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For the latest version of these release notes and other Sun Ultra 40 Workstation documentation, visit the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/products-n solutions/hardware/docs/Workstation_Products/Workstations/ultra_40/
Please note the following issues and considerations for the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation:
The following operating system (OS) versions are supported for the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation at the time of publication of this document:
For the most recent list of supported operating systems, see http://sun.com/ultra40
The most recent versions of Sun Ultra 40 Workstation documentation is available at the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/
Workstation_Products/Workstations/ultra_40/index.html
The BIOS versions mentioned in this document are available on the following versions of the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD or Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD:
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You can download the ISO image of each of these versions at:
http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra40/downloads.jsp
Use the following procedure to update the BIOS on your Sun Ultra 40 Workstation:
1. Insert the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD/DVD (or Supplemental CD/DVD) into the DVD drive.
The system boots from the CD and a boot menu appears.
3. Select option 2 to flash the system BIOS and reboot the system.
The following hardware and BIOS issues apply to the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation hardware and BIOS, regardless of the OS used.
The Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD v1.0 contains BIOS v1.0. Do not flash the system BIOS from this CD. Instead, flash the system BIOS to a more current version. Refer to Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions for instructions on how to obtain the latest version of the Tools and Drivers CD.
After updating the BIOS using Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD or the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD, the system might report a CMOS checksum error.
If this happens, access the BIOS Setup Utility and load setup defaults:
1. Press the F2 key to go into the BIOS Setup Utility.
2. Select Load Setup Defaults.
3. Press the F10 key to save your settings and exit.
After updating the BIOS using Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD or the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD, the BIOS settings might change back to the defaults. If you had changed any BIOS settings, such as enabling RAID, do the following:
After flashing the BIOS, press the F2 key when the system boots to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. Check your settings and restore any that may have changed to the default.
The following PCIe card requires BIOS v1.40 to operate properly:
The following PCI cards require BIOS v1.10 to operate properly:
See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
The following LSI SAS controller requires BIOS v1.40 to operate properly:
LSI SAS controller (371-2094-01).
See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions
After you update to BIOS v1.40, the boot order of the LSI controller might change. To correct the LSI controller boot order, or to ensure that it has not changed, perform the following steps:
1. After you flash the BIOS, reboot the system.
2. Press the F2 key when you have a choice of pressing F1 or F2 to continue.
You will enter the BIOS setup screen.
4. Make any setting changes you require.
5. Press the F10 key to save changes and exit.
For RAID configurations, the following table shows the mapping of the SATA controller to the physical disk drive:
You must disable SATA RAID if the option card's expansion ROM is greater than the available shadow memory.
For example, you can only use the Single Ultra-320 (1-Port) SCSI PCI-X card when onboard SATA RAID is disabled in the BIOS.
Enabling RAID for the onboard SATA drives with a U320 SCSI card installed will result in an expansion ROM not initialized BIOS error message and the U320 SCSI card might not function correctly.
The primary PCI-Express slot is the PCIe1 Slot. If you would like to use the secondary PCIe x16 slot (PCIe3), make the following changes to the BIOS:
1. Boot the workstation with the video display connected to the primary graphics card slot.
2. When you see the Sun logo screen displayed, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
The entry PCIe X16 VGA CARD SELECT defines which slot is the primary graphics slot. POST and BOOT information will be displayed to this card only.
4. Select PCI Express Slot 3 to enable the PCIe 3 graphics slot.
5. Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the BIOS.
The next time you reboot the workstation, the secondary graphics card will display output.
When the Type 7 keyboard is plugged into left front USB port and a device is plugged into the right front USB port, the Sun Type 7 keyboard might not function, or the OS might report a keyboard error.
Users should avoid this configuration and to plug the Type 7 keyboard into the rear USB ports.
The Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD v1.2, and later versions of the Supplemental CD and Tools and Drivers CD, contains BIOS support for 2GB and 4GB DIMMs. For instructions on obtaining and updating your system BIOS, see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
The Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD v1.2, and later versions of the Supplemental CD and Tools and Drivers CD, provides BIOS-level control over the speed of the system's cooling fans. While changes to the fan speed are automatic and based on the detected DIMM configuration, it is possible to adjust the speed via the BIOS menu. The speed will increase as follows:
The following issues apply to the PC-Check Diagnostic software available on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD and Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD.
Pc-Check v6.05d is available on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD v1.6. For information on obtaining the Tools and Drivers CD, see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
Pc-Check only recognizes the primary graphics card when running the graphics test. In order to test both cards in a two-card system, switch the primary graphics card display to the secondary graphics card (see Setting Up the BIOS for the Secondary PCIe Graphics Slot) and then run the graphics diagnostic test again.
A future release of Pc-Check may contain the functionality to test two cards.
The initial release of Pc-Check does not contain a specific test for the SPDIF ports.
