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Updated: August 2021

Oracle^® Server X5-2L Product Notes

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Oracle Server X5-2L Product Notes

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Supported Operating Systems

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Oracle ILOM Important Operating Notes

Operating System Important Operating Notes

Power Management Important Operating Notes

Hardware Important Operating Notes

Diversity and Inclusion

Supported PCIe Cards

Hardware Known Issues

Issues resulting from system firmware SW 3.1.3 (Oracle ILOM 5.0.1 based) downgrade to prior versions

Oracle ILOM SNMP v3 traps are not delivered after SNMP engine ID change

Processor fails BIOS built-in self-test

During fan module replacement, the server unexpectedly powers down

Server might hang during reboot if two or more Oracle 10Gb Ethernet Adapter cards are installed in the server

Option ROM space might run out when server uses Legacy BIOS Mode and Oracle 10Gb Ethernet Adapter cards are installed

When you launch a serial redirection session to the host using terminal emulation software, some keyboard keys produce unexpected results

After a hotplug insertion, the NVMe drive remains powered down

Virtual disk performance might be degraded during some operations

Special keys in Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus can become locked

LSI MegaRAID Manager incorrectly displays 4TB drives as 3TB drives when the system is booted in UEFI mode

Oracle System Assistant Known Issues

FM Package Does Not Install When Installing Operating Systems Using Oracle System Assistant

Browsing the platform documentation in Oracle System Assistant might cause the documentation viewer to crash with a fatal Java exception

Unable to set hostname when using Oracle System Assistant to install Oracle VM 3.3.x or 3.4.1 from a redirected ISO image

Oracle Solaris Operating System Known Issues

Oracle Solaris 11.2 or 11.3 with Desktop Package cannot be powered off using certain options in Oracle ILOM

A media validity check is not performed when Oracle Solaris 11.2 or 11.3 is installed with Oracle System Assistant

Oracle Solaris 11.2 occasionally reports polling errors against onboard Network Interface Cards (NICs)

The grub2 boot menu indicates the incorrect Oracle Solaris 11.2 or 11.3 preinstalled OS image

Linux Operating Systems Known Issues

Oracle Linux 6.7 Randomly Boots with Other Pre-Installed Oracle Linux Volumes

Hotplug of an NVMe drive in a system running the Oracle Linux operating system requires a kernel argument

Oracle Linux NVMe driver displays an error message during PCIe hotplug remove or system shutdown

If using NVMe hardware, Oracle Linux with UEK Release 3 users are required to run Update 3 or a subsequent version of the kernel, as earlier versions might cause problems

The Red Hat-compatible kernel version is old and contains very early PCIe AER code

Installation of Oracle Linux in UEFI mode to a Virtual Disk created in Legacy BIOS mode will not boot

An error is reported in the system log when installing a Linux OS on the server

RDMA service fails to start on a system running Oracle Linux 7.1 UEK3 or 7.2, or RHEL 7.1 or 7.2

Oracle Linux 7.1 UEK kernel cannot boot in UEFI mode

Oracle Linux 6.6 or 7.1 displays an error message and might hang at system reboot

Server hangs and cannot boot with Oracle Linux 7.1 and Oracle 10Gb Ethernet Adapter cards installed

PXE fails to start after installation of Oracle Linux 7.2 or RHEL 7.2

During warm reboot of Oracle Linux with UEK4, a Call Trace warning message might appear

Network port name and onboard NIC port name are not accurate after system reboots

Windows Operating System Known Issues

NVMe Phantom Drives Appear When Using Windows Server 2016 Inbox Drivers

Installing the Windows operating system with Oracle System Assistant causes delays when attempting to view network properties

Virtual Machine Known Issues

Oracle VM does not support UEFI boot mode

Oracle VM does not install Oracle Hardware Management Pack

VMware ESXi 5.5 does not support MMIO regions above 4 GB

Oracle VM does not support VT-d and SR-IOV

Documentation Known Issues

Translated Documents Use Abbreviated Titles

Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues

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Firmware and Software Updates

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Software Releases

Getting Updates From Oracle System Assistant or My Oracle Support

Download Firmware and Software Updates From My Oracle Support

Installing Updates Using Other Methods

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Oracle Linux 7.1 UEK kernel cannot boot in UEFI mode

Bug ID 20841099

Issue: Oracle Linux 7.1 with the default Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 (UEK3) (3.8.13-55.1.6.el7uek.x86_64) cannot boot in UEFI mode in a system configured with the following adapter cards:

Sun Storage Dual 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA, Emulex
Sun Storage Dual 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal HBA, QLogic

Affected software: Oracle Linux 7.1

Workaround: Update to the latest UEK3 (3.8.13-68.1.3.el7uek.x86_64 or above).

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