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6974818
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Black Screen Shows Occasionally When Booting Oracle
Linux 5.4 XEN Kernel
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Issue:
During power cycle testing on the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, or X4275 Server, and
after several reboots of the Oracle Linux 5.4 XEN kernel, the server will
occasionally hang and the screen will go black.
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Affected operating systems and
software:
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Workaround:
Update inbox NIC driver version to igb-2.19 or higher.
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20367749
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The System Experiences Frequent Hard
Resets
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Issue:
The system experiences frequent hard resets with Oracle Linux 6.6 when the
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog (watchdog timer) package is
installed.
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Affected operating systems and
software:
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Workaround:
Append a -W ignorestateflag option to the
/etc/sysconfig/bmc-watchdog configuration file. Then, type
the following command with root privilege to restart the
bmc-watchdog service:
service bmc-watchdog restart
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6771120
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Benign Error Messages Might Appear When Using RHEL
5.3
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Issue:
When using RHEL 5.3, benign error messages might appear in the boot logs.
These benign messages are related to the PCI device probe of the Aspeed video
device. Example of benign error messages:
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Affected operating systems and
software:
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Workaround:
These error messages are benign and have no effect on the system stability or
performance.
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6800672
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ixgbe (1.3.53) Driver Is Not Supported on RHEL
5.3
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Issue:
The latest ixgbe (1.3.53) driver from Intel cannot compile on RHEL 5.3 for PCI
Express Single (1106A-Z) or Dual (1108A-Z or 1107A-Z) 10-Gigabit Ethernet card
unless the setting for Large Receive Offload is disabled.
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Affected operating systems and
software:
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Workaround:
Compile with the earlier ixgbe driver (1.3.47).
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6801897
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RHEL 4.7 ipmi_si Driver Does Not Load, and IPMI
Service Fails to Start
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Issue:
IPMI service fails to start. RHEL 4.7 ipmi_si driver does not load with
default parameters.
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Affected operating systems and
software:
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Workaround:
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Edit /etc/modprobe.conf
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Add the following line to change default ipmi_si driver parameters:
options ipmi_si type="kcs" ports=0xCA2
regspacings="4"
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Save changes and exit.
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Stop the service: /etc/init.d/ipmi stop || service ipmi
stop
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Start the service: /etc/init.d/ipmi start || service ipmi
start
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6816210
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Intel PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet Cards Might Not Work
With Some RHEL 5.3 Inbox ixgbe Drivers
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Issue:
There are issues with using RHEL 5.3 inbox ixgbe drivers and Intel PCI Express
10-Gigabit Ethernet cards (with fixed transceivers) I/O devices. The RHEL 5.3
ixgbe drivers are:
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1.3.18-k4
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1.3.47-NAPI
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1.3.56.5
The Intel I/O devices are:
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Affected operating systems and
software:
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Workaround:
To use these devices and RHEL 5.3, you will have to update the drivers.
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