This test is available in the Pc-Check version on Supplemental CD v1.1 and later versions of the Supplemental CD and the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD.
See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
The initial release of Pc-Check does not contain a TPM test.
This test is available in the Pc-Check version on Supplemental CD v1.1 and later versions of the Supplemental CD and the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD.
See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
The following issues apply to Sun Ultra 40 Workstations running the Solaris 10 operating system.
The Nvidia video driver 9755 is available on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD v1.6. For information on obtaining the Tools and Drivers CD see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
Solaris 10 6/06 and 11/06 has security vulnerability in the in.telnetd(1M) daemon that might allow unauthorized remote users to gain access to a Solaris Host. Patch-ID# 120069-02 addresses this issue. The patch is available on Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD v1.6 (see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions).
Apply the patch manually or run the install.sh script on all Solaris 10 6/06 and 11/06 systems. For more information, refer to Sun Security Alert 102802. You can also access this patch (and related patches) at:
A recent Security Advisory for the 8774 Nvidia Graphics driver for Solaris and Linux is posted at:
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
Solaris and Linux users with systems that contain NVIDIA graphics cards and the 1.0-8774 video driver should update the driver to a later version. A later version Nvidia video driver, 1.0-8776, is available on the Tools and Drivers CD v1.4a. Additionally, newer Nvidia drivers and installation procedures are available at:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
Solaris OS might panic if the NVIDIA drivers version 8172 are installed. Ensure that version 8756 or later is installed.
This issue only applies to a clean reinstall of Solaris 10 1/06. This issue does not apply to the pre-installed image that comes with your Sun Ultra 40 Workstation. When you log in to a new Solaris 10 1/06 installation, the login attempt will fail and will result in garbled display graphics. There are two workarounds for this issue. Choose from one of the following workarounds:
1. Reboot the system, but do not log in to the system.
2. Select the Options button, then select Reset Login Screen.
The screen will reset, and you can then login as usual.
If your screen displays garbled text, you need to reset the Xserver by simultaneously pressing CNTL, ALT, BACKSPACE.
Workaround 2: Install the unbundled NVIDIA display drivers contained on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD or the Sun Ultra 40 Tools and Drivers CD as follows:
1. Use the command prompt to log in as root (superuser).
2. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Run install.sh from the /cdrom/cdrom0/drivers/sx86 directory.
5. Log in to the workstation using the CDE desktop one time before attempting to log in using JDS.
All subsequent JDS logins will work.
The Solaris 10 Xserver default configuration only enables a primary display. To enable a primary and a secondary display simultaneously, you need to install the Nvidia drivers from the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD v1.4. You should use the install.sh script to add the second display to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
When the Solaris OS starts, the following console message might appear when using BIOS versions prior to v1.40:
WARNING: failed to program IO space [0/1/1] BAR@0x10 length 0x20
You can safely ignore this message or upgrade to BIOS v1.40
The cdrw utility that shipped with Solaris 10 1/06 does not fully support writing on DVD+RW and DVD-RW media. Patch-ID# 120888-06, and subsequent related patches, addresses this issue.
You can access the patch at http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
A Solaris patch has been released to address the change in daylight savings time. Patch-ID# 118669-05, and subsequent related patches, addresses this issue.
You can access the patch at http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
This issue only applies to a clean install or reinstall of Solaris 10 1/06. The system will hang at the NFS message prompt. If this happens, reboot the workstation.
If you move a card from one PCI-Express slot to another, the OS will still remember the instance for the old slot as nvidia0 and will assign the new slot as nvidia1.
Change the /dev/nvidia0 link to point to /dev/fbs/nvidia1
Update the /etc/path_to_inst file as follows:
a. Open the /etc/path_to_inst file in a text editor.
b. Remove any nvidia entries from the file.
d. Do a configuration reboot by typing b -r at the boot command prompt.
This assigns nvidia0 to the new slot.
After running install.sh on Solaris 10 1/06, the screen might turn white after the reboot. If this happens, reboot the workstation again.
A time of day clock error message might occur after running sys-unconfig and after subsequent date and time configurations.
Press F2 to continue the Solaris 10 Operating System configuration.
The preinstalled Solaris 10 OS that comes with the Ultra 40 Workstation has a conservative Xserver setting that facilitates the out-of-box configuration for a variety of monitors. However, the preinstalled Solaris 10 OS limits the maximum resolution to 1280x1024. The Sun 24-inch LCD monitor runs at a native resolution of 1920x1200.
To improve the resolution and match the 1920x1200 24-inch LCD monitor, do the following:
1. Log in to the system as root (superuser).
2. Open the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in a text editor.
3. Look for the Modes line in the Screen section. There are four Modes settings, one for each color depth which look like this:
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
4. Add the 24-inch display resolution to the front of the list as in the following example:
Modes "1920x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
5. Log out of the workstation and log back in again.
The 24-inch display will now run at 1920x1200.
