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SP ARC ® Enter pr ise M8000/M9000 Ser v ers Product Notes F or XCP v ersion 1072 Order No . U41813-J-Z816-1-76 P ar t No. 82 0-6008-10 September 2008, Re vision A[...]

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v Contents Preface vii Technical Support vii Software Resources vii Accessing Documentation viii Fujitsu Siemens Computers Welcomes Your Comments viii General Info rmation about XCP 1 Supported Firmware and Operating System 1 Solaris OS Patch Info rmation 2 Patches for SP ARC64 VI Processors 2 Patches for SP ARC64 VII Processors 2 Updating to XCP 3[...]

vi SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1072 • September 2008 Hardware Issues and Workarounds 7 Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards 7 Information ab out Software 8 XCP Issues and Workarounds 8 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds 12 Software Documentation Upd ates 27 Identifying Degraded Memory in a System 29 Identifying [...]

vii Pr eface These product notes contain late-br eaking information about the SP ARC ® Enterprise M8000/M9000 server har dware, softwar e, or documentation that became known after the documentation set was published. T echnical Support If you have technical questions or issues that ar e not addressed in the SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers do[...]

viii SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Produc t Notes for XCP Version 1072 • September 2008 Accessing Documentation Instructions for installing, admin i ster ing, and using your SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers ar e provided in th e SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers documentation set. The documentation set is available for download fr[...]

1 General Information about XCP 1072 This section describes the g e neral information about XCP 1072. ■ Supported Firmware and Operating System ■ Updating to XCP ■ Functionality Issues and Limitations Supported Firmwar e and Operating System The following firmwar e and operating system (OS) ar e supported in this release. T ABLE 1 Firmware an[...]

2 SP ARC Enter prise M80 00/M9000 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1 072 • Septe mber 2008 Note – By using the Solaris 10 8/07 installation DVD, you cannot boot the domain mounted with the SP ARC64 VII pr ocessors. When you newly install Solaris OS to a domain mounted with the SP ARC64 VII pr ocessors, use the Solaris 10 5/08 installatio[...]

General In formation about XCP 107 2 3 ■ 1 1 9254-51 or later ■ 125891-01 or later ■ 127755-01 or later ■ 127127-1 1 The patches ar e not requir ed for server s running Solari s 10 5/08 OS or later . Note – See “Software Resources” on page vii for information on how to find the latest patch es. Installation information and README file[...]

4 SP ARC Enter prise M80 00/M9000 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1 072 • Septe mber 2008 Updating fr om a V ersio n Earlier Than XCP 1050 ■ Y ou cannot update to XCP 1071 or later dir ectly . If you are curr ently running a version earlier than XCP 1050, you must first update to an interim version of XCP be tween 1050 and 1070 (inclusi[...]

General In formation about XCP 107 2 5 General Functionality Is sues and Limitations Caution – For dynamic r econfiguration (DR) and hot-plug issues, see T ABLE 4 . ■ Domains using the ZFS file system cannot use Dynamic Reconfiguration. ■ The maximum number of IOUA (Base I/O Ca rd) car ds per domain is limited to six car d s. ■ Do not use t[...]

6 SP ARC Enter prise M80 00/M9000 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1 072 • Septe mber 2008 ■ On the SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M900 0 servers with XCP 1050 or later , the dual XSCF Unit feature is working. Ther efore, you can not downgrad e SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers with XC P 1050 or later to XCP 1040 or XCP 1041, which does not[...]

Inf or mation about Hardw are 7 Information about Har dware This section describes the sp ecial instructions and the issues about the SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers har dware. ■ Hardwa re Issues and W orkarounds H a rd w a re I s s u e s a n d W o r k a ro u n d s T ABLE 2 lists known hardwar e issues and possible workarounds . Sun Crypto [...]

8 SP ARC Enter prise M80 00/M9000 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1 072 • Septe mber 2008 Information about Softwar e This section describes th e special instru ctions and the issues about the SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers softwar e. ■ XCP Issues and W orkar ounds ■ Solaris OS Issues and W orkarounds ■ Software Documentation[...]

Information about So ftware 9 RT IF 1 - 070823-001 Using the XSCF W eb, when you selected SSH on the snapshot screen , the maximum number of character input for Host, Directory , ID, and Password doesn't corr espond to the maximum number of character input on th e XSCF Shell. T o specify the value which exce eds the maximum numbe r of charac t[...]

