Chapter 1 Solaris 10 7/07 HW Issues

This chapter describes all issues that relate to the Solaris 10 7/07 HW Operating System.

Solaris 10 7/07 HW Restrictions

The Solaris 10 7/07 HW release has the following restrictions:

• The Solaris 10 7/07 HW release can only be installed on SPARC Enterprise M4000-M9000 Servers.

  For more information about the SPARC Enterprise M4000–M9000 Servers, see the following:

  • Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes For XCP Version 1041

  • Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes For XCP Version 1041

• The Solaris 10 7/07 HW release does not support upgrades from the previous Solaris 10 11/06 release. The Solaris 10 7/07 HW OS should be installed freshly.

• The Solaris 10 7/07 HW release does not support upgrades to any other Solaris releases. The other Solaris Operating Systems should be installed freshly.

• The Solaris 10 7/07 HW release cannot be patched. Bug fixes might be available in a future Solaris 10 release.

Solaris 10 7/07 HW Bugs and Issues

I/O Performance Related Issues

The following bugs result in a lower than expected I/O performance using HBAs and NICs on the SPARC Enterprise M4000-M9000 servers. The fixes to these bugs might be available in a future Solaris 10 release.

6562458

This bug impacts the following cards:

• X1027A –10 GbE

• X4447A-Z —QGC

6552241

This bug impacts the following cards:

• SG-PCIE2FC-QF4

• SG-PCIE1FC-QF4

6530687

This bug impacts the following cards:

• SG-PCIE2FC-EM4

• SG-PCIE1FC-EM4

• SG-PCI2FC-EM4

• SG-PCI1FC-EM4

Runtime Issues

The following bugs are runtime issues that are known to be problems. The fixes to these bugs might be available in a future Solaris 10 release.

6566788

The system does not panic on certain uncorrectable errors in the PCIe Root Complex.

6557854

The system cannot ascertain the physical slot number for PCIe External I/O Expansion Unit.

6557246

There might be potential panic with explicit drop policy.

6555985

There might be potential panic in the tun_wdata_v4() slowpath case when using per-port IPsec policy.

Fixed Bugs

The following bugs referenced in the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes and Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes are fixed in the Solaris 10 7/07 HW release: