Fujitsu M8000, M9000 User Manual

SPARC® Enterprise

M8000/M9000 Servers

Product Notes

For XCP version 1060

Manual Code C120-E487-01EN
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November 2007, Revision A

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Contents

Preface vii

Technical Support vii

Software Resources vii

Accessing Documentation viii

Fujitsu Welcomes Your Comments ix

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 1

Supported Versions of Firmware and Software 1

Solaris Patch Information 2

Known Issues 4

General Functionality Issues and Limitations 4

Notes for XCP 1050 or Later 5

Notes for XSCF Web 5

Hardware Installation and Service Issues 6

Specific Issues and Workarounds 6

Hardware Documentation Updates 7

Updates of the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Site Planning

Guide 8

Bottom Views of the Components 8

Software Issues 10

v

XCP Issues and Workarounds 10

Solaris Issues and Workarounds 14

Identifying Permanent Memory in a Target Board 24

Preparing to Upgrade to XCP 1050 or Later 24

Upgrading From XCP104x to XCP 1050 or Later 25

Software Documentation Updates 30

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Preface

These product notes contain late-breaking information about the SPARC® Enterprise
M8000/M9000 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 M8000/M9000 servers documentation, contact a sales representative or a
certified service engineer.

Software Resources

The Solaris™ Operating System and Sun Java™ Enterprise System software are
preinstalled on your SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers.

Contact a sales representative or a certified service engineer for software resources
for your SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers.

vii

Note – For latest patch information go to:

Global Site

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products

-s/patch-info/

Japanese Site

http://software.fujitsu.com/jp/security/products-others/unix/

North American Site

https://download.computers.us.fujitsu.com/

Installation information and README files are included in the patch download.

Accessing Documentation

Instructions for installing, administering, and using your SPARC Enterprise
M8000/M9000 servers are provided in the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers
documentation set.
The documentation set is available for download from the following website:

Global Site

http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/manual/

Japanese Site

http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/manual/

North American Site

https://download.computers.us.fujitsu.com/

Note – Information in these product notes supersedes the information in the SPARC

Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers documentation set.

Solaris documentation is available at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

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Fujitsu Welcomes Your Comments

If you have any comments or requests regarding this manual, or if you find any
unclear statements in the manual, please state your points specifically, and forward
it to a sales representative or a certified service engineer.

Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback.

Preface ix

x SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes

These product notes contain late-breaking information about the SPARC® Enterprise
M8000/M9000 server hardware, software, or documentation that became known
after the documentation set was published.

■ Supported Versions of Firmware and Software

■ Solaris Patch Information

■ Known Issues

■ Notes for XCP 1050 or Later

■ Notes for XSCF Web

■ Hardware Installation and Service Issues

■ Hardware Documentation Updates

■ Software Issues

■ Software Documentation Updates

Supported Versions of Firmware and Software

The following firmware and software versions are supported in this release:

■ XSCF Control Package (XCP) 1060 or later

You can download the latest files of firmware at the following websites.
Global Site:

http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/firmware/

1

Japanese Site:

http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/download/firmwa
re/

Note – When the XCP version preinstalled in your server is under XCP 1060, you

must upgrade to XSCF Control Package(XCP) 1060 or later. Use the web browser
interface, also known as the browser user interface (BUI), to import XCP firmware
and then execute the flashupdate(8) command to upgrade the XCP firmware with
the XSCF Shell.

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 in
125100-06 and Solaris 10 8/07.

■ The first version of the Solaris™ Operating System (OS) to support these servers

is the Solaris 10 11/06 OS.

Note – All SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers must be upgraded to XCP 1050

or later in order to support adding future COD Right To Use (RTU) licenses. Contact
your local Service Representative for assistance.

Solaris Patch Information

This section lists mandatory patches for the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000
servers.

These patches are not required for servers running Solaris 10 8/07 OS.

■ 118833-36 (Install 118833-36 before 125100-04.)

■ 125100-04 or later

■ 120068-03 or later

■ 123839-07 or later

■ 125424-01 or later

■ 125075-01 or later

■ 125670-02 or later

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Note – See “Software Resources” on page vii for information on how to find the

latest patches. Installation information and README files are included in the patch
download.

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 3

Known Issues

This section describes known issues in this release.

General Functionality Issues and Limitations

Caution – For dynamic reconfiguration (DR) and hot-plug issues, see TABLE 4.

■ Domains using the ZFS file system can not use Dynamic Reconfiguration.

■ The maximum number of IOUA (Base I/O Card) cards per domain is limited to

six cards.

■ Do not use the internal CD-RW/DVD-RW drive unit and the TAPE drive unit at

the same time.

■ For this XCP release, the XSCF web browser interface, also known as the browser

user interface (BUI) does not support the External I/O Expansion Unit Manager
feature.

■ The XSCF web browser interface, also known as the browser user interface (BUI),

supports new feature concerning the COD configuration.

■ The XSCF does not support the Log Archiving feature.

■ When using XSCF as the NTP server of the domain, configure it so as not to block

the ICMP protocol of the DNS server and the NTP server which the XSCF refers
to.

■ When you use the external power control interface (EPC) of the external power

controller, the following notification signals are not supported;

■ the OS panic or the server hardware error signal (*CPUN/RTNU)

■ the server hardware error signal (power fail, temperature error, and fan error)

(*ALARM)

■ For 1027A-Z/X1027A-Z, PCIe Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP cards, these

limits apply:

■ Do not use more than two cards per domain.

