic might occur under high I O stress CR 6472153 o o If you create a Oracle Solaris Flash Just after installing Oracle Solaris OS archive on a sun4u server other than an from a Oracle Solaris Flash archive M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 server telnet into the M4000 M5000 then install it on one of these servers M8000 M9000 server to reset the the console s TTY flags will not be set console s TTY flags as follows correctly This can cause the console to sttydefs r console lose characters during stress sttydefs a console i 9600 hupcl opost onlcr crtscts f 9600 This procedure is required only once CR 6505921 o Correctable error on the system PCle Create a file etc fm fmd fmd conf bus controller generates an invalid fault containing the following lines setprop client buflim 40m setprop client memlim 40m 26 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 3 7 Oracle Solaris OS Issues an
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31. g cards are used for heavy network traffic e X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP X1027A Z1 PCI e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter Hot plug of the X4447A Z PCI e Quad To avoid the defect do not install port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP card this card in slot 1 in slot 1 might cause other network devices to fail The DR deleteboard 8 and Avoid performing DR operations if moveboard 8 operations might hang if any of the following conditions any of the following conditions exist exist A DIMM has been degraded Degraded memory To determine The domain contains system boards whether the system contains with different memory size degraded memory use the XSCF command showstatus e Differing memory sizes To determine whether the domain contains system boards with different memory sizes display the list of memory sizes using the XSCF command showdevices or the prtdiag command on the domain If a DR command hangs reboot the domain to recover Chapter 3 Information About Software 23 TABLE 3 6 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 3 of 4 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6619224 o For Oracle Solaris domains that include For Oracle Solaris domains that SPARC64 VII processors a single include SPARC64 VII processors domain of 256 threads or more might do not exceed a domain size of 256 hang for an ex
32. ility of a domain There is no workaround panic during reboot when the Sun Ouad GbE UTP x8 PCle X4447A Z card is present in a domain CR 6539909 Do not use the following I O cards for Use an alternative type of network network access when you are using the card or onboard network device to boot net install command to install the Oracle Solaris OS via the install the Oracle Solaris OS network e X4447A Z X4447A Z PCIe Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP e X1027A Z X1027A Z PCIe Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP CR 6542632 Memory leak in PCIe module if driver There is no workaround attach fails Chapter 3 Information About Software 33 Software Documentation Updates This section contains late breaking information that became known after the documentation set was published or was very recently added Note Online man pages generally are updated more freguently 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 9 Changes to Man Pages Man Page Change addcodactivation 8 These man pages still describe the COD headroom feature which is setcod 8 showcod 8 no longer supported See Capacity on Demand COD on page 11 and showcodusage 8 showenvironment 8 The XCP 1100 firmware release introduced support of the showenvironment air command on M4000 M5000 servers You can
33. k 0x31c1 CR 6520990 o o When a domain reboots SCF might not Increase the DR timeout period by be able to service other domains that setting the following statement in share the same physical board DR etc system and reboot your operation can exceed the default system timeout period and panic can occur set drmach fmem timeout 30 CR 6527781 o The cfgadm command fails while There is no workaround To moving the DVD DAT drive between reconfigure DVD Tape drive execute two domains reboot r from the domain exhibiting the problem CR 6530178 o o 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 CR 6530288 o o cfgadm 1M command might not There is no workaround correctly show Ap Id format 32 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 3 8 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 8 07 4 of 4 CR ID m9000 Description Workaround CR 6534471 Systems might panic trap during If a patch is not available disable the normal operation kernel large page sTLB programming In the file etc system change the heaplp_use_stlb variable to 0 set heaplp use stlb 0 CR 6535564 PCI hot plug to PCI slot 0 1 or Use DR instead of PCI hot plug if External I O Expansion Unit might fail need to add or remove PCI card on on XSB added by DR the XSB CR 6539084 There is a low probab
34. karounds M3000 Servers Only Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCle Cards The following Emulex cards reguire drivers supplied in patch 120222 27 m XSEFC402AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Dual Port Fiber Channel PCle HBA m XSEFC401AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gigabit Single Port Fiber Channel PCIeHBA 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 device is 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 Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 37 m 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 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds M4000 M5000 and M8000 M9000 Servers Only DVD Drives and cfgadm The Oracle Solaris c gadm 1M command does not always unconfigure a DVD drive from a domain on SPARC Enterprise M8000
