Sun Oracle Netra SPARC T4-1B Product Notes

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Netra SPARC T4-1B Server Module
Product Notes
Part No.: E25044-04 February 2013
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Contents

Using This Documentation vii
Late-Breaking Information 1
Supported Chassis 1
Identify Your Chassis Version 2
Supported Hardware Components 3
Preinstalled Software 4
Supported Versions of the OS, Firmware, and Software 5
Required OS Package and Patch Updates 5
Determining Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Update Version 6
Oracle Solaris 10 OS Patches 7
Obtain Patches 7
Identifying Drive Logical Device Names and Physical Locations 8
Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (diskinfo
Command) 9
Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (probe-
scsi-all Command) 10
Oracle Solaris Jumpstart WWN Syntax 11
Interactive Installation Example 12
High-Altitude Mode Oracle ILOM Feature 13
Known Product Issues 15
Hardware Issues 15
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Sun Type 6 Keyboards Are Not Supported by SPARC and Netra SPARC T4
Series Servers 15
Chassis CMM Does Not Allocate Enough Power to the Netra T4-1B Server
Module (CR 7141886) 16
PSH Might Not Clear a Retired Cache Line on a Replaced Motherboard
(CR 7031216) 16
2-Meter USB Cable Length Limit (7048419) 16
Uncorrectable L2 Cache Errors Are Sometimes Reported as Core Faults
Without any Cache Line Retirement (CR 7071237 and CR 7071974) 16
During a RebootAfter an Unrecoverable HardwareError, CPUs Might Not
Start (CR 7075336) 17
Blue LED on Drive Does Not Light When the Drive Is Ready to Remove
(CR 7082700) 17
Firmware, OS, and Other Software Issues 18
fault.memory.memlink-uc Fault Did Not Cause Panic as Stated by
System Message (CR 6940599) 19
Timestamp for an Oracle ILOM Fault/Critical Event Might Be off by One
Hour (CR 6943957) 19
e1000g Driver Generates Spurious ereports When Installing Oracle
Solaris OS Over a Sun PCIe Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (CR
6958011) 20
When diag-switch? is Set to true, Oracle Solaris OS Fails to Update the
EEPROM for Automatic Rebooting (CR 6982060) 20
sas2ircu Message That RAID Volume Sizes Other Than MAX Are Not
Supported (CR 6983210) 21
Fault Management Sometimes Sends Resolved Cases to the SP (CR
6983432) 22
Units Used to Define the MIB Power Management Time Limit Are
Reported in Seconds (CR 6993008) 23
Spurious Interrupt Message in System Console When Using Oracle VTS
(CR 7038266) 24
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Intermittent Link Training Timeout Displayed During Power Cycles (CR
7043201) 24
The cfgadm Command Might Fail on SG-SAS6-REM-Z or SGX-SAS6-
REM-Z HBAs (CR 7044759) 24
Message From cpustat Refers to Processor Documentation Incorrectly
(CR 7046898) 25
The reboot disk Command Occasionally Fails When disk Argument
Picks Up Extra Characters (CR 7050975) 25
PCIe Correctable Errors Might Be Reported
(CR 7051331) 26
Watchdog Timeouts Seen With Heavy Workloads and Maximum Memory
Configurations (CR 7083001) 27
ereport.fm.fmd.module Generated During a Reboot of an SDIO
Domain (CR 7085231) 28
Oracle VTS dtlbtest Hangs When CPU Threading Mode Is Set to max-
ipc (CR 7094158) 29
Documentation Issues 29
Hardware RAID Guidelines Are Missing From Administration
Guide 29
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Using This Documentation

This document provides important and late-breaking information for Oracle’s Netra SPARC T4-1B server module.
“Related Documentation” on page vii
“Feedback” on page viii
“Support and Accessibility” on page viii
Related Documentation
Documentation Links
Netra SPARC T4-1B server module
Netra 6000 modular system
FEMs (Network Interface Cards)
REMs (Host Bus Adapters)
NEMs (Network Express Modules)
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) 3.0
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=Netra_SPARCT4-1B
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=Netra6000
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/oracle-net-sec-hw
-190016.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/oracle-net-sec-hw
-190016.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/oracl e-storage-networking-190061.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/oracle-blade-sys-
190001.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/sys-mgmt-networki ng-190072.html
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Documentation Links
Oracle Solaris OS and other system software
Oracle VTS software http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=OracleVTS7.0
All Oracle products http://www.oracle.com/documentation
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/#sys_sw
Feedback
Provide feedback on this documentation at:
http://www.oracle.com/goto/docfeedback
Support and Accessibility
Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=
info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs
if you are hearing impaired.
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Late-Breaking Information

These sections provide important information and late-breaking news about the server module:
“Supported Chassis” on page 1
“Supported Hardware Components” on page 3
“Preinstalled Software” on page 4
“Supported Versions of the OS, Firmware, and Software” on page 5
“Required OS Package and Patch Updates” on page 5
“Identifying Drive Logical Device Names and Physical Locations” on page 8
“High-Altitude Mode Oracle ILOM Feature” on page 13

Supported Chassis

There are four Netra 6000 modular system chassis models. Two chassis models are AC and two are DC.
Netra 6000 Modular System Chassis Marketing Number CMM ILOM Firmware
N6000-AC
594-6438
3.X Supported
T4-1B Server Module Support
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Netra 6000 Modular System Chassis Marketing Number CMM ILOM Firmware
T4-1B Server Module Support
N6000-DC
3.X Supported
594-6726
N6000 AC
4.X Supported
7100418
594-6893
N6000 DC
4.X Supported
7100417
594-6892
To determine your chassis version, see “Identify Your Chassis Version” on page 2.

