Sun Microsystems X6440 User's Manual
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1. m Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Feature Updates and Release Notes 820 7329 m Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Concepts Guide 820 6410 m Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Web Interface Procedures Guide 820 6411 m Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 CLI Procedures Guide 820 6412 m Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 SMNP and IPMI Procedures Guide 820 6413 m Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Supplement for Sun Blade X6440 Server Module 821 0746 The ILOM 3 0 Documentation Collection is available at http docs sun com app docs prod int lights mgr30 hic Note As of the ILOM 3 0 6 release the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 SNMP and IPMI Procedures Guide has been renamed as the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Management Protocols Reference Guide Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 5 Sun ILOM Remote Console Lock The Sun Blade X6440 server module supports the Sun ILOM Remote Console lock The Sun ILOM Remote Console lock feature enhances your system security by enabling you to lock your computer when terminating a Sun ILOM Remote Console session For more information and instructions for using the lock feature see the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Feature Updates and Release Notes 820 7329 Sun ILOM Power Management The Sun Blade X6440 server module supports Sun ILOM power management features2. No warning when password length is exceeded on page 15 m KVMS authentication does not work with remote authentication mechanisms on page 15 m Solaris Remote Console session requires Java plugin on page 15 m Service processor might take up to 3 minutes to start on page 16 m Error message appears during service processor startup on page 17 m FRU data for the hard disk drives is not passed via ipmitool on page 17 m impitool session info all command fails on page 17 m Hard disk error message in the SP event log on page 18 a DIMM SPD data are reported incorrectly in the FRU data on page 18 For more information about the ILOM see the online Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2 0 User s Guide 820 1188 or the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 3 0 Documentation Collection Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 13 Delaying BIOS Upgrade During Firmware Update Can Corrupt BIOS The ILOM SP firmware upgrade procedure includes the Delay BIOS Update option which delays the BIOS update until the host is reset This option allows you to update the firmware without resetting the host The following scenarios can cause your BIOS to corrupt a If you select the Delay BIOS Update option then power down the host and remove the server module from its slot before the BIOS update is complete a If you select the Delay BIOS Update option then power down the host and power on the ser
3. 0 User s Guide 820 1188 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Service Manual 820 3964 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Safety and Compliance Guide 820 4412 These and other Sun Blade server module documents are available at http docs sun com app docs prod blade x6440 Note As of the ILOM 3 0 6 release the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 SNMP and IPMI Procedures Guide has been renamed as the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Management Protocols Reference Guide Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 3 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Tools amp Drivers DVD The Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Tools amp Drivers DVD contains several software applications and utilities for use with your Sun Blade X6440 server module This section describes the applications and utilities and refers you to the associated readme text files where you can find procedures for running them a ILOM SP update Used to update the SP firmware the readme text file is located in lt dvd_drive gt remoteflash Firmware_Update txt a SP recovery utility Used to recover from corrupt SP firmware the readme text file is located in lt dvd_drive gt recovery readme txt m Create a Windows 2003 OS Installation CD Used to create a reburn CD W2K3 CD with all required drivers the readme text file is located in lt dvd_drive gt utilities reburn readme txt Note This utility can be performed on a Windows based system or a Lin
