Solaris™ 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun™ Hardware Solaris 9 9/05 HW Includes Additional Release Notes and End-ofSupport Statements for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment Running on Sun Hardware Products Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 819-6718-10 October 2006, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.
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Contents 1. Late-Breaking News 1 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Supported Platforms 1 2 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Software Supplement CD SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 12 2 3 Sun OpenGL 1.
Alternate Pathing Multipath I/O Token Ring Network Drivers PC File Viewer PC Launcher 10 10 10 SunFDDI and SunHSI/S Drivers ShowMe TV Future End-of-Support Products le Drivers 11 SPC Driver 11 Sun4m Platform Group Tape Devices 11 11 11 12 Storage Interfaces 12 Sun StorEdge Systems Open Issues 10 11 Solaris Maintenance Updates 3.
Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 Workstation Equipped with an XVR-100 Frame Buffer and Emulex-Based PCI Fibre Channel HBAs, and Running SAN 4.4.
prtdiag Does Not Show System Board After the Board Is Added to the Domain Using DR (Bug ID 6309113) 24 Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems 24 Updated Flash Image for Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems Running SMS 1.
panic: mp_cpu_quiesce: cpu_thread != cpu_idle_thread (BugID 4873353) 32 5.
DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory Board That Has Permanent Memory (Bug ID 4210280) 42 cfgadm Disconnect Fails When Running Concurrent cfgadm Commands (Bug ID 4220105) 42 Cannot Drain or Detach Sun Enterprise Server Boards That Host QFE Cards (Bug ID 4231845) 43 7. Sun Enterprise 10000 Systems 45 Dynamic Reconfiguration Issues DR Model 3.0 General Issues 45 45 46 DR and Bound User Processes 46 Enabling DR 3.
CHAPTER 1 Late-Breaking News This chapter provides the following information: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ “Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release” on page 1 “Naming of Media Kit Disks and Documentation” on page 3 “Name Change for the Supplement CD” on page 4 “Documents on the Software Supplement CD” on page 4 “Systems with UltraSPARC IV+ Boards Require Solaris 9 9/05” on page 5 “Unbundled Product Support” on page 5 “Flash PROM Update for 64-Bit Operations” on page 6 “DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drives on Headless Systems (Bug ID 4365497)”
Supported Platforms TABLE 1-1 lists Sun™ hardware systems that require Solaris 9 9/05 HW software.
For other software products on the Solaris 9 9/05 HW Software Supplement CD, new versions compatible with this Solaris release might be available at: http://www.sun.com/software/downloads SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 12 The Solaris 9 9/05 HW release includes an updated version of the SunVTS 5.1 validation test suite software. SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 12 includes support for new hardware products. Install this new version as described in the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide.
Not all media disks in the Solaris 9 9/05 media kit release have changed content. Some disks might still be labeled “Solaris 9 9/04”, but they are still appropriate for this release. For the latest information and documentation, check this release notes supplement, the Solaris 9 9/05 Sun Hardware Platform Guide, the main Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes, and other documentation at: http://docs.sun.com Some documents and document collections in the “Solaris 9 9/05 HW” category on http://docs.sun.
Systems with UltraSPARC IV+ Boards Require Solaris 9 9/05 Several Sun hardware platforms supported by earlier versions of the Solaris 9 OS now might contain UltraSPARC® IV+ system boards, CPU/memory boards, or processor modules: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire V1280 V490 V890 E2900 E4900 E6900 E20K E25K 12K 15K A system including an UltraSPARC IV+ processor requires installation of the Solaris 9 9/05 OS rather than an earlier
■ Acquire and install a new version of the unbundled product that is supported on the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment. Note that in this case you might need to remove the previous version of the unbundled product prior to upgrading to the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment. See the unbundled product documentation for more details. ■ Remove the unbundled product prior to upgrading to the Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment.
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drives on Headless Systems (Bug ID 4365497) Power management of interactive devices such as removable media is linked with power management of your monitor and the graphics card that drives your monitor. If your screen is active, devices such as the CD-ROM drive and diskette are kept at full-power mode. This means that if you are running a system without a monitor, these devices might go into low-power mode.
New Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) Documentation This release includes the Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide, part number 819-1501-10, which replaces the following three documents: ■ ■ ■ Sun Fire High-End Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide Sun Fire Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide Sun System Management Services (SMS) Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide For the latest information, refer to the online version of the above document at: http://
CHAPTER 2 End-of-Support Products This chapter announces: ■ ■ “Products Not Supported in the Solaris 9 9/05 HW Operating Environment” on page 9 “Future End-of-Support Products” on page 11 Products Not Supported in the Solaris 9 9/05 HW Operating Environment Support for the following products has been discontinued. For more information, contact your support provider.