Identify Your Chassis Version

View the CMM on the rear of the modular system (chassis).
Left – CMM (501-7379) on the N6000-AC 594-6438 chassis, and N6000-DC
594-6726 chassis.
Right – CMM (511-1531) on the N6000 DC 7100417 chassis and the N6000 AC
7100418 chassis.
Right – CMM (7019286 or higher product part number) on the 7100417 chassis
and the 7100418 chassis. (This CMM is required to support the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized 40GbE Network Express Module.)
For more details about the chassis, refer to the Sun Blade 6000 modular system documentation.
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Supported Hardware Components

Hardware Component Notes
NEMs
NEM 7100091 or 7011713
Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized 40 GbE NEM
NEM 2073A
Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched Network Express Module 24p 10GbE NEM
NEM 4250A
Sun Blade 6000 Network Express Module 10-port 1 GbE Pass-Through NEM
REMs
REM SG(X)-SAS6-REM-Z
Sun StorageTek 6 Gb SAS REM HBA
FEMs
FEM 7100283 or 7100633
PCI-E Pass-Through FEM
FEM X4871A-Z or 4871A-Z-N
Sun Dual 10GbE PCIe 2.0 FEM
PCI EMs
Requires:
• For 1GbE connectivity – no FEM required.
• For 10GbE and 40GbE connectivity– FEM 7100283 or 7100633.
Refer to the NEM documentation at:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E21077-01
Requires:
• For 10GbE network connectivity – FEM 4871A-Z, or FEM 4871A-Z-N.
Refer to the NEM documentation at:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19285-01
Provides GbE connectivity – no FEM required.
RoHS compliant Pass-Thru NEM 7105397.
Refer to the REM documentation at:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19946-01
Supported.
Supported.
Refer to the FEM documentation at:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E19539-01
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Hardware Component Notes
7100486 or 7100487
Quad Gigabit Ethernet MMF PCI EM, (Fiber)
SG-XPCIEFCGBE-Q8-Z
2x8Gb FC and 2xGbE Combo Express Module
SG-XPCIEFCGBE-E8-Z-N
2x8Gb FC and 2x GbE Combo Express Module

Preinstalled Software

The preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS is installed on a ZFS file system.
Software Location Function
Oracle Solaris 11.1 OS On ZFS with the root partition (/)on
Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1
Electronic Prognostics (EP)
1.2
Oracle VTS 7.0 PS12 /usr/sunvts Provides hardware
OS.
drive 0, slice 0
Note - Mandatory package updates are not preinstalled. You must obtain and install them before you put the server module into production. See
“Required OS Package and Patch Updates” on page 5.
/opt/SUNWldm Manages logical
domains.
/opt/ep Provides early
warning of the potential for specific FRU faults.
validation tests.
The preinstalled OS is ready to be configured when you first apply power to the server. Review “Required OS Package and Patch Updates” on page 5 to find out if the preinstalled OS requires package updates.
You can reinstall the OS and install patches instead of using the preinstalled OS. See
“Supported Versions of the OS, Firmware, and Software” on page 5.
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Refer to the Oracle Solaris documentation for instructions on installing and configuring the Oracle Solaris OS.

Supported Versions of the OS, Firmware, and Software

Software Supported Versions
Host OS • Oracle Solaris 11.1 OS
Oracle Solaris 11 OS
• Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS (requires mandatory patches).
• Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS (requires patches)
For OS patch and package update information, see “Required OS Package and Patch
Updates” on page 5.
For information about the preinstalled OS, see “Preinstalled Software” on page 4.
System firmware 8.1.3.c
(includes Oracle ILOM 3.0).
Oracle VM Server for SPARC (LDoms)
Oracle Electronic Prognostics (EP)
Oracle VTS • 7.0 PS12 (minimum)
2.1 plus patches.
The patches are included and preinstalled on the preinstalled OS.
1.2
This software provides early warning of the potential for specific FRU faults.

Required OS Package and Patch Updates

If you use the preinstalled OS, or if you reinstall the OS on the server module, you might need to install certain patches or package updates before you put the server module into production.
Note – Oracle Solaris 11 OS uses package updates rather than patches.
“Determining Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Update Version” on page 6
“Oracle Solaris 10 OS Patches” on page 7
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Determining Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Update Version

