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Updated: January 2017
Oracle
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Hardware Management Pack 2.3.x Release Notes
Document Information
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Support and Training
Contributing Authors
Change History
Software Release Information
Oracle Hardware Management Pack and Oracle Solaris
Updates in Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.3.x
New Features
Release 2.3.8 Features
Release 2.3.6 Features
Release 2.3.5 Features
Release 2.3.3 Features
Release 2.3.2.2 Features
Release 2.3.1 Features
Release 2.3.0 Features
Platform and Component Support
Issues Fixed
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.8
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.7
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.6
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.5
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.4
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.3
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.2.2
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.1.1
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.1
Issues Fixed in Release 2.3.0
Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.3.x Documentation
Installation Notes and Issues
Host-to-ILOM Interconnect Feature Might be Left in Disabled State When Oracle Solaris Automated Installer is Used (18652144)
Oracle VM 3.2 and 3.3 Oracle HMP Installation Packages (18131790)
Oracle Solaris 10 Patches Needed for Oracle HMP (17582162 and 25246804)
Might Need to Reboot Oracle Solaris 11.1 System After Oracle HMP Installation (18231930)
Invalid Publisher in Package Repository Causes Installation Failure on Oracle Solaris System (18262997)
Disable Host-to-ILOM Interconnect Before Installing Oracle HMP on Windows Systems (16521844)
To Disable the Host Interconnect
Installing in Oracle Solaris Zones
Do Not Use install.bin -uninstall Command to Uninstall Oracle Hardware Management Pack (15777347)
Hardware Management Pack Installer GUI Requires libXtst.i686 for an Oracle Linux 6.1 System (15766013)
Install glibc.i686 for Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 Before Running the Installer (15715967)
Red Hat Installation Dependencies
Install Path Issues
Software Has Not Passed Windows Logo Testing Warning Message During Hardware Management Pack Installation (15666328)
Latest Windows Service Pack Update Required
Oracle ILOM 3.0 and Windows Server 2003 R2
Oracle Hardware Management Pack Uninstaller Does Not Remove hwmgmtd and itpconfig Components in Solaris 11 (20163489)
After Manually Installing the Hardware Management Agent (hwmgmtd) on a Linux System, You Must Start the Agent Service (25429970)
Known Issues and Notes for Software Release 2.3.x
Common Oracle Hardware Management Pack Known Issues
Some Utilities Run Slowly on SPARC T3 Systems (15705545)
System Hangs During Boot Process After Reset (21962254)
Oracle Hardware Management Pack CLI Tools Fail on Linux 5 and 6 (22673965, 22599886)
Oracle Hardware Management Pack Memory Message Might Be Displayed on Linux Systems Using UEFI Mode (22667196, 22144232)
biosconfig Known Issues
Windows Server 2008 x64 SP2 Driver Warning (15636772)
firmware-check Known Issues
firmware-check Command Support Requirements
fwupdate Known Issues
The Onboard Ethernet Controller for Sun Server X4-8 Cannot Be Updated Using fwupdate (19790933)
Automatic Power Cycle Does Not Work for fwupdate on Sun Server X4-4 and Later Platforms (18866436)
User is Prompted to Confirm an Update for a Mellanox CX3 IB Card on a Solaris System (17656671)
Remote SP Update Does Not Power Cycle the System (18048467)
fwupdate Might Hang on Solaris 10 System With Emulex and Qlogic 16Gb Fibre Channel or Dual 10 GbE Card Installed (18044689)
Firmware Update Failure With a 16Gb Fibre Channel or Dual 10 GbE Card (Emulex) on a Solaris 10 1/13 System (17551814)
Notes for Dual 16Gb Fibre Channel or Dual 10 GbE Card (Emulex) (17503938)
