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SPARC Enterprise
™
M4000/M5000 Servers
Product Notes
For XCP Version 1091
Manual Code C120-E611-04EN
Part No. 875-4633-13
April 2010, Revision A
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  • Page 1 SPARC Enterprise ™ M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes For XCP Version 1091 Manual Code C120-E611-04EN Part No. 875-4633-13 April 2010, Revision A...
  • Page 2 Fujitsu Limited or Sun Microsystems, Inc., or any affiliate of either of them.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preface vii Technical Support vii Software Resources viii Accessing Documentation viii Fujitsu Welcomes Your Comments ix General Information About XCP 1091 1 What’s New in XCP 1091 1 Active Directory and LDAP/SSL 2 Configuring XSCF for Active Directory Support 3...
  • Page 4 Known Issues and Workarounds in XCP 1091 18 XCP Issues Fixed in XCP 1091 20 XCP Issues Fixed in Releases Earlier Than XCP 1091 21 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds 35 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 5 Solaris OS Issues for All Supported Releases 35 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10/09 39 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/09 40 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 41 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/08 44 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 8/07 48 Software Documentation Updates 53 Identifying Degraded Memory in a System 57...
  • Page 6 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 7: Preface

    XCP version are subsequently updated. You must therefore check the manuals for the latest XCP version in addition to those related to the XCP version you are using. Global Site http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/manual/ Japanese Site http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/manual/ North American Site https://download.computers.us.fujitsu.com/...

  • Page 8: Software Resources

    M4000/M5000 servers are provided in the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers documentation set. The documentation set is available for download from the following website: Global Site http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/manual/ Japanese Site http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/manual/ North American Site https://download.computers.us.fujitsu.com/ viii SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1090 • April 2010...

  • Page 9: Fujitsu Welcomes Your Comments

    Sun Microsystems Software (for Solaris OS, etc.) Related Manuals http://docs.sun.com/ Fujitsu Welcomes Your Comments If you have any comments or requests regarding this document, or if you find any unclear statements in the document, please state your points specifically on the form at the following URL.
  • Page 10 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1090 • April 2010...

  • Page 11: General Information About Xcp 1091

    General Information About XCP 1091 This section describes the general information about XCP 1091. “What’s New in XCP 1091” on page 1 ■ “Supported Firmware and Software” on page 4 ■ “Updating to XCP 1091” on page 7 ■ “Functionality Issues and Limitations” on page 8 ■...

  • Page 12: Active Directory And Ldap/Ssl

    1. Microsoft and Active Directory are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 13: Configuring Xscf For Active Directory Support

    An administrator group has platadm, useradm, and auditadm privileges associated with it. An operator group has platop, and auditop privileges associated with it. To configure a custom group, both group name and privileges are required. For each type of group, up to five groups can be configured. A user assigned to more than one group receives the sum of all privileges associated with those groups.

  • Page 14: Configuring Xscf For Ldap/Ssl Support

    Solaris 10 8/07 or later, with required patches 2.53GHz XCP 1090 or later Solaris 10 8/07 or later, with required patches Note – 8GB DIMM is supported in XCP 1081 or later. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 15: Solaris Patch Information

    United States and/or other countries. † The Firefox 3 is not supported in XSCF Web. Solaris Patch Information This section lists mandatory patches for the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers. For additional Solaris Operating System information, see “Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds”...

  • Page 16: Patches For Solaris 10 5/08

    118833-36 (Install 118833-36 before 125100-04.) ■ 125100-04 or later ■ 120068-03 or later ■ 123839-07 or later ■ 125424-01 or later ■ 125075-01 or later ■ 125670-02 or later ■ SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 17: Patches For Emulex Pci Express (Pcie) Cards

    Patches for Emulex PCI Express (PCIe) Cards The following Emulex cards require drivers supplied in patch 120222-26: XSEFC402AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4Gb Dual-Port Fibre Channel PCI- ■ E HBA XSEFC401AF Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4Gb Single-Port Fibre Channel PCI- ■...

