Interface Issues

This section describes the known browser interface and command line interface issues.

Incorrect Server Details When Servers Swap Management IP Addresses (6196399)

If the management IP addresses of two discovered servers are swapped, the detailed server information displayed for each of the servers with the swapped addresses will be the information for the other swapped server. For example, if server A and server B have their management IP addresses swapped, “show server A” will show server B's information and “show server B” will show server A's information.

Workaround: Delete both of the servers with swapped IP addresses and then rediscover them. This will result in any user supplied information about the server being lost.

Browser Interface Becomes Out of Sync if Back Button Is Used (6215298)

The browser interface uses frames that are synchronized. If you click the browser's Back button in one of the frames, the frames can get out of sync.

Workaround: Press F5 or refresh the page to synchronize the frames.

Loading a Solaris OS Distribution from a Solaris Management Server Produces “prom_panic” Error (6307571)

Loading a Solaris OS distribution from a Solaris management server to a provisionable server fails to a provisionable server fails with the error prom_panic: Could not mount filesystem immediately after the network boot process starts. After the error message is displayed, the provisionable server enters the boot debugger mode.

Workaround: Stop and restart the NFS service on the management server as follows:

# /etc/init.d/nfs.server stop
# /etc/init.d/nfs.server start

The Bottom Line of the Serial Console Message is not Shown in the Console Window (6308148)

The last line of the serial console launched from the N1 System Manager browser interface is not displayed in the serial console window.

Workaround: Press Enter or Return to display the last line.

Only SSHv1 Is Supported for Serial Console Access (6309107)

The applet used for serial console access from the Web Browser interface uses SSHv1 only for communication back to the N1 System Manager management server. This feature requires enabling SSHv1 for the N1 System Manager management server.

Workaround: If you do not want to enable SSHv1 and the serial console Web Browser interface, you can use the serial console feature from the n1sh command line interface.

Installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 Update 1 OS Shown Incorrectly in Server Lists (6309253)

The show server command and the browser interface server list show the wrong version of an installed provisionable server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 Update 1 OS. For example, Linux RedHat 4ES U4 is shown instead of Linux RedHat 4ES U1.

Workaround: There is no workaround.

Web Console Feature in Browser Interface Does Not Work on a Private Management Network (6316139)

The Web Console feature requires that the browser client have access to the management network of the target system where the Web Console is hosted.

Workaround: Run the browser interface on a host which has access to the management network of the target system.

Serial Console Feature Intermittently Fails on Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers (6316175)

The serial console feature fails on Sun X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 servers when using either the command line (connect server command) or the browser interface.

Workaround: Retry the serial console.

Server List Takes Too Much Time to Display After Management Server Reboots (6315022)

After the management server reboots, it takes at least five minutes for all the servers by using the command line (show server command) or the browser interface. This issue only happens on the initial display of the servers.

Workaround: No workaround available.

Serial Console Feature Requires Java^TM Plugin 1.2 or Later Installed (6315615)

To use the Serial Console feature from the Server Details page in the browser interface, the Java Plugin 1.2 or later must be installed on the system where you are running the browser. Not all of the supported browsers for the N1 System Manager have this installed.