Sun Fire X4470 Server Product Notes

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If you change the engine ID, create an SNMP v3 user, and configure an alert using that user without waiting approximately 10 seconds between each action, the internal user configuration might be incorrect and traps are missed.

Do not create multiple configuration changes without verifying the effect of each configuration change. To prevent misconfigured users and missed traps, insert sleep statements in the script. For example:

# change engineID
set /SP/services/snmp engineid=NEWENGINEID
# sleep 10 seconds to give snmp enough time to make the change
sleep 10
# verify engineID
show /SP/services/snmp engineid
# verify SNMPv3 users have been deleted
show /SP/services/snmp/users

# create snmpv3 user
create /SP/services/snmp/users newuser authenticationpassword=...
# sleep 10 seconds to give snmp enough time to make the change
sleep 10
# verify user
show /SP/services/snmp/users newuser
# do a snmpget with that user to verify it

# configure alert
set /SP/alertmgmt/rules/1 type=snmptrap ...
# sleep 10 seconds to give snmp enough time to make the change
sleep 10
# verify alert
show /SP/alertmgmt/rules/1
set /SP/alertmgmt/rules/1 testrule=true

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Under certain conditions, third-party web scanning and test tools can cause Oracle ILOM to run extremely slowly.

System software release 1.7.0 and 1.7.1.

Install system software release 1.7.2 or newer.

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If you want to set the system boot device to be a CD/DVD drive, and you do so by issuing the set boot_device=cdrom command, you might encounter an error message or a boot failure when performing a system boot from the Oracle ILOM remote console. This issue occurs because, in the Sun Fire X4470 server, the default CD/DVD drive is the one physically installed in the Sun Fire X4770 system. Thus, if you load the image from the remote console, Oracle ILOM creates a new virtual CD drive in the boot list, which is different from the default CD/DVD that is physically located in the system. As a result, an error message is displayed, or the system boot fails.

To initiate a system boot from the Oracle ILOM remote console, use the set /SP/bootlist bootdev=<device_number> command instead. The system will boot successfully from the specified device in the command.

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With Software Release 1.3, or later, service processor (SP) DRAM has been expanded from 128 MB to 256 MB. This change in SP DRAM size requires that you perform additional steps when upgrading or downgrading the Oracle ILOM image on the Sun Fire X4470 Server. Note that if you do not perform the steps listed in the workaround, Oracle ILOM will work abnormally and you will encounter unexpected errors.

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SPrestore Command Is Partially Successful and Reports an Error in the Log

If the serial console is in use, properties related to the serial console cannot be restored and you will receive messages similar to the following:

Because such properties could not be restored, this is a partial failure and, therefore, results in the above message about the partial failure. This is not a defect.

Log out of the serial console and try to run the restore command again.

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BIOS might not get updated when you use IPMIflash to upgrade the Oracle ILOM service processor (SP) image with the Delay BIOS option enabled. When you power the server off and on quickly, the BIOS image should be updated, but it is not.

Use one of the following workarounds:

or

For example, use one of the following commands:

Using IPMI: ipmitool power cycle

Using the Oracle ILOM web interface: Remote Control → Remote Power Control → Power Cycle

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Issue::

If you try to launch the Oracle ILOM Remote Console via the web using some builds of Java Runtime Environment (JRE), the system returns the error Unable to Launch the Application.

Workaround:

Upgrade to JRE 1.6.0 U17 or later.

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If you use the Configuration → Serial Port tab in the Oracle ILOM web interface to change the serial port owner, changes to the port owner take effect, but the system returns the error Cannot change serial settings - the serial console in use.

Ignore the error message.

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If you are logged in to Oracle ILOM from the serial console, and you set the serial port owner to host, you cannot set the serial port owner back to SP.

To avoid this problem, ensure that you are not logged in to the serial console, and then change console port ownership using an SSH session.

If the problem occurs, you can recover by rebooting the system.