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Sun Fire X2100 Server Release Notes |
This document contains known issues and late-breaking information for the Sun Fire X2100 Server.
These release notes contain issues and considerations for the Sun Fire X2100 Server:
For support information for the Sun Fire X2100 Server visit the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/support.xml
The following is a list of Sun Fire X2100 Server documents:
For the most updated versions of these documents visit the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/x64_servers/x2100/index.html
The Sun Fire X2100 Server supports the following operating systems:
For an overview of the Sun Fire X2100 Server, a list of features, technical specifications, and other information, visit the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100
The BIOS versions mentioned in this document are available on the following versions of the Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO images:
You can download software for the Sun Fire X2100 Server from the following site:
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/downloads.jsp
For information updating/flashing the BIOS, see BIOS Procedures.
You can resolve some issues in this section by performing some commonly used BIOS-related procedures.
See BIOS Procedures.
The following issues are related to the Sun Fire X2100 Server hardware or BIOS. These issues apply regardless of the operating system installed, unless otherwise stated. This section discusses the following issues:
The following procedures are referenced throughout this section:
1. Connect a local keyboard and monitor to the Sun Fire X2100 Server.
2. Insert the Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental CD into the DVD drive.
The Supplemental CD menu appears.
4. Press 2 to flash the system BIOS.
1. Connect a local keyboard and monitor to the Sun Fire X2100 Server.
The system prompts you to press F1 to Continue or to press F2 to enter the BIOS setup screens.
3. Press F2 to enter the BIOS setup screens.
1. Connect a local keyboard and monitor to the Sun Fire X2100 Server.
3. Press F2 when prompted to enter the BIOS Setup screen.
The BIOS Setup screen displays.
4. Select the Load Optimized Defaults option.
5. Press the Y key and press Enter at the confirmation screen.
6. Press the F10 key to save changes and exit.
After updating the BIOS, Sun recommends that you load optimized defaults. See Loading Optimized Defaults.
The system might report a CMOS checksum error after you update the BIOS version using the Supplemental ISO image CD. If this happens, load Optimized Defaults. See Loading Optimized Defaults
After you update to the BIOS version on the Supplemental CD, the BIOS might reset to the default BIOS settings. Any changes you made might be lost, requiring that you enter your settings again. Access the BIOS setup screens to check, and if necessary, enter your settings. See Accessing the BIOS Setup Screens.
The functionality of the Clear CMOS jumper (JP2) is disabled in BIOS version 1.1.5 (and higher). To clear the CMOS, remove the system battery for several seconds. Procedures for clearing the CMOS have been added to the Sun Fire X2100 Server User Guide. For more information on updated documentation, see Documentation URL.
The system will not boot if memory is configured with four 2 GB DIMMs and if IOMMU is set to 64 MB in the BIOS. To resolve this issue, update to BIOS v1.1.6, which is available on Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.7. See Accessing the BIOS Setup Screens.
The keyboard and mouse does not respond when running the Pc-Check memory benchmark test. To resolve this issue update to BIOS v1.1.6, which is available on Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.7. See Accessing the BIOS Setup Screens.
The system might report a CMOS checksum error after the AC power cord is plugged in. BIOS version 1.1.5 (or later), available on Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.6, is required to resolve this issue, see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions. To update to BIOS version 1.1.5, see Updating (Flashing) the BIOS.
The time in the Sel Log will be reset to the EPOCH when standby power is removed.
The following issues are related to the power LED:
To reset the power LED, unplug the AC power cord. Then, plug in the power cord and power on the server.
In systems with BIOS v1.1.1, devices removed from the BIOS/Advanced BIOS Features/Boot Device menu are not available in the boot menu. Additionally, due to a bug, the Boot Other Devices Enabled option does not select all devices.
Follow this procedure to exclude devices from the boot menu (accessed by pressing F8 during boot).
1. Press the F2 key during system boot.
The BIOS setup screen appears.
2. Enter the Advanced settings menu.
3. Remove the device from the Boot Device list.
4. Disable the Boot Other Devices option.
6. Set the Security option to System.
7. Press the F10 key to save your settings and exit.
This issue is fixed in BIOS 1.1.2, which is available on Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.5. See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions for more information.
The Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Board (X6000A) requires BIOS 1.1.1, or higher, which is available on the Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.4. See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions for more information.
The Pc-Check Diagnostic software system stress test fails when drives are configured as an NVRAID in a mirror. This is fixed in the release of Pc-Check 6.05a, which is available on the Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.5. See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions for more information.
If console redirection does not work when moving from the Service Processor (SMDC) to COM1, load Optimized Defaults. See Loading Optimized Defaults.
SATA hot plug is supported only for the Windows 2003 Server Operating System. If you wish to change hard disks with Linux or Solaris OS, you must perform a reconfigure reboot.
The BIOS RAID function does not initialize the boot sector on RAID device.
To initialize the boot sector:
1. Boot the server with the Supplemental CD.
2. Select option 4, Exit to DOS, from the main menu.
3. At the prompt, type the command: fdisk
4. When the display comes up, select option 4 (Select Other Disk).
The system asks whether you want to initialize the other disk.
To use serial console redirection with the Sun Fire X2100 Server, change the BIOS setting first, as follows:
1. Connect a local keyboard and monitor to the Sun Fire X2100 Server.
3. Press the F2 key when you see the Sun logo screen.
4. Select Advanced BIOS Features ->Console Redirect ->Enabled over COM1.
With the COM port enabled, you can run an xterm window for console redirection, if you are running Solaris OS or a Linux operating system.
