Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers Product Notes

Using <CTRL-N> with the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA installed might bypass network boot and not load the HBA Option ROM

Bug ID 15641568

If the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z and SG-SAS6-INT-Z) is installed in the system, and <CTRL+N> is used on the serial console to initiate a network boot, the network boot might not be initiated, and the Option ROM for the HBA might not be loaded.

Affected hardware and software:

• Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server

• Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server

• Releases 1.0 through 1.10.1

Workarounds:

Do one of the following:

• Use the Oracle ILOM Remote Console and press F12 to initiate a network boot.

• If using the serial console, use <CTRL+E> to get to the BIOS boot device priority menu, and then move the desired PXE adapter (network boot device) to the top of the boot device priority list. The PXE adapter will then be used as the boot device.

• Press <CTRL+N> during, or after, the time HBA Option ROM code is running. The Option ROM code is running when the following banner is displayed: LSI Corporation MPT SAS2 BIOS. Copyright 2000-2010 LSI Corporation.