Software Information and Issues

• Supported OSs and Required Patches

• Xorg GUI Might Fail to Start Under Oracle Solaris 11 (CR7112301)

• Do Not Accept Default Installation Options

• Ensure Preinstalled Oracle VM Server and Oracle VM Manager Compatibility

• Server Management Tools

Supported OSs and Required Patches

Xorg GUI Might Fail to Start Under Oracle Solaris 11 (CR7112301)

Servers containing SR-IOV capable devices in certain configurations might encounter problems with the X11 Xorg GUI not starting. Servers running the Oracle Solaris 11 preinstalled OS already contain the workaround for this issue. However, if you install a new version of the OS using the Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 distribution media, and the X11 GUI fails to start, perform this procedure.

If you are performing a GUI-based installation of Oracle Solaris 11 11/11, then you must perform Step 1 through Step 3 to allow the GUI to start the installation, and then repeat all steps on the first boot after the installation.

If you log in to the system without using the GUI (by using text, serial console, or Ethernet login), perform the procedure from Step 4 after the first boot after the installation.

1. Edit the GRUB line displayed when booting and change the default graphics console to either ttya (serial console) or text (VGA text), and add the -kd kernel flags.
   1. Press the E key to edit the GRUB entry.
   2. Press the E key to edit the selected line.
   3. Type the changes.

      For example:

      kernel /platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix

      becomes:

      kernel /platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix -kd -Bconsole=text

      or

      kernel /platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix -kd -Bconsole=ttya

   4. Press the ESC key to finish.
   5. Press the B key to boot.

      Oracle Solaris boots and then drops to the debugger.

2. Set a breakpoint at pcie‘_init.

   0> ::bp pcie‘_init
   0> :c

3. When the Oracle Solaris OS reaches the breakpoint, set the variable.

   0> pcie_br_flags/W0
   pcie‘pcie_br_flags: 0x1 = 0x0
   [0]>:c

   The system boots.

4. Log in as root and append the following line to the /etc/system file.

   # echo 'set pcie:pcie_br_flags=0' >> /etc/system

Do Not Accept Default Installation Options

The OSA USB flash drive appears as an ordinary disk to the Linux or virtual machine software installer. Accepting the default options presented during the Linux or virtual machine software installation process overwrites the contents of the OSA USB flash drive and incurs other system software issues.

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Caution - Do not accept the default options for the installation.

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For more information, see Server OS Installation, OSA for guided installations.

Ensure Preinstalled Oracle VM Server and Oracle VM Manager Compatibility

If you use the preinstalled Oracle VM Server software, you must ensure that it is compatible with the Oracle VM Manager managing your Oracle VM infrastructure. You might need to upgrade your Oracle VM Server or Oracle VM Manager to achieve compatibility.

See the Oracle VM Installation and Upgrade Guide at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/vm-096300.html

Server Management Tools

There are three sets of single-system management tools for your server:

• Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) 3.1 – http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=ilom31

• OSA – For information, see the Server Administration, OSA overview.

• Oracle Hardware Management Pack – http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=ohmp

In addition, this software is available to manage multiple systems:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center – http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=oc122