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Solaris 8 2/02 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware
Book Information
Chapter 1 Late-Breaking News
Release Notes Update
Solaris 8 Adoption Service
Unbundled Product Support
Documents on the Software Supplement for the Solaris 8 2/02 Operating Environment CD
Flash PROM Update for 64-Bit Operations
Flash PROM Update CD No Longer Included
Removable Media Manager Issues
Patch Enables Booting From DVD-ROM Media
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drives on Headless Systems (BugID 4365497)
Maintenance Update CD
Installing Supplement CD Products From DVD
Chapter 2 End-of-Support Products
Products Not Supported in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Sun4c Systems
SPARCstation Voyager
SPARC Xterminal 1
Future End-of-Support Products
sun4d Servers (32-bit only)
Ethernet Quad Drivers qe and qec
PC File Viewer
Alternate Pathing Multipath I/O
SunHSI/S, SunFDDI/S, SunFDDI/P
Chapter 3 Open Issues
StarOffice Support
Booting From Partitions Greater Than 2 Gbytes (BugID 1234177)
Network Drivers Installed by Default
Serial Parallel Controller Driver Does Not Support Dynamic Reconfiguration (BugID 4177805)
Booting a Sun Enterprise 10000 System in 32-Bit Mode (BugID 4348354)
Some DVD and CD-ROM Drives Fail to Boot Solaris (BugID 4397457)
FDDI May Hang During Heavy Load (BugIDs 4485758, 4174861, 4486543)
DR Commands Hang Waiting for rcm_daemon While Running ipc, vm, and ism Stress (BugID 4508927)
Monitor Goes Blank When Stop-A Is Pressed During Screen Lock (BugID 4519346)
U-Code Does Not Reload After IFB Driver Unloaded (BugID 4532844)
QFE May Panic the System During Heavy Load (BugIDs 4510631, 4517740)
SunScreen SKIP 1.1.1 Not Supported in Solaris 8 2/02 Operating Environment
ISDN — Supported in 32-bit Mode Only
SunVTS 4.6 Issues
New Features for This Release
SunVTS End-of-Support Statements
SunVTS OPEN LOOK User Interface
SunVTS Online Testing
Old SunVTS Message Format
SunVTS Stress Mode Option
The sunpcitest Will Be Discontinued
The isdntest Will Be Discontinued
The dpttest Will Be Discontinued
Possible Installation Problems
Installation Problem: 32-bit Only Systems and Web Start 2.0 (BugID 4257539)
Installation Problem: Security and Web Start 2.0 (BugID 4362563)
Installation Problem: Installation Directory With Web Start 2.0 Is Not User-Definable (BugID 4243921)
Installation Recommendation: Perform Installations and Uninstallations Using the Same Program
Possible Runtime Problems
The saiptest Device Does Not Display in the SunVTS UI (BugID 4482710, 4322468, 4313346)
The env5test Fails (BugID 4493544, 4487110, 4508863)
The cg6test Might Not Complete a Test Pass (BugID 4506219)
Possible env4test Problem (BugID 4516503)
Possible sctest Problem (BugID 4526192)
Possible Problem of Not Detecting All Serial Ports (BugID 4523182)
env4test Documentation Error in Test Reference Manual (BugID 4530573)
ShowMe TV 1.3 Known Problems
PCMCIA Issues
Known Bugs
System Appears to Hang When the PC ATA (pcata) Module Is modunloaded (BugID 4096137)
Booting the Solaris 8 Operating Environment Initially With a 64-bit Kernel May Not Create the Device /dev/term/pc0, PC Card Serial Driver (BugID 4162969)
PC File Viewer Issues
Install in the /opt Directory
Known Bugs
Documentation Errata
References to MPxIO Documentation
SSP 3.5 Installation Guide and Release Notes
eri(7d) Man Page
Platform Notes: Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver
Netra T4/Netra T20 Issues
System Incorrectly Reports Removed Device Links (BugID 4418718)
Not All USB Zip Drives Found (BugID 4453787)
LOMlite2 reset-x Does Not Reset CPUs (BugID 4462131)
Sun Remote System Control 2.2 Release Notes
What's New in RSC 2.2
Before Installing Sun Remote System Control Software
RSC General Issues
Alert Messages May Be Delayed (BugID 4474273)
Keyswitch Position in RSC GUI Is Unknown When RSC Is on Battery Power (BugID 4492888)
Wrong Information Provided on alerts.html (BugID 4522646)
rsc-console Will Switch to Tip Connection During Boot if diag-switch? Is Set to true (BugID 4523025)
Power On From GUI/CLI Is Allowed, Yet Doesn't Work, With Keyswitch Turned to Off (BugID 4524277)
RSC bootmode -u Command Fails to Toggle the Console (BugID 4525310)
OBP 4.4.3 Displays ERROR: RSC-Initiated Reset Instead of a Warning Message (BugID 4514863)
RSC Restart Error on Japanese Windows 98 Systems
RSC Issues for Sun Fire 280R, Sun Fire V880, and Sun Fire V480 Servers
Removing and Installing the RSC Card
Additional RSC Alerts
Going from Battery to Standby, the Locator LED Will Turn On in the GUI (BugID 4524272; Sun Fire V480 Servers Only)
RSC Issues for Sun Fire 280R Servers Only
Soft Reset With xir Does Not Work Correctly (BugID 4361396, 4411330)
Boot Sequence Sometimes Bypasses RSC (BugID 4387587)
