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1. 47 Oracle Linux and RHEL 6 1 grub efi Cannot Be Used to Set Up a Network PXE Server for Booting UBF Linux Clients 709537 7 2 ER nanan 47 Failure Occurs After Hot Inserting a SAS 2 RAID Module SGX SAS6 EM Z POESIA een 48 Too Many PCI Cards or Modules Can Cause the System to Hang 6899040 c sceeeeeeee 48 RHEL 6 1 kdump Does Not Work 7133869 c sssssssscsssseseseceesesneeessesuceeeeeesesueeeesesueeeeensnesneesees 49 Oracle VM and VMware ESXi Issues and Announcements nnenensnseneesenenennensnsnnennnnnnennn nn 51 Oracle VM Current Issues and Announcements sn 51 VMware ESXi Current ISSUES sisi hi nn ad 53 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Announcements sn 55 Oracle Solaris OS Patch List iii didas 55 Oracle Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 OS Current Issues csssesseseseceeseeseeseeeeseeneeeeneeneeseasenseneeenees 56 Windows Current Issues and Announcements nn 61 Qlogic Network HBA Drivers Not Available in SW v1 3 New unsnssesensenensensensenennen 61 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Do Not Support NEM New 61 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Do Not Support NEM New 62 Error Message When Starting hwmgmtcli Tool 15909859 enesesenensenneseeneeennenne 62 Getting Server Firmware and Software isis ccscstssissscssseesesessnssuabesacnnspoupevacsesessoescanssnesosseesssain scessasonsns es 63 Firmware and Software Updates idas 63 Firmware and Software Access Options nine 64 A
2. The following PCIe EMs are supported for use with the Sun Blade X3 2B in either the A90 B or A90 D Sun Blade 6000 Modular System chassis Type Supported PCIe EMs Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel m Dual 8Gb Fibre Channel and Dual 1 GbE Emulex Dual 8Gb Fibre Channel and Dual 1 GbE Qlogic Gigabit Ethernet m Quad GigE MMS EM Powerville Quad GigE UTP EM Powerville 10 Gigabit Ethernet Dual 10 GbE SFP Dual 10 GbE Base T Copper SAS Host Bust Adapter HBA 6Gb s SAS2 ExpressModule HBA Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Supported CPUs Type Supported PCIe EMs FCoE 10 Gb s Converged Network m Dual 10 GbE FCoE Twin Ax Converged Network Adapter Adapter Dual 10 GbE FCoE SR Optics Converged Network Adapter Infiniband QDR IB HCA PCI e Supported Server Module Components The following topics describe the supported components installed in the server FEMs and REMs Required for NEMs on page 21 Supported CPUs on page 21 Supported Memory on page 22 Supported Storage Drives on page 22 FEMs and REMs Required for NEMs The following FEMs and REMs are required to be installed on the server modules to support NEMs in the following table Note For NEM requirements based on chassis model see the relevant topic in the section Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Environment on page 18 Supported NEMs Required FEM
3. Documentation changes frequently o ar ei c Get the most recent version of the documentation Documentation Library Tasks you perform with Oracle System Assistant Launch OSA Update BIOS Oracle ILOM host bus adapters and expander firmware Configure Oracle ILOM settings Install Oracle Linux other Linux Oracle VM or Windows mrss FD during server Doce OS and Oracle recommended hardware drivers Get the most recent Software Release includes documentation arbore Tasks you perform outside of Oracle System Assistant Read this document Get the latest issues and software update information Product Notes Install your server hardware and configure pre installed installation os Oracle Solaris Oracle Solaris Installation Oracle VM Oracle VM Installation Linux Oracle Linux Red Install Hat Enterprise Linux suse Linux Installation Install a supported OS 23 Y Update Path to Oracle System Assistant Version 1 2 Servers with Oracle System Assistant software version 1 0 or 1 0 1 mustbe updated to Oracle System Assistant software version 1 1 before being updated to software version 1 2 Therefore an update to software version 1 2 from version 1 0 or 1 0 1 requires a two step process First update the server to software version 1 1 then update the server to version 1 2 Windows Windows Installation Workaround 36 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Note
4. on page 27 New BIOS Boot Splash Screen on page 29 NA Oracle Recommendations for Drive Slot Population and Virtual Drive Creation NA 7124194 on page 29 PXE booting Fails When Using Cisco Switch 7149683 on page 29 Yes UEFI Boot List Settings Might Be Lost When Transitioning Between UEFI and Yes Legacy Boot Modes 7080526 on page 30 Restore SW v1 2 BIOS Configuration Before Downgrading From SW v1 3 to v1 2 New Links to Issues Workaround Physical Storage Drives Listed Twice on the Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 Yes 7116807 on page 30 Restore SW v1 2 BIOS Configuration Before Downgrading From SW v1 3 to v1 2 New Before downgrading the server from SW v1 3 to SW v1 2 restore the v1 2 BIOS configuration If you do not restore the v1 2 BIOS configuration the v1 3 BIOS configuration fails SW 1 2 Wait Period Required During SP Update Process 16040413 Caution Loss of server functionality Do not interrupt the SP update process The SP update process which includes two resets must finish without interruption Beginning with software release v1 2 SW v1 2 the field programmable gate array FPGA is updated during the SP firmware update The FPGA update occurs automatically This automatic update can change the behavior of the SP firmware update process by potentially increasing its duration First the SP is updated and boots Then if needed the FPGA is updated 6 8 mi
5. formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 ESXi Cannot Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device 7154313 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Oracle VM 3 0 x 7149878 See the following entry Some Operating Systems Do Not Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device on page 38 Date Incorrect on Oracle VM 3 0 7061790 The Oracle VM server might boot with the current year set to 2005 The SP and Host TOD and RTC clocks are not synchronized and the correct clock setting is not persistent between server boots VMware ESXi Current Issues This section contains topics that describe VMware ESXi software issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B The following table lists the issues that are covered in this section Link to Issues Workaround ESXi Cannot Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device 7154313 on page 53 No ESXi Cannot Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device 7154313 Oracle System Assistant USB device cannot be mounted on ESXi server but the device can be accessed through the ESXi client after installing GUEST OS 53 54 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Announcements This section describes issues with the supported Oracle Solaris operating systems for the Sun Blade X3 2B Oracle Solaris OS Patch List on page 55 Oracle Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 OS Current Issues on page 56 Oracle Solaris OS Patch List CR Summary S10 Patch S11
6. Oracle ILOM web interface summary page shows the host power status indicator as correctly reflecting the host power status However when you click the Oracle System Assistant Launch button the host power status indicator might no longer correctly reflect the host power status and the following popup message might appear Cannot retrieve host power status Dismiss the popup and update the host power state information on the page by refreshing the web browser manually Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 v Disks Might Not Appear During an Oracle System 2 Assistant Installation of Windows 2008 R2 SP1 With an SG SAS6 REM Z and a Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 7152565 During Windows installation using Oracle System Assistant all boot critical drivers are loaded during the WinPE phase This causes the disks to disappear when the SG SAS6 REM Z driver is loaded Before installing Windows 2008 R2 SP1 remove any Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2s from the Sun Blade 6000 chassis Reinstall the modules when Windows installation is finished 41 42 Linux Current Issues and Announcements This section contains topics that describe Linux OS issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B The following table lists the issues that are covered in this section Links to Issues Workaround Oracle Linux 6 4 Hotswap of PEM L
7. Patch Search Results page ifyou do not want to continue with the download steps Ifyou do not have access to My Oracle Support Use the information in Available Software Release Packages on page 64 to determine which packages you want then request these packages for the latest software release Havethe shipping information ready You willneed to provide a contact phone number email address company name and shipping address for the request Request Physical Media Online Gather the information described in Gathering Information for the Physical Media Request on page 67 before making the request Goto http support oracle comand signin Click on the Contact Us link in the upper right corner of the page In the Request Description section fill in the following a Inthe Request Category drop down list select the following Physical Media Request Legacy Oracle Products Primavera BEA Sun Products 67 Gathering Information for the Physical Media Request v Before You Begin 68 b In the Request Summary field type PMR for latest software release for Sun Blade Sun Blade X3 2B In the Request Details section answer the questions shown in the following table Question Your Answer Is this a physical software media shipment request Which product line does the media request involve Are you requesting a required password for a patch download Are you requesting a patch
8. an anne 29 Oracle Recommendations for Drive Slot Population and Virtual Drive Creation NA ee S ee ee ee u 29 PXE booting Fails When Using Cisco Switch 7149683 aeasnnesennensensensensennsensensensensennennenne 29 UEFI Boot List Settings Might Be Lost When Transitioning Between UEFI and Legacy BootModes 7080526 za nenn anregen ern eme 30 Physical Storage Drives Listed Twice on the Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 7116807 Do Not Downgrade Server BIOS From SW 1 3 to SW 1 2 18016911 New 34 Manually Power On the System After Update to SW V1 3 NewW nnneneneneennennnnr 34 Some Server s USB Drives Do Not Contain Oracle System Assistant une 34 Platform Documentation Button Added to Interface unnnneeneeneneensennensennennenne 35 Update Path to Oracle System Assistant Version 1 2 36 Firmware Update Task Fails If There are No Hard Disks in the Server 7178868 37 User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 37 Some Operating Systems Do Not Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device 38 Oracle System Assistant Does Not Support Username user 7153741 38 The Virtual Ethernet Device Is Reported as Not Installed in Windows 2008 7129124 39 Oracle System Assistant Cannot Be Used to Update a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA From Legacy BIOS Firmware to UEFI BIOS Firmware 7123372 unsnesneneeneenennen 39 Path too Long Errors When Unzipping Wi
9. formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Change History Contributors Primary Authors Ray Angelo Lisa Kuder Cynthia Chin Lee Mark McGothigan Contributors Yi Cai Kenny Tung Salomon Chavez Velazquez Daniel Silverman Johnny Hui Angela Vlahos Anand Srinivasan Darren Tran Mark Stanton Denise Silverman Ralph Woodley Mick Tabor Change History The following lists the release history of this documentation set December 2014 Revised Product Notes for SW v1 3 1 RHEL7 and Oracle Linux 7 support EOL May 2014 Revised Product Notes for SW v1 3 Revised Service Manual May August 2013 Updated the supported OS list in Product Notes and revised Administration Guide Installation Guide Security Guide March 2013 Revised Installation Guide and Product Notes January 2013 Revised Product Notes Administration Guide Installation Guide November 2012 Updated for SW 1 2 and document refresh Revised Product Notes Service Manual Installation Guide and Administration Guide August 2012 Revised Product Notes only July 2012 Revised Product Notes only July 2012 Server model name changed All documents revised June 2012 Updated for SW 1 1 Revised Product Notes and Service Manual May 2012 Updated for SW 1 0 1 Documentation library re released with editorial revisions April 2012 Initial publication 10 Overview of the Sun Blade X3 2B Product Notes Note Important The Sun Blade
10. ilom31 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 The Virtual Ethernet Device Is Reported as Not Installed in Windows 2008 7129124 After installing the Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 drivers the Windows Device Manager reports that the virtual Ethernet device is not installed Oracle System Assistant does not provide the driver for this interface The driver is available with Oracle Hardware Management Pack Workaround Do one of the following To obtain this driver install Oracle Hardware Management Pack which is available as a supplemental tool on Oracle System Assistant To disable this device and prevent it from appearing in the Windows Device Manager use the following command ilomconfig disable interconnect Oracle System Assistant Cannot Be Used to Updatea Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCle HBA From Legacy BIOS Firmware to UEFI BIOS Firmware 7123372 Oracle System Assistant cannot be used to update a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA from Legacy non UEFI BIOS firmware to UEFI BIOS firmware Updating the HBA to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI BIOS firmware requires two consecutive firmware updates Oracle System Assistant is unable to perform consecutive firmware updates on a single HBA Instead use the LSI sas2flash utility Perform the following workaround to update the HBA fir
11. information about ILOM refer to the ILOM 3 1 documentation library http ww oracle com pls topic lookup ctx ilom31 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Hardware Firmware and BIOS Current Issues and Announcements This section contains topics that describe hardware firmware and BIOS issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B The following table lists the issues that are covered in this section Links to Issues Workaround Restore SW v1 2 BIOS Configuration Before Downgrading From SW v1 3 to NA v1 2 New on page 26 SW 1 2 Wait Period Required During SP Update Process 16040413 on Yes page 26 DIMM Filler Panels are Now Optional on page 26 NA Intel Quickpath Interconnect Error On Some 4 core and 6 core Servers Yes 7146732 on page 26 Oracle ILOM restore_status Parameter Shows Partial Status 7167938 on page 27 Yes Oracle ILOM 3 1 Might Not Support the Clearing of Faults Diagnosed by the Yes Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 and Oracle Solaris 11 11 11 Operating Systems 7170842 on page 27 Unable to Change Serial Port Ownership Using the BIOS Setup Utility 7168093 Yes on page 28 MegaRAID Storage Manager Unable to Assign Hot Spares on 3 TB Drives Using Yes EFI Partitioning 7164218 on page 28 Oracle ILOM 3 1 Might Not Support the Clearing of Faults Diagnosed by the Yes Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 and Oracle Solaris 11 11 11 Operating Systems 7170842
12. on CD DVD If requesting a patch on CD DVD please provide the patch number and OS platform List the product name and version requested for the physical media shipment What is the OS platform for the requested media Are any languages required for this shipment Yes Sun Products No Yes Enter the patch number for each download that you want from the software release Product Name Sun Blade X3 2B Version Latest software release number Ifyou are requesting OS specific downloads specify the OS here If you are requesting system firmware only enter Generic No Fill in the Ship To contact phone number email address company name and shipping address information Click Next Under Relevant Files type Knowledge Article 1361144 1 Click Submit Request Physical Media by Phone Gather the information described in Gathering Information for the Physical Media Request on page 67 before making the request Call Oracle support using the appropriate number from the Oracle Global Customer Support Contacts Directory http www oracle com us support contact 068555 html Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Installing Firmware 2 Tell Oracle support that you want to make a physical media request PMR for the Sun Blade X3 2B If you are able to access the specific software release and patch number information from My Oracle Support provide thi
13. updated using the Oracle ILOM web interface and Oracle ILOM CLI For more information go to http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx ilom31 69 Installing Hardware Drivers and OS Tools Installing Hardware Drivers and OS Tools Updated hardware drivers and operating system OS related tools such as the Oracle Hardware Management Pack can be installed using one of the following Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center For more information go to http www oracle com us products enterprise manager opscenter index html Oracle System Assistant For more information refer to Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Other deployment mechanisms such as JumpStart Kickstart or third party tools For more information refer to your OS documentation 70 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014
14. web sites you can access the latest software release through a physical media request PMR The following table describes the high level tasks for making a physical media request and provides links for further information Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Gathering Information for the Physical Media Request v Before You Begin Description Link Gather information you will need to provide for the request Make the physical media request either online or by calling Oracle Support Gathering Information for the Physical Media Request on page 67 Request Physical Media Online on page 67 Request Physical Media by Phone on page 68 Gathering Information for the Physical Media Request You must have a warranty or support contract for your server in order to make a physical media request PMR Before you make the PMR gather the following information Obtain product name software release version and patches required It will be easier to make the request if you know the latest software release and the name ofthe download packages patches that you are requesting Ifyou have access to My Oracle Support Follow the instructions in Download Firmware and Software Using My Oracle Support on page 66 to determine the latest software release and view available downloads patches After viewing the list of patches you can navigate away from
15. Components with A90 B Chassis on page 18 Supported Components with A90 D Chassis on page 19 Supported PCIe EMs on page 20 Supported Components with A90 B Chassis The Sun Blade X3 2B is currently supported for use in the A90 B Sun Blade 6000 Modular System chassis with the following configuration PCle 2 0 midplane Minimum chassis software release 3 3 3 The following tables list the NEMs storage modules and server modules supported by the A90 B chassis when the Sun Blade X3 2B is installed Note If a server module or NEM is installed in the chassis that is not listed in the following tables it must be removed from the chassis before the Sun Blade X3 2B is installed Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Supported Components with A90 D Chassis Supported NEMs Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM X4338A 4338A Sun Blade 6000 10p GbE Pass Thru NEM X4250A N Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24p 10 GbE X2073A N 1 Additional FEM and REM support might be required for each NEM See FEMs and REMs Required for NEMs on page 21 Supported Server Modules SPARC T3 1B server module SPARC T4 1B server module SPARC T5 1B server module Sun Blade T6320 server module Sun Blade T6340 server module Sun Blade X6270 server module Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module Sun Blade X3 2B Sun Blade X4 2B Supported
16. Required REM Sun Blade 6000 10p GbE Pass Thru NEM No FEM required No REM required X4250A N Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi Fabric X4263A N SG SAS6 REM Z or 10GbE M2 NEM X4338A SG SAS6 R REM Z Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24p 10 X4871A Z SG SAS6 REM Z or GbE X2073A N SG SAS6 R REM Z Sun Blade 6000 40 GbE Virtualized NEM 7100283 ATO SG SAS6 REM Z or 7100090 SG SAS6 R REM Z 7100633 PTO Supported CPUs The supported CPUs are listed in the following table 21 Supported Memory Supported CPUs Intel Xeon E5 2690 8 core 2 9 GHz Intel Xeon E5 2660 8 core 2 2 GHz Intel Xeon E5 2640 6 core 2 5 GHz Intel Xeon E5 2609 4 core 2 4 GHz Supported Memory Twenty four registered DDR3 DIMMs with ECC memory slots total 12 slots per CPU The supported memory is listed in the following table Supported Memory 8 GB DDR3 LV RDIMM 1600 MHz 16GB DDR3 LV RDIMM 1600 MHz Supported Storage Drives The server has four SAS SATA 2 5 inch disk bays supporting HDs and SSDs The supported storage drives are listed in the following table Supported Storage Drives 300 GB 10000 rpm SAS 2 HDD 600 GB 10000 rpm SAS 2 HDD 100 GB SATA SSD 300 GB SATA SSD Supported Operating Systems 22 The following Hardware Compatibility Lists HCLs identify the latest operating system versions supported on Oracle hardware To find the latest operating system version supported for the S
