Sun Fire
X2250 server.
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Sun Fire X2250 Server Product Notes |
This document contains late-breaking information and issues for the
Sun Fire X2250 server.
The following sections are included in these product notes:
Support information for the Sun Fire X2250 server is available at:
http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2250/support.xml
The following is a list of the minimum versions of supported operating systems for the Sun Fire X2250 server:
Support documentation for the Sun Fire X2250 server includes:
These and other Sun Fire server documents are available at http://docs.sun.com.
The Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools & Drivers CD contains several software applications and utilities for use with your Sun Fire X2250 server. This section describes the applications and utilities and refers you to the associated readme text files where you can find procedures for running them.
| Note - This utility can be performed on a Windows-based system or a Linux/Solaris-based system. |
The Sun Fire X2250 server is shipping with the initial release of BIOS and Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) firmware. Currently, there are no firmware updates available.
The Sun Fire X2250 server supports the following new options:
The Sun Fire X2250 server supports serial port sharing. Configured via the system BIOS, this feature lets you switch the serial port output between the host (COM1) or the Service Processor (SP) serial console.
To switch the serial port output:
1. During system boot, type F2 to enter the system BIOS.
2. Select IPMI 2.0 Configuration > External Serial Port.
3. Choose BMC to direct the serial port output to the SP serial console; choose System to direct the serial output to the host (COM1).
4. Exit the system BIOS and save changes to the configuration.
The Sun Fire X2250 server includes the PCI-E Max Payload setting in the BIOS setup menu. To access this setting, select F2 during system boot to enter the system BIOS. Select Advanced > PCI Configuration.
The Sun Fire X2250 server includes the SF Bypass setting in the BIOS setup menu. SF Bypass enables and disables the Snoop Filter. To access this setting, select F2 during system boot to enter the system BIOS. Select Advanced > Memory.
The following issues apply to the Sun Fire X2250 server documentation set:
The PCI riser card documented in the Sun Fire X2250 Server Service Manual (820-4593), section 4.5.2 incorrectly shows a 2-slot riser card in Figures 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8. Though a 2-slot riser card will fit into the server chassis, the lower slot will be unusable due to interfering components on the motherboard.
The procedures documented in “How to Reset the Service Processor and BIOS Passwords” in the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Supplement for Sun Fire X2250 Server (820-4596) are incorrect.
To reset the Sun Fire X2250 server SP password, follow the procedures in the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manger 2.0 User’s Guide (820-1188).
The Administrator password becomes changeme.
The procedures documented in section 4.5.13 “Installing a New CPU” and section 4.5.12 “Replacing a CPU and Heatsink” in the Sun Fire X2250 Server Service Manual (820-4593) should include the following CPU replacement rules:
The following issues apply to the Sun Fire X2250 server hardware and/or BIOS:
The front USB ports support only a 3-meter cable to an attached device.
If ILOM is set to use a DHCP-assigned IP address, and the DHCP server is offline, wait until the DHCP server is online before attempting to reboot. Issuing a reboot or manually changing from DHCP to a static IP address will result in incorrect Gateway and IP address settings to be recorded. Once the DHCP server is restored, the original IP address will be assigned by DHCP.
Do not reboot the server until DHCP is restored. If access is urgently required to ILOM, connect a terminal to the serial console’s NET Management port and manually assign a static IP address.
If a leading zero is placed in any of the four IP address octets, ILOM will report an invalid IP address error. For example, entering 10.29.54.02 or 10.029.54.2 will cause an error due to the leading zero.
Do not use leading zeros in the IP address. This issue will be fixed in a future firmware release.
If a USB device (Flash, HDD, FDD, CD ROM, etc.) is inserted into the system, these devices are assigned lower boot priority. For example, a USB HDD will be recognized as a HDD but will be considered a third-priority HDD in relation to the two onboard devices.
To enable the system to boot from the newly inserted USB device, the boot order must be temporarily changed. This issue will be fixed in a future BIOS release.
When the virtual CD-ROM is enabled, the virtual CD does not appear in the boot list.
1. Mount the virtual CD-ROM and reboot the system.
2. During system boot, type F2 to enter the system BIOS.
3. Navigate to the Boot list and access the CD-ROM device list.
4. Promote the AMI Virtual CD/DVD to be the first item in the boot list.
This will enable you to choose to boot from the virtual CD because it will now be listed in the BBS list.
This issue will be fixed in a future BIOS release.
In rare circumstances, you may see a BMC not responding message during BIOS P.O.S.T. If the BIOS halts and reports this message, perform the following workaround procedure.
This issue will be fixed in a future BIOS release.