■ Do not use these cards in an External I/O Expansion Unit.

■ For 4447A-Z/X4447A-Z, PCIe Quad-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP cards,

these maximum limits apply:

■ No more than two cards in an External I/O Expansion Unit.

■ No more than eight cards in a SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers.

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■ To complete updating the OpenBoot PROM firmware in the target domain, be

sure to power off/on the domain.

■ In case that Solaris OS is a single user mode, if you switch from the domain　

console to the XSCF Shell, Solaris OS might be started up to multi-user mode.　
When you operate the single user mode for Solaris OS, don't switch from the　
domain console to the XSCF Shell.

■ We recommend the domain to use the XSCF Unit as NTP server. In this case,

needs the following attention.

■ XSCF must be connected to an external NTP server

■ When you connect one or more NTP servers in addition to XSCF, connect the

same NTP server as XSCF is using

For details on NTP server, contact your technical support. For details on NTP
settings, refer to the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers XSCF
User's Guide.

Notes for XCP 1050 or Later

■ On the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers with XCP1050 or later, the dual

XSCF Unit feature is working. Therefore, you can not downgrade SPARC
Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers with XCP1050 or later to XCP1040 or XCP1041,
which does not support dual XSCF Unit feature.

■ You cannot use the following user account names, as they are reserved for system

use: root, bin, daemon, adm, operator, nobody, sshd, rpc, rpcuser, ldap, apache,
ntp, admin, and default.

Notes for XSCF Web

■ Using the XSCF Web, when you import XCP or update the firmware, Session ID

error may be displayed on the web browser. And in the Autologout setting, when
you specify the timeout period as over 30 minutes, Internal Server Error may be
displayed when you perform the firmware update.

■ When you use the XSCF Web, if a plug-in such as the search tool installed with

the browser, remove the plug-in or disable the pop-up blocking.

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 5

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.

TABLE 1 Hardware Issues and Workarounds

CR ID Description Workaround

6433420 The domain console might display a Mailbox

timeout or IOCB interrupt timeout error during
boot.

6488846 During boot, the domain console might display

a checksum error for the SG(X)PCI2SCSIU320­Z SCSI controller I/O card.

6557379 Power cables are not redundant on single

power feed servers without the dual power
feed option.

Issue a reset -all command from the
OpenBoot PROM (OK) prompt and reboot.

Check for the availability of the latest
controller card firmware.

On servers that have single power feed, all
power cables must be connected and powered
on at all times.

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Hardware Documentation Updates

TABLE 2 lists known documentation updates.

TABLE 2 Documentation Updates

Title Page Number Update

All SPARC Enterprise
M8000/M9000 servers
documentation

SPARC Enterprise
M8000/M9000 Servers
Overview Guide

1-8 TABLE 1-1 "Main Unit Specifications"

1-21 1.3.3, "I/O Unit"

1-26 1.5.3, "SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server (Expansion Cabinet)

All DVD references are now referred to as CD-RW/DVD-RW.

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. The
I/O boat connects to a PCI-Express (PCIe) slot through a PCIe
switch or a PCI-X bridge on the I/O boat and offers either six
PCI-X slots or six PCIe slots.

Main storage (memory module) describes the maximum
capacity when 8GB DIMM mounted; however, 8GB DIMM can't
be mounted at this time.

It describes the types of LAN port as "1000BASE-T/100Base­TX/100Base-T," which should be modified as "1000Base­T/100Base-TX/10Base-T."

Option"
It describes that the configuration can contain "up to 2B," which

should be modified as "2TB."
The memory size described here is the maximum capacity when

8GB DIMM mounted; however, 8GB DIMM can't be mounted at
this time.

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 7

Updates of the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000

Unit: mm (inch)

(Front view)

Caster

Feet

Opening for air inlet

Opening for cables
inlet and outlet

Servers Site Planning Guide

The following information supersedes the information in the SPARC Enterprise
M8000/M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide.

Bottom Views of the Components

This is to correct the description in Section 1.2.2.2, "Bottom View of the
Components", FIGURE 1-18 SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server + Power Cabinet
Bottom View and FIGURE 1-20 SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server (Base Cabinet) +
Power Cabinet Bottom View. The correct figures are as follows:

FIGURE1-18 SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server + Power Cabinet Bottom View

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FIGURE1-18 SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server (Base Cabinet) + Power Cabinet Bottom

Unit: mm (inch)

(Front view)

Caster

Feet

Opening for air inlet

Opening for cables

inlet and outlet

View

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 9

Software Issues

This section describes software specific issues and workarounds.

XCP Issues and Workarounds

TABLE 3 lists known XCP issues and possible workarounds.

TABLE 3 XCP Issues and Workarounds

ID Description Workaround

RTIF1­070418-009

RTIF1­070528-002

RTIF1­070823-001

RTIF1­070823-003

RTIF1­070824-002

RTIF1­070824-004

While XSCF is running, a process may go
down, a watchdog timeout may occur, or a
hang-up may occur. After this, XSCF may
reset.

While XSCF is running, watchdog timeout
may occur and XSCF may reboot.

Using the XSCF Web, when you selected SSH
on the snapshot screen, the maximum number
of character input for Host, Directory, ID, and
Password doesn't correspond to the maximum
number of character input on the XSCF Shell.