17. SRU 6986256 FMA for Intel E5 2600 147706 02 SRU2 processors 6893274 unowned mutex panic in turnstile_block during SRU1 thread migration 7001739 AVX issue Ben N A 7034757 Power management issue SRU4 for E5 2600 7058497 Fixes for E5 2600 PCIe 148172 01 N A root port errata 6956660 Performance counters for 147156 01 N A Intel E5 2600 processors 7103754 Deadline TSC interrupt N A SRU2 storm 7099332 networktest test failingon 145930 08 SRU4 igb ports 7041871 defect sunos eft unexpectedtkl8ih3r92 N A is generated for cpu error 7093589 Configure ofEM fails 148603 01 SRU4 with ARI enabled 55 Oracle Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 OS Current Issues CR Summary S11 SRU 6938643 EM hotplug failed to detach driver 6843559 sxge driver for x64 blade platforms 12918641 MOS Oracle Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 OS Current Issues This section contains topics that describe Oracle Solaris 10 OS and Oracle Solaris 11 OS issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B The following table lists the issues that are covered in this section Links to Issues Workaround Oracle Solaris 10 OS System Does Not Power Off Automatically New on page 56 Yes During Boot Driver Fails to Attach 18456809 New on page 57 Yes Oracle Solaris 11 1 OS Preinstall Available on page 57 See Oracle ILOM 3 1 Might Not Support the Clearing of Faults Diagnosed bythe Oracle Yes Solaris 108 11 and Oracle Solaris 11 11 11 Operating Syste
18. Storage Modules Sun Blade Storage Module M2 Supported Components with A90 D Chassis The Sun Blade X3 2B is currently supported for use in the A90 D Sun Blade 6000 Modular System chassis with the following configuration PCIe 2 0 midplane Minimum supported chassis software release 4 2 The following tables list the NEMs storage modules and server modules supported by the A90 D chassis when the Sun Blade X3 2B is installed Note Ifa server module or NEM is installed in the chassis that is not listed in the following tables it must be removed from the chassis before the Sun Blade X3 2B is installed Supported PCle EMs 20 Supported NEMs Sun Blade 6000 10p GbE Pass Thru NEM X4250A N Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM X4338A 4338A Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24p 10 GbE X2073A N Sun Blade 6000 40 GbE Virtualized NEM 7100090 Note See the chassis product notes for information on the CMM requirements for this NEM 1 Additional FEM and REM support might be required for each NEM See FEMs and REMs Required for NEMs on page 21 Server Modules SPARC T3 1B server module SPARC T4 1B server module SPARC T5 1B server module Sun Blade X3 2B Sun Blade X4 2B Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module Sun Blade X6275 M2 GbE server module Sun Blade X6275 M2 10 GbE server module Storage Modules Sun Blade Storage Module M2 Supported PCle EMs
19. Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes RN 4 Sun Copyright 2014 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law you may not use copy reproduce translate broadcast modify license transmit distribute exhibit perform publish or display any part in any form or by any means Reverse engineering disassembly or decompilation of this software unless required by law for interoperability is prohibited The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error free If you find any errors please report them to us in writing Ifthis is software or related documentation that is delivered to the U S Government or anyone licensing it on behalf ofthe U S Government the following notice is applicable U S GOVERNMENT END USERS Oracle programs including any operating system integrated software any programs installed on the hardware and or documentation delivered to U S Government end users are commercial computer software pursuant to the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency specific supplemental regulations As such use duplication disclosure modification and adaptation ofthe programs including a
20. X3 2B was formerly named the Sun Blade X6270 M3 server module This name might still appear in the software The name change does not indicate any change in system features or functionality The Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes contains information about the server including notes and issues pertaining to software hardware firmware and BIOS Description Links Get a list of what is new in this version of the document Information about server supported components firmware and software Review of hardware firmware and BIOS issues workarounds and announcements List of Oracle System Assistant related issues workarounds and announcements List of Linux OS related issues and workarounds List of Oracle VM and VMware ESXi related issues workarounds and announcements List of Oracle Solaris OS related issues workarounds and announcements List of Windows related issues workarounds and announcements Information about how to obtain server firmware and software New In This Revision on page 13 System Hardware and Software Features on page 17 Hardware Firmware and BIOS Current Issues and Announcements on page 25 Oracle System Assistant Current Issues and Announcements on page 33 Linux Current Issues and Announcements on page 43 Oracle VM and VMware ESXi Issues and Announcements on page 51 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Annou
21. X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Getting Server Firmware and Software This section explains the options for accessing server firmware and software Description Links Learn about server firmware and software updates Firmware and Software Updates on page 63 Learn about the options for accessing firmware and Firmware and Software Access Options on page 64 software View the available firmware and software packages Available Software Release Packages on page 64 Access the firmware and software packages through Accessing Firmware and Software on page 65 Oracle System Assistant My Oracle Support or a physical media request Install firmware and software updates Installing Updates on page 69 Firmware and Software Updates Firmware and software such as hardware drivers and tools for the server are updated periodically Updates are made available as a software release The software release is a set of downloads patches that include all available firmware hardware drivers and utilities for the server All these have been tested together The Read Me document that is included with the download explains what has changed and what has not changed from the prior software release You should update your server firmware and software as soon as possible after the software release becomes available Software releases often include bug fixes and updating ensures that your server module software is co
22. Xi 5 0 and 5 0 update 1 5 1 VMware ESXi 5 5 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Update Information Server updates are available to maintain support add enhancements or correct issues Updates can include new versions of firmware BIOS and SP Oracle ILOM new releases of tools and drivers and updates to any other packaged components When an update is released the changes are detailed in the update s ReadMe file which is accessible at the following sources In Oracle System Assistant by clicking the Help button on the System Information page On MOS as the top level Readme With any server package download from MOS Related Information Getting Server Firmware and Software on page 63 Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM on page 24 23 Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 24 Each server module compute node includes an SP The SP contains Oracle ILOM which provides IPMI 2 0 compliant remote server management capabilities The following interfaces provide network access to Oracle ILOM Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM through the server module node SPor CMM Local ILOM command line access using serial connection 10 100 management Ethernet port to midplane Remote KVMS over IP Related Information For more
23. and added issues April 2012 Initial publication of server documentation 14 Terminology This section contains commonly used terms product names and acronyms found in the Sun Blade X3 2B documentation CLI command line interface CMM chassis monitoring module FEM fabric expansion module HD or HDD hard drive HBA host bus adapter KVMS keyboard video mouse and storage MOS My Oracle Support NEM network expansion module Oracle HMP Oracle Hardware Management Pack Oracle ILOM Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager PCIe EM PCIe ExpressModules REM RAID expansion module SP service processor SSD solid state drive FCoE fiber channel over Ethernet 16 System Hardware and Software Features The following sections describe the hardware configuration requirements and the software features for the Sun Blade X3 2B Firmware Release History on page 17 Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Environment on page 18 Supported Server Module Components on page 21 Supported Operating Systems on page 22 Server Update Information on page 23 Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM on page 24 Firmware Release History For the latest and most up to date information on supported firmware versions see the ReadMe file on Oracle System Assistant To access the ReadMe file click the Help button on the Oracle System Assistant System Overview page and then click Release Notes Toensur