4. Permission denied Workaround Run the post OS driver update using the sh install sh command or unmount and remount the Tools amp Drivers DVD manually SLES OS driver installation takes a long time to complete Installing SLES OS drivers might take a long time to complete if the host firewall is enabled This issue occurs when running the install sh script from the Tools amp Drivers DVD Workaround Disable the host firewall before installing SLES OS drivers NIC drivers are not supported by SLES11 OS Change Request ID 6871270 The Sun Blade RAID Expansion Module REM and Intel 82575 Gigabit Ethernet Controller network interface card NIC drivers on the Sun Blade X6440 server module Tools amp Drivers DVD do not work with the SLES11 operating system This issue is being investigated SLES 9 SP4 hangs during installation or startup SLES 9 SP4 hangs during installation or startup on systems with over 4 GB of RAM SLES9 SP4 kernel 2 6 5 7 308 installs correctly on a system with a quad core AMD Opteron processor with over 4 GB of RAM however on the initial boot after installation the system hangs Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 23 Workaround This issue can be resolved by following these steps 1 Temporarily limit the memory to less than 4 GB This can be accomplished by physically removing RAM to reduce it to less than 4 GB Alternately you can use a boot parameter to limit the memory that is us
5. Sun ILOM power management features enable you to monitor and manage your system s power consumption For more information and instructions for using ILOM power management features see the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Feature Updates and Release Notes 820 7329 Hardware and BIOS Issues The following issues apply to the Sun Blade X6440 server module hardware and or BIOS a ILOM BIOS settings issue on page 7 a ILOM IP address is not updated on page 7 a PEM fault light illuminates after hot inserting into the server module on page 7 m Power LED issue on page 7 m Blade server module fails to link up at 1GbE on page 8 Power supply redundancy must be set to non redundant mode on page 8 m BIOS does not accept the ipmitool persistent boot order change command on page 8 m BIOS does not accept the ipmitool clear CMOS command on page 8 m Certain devices boot option ROM fails to load on page 9 m NEM model X4238 requires latest BIOS firmware on page 9 6 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 ILOM BIOS settings issue If ILOM is set to use a DHCP assigned IP address and the DHCP server is offline wait until the DHCP server is online before attempting to reboot Issuing a reboot or manually changing from DHCP to a static IP address will result in incorrect gateway and IP address settings to be recorded Once DHCP is restored the origina
6. Z Sun Blade 6048 Infiniband Switched Network Express Module NEM This issue occurs primarily on the inner slots BL3 BL8 These slots can only link up at 100Mb Workaround Use the outer slots BLO BL2 and BL9 BL11 to link up at 1GbE This issue is under investigation Power supply redundancy must be set to non redundant mode If more than eight X6440 server modules are to be inserted into the Sun Blade 6000 chassis which can hold a maximum of 10 server modules power supply redundancy must be set to non redundant mode This will allow all X6440 server modules in the chassis to be powered on simultaneously BIOS does not accept the ipmitool persistent boot order change command The BIOS fails to permanently modify the boot order after sending the ipmitool persistent boot order change command Workaround This issue is fixed in the Tools amp Drivers DVD 1 2 and later software release BIOS does not accept the ipmitool clear CMOS command The BIOS fails to clear all setup settings and load system defaults after sending the ipmitool clear CMOS command Workaround This issue is fixed in the Tools amp Drivers DVD 1 2 and later software release 8 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Certain devices boot option ROM fails to load A shadow ROM space issue exists when multiple bootable devices are installed in the system Not all devices bootable option ROMs will successfully load Workar
7. 0 VMware ESXi 3 5 and ESXi 4 0 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 32 bit 64 bit Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 32 bit 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Not supported in SIA 2 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Documentation Support documentation for the Sun Blade X6440 server module Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Installation Guide 820 3961 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 820 3965 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Operating Systems Installation Guide 820 3962 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide 820 3963 Sun Installation Assistant for Windows and Linux User s Guide 820 3357 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Getting Started Guide 820 3960 Sun ILOM Supplement for Sun Blade X6440 Server Module 820 3967 Sun ILOM 3 0 Supplement for Sun Blade X6440 Server Module 821 0746 Sun ILOM 3 0 Documentation Collection a Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Getting Started Guide 820 5523 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Feature Updates and Release Notes 820 7329 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Concepts Guide 820 6410 a Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Web Interface Procedures Guide 820 6411 a Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 CLI Procedures Guide 820 6412 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 SMNP and IPMI Procedures Guide 820 6413 Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2
