Installation guide
Self-Test Failure During a Connect Sequence
Remove the board from the system as soon as possible if the following error message is
displayed during a DR connect sequence:
cfgadm: Hardware specific failure: connect failed: firmware operation error
The board has failed self-test, and removing the board avoids possible reconguration errors
that can occur during the next reboot.
The failed self-test status does not allow further operations. Therefore, if you want to retry the
failed operation immediately, you must rst remove and then reinsert the board.
Known Bugs
The following list is subject to change at any time.
Network Device Removal Fails When a Program Is Holding the Device
Open (5054195)
If a process is holding open a network device, any DR operation that would involve that device
fails. Daemons and processes that hold reference counts stop DR operations from completing.
Workaround: As superuser, perform the following steps:
1. Remove or rename the /rplboot directory.
2. Shut down NFS services.
# sh /etc/init.d/nfs.server stop
3. Shut down Boot Server services.
# sh /etc/init.d/boot.server stop
4. Perform the DR detach operation.
5. Restart NFS services.
# sh /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
6. Restart Boot Server services.
# sh /etc/init.d/boot.server start
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