Power Cycle Required to Update Oracle ILOM Version on Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server (16562687)
fwupdate Not Supported for Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Card on a Windows Systems (16278659)
Emulex Fibre Channel Cards Are Not Visible on Oracle VM 3.1.1 (15790684)
Error Messages Can Be Disregarded When Updating Firmware for a Emulex Fiber Channel Card (15762571)
For a Sun Fire X4270 M3 Server With Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 a Qlogic Card in Slot 2 is Not Displayed (15763607, 11177285)
After Updating the Firmware on an Internal Expander Configured for a Sun StorageTek 6Gb/s SAS PCIe HBA, Internal (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z), a Reboot is Required (15657192)
fwupdate Cannot Downgrade Firmware (15663490)
Cannot Update HDDs Firmware With fwupdate update Command With Windows 2008 R2 and OEL 5.4 (15643212)
IPMI Initialization Causes an Error Message in the fwupdate.log File (15670576)
fwupdate Commands on Network Controllers Might Not Show Device Details or Fail When Executed Right After Linux OS Loads (21210340)
fwupdate Might Fail When Updating Firmware on the Oracle Quad 10Gb Ethernet Adapter (21446307)
fwupdate Might Fail or Take a Long Time Listing or Updating Four or More Intel Network Controllers (21920385)
fwupdate list Might Show the Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe 2.0 Low Profile Adapter as "Intel Ethernet Server" (25348996)
Host-to-ILOM Interconnect Issues
Host-to-ILOM Interconnect Not Supported for Oracle VM 3.0.3 (17256129)
Do Not Change Hostmanaged Setting to "False" for the Host-to-ILOM Interconnect From Oracle ILOM
hwmgmtcli Known Issues
Running hwmgmtcli on a Sun Blade X6270 M2 Server Might Return Error Messages for Chassis Information (15801911)
Sun Blade X6270 M2 Shows Incorrect Chassis Data (15732926)
hwmgmtd Known Issues
hwmgmtd Memory Usage Grows Over Time in Windows Systems (15752292)
hwmgmtd Not Started When Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 is Installed on an ESX 3.5 Server (15738417)
hwmgmtd Service Cannot Start on Linux and Oracle Solaris With Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.3.1 (20200641)
hwmgmtd Service Goes Into Maintenance Mode on Oracle SPARC Systems With Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.3.1 (19890355)
hwmgmtd Can Crash When Getting Information From the InfiniBand Card Plugin (22066585)
ilomconfig Known Issues
Start New Shell for Solaris ilomconfig After Uninstalling Oracle HMP ilomconfig (18277233)
DHCP Discover When Enabling Local Host-to-ILOM Interconnect on a Linux System (17563392)
ilomconfig Commands Might Fail When Using ILOM 3.0.9 (15650623)
ilomconfig Host Local Credential Cache Feature Has Been Disabled (21563538)
ipmitool Known Issues
ipmitool Error Might Occur When SP Is Booted When SPARC T3-4 Host Is On (15719015, 15691003)
itpconfig Known Issues
itpconfig Error 83 "ERROR: Service Processor has conflicting configuration"
raidconfig Known Issues
User Warning: raidconfig Shows the System Boot Disk as Available (20992189)
Sun Flash Accelerator Cards Incorrectly Identified as RAID-Capable (18519959)
Hot Spares Not Visible on SPARC System With MegaRAID SAS Controller (16729481)
On SLES 11 SP 1 System, Disks Might Disappear (15845681)
RAID Volume Might Not Be Visible in Oracle ILOM on SPARC Systems (15782246)
RAID 1 Volume With More Than Two Disks Is Not Handled Correctly (15747500)
When Running init Task on RAID Volume clear Tasks on Disks Always Show 0% Complete (15742034)
Mounted Property for RAID Volumes is Not Visible When Using SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z or SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z (15666684)
After Creating a RAID Volume With --name Option With LSI REM, Volume's Name is Still Null (15675209)
Different RAID Volumes Have the Same Device Name When OS is VMWare ESX 3.5 Update 5 (15674922)
RAID 10 Listed as Not Supported When Creating RAID Volume With raidconfig (22129034)
