Minimum Supported Versions of the OS, Firmware, and Software
Required OS Patches and Package Updates
Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Updates
Important Firmware Upgrade Required Prior to Mixing SAS-1 and SAS-2 Components
Identifying Drive Logical Device Names and Physical Locations
Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (diskinfo Command)
Correlate WWN Device Names With Physical Locations (probe-scsi-all Command)
Oracle Solaris Jumpstart WWN Syntax
Interactive Installation Example
Sun Type 6 Keyboards are Not Supported by SPARC T4 Series Servers
PSH Might Not Clear a Retired Cache Line on a Replaced Motherboard (CR 7031216)
2-Meter USB Cable Length Limit (7048419)
During a Reboot After an Unrecoverable Hardware Error, CPUs Might Not Start (CR 7075336)
Blue LED on Drive Does Not Light When the Drive is Ready to Remove (CR 7082700)
Firmware, OS, and Other Software Issues
fault.memory.memlink-uc Fault Did Not Cause Panic as Stated by System Message (CR 6940599)
Timestamp for an Oracle ILOM Fault/Critical Event Might Be off by One Hour (CR 6943957)
Fault Management Sometimes Sends Resolved Cases to the SP (CR 6983432)
Units Used to Define the MIB Power Management Time Limit are Reported in Seconds (CR 6993008)
Spurious Interrupt Message in System Console When Using Oracle VTS (CR 7038266)
Intermittent Link Training Timeout Displayed During Power Cycles (CR 7043201)
The cfgadm Command Might Fail on SG-SAS6-REM-Z or SGX-SAS6-REM-Z HBAs (CR 7044759)
Message From cpustat Refers to Processor Documentation Incorrectly (CR 7046898)
Using trapstat Might Cause a Panic (CR 7052070)
reboot disk Command Occasionally Fails When disk Argument Picks Up Extra Characters (CR 7050975)
PCIe Correctable Errors Might Be Reported (CR 7051331)
Watchdog Timeouts Seen With Heavy Workloads and Maximum Memory Configurations (CR 7083001)
ereport.fm.fmd.module Generated During a Reboot of an SDIO Domain (CR 7085231)
Oracle VTS dtlbtest Hangs When CPU Threading Mode is Set to max-ipc (CR 7094158)
Several versions of the Sun Blade 6000 modular system have been available. The latest two versions support SAS-1 and SAS-2 modular components.
Gen2-capable PCIe EMs and NEMs connected to this server module through the chassis run at Gen2 speeds. Gen1-capable devices run at Gen1 speeds.
This server module is supported in the following chassis models:
Latest model (A90-D and 7105379) Sun Blade 6000 modular system – Requires CMM software release 4.0 or later.
Previous model (A90-B) Sun Blade 6000 modular system – Requires CMM software release 3.3 or later. This server module is only supported in this modular system with these modular components:
SPARC T3-1B server module
Sun Blade T6320 server module
Sun Blade T6340 server module
Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module
Sun Blade X6270 server module
Sun Blade X6275 M2 server module
Sun Blade Storage Module M2
To determine your chassis version, see Identify Your Chassis Version.