Updates to Oracle Solaris 11 are provisioned using package updates called Support Repository Updates (SRUs) instead of patches. SRUs are part of a new OS provisioning scheme called the Image Packaging System (IPS).
To determine the package version of the Oracle Solaris 11 OS installed on your system, use the pkg info kernel command and interpret the FMRI value displayed in the output. This is an example:
# pkg info kernel Name: system/kernel Summary: Core Kernel
Description: Core operating system kernel, device drivers and other modules. Category: System/Core State: Installed Publisher: solaris Version: 0.5.11 Build Release: 5.11 Branch: 0.175.0.2.0.2.1 Packaging Date: Wed Oct 19 07:57:11 2011 Size: 17.99 MB FMRI: pkg://solaris/system/kernel@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.2.0.2.1: 20111128T20503
Evaluate the following three fields in the FMRI value:
175 – The value 175 indicates that the system has Oracle Solaris 11 OS installed.
This value is a constant for Oracle Solaris 11.
0 – The first field to the right of 175 indicates the update release. In this example,
there have been no updates to the initial release.
2 – The next field contains the SRU value. In this example, the second patch
bundle (called SRU2) has been installed on Oracle Solaris 11, update 0.
You can ignore the other fields in the FMRI package description.
When you know which version of the OS is installed, you can access a list of all the packages contained in that release from the following web page:
http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/en/index.shtml
To list the packages contained in a particular Oracle Solaris 11 release, select that release in the Release and Branch pull-down menu and press the Browse button. Or you can search for individual packages in the Search for: window.
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Oracle Solaris 10 OS Patches

For current information about required patches and updates for optional hardware and software, refer to the documentation for each product.
Installation Order OS or Patch
1 Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS
2 These mandatory patches:
• 147440-04 (or higher)
• 147149-01 (or higher)
• 147153-01 (or higher)
• 147707-01 (or higher)
• 147159-03 (or higher)
3 Recommended OS Patchset Solaris 10 SPARC
Installation Order OS or Patch
1 Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS
2 Solaris 10 8/11 Patch Bundle (13058415)
3 These mandatory patches:
• 147440-04 (or higher)
• 147149-01 (or higher)
• 147153-01 (or higher)
• 147707-01 (or higher)
• 147159-03 (or higher)
4 Recommended OS Patchset Solaris 10 SPARC
Obtain Patches
1. Sign into My Oracle Support:
http://support.oracle.com
2. Select the Patches & Updates tab.
3. Search for patches using the Patch Search panel.
When searching for a patch using the Patch Name or Number field, you must specify the complete name or number of the patch. For example:
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Solaris 10 8/11 Patch Bundle
13058415
147159-03
To search using a patch number without the revision number (two last digits), use % in place of the revision numbers. For example:
14159-%
4. Once you locate the patch, you can access the README and download the patch from the site.
The patch README provides the patch installation instructions.

Identifying Drive Logical Device Names and Physical Locations

The Oracle Solaris OS now uses the worldwide number (WWN) in place of the target ID field (tn) in drive logical device names for SAS-2 storage controllers.
This change affects how you correlate a drive’s logical name with the drive’s physical location. These points are key to understanding the impact of this change:
Before the change to using WWNs, drives were known to the OS by a logical name
such as c0t0d0. This logical name mapped to the drive’s physical location.
With the change, the device identifier for drives now has this form: cntWWNdn, where WWN is a unique hexadecimal value.
An example of the logical device name is:
c0t5000C50033438DBBd0
This WWN value does not map in a predictable way to the physical location of the drive.
The OBP and the OS use different WWN numbers to identify a drive. This is
explained further in “Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations
(diskinfo Command)” on page 9.
Here are some examples of situations when you must correlate a logical device
name with a drive’s physical location:
When downloading the OS over a network, you must specify the logical device
name of the drive in slot 0 (the default boot device). In addition, if you use Oracle Solaris Jumpstart, you must use a certain WWN syntax. See “Oracle
Solaris Jumpstart WWN Syntax” on page 11.
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If you plan to run the format command, you select one of the logical device
names presented. To ensure you select the correct drive, you must correlate a logical device name with a physical drive.
If you view a system message that lists a drive’s logical device name, you might
need to identify the slot in which the drive is installed.
To correlate drive logical device names with physical locations or the other way around:
From the Oracle Solaris 10 8/10 OS, use the diskinfo command. See “Correlate
WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (diskinfo Command)” on page 9.
At the OBP ok prompt, use the probe-scsi-all command. See “Correlate
WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (probe-scsi-all Command)” on page 10.
“Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (diskinfo Command)” on
page 9
“Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (probe-scsi-all
Command)” on page 10
“Oracle Solaris Jumpstart WWN Syntax” on page 11
“Interactive Installation Example” on page 12
Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical
Locations (diskinfo Command)
The diskinfo command is a new disk and slot identification utility. This command was introduced in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS and in the kernel patch 144500-19 (or later).
If you do not have access to the OS, for example, if the server module is not booted, see “Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (probe-scsi-all
Command)” on page 10.
If your OS does not provide the diskinfo command, refer to the SPARC T4 Series Servers Administration Guide for alternative methods.
1. Log into the OS.
2. Type.
# diskinfo -a
Enclosure path: 1114BD0ACC-physical-hba-0 Chassis Serial Number: 1114BD0ACC-physical-hba-0 Chassis Model: ORCL,SPARC-T4-1B
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Label Disk name Vendor Product Vers
---------- ---------------------- -------- ---------------- ---­/SYS/HDD0 c0t5000C50033438DBBd0 SEAGATE ST930003SSUN300G 0B70 /SYS/HDD1 c0t5000C50005C15803d0 SEAGATE ST930003SSUN300G 0468
3. Use the output under the Label and Disk Name columns to correlate a drive’s physical location with its corresponding logical device name.
For this server module:
/SYS/HDD0 represents a drive in slot 0.
/SYS/HDD1 represents a drive in slot 1.
In this example, the drive installed in slot 0 has a logical device name of c0t5000C50033438DBBd0.
Note – The diskinfo command provides a variety of disk information depending
on the command options you specify. For more information, type diskinfo -h and refer to the diskinfo(1M) man page.
Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical
Locations (probe-scsi-all Command)
If you have access to the OS, you might be able to use the diskinfo command instead. See “Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (diskinfo
Command)” on page 9.
1. At the ok prompt, type
{0} ok probe-scsi-all /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@c/LSI,sas@0 <===== SAS Controller
FCode Version 1.00.54, MPT Version 2.00, Firmware Version
5.00.17.00
Target 9
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST930003SSUN300G 0B70 585937500 Blocks,
300 GB SASDeviceName 5000c50033438dbb SASAddress 5000c50033438db9 PhyNum 0 <=HD,slot 0 Target b
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST930003SSUN300G 0468 585937500 Blocks,
300 GB
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SASDeviceName 5000c50005c15803 SASAddress 5000c50005c15801 PhyNum 1 <=HD,slot 1 Target c Unit 0 Encl Serv device SUN NEM Hydra II SOL 0308 SASAddress 5080020000bb193d PhyNum 24
/pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@0/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@3/storage@2
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device AMI Virtual CDROM 1.00
2. In output, look for the following disk identifiers:
LSI,sas@0 – Controller (REM) on the server module.
SASDeviceName – WWN that the Oracle Solaris OS recognizes.
SASAddress – WWN that the OBP references.
PhyNum – Physical slot that the drive occupies.
3. Use the values in the output to construct the resulting Oracle Solaris logical device name as expressed by cntndn.
This example is based on the previous output:
cn = c0
where n is the SAS controller number, 0 in this example.
tn = t5000c50033438dbb
where n is the SASDeviceName value.
dn = d0
where n is 0 for all embedded SCSI devices.
The resulting logical device name is c0t5000c50033438dbbd0.