  • Page 18: Functionality Issues And Limitations

    NTP server as XSCF is using For details on NTP server, contact a service engineer. For details on NTP settings, refer to the SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User’s Guide. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 19: Notes On The Ntp Server Referring To The Local Clock

    Notes on the NTP Server Referring to the Local Clock When the NTP server which XSCF refers to is referring to the server's own system time (local clock), and when the address of "127.127.1.0" is set to that local clock, time synchronization in XSCF might fail.

  • Page 20: Notes On Xscf Web

    "Every time I view the page" radio button. 2. Windows is either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 21: General Functionality Issues And Limitations

    Note – Invalid values will be displayed by executing the commands or menu. SNMP Agent Function obtains invalid values of power consumption and exhaust air. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers are cold service machines. Hot- ■ swapping of the CPU module (CPUM), memory board (MEMB), I/O unit (IOU), or XSCF unit is not supported.
  • Page 22 At this time the restoredefaults(8) command is not supported. ■ At this time the -e, -l, -P options of the snapshot(8) command are not ■ supported. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 23: Information About Hardware

    Information About Hardware This section describes the special instructions and the issues about the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers hardware. “Notes on Server Installation” on page 13 ■ “Notes on DVD Drives and Discs” on page 13 ■ “Notes on the Use of USB Memory” on page 14 ■...

  • Page 24: Notes On The Use Of Usb Memory

    RCI function or the automatic power control system (APCS). For details, see the "Limitations and Cautions" in "Preface" of the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 25: Hardware Issues And Workarounds

    Hardware Issues and Workarounds Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 Cards If you are not using the correct version of the Sun Crypto Accelerator (SCA) 6000 card driver, hot-plug operations on SCA 6000 cards can cause SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers to panic or hang. Version 1.1 of the SCA6000 driver and firmware supports hot-plug operations after the required bootstrap firmware upgrade has been performed.

  • Page 26: Updates Of The Sparc Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Installation Guide (- 05)

    ■ (setdscp) Altitude setting (setaltitude) ■ Note – setaltitude must be followed by a rebootxscf to apply the altitude setting. Dual power feed option setting (setdualpowerfeed) ■ SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 27 Note – setdualpowerfeed requires a complete chassis power cycle (all power cords removed) to apply any changes. Make certain to allow 30 seconds before plugging the power cords back into the chassis. To perform XSCF initial settings, use the XSCF default user account. Until user accounts for user environment is registered, log in with a default user account and default password.

  • Page 28: Information About Software

    SNMP using the correct user name. traps will not be notified. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 29 Known Issues and Workarounds in XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 4 Description Workaround RTIF1- When the SNMPv3 trap has been set, after the Reset the XSCF. 080725-002 watchdog timeout occurred in XSCF and XSCF reset, the subsequent SNMP traps will not be notified.

  • Page 30: Xcp Issues Fixed In Xcp 1091

    (AC OFF/ON). To turn on the system power that you turned off, wait at least 30 seconds before power-on. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 31: Xcp Issues Fixed In Releases Earlier Than Xcp 1091

