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| C H A P T E R 3 |
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Open Issues |
This chapter discusses:
The issues in this section affect Sun SPARC systems and hardware that must use the Solaris 9 9/05 HW release:
Ultra 25
Ultra 45
Sun Fire V215
Sun Fire V245
Sun Fire V445
Netra CP 3010 board
XVR-300 frame buffer
For the issues in this section, the Product Notes document for your hardware might contain more recent information or more specific cautions. For each issue, the details in the Product Note for specific hardware takes precedence over the information in this section.
The Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes describes additional issues that are specific to the Solaris 9 9/05 HW release. That document also includes issues that were identified for the Solaris 9 9/05 release that continue to apply to this release, as do other sections of this document.
If a disk does not have a disk label or the disk label is incorrect, a Solaris installation is likely to fail with one of the following error messages:
One or more disks are found, but one of the following problems exists: > Hardware failure > Unformatted disk |
The error message displayed on your system depends on the type of Solaris installation process that was used: CD, netinstall, or JumpStart
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Workaround: Use the format utility to write a label to the disks that need a correct label. See instructions in Labeling Unlabeled Hard Drives (part number 819-3805) or in Solaris documentation about the format utility. After the disks are labeled, proceed with the Solaris installation.
Based on the vendor for the memory used in the system, the following error message might appear:
Workaround: On the ALOM console, the showfru command can provide the same information for the Sun Fire V215, V245, or V445 server.
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Note - This workaround is not available for the Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 workstation. |
When this situation occurs, there is no loss in functionality. You can safely ignore the message containing garbage characters.
Workaround: Connect the keyboard and mouse to rear USB ports on the workstation or server.
Systems equipped with PCI-E frame buffers sometimes indicate that a correctable error has occurred. This condition is harmless and does not compromise data integrity.
Workaround: Append the following line to the /etc/system file:
Reboot the system to implement the change. If messages about correctable errors continue to appear, refer to the Product Notes for that system for additional information and recommendations.
A heavy graphics load, such as running multiple instances of OpenGL in immediate mode, might cause a completion timeout, resulting in a system panic.
Workaround: If possible, use display lists for OpenGL applications rather than immediate mode.
Workaround: Reduce the graphics load.
For a system with this combination of software and hardware, this problem occurs when performing a config boot with the boot -r command.
Workaround: On a Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 workstations with an XVR-100 frame buffer, use QLogic-based Fibre Channel HBA hardware instead of Emulex-based hardware. For example:
For a single-port HBA, use SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 instead of SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z.
For a dual-port HBA, use SG-XPCI2FC-QF4 instead of SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z.
A panic might occur on a Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 workstation equipped with both a Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter (X4151A-2) and a Sun Quad GigaSwift PCI-X Ethernet Adapter (X4445A), when all the onboard and additional network ports on the PCI adapters are subject to extreme network load.
Workaround: Reduce the network load, if possible. Otherwise, use a single PCI network adapter on the system.
This situation might occur on a Sun Fire V215, V245, or V445 server where a hardware mirror volume was created on internal disks with the raidctl command. If the hardware mirror volume experiences a failure on one of the disks, and you remove the failed disk and reboot, the raidctl command might not display the RAID volume.
Workaround: After removing the failed drive, insert a replacement drive before booting. Do not remove the failed drive until a replacement drive is available.
Output from the prtconf command might show devices that are no longer plugged in to the system.
1. Reboot the system.
2. After booting to Solaris, run the following command as superuser:
Workaround: After hot-plugging a power supply, restart PICL by entering these commands as superuser:
The Solaris 9 9/05 HW release does not support use of the Adaptec FireConnect 8300 card to provide 1394 device support on the Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 workstations.
If you have SunScreen SKIP 1.1.1 software currently installed on your system, you should remove the SKIP packages before installing or upgrading to the
Solaris 9 9/05 HW operating environment. Remove these packages: SICGbdcdr, SICGc3des, SICGcdes, SICGcrc2, SICGcrc4, SICGcsafe, SICGes, SICGkdsup, SICGkeymg, SICGkisup
The SunVTS diagnostic software now has its own release note document. For the latest information on features and bugs, see the SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 12 Release Notes, part number 819-7777, at:
http://www.sun.com/documentation
This information on Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2.3 hardware and software issues can be found in the Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2.3 Release Notes, part number 819-2022, at:
http://www.sun.com/documentation
SunForum video cannot be used in an environment that supports only 8 bits per pixel. In particular, video does not work when used on PGX8, PGX24, and PGX64 in defdepth 8 mode.
To install the Solaris 9 9/05 operating environment on specific Sun Fire and Netra servers, you must first update the firmware on the server. If you do not update the firmware before you install the Solaris 9 9/05 software, the server panics. This problem affects the following servers:
If this problem occurs, the following error message is displayed:
Workaround: Update the firmware by applying the appropriate firmware patch.