24. at Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 8 Workaround Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Some Versions of Linux Doone ofthe OS specific workarounds For Oracle Linux 5 8 and RHEL 5 8 a Ignore the messages For SLES 11 SP1 a Ignore the messages or do one of the following Update to the latest errata kernel from SUSE Or Disable smartd monitoring of all JBOD SATA drives under the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCle RAID HBA controllers Use the smartctl command to disable monitoring of the drive and to verify drive monitor status smartctl s off dev device name where device_name is the name of the storage drive Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Some Versions of Linux See the following entry Some Operating Systems Do Not Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device on page 38 v Oracle Linux and RHEL 6 1 grub efi Cannot Be Used to Set Up a Network PXE Server for Booting UEFI Linux Clients 7095377 UEFI Linux clients panic if booted from a Oracle Linux or RHEL 6 1 server Workaround 47 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Some Versions of Linux 48 Dooneofthe following before PXE booting from an Oracle Linux or RHEL 6 1 server Change the BIOS of the Sun Blade X3 2B server to Legacy mode The server boots a Atsystem boot press F2 to enter the BIOS setup men
25. c Network HBA Drivers Not Available in SW v1 3 New The drivers for the FCoE 10 Gb Converged Network Adapter HBAs are not available in SW v1 3 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Do Not Support NEM New Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 do not support the Sun Blade 6000 40 GbE Virtualized NEM 7100090 61 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Do Not Support NEM New Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Do Not Support NEM New 62 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 do not support the Sun Blade Virtualized Multi Fabric M2 NEM Network Express Module Error Message When Starting hwmgmtcli Tool 15909859 The Oracle HMP tool hwmgmtcli might not work after Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows 2008 R2 installation When hwmgmtcli is called the following error message appears This application has failed to start because hwmgmtcommon dll was not found Re installing the application may fix this problen The Oracle HMP agents are not installed unless the SNMP agent is installed first SNMP must be installed before installing the Oracle Hardware Management Agent Workaround Install SNMP service and then reinstall the Oracle HMP agents by clicking the oracle hmp agents msi file in the Oracle HMP software package provided on the Oracle System Assistant USB device or in the server and Windows OS specific download package available from the MOS site Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade
26. ce Is Reported as Not Installed in Windows 2008 Yes 7129124 on page 39 Oracle System Assistant Cannot Be Used to Update a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Yes HBA From Legacy BIOS Firmware to UEFI BIOS Firmware 7123372 on page 39 Path too Long Errors When Unzipping Windows Downloads 7116803 on Yes page 40 Popup Message Appears in the Oracle ILOM Web Interface When Launching Yes Oracle System Assistant With the Launch Button 7126194 on page 40 Do Not Downgrade Server BIOS From SW 1 3 to SW 1 2 18016911 New Links to Issues Workaround Disks Might Not Appear During an Oracle System Assistant Installation of Yes Windows 2008 R2 SP1 With an SG SAS6 REM Z and a Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 7152565 on page 41 Do Not Downgrade Server BIOS From SW 1 3 to SW 1 2 18016911 New During an Oracle System Assistant server firmware SP ILOM and BIOS downgrade from SW v1 3 firmware to SW v1 2 firmware the CPLD can become corrupted and the server unable to boot Do not use Oracle System Assistant to downgrade the server BIOS from SW v1 3 to SW v1 2 You can still downgrade the server firmware using other methods such as TFTP or CLI See also Do Not Downgrade Server BIOS From SW 1 3 to SW 1 2 18016911 New on page 34 Manually Power On the System After Update to SW v1 3 New 34 At the end of a successful Oracle System Assistant server update to SW v1 3 the server does not retur
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28. de v PXE booting Fails When Using Cisco Switch 7149683 PXE booting the server fails when using a Cisco switch This issue has two workarounds Dooneofthefollowing Log in to exec mode on the serial console of the switch and turn off Spanning Tree Router config no spanning tree Enable Portfast enhancement by typing the following command 29 Oracle Recommendations for Drive Slot Population and Virtual Drive Creation 7124194 30 Note Portfast is a Cisco enhancement to spanning tree that allows ports to transition from a blocked disabled learning listening state to the forwarding state Enabling portfast allows devices to send and receive data as soon as the port is initialized Switch gt enable Switch configure terminal Switch config spanning tree portfast default To check the changes you made run the following command Switch show spanning tree interface GigabitEthernet 0 48 portfast UEFI Boot List Settings Might Be Lost When Transitioning Between UEFI and Legacy Boot Modes 7080526 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI boot priority list settings might be lost when transitioning between UEFI Boot and Legacy Boot BIOS modes One possible scenario for switching between BIOS modes would be the need to access the Pc Check utility which only runs in the Legacy Boot mode UEFI configuration settings should be saved prior to switching between UEFI and Legacy Only BIOS modes Use the ubiosconfig applicat
29. determine ifthe server USB drive can launch Oracle System Assistant and restore the drive if necessary Workaround Launch Oracle System Assistant For more information refer to Access Oracle System Assistant in Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide If Oracle System Assistant launches the server USB drive is programmed and no further action is required If Oracle System Assistant did not launch restore the USB drive software For more information refer to Recover Oracle System Assistant Software in Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Related Information Troubleshooting and Verifying Oracle System Assistant in Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Platform Documentation Button Added to Interface Oracle System Assistant in software version 1 2 SW v1 2 contains the capability to view the HTML versions of the server documentation that resides on the Oracle System Assistant USB device 35 Manually Power On the System After Update to SW v1 3 New Note The most up to date versions of the server documentation is available online in the server documentation library at http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx SunBladeX3 2B O Toaccessthe server documentation from Oracle System Assistant click the Platform Documentation button located in the lower left ofthe interface A documentation viewer page appears
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31. e entry from UEFI to Legacy Boot Mode Select Save Changes and Reset from the Setup Utility Save amp Exit tab Whenthe system reboots enter Ctrl C when prompted to start the SG SAS6 REM Z setup utility Create the virtual drive using the SG SAS6 REM Z setup utility After creating the virtual drive return to BIOS setup and change the boot mode back to UEFI 31 32 Oracle System Assistant Current Issues and Announcements This section contains topics that describe Oracle System Assistant issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B The following table lists the issues that are covered in this section Links to Issues Workaround Do Not Downgrade Server BIOS From SW 1 3 to SW 1 2 18016911 New on No page 34 Manually Power On the System After Update to SW v1 3 New on page 34 Yes Some Server s USB Drives Do Not Contain Oracle System Assistant on page 34 Yes Platform Documentation Button Added to Interface on page 35 Yes Update Path to Oracle System Assistant Version 1 2 on page 36 Yes Firmware Update Task Fails If There are No Hard Disks in the Server 7178868 Yes on page 37 User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 on Yes page 37 Some Operating Systems Do Not Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device Yes on page 38 Oracle System Assistant Does Not Support Username user 7153741 on Yes page 38 The Virtual Ethernet Devi
32. e that the ReadMe file contains the most recent firmware version information update Oracle System Assistant with the latest software release that is available for the server The ReadMe file can also be accessed on My Oracle Support as the top level ReadMe and it is included in any server software package that you download from My Oracle Support For download instructions see Getting Server Firmware and Software on page 63 The following table lists the released versions of the server firmware System Software Release Oracle ILOM SP Firmware System BIOS CPLD 1 3 1 3 1 2 48 193698 20 10 04 00 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 46 r88533 20 10 04 00 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 16 b 20 03 04 00 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 16 r74415 20 02 03 00 3 0 Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Environment System Software Release Oracle ILOM SP Firmware System BIOS CPLD 1 0 1 3 1 0 16 a r72433 20 01 21 00 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 16 a r72433 20 01 21 00 3 0 Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Environment 18 The Sun Blade X3 2B is supported by two Sun Blade 6000 Modular System chassis the A90 B and the A90 D For some configurations chassis support for NEMs storage modules server modules and PCIe EMs might be different for both systems when the Sun Blade X3 2B is installed Note To determine your chassis model refer to the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Service Manual The following topics describe the supported components and the configuration for each chassis Supported
33. em A power reset involves cycling the power powering off and on PCle EM Link Training Error on RHEL Systems 16008349 During a hotplug of some PCIe EMs a fault LED might light and a Link Training Error message might appear in the dmesg log of systems running RHEL 5 8 6 2 and 6 3 with the following PCIe EMs SG XEMFCOE2 Q SG SAS6 EM Z X4243A X1110A Z 7100483 7100486 Workaround Repeat the PCle EM hotplug Re plug the PCIe EM Oracle ILOM Not Getting System Information After Oracle Linux 6 2 7175441 Oracle System Assistant installs Oracle Hardware Management Pack RPM but the hwmgmt agent is not part of the RPM install and needs to be started manually Workaround Manually start the hwmgmt agent Refer to the Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation http www oracle com goto OHMP docs 45 Oracle Linux OS Preinstall Available 46 Y Oracle System Assistant Assisted OS Installation of SLES 11 Might Prompt for Root Password 7158471 When using Oracle System Assistant to perform an OS assisted installation of SLES 11 a root password prompt might appear The method by which the install volume was created Oracle System Assistant or LSI WebBIOS determines whether a password prompt appears Ifthe install volume was created using Oracle System Assistant RAID Configuration task then the password prompt does not appear Ifthe install volume was created using LSI WebBIOS then a password p
