Sun Blade X3-2B Model Name Change
Getting the Latest Firmware and Software
Overview of the Sun Blade X3-2B Product Notes
System Hardware and Software Features
Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Environment
Supported Server Module Components
Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM)
Hardware, Firmware, and BIOS Current Issues and Announcements
Restore SW v1.2 BIOS Configuration Before Downgrading From SW v1.3 to v1.2--New
SW 1.2: Wait Period Required During SP Update Process--(16040413)
DIMM Filler Panels are Now Optional
Intel Quickpath Interconnect Error On Some 4-core and 6-core Servers (7146732)
Oracle ILOM restore_status Parameter Shows Partial Status (7167938)
Unable to Change Serial Port Ownership Using the BIOS Setup Utility (7168093)
MegaRAID Storage Manager Unable to Assign Hot Spares on 3-TB Drives Using EFI Partitioning (7164218)
Oracle Recommendations for Drive Slot Population and Virtual Drive Creation (7124194)
PXE-booting Fails When Using Cisco Switch (7149683)
Physical Storage Drives Listed Twice on the Sun Blade 6000 Storage Module M2 (7116807)
Oracle System Assistant Current Issues and Announcements
Do Not Downgrade Server BIOS From SW 1.3 to SW 1.2 (18016911)--New
Manually Power On the System After Update to SW v1.3--New
Some Server's USB Drives Do Not Contain Oracle System Assistant
Platform Documentation Button Added to Interface
Update Path to Oracle System Assistant Version 1.2
Firmware Update Task Fails If There are No Hard Disks in the Server (7178868)
User Must Have Full Administrator Role Privileges to Update SP (7158820)
Some Operating Systems Do Not Mount the Oracle System Assistant USB Device
Oracle System Assistant Does Not Support Username "user" (7153741)
The Virtual Ethernet Device Is Reported as Not Installed in Windows 2008 (7129124)
'Path too Long' Errors When Unzipping Windows Downloads (7116803)
Linux Current Issues and Announcements
Oracle Linux 6.4: Hotswap of PEM Loses Interface and Generates Error (17801673)--New
RHEL 5.10: Hot Plug of PEM Causes Fault (18380484)--New
Oracle Linux OS Preinstall Available
Oracle Linux 6.1 Installation Fails During Libparted Disk Probe (15770848)
Host Reset Might Cause a Linux System to Hang (16009236)
PCIe EM "Link Training Error" on RHEL Systems (16008349)
Oracle ILOM Not Getting System Information After Oracle Linux 6.2 (7175441)
Oracle System Assistant Assisted-OS Installation of SLES 11 Might Prompt for Root Password (7158471)
Unable to Mount Oracle System Assistant USB Device on Some Versions of Linux
Failure Occurs After Hot-Inserting a SAS-2 RAID Module (SGX-SAS6-EM-Z) (7088969)
Too Many PCI Cards or Modules Can Cause the System to Hang (6899040)
RHEL 6.1 kdump Does Not Work (7133869)
Oracle VM and VMware ESXi Issues and Announcements
Oracle VM Current Issues and Announcements
Oracle Solaris OS Issues and Announcements
Oracle Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 OS Current Issues
Windows Current Issues and Announcements
Qlogic Network HBA Drivers Not Available in SW v1.3--New
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Do Not Support NEM--New
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Do Not Support NEM--New
Error Message When Starting hwmgmtcli Tool (15909859)
Getting Server Firmware and Software
Firmware and Software Access Options
Available Software Release Packages
For Oracle Linux 5.8 kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.8 kernel, and the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 Base Install, Service Pack 1 kernel—with certain hardware configurations—the kernal and smartd service might generate nuisance error messages. Systems using these kernels with smartd block device monitoring enabled and with an internal Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA that is connected to a SATA Drive (such as the 7101423 100 GB Solid State SATA Drive) running in RAW JBOD mode might generate and display multiple error messages on the system console or in /var/log/messages that are similar to the following sample:
Feb 9 18:24:58 X4270M3host kernel: [9108.314218] sd 0:0:0:0 [sda] Sense Key: Recovered Error [current][descriptor] Feb 9 18:24:58 X4270M3host kernel: [9108.314226] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Feb 9 18:24:58 X4270M3host kernel: [9108.314229] 72 01 00 1d 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 Feb 9 18:24:58 X4270M3host kernel: [9108.314240] 00 4f 00 c2 00 50 Feb 9 18:24:58 X4270M3host kernel: [9108.314246] sd 0:0:0:0 [sda] Add. Sense ATA pass through information available.
Affected hardware and software:
Server-supported Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBAs
Oracle Linux 5.8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.8
Workaround:
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Use the smartctl command to disable monitoring of the drive and to verify drive monitor status:
# smartctl -s off /dev/device_name
where device_name is the name of the storage drive.