Oracle Solaris Jumpstart WWN Syntax

The Oracle Solaris syntax requires all WWN alpha characters to be capitalized.
Note – Only the WWN portion of the logical device name requires capitalized alpha
characters. The c0 and d0 portion are not capitalized.
This Jumpstart profile example shows how to use the WWN syntax when installing the OS on a specific drive.
# install_type flash_install boot_device c0t5000C50033438DBBd0 preserve
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archive_location nfs
129.148.94.249:/export/install/media/solaris/builds/s10u9/flar/la test.flar
# Disk layouts # partitioning explicit filesys rootdisk.s0 free / filesys rootdisk.s1 8192 swap

Interactive Installation Example

In an interactive installation, you are asked to specify one or more drives as the targets for the OS installation. This step ensures that enough storage capacity is provided for the installation. For this step, specify the drive with the WWN value corresponds to the drive on which you want to install the software.
These WWN values are illustrated in the following interactive example. The drive selected as the installation target is located in drive slot 0, the default boot location.
Note – If you prefer to use some other disk, you can specify it instead of the one in
HDD slot 0.
_ Select Disks_________________________________________________________________
On this screen you must select the disks for installing Solaris software. Start by looking at the Suggested Minimum field; this value is the approximate space needed to install the software you’ve selected. Keep selecting disks until the Total Selected value exceeds the Suggested Minimum value. NOTE: ** denotes current boot disk
Disk Device Available Space ============================================================================= [ ] c0t5000C50005C15803d0 286090 MB [X] c0t5000C50033438DBBd0 286090 MB (F4 to edit)
Total Selected: 286090 MB Suggested Minimum: 5032 MB
______________________________________________________________________________ Esc-2_Continue F3_Go Back F4_Edit F5_Exit F6_Help
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Note – You might need to label new and replacement drives using the format
utility before you can install the OS on the drives.

High-Altitude Mode Oracle ILOM Feature

The SPARC T4-series CPUs are the first SPARC CPUs to ship with an automatic CPU throttling feature. If an Oracle ILOM alert shows that temperature is too high, a T4 CPU will reduce speed until the system cools.
Netra systems use a different thermal control mechanism than the non-Netra products. The NEBS system maintains temperatures at 27ºC to keep acoustic levels within NEBS guidelines.
If you want to maintain optimal CPU performance and increase fan speed to cool the Netra system you must use the high-altitude settings in CMM Oracle ILOM firmware
4.1.1 (or newer).
If your server modules operate with sustained high CPU work loads at altitudes above 900m elevation, the system might “throttle” or slow down the server module CPUs to continue to meet the 27ºC threshold and the acoustic limits.
The High-Altitude mode allows you to override the CPU throttling feature. However, if you use the High-Altitude mode, the CPUs will run hotter, and the fans will automatically speed up to reduce heat. The fan noise will exceed NEBS specifications.
See the Sun Netra 6000 Modular System Product Notes for information about using the High-Altitude Mode.
http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=Netra6000
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Known Product Issues

These sections describe known issues for the server module:
“Hardware Issues” on page 15
“Firmware, OS, and Other Software Issues” on page 18