False Drive Fault Reported at Power On (BugID 4343998, 4316483)
Command rscadm resetrsc Fails (BugID 4374090)
RSC Issue for Sun Fire V880 Servers Only
Soft Reset With xir Does Not Work Correctly (BugID 4361396, 4411330)
RSC Issues for Sun Enterprise 250 Servers Only
Increased Number of RSC User Accounts Not Supported
Do Not Run OpenBoot PROM fsck Command From the RSC Console (BugID 4409169)
Do Not Run OpenBoot PROM boot -s Command From the RSC Console (BugID 4409169)
Change to the serial_hw_handshake Variable Requires a System Reboot (BugID 4145761)
Power Supply Alerts Display Incorrect Index in the GUI (BugID 4521932)
LOMlite 2 Release Notes
Adding the LOMlite2 Software
Adding LOMlite2 Patch 110208
Solstice DiskSuite and Alternate Pathing (BugID 4367639)
SunFDDI and Diskless Booting (BugID 4390228)
Multiple Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Cards May Hang System (BugID 4336400, 4365263, 4431409)
System May Hang When the cpr Module Runs (BugID 4466393)
librt Objects Do Not Transition to Multi-User Mode (BugID 4479719)
Vulnerability in the ToolTalk Database Server Allows Root Access (BugID 4499995)
Invalid Warning During System Boot (BugID 4519441)
Chapter 4 AP 2.3.1 on Sun Enterprise Servers
AP 2.3.1 on Sun Enterprise Servers
Future AP Support
Installation Issues
General Issues
Supported Devices
SunFDDI and Gigabit Ethernet Devices
Sun StorEdge A3000
Sun StorEdge A5000
Sun StorEdge A7000
Sun StorEdge T3
Software Compatibility
AP Patches
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) Issues
Boot Disk Issues
IPMP Issues
Sun Fibre Channel Port Driver (qlc/fp) Issues
AP Documentation Locations
Known Bugs/RFEs
Fixed Bugs
Other Bugs
Other Fixed Bugs
ssd: Serial Number Should Be Obtained From the Unit Serial Number Page (Bug ID 4295457)
qfe Driver Does Not Respond With DL_OK_ACK To a DL_ENABMULTI_REQ Primitive (Bug ID 4241749)
Chapter 5 Open Issues for Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems
Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems
Displaying System Configuration Information
Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems
System-Specific DR Support
Dynamic Reconfiguration Software Installation Instructions
Upgrading the System Firmware
Known DR Limitations
General DR Limitations
Limitations Specific to CompactPCI
Procedures for Bringing a cPCI Network Interface (IPMP) Online or Offline
Operating System Quiescence
Dynamic Reconfiguration Software Bugs
Known Dynamic Reconfiguration Bugs
cryptorand Exited After Removing CPU Board With Dynamic Reconfiguration (BugID 4456095)
SBM Sometimes Causes System Panic During DR Operations (BugID 4506562)
DR Hangs During Configure Operation With IB Board With vxdmpadm policy=check_all (BugID 4509462)
Unable to Disconnect SCSI Controllers Using DR (BugID 4446253)
cfgadm_sbd Plugin in Multi-Threaded Environment Is Broken (BugID 4498600)
DR Operations Hang After a Few Loops When CPU Power Control Is Also Running (BugID 4114317)
SC Console Bus ERROR Seen While SNMP Enabled and Running DR Suite (BugID 4485505)
System May Panic When send_mondo_set Times Out (BugID 4518324)
Chapter 6 Sun Midrange Systems Open Issues
Dynamic Reconfiguration of Sun Enterprise 6x00, 5x00, 4x00, and 3x00 Systems
Supported Hardware
Firmware Notes
FC-AL Disk Arrays or Internal Drives
PROM Updates for CPU and I/O Boards
How to Obtain Firmware
Software Notes
Enabling Dynamic Reconfiguration
Quiesce Test
Disabled Board List
Disabled Memory List
Unloading Detach-Unsafe Drivers
Interleaved Memory
Self-Test Failure During a Connect Sequence
Known Bugs
cfgadm -v Not Working Properly (BugID 4149371)
Memory Interleaving Set Incorrectly After a Fatal Reset (BugID 4156075)
vmstat Output Is Incorrect After Configuring Processors (Bug ID 4159024)
DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory Board That Has Interleaved Memory (BugID 4210234)
DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory Board That Has Permanent Memory (BugID 4210280)
cfgadm Disconnect Fails When Running Concurrent cfgadm Commands (BugID 4220105)
Cannot Drain and/or Detach Sun Enterprise Server Boards That Host QFE Cards (BugID 4231845)
Chapter 7 Sun Enterprise 10000 Release Notes
SSP 3.5 Open Issues
machine_server Memory Leaks during multiple hpost Operations (Bug ID 4493987)
showdevices Does Not Display Base Memory Address for System Board (Bug ID 4495747)
Dynamic Reconfiguration
General Issues
DR and Bound User Processes
Problem with oprom_checknodeid() during DR (4474330)
QFE Fails to Resume After DR Detach (4499428)
Enabling DR 3.0 Requires an Extra Step in Certain Situations (Bug ID 4507010)
InterDomain Networks (IDN)
General Issues
Solaris Operating Environment
General Issues
Solaris 8 2/02 and Boot-Disk Partition Sizes
OpenBoot PROM Variables
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