Alternate Pathing Multipath I/O Alternate Pathing (AP) multipath I/O technology is no longer included in this release. It has been replaced by the newer, more scalable technologies of MPxIO and IPMP. These technologies present better overall multipath solutions with refined, user-friendly interfaces that are well integrated with Solaris. IPMP also provides true automatic switching for networks upon error detection.
ShowMe TV ShowMe™ TV is no longer supported in this release. Solaris Maintenance Updates The Solaris Maintenance Updates (MUs), a separate patch collection provided in conjunction with the Solaris Update Releases, are not available for this release, neither as a CD image nor as a download.
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ SPARCclassic SPARCstation™ LX / LX+ SPARCstation 4 SPARCstation 5 SPARCstation 10 SPARCstation 20 Tape Devices The following tape devices might not be supported in a future release of the Solaris operating environment: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun StorEdge™ DLT4700 tape autoloader StorEdge L140 tape library StorEdge L280 tape autoloader StorEdge L400 tape library StorEdge L1800 tape library StorEdge L3500 tape library StorEdge L11000 tape library Storage Interfaces The followin
■ ■ ■ ■ Sun Sun Sun Sun StorEdge StorEdge StorEdge StorEdge A3000 system A3500 system A3500FC system A1000 array Chapter 2 End-of-Support Products 13
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CHAPTER 3 Open Issues This chapter discusses: ■ ■ ■ ■ “Issues Specific to Systems Using Solaris 9 9/05 HW” on page 15 “Application-Specific Issues” on page 20 “Platform-Specific Issues” on page 21 “Other Issues” on page 25 Issues Specific to Systems Using Solaris 9 9/05 HW The issues in this section affect Sun SPARC systems and hardware that must use the Solaris 9 9/05 HW release: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ultra 25 Ultra 45 Sun Fire V215 Sun Fire V245 Sun Fire V445 Netra CP 3010 board XVR-300 frame buffer For the
Electronic Disk Label Might Not Be on a Replacement or an Optional Disk Drive If a disk does not have a disk label or the disk label is incorrect, a Solaris installation is likely to fail with one of the following error messages: No Disks found. Check to make sure disks are cabled and powered up. Press OK to Exit. One or more disks are found, but one of the following problems exists: > Hardware failure > Unformatted disk There are no selected disks available for software configuration.
Workaround: On the ALOM console, the showfru command can provide the same information for the Sun Fire V215, V245, or V445 server. Note – This workaround is not available for the Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 workstation. Garbage Characters Might Appear in a Console After Exiting From an rlogin to Another Host (Bug ID 6403830) When this situation occurs, there is no loss in functionality. You can safely ignore the message containing garbage characters.
Reboot the system to implement the change. If messages about correctable errors continue to appear, refer to the Product Notes for that system for additional information and recommendations. Systems Equipped With the XVR-300 Frame Buffer Might Experience a System Panic or Reset Under Heavy Graphics Load (Bug ID 6455050) A heavy graphics load, such as running multiple instances of OpenGL in immediate mode, might cause a completion timeout, resulting in a system panic.
Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 Workstation With Multiple Ethernet Adapters Might Experience a Panic Under Extreme Network Load (Bug ID 6473168) A panic might occur on a Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 workstation equipped with both a Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter (X4151A-2) and a Sun Quad GigaSwift PCI-X Ethernet Adapter (X4445A), when all the onboard and additional network ports on the PCI adapters are subject to extreme network load. Workaround: Reduce the network load, if possible.
2. After booting to Solaris, run the following command as superuser: #/usr/sbin/devfsadm -C When Hot-Plugging a Power Supply on a Sun Fire V445, PICL Commands Might Not Report Some New Power Supply Information (Bug ID 6430436) Workaround: After hot-plugging a power supply, restart PICL by entering these commands as superuser: # /etc/init.d/picld stop # /etc/init.
SunVTS The SunVTS diagnostic software now has its own release note document. For the latest information on features and bugs, see the SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 12 Release Notes, part number 819-7777, at: http://www.sun.com/documentation Sun Remote System Control This information on Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2.3 hardware and software issues can be found in the Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2.3 Release Notes, part number 819-2022, at: http://www.sun.
■ Netra 1280 If this problem occurs, the following error message is displayed: panic[cpu0]/thread=140a000: BAD TRAP: type=34 rp=147e9e0 addr=5586ee326973add3 mmu_fsr=0 The ok prompt is displayed. Workaround: Update the firmware by applying the appropriate firmware patch. For Sun Fire 3800, 4800, 4810 or 6800 servers, apply one of the following patches: ■ ■ Patch ID 112883-05 (5.14.4 firmware update) Patch ID 112884-04 (5.15.