10 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 RT IF 1 - 070914-025 When you execute XCP Sync on the Firmware Update page, a fter 15 minutes, the err or message "Another flashupdate is now processing" or "The pa ge cannot be displayed" may appea r . There is no workaround. Howe[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 11 RT IF 1 - 080512-001 When you specify " localhost " to the hostnam e of the sethostname (8) command and reset XSCF by usi ng the applynetwork (8) and the rebootxscf (8) commands, a pr ocess goes down in XSCF . Do not specify " localhost " to the hostname of the sethostname (8) comm and. RT IF 1 -[...]

12 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 Solaris OS Issues and W orkar ounds T ABLE 4 lists known Solaris OS issues and possible workar ounds T ABLE 4 Solaris OS Issues and W orkar ounds CR ID Description W orkaround 5076574 A PCIe error can lead to an invalid fault diagnosis on a large M800[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 13 6449315 The Solaris OS cfgadm (1M) command do es not unconfigure a DVD drive fr om a domain on a SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M90 00 server . Disable the V olume Management Daemon ( vold ) before unconf iguring a D VD drive wi th the cfgadm (1M ) command. To d i s a b l e vold , s top the daemon by issuing the command /e[...]

14 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 6481002 Installing the Solari s OS from the network using certain PCI-Expr ess cards may cause a panic. If you are using a Sun PCI-E Dual Gi gabit E t h e r ne t A d ap t er MM F ca r d or a Su n P CI - E Dual Gigabit Ethern et Adapter UTP card, do no[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 15 6498283 Using the DR deleteboard (8 ) command while psradm operations are running on a domain might cause a system panic. This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07. For Solaris 10 1 1/06 , this has been fixed in patch 12001 1-07. There is no workaround. 6499304 CPU isn't offlined and unexpected message is disp[...]

16 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 6508432 Many correctable errors (CE) may occur , and despite thes e are the correctable errors, domain may panic. This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07. For Solaris 10 1 1/06, this has been fixed in patch 12001 1-08. [ Workaround ] Set the follo [...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 17 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 r e-plumb the interface manually: # ifconfig interface plumb xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask + broadcast + up # ifconfig interface group group-name # ifconfig int[...]

18 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 6522433 After the CPU hardware err or occurred, the fmdump (1M) command on the domain may display an incorr ect faulty component. This bug has been f ixed in Sola ris 10 5/08. For Solaris 10 8/07 or earlier , this has b e en fixed in patch 127127-1 1.[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 19 6531668 System hangs when executing parallel hot plug operation with SP DR in suspend phas e. There is no workaround. 6532215 volfs or dscp service may fail when domain is booted. svc:/platform/sun4u/dscp:default: Method "/lib/svc/method/svc-dscp start" failed with exit status 95. svc:/system/filesystem/vo[...]

20 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 6536564 showlogs (8) and showstatus (8) command on XSCF m ight report wrong I/O component due to wrong diagnosis by Solaris Fault management Archit ecture when faults in I/O devices occur . This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 5/08. For Solaris 10 8/[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 21 6542632 Memory leak in PCIe module if driver atta ch fails. This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07. For Solaris 10 1 1/06 , this has been fixed in patch 12001 1-09. There is no workaround. 6545143 When kcage thread is expanding the kcage area, if the user stack exists in the exp anded area, its ar e a is demappe[...]

22 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 6559504 Messages of the form nxge: N OTICE: nxge_ipp_eccue_valid_check: r d_ptr = nnn wr_ptr = nnn will be observed on the console with the following cards: • X4447A-Z, PCI-e Quad-p ort Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP • X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigab[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 23 6584984 On SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M 9000 servers, busstat (1M) command may cause r ebooting of domains. This bug has been fi xed in Sola ris 10 5/08. For Solaris 10 8/07 or earl ier , this has been fixed in patch 127127-1 1. There is no workar ound. Do not use busstat (1M) command. Check for the availability of a p[...]

24 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 6614737 The DR deleteboard (8) and moveboard (8) operations might hang if any of the fo llowing conditions exist: • A DIMM has been degraded. • T h e d o ma i n c on t ai n s s ys t em bo a r d s w it h differ ent memory size. This has been fixed [...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 25 6632549 fmd service on domain might fail to maintenance mode after DR operations. This has been fixed in patch 138050-01. [ Workaround ] If fmd serv ice fails, issue the foll owing commands on the domain to recover: # svcadm clear fmd 6660168 If a ubc.piowbeue-cpu error occurs on a domain, the Solaris Fault Manageme[...]

