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SPARC T4-2 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 8/11 OS

Minimum Required Patchsets and SPARC Bundle for Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS

Minimum Required Patchsets and SPARC Bundle for Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS

Support for new 16 Gbyte and 32 Gbyte DIMMs

Rules for I/O Slot Use by Certain Cards

2.  Known Product Issues

Hardware Issues

Maximizing Memory Bandwidth

Direct I/O Support

Use Links Labeled SPARC T3 to Download sas2ircu Software for SPARC T4 Servers

Installing Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal, Disables the DVD Drive

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

I/O Performance Might Degrade When Using More Than Two Ports Across Multiple Sun Dual 10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Cards (CR 6943558)

Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal, Must Be Installed In PCIe2 Slot 0 (CR 6982358)

Server Panics When Booting From a USB Thumbdrive Attached to the Front USB Ports (CR 6983185)

Cannot Plumb Sun Quad GbE x8 PCIe Low Profile Adapter in PCIe Slot 0 When More Than Five Are Installed (CR 6993897)

Front-Panel Video Port Does Not Support Resolutions Greater Than 1024 x 768 (CR 7021609)

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

Restrictions on Placement of HBAs in Slot 4 and Slot 5 (CR 7046966)

PCIe Correctable Errors Might Be Reported (CR 7051331)

L2 Cache Uncorrectable Errors Might Lead to an Entire Processor Being Faulted (CR 7065563)

L2 Cache UEs Are Sometimes Reported as Core Faults Without Any Cache Line Retirements (CR 7071237)

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

Spurious Power Supply Errors Might Be Reported (CR 7180259)

Oracle Solaris OS Issues

Custom nvalias Settings Do Not Change During a System Reconfiguration

Cannot Boot Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS From the Internal DVD

The cfgadm -al Command Takes a Long Time to Print Output (CR 6937169)

Spurious Interrupt Message in System Console (CR 6963563)

Spurious Error Message During Initial Oracle Solaris 10 OS Installation (CR 6971896)

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

Memory Allocation Issues With Emulex 8Gb HBAs in a Magma I/O Expansion Box (CR 6982072)

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

Gigabit Ethernet (nxge) Driver Not Loading on Systems With Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS and a Solaris 10 9/10 Patchset or Solaris 10 8/11 Patchset (CR 6995458)

nxge Driver Warning Messages Appear After Reboot (CR 7037575)

The cfgadm Command Fails for Certain HBAs (CR 7044759)

The trapstat -T Command Causes Bad Watchdog Resets at TL2 (CR 7052070)

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

Benign Error Message: mptsas request inquiry page 0x83 for target:a, lun:0 failed! (CR 7092982)

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

Some pciex8086,105f Devices Fail to Attach On Servers Equipped with System Firmware 8.2.0.b (CR 7147940)

Firmware Issues

Identifying the Boot Volume On Servers Equipped With the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe 8-Port Internal RAID HBA

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

e1000g Driver Generates Spurious ereports When Installing Oracle Solaris OS Over a Sun PCIe Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (CR 6958011)

Missing Interrupt Causes USB Hub Hot-plug Thread to Hang, Resulting In Process Hangs (CR 6968801)

sas2ircu Message That RAID Volume Sizes Other Than “MAX” Are Not Supported (CR 6983210)

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

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

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

A Sequence of Errors in a CPU's Register Might Block Strand Retirement for Some Earlier Errors (CR 7071974)

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

Cold Reset Adds One Day to System Time (CR 7127740)

System Shuts Down Following a false SYS_POK_GLITCH Error (CR 7146062)

Rules for I/O Slot Use by Certain Cards

Some optional I/O cards are restricted to specific I/O slots to meet system cooling requirements. Other I/O cards provide better performance when installed in particular slots. PCIe Slot Usage Rules for Certain I/O Cards lists these slot requirements and recommendations.


Note - This table lists only I/O cards that have specific slot or quantity restrictions or other requirements. It does not list I/O cards that are supported by the server but are not subject to slot or quantity restrictions.


Table 1-4 PCIe Slot Usage Rules for Certain I/O Cards

Description
Part Number
Maximum
Restrictions
Network Interface Card
Sun Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter
7100488
10 with Solaris 11

8 with Solaris 10

10 Gb Network Module QFSP quad port XAUI adapter card
SE4X5XC1Z
1
FCoE 10Gb/s Converged Network Adapter
Sun Storage 10 GbE PCIe FCoE Converged Network Adapter: QLogic low profile, dual port and SR optics
SG-XPCIEFCOE2-Q-SR
9
Either slot 4 or slot 5 , but not both
Sun Storage 10 GbE PCIe FCoE Converged Network Adapter: Qlogic low profile, dual port and Twin-AX
SG-XPCIEFCOE2-Q-TA
9
Either slot 4 or slot 5 , but not both
SAS Host Bus Adapter PCI-E
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal: 8 port and 512 MB memory1 2
SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z
1
Slot 0
SAS cable kit for installation of internal RAID card
SE3X4A11Z
1
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA: 8 port, Internal
SGX-SAS6-INT-Z
1
Slot 0
InfiniBand
Sun InfiniBand QDR Host Channel Adapter PCIe
X4242A
4
Cannot be installed in slotd 4 or 5
Miscellaneous
Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 PCIe Card
X6000A-N
2
Sun Flash F40 Card
7104482
4
Slots 9, 8, 7, 03 (Slot 6 if Slot 0 is unavailable)

1Requires SE3Y4A11Z cable kit.

2DVD drive is unusable if this card is installed.

3Recommended order of installation