2. Install patch 111092-02 or later (this is a prerequisite to Step 4). Do not reboot the system between Steps 3 and 4. 3. Install patch 111952-02 or later. This installs OpenBoot PROM version 4.0.9 or later. This problem only applies to Netra X1 systems, not to Sun Fire V100 systems. Sun StorEdge Systems Incorrect Parameters Might Cause Panic in Sun StorEdge T3 (Bug ID 4319812) A Sun StorEdge T3 system might panic if an application uses the HTTP interface to send tokens with out-of-range parameters.
Sun Fire V250 Installation The SUNWCXall software metacluster must be installed on a Sun Fire V250. Sun Fire 6800 Might Crash When Running trapstat (Bug IDs 4978865 and 4979012) Running the trapstat command on a Sun Fire 6800 might result in a crash and error messages naming fatal conditions.
To find out whether the patch already exists on your system, type: % showrev -p | grep 112829 If Patch 112829-05 is not installed, no data is returned. If this happens, perform the following procedure: 1. Apply patch 112829-05 to both system controllers according to the instructions in the patch README file. Note special installation instructions. 2. Use the flashupdate command to update the LPOST image on CPU/MCPU boards. Refer to the flashupdate man page for specific command syntax.
Pulled Cable on Dual-Channel FC PCI Card Is Undetected (Bug ID 4438711) The device driver does not detect when the cable is disconnected from the port and pulled away from the connector edge of the dual-channel FC PCI card. Workaround: Install Patch 111097-08 or later. Further information about this patch is available at the SunSolve™ web site at: http://sunsolve.sun.com Devices Might Not Appear After Boot (Bug ID 4456545) qlc might remain offline, preventing devices appearing after boot.
Some DVD and CD-ROM Drives Fail to Boot Solaris (Bug ID 4397457) The default timeout value for the SCSI portion of the SunSwift™ PCI Ethernet/SCSI host adapter (X1032A) card does not meet the timeout requirements of Sun’s SCSI DVD-ROM drive (X6168A). With marginal media, the DVD-ROM occasionally experiences timeout errors. The only exceptions are Sun Fire 6800, 4810, 4800, and 3800 systems, which overwrite the SCSI timeout value by means of OpenBoot PROM.
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CHAPTER 4 Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire Midrange Systems This chapter describes major issues related to dynamic reconfiguration (DR) on Sun Fire midrange (E6900/E4900/6800/4810/4800/3800) systems running Solaris 9 9/05 software. It includes the following topics: ■ ■ “General Information” on page 29 “Known DR Software Bugs” on page 31 General Information This section contains general information about DR on Sun Fire midrange systems.
Note – To take advantage of the latest firmware features and bug fixes, run the most recent SC firmware on your Sun Fire midrange system. For the latest patch information, see http://sunsolve.sun.com TABLE 4-1 Minimum SC Firmware for Each Platform/Solaris Release Platform Solaris Release Minimum SC Firmware E6900/E4900 Support begins with Solaris 9 4/04 5.16.0 6800/4810/4800/3800 Solaris 9 4/04 5.14.4 6800/4810/4800/3800 Solaris 9 5.12.
Known DR Software Bugs This section lists important DR bugs. cfgadm_sbd Plug-In Signal Handling Is Broken (BugID 4498600) Description: Sending a catchable signal, such as SIGINT sent by CTRL-C, to one or more cfgadm instances can cause those instances to hang. The problem is more likely to occur when multiple cfgadm processes are running, and can affect cfgadm instances on system boards, processors, I/O boards, and PCI slot attachment points.
Cannot DR Out cPCI IB with P0 Disabled (BugID 4798990) Description: On Sun Fire midrange systems, a compact PCI (cPCI) I/O board cannot be unconfigured when Port 0 (P0) on that board is disabled. This problem exists only on systems running Solaris 9 or Solaris 8 software with PatchID 108528-23. It occurs only during DR operations that involve cPCI boards, and displays an error message similar to the following: # cfgadm -c unconfigure NO.IB7 cfgadm: Hardware specific failure: unconfigure N0.
CHAPTER 5 Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire High-End Systems This chapter describes major domain-side dynamic reconfiguration (DR) bugs on Sun Fire high-end (Sun Fire E25K/E20K/15K/12K) systems running Solaris 9 9/05 software. It includes the known bugs at the time of this release. For information about SMS-side DR bugs, see the SMS Release Notes for the version of SMS running on your system.
Workaround: No workaround is necessary, but to prevent the message from displaying, add the following line to /etc/system: set pcisch:pci_preserve_iommu_tsb=0 glm: Hang in scsi_transport During DR (BugID 4737786) Description: A cfgadm(1M) unconfigure operation on permanent memory executed on a system with a glm driver that is active might hang. The problem is specific to DR operations involving permanent memory, which require that the system be quiesced by means of suspend/resume.
contributing to the problem are that Solaris does not expect processors to be in the powered-off state long-term, and psradm(1M) does not allow transitioning of processors to the powered-off state. Workaround: Do not use psradm(1M) to offline a processor that is in the poweredoff state. cfgadm_sbd Plugin Signal Handling Is Broken (BugID 4498600) Description: Sending a catchable signal, such as SIGINT sent by CTRL-C, to one or more cfgadm instances can cause those instances to hang.
