SPARC® Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes For XCP version 1041 Manual Code C120-E466-04EN Part No.
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Contents Preface vii Technical Support vii Software Resources vii Accessing Documentation viii Fujitsu Welcomes Your Comments Revision History ix ix SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes Supported Versions of Firmware and Software Patch Information 1 2 Solaris Patch Information Known Issues 1 2 3 General Functionality Issues and Limitations Hardware Installation and Service Issues Specific Issues and Workarounds About the interference of nut Cable Connections 4 4 5 Hardw
Installing the PCI Cassette DIMM Replacement Software Issues 11 11 13 XCP Issues and Workarounds 13 Solaris Issues and Workarounds 16 Identifying Permanent Memory in a Target Board Software Documentation Updates vi 26 27 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1041 • October 2007
Preface These product notes contain late-breaking information about the SPARC® Enterprise M4000/M5000 server hardware, software, or documentation that became known after the documentation set was published. Technical Support If you have technical questions or issues that are not addressed in the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers documentation, contact a sales representative or a certified service engineer.
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x SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1041 • October 2007
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes These product notes contain late-breaking information about the SPARC® Enterprise M4000/M5000 server hardware, software, or documentation that became known after the documentation set was published.
Caution – CR ID #6534471: Improper handling of large page in kernel memory may cause random panics. Implement the workaround for CR ID #6534471 or check for the availability of a patch and install it immediately. This bug has been fixed by 125100-06. ■ The first version of the Solaris™ Operating System (OS) to support these servers is the Solaris 10 11/06 OS. ■ XCP 1041 supports the External I/O Expansion Unit. ■ This XCP release does not support the Capacity-On-Demand (COD) feature.
Known Issues This section describes known issues in this release. General Functionality Issues and Limitations ■ Because the term, admin, will be reserved for the system use in next version of XCP, please avoid using it to user account name. If you use the term, admin, to user account name, you have to delete it before upgrading the XCP. ■ Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) is not recommended in cases below, due to the following restrictions on the DR addboard(8), deleteboard(8), and moveboard (8) commands.
■ For 4447A-Z/X4447A-Z, PCIe Quad-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP cards, these maximum limits apply: ■ No more than two cards per I/O boat ■ No more than four cards in a SPARC Enterprise M4000 server ■ No more than eight cards in a SPARC Enterprise M5000 server Hardware Installation and Service Issues This section describes hardware specific issues and workarounds. Specific Issues and Workarounds TABLE 1 lists known hardware issues and possible workarounds.
About the interference of nut When you mount the SPARC Enterprise M4000 or M5000 server on the 19-inch rack, as you insert it all the way seated in the rack, the nut anchoring the bezel may interfere with the rack column and the server may fail to be seated correctly. In such a case, please replace the bezel anchoring nut and ring with the E-Ring. 1. Remove the interfering bezel anchoring nut and ring.
2. In place of the removed nut and ring, attach the E-Ring, included in the rack mount kit. E-Ring 3. Insert the server all the way seated in the rack, to lock it in place.
Hardware Documentation Updates TABLE 2 lists known documentation updates. TABLE 2 Documentation Updates Title Page Number Update All DVD references are now referred to as CD-RW/DVD-RW. All SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers documentation Updated glossary terms: External I/O Expansion Unit — A rack mountable device to add-on PCI slots. It is connected to the system’s I/O unit through the PCIe connection and contains one or two I/O boats. I/O boat — An I/O unit in the External I/O Expansion Unit.
TABLE 2 Documentation Updates (Continued) Title Page Number Update SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual 4-11 4.4.3, "Powering the Server Off Manually" Step 4 "Verify the state of the status XSCF STANDBY LED on the operator panel is off" should be replaced with the following description: "Verify the state of the status Power LED on the operator panel is off." SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual 8-5 8.1.
TABLE 2 Documentation Updates (Continued) Title Page Number SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual 9-1 15-1 Update CHAPTER 9, "XSCF Unit Replacement" CHAPTER 15, "Operator Panel Replacement" The following important message will be added. Note – If you replace the XSCF unit and the operator panel simultaneously, system will not operate normally.
Cable Connections The following changes belong in the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Installation Guide.
Updates of the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual The following information supersedes the information in the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual. Installing the PCI Cassette Caution – Do not force the PCI cassette into a slot. Doing so can cause damage to the cassette and server. 1. Align the PCI cassette on the gray plastic guide and install it into the slot. 2. Lock the lever into place to seat the cassette.
Here are the DIMM mount conditions: DIMM mounting rules: ■ ■ ■ ■ 12 Four(4) DIMMs per group can be mounted. Capacity of the DIMMs in group A must be equal to or larger than the capacity of the DIMMs in group B. The capacity of the DIMMs in group B must be equal to or less than the capacity of the DIMMs in group A. DIMMs in group B are optional. For both groups, DIMMs must be of the same capacity and rank within a group. DIMMs of different capacity cannot be mixed in a group.