When changing the Service Processor (SP) IP address via the system BIOS, the IP address does not update immediately on the system BIOS screen. If this occurs, perform the following workaround procedure:
1. During system boot, type F2 to enter the system BIOS.
2. Navigate to Advanced > IPMI 2.0 Configuration > Set LAN Configuration > IP Address.
3. Select IP Address, change the mode to Static and enter the desired IP address. Press ESC.
4. Select Subnet Mask, retype the default subnet address and press Enter. Press ESC.
5. Select IP Address and verify that the IP address has been updated.
6. Save changes and exit the system BIOS to reboot your server.
Type F2 to enter BIOS Setup Utility, navigate to Advanced --> IDE Configuration and change ATA/IDE Configuration to Compatible.
This is the expected behavior and a limitation for Compatible mode.
If set to Compatible mode, and also set to SATA Pri. PATA Sec, the IDE
CD-ROM will be the primary device and SATA1 will be mapped to the secondary device. SATA0 HDD can not be used.
If set to SATA Pri. PATA Sec, SATA0 will be mapped to the primary IDE HDD device and the IDE CD-ROM will be the secondary device. SATA1 HDD can not be used.
If you want all HDDs and the CD-ROM to be detected, select Enhanced mode in the BIOS Setup utility.
If you have an E0 stepping processor installed in your system, the BIOS has already been updated. If you receive an E0 stepping processor as a separate option, you can identify the processor by the labeling on the box.
TABLE 1 contains a list of the product codes that identify each E0 stepping processor.
| Note - Prior to installing any supported E0 stepping processor, you must first upgrade the system to BIOS version 3A11 (or later), Tools & Drivers 1.1 (or later). |
When updating ILOM, the BIOS is not automatically updated on the Sun Fire X2250 Server.
Update the BIOS separately. To remotely update the BIOS, follow the procedures in Appendix B, “Updating Sun Fire X2250 BIOS From a Remote Client” in the Sun Fire X2250 Server Service Manual (820-4593).
The system BIOS sends a hard reset sel log during system power on or during a system power cycle.
This issue will be fixed in a future BIOS release.
The system can not boot from a redirected CD if both the CD and floppy image are redirected at the same time from the Java Remote Console.
Workaround: Do not redirect both the CD and floppy image at the same time.
This issue will be fixed in a future BIOS release.
The following issues apply to the Sun Fire X2250 server when the server is managed by the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM):
For more information about ILOM, see the online Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager User’s Guide (820-1188) at http://docs.sun.com.
TABLE 2 shows the minimum supported browser versions for running the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) web interface for the Sun Fire X2250 server on Solaris, Linux, and Windows operating systems.
When the Session Timeout is set to 3 hours in the ILOM web interface, the session will always time out before 3 hours.
This issue is will be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release.
When you launch a Java Remote Console (RKVMS) session from a Solaris system, the Mount CD ROM option will not display a CD-ROM drive, even when a CD is correctly mounted.
By default, volmgt is enabled at all time. Before using the Java Remote Console (RKVMS) to start CD-ROM/floppy redirection, volmgt needs to be disabled. Follow this procedure.
2. Launch the Java Remote Console (RKVMS).
3. Assign root privilege to the Java processor that is running on RKVMS. Type:
> >ppriv -s +file_dac_read ‘pgrep java‘;
4. Insert a bootable CD into the CD-ROM drive on your Solaris desktop.
5. Click the cdrom menu item in the Java Remote Console to start CD-ROM redirection.
The path of the CD-ROM drive should appear.
No events are generated in the service processor (SP) logs or BIOS BMC event logs for DIMMs of different sizes that are within the same branch.
This issue will be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release.
The Locate LED cannot be set to different values (for example, fast blink) using the web interface. For example, this procedure has no effect on the Locate LED.
1. Log in to the ILOM web interface as Administrator.
2. Navigate to the System Monitoring > Indicators tab.
4. From the pull-down menu, select Set LED to Fast Blink.
A confirmation message appears.
5. Click OK to confirm the action.
This issue will be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release.
When using the ILOM web interface, no errors or warnings are issued when you exceed the 16-character limit for passwords.
This issue will be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release.
When the Pc-Check diagnostic tool is set to run manually (that is, /SP/diag is set to manual), the diagnostics do not run. This occurs because the virtual floppy device is listed last in the BIOS boot devices listing.
2. Type the following command to set the virtual floppy as the primary boot device:
ipmitool -H localhost -U root -P changeme chassis bootdev floppy
You can now run the Pc-Check tool in manual mode.
User authentication for KVMS sessions cannot be performed using any of the remote user authentication mechanisms, such as RADIUS, LDAP, or Active Directory.
This issue will be fixed in a future ILOM firmware release.
When you launch an ILOM Remote Console session on a Solaris system, the system may prompt you for a decision regarding the javaRKVM.jnlp file. You have the following two options:
If you are logged in as root, choose to open the file with its default application.