ubiosconfig Known Issues
ubiosconfig Cannot Connect to BMC On Systems With Oracle ILOM 3.2.6 (24356013)
SNMP Agent Known Issues
snmpwalk of the Storage MIB Results in a Timeout or Error Message (15694465)
SNMP Trap Issues
Sun X6250 Server Module Reports Wrong Service Processor Version Number
Parent FRU Name for Sensors on Shared Components in a Blade Chassis is Incorrect (15728111, 15688172)
Discrete Current Sensors Are Miscategorized on SPARC T3-Series Servers (15687547)
SunHwMonInventoryTable Shows Incorrect Number of DIMMs (15566455)
SunHwMonDiscreteHardDriveSensorTable Incorrect Sensors
Host Agent Might Generate Incorrect Notification (15675490)
Windows Hardware Management Agent SNMP Walk on a Sensor Group Issue (15604854)
sunStorageVolumeOSMountPoint Not Showing Mount Point (15666684)
Incorrect DiskOSDeviceName on SPARC T3-2 System (15668518)
Storage MIB Does Not Expose Dual Path Disks (15673745)
Storage Viewer Known Issues
Global Hot Spare for RAID 1 Volume Displayed as a Dedicated Hot Spare on Oracle Solaris (15586295)
The max_disks Property Is Incorrect When Using Adaptec Disk Controller (SGXPCIESAS-R-INT-Z) (15584958)
The write_cache_enabled Property Not Available for Adaptec Controllers (SGXPCIESAS-R-INT-Z) (15583722)
Using Oracle Hardware Management Pack With SPARC M5-32 and M6-32 Servers
ilomconfig (16369886)
Oracle ILOM Properties Not Available From the SPARC Server M5-32 and M6-32 SPPs
ilomconfig Commands Supported on SPARC M Series Server Platforms
hwmgmtcli (16507559)
itpconfig (16508501, 16507898)
hwmgmtd (15824059, 15824037)
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fwupdate
Known Issues
The issues shown in the following table are related to the
fwupdate
tool.
Issue
Workaround
The Onboard Ethernet Controller for Sun Server X4-8 Cannot Be Updated Using fwupdate (19790933)
Yes
Automatic Power Cycle Does Not Work for fwupdate on Sun Server X4-4 and Later Platforms (18866436)
No
User is Prompted to Confirm an Update for a Mellanox CX3 IB Card on a Solaris System (17656671)
Yes
Remote SP Update Does Not Power Cycle the System (18048467)
Yes
fwupdate Might Hang on Solaris 10 System With Emulex and Qlogic 16Gb Fibre Channel or Dual 10 GbE Card Installed (18044689)
Yes
Firmware Update Failure With a 16Gb Fibre Channel or Dual 10 GbE Card (Emulex) on a Solaris 10 1/13 System (17551814)
No
Notes for Dual 16Gb Fibre Channel or Dual 10 GbE Card (Emulex) (17503938)
No
Power Cycle Required to Update Oracle ILOM Version on Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server (16562687)
No
fwupdate Not Supported for Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Card on a Windows Systems (16278659)
No
Emulex Fibre Channel Cards Are Not Visible on Oracle VM 3.1.1 (15790684)
No
Error Messages Can Be Disregarded When Updating Firmware for a Emulex Fiber Channel Card (15762571)
No
For a Sun Fire X4270 M3 Server With Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 a Qlogic Card in Slot 2 is Not Displayed (15763607, 11177285)
Yes
After Updating the Firmware on an Internal Expander Configured for a Sun StorageTek 6Gb/s SAS PCIe HBA, Internal (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z), a Reboot is Required (15657192)
Yes
fwupdate Cannot Downgrade Firmware (15663490)
Yes
Cannot Update HDDs Firmware With fwupdate update Command With Windows 2008 R2 and OEL 5.4 (15643212)
No
IPMI Initialization Causes an Error Message in the fwupdate.log File (15670576)
No
fwupdate Commands on Network Controllers Might Not Show Device Details or Fail When Executed Right After Linux OS Loads (21210340)
Yes
fwupdate Might Fail When Updating Firmware on the Oracle Quad 10Gb Ethernet Adapter (21446307)
Yes
fwupdate Might Fail or Take a Long Time Listing or Updating Four or More Intel Network Controllers (21920385)
Yes
fwupdate list Might Show the Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe 2.0 Low Profile Adapter as "Intel Ethernet Server" (25348996)
Yes
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