35. lowing string bad kernel MMU trap at TL 2 CR 6545685 o o If the system has detected correctable Increase the memory patrol timeout memory errors CE at power on self test POST the domains might incorrectly degrade 4 or 8 DIMMs Chapter 3 values used via the following setting in etc system and reboot the system set mc opl mc_max_rewrite_loop 20000 Information About Software 27 TABLE 3 7 CR ID Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 3 of 5 M4000 M8000 M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6546188 CR 6551356 CR 6559504 CR 6563785 o o The system panics when running hot plug cfgadm and DR operations addboard and deleteboard on the following cards X4447A Z PCI e Quad port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP 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 Messages of the form nxge NOTICE nxge_ipp_eccue_valid_check rd_ptr nnn wr_ptr nnn will be observed on the console with the following cards e X4447A Z
36. me so the second addition succeeds and IPsec communication is reestablished CR 6827340 o o o DR and Memory patrol might fail due There is no workaround to SCF command error 20 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 TABLE 3 5 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 5 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 M4000 M4000 CRID M3000 M5000 M5000 Description Workaround CR 6588555 o o Resetting the XSCF during a DR Do not start an XSCF reset while a DR operation on permanent memory operation is underway Wait for the DR might cause domain panic operation to complete before starting the reset CR 6623226 o o o The Oracle Solaris command Do not use the Oracle Solaris lockstat 1M or the dtrace lockstat 1M command or the dtrace lockstat provider might cause a lockstat provider system panic CR 6680733 o o o Sun Quad port Gigabit Ethernet If possible use the card in x8 slot Adapter UTP QGC amp Sun Dual 10 Otherise there is no workaround GigE Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter XGF NICs might panic under high load conditions CR 6689757 o o o Sun Dual 10 GigE Fiber XFP Low Check and make sure that both XFP Profile adapter XGF with a single optical transceivers are firmly seated in or improperly installed XFP optical the housing
37. 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 Before using the XSCF Web disable pop up blocking and remove any plug ins such as the search tool installed with the browser XSCF LAN is compliant with auto negotiation Set the network device that connects with XSCF LAN to the auto negotiation mode Otherwise when you 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 For this XCP release the XSCF browser user interface XSCF Web does not support the External I O Expansion Unit Manager feature Due to DR and ZFS file system interoperability issues M4000 M5000 servers are shipped pre installed using the UFS file system See CR 6522017 in TABLE 3 2 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 8 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 2 2 CR ID XCP Known Issues CRs and Workarounds This section lists significant CRs and if available suggested workarounds XCP Issues and Workarounds M4000 M8000 M3
38. mprovements 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 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 Using an independent NTP server provides optimal reliability in maintaining consistent time on the SP and the domains For more information about NTP see the Sun Blueprint document Using NTP to Control and Synchronize System Clocks http www sun com blueprints 0701 NTP pdf Chapter 2 Information About XCP 1101 Firmware 7 TABLE 2 1 XCP Functionality Issues and Limitations o M4000 M8000 M3000 M5000 o M9000 o Issue 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 12 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 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
39. names of commands files and directories on screen computer output This font represents the example of command output in the frame Indicates the name of a reference manual a variable or user replaceable text Indicates names of chapters sections items buttons or menus Example XSCF gt adduser jsmith XSCF gt showuser P User Name jsmith Privileges useradm auditadm See the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers XSCF User s Guide See Chapter 2 System Features xii SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Syntax of the Command Line Interface CLI The command syntax is as follows m A variable that requires input of a value must be put in Italics m An optional element must be enclosed in m A group of options for an optional keyword must be enclosed in and delimited by Documentation Feedback If you have any comments or requests regarding this document go to the following web site http www oraclesurveys com se ashx s 25113745587BE578 Preface xiii xiv SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 CHAPTER 1 Introduction This document describes the XCP 1101 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
40. nt 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 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Hardware Documentation Updates for the M3000 Server This section contains late breaking hardware information that became known after the documentation set was published and corrections in the M3000 server hardware documentation All M3000 hardware documents were up to date as of this release Hardware Documentation Updates for the M4000 M5000 Servers This section contains late breaking hardware information that became known after the documentation set was published and corrections in the M4000 M5000 servers hardware documentation All M4000 M5000 hardware documents were up to date as of this release Hardware Documentation Updates for the M8000 M9000 Servers This section contains late breaking hardware information that became known after the documentation set was published and corrections in the M8000 M9000 servers ha