If you are logged in as a user (not root), do the following:
1. Choose the option to save the file.
2. Download the javaRKVM.jnlp file and run it manually.
The download manager will display the location of this file.
3. To find the location of the javaws application, enter the following in a terminal window:
4. Move the javaRKVM.jnlp file to the /tmp directory. Type:
% mv /location_of_javaRKVM.JNLP/javaRKVM.JNLP /tmp
Where location_of_javaRKVM.JNLP is the directory where javaRKVM.JNLP resides.
5. Execute the following command from the terminal window:
% /location_of_javaws/javaws /tmp/javaRKVM.JNLP
Where location_of_javaws is the directory where javaws resides.
Assuming the javaws application is run from the /usr/bin directory:
% /usr/bin/javaws /tmp/javaRKVM.JNLP
will open a Remote Console session.
Once the Remote Console window is closed, the /tmp/javaRKVM.jnlp is removed.
This section contains diagnostics issues for the Sun Fire X2250 Server.
The following issue applies to the Pc-Check diagnostics software, version 6.20:
1. Log in to the ILOM web interface.
2. Select Remote Control > Diagnostics tabs, and then set the mode for Pc-Check.
3. Power cycle or power on the server to activate Pc-Check.
When the Pc-Check mode is set back to disabled, the next power-on or power-cycle event will then take that event. For example, if you used ILOM to set the
Pc-Check status to enabled and that mode is currently running, and if you then set the status to disabled, ILOM will not exit Pc-Check or kill the background scripts until the next power-on or power-cycle event. ILOM does not see any localized resets, such as a control-alt-delete, and therefore it cannot verify that the resets occurred.
The following issue applies to Sun VTS software:
The Sun VTS netlbtest fails in internal loopback mode. This occurs because the e1000g network interface card (NIC) driver is not supported by the Intel 82564EBT and Intel 82563EB chipsets being used by the Sun Fire X2250 server.
This section contains the following operating system issues:
For a list of minimum supported operating systems, see Supported Operating Systems.
When installing Solaris 10 5/08 on a Sun Fire X2250 server that is mounted in a rack and connected to a KVM switch, the monitor might go out of sync when the Xserver starts to log in to the OS.
a. Run the install.sh script from the Tools & Drivers CD.
Running install.sh resolves the issue, as it installs the updated AST2000 VGA driver. See the Sun Fire X2250 Server Operating System Installation Guide (820-4592) for additional instructions on running the install.sh script for Solaris.
See the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager User’s Guide (820-1188) for additional instructions about KVMS over IP.
a. Boot failsafe or kill the Xserver prior to starting.
b. Run the install.sh script from the Tools & Drivers CD.
See the Sun Fire X2250 Server Operating System Installation Guide (820-4592) for additional instructions on running the install.sh script for Solaris.
The following issues apply to Sun Fire X2250 servers running the supported RedHat or SUSE operating systems.
The following error message is generated when a USB device is inserted in the rear USB port on the Sun Fire X2250 server:
usb 1-2; device not accepting address 2, error -71
This is a Red Hat Linux issue.
You must manually create a new initrd.img file in your current installation:
2. Navigate to the /boot directory. Type:
3. Rename the initrd.img file by typing the command:
mv initrd-<version>.img initrd-<version>.img.save
4. Create a new initrd.img file by typing the command:
mkinitrd initrd-<version>.img <uname - r>
5. Reboot the server for the changes to take effect.
When using the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) or Red Hat/SUSE DVD to install Linux on the Sun Fire X2250 server, ensure that the HDD configuration mode is set to IDE. RAID drivers for the Intel ESB2 chipset are not functioning correctly. This issue is being addressed with the Linux OS providers and Intel.
The following section details issues when installing Windows and Linux operating systems using the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA), including:
NFS, HTTP, and FTP installation modes are not available when installing Windows using SIA. Windows installation support is available only for CD installations (remote RKVM and local).
SIA is unable to configure the video card and monitor type for Linux OS (Red Hat and SLES) installations. The user may have to manually set the type (make and model) of the monitor and set the correct monitor resolution after the installation completes.
Redundant array of independent disks (RAID) installations are not supported in SIA.
This issue will be fixed in a future SIA release.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 5.1 must be installed on a single disk. Placing the boot and swap partitions on one disk and placing the root partition on the another disk will cause the Red Hat installer (Anaconda) to crash, which then causes SIA to hang.
When using SIA to install Windows Server 2003, SIA does not recognize the SATA RAID drive created by the ESB2 chipset.
When using SIA to install an OS in SATA AHCI mode, occasionally the system will not reboot when you click the Reboot button at the end of the installation process.
Manually reset the system to reboot the system.
The following table details issues that have been acknowledged, addressed, or fixed with each version of the Tools and Drivers CD:
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