General Information About XCP 1080

This section includes the following sections:

Supported Firmware and Software Versions

Solaris Information

Functionality Issues and Limitations

Additional Information and Procedures

Supported Firmware and Software Versions

TABLE 1 lists the firmware and operating system (OS) versions that are supported in this release.

XCP 1080 is the first XCP release for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server.

TABLE 1 Minimum Firmware and Operating System Versions for the M3000 Server
Firmware and Operating System	Version
XSCF Control Package (XCP)	XCP 1080
Solaris Operating System	Solaris 10 10/08

Many web browsers support the XSCF Web. The browsers in TABLE 2 have demonstrated compatibility with the XSCF Web through testing.

TABLE 2 Tested Web Browser Versions
Web Browser Application	Version
Firefox	2.0 and 3.0
Microsoft® Internet Explorer	6.0 and 7.0

Solaris Information

No patches are required for servers running the Solaris 10 10/08 OS.

For additional Solaris OS information see Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds.

Patches for Emulex PCI Express (PCIe) Cards

The following Emulex cards require drivers supplied in patch 120222-27 or later:

XSEFC402AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4-gigabit Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCIe HBA

XSEFC401AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4-gigabit Single-Port Fibre Channel PCIeHBA

Functionality Issues and Limitations

This section describes known issues and limitations at the time of this release.

General Functionality Issues and Limitations

You cannot use the following user account names, as they are reserved for system use: root, bin, daemon, adm, operator, nobody, sshd, rpc, rpcuser, ldap, apache, ntp, admin, and default.

Do not use the Service Processor (SP) as the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. Using an independent NTP server provides optimal reliability in maintaining consistent time on the SP and the domains. For more information about NTP, see the Sun Blueprint document, Using NTP to Control and Synchronize System Clocks: http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/NTP.pdf

When you use the external power control interface of the external power controller, the following notification signals are not supported:

The OS panic or the server hardware error signal (*CPUN/RTNU).

The server hardware error signal (power fail, temperature error, and fan error) (*ALARM).

When you import XCP or update the firmware using the XSCF you might see Web session ID errors displayed on the web browser. When you specify the timeout period as over 30 minutes in the Autologout setting Internal Server Errors might be displayed. To reconnect to the XSCF Web close the current browser and open the new browser.

Disable pop-up blocking and remove any plug-ins such as the search tool installed with the browser when you use the XSCF Web.

To use XSCF Web, disable the cache function of your browser. If you leave the browser cache function enabled, the old cached data might be displayed. To disable the cache function:

Internet Explorer 6 & 7

Tools->Internet Options...->Advanced tab andcheck the "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" box.

Firefox 2 & 3

Type "about:config" in address box, then type "cache" in filter box.

Change the "browser.cache.check.doc.frequency" settings value to 1.

XSCF-LAN is compliant with auto-negotiation. Set the network device which connects with XSCF-LAN to the auto-negotiation mode. Otherwise when you connect the XSCF-LAN and the network device ( fixed to the full-duplex mode, according to the IEEE 802.3 rule) the XSCF-LAN communicates in half-duplex mode and network communication speed might slow down or communication errors occur.

Additional Information and Procedures

This section describes additional known issues and limitations at the time of this release.

Logging Into the System

In addition to the standard default login, the M3000 server is delivered with a temporary login called admin to enable remote initial login, through a serial port. The server’sprivileges are fixed to useradm and cannot be changed. You cannot log in as temporary admin using the standard UNIX user name and password authentication or SSH public key authentication. The temporary admin account has no password, and one cannot be added for it.

The temporary admin account is disabled after someone logs in as the default user, or after someone logged in as temporary admin has successfully added the first user with valid password and privileges.

If, before the default login is used, you cannot log in as temporary admin, you can determine if someone else has done so by executing the showuser -l command.

XSCF Web Browser Issues

The XSCF Web browser interface occasionally truncates output. Some examples: When you selected SSH on the snapshot screen, the maximum number of character input for Host, Directory, ID, and Password doesn’t correspond to the maximum number of character input on the XSCF Shell. The Panic Log page only displays the last 50 lines of the panic message (CR 6756052). The browser interface displays only the last two digits of the non-audit log size limit (CR 6742502).

To see the full output use the XSCF Shell command-line interface (CLI).

Booting From a WAN Boot Server

The WAN boot installation method enables you to boot and install software over a wide area network (WAN) by using HTTP. To support booting the M3000 server from a WAN boot server, you must have the appropriate wanboot executable installed and OpenBoot version 4.24 or above to provide the needed hardware support.

For information about WAN boot servers, refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations for the version of Solaris 10 OS that you are using. You can find Solaris 10 OS documentation here:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10

If you do not upgrade the wanboot executable, the M3000 server will panic, with messages similar to the following:

krtld: load_exec: fail to expand cpu/$CPU
krtld: error during initial load/link phase
panic - boot: exitto64 returned from client program

Identifying System Memory

Identifying Degraded Memory in a System

XSCF> showstatus

The following example indicates that DIMM number 0A on the motherboard unit has degraded memory.

XSCF> showstatus
      MBU_A Status:Normal;
*       MEM#0A Status:Degraded;

Sun Java Enterprise System

The Sun Java trademark Enterprise System software is a comprehensive set of software and life cycle services that make the most of your software investment. The software and installation instructions can be found at the following web address:

http://www.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/index.jsp

The software might not include patches that are mandatory for your server. After installing the software, refer to Solaris Information for information about checking for and installing required patches.

For an overview and documentation, go to:

http://www.sun.com/service/javaes/index.xml

Note - Due to an issue that arises from the installation of the Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 on your system (CR 6644798), it might be necessary to enable the WebConsole SMF service.

Enabling the Web Console SMF Service

# svcadm enable svc:/system/webconsole:console