Hardware Issues

The following notes describe known hardware issues.
“Sun Type 6 Keyboards Are Not Supported by SPARC and Netra SPARC T4 Series
Servers” on page 15
“Chassis CMM Does Not Allocate Enough Power to the Netra T4-1B Server
Module (CR 7141886)” on page 16
“PSH Might Not Clear a Retired Cache Line on a Replaced Motherboard (CR
7031216)” on page 16
“2-Meter USB Cable Length Limit (7048419)” on page 16
“Uncorrectable L2 Cache Errors Are Sometimes Reported as Core Faults Without
any Cache Line Retirement (CR 7071237 and CR 7071974)” on page 16
“During a Reboot After an Unrecoverable Hardware Error, CPUs Might Not Start
(CR 7075336)” on page 17
“Blue LED on Drive Does Not Light When the Drive Is Ready to Remove (CR
7082700)” on page 17

Sun Type 6 Keyboards Are Not Supported by SPARC and Netra SPARC T4 Series Servers

Sun Type 6 keyboards cannot be used with SPARC and Netra SPARC T4 series servers.
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Chassis CMM Does Not Allocate Enough Power to the Netra T4-1B Server Module (CR 7141886)

When power is not properly allocated, the server module operates at only about 60%
of capacity.
Workaround: If you update the server module system firmware to 8.1.4.f or newer.

PSH Might Not Clear a Retired Cache Line on a Replaced Motherboard (CR 7031216)

When the enclosure is replaced to repair faulty cache on the motherboard, PSH might not clear the cache on the replacement. The cache line remains disabled.
Workaround: Manually clear the disabled cache line by typing
# fmadm repaired fmri | label # fmadm replaced fmri | label

2-Meter USB Cable Length Limit (7048419)

The server module has three USB ports:
Port 1 and 2, accessible through a dongle that is attached to the front UCP
connector.
Port 5, located on the rear of the motherboard (intended for a USB flash drive).
Workaround: If you connect USB devices to ports 1 or 2, ensure that the cable does not exceed 2 meters (approximately 6.5 feet).

Uncorrectable L2 Cache Errors Are Sometimes Reported as Core Faults Without any Cache Line Retirement (CR 7071237 and CR 7071974)

When a processor cache line encounters an uncorrectable error, the fault manager should retire the cache line that is involved in the error. However, the fault manager might not succeed in retiring the faulty cache line and instead report the entire core or processor as faulted.
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Workaround: Schedule a replacement of the enclosure (motherboard). For additional information about this issue, search for message ID SUN4V-8002-WY at My Oracle Support: http://support.oracle.com.

During a Reboot After an Unrecoverable Hardware Error, CPUs Might Not Start (CR 7075336)

In rare cases, a server or sever module might experience a serious problem that results in a panic. When the server or server module is rebooted, a number of CPUs might not start, even though the CPUs are not faulty.
Here is an example of the type of error displayed:
rebooting... Resetting...
ERROR: 63 CPUs in MD did not start
Workaround: Log into Oracle ILOM on the SP and power cycle the host.
-> stop /SYS Are you sure you want to stop /SYS (y/n)? y Stopping /SYS
-> start /SYS Are you sure you want to start /SYS (y/n) ? y Starting /SYS

Blue LED on Drive Does Not Light When the Drive Is Ready to Remove (CR 7082700)

When you attempt to unconfigure a drive for removal, the drive’s blue Ready to Remove LED might not light. This situation occurs after you replace a drive in a slot with a drive that has a different WWN.
Workaround: If you inserted a drive after booting the server, reboot the server for the Ready to Remove LED to work properly.
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Firmware, OS, and Other Software Issues

The following notes describe known issues for the firmware, OS, and other software.
“fault.memory.memlink-uc Fault Did Not Cause Panic as Stated by System
Message (CR 6940599)” on page 19
“Timestamp for an Oracle ILOM Fault/Critical Event Might Be off by One Hour
(CR 6943957)” on page 19
“e1000g Driver Generates Spurious ereports When Installing Oracle Solaris OS
Over a Sun PCIe Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (CR 6958011)” on page 20
“When diag-switch? is Set to true, Oracle Solaris OS Fails to Update the EEPROM
for Automatic Rebooting (CR 6982060)” on page 20
“sas2ircu Message That RAID Volume Sizes Other Than MAX Are Not Supported
(CR 6983210)” on page 21
“Fault Management Sometimes Sends Resolved Cases to the SP (CR 6983432)” on
page 22
“Units Used to Define the MIB Power Management Time Limit Are Reported in
Seconds (CR 6993008)” on page 23
“Spurious Interrupt Message in System Console When Using Oracle VTS (CR
7038266)” on page 24
“Intermittent Link Training Timeout Displayed During Power Cycles (CR
7043201)” on page 24
“The cfgadm Command Might Fail on SG-SAS6-REM-Z or SGX-SAS6-REM-Z
HBAs (CR 7044759)” on page 24
“Message From cpustat Refers to Processor Documentation Incorrectly (CR
7046898)” on page 25
“The reboot disk Command Occasionally Fails When disk Argument Picks Up
Extra Characters (CR 7050975)” on page 25
“PCIe Correctable Errors Might Be Reported (CR 7051331)” on page 26
“Watchdog Timeouts Seen With Heavy Workloads and Maximum Memory
Configurations (CR 7083001)” on page 27
“ereport.fm.fmd.module Generated During a Reboot of an SDIO Domain (CR
7085231)” on page 28
“Oracle VTS dtlbtest Hangs When CPU Threading Mode Is Set to max-ipc (CR
7094158)” on page 29
“Documentation Issues” on page 29
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fault.memory.memlink-uc Fault Did Not Cause Panic as Stated by System Message (CR 6940599)