Software Issues This section describes software specific issues and workarounds. XCP Issues and Workarounds TABLE 5 lists known XCP issues and possible workarounds. TABLE 5 XCP Issues and Workarounds ID Description Workaround RTIF1070418-004 All domains must be powered off before upgrading the XCP firmware. Power off domains before using the flashupdate(8) command to upgrade XCP firmware.
TABLE 5 XCP Issues and Workarounds (Continued) ID Description Workaround RTIF1070418-023 Using the rebootxscf(8) command may result in a process down error, and possibly an FMA event with MSG ID SCF-8005-NE. Ignore this event. RTIF1070418-025 showaudit all shows a long list of defaults in the policy section after the database is cleared.
TABLE 5 XCP Issues and Workarounds (Continued) ID Description Workaround RTIF1070904-005 Time can't be synchronized with the NTP server. Check the stratum value of the NTP server. The stratum value of XSCF is "5." The NTP server which the XSCF refers to must be a server on which the stratum value is smaller than 5. When you changed the NTP server to refer to, reboot the XSCF.
Solaris Issues and Workarounds TABLE 6 lists known issues and possible workarounds.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6466617 Performing a hot plug operation with the PCIExpress slot too quickly interrupts a PCI leaf reset and fails, creating a cfgadm: Component system is busy error. Pause a few seconds between the issue of each cfgadm -c command.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6496337 The "cpumem-diagnosis" module may fail to load after uncorrectable error(UE) panic. Systems will function correctly but events normally automatically diagnosed by FMA using this module will require manual diagnosis.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6502204 Unexpected error messages may be displayed on console on booting after CPU UE panic. Example: SUNW-MSG-ID: FMD-8000-11, TYPE: Defect, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Minor EVENT-TIME: Tue Jan 9 20:45:08 JST 2007 PLATFORM: SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise, CSN: 2030636002, HOSTNAME: P2-DC116-d0 If you see unexpected messages, use the XSCF command showdomainstatus(8) to check system status on XSCF.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6515648 "Replumb Failed" error appears when dr@0:SB1::memory fails. Once the DR operation is complete, it can be plumbed up manually. Example steps to re-plumb the interface manually: # ifconfig interface plumb xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask + broadcast + up # ifconfig interface group group-name # ifconfig interface addif xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -failover deprecated up This workaround assumes that the /etc/hostname.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6527811 showhardconf(8) on XSCF can not display PCI card information that is installed in External I/O Expansion Unit, if the External I/O Expansion Unit is configured using PCI hotplug. No workaround is available at this time. In case of each PCI card in the External I/O Expansion Unit is configured using PCI hotplug, the PCI card information is displayed correctly. 6529479 ereport.io.ddi.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6534471 Domain may panic. Add the following line to /etc/system and reboot the domain. set heaplp_use_stlb=0 This bug has been fixed by 125100-06. 6535564 PCI hot plug to PCI slot #0, #1 or External IO Expansion Unit may fail on XSB added by DR. There is no workaround. Use DR instead of PCI hot plug if need to add or remove PCI card on the XSB.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6542632 Memory leak in PCIe module if driver attach fails. There is no workaround. Check for the availability of a patch for this defect. 6545685 If the system has detected Correctable Memory Errors (CE) at power-on self-test (POST), the domains might incorrectly degrade 4 or 8 DIMMs.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6559504 Messages of the form nxge: NOTICE: nxge_ipp_eccue_valid_check: rd_ptr = nnn wr_ptr = nnn will be observed on the console with the following cards: • X4447A-Z, PCI-e Quad-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP • X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter These messages can be safely ignored.
TABLE 6 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued) CR ID Description Workaround 6572593 fmdump(1M) may show wrong faulty component when IOU hardware error occurs. Check system status on XSCF. 6589833 The DR addboard command might cause a system hang if you are adding a Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4Gb Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCI-E HBA card (SGXPCIE2FCQF4) at the same time that an SAP process is attempting to access storage devices attached to this card.
Identifying Permanent Memory in a Target Board 1. Log in to XSCF. 2. Execute the following command: XSCF> showdevices -d domain_id The following example shows a display of the showdevices -d command where 0 is the domain_id. XSCF> showdevices -d 0 ... Memory: ------DID 00 00 00 XSB 00-0 00-2 00-3 board mem MB 8192 8192 8192 perm mem MB 0 1674 0 base address 0x0000000000000000 0x000003c000000000 0x0000034000000000 domain target deleted remaining mem MB XSB mem MB mem MB 24576 24576 24576 ...
Software Documentation Updates This section contains late-breaking software information that became known after the documentation set was published and corrections in the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Software documentation. The corrections for SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual, if not otherwise specified, also apply to the man pages which XSCF provides. And they supersede the information on the man pages. TABLE 7 lists known documentation updates.
TABLE 7 Documentation Updates (Continued) Title SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/ M9000 Servers Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) User's Guide Page Number 2-27 Update 2.5 "Operation Management" The following sections will be added: 2.5.6, "XSCF Failover" An XSCF failover might prevent a DR operation from completing. To check, log in to the active XSCF, check the status of the system board and, if necessary, repeat the DR operation. 2.5.