When you display the Logical tree on the
XSCF Web, the hardware configuration of CPU
or memory which assigned to the domain
appears differently from the actual domain
configuration.

On the XSCF Web, when you select Domain
Mode Configuration to perform various
settings, the pop-up screen may not appear but
"Undefined" may be displayed on the screen.

On the XSCF Web, on the Domain Status
screen, when you select an XSB displayed on
the Domain Component List, and in case the
selected XSB is not yet mounted or is Uni-XSB,
the pop-up screen displays no data.

Check that XSCF is started. If not started, use
the rebootxscf(8) command to restart XSCF,
or stop all the domains and then execute the
system power off/on (AC OFF/ON).

Check that XSCF is started. If not started, use
the rebootxscf(8) command to restart XSCF,
or stop all the domains and then execute the
system power off/on (AC OFF/ON).

To specify the value which exceeds the
maximum number of character input for the
XSCF Web, use XSCF Shell.

On the Menu, select Device Status to refer to
the domain hardware configuration. Or use the
showdevices(8) command to refer to the
domain hardware configuration.

Select Domain Mode Configuration one more
time and perform the settings. Or once
terminate the XSCF Web and then perform the
settings.

None available at this time.

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TABLE 3 XCP Issues and Workarounds (Continued)

ID Description Workaround

RTIF1­070824-005

On the XSCF Web, when you changed the
Refresh Interval value of the Monitor Message

Ignore the pop-up and close the screen.

Frame, the invalid pop-up "Confirmation
Domain mode" may appear.

RTIF1­070824-006

On the tab browser, to the same host, when
you perform multiple log-in with the user

When you use the tab browser, do not perform

multiple log-in to the same host.
accounts of different user privileges, the user
privilege of the last log-in user account will be
applied to those pages which you've already
logged in.

RTIF1­070824-008

On the Domain Configuration screen, when
you select an undefined Domain ID, the

None available at this time.

Configuration Policy remains as the content
which previously displayed.

RTIF1­070824-011

While using FireFox2, in the Configuration
policy setting on the Domain Configuration

From the Menu, select the Domain

Configuration page again.
screen, when you specify a domain which is in
operation, an error display pop-up appears.
When you click on the Back button on this
error display pop-up and click on the Cancel
button on the inquiry screen to re-display the
data, the system remains in the error message
screen.

RTIF1­070904-001

CLIs should display "Permission denied" when
it is executed in Standby XSCF.

Only the following CLIs can be executed on

the Standby XSCF: snapshot(8),

switchscf(8).

Do not attempt to run any other CLI on the

Standby. Such attempts will report various

errors.

RTIF1­070904-003

An incorrect domain state is reported. After
the command sendbreak(8) to domain is

There is no workaround. This is expected

behavior of the sendbreak(8) operation.
issued, showdomainstatus(8) continues to
show the state as "Running" when the domain
is actually at "ok" prompt.

RTIF1­070904-004

The latest communication field in
showarchiving(8) command is not updated
regularly.

Disabling and re-enabling archiving refreshes

the Latest communication field in

showarchiving(8) output.

RTIF1­070904-006

While executing the domain power-on,
domain reset or DR, in case the XSCF reboot
occurred, the process may be aborted in some
or all of the XSB.

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 11

Execute the domain reset one more time, or

power off the domain and then power on

again.

TABLE 3 XCP Issues and Workarounds (Continued)

ID Description Workaround

RTIF1­070914-006

When you set the XSCF user account name to
the maximum 32 characters, you can log in,

Use up to 31 characters to set the XSCF user

account name.
but then, when you execute the XSCF Shell or
operate the XSCF Web, "Permission denied"
occurs.

RTIF1­070914-019

The CLI 'showldap -c' (which displays
current LDAP certificates) will show proper
data only when used with the same user

Use the same user account for all LDAP

display or configuration operations, for both

CLI and XSCF Web.
account that had originally provided certificate
information using 'setldap -c'. Any other
user account will generate "Permission denied"
error. Similarly, the XSCF Web’s LDAP
Configuration pop-up screen will display no
data, when a different user account is used.

RTIF1­070914-020

On the User Account setting page on the User
Manager screen, after the password change

To change the password, select User Manager

on the Menu again.
resulted in "Change Password Error," when
you click on the REFRESH button, there
appears the error message "No user. The
request is aborted."

RTIF1­070914-021

During the Open BootPROM process, when
you power off the domain, the error log of

This error log can be safely ignored.

Domain hang-up detected (level3) may be
registered.

RTIF1­070914-023

When you specify the domain ID or XSB
number which are not supported on the

To specify the available domain ID or XSB

number on the machine.
machine, there appears the parameter error
message.

RTIF1­070914-025

RTIF1­071102-001

RTIF1­071102-002

When you execute XCP Sync on the Firmware
Update page, after 15 minutes, the error
message "Another flashupdate is now
processing" or "The page cannot be displayed"
may appear.

The XSCF firmware monitors itself and if it
detects any inconsistencies, it forces an XSCF
reboot.

The snmp daemon might quit. To restart the snmp daemon, issue the

None available at this time. However, the XCP

Sync process has been continuously executed.

Check the XSCF update completion message

on the monitoring message to confirm the

completion of Sync process.

There is no workaround. Allow the XSCF Unit

to finish rebooting. It returns to normal

operation within approximately 5 minutes.

command setsnmp enable.