The following issue applies to Sun Ultra 40 Workstations running a supported Windows OS.
Windows XP reburn v1.4 is available on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD v1.6. For information on obtaining the Tools and Drivers CD, see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
This can happen if there are certain Linux partitions on the hard disk. If this happens, erase the Linux partitions on the hard disk.
To erase the boot disk partitions
1. Reboot the workstation with the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD or Tools and Driver CD
2. Choose option 3 for the Erase Primary Boot Disk utility to wipe the entire disk clean.
The following issues apply to Sun Ultra 40 Workstations running a supported Red Hat or SUSE operating system.
The Nvidia video driver 9755 is available on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD v1.6. For information on obtaining the Tools and Drivers CD see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
During installation of Linux OS on systems configured with two NVIDIA Quadro FX4500 VGA cards and 16GB of memory, the system hangs and the installation does not complete. Before installing Linux on a system matching this configuration you must update the BIOS to v1.5, which is available on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD 1.5.
For more information, see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions
A recent Security Advisory for the 8774 Nvidia Graphics driver for Solaris and Linux has been posted at:
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
Solaris and Linux users with systems that contain NVIDIA graphics cards and the 1.0-8774 video driver should update the driver to a later version. A later version Nvidia video driver, 1.0-8776, is available on the Tools and Drivers v1.4a CD. Additionally, newer Nvidia drivers and installation procedures are available at:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
The TPM 1.2 driver for Linux on the Supplemental CD v1.1 only supports RHEL 2.6 32-bit kernels.
See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
There is a bug in the built-in nv drivers in some Linux distributions which might cause the screen to turn white during installation.
If this happens on your system with an FX1400 card, do the following:
1. Install the operating system in text mode or select the VESA graphics driver during the installation.
2. After installation is complete, run the install.sh file on the Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Supplemental CD or Tools and Drivers CD to install the updated NVIDIA display drivers.
This bug has been fixed in the open source nv driver.
After running install.sh, the modules.conf file will contain updated information for the NVIDIA sound driver.
During execution, the Linux sound detection program updates the modules.conf file with the incorrect information. As a result, the NVIDIA sound driver will not work.
1. Add the following lines to the /etc/modules.conf file:
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv alias usb-controller usb-ohci alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd alias eth0 nvnet alias eth1 nvnet alias sound-slot-0 nvsound alias snd-intel8x0 off alias i810_audio off |
This issue is resolved in RHEL 4.
This bug only applies to the RHEL 4, 32-bit, Update 2, SMP Kernel version 2.6.9-22. This is the default kernel for RHEL 4 Update 2.
Before running the install.sh script with a RHEL 4, 32-bit, Update 2 installation, do the following:
1. Download the 2.6.9-22-3 (or later) SMP kernel update from the following site:
http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/RPMS.kernel/
2. Install both the kernel and kernel-devel rpms.
4. Run install.sh from the Supplemental or Tools and Drivers CD.
This kernel update fixes the following issues:
To fix this issue, disable ACPI by adding acpi=off to the kernel command line in /etc/grub.conf as in the following example:
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS-up (2.6.9-22.EL)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.EL ro ... rhgb quiet acpi=off
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.EL.img
The system reports the following message on the console or in the system log on RHEL 3 Update 6 (64-bit):.
Northbridge status a6000001:00050016 Error gart error Gart TLB error generic level err CPU 1 processor context corrupt error uncorrectible previous error lost NB error address 0000000037FF0000 |
You can safely ignore this message.
This issue happens infrequently and might only happen with the NVIDIA 7676 display drivers, which are not contained on the Supplemental CD or Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD.
Rebooting after running install.sh might cause Kudzu to incorrectly redetect the graphics card. When this happens, it might list the video card as nv41.
Choose Ignore, rather than Configure, when prompted by Kudzu.
Selecting Configure automatically updates the xorg.conf file and replaces "nvidia" with "vesa" as shown in the following excerpt from the xorg.conf file:
Section "Device" Identifier "VideoCard" Driver "vesa" VendorName "Video Card Vendor" BoardName "Nvidia Quadro FX540" |
If this happens, edit the xorg.conf file and change "vesa" back to "nvidia".
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Tip - Choose Ignore to avoid having to edit the xorg.conf file. |
The following console message might appear multiple times:
K8-bus.c bus 254 has empty cpu mask.
You can safely ignore this message.
The following console message might appear multiple times:
ata2: command 0x35 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x20 error
You can safely ignore this message.
Periodically, the system hangs after changing from run level 5 to run level 3 using the init 3 command.
If this happens, reboot the workstation.
The system reports the following message in dmesg on SLES 9 SP3 32-bit:
You can safely ignore this message.
The following console message might appear when running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9):
linux kernel: driver/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found
You can safely ignore this message.
If you are running SLES 9 SP2, you might notice the following error message in the console or after running the dmesg command.
You can safely ignore this message.
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