When a fault.memory.memlink-uc interconnect fault is detected, the server module should shut down to protect memory integrity. On intermittent occasions, this fault has been reported during boot operations without the server module shutting down.
Although this irregular behavior might indicate that the system was able to recover from the memory link error and restore a healthy boot-up state, the safest course is to power down, then power up the server module.
Recovery Action: Log into Oracle ILOM on the SP and power cycle the host.
-> stop /SYS Are you sure you want to stop /SYS (y/n)? y Stopping /SYS
-> start /SYS Are you sure you want to start /SYS (y/n) ? y Starting /SYS

Timestamp for an Oracle ILOM Fault/Critical Event Might Be off by One Hour (CR 6943957)

The timestamp reported in an email generated in an Oracle ILOM fault/critical event might be one hour later than the timestamp recorded in the event log.
Workaround: Check the timestamp recorded in the event log. If that timestamp does not match the timestamp reported in the email, use the event log time.
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e1000g Driver Generates Spurious ereports When Installing Oracle Solaris OS Over a Sun PCIe Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (CR 6958011)

When installing the Oracle Solaris OS on domains controlled through Sun PCIe Dual Gigabit Ethernet (UTP or MMF) adapters, the e1000g driver might generate false error reports on the static direct I/O (SDIO) and primary domains. For example:
date time ereport.io.pciex.tl.ca nvlist version: 0
ena = 0x298a9f62243802 ena = 0x298a9f62243802 detector = (embedded nvlist) nvlist version: 0 scheme = dev device-path = /pci@400/pci@1 (end detector)
class = ereport.io.pciex.tl.ca dev-status = 0x2 ue-status = 0x8000 ue-severity = 0x62030 adv-ctl = 0xf source-id = 0x600 source-valid = 1 __ttl = 0x1 __tod = 0x4c058b2e 0x1e8813a0
Workaround: You can safely ignore these ereports.

When diag-switch? is Set to true, Oracle Solaris OS Fails to Update the EEPROM for Automatic Rebooting (CR 6982060)

When installing the Oracle Solaris OS while the OBP diag-switch? parameter is set to true, the OS installer fails to update the bootdevice parameter with the new device path where the OS was installed. Therefore, this new device path will not be used during the subsequent automatic system reboots.
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Under these conditions, the server module displays these error message and you are unable to reboot from the device.
Installing boot information
- Installing boot blocks (cxtxdxsx)
- Installing boot blocks (/dev/rdsk/cxtxdxsx)
- Updating system firmware for automatic rebooting
WARNING: Could not update system for automatic rebooting
On previous servers and server modules, the OBP diag-device parameter used to set the new device path to the boot device when the diag-switch? parameter was set to true. On SPARC and Netra SPARC T4 servers and server modules, the diag-device parameter is no longer supported, and the Oracle Solaris OS installer warns that setting the OBP boot-device parameter is not possible.
Workaround: From the Oracle ILOM prompt, set the OBP diag-switch? parameter to false.
-> set /HOST/bootmode script="setenv diag-switch? false"
Alternatively, you can set this parameter at the OBP ok prompt.
ok setenv diag-switch? false
sas2ircu Message That RAID Volume Sizes
Other Than MAX Are Not Supported (CR 6983210)
If you attempt to create a RAID volume smaller than MAX, the following series of messages is returned:
You are about to create an IR volume.
WARNING: Proceeding with this operation may cause data loss or data
corruption. Are you sure you want to proceed (YES/NO)? yes
WARNING: Volume created with size other than ’MAX’ is not supported.
Do you want to continue with volume creation (YES/NO)? n
SAS2IRCU: you must answer "YES" or "yes" to proceed; operation aborted! SAS2IRCU: Error executing command CREATE.
RAID volumes smaller than MAX are not supported. However, if you want to create a volume below MAX size for nonproduction use, the software allows you to do so. This situation is not clear from the message.
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Workaround: Ignore the messages and answer yes for the question “Do you want to continue with volume creation (YES/NO)?”.