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9. complete on page 23 a NIC drivers are not supported by SLES11 OS on page 23 a SLES 9 SP4 hangs during installation or startup on page 23 a USB devices are not recognized in RHEL 4 7 on page 24 m Windows Issues on page 24 a Windows Autorun does not install drivers on page 24 a Yellow question mark might appear in Windows Device Manager on page 25 a System does not boot from floppy drive image on page 25 For a list of minimum supported operating systems see Supported Operating Systems on page 2 Solaris Issues Note The Sun Blade X6440 is delivered with a preinstalled Solaris OS This OS is set by default to be redirected through the serial console connection ttya To change this to local monitor keyboard use the GRUB menu at boot time and select the VGA option Warning message might appear during startup When using a compact flash device the following warning message might appear during Solaris startup WARNING pci 0 0 pci ide 4 ide 0 unable to enable write cache targ 0 It is safe to ignore this message Solaris OS installation halts during the installation Change Request ID 6848353 When installing the Solaris OS in a system that contains an LSI 1068e B3 HBA the installation halts at the Configuring Devices screen This issue does not occur when using other HBA cards in the system 20 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 This iss
10. e breaking information and issues for the Sun Blade X6440 server module The following is covered in these product notes m General Information on page 2 m Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Tools amp Drivers DVD on page 4 m Latest Firmware Updates on page 4 m Newly Supported Features on page 5 m Hardware and BIOS Issues on page 6 m Sun Installation Assistant Issues on page 9 m Integrated Lights Out Manager Issues on page 13 a Diagnostics Issues on page 18 m Operating System Issues on page 19 a Solaris Issues on page 20 Linux Issues on page 21 a Windows Issues on page 24 m Sun StorageTek RAID Expansion Module REM Issues on page 25 m LSI RAID Expansion Module REM Issues on page 26 General Information Support and Patches for Sun Blade Server Modules Support information for the Sun Blade X6440 server module is available at http sunsolve sun com Supported Operating Systems The following is a list of the minimum versions of supported operating systems for the Sun Blade X6440 server module Solaris x86 10 05 08 64 bit Solaris x86 10 10 08 64 bit Solaris x86 10 05 09 64 bit OpenSolaris 2009 06 Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 4 6 and later 32 bit 64 bit RHEL 5 1 and later 64 bit Suse Linux Enterprise Server SLES 9 SP4 64 bit Not supported in SIA 2 3 8 SLES 10 SP2 64 bit SLES 11 64 bit VMware ESX 3 5 U2 and later and ESX 4
11. ed by SLES The boot parameter is mem nnnn where nnnn is equal to a number less than 4000 2 Install the latest kernel update to version 2 6 5 7 311 or newer After using the above method to limit the memory while the system is installed the kernel can be updated to provide the fixes so that the full amount of memory can be used Information about this kernel update and how to download it is available at http support novell com techcenter psdb 436375e56cfcb119e5e4 2c29c f234297 html USB devices are not recognized in RHEL 4 7 The RHEL 4 7 operating system does not recognize USB 2 0 devices This causes the OS installations that use a USB DVD ROM or ILOM remote KVMS device to fail More details and a fix for this issue can be found at http rhn redhat com errata RHBA 2008 0650 html Workaround Either install RHEL 4 7 over a network or install the updated kernel fix from the Red Hat web site Alternatively you can remove the ehci hcd ko module from the kernel by typing the rmmod ehci_hcd command from the system prompt Windows Issues Windows Autorun does not install drivers Windows autorun does not install drivers This occurs when Windows User Account Control is turned on Workaround 1 Turn off Windows User Account Control 24 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 2 Reboot the system for the changes to take effect 3 Run Windows Autorun to install drivers Yellow question mark might a