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Note - With a tip setup, you may need to press the ESC key twice when moving to a higher level window in the BIOS Setup utility. |
Use the following key sequences for the function keys when using serial console redirection with BIOS version 1.0.7 or greater.
The CPU speed shown in /proc/cpuinfo is not always the processor maximum speed. Because of the AMD PowerNow power-saving functionality of the processor, the speed shown in /proc/cpuinfo will not always be the maximum speed of the processor.
If you need to display the maximum processor speed before displaying the cpuinfo contents, type the command:
This section contains Linux version-specific issues for the Sun Fire X2100 Server:
If a Linux OS does not recognize your monitor, you might need to edit the Xorg.conf file to match the parameters supplied with your monitor.
A dual-core Sun Fire X2100 Server running SLES 9 SP0 or SP1, 32-bit or 64-bit, will hang or panic the kernel. To resolve this issue you must use SLES 9 SP2, 32-bit or 64-bit.
A dual-core Sun Fire X2100 Server running SLES 9 SP2, 64-bit, panics the kernel when configured with 4 GB of memory.
To resolve this issue, choose one of the following options:
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Note - If you disable the memory remapping with 4 GB installed, the amount of memory available will be reduced to 3.5 GB. |
1. Press the F2 key during boot when you see the SUN logo.
2. Select Advanced Chipset Features ->DRAM Configuration.
3. Disable both S/W Memory hole remapping and H/W memory hole remapping.
A dual-core Sun Fire X2100 server running SLES 9 SP1 or SP2, 32-bit uses only a single core on a dual-core processor system. To resolve this issue do one of the following:
To install the patch for SLES 9 (SP 2) 32-bit:
1. Do one of the following, depending on whether you have already installed
SLES 9 (SP 2):
The kernel source package should be listed in the search results; check it so that the source RPMs are installed.
The source RPM is in suse/i586/kernel-source-.version.i586.rpm.
Where version is the version of the kernel.
2. Log into the server as root (superuser).
3. With the kernel source RPMs installed, change directory to /usr/src/linux-version and copy the included patch (sun.patch) from the Supplemental CD to the /usr/src/linux-version/ directory.
# cp /suppl_x.x/sun.patch /usr/src/linux-version/
Where suppl_x.x is the directory on the x.x version Supplemental CD and version is the version of the kernel.
4. Apply the patch to the kernel source by typing the following command.
# patch -p1 -g0 --verbose --dry-run < sun.patch
This tests the patch without making any changes to the installed kernel source.
5. Verify that the patch program does not report any failures (it might warn about carriage returns but that is not critical).
If any failures are reported, try to reinstall SLES 9, then repeat this procedure.
6. If there are no failures, apply the patch for real by typing the same command without the --dry-run option.
# patch -p1 -g0 --verbose < sun.patch
7. Copy the file /proc/config.gz to /usr/src/linux-version, unzip config.gz, and rename the resulting config file to .config.
# cp /proc/config.gz /usr/src/linux-version
# cd /usr/src/linux-version/
# gunzip config.gz
# mv config .config
8. Type the following make commands:
# make oldconfig
# make all
# make modules_install
# make install
A new kernel replaces the old kernel as a boot option on the grub boot loader menu.
9. Reboot the system and select the new kernel when grub starts.
Sometimes the terminal will show several repeated letters when only one letter is typed (keyboard stutter). The extra letters are recognized by the system, so the input given might be incorrect. This issue is fixed in BIOS v1.0.7 (and later), which is available on Supplemental CD image 1.2. See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
This section discusses the following issues, which apply to Solaris 10 OS installed on a Sun Fire X2100 Server.
Solaris 10 6/06 and 11/06 has security vulnerability in the in.telnetd(1M) daemon that might allow unauthorized remote users to gain access to a Solaris Host. Patch-ID# 120069-02 addresses this issue. The patch is available on the Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.7 (see Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions).
Apply the patch manually or run the install.sh script on all Solaris 10 6/06 and 11/06 systems. For more information, refer to Sun Security Alert 102802. You can also access this patch (and related patches) at:
ZFS under the Solaris 10 OS requires BIOS 1.1.1 (or later), which is available on Sun Fire X2100 Supplemental ISO image 1.4. See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
If the Solaris OS does not recognize your monitor, you might need to edit the Xorg.conf file to match the parameters supplied with your monitor.
The soft-off feature for the SMDC card does not work with Solaris 10.
On systems running the Solaris 10 (HW1) operating system, the lower USB connector on the front of the server does not function. Use the top USB connector. To resolve this issue, install patch ID 118844-20 (and/or related patches). You can obtain this patch at: http://sunsolve.sun.com.This was fixed in Solaris 10 HW 1/06.
The following issue applies when a Windows operating system is installed on the Sun Fire X2100 Server.
When performing a Windows installation with a keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) switch, you must keep the switch set to the current system, until the installation begins formatting the disk. If you switch to a different system and then switch back again, before the disk formatting process has begun, the original system will not recognize the USB keyboard and mouse. Wait until the disk formatting begins, before switching to another system.
The Windows 2003 RAID Utility does not log RAID events in the Windows System Events. To resolve this issue upgrade the utility to v6.6.3, which is available on Supplemental ISO image 1.7. See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
After multiple time-out or CRC errors, RAID degrades when Windows changes a HDD from DMA mode to PIO mode. To resolve this issue, upgrade the RAID driver to version 6.6.6, which is available on Supplemental ISO image 1.7. See Accessing and Updating BIOS Versions.
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