12 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007

TABLE 3 XCP Issues and Workarounds (Continued)

ID Description Workaround

RTIF1­071116-001

After using the addfru(8) or replacefru(8)
command to hotplug a CMU, further DR
operations might fail with a misleading
message regarding the board being
unavailable for DR.

When performing the addfru(8) and
replacefru(8) commands, it is mandatory to
run diagnostic tests. If you forget to run the
diagnostic tests during

addfru(8)/replacefru(8) then either run
testsb(8) to test the CMU or remove the

CMU/IOU with the deletefru(8) command
and then use the addfru(8) command with the
diagnostic tests.

RTIF1­071116-002

Permanent memory DR operation during
XSCF failover might cause domain panic.

Do not start an XSCF failover while a DR
operation is running. Wait for a DR operation
to finish before starting the failover. If you start
the failover first, wait for the failover to finish
before starting the DR operation.

RTIF1­071116-003

Using the XSCF Web, when you selected COD,
codusage details cannot be displayed correctly.

Use showcodusage(8) command to display
the codusage.

RTIF1­071116-004

RTIF1­071116-004

RTIF1­071116-005

RTIF1­071116-006

When Internet Explorer 7 browser is used, the
License key deletion cannot be executed on the
BUI COD page.

When Internet Explorer 7 browser is used, the
License key deletion cannot be executed on the
BUI COD page.

While system power on, when the XSCF
switching performed by switchscf(8)
command, PANIC might be generated in XSCF
before it switches, and "SHUTDOWN timeout"
may be stored in the error log.

While XSCF is running, error message of
"hang-up is detected" might be displayed to
XSCF console, and XSCF may reboot.

Use other browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

• Firefox 2.0 or later

• Netscape Navigator 7.1 or later

Use deletecodlicense(8) command to
delete a license key. Or use other browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

• Firefox 2.0 or later

• Netscape Navigator 7.1 or later

None available at this time. This message can
be safely ignored.

Check that XSCF is started. If not started, use
the rebootxscf(8) command to restart XSCF,
or stop all the domains and then execute the
system power off/on (AC OFF/ON).

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 13

Solaris Issues and Workarounds

TABLE 4 lists known issues and possible workarounds.

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris

CR ID Description Workaround

5076574 A PCIe error can lead to an invalid fault

diagnosis on a large M9000/M8000 domain.

6303418 A SPARC Enterprise M9000 server with a

single domain and 11 or more fully populated
system boards might hang under heavy stress.

6348554 Using the cfgadm -c disconnect

command on the following cards might hang
the command during i_mdi_pi_offline:

• SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 Sun StorageTek
Enterprise Class 4Gb Dual-Port Fibre
Channel PCI-E HBA

• SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 Sun StorageTek
Enterprise Class 4Gb Single-Port Fibre
Channel PCI-E HBA

• SG-XPCI2FC-QF4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise
Class 4Gb Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X
HBA

• SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 Sun StorageTek Enterprise
Class 4Gb Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI-X
HBA

6416224 System performance can degrade using a

single NIC card with more than 5,000
connections.

6440061 The domain console may display this message:

ipsec_check_inbound_policy: Policy
Failure for the incoming packet (not

secure)

6441349 The system may hang if there is an I/O error

in the system.

Create a file /etc/fm/fmd/fmd.conf
containing the following lines;

setprop client. buflim 40m
setprop client. memlim 40m

Do not exceed 170 CPU strands.
Limit the number of CPU strands to one per

CPU core by using the Solaris psradm
command to disable the excess CPU strands.
For example, disable all odd-numbered CPU
strands.

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

There is no workaround.
Check for the patch 126670-10 for this defect.

Use multiple NIC cards to split network
connections.

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

This message can be safely ignored.

None available at this time.
This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

14 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6449315 The Solaris cfgadm(1M) command does not

unconfigure a DVD drive from a domain on a
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 server.

Disable the Volume Management Daemon
(vold) before unconfiguring a DVD drive with
the cfgadm(1M) command.

To disabl e vold, stop the daemon by issuing
the command /etc/init.d/volmgt stop.
After the device has been removed or inserted,
restart the daemon by issuing the command
/etc/init.d/volmgt start.

6459540 The DAT72 internal tape drive on SPARC

Enterprise M8000/M9000 may time out
during tape operations.

6466617 Performing a hot plug operation with the PCI-

Express slot too quickly interrupts a PCI leaf
reset and fails, creating a cfgadm: Component
system is busy error.

6472153 If you create a Solaris Flash archive on a non-

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 sun4u server
and install it on a SPARC Enterprise
M8000/M9000 sun4u server, the console's TTY
flags will not be set correctly. This can cause
the console to lose characters during stress.

6481002 Installing the Solaris from the network using

certain PCI-Express cards may cause a panic.

Add the following definition to

/kernel/drv/st.conf:

tape-config-list=
"SEAGATE DAT DAT72-000",
"SEAGATE_DAT____DAT72-000",
"SEAGATE_DAT____DAT72-000";
SEAGATE_DAT____DAT72-000=

1,0x34,0,0x9639,4,0x00,0x8c,0x8c,
0x8c,3;

There are four spaces between SEAGATE DAT
and DAT72-000.

Pause a few seconds between the issue of each
cfgadm -c command.

Just after installing Solaris OS from a Solaris
Flash archive, telnet into the SPARC Enterprise
M8000/M9000 server to reset the console's
TTY flags a follows:

# sttydefs -r console
# sttydefs -a console -i "9600 hupcl

opost onlcr crtscts" -f "9600"

This procedure is required only once.