26 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 6660197 DR might cause the domain to hang if either of the following conditions exist: • A domain contains 256 or more CPUs. • Memory error occurred and the DIMM has been degraded. This has been fixed in patch 138397-01. [ Workaround ] 1. Set the [...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 27 Softwar e Documentation Updates This section contains la te-breaking software information that became k nown after the documentation set was publ ished and corrections in the SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers softwar e documentation. The corrections for SP ARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers XSCF Refe[...]

28 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 SP ARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M 8000/ M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual sendbreak (8) command The sendbreak (8) command will not work when the secure mode is set to on while the mode swi tch on the operator panel is set to locked. Refer to the setdo[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 29 Identifying Degraded Memory in a System 1. Log in to XSC F . 2. T y pe the following comm and: The following example identifies DIMM number 00A on CMU#3 has degraded memory .. Identifying Dif ferent Memory Sizes in a System Boar d T o identify if the domain contains system boards with dif ferent memory sizes, you ca[...]

30 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 2. T y pe the following comm and: The following example displays 00-0 has 64GB of memory while the other system boards have 16 GB. Using the prtdiag Command to Identify Memory Size ■ On the domain, execute the prtdiag command. The following example [...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 31 Identifying Permanent Memory in a T ar get Board 1. Log in to XSC F . 2. Execute the following command: The following example sh ows a display of the showdevices -d command wher e 0 is the domain_id . The entry for column 4 perm mem MB indi cates the presence of permanent memory if the value is non-zero. The example[...]

32 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 CPU Upgrade This section des cribes the procedur e to mount the SP ARC64 VII pr ocessor on the SP ARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 server . ■ Adding a New CMU Equipped with SP ARC64 VII as a New Doma in ■ Upgrading an On-CMU SP ARC64 VI to SP ARC64 VI I[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 33 Adding a New CMU Equipped with SP ARC64 VII as a New Domain 1. Log in to the XSCF on an account with platform administrat ive privileges. 2. Us e the showstatus (8) command to confirm that a component in Faulted or Deconfigured status doesn't exist. If no failures found, the follo wing message appears: " N[...]

34 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 Note – Do not fail to execute the diagnosis o f newly mounte d CMU in t h e maintenance menu of addfru (8) command. 10. Confirm that the mo unted CPU mod ule has been re cognized by the server , and the error indicator asterisk (*) is not displayed.[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 35 18. Install Solaris 10 5/08. 19. Use the setdomainmode (8) command, enable the aut oboot function of the domain. For detail, see the SP ARC Enterpr ise M4000/M5000/M8 000/M9000 Servers XSCF User ’ s Guide . The autoboot function is applied by a domain reboot. Upgrading an On-CMU SP ARC64 VI to SP ARC64 VII, or Add[...]

36 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 8. Collect an XSCF snapshot to archive system status prior to upgrade. This will be help in case any pr oblem occurred in this procedur e. 9. Update the X CP version to 1072. Before updating the XCP , be sure to see “Upd ating to XCP” on page 3 . [...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 37 14. T urn off the power to the t arget domain. 15. Upgrade an on-CMU SP ARC64 VI processors to SP ARC64 VII processors, or add SP ARC64 VII processors to an existing CMU. ■ For upgrading the CPU, operate by hot r e placement, referring to "6.2 Active Replacement and Hot Replacement" in SP ARC Enterprise [...]

38 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 21. Power on the target domains. 22. Confirm that the target domain has been correctly started. 23. Confirm no abnorm ality occurred by using showlogs error -v and showstatus (8) commands. If you encounter any hard ware abnormality of the XSCF contact[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 39 7. Change the key position on the oper ator p anel from Locked to Service. 8. Collect an XSCF snapshot to arch ive system status prior to upgrade. This will be help in case any pr oblem occurred in this procedur e. 9. Update the XCP version t o 1071 or later . Before updating the XCP , be sure to see “Upd ating to[...]

40 SP ARC Enterpr ise M8000/M900 0 Ser vers Product Notes for XCP V ersion 1072 • September 2008 In case that the OpenBoot PROM version of the XSB to which the resour ce of the target CMU has been assigned is not displayed as 02.03.0000 , c ontact a service engineer . 14. T urn off the target domain. 15. Mount the CPU module (CPUM) on the CMU for[...]

Inf or mation about Softw are 41 ■ Set up the CPU operat iona l mode of the domain. For each setting, see the SP ARC Enterprise M4000/M50 00/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User ’ s Guide . 21. Power on the ta rget domains. 22. Confirm that the target domain has been correctly started. 23. Confirm no abnorm ality occurred by using showlogs error -v an[...]

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