34. erly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide There are two other methods for obtaining updated firmware and software Download Firmware and Software Using My Oracle Support on page 66 Requesting Physical Media on page 66 65 Requesting Physical Media 66 v Download Firmware and Software Using My Oracle Support Goto http support oracle com Sign in to My Oracle Support At the top of the page click the Patches and Updates tab The Patches and Updates screen appears In the Search screen click Product or Family Advanced Search The screen appears with search fields In the Product field select the product from the drop down list Alternatively type a full or partial product name for example Sun Blade X3 2B until a match appears In the Release field select a software release from the drop down list Expand the folders to see all available software releases Click Search The software release comprises a set of downloads patches See Available Software Release Packages on page 64 for a description of the available downloads To select a patch click the check box next to the patch name you can select more than one patch A pop up action panel appears The panel contains several action options To download the update click Download in the pop up panel The download begins automatically Requesting Physical Media If your processes do not allow downloads from Oracle
35. es hang when booting into the second kernel Workaround This issue is fixed in Oracle Linux 6 2 and RHEL 6 2 49 50 Oracle VM and VMware ESXi Issues and Announcements This section contains topics that describe Oracle VM and ESXi software issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B Oracle VM Current Issues and Announcements on page 51 VMware ESXi Current Issues on page 53 Oracle VM Current Issues and Announcements Before You Begin This section contains topics that describe Oracle VM OS issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B The following table lists the issues that are covered in this section Link to Issue Workaround Oracle VM Install for Large Memory Configurations Requires Additional Steps 7195262 Yes on page 51 Oracle VM 3 Does Not Support PCIe EM Hotplug 1596465 16008372 on page 52 Yes Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Oracle VM 3 0 x 7149878 on Yes page 53 Date Incorrect on Oracle VM 3 0 7061790 on page 53 No Oracle VM Install for Large Memory Configurations Requires Additional Steps 7195262 Oracle VM installations for large memory configurations requires additional steps using Oracle System Assistant shell This procedure requires familiarity with vi editor For more information about launching and using Oracle System Assistant refer to Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Launch Oracle System Assistant Y
36. g of the external serial port Advanced gt Serial Port Console Redirection gt External Serial Port is assigned to the server SP and cannot be changed using the BIOS Setup Utility To change the ownership setting use the Oracle ILOM CLI Workaround To change the ownership of the serial port do the following a Login to the Oracle ILOM CLI b To change ownership of the external serial port type the following command at the CLI prompt gt set SP serial portsharing owner host Default value SP MegaRAID Storage Manager Unable to Assign Hot Spares on 3 TB Drives Using EFI Partitioning 7164218 MegaRAID Storage Manager v11 08 03 02 might not be able to assign hot spares if the virtual drive is based on the SG SAS6 REM Z REM card and constructed on 3 terabyte 3 TB drives using the Extensible Firmware Interface EFD Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Oracle Recommendations for Drive Slot Population and Virtual Drive Creation 7124194 Workaround e Toassigna hot spare to this configuration use the sas2ircu utility until the defect in MegaRAID Storage Manager is corrected New BIOS Boot Splash Screen The BIOS boot splash screen has changed It is now branded with the Oracle hardware logo Oracle Recommendations for Drive Slot Population and Virtual Drive Creation 7124194 For more information refer to Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Gui
37. hotswapping the chassis PEM generates an error and loses Inifiband interfaces Workaround Use the BIOS Setup Utility to set the MMIO to 64 bit RHEL 5 10 Hot Plug of PEM Causes Fault 18380484 New For RHEL 5 10 hotplugging the PEM causes a fault To support hotplug for RHEL 5 10 change the PCI hotplug setting in BIOS as described in the following workaround Workaround In the BIOS Setup Utility change the PCI hotplug setting from Auto to 128 bytes The setting is in the IO section under PCI Subsystem Settings Oracle Linux OS Preinstall Available 44 Oracle Linux is available as a preinstall option Request the option when ordering a server Y Oracle Linux 6 1 Installation Fails During Libparted Disk Probe 15770848 Oracle Linux 6 1 installation might fail during the libparted disk probe iflibparted encounters a preexisting partition Workaround Clear the disk of preexisting partitions and data before starting the installation of Oracle Linux 6 1 For example before starting the installation use dd command clear the disk Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Oracle Linux OS Preinstall Available Host Reset Might Cause a Linux System to Hang 16009236 The server integrated 1 0 unit s VPP Virtual Pin Port might stall hang the system after a host reset a software reset of the system that does not involve a power cycle Workaround Power reset the syst
38. iguration load reports the configuration load as a partial restore The value of System BIOS Config restore_status parameter will not change until a subsequent load of an Oracle ILOM UEFI BIOS configuration occurs Workaround Using a text editor create a file with the following contents lt BIOS gt lt BIOS gt Save the file with an xml extension To load the configuration enter the following command gt load source URI_location file_name xml System BIOS Config where URI_location is the path and file_name xml is the file created in a previous step If the host power is on enter the following command to reset the host gt reset System Oracle ILOM 3 1 Might Not Support the Clearing of Faults Diagnosed by the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 and Oracle Solaris 11 11 11 Operating Systems 7170842 Oracle ILOM 3 1 might not be able to clear a fault diagnosed by the following Oracle Solaris operating systems Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 27 DIMM Filler Panels are Now Optional 28 Oracle Solaris 11 11 11 Workaround Do one ofthe following Use the Oracle Solaris OS to clear the fault Runthe following procedure from the faultmgmt shell of the Oracle ILOM CLI a Find the UUID of the faults in the output of fmadm faulty b Clear the faults via fmadm acquit lt UUID gt Unable to Change Serial Port Ownership Using the BIOS Setup Utility 7168093 By default the BIOS Setup Utility ownership settin
39. ion to save the configuration settings prior to transitioning between the BIOS modes Restore the BIOS configuration settings after transitioning back to UEFI mode For more information and procedures for saving UEFI configuration settings refer to the Oracle ILOM 3 1 Configuration and Maintenance Guide in the Oracle ILOM 3 1 Documentation Library at http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx ilom3l Physical Storage Drives Listed Twice on the Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 7116807 When the following conditions are present the physical drives on the Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 might be listed twice Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS REM HBA SG SAS6 REM Z REM is installed System is configured to boot in UEFI mode Whenavirtual drive is created using physical drives located on the Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module Two NEMs are installed in the chassis Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Oracle Recommendations for Drive Slot Population and Virtual Drive Creation 7124194 e Dooneofthefollowing before creating a virtual drive Remove one ofthe NEMsinstalled in the Sun Blade 6000 chassis When this is done the physical drives are listed once After the virtual drive has been created the NEM can be replaced Create a virtual drive in Legacy Boot mode as follows a b Boot the server and enter the BIOS Setup Utility Navigate to the Boot menu and change the UEFI BIOS Boot Mod
40. le during system boot in Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS WARNING pci process acpi device invalid BBN xfc The warning is harmless and can be ignored Hot Removal of Network Express Modules Fails With Oracle Solaris 11 OS 7083321 The hot removal of NEMs might fail with Oracle Solaris 11 OS IF NWAM is enabled using Automatic NCP the network driver might not detach and the hot removal of a NEM might fail When an attempt is made to hot remove a NEM a message similar to the following might appear in the log file Aug 24 17 15 33 unknown genunix ID 730752 kern warning WARNING pcieb2 failed to detach driver for the device ixgbe in the Connection Slot1 Aug 24 17 15 33 unknown genunix ID 902422 kern warning WARNING pcieb2 failed to unconfigure the device in the Connection Slotl Verify that the Automatic NCP profile is enabled on your system netadm List 59 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS A table listing appears The following entry in the table indicates that NCP is enabled TYPE ncp PROFILE STATE Automatic online 2 If enabled perform one of the following sequences Disable NWAM hotplug NEM and enable NWAM a Enter the following command svcadm disable svc network physical default Note Upon issuing the above command the network becomes inaccessible The only way to access the host would be through the serial console the Oracle LOM Rem
