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SPARC T4-1B Server Module

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1.  Late-Breaking Information

Supported Chassis

Identify Your Chassis Version

Supported Hardware Components

Preinstalled Software

Minimum Supported Versions of the OS, Firmware, and Software

Required OS Patches and Package Updates

Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Updates

Oracle Solaris 10 OS Patches

Obtain Patches

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

2.  Known Product Issues

Hardware Issues

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)

Uncorrectable L2 Cache Errors are Sometimes Reported as Core Faults Without Any Cache Line Retirement (CR 7071237 and CR 7071974)

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)

e1000g Driver Generates Spurious ereports When Installing Oracle Solaris OS Over a Sun PCIe Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (CR 6958011)

When diag-switch? Is Set to true, Oracle Solaris OS Fails to Update the EEPROM for Automatic Rebooting (CR 6982060)

Unable to Configure RAID Volume Sizes Other Than the Max Size When Using the sas2ircu Command (CR 6983210)

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)

Cold Reset Adds One Day to System Time (CR 7127740)

Required OS Patches and Package Updates

If you use the preinstalled OS, or if you reinstall the OS on the server module, you might need to install certain patches or package updates before you put the server module into production.


Note - Oracle Solaris 11 OS uses package updates rather than patches.


Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Updates

No package updates are required at this time to use Oracle Solaris 11 OS with this server.

You should install an Oracle Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU), if one is available. Use the pkg command or the package manager GUI to download any available SRUs from: https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support


Note - To access the Oracle Solaris 11 package update repository, you must have an Oracle support agreement which enables you to install a required SSL certificate and support key. Refer to the article at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/o11-018-howto-update-s11-1572261.html and Oracle's certificate request web site at: https://pkg-register.oracle.com.


Oracle Solaris 10 OS Patches

Table 1-1 Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS Required Patches

Installation Order
OS or Patch
1
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS
2
These mandatory patches:
  • 147440-04 (or higher)

  • 147149-01 (or higher)

  • 147153-01 (or higher)

  • 147707-01 (or higher)

  • 147159-03 (or higher)

3
Recommended OS Patchset Solaris 10 SPARC

Table 1-2 Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS

Installation Order
OS or Patch
1
Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS
2
Solaris 10 8/11 Patch Bundle (13058415)
3
These mandatory patches:
  • 147440-04 (or higher)

  • 147149-01 (or higher)

  • 147153-01 (or higher)

  • 147707-01 (or higher)

  • 147159-03 (or higher)

4
Recommended OS Patchset Solaris 10 SPARC
5
Use the pkgadd command to install SUNWust1 and SUNWust2

Table 1-3 Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS Required Patches and Packages

Installation Order
OS or Patch
1
Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS
2
Solaris 10 8/11 Patch Bundle (13058415)
3
These mandatory patches:
  • 147440-04 (or higher)

  • 147149-01 (or higher)

  • 147153-01 (or higher)

  • 147707-01 (or higher)

  • 147159-03 (or higher)

4
Recommended OS Patchset Solaris 10 SPARC
5
Use the pkgadd command to install SUNWust1 and SUNWust2

Note - For current information about required patches and updates for optional hardware and software, refer to the documentation for each product.


Obtain Patches

  1. Sign into My Oracle Support:

    http://support.oracle.com

  2. Select the Patches & Updates tab.
  3. Search for a patch using the Patch Search panel.

    When searching for a patch using the Patch Name or Number field, you must specify the complete name or number of the patch. For example:

    • Solaris 10 8/11 Patch Bundle

    • 13058415

    • 147159-03

    To search using a patch number without the revision number (two last digits), use % in place of the revision number. For example:

    14159-%

  4. Once you locate the patch, access the README and download the patch from the site.

    The patch README provides the patch installation instructions.