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Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GE M2 Network Express Module Documentation Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 Network Express Module Documentation Library |
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Overview of Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM User's Guide
Features of the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM
Performing Hot Plug Insertion and Removal
Installing or Replacing the Virtualized M2 NEM
How to Verify Installation With the CMM ILOM Web Interface
How to Verify Installation With the CMM ILOM CLI
Installing and Removing SFP+ Optical Transceiver Modules
How to Install an SFP+ Optical Transceiver Module
How to Remove an Optical Transceiver SFP+ Module
Booting Over the Virtualized M2 NEM 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port
Booting over the Network With an x86 Blade Server
Booting over the Network With a SPARC Blade Server
Installing and Configuring the hxge Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform
How to Configure the Network Host Files
Configuring the hxge Device Driver Parameters
Configuring the Jumbo Frames Feature
Installing and Configuring the hxge Driver on a Linux Platform
Installing and Removing the Driver on a Linux Platform
Configuring the Network Interface
Checking and Testing the hxge Device
Changing the hxge Driver Configuration
Installing and Configuring Drivers on a Windows Platform
Installing Drivers on a Windows Platform
Installing and Configuring Drivers on a VMware ESX Server Platform
Installing the ESX Server Drivers on an Existing ESX Server
Installing the ESX Server Drivers With a New ESX Installation
Configuring the Virtual NEM M2 Network Adapters
Accessing ILOM Documentation and Updates
Enabling Private and Failover Mode
Fixing Problems with Oracle ILOM Using the Preboot Menu
Overview of the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 NEM Product Notes
Supported Software and Firmware
Hardware and Networking Issues
Packet Drop at 1Gb with 100m Cable (6879222)
Special Instructions for Network PXE Booting for the Sun Blade X3-2B Server (7183913)
ILOM Failover and Private Mode Cannot Be Enabled Simultaneously (6911661)
Cannot Set NEM SP IP Address When NEM Is Powered Off (6938660)
ipmitool Command Fails (6940791)
Prepare-to-Remove and Return-to-Service Does Not Work on NEM ILOM (6948103)
Green Rear SAS Link LEDs All Turn On When Setting Prepare-to-Remove (6950981)
NEM SAS Firmware Updates Must be Performed from the CMM and Not the NEM SP (7020854)
Oracle Linux: Server Module Might Hang When NEM Replaced Repeatedly (6935520)
Oracle Solaris: Virtualized M2 NEM hxge 10 GbE Driver Can Hang Under High Stress (6932684)
Linux: Configuring PCIe Hot Plug in Linux (7075694)
Windows: Incorrect Driver Version Displayed When Driver File Properties is Viewed (7069358)
If a NEM fails, you need to replace it. The server modules must be informed if you are replacing a non-redundant NEM.
![]() | Caution - If the chassis is powered on and you are not replacing the NEM within 60 seconds, install an NEM filler panel to ensure proper system operation. |
![]() | Caution - If you are replacing a functional SAS-2 NEM (for example replacing a Multi-Fabric NEM with a 10GbE Virtualized M2 NEM) and another SAS-2 NEM is also installed in the chassis, make sure that multipathing at the OS level is enabled on all active server blades in the chassis before you remove the existing NEM. This ensures that the primary path to disks is not lost, which can cause an OS panic. For servers running Windows 2003, which does not support multipathing, shut down IO to all disks on the disk module that are not in hardware RAID volumes. |
Before You Begin
If you are removing a NEM from a powered on chassis, read the hot-plug guidelines Performing Hot Plug Insertion and Removal and follow the instructions in How to Prepare the PCIe Interface for Hot Removal
![]() | Caution - Before replacing a NEM, make sure that you have backed up the SAS assignment configuration, as described in Saving the Zoning Configuration to a Backup File Using the CMM ILOM. |
See Using Hot Plug Commands for information on how to use the ILOM Prepare to Remove command.
Note - Pushing the ATTN button twice within 5 seconds will cause the Power/OK LED to return to solid green. This will cancel the request for a NEM removal.
The NEM green Power/OK begins to slowSlow blink is 1 Hz blink.
The OK-to-Remove blue LED illuminates and the Power OK button turns off.
In the ILOM System Information —> Components screen: The Return to Service option is available in the Actions drop-down list for the NEM and the Ready to Remove status column for the NEM is Ready.
In the ILOM CLI show /CH/NEMx command output, the following status is listed in the Properties section: prepare_to_remove_status = Ready
If /CH/NEMx/OK reads Off in either the ILOM web interface or CLI.
The NEM green Power/OK LED begins to slow blink,then returns to solid green, and the OK-to-Remove LED does not go on.
In the ILOM System Information —> Components screen, the Return to Service option does not become available in the Actions drop-down list and the Ready to Remove status column for the NEM still reads Not Ready.
In the ILOM CLI show /CH/NEMx command output, the following status is listed in the Properties section: prepare_to_remove_status = NotReady
If /CH/NEMx/OK reads On in either the ILOM web interface or CLI.
Support the weight of the NEM with one hand at the bottom of the NEM.
The following illustration shows how to remove a NEM.
Note - Wait at least 10 seconds before installing the new NEM.
Standby blink indicates that the NEM is in standby mode.
See Using Hot Plug Commands for information on how to use the ILOM Return to Service command.
It can take up to 3 minutes for the NEM to come online.
Note - If you push the ATTN button twice within 5 seconds, the green Power/OK LED remains in standby blink mode, and the request for bringing the NEM online is cancelled.
The NEM is online and the PCIe interfaces are available to the blades when the following occurs:
The NEM green Power/OK LED illuminates solid.
In the ILOM web interface System Information —> Components screen, the Prepare to Remove option is available in the Actions drop-down list for the NEM.
In the ILOM CLI show /CH/NEMx output, the following status shows in the Properties section: prepare_to_remove_status = NotReady.