12. ed to be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release KVMS authentication does not work with remote authentication mechanisms User authentication for KVMS sessions cannot be performed using any of the remote user authentication mechanisms such as RADIUS LDAP or ActiveDirectory Workaround This issue is scheduled to be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release Solaris Remote Console session requires Java plugin When you launch a Remote Console session on a Solaris system the system will prompt you for a decision regarding the javaRKVM jnlp file You have the following two options Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 15 If you are logged in as root choose to open the file with its default application If you are logged in as a user not root do the following 1 Choose the option to save the file 2 Download the javaRKVM jnlp file and run it manually The download manager will display the location of this file 3 Move the javaRKVM jn1p file to the tmp directory mv location_of_javaRKVM JNLP javaRKVM JNLP tmp Where location_of_javaRKVM JNLP is the directory where javaRKVM JNLP resides 4 To find the location of the javaws application enter the following in a terminal window which javaws 5 Execute the following command from the terminal window location_of_javaws javaws tmp javaRKVM JNLP Where location_of_javaws is the directory where javaws resides Example Assuming that the javaws applicati
13. eserved PCI Not using MMCONFIG It is safe to ignore this message IGB error message might appear The following IGB error message might appear in dmesg igb 0000 84 00 1 igb_set_interrupt_capability Failed to initialize MSI X interrupts Failing back to MSI interrupts igb 0000 84 00 1 igb_set_interrupt_capability Failed to initialize MSI interrupts Failing back to legacy interrupts Both onboard Intel 82575EB network interface cards NICs are still functional It is safe to ignore this message This issue is being investigated Error messages might appear in SLES 10 OS dmesg The following error messages might appear in the SLES 10 SP2 64 bit OS dmesg Evaluate _OSC Set fails Status 0x0005 aer_init AER service init fails No ACPI_OSC support aer probe of 0000 00 0a 0 pcie01 failed with error 1 Workaround This issue is being investigated Only 8 of 16 CPU cores being reported The Linux operating system only reports 8 CPU cores out of the possible 16 CPU cores in the server module This issue occurs because of a Linux kernel limitation 22 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Workaround Install and boot from the largesmp kernel version which can be found in the installation media Post OS driver update script fails to run The following error message might display when running the post OS driver install sh update script bash install sh bin sh bad interpreter
14. l IP address will be assigned Workaround Do not reboot the server until DHCP is restored or connect a terminal to the serial console s NET Management port and manually assign a static IP address if access is urgently required to ILOM ILOM IP address is not updated If the ILOM IP address is changed via the LAN configuration in the BIOS the IP address will not update The old IP address is displayed It is recommended to change the IP address via ILOM If you choose to change the ILOM IP address via BIOS exit and re enter the LAN configuration screen to see the changes PEM fault light illuminates after hot inserting into the server module The Mellanox Infiniband PCI E expansion module fault light may illuminate after it has been hot inserted into a server module running the Solaris OS The fault light will not clear itself until the system is rebooted Workaround Update to the latest BIOS that is included on the Tools and Driver v1 1 DVD ROM or a later version Power LED issue The green LED Power LED incorrectly stops blinking and turns solid green once ILOM detects that the power is good The green Power LED should stop blinking and turn solid only when the operating system is ready Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 7 Blade server module fails to link up at 1GbE If the Sun Blade X6440 server module is inserted into certain slots in the Sun Blade 6048 chassis it fails to link up at 1GbE with the X5196A
15. lling using PXE method Change Request ID 6879495 When installing some operating systems using SIA version 2 3 8 SIA might display the following error message while SIA is determining the OS Provide a valid URL This message can be ignored The OS installation will complete successfully This issue will be fixed in future software release SIA Update function fails Change Request ID 6875404 When selecting the SIA Update function in SIA 2 3 8 SIA might display the following error message SIA update failed This issue will be fixed in future software release 12 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 SIA does not install operating systems via PXE server Change Request ID 6876850 When using SIA version 2 3 8 to install OSes via a PXE server SIA displays the following error message during the OS installation Error enabling swap device sda2 Invalid argument This error affects all OS installations that SIA supports This error occurs after the disk partition phase of the OS installation and might indicate that the swap device has not been initialized Workaround Add parameter iommu soft in PXE server Integrated Lights Out Manager Issues The following issues apply to the Sun Blade X6440 server module Integrated Lights Out Manager service m Delaying BIOS Upgrade During Firmware Update Can Corrupt BIOS on page 14 m Minimum Supported Browsers on page 15 a
