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Product Notes
August 2012
Review late-breaking information about the server.
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1. Late-breaking Information
Preinstalled Software
Supported Versions of Oracle Solaris OS, Firmware, and Software
OS Package and Patch Updates
Determining Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Update Version
Determining Oracle Solaris 10 Patch Revision
Minimum Required Patchset for Oracle Solaris 10 08/11 OS
Minimum Required Patchset for Oracle Solaris 10 09/10 OS
Minimum Required Patchsets and SPARC Bundle for Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS
Rules for I/O Slot Use by Certain Cards
Up to Eight SSDs Can Now Be Installed In Any SPARC T3-1 Server
Disk Zoning Rules for Backplanes With Sixteen-Disk Capacity
Minimum System Firmware for Valid
devalias
in Upper Disk Locations
Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1.1 and 2.2 Support SPARC Platforms
Disk Zone Management Using the
zoningcli
Command
ALOM CMT Compatibility Shell Not Supported
2. Known Product Issues
Hardware Issues
SAS Command Might Fail to Complete When Certain SAS Devices Are Put Under Heavy Load (CR 7088469)
SPARC T3 and T4 Platforms Might See Dropped or Double Character Input From USB Keyboards (CR 7067025)
Supplementary Notes for CR 7067025
When Running Older Versions of the Oracle Solaris OS With Multiple PCIe Cards of Certain Types Installed, Some PCIe Ports Might Not Come Up
Sun Type 6 Keyboards Are Not Supported By SPARC T3 Series Servers
Caution Needed When Removing a SATA Data Cable From a Backplane Connector
Caution Needed When Handling the Connector Board
4 Ports Sun Dual 10 GbE SFP+ PCIe TCP RX Performance Lags PCI-E Quad Port GigE (copper) x8 Lane Card On SPARC T3-1 (CR 6943558)
Enable Flow Control (Include System Reboot)
Enable Flow Control (Without System Reboot)
Server Panics When Booting From a USB Thumbdrive Attached to the Front USB Ports (CR 6983185)
Oracle Solaris OS Issues
When a Start Address Is Not Aligned With the Largest Page Size, the OS Should Use the Next Available Page Size (CR 7048380)
Cannot Boot Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS (U8) From the Internal DVD
In a Zoned Sixteen-Disk Backplane, the Oracle Solaris
format
Utility Sees All Disks in the Controller 0 Zone (CR 7109778)
When Two Or More NIU Devices Are Plumbed, Memory DR Remove Operations May Hang (6983286)
fault.memory.memlink-uc
Fault Did Not Cause Panic as Stated by System Message (6940599)
Gigabit Ethernet (
nxge
) Driver Not Loading on Systems With Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS and Solaris 10 9/10 Patch Bundle (6995458)
Memory Allocation Issues With Emulex 8Gb HBAs In a Magma IO Expansion Box (6982072)
Spurious Error Message During Initial Oracle Solaris OS Installation (CR 6971896)
Spurious Interrupt Message in System Console (CR 6963563)
When
diag-switch?
is Set to
true
, Oracle Solaris OS Fails to Update EEPROM for Automatic Rebooting (CR 6982060)
False
nxge
Warning Messages (CR 6938085)
Benign Error Message:
mptsas request inquiry page 0x89 for SATA target :a failed
(6986482)
Firmware Issues
Cold Reset Adds One Day to System Time (CR 7127740)
In Servers With an Unzoned 16-Disk Backplanes, Setting a RAID Controller to Its Default State Deletes RAID Configurations From Both Controllers (6999411)
e1000g
Driver Generates Spurious
ereports
When Installing Oracle Solaris OS Over a Sun PCIe Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (6958011)
envtest
May Issue Invalid Temperature Reports For Some Components (6975427)
System is Powered Off When Running
reset
/HOST/domain/control
With Active Guest Domains (6987371)
Incorrect Handling of Out-of-Order Ctrl TDs Can Result in Applications Hanging (CR 7024581)
Missing Interrupt Causes USB Hub Hotplug Thread to Hang, Resulting In Process Hangs (6968801)
spconfig
Names >36 Characters Give Communication eErrors for
ldm add/rm-config
Command (6987310)
Service Processor Locks Up With No Access (6985738)
Cannot Initiate Two Consecutive
probe-scsi-all
Commands in Systems With 8Gb FC PCI-Express, Emulex HBAs (6983959)
SDIO:
ereports
Related to Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe Cards On Reboots of the Primary Domain (6986960)
ereport.chassis.sp.unavailable
Not Generated For a Degraded Service Processor (CR 6978171)
Part Number Provided to Oracle Solaris FMA Is Incorrect (6978447)
OpenBoot Command
set-security-key
Produces the False Warning:
Unable to store security key
(6986849)
sas2ircu
Message That RAID Volume Sizes Other Than “MAX” Are Not Supported Needs Clarification (6983210)