41. perations might fail Example for messages on domain drmach WARNING driver failure dcs config_change_state Device pci lt XXXX gt Hardware specific failure Device pci unconfigure SB1 driver failure See CR 6660168 on page 18 removed from this table due to the length of the description There is no workaround Restart the service To avoid the problem issue the following commands t svccfg s dscp setprop start timeout_seconds count t svccfg s volfs setprop start timeout seconds count svcadm refresh dscp svcadm refresh volfs 300 300 There is no workaround The console can be recovered by pressing CTRL q It might be possible to recover by adding the board back to the domain with an addboard d command Otherwise try deleteboard 8 again Try DR operations again This CR is a duplicate of CR 6611966 Chapter 3 Information About Software 17 TABLE 3 2 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds for All Supported Releases 3 of 3 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6745410 o o o Boot program ignores the Kadb Use kmdb instead of kadb option which causes the system not to boot CR 6794630 o o o An attempt to use the GUI to Use the command line interface to install the install Oracle Solaris in a Oracle Solaris OS domain larger than 2TB might fail CR 7009469 o Creating a RAID using the None raidctl 1M command generates a wa
42. rdware documentation All M8000 M9000 hardware documents were up to date as of this release Chapter 4 Information About Hardware 41 42 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011
43. rning message on initial process Subsequent RAID configurations do not 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 console log happens you will see output similar to the following sample in the SUNW MSG I PLATFORM HOSTNAME SOURCE fm EVENT ID ESC A Or D a http sun A a estined IMPACT Au associated R fmadm rese EVENT TIME UTO RESPONSE The module has been disabled Events EC ACTION D FMD 8000 2K TYPE Defect VER 1 SEVERITY Minor Fri Apr 4 21 41 57 PDT 2008 SUNW SPARC Enterprise CSN 2020642002 lt hostname gt A self diagnosis REV 1 0 6b2e15d7 aa65 6bcc bcb1 cb03a7dd77e3 acle Solaris Fault Manager component has experienced hat reguired the module to be disabled Refer to com msg FMD 8000 2K for more information or the module will be saved for manual diagnosis tomated diagnosis and response for subseguent events with this module will not occur Use fmdump v u lt EVENT ID gt to locate the module Use t lt module gt to reset the module Workaround recover If fmd service fails issue the following command on the domain to svcadm clear fmd 18 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Then restart cpumem diagnosis fmadm re
44. roduct Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 3 6 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 4 of 4 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6737039 o WAN boot of M3000 servers fails Power off and power on the intermittently with a panic early in the chassis then retry the operation boot process Sample output ERROR Last Trap Fast Data Access MMU Miss TL 1 TT 68 STPC 13aacc TnPC 13aad0 STSTATE 1605 SPSTATE 16 IE 1 PRIV 1 PEF 1 DSFSR 4280804b FV 1 OW 1 PR 1 E 1 TM 1 ASI 80 NC 1 BERR 1 DSFAR fda6 000 DSFPAR 401020827000 D TAG 6365206 66206000 o oe Chapter 3 Information About Software 25 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 TABLE 3 7 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 7 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 1 of 5 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 5076574 o A PCIe error can lead to an invalid fault Create a file etc fm fmd fmd conf diagnosis on a large M8000 M9000 containing the following lines domain setprop client buflim 40m setprop client memlim 40m CR 6348554 o o Using the cfgadm c disconnect Do not perform cfgadm c command on the following cards might disconnect operation on the affected hang the command cards e SG XPCIE2FC OF 4Sun StorageTek Ent
45. s domains that include For Oracle Solaris domains that CR 6556742 o o o 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 e Dual Port Fiber Channel HBA e SG XPCIE1FC QF4 4 Gigabit PCI e Single Port Fiber Channel HBA e SG XPCI2FC QF4 4 Gigabit PCI X Dual Port Fiber Channel HBA e SG XPCI1FC QF4 4 Gigabit PCI X Single Port Fiber Channel HBA 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 Adaptor 22 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 TABLE 3 6 CR ID Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 2 of 4 M4000 M8000 M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6589833 CR 6608404 CR 6614737 o 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 followin
46. s for that processor type Such reguirements include minimum reguired XCP firmware and Oracle Solaris OS versions and all reguired patches SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Obtaining Oracle Solaris Patches 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 Update Manager refer to the Sun Update Connection System Administration Guide at http docs sun com app docs prod updconn sys Or visit http wikis sun com display SunConnection Update Manager 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 ht
47. s 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 15 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 encounter 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 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds for All Supported Releases 1 of 3 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 m5000 m9000 Description Workaround CR 4816837 o o System hangs when executing There is no workaround parallel hot plug operation with SP DR in suspend phase CR 6459540 o o The DAT72 internal tape drive Add the following definition to connected to M4
48. start cpumem diagnosis Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 TABLE 3 3 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 3 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 9 10 M4000 M4000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M5000 Description Workaround CR 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 interface Problem occurs with Only Failure Detection with M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M900 Solaris 10 Operating System Seen on servers running the Oracle OS Doc ID 1008064 1 Solaris 10 10 09 OS and IPMP or any Oracle Solaris release running IPMP with Patch 141444 09 installed CR 6668237 o o o After DIMMs are replaced the Use the fmadm repair corresponding DIMM faults are not fmri uuid to record the repair cleared on the domain Then use the fmadm rotate command to clear out any leftover events CR 6872501 o o o Cores are not offlined when requested Use fmdump 1M with its v by the XSCF This CR affects only option on the Service Oracle Solaris 10 5 09 and Oracle Processor to identify the faulty Solaris 10 10 09 releases core Once identified use psradm 8 on the domain to offline the core Chapter 3 Information About Software 19 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 TABLE 3 4 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 10 0