41. mmand b To unload the sxge driver modunload i module id where module_id is the module ID number which can be discovered from modinfo For example To discover the module ID run the following command modinfo grep sxge Sample output from the command 185 fffffffff7e49158 15398 144 1 sxge SOL 10 40G Ethernet The module ID in the above example is 185 so use the following command to unload the driver modunload i 185 Issue a shutdown to enter single user mode shutdown y Once the system enters single user mode log in to the system and reboot Y Power Status Appears in Violation On Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS 7162900 Oracle ILOM power limit setting fails if enabled before the server boots the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS Workaround Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS None Hard caps are not compatible with this release of the Oracle Solaris OS Hotplug of QDRIB HCA PCI E Gen2 Mellanox ConnectX 2 Base EM Might Fail in 10 8 11 and S11 7074000 7098279 In Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS and Oracle Solaris 11 OS hotplugging a QDR IB HCA PCI E Gen2 Mellanox ConnectX 2 Base EM might fail To hotplug the EM run the following commands rem_drv iser rem_drv rdsv3 reboot Warning Appears During System Boot 6913723 The following warning might appear on the conso
42. mpatible with the latest chassis firmware and other chassis component firmware and software A Read Me file in the download package and the Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes contain information about the updated files in the download package as well as bugs that are fixed with the current release The product notes also provide information about which server module software versions are supported with the latest chassis firmware 63 Firmware and Software Access Options Firmware and Software Access Options Use one of the following options to obtain the latest set of firmware and software for your server Oracle System Assistant Oracle System Assistant is a new factory installed option for Oracle servers that allows you to easily download and install server firmware and software For more information about using Oracle System Assistant refer to Access Oracle System Assistant Remotely in Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide My Oracle Support All system firmware and software are available from My Oracle Support at http support oracle com For more information about what is available on the My Oracle Support see Available Software Release Packages on page 64 For instructions on how to download software releases from My Oracle Support see Download Firmware and Software Using My Oracle Support on page 66 Physical media request PMR You can
43. ms 7170842 on page 27 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS Yes on page 57 During Oracle Solaris 11 OS Reboot SXGE Driver Causes System Panic 7121246 Yes 7162938 on page 58 Power Status Appears in Violation On Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS 7162900 on page58 No Hotplug of QDR IB HCA PCI E Gen2 Mellanox ConnectX 2 Base EM Might FailinS10 Yes 8 11 and S11 7074000 7098279 on page 59 Warning Appears During System Boot 6913723 on page 59 Yes Hot Removal of Network Express Modules Fails With Oracle Solaris 11 OS 7083321 Yes on page 59 Y Oracle Solaris 10 OS System Does Not Power Off Automatically New When the sys unconfig command is run on an Oracle Solaris 10 OS system the server might not automatically power off as it should and instead it might become unresponsive hung at the syncing file systems message 56 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS Workaround Perform an immediate power off of the server Press and hold the front panel Power button for at least five seconds until the server powers off to standby power mode During Boot Driver Fails to Attach 18456809 New When booting a system with Oracle Solaris 10 1 13 and SW v1 3 the system might fail and reset at the device configuration stage of the boo
44. mware using the LSI sas2flash utility Download the OS version specific sas2flash utility for the HBA at http wuw lsi com sep Pages oracle sas_6gbs_support aspx To identify the controller number use the sas2f lash utility to list all of the installed SAS2 Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCle HBAs gt sas2flash listall 39 User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 40 To update the HBA use the following sas2flash commands where n is the controller number displayed by the sas2flash List command in step 2 gt sas2flash c n f fw rem 11050000 0a030019 bin gt sas2flash c n b x64sas2 07180207 rom gt sas2flash c n b mptsas2 7210400 rom Path too Long Errors When Unzipping Windows Downloads 7116803 When you unzip a downloadeded Windows package from MOS using the default Windows Server 2008 2008R2 compression utility you might get errors stating that the path is too long Path length is determined by the Windows OS The maximum path which includes drive letter colon backslash name components separated by backslashes and a terminating null character is defined as 260 characters Workaround Use a third party compression utility Unlike the default Windows compression utility some third party utilities allow for longer maximum path lengths Popup Message Appears in the Oracle LOM Web Interface When Launching Oracle System Assistant With the Launch Button 7126194 The
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46. n to Oracle System Assistant nor does it automatically power on Instead it remains in a power off state and needs to be manually powered on by pressing the front panel Power button Some Server s USB Drives Do Not Contain Oracle System Assistant Servers with serial numbers in the ranges listed below might have shipped from the factory with unprogrammed Oracle System Assistant USB drives installed By default the drives are installed in every Sun Blade X3 2B server and programmed with a bootable package of server specific tools drivers software and firmware However for the potentially affected servers the installed drives might not have been programmed and are not bootable To verify the USB drive attempt to launch boot Oracle System Assistant The ranges of potentially affected serial numbers 1301FMY003 1301FMY009 1301FMYOOA 1301FMYOOR 1302FMY002 1302FMY009 1302FMY00A 1302FMY00Y 1302FMY010 1302FMY019 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Manually Power On the System After Update to SW v1 3 New More Information 1302FMY01A 1302FMY01Y 1302FMY020 1302FMY029 1302FMY02A 1302FMY02Y 1302FMY04T 1302FMY04Y 1302FMY050 1302FMY059 1302FMY05A 302FMY05G 1303 FMY006 1303FMY009 1303FMY00A 1303FMY00Y 1303FMY010 1303FMY016 1303FMY053 1303FMY054 1303FMY08C 1303FMY08N 1303 FMY092 1303FMY099 1303FMY09A 1303FMY09G 1304FMY001 1304FMY009 1304FMYOOA 1304FMYOIY Use this procedure to
47. ncements on page 55 Windows Current Issues and Announcements on page 61 Getting Server Firmware and Software on page 63 12 New In This Revision The table lists the sections that have newly added issues Section New Issues Oracle System Assistant Current Issues and Announcements on 2 page 33 Linux Current Issues and Announcements on page 43 2 Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Announcements on page 55 2 Windows Current Issues and Announcements on page 61 3 Sun Blade X3 2B Product Notes document change history December 2014 16 Updated for SW v1 3 1 RHEL7 and Oracle Linux 7 support EOL May2014 15 Updated for SW v1 3 and issues and announcements May 2013 14 Updated Supported OS list to include OVM 3 2 March 2013 13 Addendum to January posting Added one announcement January 2013 12 Addendum to November Oracle System Assistant posting Added seven issues and a Windows section November 2012 11 Updated for SW 1 2 Added 7 and removed issues September 2012 10 Added issue 7178868 August 2012 09 Added issue 7146732 July 2012 08 Revised issue 7163774 July 2012 07 Added issue 7163774 July 2012 06 Server model name changed Name change information and firmware release history table added No added or updated issues June 2012 05 Updated for SW 1 1 and add issues May 2012 Updated for SW 1 0 1
48. ndows Downloads 7116803 ou 40 Popup Message Appears in the Oracle ILOM Web Interface When Launching Oracle System Assistant With the Launch Button 7126194 unsenenessnenensenseennennennensennnenne 40 Disks Might Not Appear During an Oracle System Assistant Installation of Windows 2008 R2 SP1 With an SG SAS6 REM Z and a Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 7152565 41 Linux Current Issues and Announcements oo cececssessssssscssesscssssecscssssscsececssssscsscsscssssesesescssssceseaes 43 Oracle Linux 6 4 Hotswap of PEM Loses Interface and Generates Error ISO Nee ape dd 44 RHEL 5 10 Hot Plug of PEM Causes Fault 18380484 NeW uenenensnnensensensennennennnanne 44 Oracle Linux OS Preinstall Available ss ant 44 Oracle Linux 6 1 Installation Fails During Libparted Disk Probe 15770848 44 Host Reset Might Cause a Linux System to Hang 16009236 45 PCIe EM Link Training Error on RHEL Systems 16008349 45 Oracle ILOM Not Getting System Information After Oracle Linux 6 2 7175441 45 Oracle System Assistant Assisted OS Installation of SLES 11 Might Prompt for Root Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Contents Password 7158471 id oir tet SESA 46 Sense Key Recovered Error Messages Can Appear on the Console and in var log messages 7144197 7158666 nn 46 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Some Versions of Linux
49. nutes and the blade is power cycled Do not interrupt the update process After the first SP reset wait approximately 12 minutes before performing any server operation including powering on or resetting the server DIMM Filler Panels are Now Optional DIMM filler panels are now an optional component The presence or absence of DIMM filler panels does not impact server cooling or airflow For more information refer to Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Service Manual Y Intel Quickpath Interconnect Error On Some 4 core and 6 core Servers 7146732 Some servers with four core or six core processors might reset during an OS boot with the following logged Intel Quickpath interconnect error fault cpu intel quickpath interconnect 26 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 DIMM Filler Panels are Now Optional Workaround To resolve this issue update to software release version 1 1 SW v1 1 or later Oracle ILOM restore status Parameter Shows Partial Status 7167938 When an Oracle ILOM UEFI BIOS configuration is loaded the configuration file might contain typographical errors or inactive parameters parameters that are no longer valid for the current version of the BIOS This can result in the failure of one or more parameters to load When this occurs the Oracle ILOM System BIOS Config restore_status parameter which provides the user with the status of the last attempted conf