If you are using a Sun PCI-E Dual Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter MMF card or a Sun PCI-E
Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP card, do
not install the Solaris using either of these
cards. Instead, use other network devices, such
as the onboard Gigabit Ethernet or another
network device.

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 15

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6485555 On the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000

servers, On-board Gigabit Ethernet NVRAM

None available at this time.
This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

corruption could occur due to a race condition.
The window of opportunity for this race

condition is very small.

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.

Example:

SUNW-MSG-ID: FMD-8000-2K, TYPE:
Defect, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Minor

EVENT-TIME: Thu Feb 15 15:46:57 JST
2007

PLATFORM: SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise,
CSN: BE80601007, HOSTNAME: col2-ff­em7-d0

If problem occurred, implement the following
workaround:

1. Remove the following file.

# rm /var/fm/fmd/ckpt/cpumem­diagnosis/cpumem-diagnosis

2. Restart fmd service.

# svcadm restart fmd

To avoid this problem in advance,
add "rm -f /var/fm/fmd/ckpt/cpumem­diagnosis/cpumem-diagnosis" in
/lib/svc/method/svc-dumpadm file as below.

#
# We haven't run savecore on a

dump device yet
#
savedev=none

rm -f /var/fm/fmd/ckpt/cpumem­diagnosis/cpumem-diagnosis

#

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

6498283 Using the DR deleteboard(8) command

while psradm operations are running on a
domain might cause a system panic.

6499304 CPU isn't offlined and unexpected message is

displayed on console when many correctable

There is no workaround. Check for the
availability of a patch for this defect.

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

Check CPU status on XSCF.
This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

error(CE) occurs.
Example:

SUNW-MSG-ID: FMD-8000-11, TYPE:
Defect, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Minor
EVENT-TIME: Fri Feb 2 18:31:07 JST
2007

PLATFORM: SPARC-Enterprise, CSN:
BE80601035, HOSTNAME: FF2-35-0

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TABLE 4 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:

If you see unexpected messages, use the XSCF
command showdomainstatus(8) to check
system status on XSCF.

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

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

6502750 Notification message for inserted or removed

card by PCI hot plug may not output.

Notification message for inserted or removed
card by PCI hot plug may not output.

6505921 Correctable error on the system PCIe bus

controller generates an invalid fault.

6508432 Many correctable errors (CE) may occur, and

despite these are the correctable errors,
domain may panic.

6508434 The domain may panic when an additional

PCI-X card is installed or a PCI-X card is
replaced by using PCI hot plug.

6509337 s10s_u3 wanboot fails - The server returned

416: Requested Range Not Satisfiable.

6510779 On a large single domain configuration, the

system may incorrectly report very high load
average at times.

6510861 When Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI Card

(SE0X7SC2F, SE0X7SC2X) is mounted,
correctable errors(CE) occur and system may
panic.

Create a file /etc/fm/fmd/fmd.conf
containing the following lines;

setprop client.buflim 40m
setprop client.memlim 40m

Set the following to /etc/system and then
reboot the domain:

set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask = 0x2001

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

Do not insert a different type of PCI-X card on
the same PCI slot card by using PCI hot plug.

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

None available at this time.

There is no workaround. Check for the
availability of a patch for this defect.

To mask these errors with Dual-Channel
Ultra320 SCSI Card (SE0X7SC2F, SE0X7SC2X),
add the following entry to the /etc/system
file and then reboot the system:

set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask = 0x31c1

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 17

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6511374 Unexpected error messages may be displayed

This message can be safely ignored.
on console after changing the system
configuration.

Example:

WARNING: Translation error source
/LSB0/B0/0, PA 3c000000000, target
/LSB0/B0/20000000

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.interface file is correctly

configured for the IPMP group and does not

need any modification. The IP addresses used

in the example above should match what was

previously used and what matches the

/etc/hostname.<interface> file.

6516135 Ap_Id format and devices may not be shown

correctly by cfgadm(1M).

Use the following operations to display all of

the PCI slots.

1) devfsadm (at Solaris prompt)

2) cfgadm

6519290 Large amounts of I/O on swap devices can

cause the system to appear hung by over
welling the I/O system. The amount of I/O

Set the following to /etc/system and then

reboot the domain:

set maxfastscan=0x2000

required can be generated through a number
of ways, eg memory shortage, heavy use of
/tmp etc.

6520990 Domain may cause a panic when

deleteboard(8) command for kernel board
by using Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR).

To mask this error, add the following entry to

the /etc/system file.

set drmach:fmem_timeout = 30

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

18 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6522017 DR and ZFS may not be used in the same

domain.

Reduce the amount of kernel memory that ZFS
can allocate by setting the zfs_arc_max
parameter in the /etc/system file. The
following example sets the maximum size to
512 Mbytes.

set zfs_arc_max = 0x20000000

6522433 After the CPU hardware error occurred, the

Check system status on XSCF.
fmdump(1M) command on the domain may
display an incorrect faulty component.

6527781 The cfgadm command fails while moving the

DVD/DAT drive between two domains.

6527811 The showhardconf(8) command on the XSCF

cannot 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.

6529714 Warning messages occur while trying to

configure more than four X4447A-Z or
X1027A-Z1 cards into one I/O Boat.

6530288 Ap_Id format may not be shown correctly by

cfgadm(1M) command.