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17. nown When running the Pc Check hard disk diagnostics the hard disk information hard disk firmware and serial number are listed as unknown Serial port test fails The Pc Check serial port test fails because Pc Check does not support the RJ 45 serial port connector SunVTS Diagnostics Software Issues The following issue applies to SunVTS diagnostics software SunVTS I O port test fails The SunVTS I O port test fails when the system is in exerciser mode This occurs because the test fails to read written bytes at various baud rates when the system is under heavy stress Workaround Run the SunVTS I O port test in standalone or in component mode Operating System Issues This section contains the following m Solaris Issues on page 20 a Warning message might appear during startup on page 20 a Solaris OS installation halts during the installation on page 20 m Linux Issues on page 21 a USB device errors reported in Red Hat 5 1 on page 21 a Unable to hot plug PCI E expansion modules PEM on page 21 a PCI BIOS error message might appear on page 22 m IGB error message might appear on page 22 Error messages might appear in SLES 10 OS dmesg on page 22 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 19 a Only 8 of 16 CPU cores being reported on page 22 ma Post OS driver update script fails to run on page 23 a SLES OS driver installation takes a long time to
18. ommand fails For example the following error message is received impitool H 129 148 53 83 U root P changeme session info all Get session Info command failed Workaround This issue is scheduled to be fixed in a future ILOM BIOS release Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 17 Hard disk error message in the SP event log The following error message might appear in the SP event log when no hard disk is installed System Firmware Error Unrecoverable hard disk controller failure Asserted Workaround It is safe to ignore this error message DIMM SPD data are reported incorrectly in the FRU data Certain DDRII DIMMs are displayed incorrectly in the SP FRU data For example DDRII 800 MHz DIMMs are listed only as 444 MHz DIMMs in the FRU data This is a FRU data discrepancy and it does not impact memory and system performance Workaround This issue is scheduled to be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release Diagnostics Issues This section contains the following m Pc Check Diagnostics Software Issues on page 18 a Hard disk information is unknown on page 19 Serial port test fails on page 19 m SunVTS Diagnostics Software Issues on page 19 a SunVTS I O port test fails on page 19 Pc Check Diagnostics Software Issues The following issues apply to the Pc Check diagnostics software 18 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Hard disk information is unk
19. on is run from the usr bin directory the following command will open a Remote Console session usr bin javaws tmp javaRKVM JNLP Once the remote console window is closed the tmp javaRKVM jnlp is removed Service processor might take up to 3 minutes to start On server blade insertion or server processor SP reset the SP might take up to 3 minutes to start The SP will not function during this time and the port 80 reader will toggle between 55 and AA 16 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Error message appears during service processor startup The following error message may appear during service processor SP startup Mike driver insmod cannot insert lib modules 2 6 15 4 misc mtd_mike mike ko No such device 1 No such device modprobe failed to load module mike This issue is being investigated It is safe to ignore this message FRU data for the hard disk drives is not passed via ipmitool FRU data for the hard disk drives HDD is not passed via ipmitool For example the following error message is received FRU Device Description HDDO ID 24 Device not present Requested sensor data or record not found FRU Device Description HDD1 ID 25 Device not present Requested sensor data or record not found Workaround This issue is scheduled to be fixed in a future ILOM BIOS release impitool session info all command fails The impitool session info all c
