Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire Midrange Systems

This section describes major issues that are related to DR on the following Sun Fire midrange systems:

Sun Fire E6900
Sun Fire E4900
Sun Fire E6800
Sun Fire E4810
Sun Fire E4800
Sun Fire E3800

Minimum System Controller Firmware

Table 4-1 shows acceptable combinations of Solaris software and System Controller (SC) firmware for each Sun Fire midrange system to run DR.

Note - To best utilize the latest firmware features and bug fixes, run the most recent SC firmware on your Sun Fire midrange system. For the latest patch information, see http://sunsolve.sun.com.

Table 4-1 Minimum SC Firmware for Each Platform and Solaris Release

Platform	Solaris Release	Minimum SC Firmware
Sun Fire E6900/E4900 with UltraSPARC IV+	Solaris 10 3/05 HW1 (a limited release) or Solaris 10 1/06	5.19.0
E6900/E4900 without UltraSPARC IV+	Solaris 9 4/04	5.16.0
Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800	Solaris 9 4/04	5.16.0
Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800	Solaris 9	5.13.0

You can upgrade the system firmware for your Sun Fire midrange system by connecting to an FTP or HTTP server where the firmware images are stored. For more information, refer to the README and Install.info files. These files are included in the firmware releases that are running on your domains. You can download Sun patches from http://sunsolve.sun.com.

Known DR Software Bugs

This section lists important DR bugs.

Network Device Removal Fails When a Program Is Holding the Device Open (5054195)

If a process is holding open a network device, any DR operation that would involve that device fails. Daemons and processes that hold reference counts stop DR operations from completing.

Workaround: As superuser, perform the following steps:

Remove or rename the /rplboot directory.
Shut down NFS services.
```
# sh /etc/init.d/nfs.server stop
```
Shut down Boot Server services.
```
# sh /etc/init.d/boot.server stop
```
Perform the DR detach operation.
Restart NFS services.
```
# sh /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
```
Restart Boot Server services.
```
# sh /etc/init.d/boot.server start
```

Solaris Bandwidth Manager Sometimes Causes System Panic During DR Operations (4506562)

A panic might occur when a system board that contains CPUs is removed from the system while Solaris Bandwidth Manager (SBM) is in use.

Workaround: Do not install SBM on systems that will be used for DR. Do not perform DR operations on CPU system boards on servers in which SBM is installed.

Cannot Unconfigure cPCI Board With a Disabled Port 0 (4798990)

On Sun Fire midrange systems, a CompactPCI (cPCI) I/O board cannot be unconfigured when Port 0 (P0) on that board is disabled. This problem exists in Solaris 10 and Solaris 9 software. It also exists in Solaris 8 software that has one or more of the following patches installed:

Patch ID 108528–11 through 108528–29
Patch ID 111372–02 through 111372–04

The error also occurs only during DR operations that involve cPCI boards. An error message similar to the following example is displayed:

# cfgadm -c unconfigure NO.IB7
cfgadm: Hardware specific failure: unconfigure N0.IB7: Device
busy:/ssm@0,0/pci@1b,700000/pci@1

NO.IB7 is a CompactPCI I/O Board with P0 disabled.

Workaround: Disable the slots instead of Port 0.

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