For Sun Fire 3800, 4800, 4810 or 6800 servers, apply one of the following patches:
For Sun Fire V1280 or Netra 1280 servers, apply Patch ID 113751-03 (5.13.0013 firmware update).
Firmware update patches are available at:
Be sure to download and apply the most current version of the patch.
Some X1 systems require a PROM patch from Solaris 8 before running Solaris 9. When booting a Netra X1 in the Solaris 9 OE, the following error message might appear:
Check the system's PROM version.
Install patch 111092-02 or later (this is a prerequisite to Step 4). Do not reboot the system between Steps 3 and 4.
Install patch 111952-02 or later.
This problem only applies to Netra X1 systems, not to Sun Fire V100 systems.
A Sun StorEdge T3 system might panic if an application uses the HTTP interface to send tokens with out-of-range parameters.
A Sun Fire V880 might not automatically recognize the XVR-4000 graphics accelerator after a first-time fresh Solaris installation, resulting in a blank screen on monitors connected to the XVR-4000. This problem can also occur when re-installing a version of Solaris that does support the XVR-4000 (Solaris 9 4/03 or later, or other Solaris versions supported by a special installation DVD included with the XVR-4000), replacing a version of Solaris that does not support the XVR-4000.
Begin your Solaris installation using either a ttya or PCI-based graphics card with the console.
Install Solaris software as usual.
Perform a power cycle.
The XVR-4000 should be recognized now as the new default screen.
The SUNWCXall software metacluster must be installed on a Sun Fire V250.
Running the trapstat command on a Sun Fire 6800 might result in a crash and error messages naming fatal conditions.
If an UltraSPARC IV+ board is added to a Sun Fire V1280 domain via dynamic reconfiguration, the prtconf and prtdiag programs do not report the nodes corresponding to the UltraSPARC IV+ CPUs as being in the system. These reports remain unchanged until the system is rebooted.
For domains containing CPU/MCPU boards flashed at LPOST level 5.13.3 or lower, an LPOST error might cause a failure to boot the Solaris OE and/or cause a system to hang.Workaround: SMS 1.2 patch 112829-05 (or higher) contains an updated LPOST flash image. This patch is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com
This bug is fixed in SMS 1.3. Upgrading to SMS 1.2 or later, from previous versions, is recommended.To find out the LPOST level flashed on your system's CPU/MCPU boards, type:
Where X is the letter (A-R) of the domain.
To find out whether the patch already exists on your system, type:
If Patch 112829-05 is not installed, no data is returned. If this happens, perform the following procedure:
Apply patch 112829-05 to both system controllers according to the instructions in the patch README file.
Use the flashupdate command to update the LPOST image on CPU/MCPU boards.
Refer to the flashupdate man page for specific command syntax.
The Solaris Installation CD automatically installs the network drivers from the Supplement CD. Drivers for the SunATM and SunHSI/P cards are now installed by default when the Solaris 9 9/05 operating environment is installed. Error messages might be displayed if you do not have some of the corresponding hardware installed. You can ignore these error messages.
A dynamic reconfiguration operation on the last connection to a multipathed device can be detached without warning.
The device driver does not detect when the cable is disconnected from the port and pulled away from the connector edge of the dual-channel FC PCI card.
Workaround: Install Patch 111097-08 or later. Further information about this patch is available at the SunSolve web site at: http://sunsolve.sun.com
qlc might remain offline, preventing devices appearing after boot.
Workaround: Generate a LIP on the link to get the port in an Online state. You can generate LIP on the HBA port by running the command luxadm -e forcelip.
A system using the kadb command to debug a live system can go into a repeating loop of incomplete error messages when the OpenBoot PROM's master CPU is changed. While a reset will restore the system to operation, the traces of the original failure are lost, resulting in an inability to perform the attempted diagnosis of a fatal reset.
Upgrade to the latest version of OpenBoot PROM.
Before switching, raise pil to f with the following command:
The default timeout value for the SCSI portion of the SunSwift PCI Ethernet/SCSI host adapter (X1032A) card does not meet the timeout requirements of Sun's SCSI DVD-ROM drive (X6168A). With marginal media, the DVD-ROM occasionally experiences timeout errors. The only exceptions are Sun Fire 6800, 4810, 4800, and 3800 systems, which overwrite the SCSI timeout value by means of OpenBoot PROM.
Workaround for other platforms: Use the on-board SCSI interfaces or DVD-ROM compatible SCSI adapters, such as X1018A (SBus: F501-2739-xx) or X6540A (PCI: F375-0005-xx).
The OpenBoot PROM command probe-scsi or probe-scsi-all must be followed by the reset-all command on sun4u systems before booting. Otherwise, a subsequent boot or boot -v might hang.
The package SUNWfcbpl has been removed from the Supplement CD for this Solaris release to prevent installation problems on some systems. This package is no longer needed to upgrade Fibre Channel backplane firmware. Download Patch 117814 if an upgrade of Fibre Channel backplane firmware to version 922A or later is needed.
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