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51. on Oracle System Assistant Updater An OS pack is available for each supported operating system version Each OS pack includes a package of all tools drivers and utilities for that version of the OS Software includes Oracle Hardware Management Pack and LSI MegaRAID software Includes the Firmware Pack all OS Packs and all documents This pack does not include SunVTS or the Oracle System Assistant image SunVTS diagnostics image Oracle System Assistant updater and ISO update image You need to update OS specific drivers tools or utilities You need to update a combination of system firmware and OS specific software You need the SunVTS diagnostics image You need to manually recover or update Oracle System Assistant Each of the downloads is a zip file that contains a Read Me anda set of subdirectories containing firmware or software files The Read Me file contains details on the components that have changed since the prior software release and the bugs that have been fixed For more details on the directory structure of these downloads refer to the Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Accessing Firmware and Software This section covers instructions for downloading or requesting software release files Note You can also use Oracle System Assistant to easily download and use the latest software release For further information refer to the Sun Blade X3 2B form
52. oses Interface and Generates Error Yes 17801673 New on page 44 RHEL 5 10 Hot Plug of PEM Causes Fault 18380484 New on page 44 Yes Oracle Linux OS Preinstall Available on page 44 NA Oracle Linux 6 1 Installation Fails During Libparted Disk Probe 15770848 on page 44 Yes Host Reset Might Cause a Linux System to Hang 16009236 on page 45 Yes PCIe EM Link Training Error on RHEL Systems 16008349 on page 45 Yes Oracle ILOM Not Getting System Information After Oracle Linux 6 2 7175441 on Yes page 45 Oracle System Assistant Assisted OS Installation of SLES 11 Might Prompt for Root Yes Password 7158471 on page 46 Sense Key Recovered Error Messages Can Appear on the Console and in Yes var log messages 7144197 7158666 on page 46 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Some Versions of Linux on Yes page 47 Oracle Linux and RHEL 6 1 grub efi Cannot Be Used to Set Up a Network PXEServer Yes for Booting UEFI Linux Clients 7095377 on page 47 Failure Occurs After Hot Inserting a SAS 2 RAID Module SGX SAS6 EM Z Yes 7088969 on page 48 Too Many PCI Cards or Modules Can Cause the System to Hang 6899040 on page 48 Yes RHEL 6 1 kdump Does Not Work 7133869 on page 49 Yes 43 Oracle Linux OS Preinstall Available Y Oracle Linux 6 4 Hotswap of PEM Loses Interface and Generates Error 17801673 New For Oracle Linux 6 4
53. ote Console application or a direct attached terminal Hot unplug the NEM Enable NWAM from either the serial console the Oracle ILOM Remote Console application or a direct attached terminal svcadm enable svc network physical default Switch NCP modes configure NICs and hotplug NEM a Switch from the Automatic NCP to either the DefaultFixed NCP or any other user defined C NCP Note Upon issuing the above command the network becomes inaccessible The only way to access the host would be through the serial console the Oracle ILOM Remote Console application or a direct attached terminal Configure the appropriate NICs using the ipadm command through either the serial console the Oracle ILOM Remote Console application or a direct attached terminal Hot unplug the NEM 60 Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Windows Current Issues and Announcements This section contains topics that describe Windows OS issues for the Sun Blade X3 2B The following table lists the issues and announcements Links to Issues Workaround Qlogic Network HBA Drivers Not Available in SW No v1 3 New on page 61 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012R2 No Do Not Support NEM New on page 61 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012R2 No Do Not Support NEM New on page 62 Error Message When Starting hwmgmtcli Tool Yes 15909859 on page 62 Qlogi
54. ou can launch Oracle System Assistant from the boot screen or from Oracle ILOM 51 Oracle VM Current Issues and Announcements 52 2 3 To launch the shell click the Advanced tab click the Shell tab and click the Start Shell button The Shell terminal window appears The shell prompt appears Edit the syslinux ovm cfg file located at opt osa etc osInstall syslinux ovm cfg vi opt osa etc osInstall syslinux ovm cfg Add the following parameter to allthe labels dom0_mem max 128G max 126G for rescue label After the edit your file should look like this Copyright c 2011 2012 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved default ks prompt 1 timeout 30 display boot msg F1 boot msg F2 options msg label xen kernel mboot c32 append xen gz dom mem max 128G vmlinuz initrd img label p2v kernel mboot c32 append xen gz dom mem max 128G vmlinuz p2v initrd img label rescue kernel mboot c32 append xen gz dom mem max 126G vmlinuz rescue initrd img label ks kernel mboot c32 append xen gz dom mem max 128G vmlinuz ks file ks cfg initrd img Oracle VM 3 Does Not Support PCle EM Hotplug 1596465 16008372 Attempting to hotswap the PCIe EM for a server running Oracle VM 3 X might cause the server to reboot Oracle VM 3 does not support hotplug hotswap Workaround Do not hotplug hotswap the PCle EM PCIe EM hotplug hotswap is not supported Sun Blade X3 2B
55. request a DVD that contains any of the downloads patches available from My Oracle Support For information see Request Physical Media Online on page 67 Available Software Release Packages 64 Downloads on My Oracle Support are grouped by product family then product then version The version contains one or more downloads patches For servers and blades the pattern is similar The product is the server Each server contains a set of releases These releases are not true software product releases but releases of updates for the server These updates are called software releases and comprise several downloads all tested together Each download contains firmware drivers or utilities My Oracle Support has the same set of download types for this server family as shown in the following table These can also be requested through a physical media request PMR The same firmware and software can also be downloaded using Oracle System Assistant Package Name Description When to Download This Package X3 2B SWversion Firmware Pack All the system firmware You need the latest firmware including Oracle ILOM BIOS and option card firmware Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Accessing Firmware and Software Package Name Description When to Download This Package X3 2B SWversion OS Pack X3 2B SWversion All packs X3 2B SWversion Diagnostics X3 2B SWversi
56. rivers you need and resides on a USB drive installed in most servers My Oracle Support http support oracle com Documentation and Feedback Physical media request For more information see Getting Server Firmware and Software on page 63 Documentation and Feedback Documentation Link All Oracle products http www oracle com documentation Sun Blade X3 2B http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx SunBladeX3 2B Oracle ILOM 3 1 http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx ilom3l Oracle Hardware Management Pack http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx ohmp Provide feedback on this documentation at http www oracle com goto docfeedback AboutThis Documentation This documentation set is available in both PDF and HTML The information is presented in topic based format similar to online help and therefore does not include chapters appendixes or section numbering You can generate a PDF that includes all information about a particular topic subject such as hardware installation or product notes by clicking the PDF button in the upper left corner of the HTML page Some ofthe documents are translated into French Spanish Simplified Chinese and Japanese The most up to date versions ofthe documents are available in English Support and Training These web sites provide additional resources Support http support oracle com Training http education oracle com 8 Sun Blade X3 2B
57. rompt appears When the password prompt appears type the following password changeme Sense Key Recovered Error Messages Can Appear on the Console and in var log messages 7144197 7158666 For Oracle Linux 5 8 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 8 kernel and the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 11 Base Install Service Pack 1 kernel with certain hardware configurations the kernal and smartd service might generate nuisance error messages Systems using these kernels with smartd block device monitoring enabled and with an internal Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA that is connected to a SATA Drive such as the 7101423 100 GB Solid State SATA Drive running in RAW JBOD mode might generate and display multiple error messages on the system console or in var log messages that are similar to the following sample Feb 9 18 24 58 X4270M3host kernel 9108 314218 sd 0 0 0 0 sda Sense Key Recovered Error current descriptor Feb 9 18 24 58 X4270M3host kernel 9108 314226 Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors in hex Feb 9 18 24 58 X4270M3host kernel 9108 314229 72 01 00 1d 00 00 00 Qe 09 Oc 00 00 00 00 00 00 Feb 9 18 24 58 X4270M3host kernel 9108 314240 00 4f 00 c2 00 50 Feb 9 18 24 58 X4270M3host kernel 9108 314246 sd 0 0 0 0 sdal Add Sense ATA pass through information available Affected hardware and software Server supported Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBAs Oracle Linux 5 8 Red H