Fault Management Sometimes Sends Resolved Cases to the SP (CR 6983432)

Previously diagnosed and repaired PSH faults from the host reappear in Oracle ILOM when the host reboots. An incorrect report of a PSH-diagnosed fault appears in the Oracle ILOM CLI and web interface, and the fault LED illuminates.
You can identify this issue by checking to see if the same PSH fault was also reported from the host. If the fault was reported only by Oracle ILOM and not from the host, the fault is probably an example of this issue.
Recovery Action: Use the Oracle ILOM diagnostic and repair tools to identify and correct the error condition. This example illustrates how to diagnose and repair a PSH fault diagnosed by the host. This example is based on the Oracle ILOM fault management shell. You could instead use the Oracle ILOM CLI or web interface to accomplish the same results.
1. Display the fault information.
faultmgmtsp> fmadm faulty
------------------- ------------------------------------ -------------- ------­Time UUID msgid Severity
------------------- ------------------------------------ -------------- ------­2011-09-16/15:38:19 af875d87-433e-6bf7-cb53-c3d665e8cd09 SUN4V-8002-6E Major
Fault class : fault.cpu.generic-sparc.strand
FRU : /SYS/MB
(Part Number: 7015272)
(Serial Number: 465769T+1130Y6004M)
Description : A fault has been diagnosed by the Host Operating System.
Response : The service required LED on the chassis and on the affected
FRU may be illuminated.
Impact : No SP impact. Check the Host OS for more information.
Action : The administrator should review the fault on the Host OS.
Please refer to the Details section of the Knowledge Article for additional information.
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2. Check for faults on the host.
# fmadm fault # <-- Host displays no faults
3. Verify that the fault shown by Oracle ILOM was repaired on the host.
# fmdump TIME UUID SUNW-MSG-ID Sep 16 08:38:19.5582 af875d87-433e-6bf7-cb53-c3d665e8cd09 SUN4V-8002-6E Sep 16 08:40:47.8191 af875d87-433e-6bf7-cb53-c3d665e8cd09 FMD-8000-4M Repaired Sep 16 08:40:47.8446 af875d87-433e-6bf7-cb53-c3d665e8cd09 FMD-8000-6U Resolved #
4. Flush the previously faulty component from the host resource cache.
# fmadm flush /SYS/MB fmadm: flushed resource history for /SYS/MB #
5. Repair the fault in Oracle ILOM.
faultmgmtsp> fmadm repair /SYS/MB faultmgmtsp> fmadm faulty No faults found faultmgmtsp>

Units Used to Define the MIB Power Management Time Limit Are Reported in Seconds (CR 6993008)

The MIB should report the sunHwCtrlPowerMgmtBudgetTimelimit in milliseconds, but the value displayed is in seconds.
Workaround: Understand that the value reported for sunHwCtrlPowerMgmtBudgetTimelimit is in seconds.
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Spurious Interrupt Message in System Console When Using Oracle VTS (CR 7038266)

During normal operation and when running the Oracle VTS system exerciser, you might see this message in the system console:
date time hostname px: [ID 781074 kern.warning] WARNING: px0: spurious interrupt from ino 0x3,0x02,or 0x04
Workaround: You can safely ignore this message.

Intermittent Link Training Timeout Displayed During Power Cycles (CR 7043201)

On occasion during a power cycle, the server module might display the following warning message:
[CPU 0:0:0] NOTICE: MCU0: Link init failed: TS0 Timeout
The server module automatically retries the training sequence operation without error.
Workaround: You can safely ignore this message.

The cfgadm Command Might Fail on SG-SAS6-REM-Z or SGX-SAS6-REM-Z HBAs (CR 7044759)

The cfgadm command might fail on SG-SAS6-REM-Z or SGX-SAS6-REM-Z HBA devices.
# cfgadm -c unconfigure Slot1 cfgadm: Component system is busy, try again: unconfigure failed WARNING: (pcieb2): failed to detach driver for the device (mpt_sas9) in the Connection Slot1 WARNING: (pcieb2): failed to detach driver for the device (mpt_sas9) in the Connection Slot1
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Workaround: Disable the fault management daemon before running the cfgadm unconfigure command.
# svcadm disable fmd # ps -ef |grep fmd ... # cfgadm -c unconfigure PCI-EM0
After completing the cfadm task, re-enable the fault management daemon.
# svcadm enable fmd

Message From cpustat Refers to Processor Documentation Incorrectly (CR 7046898)

A message displayed by the cpustat command says:
See the “SPARC T4 User’s Manual” for descriptions of these events. Documentation for Sun processors can be found at: http://www.sun.com/processors/manuals
The document and website listed in this message are not available.

The reboot disk Command Occasionally Fails When disk Argument Picks Up Extra Characters (CR 7050975)

When running the reboot disk command, extraneous characters are occasionally added to the disk argument before it reaches the OBP. This situation results in a failure to boot.
Recovery Action: Repeat the boot request.
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PCIe Correctable Errors Might Be Reported (CR 7051331)