20. ound This issue is fixed in the Tools amp Drivers DVD 1 2 and later software release Users will have the option to select which option ROM to load in the BIOS setup window NEM model X4238 requires latest BIOS firmware Network express module NEM model X4238 requires the latest BIOS firmware to work properly The required BIOS firmware version 1 2 is located on the Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Tools amp Drivers DVD Sun Installation Assistant Issues The following issues apply to the Sun Installation Assistant SIA software m LVM partitioning is not supported when installing SLES 10 SP2 operating system on page 10 m SLES 9 SP4 operating system is not supported using SIA on page 10 a SIA will not install Infiniband drivers for Windows operating systems on page 10 a SIA will not install FEM NEM drivers for 32 bit Linux operating systems on page 10 a SIA will not install FEM drivers for Windows 2003 on page 11 RHEL installed using SIA reports a MPT Fusion ctl drivers error on page 11 m SIA displays ILOM version as Unknown on page 11 m SIA displays incorrect chassis information on page 11 m SIA does not display storage controllers on page 12 m SIA displays error when installing using PXE method on page 12 m SIA Update function fails on page 12 m SIA does not install operating systems via PXE server on page 13 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Prod
21. ows Device Manager indicating that the drivers are not installed correctly Workaround None RHEL installed using SIA reports a MPT Fusion ctl drivers error Change Request ID 6737853 If SIA is used to install RHEL 4 6 on a system that does not contain a Sun Blade I O Expansion Module II mptsas controller the following error will occur when RHEL boots starting MPT Fusion ctl drivers FAILED This error is harmless and can be ignored Workaround None This issue will be fixed in future software release SIA displays ILOM version as Unknown Change Request ID 6878691 When installing the Linux operating system using SIA version 2 3 8 the ILOM version is displayed as Unknown in the System Information screen This issue will be fixed in future software release SIA displays incorrect chassis information Change Request ID 6878692 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 11 When installing the Linux operating system using SIA version 2 3 8 the System Information screen displays incorrect information for the chassis type serial number and version number This issue will be fixed in future software release SIA does not display storage controllers Change Request ID 6878694 When installing the Linux operating system using SIA version 2 3 8 the System Information screen does not display system storage controllers This issue will be fixed in future software release SIA displays error when insta
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23. ppear in Windows Device Manager A yellow question mark might appear in the Windows Device Manager denoting that drivers are not installed for the following devices m Sun Blade Storage SCSI Enclosure Device a Sun NEM Plus SCSI Enclosure Device Workaround Run Windows Update to install the necessary drivers System does not boot from floppy drive image The system does not boot Windows from a floppy drive image installation This occurs because the BIOS sets the virtual floppy as the first top USB bootable device Workaround 1 During system boot press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility 2 From the Boot USB devices menu change the device boot order to set the virtual CDROM as the first top USB bootable device Sun Storage lek RAID Expansion Module REM Issues Use the StorageTek BIOS setup utility Before the operating system can use hard disk drives attached to a StorageTek SAS controller the drives must first be initialized and an array created using the StorageTek BIOS Setup Utility The StorageTek BIOS Setup Utility can be accessed by pressing the CTRL A keystroke combination during the server blade power on self test POST Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 25 LSI RAID Expansion Module REM Issues This section contains the following LSI RAID REM issues a Extra hard disk drive space required when upgrading to a Mirrored RAID configuration on page 26 m Upgrade path for data me
24. rging on page 26 Extra hard disk drive space required when upgrading to a Mirrored RAID configuration You must have 100 MB of free unpartitioned disk space at the end of the hard disk drive if you want to upgrade to a mirrored RAID configuration Upgrade path for data merging The only upgrade path that supports data merging is from a single disk to a mirror This is a limitation of the LSI card If you want to upgrade from a single disk to an IME Integrated Mirror Extension or an IMS Integrated Mirror Stripe the data and OS will be lost and a reinstallation and restore will be required 26 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009
25. uct Notes 9 LVM partitioning is not supported when installing SLES 10 SP2 operating system Change Request ID 6780100 If LVM disk partitioning is selected when installing the SLES 10 SP2 operating system using SIA the installation will fail because the platform drivers will not install correctly Workaround None SLES 9 SP4 operating system is not supported using SIA Change Request ID 6771799 Do not use SIA to install the SLES 9 SP4 as SIA does not support this operating system Workaround None SIA will not install Infiniband drivers for Windows operating systems Change Request ID 6771790 and 6771803 Infiniband IB drivers for the IB passthru FEM fabric express module and IB NEM network express module will not install correctly when installing Windows 2003 2008 using SIA Workaround None SIA will not install FEM NEM drivers for 32 bit Linux operating systems Change Request ID 676068 Model x1029A fabric express module FEM and model x4236A network express module NEM drivers will not install correctly when installing Linux such as RHEL 32 bit and SLES 10 32 bit using SIA 10 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Workaround None SIA will not install FEM drivers for Windows 2003 Change Request ID 6769562 If SIA is used to install Windows 2003 on a system that contains the model x1029 A FEM the associated device will be highlighted with a yellow question mark in the Wind
