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Updated: May 2019
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Important Operating Notes
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Update Your System to the Latest Software Release
Server Security, Software Releases, and Critical Patch Updates
Important – Install Latest OS Updates, Patches, and Firmware
Oracle ILOM Important Operating Notes
Changes to TLSv1.1 Configuration Property as of ILOM 4.0.3.x
Deprecation Notice for IPMI 2.0 Management Service
New Default Self-Signed SSL Certificate and Security Checks (as of 3.2.8.x)
Prevent Illegible Text in BIOS Utility by Configuring ILOM Remote Console Screen Display
Oracle ILOM License Information
BIOS Update – Important Power Management Operating Notes
Reset Takes a Long Time and Causes the Server to Power Cycle
Enhanced IP Connectivity Settings Available in Oracle ILOM
Access Enhanced IP Connectivity Settings in Oracle ILOM
Operational Changes for UEFI BIOS Configuration
Ensuring Successful File Transfers from Oracle ILOM
Operating System Important Operating Notes
Downloading an OS or Software Applications
Segfaults Might Occur on Servers Running 64-bit Linux Operating Systems
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Required Patches
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Does Not Support PCI Subsystem Settings Option Enabled in the BIOS Setup Utility IO Menu
Preinstalled Oracle VM Server and Oracle VM Manager Compatibility Requirements
Hardware Important Operating Notes
Standby Power Mode – Over-temperature Protection
Diagnosing SAS Data Path Failures on Servers Using MegaRAID Disk Controllers
Single-Processor to Dual-Processor Upgrade Is Not Supported
Avoid Overwriting the Embedded Oracle System Assistant USB Flash Drive
Update HBA Firmware to Support UEFI BIOS
Remove and Replace a Fan Module Within 20 Seconds
Failure of a Single Server Fan Module Might Impact Performance
MAC Address Mapping to Ethernet Ports
Battery Module
Connect AC Power Cables Before Installing Slide-Rails in Sun Rack II 1042
Install AC Power Cables and Slide-Rails
Server Management Tools
Supported PCIe Cards
Resolved Issues
Resolved Issues for Previous Platform Software Releases
When using Oracle ILOM Remote Console with the Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 operating system, the system appears to hang and does not accept keyboard input
Unsupported Hardware Device error appears when using the Oracle System Assistant recovery ISO file
Virtual Ethernet device is reported as “Not Installed” in Microsoft Windows Server
When using the InfiniBand PCIe card with Oracle UEK2, if the BIOS options VT-d and SR-IOV are enabled and the kernel boot argument intel_iommu is set to on, low IPoIB throughput results
Oracle Server Hardware Management Agent does not start successfully on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4
32-GB LRDIMMs are not available for customer order when the server is initially released
StorageTek 8 Gb FC PCIe HBA Dual Port Emulex HBA card is not supported with the Oracle Solaris 11.1 operating systems
GRUB boot loader can only boot from the first eight hard drives in a system
Open Issues
Hardware Open Issues
Oracle ILOM SNMP v3 traps are not delivered after SNMP engine ID change
MegaRAID mouse pointer does not work on Oracle ILOM Remote Console
UEFI configuration settings might be lost when transitioning between UEFI BIOS and Legacy BIOS
BIOS might not respond to a USB keyboard and/or mouse that is connected directly to the server
Using any operating system tools or utilities to manage (create, modify, or delete) UEFI Boot variables might result in the loss of a boot variable needed to start the operating system
Oracle ILOM BIOS Configuration Backup and Restore should not report “Partial Restore” status
Emulex HBA: UEFI “Add Boot Device” hangs when invoked if “Scan Fibre Devices” is not run first
On single-processor systems, some Oracle ILOM web interface System Information screens show an incorrect number of Ethernet ports and PCIe ports available for use
On single-processor systems, some Oracle ILOM CLI commands and web interface System Information screens show an incorrect number of supported DIMM sockets
On servers configured with Internal and External Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA cards, the storage drives are not detected by BIOS at boot time
Unable to obtain DHCP lease at boot time with Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems
After installing an operating system using PXE or a Linux ISO image, the system might fail to assign an IP address to the network port that was used to preform the install
When running an Emulex HBA in UEFI BIOS Boot Mode, the “Add Boot Device” command causes the system to hang
Rebooting the service processor (SP) while the server's host is rebooting might cause the BIOS hang
Oracle System Assistant Open Issues
Virtual Ethernet device is reported as “Not Installed” in Microsoft Windows Server
Oracle System Assistant does not allow a user with only the admin role (a) privilege to update the Oracle ILOM service processor firmware
Oracle System Assistant produces an error when you attempt to update multiple 1.2 TB HDDs or 4 TB HDDs
Oracle Hardware Management Agent for Windows does not start automatically after you have installed it using Oracle System Assistant
Oracle Hardware Management Agent (hwmgmtd) for SLES 11 SP3, Oracle VM 3.3.1, or Oracle Linux 6.x does not start automatically after you have installed it using Oracle System Assistant
Oracle Solaris Operating System Open Issues
During system boot, a warning message might appear on the console
Oracle Solaris 11 Preinstall might encounter a five-minute delay during the first boot
Preinstalled Oracle Solaris 11.1 operating system must be upgraded with SRU 11 before the FMA 2 HA feature can be used on a server that has a 2.7-GHz, 12-core, 130W processor installed
Oracle Solaris 11 operating system does not power off
Linux Operating Systems and Virtual Machine Open Issues
Network port name and onboard NIC port name are not accurate after system reboots
VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 2 virtual machine software does not support network connections when using the onboard network interface controller (NIC) unless an ixgbe driver or a compatible network interface card is installed
When the operating system boots and loads the mpt2sas driver, errors might appear in dmesg
Operating system does not boot if the Sun Storage Dual 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA FCoE card is installed and its option ROM is enabled in UEFI BIOS mode
If you use the preinstalled Oracle VM 3.2 software on a server that has 26 storage drives, the Oracle VM software might panic and display error messages
Attempts to install Oracle Linux 6.3 or 6.4 to an iSCSI target HDD fail
On x86 servers running Oracle Linux 6.4 with Intel Xeon E5-2600 V2 series processors installed, the processors never enter some C-states
After an Oracle Linux 5.9 or 6.4 OS boots when a power limit is set, the processor remains at low speed after commands are issued to dismiss the power limit
After enabling Option ROM for the Sun Storage Dual 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA QLogic card in UEFI BIOS Boot Mode, the SLES 11 ISO image fails to boot
Kernel panic occurs with BurninTest 3.1 on a RHEL 6 or 7 OS or Oracle Linux 6 or 7 OS that is running the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release for Linux
Cannot install VMware ESXi 5.x on system configured with Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA, Internal when non-RAID volumes exist
Low IPoverIB throughput when using the Sun Dual Port QDR InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter for PCIExpress Gen 3 HBA with SLES 11 SP3
Oracle Linux 7.0 with UEK Release 3 does not boot if the Sun Storage 10 Gb FCoE HBA card is installed and its option ROM is enabled in UEFI BIOS mode
Oracle Linux 7.0 installation reports an unknown error message if the installation destination disk is partitioned more than once during the operating system installation
Linux operating systems might not install when using Oracle System Assistant
"dmarxd_poisoned_data_from_dp_stat" message appears in Oracle ILOM Fault Manager after installing RHEL 7.0 or Oracle Linux 7.0
Windows Operating System Open Issues
"Path too Long" errors might occur when unzipping Windows downloads
WHEA fatal errors are received when installing Windows Server 2012
When Windows 2012 R2 is installed using Oracle System Assistant, the fwupdate command does not list QLogic HBA cards
Documentation Open Issues
Broken Links in Sun Server X4-2 Documentation Library
Physical Media Requests Are No Longer Supported
Outdated URL Appears in X4-2 Documentation Set
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Reset Takes a Long Time and Causes the Server to Power Cycle
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