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Updated: July 2018

Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers Product Notes

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Hardware Known Issues

System Might Shut Down Due to a Fan Module Failure

Active LED does not flash when using on-board SATA controller (ICH10) with an SSD

Fan could fail if AC power is removed then restored in five seconds or less

Fan OK/Fault status LED is not lit when host power is off

Errors logged if Sun QDR InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter is installed in certain slots

Error displayed when a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe internal HBA is installed in the server

Memory initialization warning message shows mixed LV/RV DIMM population

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

Systems with the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA become unbootable after upgrading ILOM/BIOS firmware from SW 1.3 to 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8

Software and Operating Systems Known Issues

New SP IP setting is not displayed in BIOS utility

SP network setting changes are not saved in the system

System fails to boot after upgrading from SW 1.3 to SW 1.6 or SW 1.7

Resetting the System During POST Might Generate Spurious DIMM Faults

Warning messages appear when booting Oracle Solaris

Solaris 10 U11 Installation Might Fail with InfiniBand Option Card Installed

"EHCI BIOS handoff failed" message appears

PXE boot might fail after running Pc-Check diagnostics

After running Pc-Check diagnostics, an operating system install or boot might hang at the GRUB menu

Oracle Linux 5.8 might hang when starting Bluetooth service

Oracle Linux or RHEL OS boot fails after one or more Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe HBAs are added

Disk address changes after warm reboot of Oracle Linux 6.1

Error messages appear in RHEL 6.1 related to PCI and GHES

During a reboot of the system, a kernel panic might occur

InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter might fail after Oracle Linux 6.5 is installed

Oracle Linux might panic at boot time

System experiences frequent hard resets with freeipmi-bmc-watchdog installed

Alignment message appears in System Log

Oracle ILOM Known Issues

Error message is displayed upon launching the Remote System Console from Oracle ILOM

Oracle ILOM SP reboot might occur due to memory limitation

In-chip connectivity between the SP and host OS is not supported when using sideband network port sharing

Multiple Oracle ILOM Remote Console sessions on the same SP can cause the KVMS interface to fail

SP restore is only partially successful and logs an error

BIOS is not updated when using IPMIflash to upgrade the SP

Unable to launch Oracle ILOM Remote Console using JRE 1.6.0 U14, U15, and U16

Mouse pointer does not work with MegaRAID Storage Manager in Oracle ILOM Remote Console

Attempts to set the flow control setting on the external serial port fail

CPU power-state cannot be capped on host reboots if hard cap is enabled

Windows Server 2008 R2 generates system event log warning when power is limited by Oracle ILOM power management

Documentation Known Issues

Broken Links in Sun Server X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Documentation Library

Service manual incorrectly states that Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe External HBA can only be installed in slot 3

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BIOS is not updated when using IPMIflash to upgrade the SP

Bug ID 15624057

BIOS does not get updated when you use IPMIflash to upgrade the Oracle ILOM service processor (SP) image with the Delay BIOS option on. When you power the server off and on, the BIOS image should be updated, but it is not.

Affected hardware and software:

Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server
Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server
Oracle Linux 5.4
Releases 1.0 through 1.10.1

Workaround:

Instead of powering the server off and on using the Power button, run a power-cycle command. This will guarantee that BIOS is updated. For example, use one of the following commands:

Using the Oracle ILOM web interface: Remote Control->Remote Power Control->Power Cycle
Using IPMI: ipmitool power cycle

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