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SPARC T4-4 Server
Product Notes
July 2014
Provides late-breaking information about Oracle's SPARC T4-4 server.
Document Information
Using This Documentation
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
Installing and Booting Oracle Solaris 11 From Devices Connected to a USB Port
Support for New 16 Gbyte and 32 Gbyte DIMMs
Support for 1.5 TByte Memory Configuration
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
Sun Type 6 Keyboards Are Not Supported by SPARC T4 Series Servers
Hardware RAID 1E Not Supported
Server Panics When Booting From a USB Thumbdrive Attached to the Front USB Ports (Bug ID 15667682)
Performance Limitations Occur When Performing a Hot-Plug Installation of a x8 Card Into a Slot Previously Occupied With a x4 Card (Bug ID 15671185)
Unrecoverable USB Hardware Errors Occur In Some Circumstances (Bug ID 15677875, Bug ID 15765407)
PSH Might Not Clear a Retired Cache Line on a Replaced CPU Module (Bug ID 15705327, Bug ID 15713018)
PCIe Correctable Errors Might Be Reported (Bug ID 15720000, 15722832)
L2 Cache Uncorrectable Errors Might Lead to an Entire Processor Being Faulted (Bug ID 15727651, Bug ID 15732875, Bug ID 15732876, Bug ID 15733117)
L2 Cache UEs Are Sometimes Reported as Core Faults Without Any Cache Line Retirements (Bug ID 15731176)
Upon a Reboot After an Unrecoverable Hardware Error, CPUs Might Not Start (Bug ID 15733431)
Intermittent Power Supply Faults Occur During Power On (Bug ID 15727974)
Non-Critical Power Supply Threshold Messages Occur Under Heavy Load (Bug ID 15728319)
Spurious Power Supply Errors Might Be Reported (Bug ID 15800916)
Oracle Solaris OS Issues
The
cfgadm -al
Command Takes a Long Time to Print Output (Bug ID 15631390, Bug ID 15723609)
Spurious Interrupt Message in System Console (Bug ID 15651697, Bug ID 15771956, Bug ID 15771958)
Spurious Error Message During Initial Oracle Solaris OS Installation (Bug ID 15658412)
When
diag-switch?
Is Set to
true
, Oracle Solaris OS Fails to Update EEPROM for Automatic Rebooting (Bug ID 15666767)
Memory Allocation Issues With Emulex 8Gb HBAs in a Magma I/O Expansion Box (Bug ID 15666779)
The Fault Management Suite Sometimes Sends Resolved Cases to the SP (Bug ID 15667874, Bug ID 15741999)
Gigabit Ethernet (
nxge
) Driver Not Loading on Systems With Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS and Solaris 10 9/10 Patch Bundle (Bug ID 15677751)
nxge
Driver Warning Messages Displayed After Reboot (Bug ID 15710067, Bug ID 15777789, Bug ID 15777790)
The
trapstat -T
Command Causes Bad Watchdog Resets at TL2 (Bug ID 15720390)
Watchdog Timeouts Occur With Heavy Workloads and Maximum Memory Configurations (Bug ID 15737671, Bug ID 15744469, Bug ID 15771943)
ereport.fm.fmd.module
Generated During a Reboot of an SDIO Domain (Bug ID 15738845, Bug ID 15742069)
Oracle VTS
dtlbtest
Hangs When the CPU Threading Mode Is Set to
max-ipc
(Bug ID 15743740, Bug ID 15744945)
Some pciex8086,105f Devices Fail to Attach On Servers Equipped with System Firmware 8.2.0.b (Bug ID 15774699)
L2 Cache Uncorrectable Errors Causing a Reboot Abort (Bug ID 15826320)
Firmware Issues
create-raid10-volume
Command Fails to Create a RAID 10 Volume on a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA (Bug ID 15635981)
Timestamp for an ILOM Fault/Critical Event Might Be Off by One Hour (Bug ID 15802097)
Missing Interrupt Causes USB Hub Hot-plug Thread to Hang, Resulting In Process Hangs (Bug ID 15655752)
Message From
cpustat
Refers to Processor Documentation Incorrectly (Bug ID 15717099, Bug ID 15717100, Bug ID 15749141)
reboot disk
Command Occasionally Fails When
disk
Argument Picks Up Extra Characters (Bug ID 15816272, Bug ID 15719738)
Blue LED On Drive Does Not Light When the Drive Is Ready to Remove (Bug ID 15737491)
Cold Reset Adds One Day to System Time (CR 15764743, Bug ID 15765255, Bug ID 15765770)