Page Removal Causes a Good Page to be Removed After a DR Operation (BugID 4860955) Description: The automatic page removal feature may result in removal of a good page after a DR operation. Workaround: Disable automatic_page_removal.
CHAPTER 6 Sun Enterprise Midrange Systems This chapter contains the latest information for the Sun Enterprise systems running the Solaris 9 9/05 operating environment. These include the Sun Enterprise 6500, 6000, 5500, 5000, 4500, 4000, 3500, and 3000 systems, and the Sun Fire E2900, E4900 and E6900 systems.
Supported Hardware Before proceeding, ensure that the system supports dynamic reconfiguration. If you see the following message on your console or in your console logs, the hardware is of an older design and not suitable for dynamic reconfiguration. Hot Plug not supported in this system I/O board type 2 (graphics), type 3 (PCI), and type 5 (graphics and SOC+) are not currently supported.
Quiesce Test On a large system, the quiesce-test command (cfgadm -x quiesce-test sysctrl0:slotnumber) might run as long as a minute or so. During this time no messages are displayed if cfgadm does not find incompatible drivers. This is normal behavior.
Disabled Memory List For information about the OpenBoot PROM disabled-memory-list setting, refer to the section “Specific NVRAM Variables” in the Platform Notes: Sun Enterprise 3x00, 4x00, 5x00, and 6x00 Systems in the Solaris on Sun Hardware documentation set in this release. Unloading Detach-Unsafe Drivers If it is necessary to unload detach-unsafe drivers, use the modinfo(1M) line command to find the module IDs of the drivers.
Known Bugs The following list is subject to change at any time. Memory Interleaving Set Incorrectly After a Fatal Reset (Bug ID 4156075) Memory interleaving is left in an incorrect state when a Sun Enterprise x500 server is rebooted after a fatal reset. Subsequent DR operations fail. The problem only occurs on systems with memory interleaving set to min. Workarounds: Two choices are listed. ● To clear the problem after it occurs, manually reset the system at the OK prompt.
DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory Board That Has Permanent Memory (Bug ID 4210280) To unconfigure and subsequently disconnect a CPU board with memory or a memory-only board, it is necessary to first unconfigure the memory. However, some memory cannot currently be relocated. This memory is considered permanent.
Cannot Drain or Detach Sun Enterprise Server Boards That Host QFE Cards (Bug ID 4231845) A server configured as a boot server for Solaris 2.5.1-based Intel platform clients runs several rpld jobs, whether or not such devices are in use. These active references prevent DR operations from detaching these devices. Workaround: Perform a DR detach operation: 1. Remove or rename the /rplboot directory. 2. Shut down NFS services with this command: # sh /etc/init.d/nfs.server stop 3.
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CHAPTER 7 Sun Enterprise 10000 Systems This chapter contains the release notes for the following features on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server: ■ ■ ■ “Dynamic Reconfiguration Issues” on page 45 “InterDomain Networks (IDN)” on page 47 “Solaris Operating Environment” on page 47 Dynamic Reconfiguration Issues DR Model 3.0 You must use DR model 3.0 on Sun Enterprise 10000 domains that run the Solaris 9 12/03 operating environment or later. DR model 3.
Note – DR model 3.0 is the only DR model supported for the Solaris 9 9/05 release. For details on DR model 3.0, refer to the Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide. General Issues This section contains general issues that involve DR on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server. You should read this section before you attempt to install or configure DR. DR and Bound User Processes For Solaris 9 9/05, DR no longer automatically unbinds user processes from CPUs that are being detached.
InterDomain Networks (IDN) General Issues For a domain to become part of an IDN, all boards in that domain that have active memory must have at least one active CPU. Solaris Operating Environment This section contains general issues, known bugs, patches, and notes about the Solaris 9 9/05 operating environment on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server. General Issues Dynamic reconfiguration (DR) and InterDomain Networks are supported in the Solaris 9 9/05 release.
Solaris 9 9/05 and Boot Disk Partition Sizes If you are upgrading the operating environment from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 9 9/05 and you used the partition layout suggested in the SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6, the partitions might not be large enough for the upgrade. For instance, the /usr partition must be at least 653 megabytes. If /usr is smaller than the size needed to perform the upgrade, suninstall uses the Dynamic Space Reallocation (DSR) mode to reallocate the space of the disk partitions.