In rare cases, PCIe Gen2 devices in the server module might report I/O errors that are identified and reported by predictive self-healing (PSH). For example:
--------------- ------------------------------------ -------------- --------­TIME EVENT-ID MSG-ID SEVERITY
--------------- ------------------------------------ -------------- --------­Aug 10 13:03:23 a7d43aeb-61ca-626a-f47b-c05635f2cf5a PCIEX-8000-KP Major
Host : dt214-154 Platform : ORCL,SPARC-T3-1B Chassis_id : Product_sn :
Fault class : fault.io.pciex.device-interr-corr 67% fault.io.pciex.bus-linkerr-corr 33% Affects : dev:////pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@c dev:////pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@c/pci@0 faulted but still in service FRU : "/SYS/MB" (hc://:product-id=ORCL,SPARC-T3-1B:product-sn= 1052NND107:server-id=dt214-154:chassis-id=0000000-0000000000:serial= 1005LCB-1052D9008K:part=541-424304:revision=50/chassis=0/motherboard=0) 67% "FEM0" (hc://:product-id=ORCL,SPARC-T3-1B:product-sn= 1052NND107:server-id=dt214-154:chassis-id=0000000-0000000000/chassis= 0/motherboard=0/hostbridge=0/pciexrc=0/pciexbus=1/pciexdev=0/pciexfn= 0/pciexbus=2/pciexdev=12/pciexfn=0/pciexbus=62/pciexdev=0) 33% faulty
Description : Too many recovered bus errors have been detected, which indicates a problem with the specified bus or with the specified transmitting device. This may degrade into an unrecoverable fault. Refer to http://sun.com/msg/PCIEX-8000-KP for more information.
Response : One or more device instances may be disabled
Impact : Loss of services provided by the device instances associated with this fault
Action : If a plug-in card is involved check for badly-seated cards or bent pins. Otherwise schedule a repair procedure to replace the affected device. Use fmadm faulty to identify the device or contact Sun for support.
These errors might be an indication of a faulty or incorrectly seated PCI EM. Or these errors might be erroneous.
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Workaround: Ensure that the PCI EM is properly seated and functioning. If the errors continue, apply the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS patch 147705-01 (or higher).

Watchdog Timeouts Seen With Heavy Workloads and Maximum Memory Configurations (CR 7083001)

With certain unusual heavy workloads, especially where a highly processor-intensive workload is bound to CPU 0, the host might appear to suddenly reset back to OBP without any sign of there having been a crash or a panic. The Oracle ILOM event log contains a host watchdog expired entry. The problem is more likely to occur on systems with full memory configurations.
If you see this sort of sudden reset, display the SP event log using this command from the Oracle ILOM CLI:
-> show /SP/logs/event/list
If you see an entry labeled Host watchdog expired, you are experiencing this issue.
Workaround: Contact your authorized service provider to see if a fix is available.
There are two ways you can work around this issue:
You can extend the watchdog period by adding this entry to the Oracle Solaris
/etc/system file:
set watchdog_timeout = 60000
This extends the watchdog timeout period to 1 minute (60000 milliseconds).
In extreme cases, you can disable the watchdog timeout altogether by adding this
entry to the /etc/system file:
set watchdog_enabled = 0
Whenever you modify the /etc/system file you must reboot the system for the changes to take effect.
If you do not want to reboot the system immediately after editing /etc/system, you can apply an additional temporary workaround that takes effect immediately. To apply this temporary workaround, as root type.
# psrset -c -F 0
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This command creates a temporary processor set containing only CPU 0, preventing application workloads from using this processor and preventing this issue from occurring.
Note – If any threads were bound to CPU 0, they will be unbound.
This temporary processor set is removed on the next operating system reboot, at which point the /etc/system file workaround takes effect.

ereport.fm.fmd.module Generated During a Reboot of an SDIO Domain (CR 7085231)

The server module might generate an ereport.fm.fmd.module message during a reboot of an SDIO domain. This ereport indicates that an error occurred on one of the fmd modules but the fmdump command does not display a valid message (msg).
For example:
# fmdump -eV -c ereport.fm.fmd.module TIME CLASS Sep 27 2011 06:27:19.954801492 ereport.fm.fmd.module nvlist version: 0 version = 0x0 class = ereport.fm.fmd.module detector = (embedded nvlist) nvlist version: 0 version = 0x0 scheme = fmd authority = (embedded nvlist) nvlist version: 0 version = 0x0 product-id = ORCL,SPARC-T4-1B server-id = c193-133 (end authority)
mod-name = etm mod-version = 1.2 (end detector)
ena = 0x425fc9b065404001 msg = cannot open write-only transport <=== __ttl = 0x1 __tod = 0x4e81cf37 0x38e91d54
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Workaround: You can safety ignore ereport.fm.fmd.module ereports.

Oracle VTS dtlbtest Hangs When CPU Threading Mode Is Set to max-ipc (CR 7094158)

This issue is fixed in Oracle VTS 7.0 PS13.
The Oracle VTS processor test called dtlbtest hangs when the Oracle VM for SPARC max-ipc threading mode is set. This issue is not specific to any processor type, and happens when both the following cases are true:
Only one CPU or strand per core is enabled or online.
The total number of online CPU per strand is less than or equal to 128.
Workaround: Do one of the following:
Update to Oracle VTS 7.0 PS13.
Do not run the Oracle VTS dtlbtest with the Oracle VM for SPARC threading
mode set to max-ipc mode.

Documentation Issues

This section describes issues related to product documentation.
Hardware RAID Guidelines Are Missing From Administration Guide
The following points are important to understand when configuring RAID volumes:
Before configuring and using RAID disk volumes, ensure that you have installed
the latest patches for your operating system from here:
https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support
Volume migration (relocating all RAID volume disk members from one server
module to another) is not supported. If you must perform this operation, contact your authorized Oracle service provider.
Caution – Creating RAID volumes using the on-board disk controllers destroys all
data on member disks.
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This information is not provided in the current version of the SPARC and Netra SPARC T4 Series Servers Administration Guide.
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