26. ue is being investigated Linux Issues The following issue applies to Sun Blade X6440 server modules running the supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES operating systems USB device errors reported in Red Hat 5 1 The following error is generated when a USB device is inserted in the USB ports on the Sun Blade X6440 server module usb 1 2 device not accepting address 2 error 71 This is a RHEL 5 1 issue Workaround You must manually create a new initrd img file in your current installation 1 Open a terminal window 2 Navigate to the boot directory cd boot 3 Rename the initrd img file by typing the command mv initrd lt version gt img initrd lt version gt img save 4 Create a new initrd img file by typing the command mkinitrd initrd lt version gt img lt uname r gt 5 Reboot the server module to effect the changes Unable to hot plug PCI E expansion modules PEM The acpiphp module is not loaded in the kernel by default Workaround 1 Open a terminal window 2 Type the command modprobe acpiphp Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 21 3 Insert the PEM in either slot and press the Attn button The PEM is ready to use when the OK LED turns solid green PCI BIOS error message might appear The following error message might appear when booting or running the dmesg command in RHEL 5 1 PCI BIOS Bug MCFG area at e0000000 is not E820 r
27. ux Solaris based system a Windows Autorun menu Simply insert the Tools amp Drivers DVD into the X6440 USB CD DVD or mount it via ILOM remote KVMS Then perform any of the following operations a Install Windows server drivers a Create a Windows reburn CD a Access links to sun com and associated documentation a Solaris Linux post OS driver update Used to update Intel Ethernet and AST2000 drivers if applicable the install sh script file is located in lt dvd_drive gt drivers linux red_hat install sh lt dvd_drive gt drivers linux suse install sh lt dvd_drive gt drivers sx86 install sh 4 Latest Firmware Updates Please go to http www sun com servers blades downloads jsp for the latest firmware versions Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Newly Supported Features The following new features are supported as of supplemental software release 2 0 m Integrated Lights Out Manager 3 0 m Sun ILOM Remote Console Lock m Sun ILOM Power Management Integrated Lights Out Manager 3 0 The Sun Blade X6440 server module supports Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 on the service processor SP module For information and instructions on using ILOM 3 0 with the Sun Blade X6440 server module see the ILOM 3 0 Documentation Collection and the associated ILOM Supplement for the Sun Blade X6440 server module m Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Getting Started Guide 820 5523
28. ver module immediately before the BIOS update is complete If you start another SP firmware update before the BIOS update has been completed Workaround Do not select the Delay BIOS Update option If you choose to use the Delay BIOS Update option 1 Do not remove the server module from its slot until after the host has been reset and the BIOS update is complete 2 If you are powering off the system for the first time after ILOM is upgraded do not power on the host until the BIOS update is complete 3 Do not attempt to update the SP firmware until after the host has been reset and the BIOS update is complete Note The BIOS update after host power off might take 3 4 minutes 14 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes November 2009 Minimum Supported Browsers TABLE 1 shows the minimum supported browser versions for running the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM web interface for the Sun Blade X6440 server module on Solaris and Linux operating systems TABLE1 Version Numbers for Browsers Solaris x86 RHEL 32 bit RHEL 64 bit SLES 32 bit SLES 64 bit Windows Mozilla 1 7 1 7 12 1 7 13 1 7 8 1 7 13 N A Firefox 1 5 0 4 1 0 7 1 5 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 5 0 4 Internet N A N A N A N A N A 6 Explorer No warning when password length is exceeded No errors or warnings are issued to the user when the user exceeds the 16 character limit for passwords via the web interface Workaround This issue is schedul
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