| Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Release Notes |     |
Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Release Notes
819-1771-25
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Contents |
1. Hardware and Firmware Information and Issues
1.2 Notes for Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers
1.2.1 BIOS Chipkill Function Not Working
1.2.2 Create LSI IM Volumes Before Installing the OS
1.2.3 Failure During LSI IME RAID Auto-Rebuild of Swapped Drives
1.2.5 Additional SP Commands enable and disable SSHD Protocol Version 1
1.2.6 BIOS Does Not Use the Correct Sensor Number in the System Firmware Progress SEL Entries
1.2.7 BIOS Update Failure Due to an Error in Transmit-ting the File
1.2.8 System Will Not Boot to a USB Floppy Disk if Internal Floppy Drive is Enabled
1.2.9 Configuring PowerNow! for Your OS
1.2.9.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
1.2.9.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
1.2.11 LSI Option Defaults and Automatic Rebuild of Swapped Drives
1.2.12 Four-Function PCI-X Option Cards
1.2.13 Serial-Concentrator Failures at Speeds Faster Than 9600 Baud
1.2.14 Intel Dual-Port Ethernet PCI Card (Linux Only)
1.2.15 Possible Rx-ERR on Intel PCI Network Interface Card (Port-to-Port Connection Only)
1.2.16 LSI U320 PCI Card Addition Causes Benign Error
1.2.17 LSI U320 PCI Card Not Supported With External Arrays Using Certain Drives
1.2.18 Synchronization Time for On-board RAID Mirroring
1.2.18.1 Estimating Synchronization Times
1.2.18.2 OS and Drivers Not Loaded on Server
1.2.18.3 OS and LSI Drivers Are Loaded on Server
1.2.19 SP Platform Shutdown or Power Cycle Command Requires -f Argument
1.2.20 PCI Card Addition Causes POST Error Message
1.2.20.1 Disabling Option ROM Scan to Avoid POST Error Message
1.2.20.2 Disabling an On-board NIC Option ROM Scan to Boot From a SCSI-Controlled Card
1.3 Notes Specific to Sun Fire V20z Servers
1.3.1 Incorrect BIOS Version Displays After Update
1.3.2 Spurious Interrupts on Serial Port
1.3.2.1 Using the Serial-over-LAN
1.3.2.2 Changing and Verifying the Settings in Solaris
1.3.2.3 Resetting to the Default Settings in Solaris
1.3.2.4 Changing the Settings in Linux
1.4 Notes Specific to Sun Fire V40z Servers
1.4.2 Super FRU Replacement Procedure
1.4.4 PCI/PCI-X Hot Plug Enable/Disable
1.4.4.1 Enabling PCI/PCI-X Hot Plug Feature
1.4.4.2 Verifying PCI/PCI-X Hot Plug Is Enabled
1.4.5 Topspin Infiniband Host Channel Adapter
1.4.6 PCI Option Card: Sun Dual Gigabit Ethernet + Dual SCSI PCI Card
1.4.7 SP Event Log Messages When One Power Supply Is Disconnected
1.5 New or Revised Hardware Procedures
1.5.1 Heat Sink Removal and Installation
1.5.1.2 Heat Sink Installation
2. Software Information and Issues
2.1 Linux Operating System Issues
2.1.1 Create LSI IM Volumes Before Installing the OS
2.1.2 RHEL 4 U1 64-bit and NSV 2.4.0.2a
2.1.3 Linux and AMD PowerNow! Capable Processors
2.1.3.1 RHEL 4 (AMD64) / RHEL 4 U1 (AMD64)
2.1.3.2 RHEL 4 (x86) / RHEL 4 U1 (x86)
2.1.3.3 SLES 9 SP2 or Newer (AMD64)
2.1.4 OpenSSH Version - Modification
2.1.5 PCI-X Hot-plug Support on Linux
2.1.7 Service Processor and Platform Clocks
2.1.8 SNMP Platform OS Agent, Recommended, Reverse Proxy Configuration
2.1.9 Subcommand savedump Causes Watchdog Timeout Error
2.1.10 SUSE Memory Bandwidth Performance on Dual Core
2.1.11 Trident Video Driver with RHEL 3 Might Cause a System Lockup
2.1.12 The 32-bit version of RHEL 3.0 Does Not Recognize More Than 4 Gbytes of Physical Memory
2.1.13 Linux Server Management Requires a Customized OpenIPMI Linux Kernel Driver
2.1.14 Operating Systems Distributed on DVD Rather than on CD-ROM.
2.1.15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Install From CD media using the X-windows-based Installation Utility
2.1.17 SUSE Memory Bandwidth Performance on Dual Core Systems
2.1.18 Translation Look-Aside Buffer (TLB) Reload Causes Errors With Certain Linux Software
2.1.19 SLES 9 (64-bit) in Failsafe Mode Does Not Install on Sun Fire V40z Dual-Core
2.1.20 Installing RHEL4 FCS (32-bit) on Sun Fire V40z (Chassis 380-1010) With NSV 2.4.0.6 Requires Disabling HPET
2.2 Solaris Operating System Issues
2.2.1 Create LSI IM Volumes Before Installing the OS
2.2.2 Solaris 10 Telnet Vulnerability Patch
2.2.3 GUI-Based Solaris 10 1/06 OS Installation Fails on Systems Fully Populated With 4 Gbyte DIMMS
2.2.4 Solaris 9 OS Limited to 32 Gbyte Memory
2.2.5 Preinstalled Solaris 10 OS
2.3 Sun Installation Assistant Issues
2.3.1 Sun Installation Assistant CD-ROM
2.3.2 Linux Versions Supported by the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
2.3.3 Using Logical Volume Manager With the Sun Installation Assistant
2.3.6 OpenIPMI Linux Kernel Driver Conflict During Diskette Access
2.4.1 Empty README and RESCUECD Files
2.4.2 CD-Based Diagnostics and Remote Access
2.4.3 Diagnostic Tests Fail to Load
2.4.4 Diagnostic Fan Tests are Platform Power Dependent
2.4.5 Fan 10 Falsely Reports During Reboot Cycle
2.4.6 Packet Corruption Might Cause Failure of Diagnostic Download
2.4.8 diags SSH Connection and nic Test
2.4.10 sp snmp community Commands
2.4.10.1 sp set snmp community
2.4.10.2 sp get snmp community
2.4.11 Incorrect Install Date Returned With inventory get software Command
2.4.12 sp get tdulog and sp ssh1 Commands
2.4.13 Do Not Access the SP While Diagnostics Are Loaded
2.4.14 diags terminate Command Generates “False” Critical Events
2.4.15 Other Diagnostics Issues
3. NSV (SP and BIOS) Changes By Version
3.1.1 New Features and Resolved Issues
3.6.2 Resolved Issues in NSV 2.4.0.6
3.6.3 Known Issues in NSV 2.4.0.6
3.6.3.1 HPET Timer Off Might Cause System Clock to Lose Ticks
3.6.3.2 Incorrect Sensor Number Used in BIOS for System Firmware Progress SEL Entries
4.1 SP and BIOS Update Procedures
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