6530753 Some of the PCI slots in the External I/O

Expansion Unit PCI slots are not displayed
during a normal boot operation.

6531036 The error message network

initialization failed appears
repeatedly after a boot net installation.

6531668 System hangs when executing parallel hot

plug operation with SP DR in suspend phase.

There is no workaround. To reconfigure

DVD/Tape drive, execute reboot -r from

the domain exhibiting the problem.

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

There is no workaround. When PCI card in the

External I/O Expansion Unit is configured

using PCI hotplug, the PCI card information is

displayed correctly.

No workaround available at this time.

None available at this time.

This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

Use one of the following operations to display

all of the PCI slots.

• boot -r (at open boot prompt)

• devfsadm -C (at Solaris prompt)

• cfgadm (twice at Solaris prompt)

There is no workaround.

No workaround available at this time.

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 19

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6532215 volfs or dscp service may fail when domain is

booted.

Restart the service if the failure is observed. To
avoid the problem, issue the following
commands.

svc:/platform/sun4u/dscp:default:
Method "/lib/svc/method/svc-dscp
start" failed with exit status 95.

# svccfg -s dscp setprop
start/timeout_seconds=count: 300

# svccfg -s volfs setprop

svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:defaul
t: Method or service exit timed
out. Killing contract 59.

start/timeout_seconds=count: 300
# svcadm refresh dscp
# svcadm refresh volfs

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 in 125100-06 and
Solaris 10 8/07.

6535564 PCI hot plug to PCI slot #0, #1 or External I/O

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.

This bug has been fixed in 125369-05.

6536564 showlogs(8) and showstatus(8) command

on XSCF might report wrong I/O component

To avoid this problem, issue the following

commands on the domain.
due to wrong diagnosis by Solaris Fault
management Architecture when faults in I/O
devices occur.

# cd /usr/platform/SUNW,SPARC-

Enterprise/lib/fm/topo/plugins

# mv ioboard.so ioboard.so.orig

# svcadm restart fmd

If the following messages are displayed on the

domain, contact a sales representative or a

certified service engineer.

Example:

SUNW-MSG-ID: SUNOS-8000-1L, TYPE:

Defect, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Minor

EVENT-TIME: Sun May 6 18:22:24 PDT 2007

PLATFORM: SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise, CSN:

BE80601007, HOSTNAME: sparc

This bug has been fixed in 125369-05.

6537511 Bluetooth partner is hung during security tests

Restart application server
execution

20 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6539084 There is a low probability of a domain panic

during reboot when the Sun Quad GbE UTP x8

There is no workaround.
This bug has been fixed in 125670-01.

PCIe (X4447A-Z) card is present in a domain.

6539909 Do not use the following I/O cards for

network access when you are using the boot
net install command to install the Solaris

OS:

When running Solaris 10 11/06, use an
alternate type of network card or onboard
network device to install the Solaris OS via the
network.

• X4447A-Z/X4447A-Z, PCIe Quad-port
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP

• X1027A-Z/X1027A-Z, PCIe Dual 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Fiber XFP

6542632 Memory leak in PCIe module if driver attach

fails.

6545143 When kcage daemon is expanding the kcage

area, if the user stack exists in the expanded

There is no workaround.
This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.

There is no workaround. Check for the

availability of a patch for this defect.
area, its area is demapped and might cause a
ptl_1 panic during the flushw handler
execution.

6545685 If the following message displayed on the OS

console, memory degradation or XSB
deconfiguration may occur in the subsequent
reboot.

Add the following to /etc/system and then

reboot the domain:

set mc-opl: mc_max_rewrite_loop =

20000

Example:
mc-opl: WARNING: mc-opl rewrite timeout on

/LSB0/B0

6546188 The system panics when running hotplug

(cfgadm(1M)) and DR operations
(addboard(8) and deleteboard(8)) on 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

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes 21

There is no workaround.

For Solaris 10 8/07, check for the patch 127741-

01 for this defect.

For Solaris 10 11/06, check for the patch

125670-04 for this defect.

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6551356 The system panics when running hotplug

(cfgadm(1M)) to configure a previously
unconfigured card. The message "WARNING:
PCI Expansion ROM is not accessible" will be
seen on the console shortly before the system

Perform cfgadm -c disconnect to
completely remove the card. After waiting at
least 10 seconds, the card may be configured
back into the domain using the cfgadm -c

configure command.
panic. The following cards are affected by this
defect:

Check for the patch 127741-01 for this defect.

• X4447A-Z, PCI-e Quad-port Gigabit

Ethernet Adapter UTP

• X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter

6556742 The system panics when DiskSuite can not

read the metadb during DR. This bug affects
the following cards:

• SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4, 4Gb PCI-e Dual-Port

Panic can be avoided when a duplicated copy

of the metadb is accessible via another Host

Bus Adaptor.

Check for the patch 125166-06 for this detect.

Fibre Channel HBA

• SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4, 4Gb PCI-e Single-Port

Fibre Channel HBA

• SG-XPCI2FC-QF4, 4Gb PCI-X Dual-Port

Fibre Channel HBA

• SG-XPCI1FC-QF4, 4Gb PCI-X Single-Port

Fibre Channel HBA

6559504 Messages of the form nxge: NOTICE:

nxge_ipp_eccue_valid_check: rd_ptr = nnn
wr_ptr = nnn will be observed on the console

These messages can be safely ignored.

