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SPARC T8 Series Servers Product Notes
Updated: January 2022
SPARC T8 Series Servers Product Notes
Document Information
Using This Documentation
Product Documentation Library
Feedback
Diversity and Inclusion
Late-Breaking Information
Preinstalled Software
IMPORTANT - Install Latest OS Updates, Patches, and Firmware
Minimum Supported Versions of the Firmware, OS, and Software
Mandatory Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Updates
Mandatory Oracle Solaris 10 OS Patches
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Mandatory Patches
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Mandatory Patches
Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Mandatory Patches
Obtain Oracle Solaris 10 Patches
Updating the System Firmware
Required Firmware Updates for X-Options
Installing and Booting Oracle Solaris 11 From Devices Connected to a USB Port
Oracle VM Server for SPARC Guidelines
Oracle Solaris Fallback Miniroot Image Must Be Installed on a New SPM
Connecting a Terminal Device to the SER MGT Port
When You Create Logical Domains, Some Memory Is Reserved By the Server
Known Issues
Supported DIMMs
prtdiag -v is missing Environmental Status, FRU Status for some PDs (23619958)
L3DAC Storm Simulating Broken Way Results in Panic Hang (24973531)
Timeout waiting for Tx completion Message When Booting Over a Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe Low Profile Adapter (25675633)
ILOM reset to factory default after AC cycle (25734596)
Hotplugged Intel PCIe Cards Not Seen By the fwupdate Command (25830688)
Oracle ILOM Java Remote Console Plus Storage Redirection Does Not Suspend Miniroot Redirection While Active (25911614)
Panic [cpu9]/thread=c040064486cc0: bad unexpected error from hypervisor call at T (26138639)
iSCSI Boot Panic vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root Due to Slow iSCSI Target (26178433)
Apply Workaround to an Installed Boot Environment
Apply Workaround to a Fresh Oracle Solaris OS Installation
Select a Boot Environment Earlier than Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 19.5
XGBE not training at MAX advertised speed/width (26526760)
SP/config restore fails to restore some /HOST0/SP/powermgmt/budget properties (26573130)
Power cycle after fwupdate does not work on T8 (26613165)
IO domain ldgX is locked against modification at host restart (26191129)
CMP devices become immediately disabled after their parent CMU is disabled (26586749)
Get link information failure when pressing ATTN button, PCIE in UNK state later (26620735)
Panic: WAIT_MBOX_DONE() timeout running CPU/memory stress tests in a kernel zone (26628809)
3-node-ldom guest domain Cluster - Unable to acquire quorum device - Node panic (26732562)
Failed to write to Admin Rx Queue Regs on versaboot IO domain reboot stress (26768250)
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SPARC T8 Series Servers Product Notes
January 2022
Provides late-breaking information about the SPARC T8 Series servers from Oracle.
Document Information
Using This Documentation
Product Documentation Library
Feedback
Diversity and Inclusion
Late-Breaking Information
Preinstalled Software
IMPORTANT - Install Latest OS Updates, Patches, and Firmware
Minimum Supported Versions of the Firmware, OS, and Software
Mandatory Oracle Solaris 11 OS Package Updates
Mandatory Oracle Solaris 10 OS Patches
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Mandatory Patches
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Mandatory Patches
Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Mandatory Patches
Obtain Oracle Solaris 10 Patches
Updating the System Firmware
Required Firmware Updates for X-Options
Installing and Booting Oracle Solaris 11 From Devices Connected to a USB Port
Oracle VM Server for SPARC Guidelines
Oracle Solaris Fallback Miniroot Image Must Be Installed on a New SPM
Connecting a Terminal Device to the SER MGT Port
When You Create Logical Domains, Some Memory Is Reserved By the Server
Known Issues
Supported DIMMs
prtdiag -v is missing Environmental Status, FRU Status for some PDs (23619958)
L3DAC Storm Simulating Broken Way Results in Panic Hang (24973531)
Timeout waiting for Tx completion Message When Booting Over a Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe Low Profile Adapter (25675633)
ILOM reset to factory default after AC cycle (25734596)
Hotplugged Intel PCIe Cards Not Seen By the fwupdate Command (25830688)
Oracle ILOM Java Remote Console Plus Storage Redirection Does Not Suspend Miniroot Redirection While Active (25911614)
Panic [cpu9]/thread=c040064486cc0: bad unexpected error from hypervisor call at T (26138639)
iSCSI Boot Panic vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root Due to Slow iSCSI Target (26178433)
Apply Workaround to an Installed Boot Environment
Apply Workaround to a Fresh Oracle Solaris OS Installation
Select a Boot Environment Earlier than Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 19.5
XGBE not training at MAX advertised speed/width (26526760)
SP/config restore fails to restore some /HOST0/SP/powermgmt/budget properties (26573130)
Power cycle after fwupdate does not work on T8 (26613165)
IO domain ldgX is locked against modification at host restart (26191129)
CMP devices become immediately disabled after their parent CMU is disabled (26586749)
Get link information failure when pressing ATTN button, PCIE in UNK state later (26620735)
Panic: WAIT_MBOX_DONE() timeout running CPU/memory stress tests in a kernel zone (26628809)
3-node-ldom guest domain Cluster - Unable to acquire quorum device - Node panic (26732562)
Failed to write to Admin Rx Queue Regs on versaboot IO domain reboot stress (26768250)