49. tended period of time virtual processors in a single Oracle under certain unusual situations Upon Solaris domain This means a recovery the uptime command will maximum of 32 CPUs in a single show extremely high load averages domain configuration maximum configuration for an M8000 server CR 6632549 o o fmd service on domain might fail to Issue the following command on go into maintenance mode after DR the domain operations svcadm clear fmd CR 6660197 o o DR might cause the domain to hang if 1 Set the following parameter in either of the following conditions exist the system specification file e A domain contains 256 or more etc system CPUs set drmach drmach disable mcopy 1 e Memory error occurred and the 2 Reboot the domain DIMM has been degraded CR 6679370 o o The following message might be output Add the following to the on the console during system boot etc systen file then reboot the addition of the External I O Expansion domain Unit using hotplug or an FMEMA set pcie expected ce mask operation by DR 0x2001 SUNW MSG ID SUN4 8000 75 TYPE Fault VER 1 SEVERITY Critical DESC A problem was detected in the PCIExpress subsystem CR 6720261 o o o If your domain is running Oracle Solaris Set the following parameter in the 10 5 08 OS the system might panic trap during normal operation system specification file etc system set heaplp use stlb 0 Then reboot the domain 24 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers P
50. tp myoraclesupport com Note that Oracle Solaris 10 11 06 does not support SPARC64 VII processors Chapter 1 Introduction 3 4 Compatible Web Browsers Many web browsers support the XSCF Web The browsers in TABLE 1 1 have demonstrated compatibility with the XSCF Web through testing TABLE 1 1 Tested Web Browser Versions Web Browser Application Version Mozilla Firefox 3 0 and 3 5 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 0 and 8 0 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 CHAPTER 2 Information About XCP 1101 Firmware This chapter covers updates to XCP firmware in this release as well as other notable changes See also Compatible Hardware Firmware and Software Matrix on page 2 Note This release is an update of the XCP 1100 firmware For more information about the XCP 1100 release see the SPARC Enterprise M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1100 What s New in This Release m The XCP 1101 firmware now supports the M3000 server with 2 86 GHz processors m This XCP 1101 release introduces support for a new Capacity on Demand COD permit delivery system See Capacity on Demand COD on page 11 6 Upgrading and Downgrading XCP 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 firm
51. transceivers might cause the Do not mix INTEL and Sun XFP optical following error to show on the transceivers in the same adapter console Do NOT plumb a port with the ifconfig command if the port does not contain an XFP optical transceiver or it contains one but the transceiver is The XFP optical transceiver is broken or missing not in use CR 6725885 o cfgadm will display non existent The cfgadm output for SB1 SB15 can be M3000 system boards SB1 to ignored SB15 Chapter 3 Information About Software 21 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 TABLE 3 6 lists issues that have been fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 OS You might encounter them in earlier releases TABLE 3 6 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 1 of 4 M4000 M8000 CR ID M3000 M5000 M9000 Description Workaround CR 6511374 o o Memory translation warning messages After the system is rebooted the might appear during boot if memory fmadm repair command can be banks were disabled due to excessive used to prevent a recurrence of the errors problem on the next boot CR 6533686 o o When XSCF is low on system resources Retry the DR operation at a later DR deleteboard or moveboard time 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 CR 6535018 o In Oracle Solari
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53. ty Issues and Limitations 7 XCP Known Issues CRs and Workarounds 9 Information About Software 11 Capacity on Demand COD 11 COD Changes 11 Remote Initial Login 12 Fault Management 12 Identifying Degraded Memory in a System 13 v To Identify Degraded Memory ina System 13 Sun Java Enterprise System 14 Enabling the Web Console SMF Service 14 v To Enable the Web Console SMF Service 14 Software Functionality Issues and Limitations 15 Oracle Solaris OS Issues CRs and Workarounds 16 Known Issues in All Supported Oracle Solaris Releases 16 CR 6660168 18 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 109 10 19 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 20 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 105 09 21 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 10 08 22 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 5 08 26 Issues Fixed in Oracle Solaris 108 07 30 Software Documentation Updates 34 4 Information About Hardware 35 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds All M Series Servers 35 Booting From a WAN Boot Server 35 Booting Multiple Systems From a Single J4200 JBOD Storage Array 36 Notes on the Use of USB Memory 36 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations 37 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds M3000 Servers Only 37 Patches for Emulex PCI Express PCIe Cards 37 Hardware Functionality Issues and Limitations 37 vi SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 Important Notes Issues and Workarounds M4000 M5000 and M8000 M9000 Servers Only 3
54. ware use the rebootxsc f 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 you are currently running a version earlier 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 Domain Restart Reguired 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 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1101 April 2011 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 i

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