For Solaris 10 8/07, check for the patch 127741-

01 for this defect.
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

6563785 Hot-plug operation with the following cards

might fail if a card is disconnected and then
immediately reconnected:

After disconnecting a card, wait for a few

seconds before re-connecting.

Check for the patch 127750-01 for this detect.

• SG-XPCIE2SCSIU320Z Sun StorageTek PCI-

E Dual-Port Ultra320 SCSI HBA

• SGXPCI2SCSILM320-Z Sun StorageTek PCI

Dual-Port Ultra320 SCSI HBA

6564332 Hot-plug operations on Sun Crypto

Accelerator (SCA)6000 cards can cause SPARC
Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers to panic or
hang.

Version 1.0 of the SCA6000 driver does not

support hot-plug and should not be attempted.

Version 1.1 of the SCA6000 driver and

firmware supports hot-plug operations after

the required bootstrap firmware upgrade has

been performed.

22 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007

TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6564934 Performing a DR deleteboard(8) operation

on a board which includes Permanent Memory
when using the following network cards
results in broken connections:

• X4447A-Z, PCI-e Quad-port Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter UTP

Re-configure the affected network interfaces
after the completion of the DR operation. For
basic network configuration procedures, refer
to the ifconfig man page for more
information.

Check for the patch 127741-01 for this detect.

• X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter

6568417 After a successful CPU DR deleteboard(8)

operation, the system panics when the

Add the following line to /etc/system and
reboot the system:

following network interfaces are in use:

• X4447A-Z, PCI-e Quad-port Gigabit

set ip:ip_soft_rings_cnt=0

Ethernet Adapter UTP

• X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter

6571370 Use of the following cards have been observed

to cause data corruption in stress test under
laboratory conditions:

• X4447A-Z, PCI-e Quad-port Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter UTP

• X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter

6572827 On SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers,

Check for the patch 127111-02 for this detect.

Add the following line in /etc/system and
reboot the system: set

nxge:nxge_rx_threshold_hi=0

For Solaris 10 8/07, check for the patch 127741­01 for this defect.

For Solaris 10 11/06, check for the patch
125670-04 for this defect.

There is no workaround.
one of the columns in the IO Devices section of
the output from prtdiag -v is "Type". This
reports "PCIe", "PCIx", "PCI" or "UNKN" for
each device.

The algorithm used to compute this value is
incorrect. It reports "PCI" for PCI-X leaf
devices and "UNKN" for legacy PCI devices.

6584984 On SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers,

busstat(1M) command may cause rebooting
of domains.

None available at this time. Do not use

busstat(1M) command.

Check for the availability of a patch for this

defect.

6588650 On occasion, the system is unable to DR after

an XSCF failover or XSCF reboot.

There is no workaround. Check for the

availability of a patch for this defect.

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TABLE 4 Specific Issues and Workarounds Concerning Solaris (Continued)

CR ID Description Workaround

6589546 prtdiag(8) command does not show all I/O

Use prtdiag -v for full output.

devices of the following cards:

• SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4 Sun StorageTek
Enterprise Class 4Gb Dual-Port Fibre
Channel PCI-E HBA

• SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 Sun StorageTek
Enterprise Class 4Gb Single-Port Fibre
Channel PCI-E HBA

6589644 After added the system board by DR, when the

switching occurred on the redundant XSCF

The console can be recovered by pressing
Ctrl-q (the "Ctrl" key and the "q" key).

Units, the domain console may hang up.

6589833 The DR addboard(8) 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. The chance of a system hang is
increased if the following cards are used for
heavy network traffic:

• X4447A-Z, PCI-e Quad-port Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter UTP

• X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter

6592302 Unsuccessful DR operation leaves memory

partially configured.

6600730 Extra characters appear in a boot message

string.

There is no workaround. Check for the
availability of a patch for this defect.

Tr y deleteboard(8) again.

The extraneous characters can be safely
ignored.

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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:

------­ board perm base domain target deleted remaining
DID XSB mem MB mem MB address mem MB XSB mem MB mem MB
00 00-0 8192 0 0x0000000000000000 24576
00 00-2 8192 1674 0x000003c000000000 24576
00 00-3 8192 0 0x0000034000000000 24576

...

The entry for column 4 perm mem MB indicates the presence of permanent memory
if the value is non-zero.

The example shows permanent memory on 00-2, with 1674 MB.

If the board includes permanent memory, when you execute the deleteboard(8)
command or the moveboard(8) command, the following notice appears:

System may be temporarily suspended, proceed? [y|n]:

Preparing to Upgrade to XCP 1050 or Later

1. Delete any accounts named "admin".

Use the showuser -lu command to list all XSCF accounts. Any accounts named
admin must be deleted prior to upgrading to XCP 1050 or later. This account name is
reserved in XCP 1050 and higher. Use the deleteuser(8) command to delete the
account.

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Upgrading From XCP104x to XCP 1050 or Later

The following steps describe the case of upgrading to XCP1060.

Note – By upgrading to XCP 1050 or later, XSCFU_B#1 will start working. When

your system is using RCI network, XSCFU_B#1 needs proper configuration of
cabling or termination to setup RCI network, properly.
For further information, please contact to your service provider.

Note – Do not access the XSCF units via the "Takeover IP address".

Note – LAN connections are disconnected when the XSCF resets. It is recommended

to use the XSCF serial connection to simplify the XCP upgrade procedure.