58. s December 2014 User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 Update the server to software version 1 1 then update the server to version 1 2 The following illustration provides a graphic representation of this two step process Step 1 Step 2 v 1 0 v 1 0 11 v 1 1 y 1 2 For more information about updating Oracle System Assistant refer to the Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide v Firmware Update Task Fails If There are No Hard Disks in the Server 7178868 The Oracle System Assistant Firmware Update task fails ifthe server has no HDs A popup window appears and reports the following error message Oracle System Assistant failed to get firmware version for the following components Workaround O Add one or more HDs to the server and run the Firmware Update task again User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 When updating the Oracle ILOM SP firmware from Oracle System Assistant using the USB LAN local host interconnect a login prompt appears To perform the firmware update you must log in as root administrator or as a user with advanced aucro role privileges 37 User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP 7158820 38 Note A log in prompt does not appear when the local host interconnect is not USB LAN However SP update
59. s information to the support representative If you are not able to access the software release information request the latest platform software release for the Sun Blade X3 2B Installing Updates The following topics provide information about installing firmware and software updates Installing Firmware on page 69 Installing Hardware Drivers and OS Tools on page 70 Installing Firmware Updated firmware can be installed using one of the following Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Ops Center Enterprise Controller can automatically download the latest firmware from Oracle or firmware can be loaded manually into the Enterprise Controller In either case Ops Center can install the firmware onto one or more servers blades or blade chassis For more information go to http www oracle com us products enterprise manager opscenter index html Oracle System Assistant Oracle System Assistant can download and install the latest firmware from Oracle For more information refer to Setting Up Oracle System Assistant and Updating the Server in Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Oracle Hardware Management Pack The fwupdate CLI tool within the Oracle Hardware Management Pack can be used to update firmware within the system For more information go to http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx ohmp Oracle ILOM Oracle ILOM and BIOS firmware are the only firmware that can be
60. t process with the following error message SunOS Release 5 10 Version Generic 147148 26 64 bit Copyright c 1983 2013 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved Configuring devices NOTICE hermon error during attach UAR BAR mapping NOTICE hermon driver failed to attach UAR BAR mapping This is caused by the BIOS 64 bit PCI Resource Allocation setting This setting needs to be disabled because Oracle Solaris 10 1 13 OS does not support 64 bit addresses in PCIe Workaround Use the BIOS Setup Utility to disable the PCI Resource Allocation setting The setting is in the IO screens Oracle Solaris 11 1 OS Preinstall Available The Oracle Solaris 11 1 OS is now available as a preinstall option Request the option when ordering a server Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS See the following entry Some Operating Systems Do Not Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device on page 38 57 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 OS 58 Y During Oracle Solaris 11 OS Reboot SXGE Driver Causes System Panic 7121246 7162938 When an Oracle Solaris 110S server is rebooted the sxge driver might cause the system to panic Workarounds Dooneofthe following workarounds Unload the sxge driver before rebooting a Ensure that the sxge interfaces are not configured If the interfaces are configured use ipadm co
61. times are increased up to 40 minutes when the local host interconnect is not USB LAN The interconnect method is determined by the Local Host Interconnect setting in Oracle ILOM For firmware update procedures refer to the section Setting Up Software and Firmware in Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Some Operating Systems Do Not Mountthe Oracle System Assistant USB Device Some operating systems such as Oracle VM 3 0 Oracle Solaris 10 and versions of Linux might not automount the Oracle System Assistant USB device Manually mount the device For instructions on how to mount the device on Oracle VM 3 0 Oracle Solaris 10 and Linux based systems refer to Mounting the Oracle System Assistant USB Flash Drive in Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Administration Guide Oracle System Assistant Does Not Support Username user 7153741 Oracle System Assistant Service Processor Configuration task does not allow you to create a user with the username user Additionally while it is possible to create a user named as such using Oracle ILOM the task does not allow the deletion or modification of that user Workaround Use the Oracle ILOM web interface or command line interface to create delete and modifya user with a username of user For instructions on how to use Oracle ILOM see the Oracle ILOM Documentation Library at http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx
62. tors uns ak O tele teten 9 Change Histotias Overview of the Sun Blade X3 2B Product Notes New In This Revisada Terminolo y laica dde 15 System Hardware and Software Features su 17 Firmware Release History asien een nenne seh Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Environment Supported Server Module Components sen Supported Operating Systems sise dunes 22 Server Update Informations aliada dico Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM ie Hardware Firmware and BIOS Current Issues and Announcements Restore SW v1 2 BIOS Configuration Before Downgrading From SW v1 3 to VD Ni ran Bates A de rte fee ess PASS 26 SW 1 2 Wait Period Required During SP Update Process 16040413 eee 26 DIMM Filler Pa els are Now Optional ss sienne nn mere dent 26 Intel Quickpath Interconnect Error On Some 4 core and 6 core Servers 7146732 26 Oracle ILOM restore_ status Parameter Shows Partial Status 7167938 c cocccicicinnionnnmmmm 27 Oracle ILOM 3 1 Might Not Support the Clearing of Faults Diagnosed by the Oracle Solaris 10 8 11 and Oracle Solaris 11 11 11 Operating Systems 7170842 nnenenenensennenneen 27 Unable to Change Serial Port Ownership Using the BIOS Setup Utility 7168093 28 MegaRAID Storage Manager Unable to Assign Hot Spares on 3 TB Drives Using EFI Contents Oracle System Assistant Current Issues and Announcements Partitioning 7164218 viniste sine ed 28 New BIOS BootSplash S reen ss nues annee
63. u b Navigate to the BOOT menu c Change the UEFI BIOS Boot mode to Legacy Update the Oracle Linux 6 1 distribution grub efi bootloader package on your PXE boot server You can obtain updates from ULN at http linux oracle com Failure Occurs After Hot Inserting a SAS 2 RAID Module SGX SAS6 EM Z 7088969 A failure might occur after hot inserting a SAS 2 RAID Module SGX SAS6 EM Z in a Sun Blade X3 2B that is running Oracle Linux 5 7 6 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 7 6 or SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP1 The failure might generate an error message similar to the following pciehp 0000 00 02 2 pcie04 Cannot add device at 0000 30 00 Workaround Reboot the blade with SAS 2 RAID Module SGX SAS6 EM Z installed Too Many PCI Cards or Modules Can Cause the System to Hang 6899040 If too many PCIe cards or PCIe EMs are installed in the system the server might hang while booting OEL 5 7 Xen kernel and the following message might appear on the console Starting udev Wait timeout Will continue in the background FAILED Workaround Do one of the following Add pci nomsi in the kernel boot arguments Remove unnecessary PCI cards or modules from the server module or chassis Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Some Versions of Linux RHEL 6 1 kdump Does Not Work 7133869 In OEL 6 1 and RHEL 6 1 kdump might sometim
64. un Blade X3 2B go to the following sites and search using your server model number Oracle Solaris http www oracle com webfolder technetwork hcl index html Oracle Linux http linux oracle com pls apex f p 117 1 3991604960223967 Oracle VM http linux oracle com pls apex f p 117 1 3991604960223967 Windows http www windowsservercatalog com Sun Blade X3 2B formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3 Product Notes December 2014 Server Update Information VMware ESXi http www vmware com resources compatibility search php Red Hat Enterprise Linux https access redhat com certifications SUSE Linux Enterprise Server https www suse com yessearch Search jsp The following is a list ofthe operating systems supported for the Sun Blade X3 2B As of 08 31 2014 date the product has been EOL d last tested supported versions are Oracle Linux 64 bit 5 7 5 8 5 9 5 10 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 preinstalled option available 7 0 Oracle Solaris 108 11 Oracle Solaris 11 11 11 11 1 preinstalled option available RHELS5 7 5 8 5 9 5 10 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 7 0 SLES 11 SP1 SP2 and SP3 Oracle VM 3 2 3 1 1 3 0 Upgrade 3 0 to a minimum version of Oracle VM 3 0 2 using Oracle eDelivery at https edelivery oracle com or Unbreakable Linux Network ULN at https linux oracle com Also available as a preinstalled option Note Oracle VM 3 does not support hotplug on Sun Blade X3 2B VMware ES
65. vailable Software Release Packages ss iiienennnns 64 Accessing Firmware and Software ss 65 Installing Updates ainia bcn isa 69 Using This Documentation This section describes how to get the latest firmware and software for the system documentation and feedback and a document change history Sun Blade X3 2B Model Name Change on page 7 Getting the Latest Firmware and Software on page 7 Documentation and Feedback on page 8 About This Documentation on page 8 Support and Training on page 8 Contributors on page 9 Change History on page 9 Sun Blade X3 2B Model Name Change The Sun Blade X3 2B was previously named the Sun Blade X6270 M3 Server Module This name might still appear in the software The name change does not indicate any change in system features or functionality The new name identifies the following X identifies an x86 product The first number 3 identifies the generation of the server The second number 2 identifies the number of processors The alpha character B identifies the product asa blade server Getting the Latest Firmware and Software Firmware drivers and other hardware related software for each Oracle x86 server server module blade and blade chassis are updated periodically You can obtain the latest version in one of three ways Oracle System Assistant This is a new factory installed option for Sun Oracle x86 servers It has all the tools and d

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