1. Log in to the XSCF#0 on an account with platform administrative privileges.

2. Verify that there are no faulted or deconfigured components by using the

showstatus(8) command.

XSCF> showstatus

The showstatus(8) prompt will return if there are no failures found in the System
Initialization. If anything is listed, contact your authorized maintenance
representative before proceeding.

Note – Take information with using BUI or snapshot(8) command. This will be

help in case any problem occurred in this procedure.

3. Power off all domains.

XSCF> poweroff -a

4. Confirm that all domains are stopped:

XSCF> showlogs power

5. Move the key position on the operator panel from Locked to Service.

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6. Collect an XSCF snapshot to archive system status prior to upgrade.

XSCF> snapshot -t user@host:directory

7. The BUI on XSCFU#0 can be used to upload the XCP 1060 upgrade image.

8. Update the firmware by using the flashupdate(8) command.

Caution – flashupdate(8) will update one bank, reset the XSCF and commence

update of the second bank. Verify that the current and reserve banks are both
updated. If both banks indicate XCP revision 1060, proceed to the next step.

XSCF> flashupdate -c update -m xcp -s version

Specify the XCP version to be updated. In this examples, it's 1060.

9. Confirm completion of the update.

XSCF> showlogs event

Confirm no abnormality happens while updating XCSF_B#0.

10. Confirm that both the current and reserve banks of XSCFU#0 display the updated
XCP versions.

XSCF> version -c xcp

XSCF#0 (Active)
XCP0 (Reserve): 1060
XCP1 (Current): 1060
XSCF#1 (Standby)
XCP0 (Reserve): 0000
XCP1 (Current): 0000

If the Current and Reserve banks on XSCF#0 do not indicate XCP revision 1060,
contact your authorized service representative.

11. Turn off all of the server's mainline switches for 30 seconds.

12. After 30 seconds, turn the mainline switches back on.

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13. Wait until XSCF firmware reaches the ready state.

This can be confirmed when the READY LEDs of XSCF_B#0 and XSCF_B#1 remain
lit.

14. Log in on to XSCFU#0 using a serial connection or LAN connection.

15. Confirm no abnormality occurred by using showlogs error -v and

showstatus(8) commands.

XSCF> showlogs error -v
XSCF> showstatus

If you encounter any hardware abnormality of the XSCF contact your authorized
service representative.

16. Confirm and update the imported XCP image again.

XSCF> flashupdate -c update -m xcp -s version

Specify the XCP version to be updated. In this example, it is 1060. XSCF#1 will be
updated, and then XSCF#0 updated, again.

When the firmware update for XSCF#0 is complete, XSCF#1 is active.

17. Log in to XSCFU#1 using a serial connection or LAN connection.

18. Confirm completion of the update by using the showlogs event command.

XSCF> showlogs event

Confirm no abnormality is found during the update.

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19. Confirm that both the current and reserve banks of XSCFU#1 display the updated
XCP versions.

XSCF> version -c xcp

XSCF#1 (Active)
XCP0 (Reserve): 1060
XCP1 (Current): 1060
XSCF#0 (Standby)
XCP0 (Reserve): 1060
XCP1 (Current): 1060

If the Current and Reserve banks on XSCF#1 do not indicate XCP revision 1060,
contact your authorized service representative.

Note – Setup RCI network if RCI is used. To setup RCI network, please consult your

service provider.

20. Confirm switching over between XSCFs works properly.

XSCF> switchscf -t Standby
The XSCF unit switch between the Active and Standby states.
Continue? [y|n] :y

a. When the READY LED on XSCFU_B#1 and the ACTIVE LED on XSCFU_B#0

remain lit, log in to XSCFU#0 using a serial connection or LAN connection.

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b. Confirm switching over between XSCFs using the following commands:

XSCF> showhardconf

Confirm XSCF#1 is standby, and XSCF#0 becomes active.

XSCF> showlogs error

Confirm new log is not recorded since you checked on Step 16.

XSCF> showlogs event

Confirm a message XSCFU entered active state from standby state.

XSCF> showstatus

Confirm a message "No failures found in System Initialization".

21. In case the takeover IP address is specified, confirm the IP address.

XSCF> shownetwork lan#0
XSCF> shownetwork lan#1

22. Power on all domains.

XSCF> poweron -a

23. Log in to XSCFU#0 and confirm all domains start up properly.

XSCF> showlogs power

24. Check that there are no new errors.

XSCF> showlogs error

In case an abnormality is encountered, take appropriate maintenance action. If no
abnormality is found, proceed to Step 25.

25. Move position of the key switch on the operator panel from service to lock.

30 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007

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
M8000/M9000 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 5 lists known documentation updates.

TABLE 5 Documentation Updates

Title Page Number Update

All SPARC Enterprise
M8000/M9000 servers
documentation

SPARC Enterprise
M4000/M5000/M8000/
M9000 Servers XSCF
Reference Manual

setpowerupde
lay(8) man

page

setupplatfor
m(8) man page

All DVD references are now referred to as CD-RW/DVD-RW.

The following description is added in EXTENDED
DESCRIPTIOIN:

When the power is turned on from the operator panel, the wait
time and warm-up time that you set are ignored. If you have
set these times and wish to observe them at startup, perform the
poweron(8) command.

The -p user option requires useradm privileges.
The -p network option requires either platadm or fieldeng

privileges.
The -p altitude option requires platadm privileges.
The -p timezone option requires platadm privileges.

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