    XCP issues Fixed in XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 5 Description Workaround RTIF1- The snmp daemon might quit. To restart the snmp daemon, issue the 071102-002 command setsnmp enable. RTIF1- SNMP trap host configuration changes are not Modify the SNMP setting: 081006-011 valid until setsnmp disable and setsnmp XSCF>...
  • Page 32 Host, Directory, ID, and XSCF Web, use XSCF Shell. Password doesn't correspond to the maximum number of character input on the XSCF Shell. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 33 XCP Issues Fixed in Releases Earlier Than XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 6 Description Workaround RTIF1- When you display the Logical tree on the On the Menu, select System Board 070823-002 XSCF Web, there may be multiple displays of Configuration and refer to the domain the same domain, depending on the domain configuration from XSB Status (All).
  • Page 34 DR, in case the XSCF reboot power off the domain and then power on occurred, the process may be aborted in some again. or all of the XSB. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 35 XCP Issues Fixed in Releases Earlier Than XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 6 Description Workaround RTIF1- If an invalid SMTP server is configured, a Wait for the CLI to complete. The rest of the 070912-001 subsequent attempt to disable email service system will function normally during this (using the setemailreport CLI) may block time.
  • Page 36 To specify a user name of 20 characters or 070914-015 Manager to add the user account, the user more, use the adduser(8) command. name to be specified is limited up to 20 characters. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 37 XCP Issues Fixed in Releases Earlier Than XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 6 Description Workaround RTIF1- On the XSCF Web, when you select LDAP to Since "0" is an invalid value in the LDAP 070914-016 perform the LDAP configuration, if you Search Timeout, do not fail to set a value other execute Save while the LDAP Search Timeout than 0.
  • Page 38 XSCF might not start: dbs[xxx]: ERR: scdb_init_all(): xx, No space left on device In addition, this error log might be be registered: XSCF process down detected SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 39 XCP Issues Fixed in Releases Earlier Than XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 6 Description Workaround RTIF1- When performing XSCF Shell commands None available at this time. 071129-002 remotely using SSH on the remote-control device, the following messages might be displayed: stty: standard input: Invalid argument RTIF1- An error log cannot be registered in XSCF...
  • Page 40 To turn on the power that you turned off, wait at least 30 seconds before power-on. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 41 XCP Issues Fixed in Releases Earlier Than XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 6 Description Workaround RTIF1- Following a dynamic reconfiguration The MSG-ID assigned to the error displayed 080404-001 operation using the XSCF commands and the actual behavior may not be consistent, deleteboard(8) and addboard(8), you might and reset or degradation may not occur.
  • Page 42 Reset button. Error Session Error Session ID has been expired　 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 43 XCP Issues Fixed in Releases Earlier Than XCP 1091 (Continued) TABLE 6 Description Workaround RTIF1- When the timezone other than three characters Use the showlogs(8) command on the XSCF 081030-002 has been set, the error logs cannot be shell. displayed on XSCF Web "Error Log" page. In addition, XSCF Web "Panic Log"...
  • Page 44 WARNING: /pci@7,700000: FCODE map- in doesn't match decoded register type; And when you execute the showstatus(8) command, "Degraded" might be indicated to the FRU which has installed the relevant card. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 45: Solaris Os Issues And Workarounds

    Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds This section contains information about Solaris OS issues. TABLE 7 TABLE 8 TABLE 9 list issues you might encounter, depending upon TABLE 10 TABLE 11 TABLE 12 which Solaris OS release you are using. Solaris OS Issues for All Supported Releases lists Solaris OS issues that you might encounter in any supported release of TABLE 7 Solaris OS.
  • Page 46 Reduce the amount of kernel memory that ZFS domain. can allocate by setting the zfs_arc_max parameter in the /etc/system file. The following example sets the maximum size to 512 Mbytes. set zfs_arc_max = 0x20000000 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 47 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds for All Supported Releases (Continued) TABLE 7 CR ID Description Workaround 6529714 Warning messages occur while trying to No workaround is available. configure more than four X4447A-Z or X1027A-Z1 cards into one I/O Boat. 6530753 Some of the PCI slots in the External I/O Use one of the following operations to display Expansion Unit PCI slots are not displayed...
  • Page 48 DIMM faults are not cleared on the domain. # fmadm repair fmri|uuid # fmadm rotate 6745410 Boot program ignoresthe Kadb option which Use kmdb instead of kadb. causes the system not to boot. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 49: Solaris Os Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 10/09

    Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds for All Supported Releases (Continued) TABLE 7 CR ID Description Workaround 6872501 If 139555-08 has been applied to the domain, Use fmdump(8) with its -v option on the cores are not offlined when requested by the Service Processor to identify the faulty core.

  • Page 50: Solaris Os Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 5/09

    Do NOT plumb a port with the ifconfig command if the port does not contain an XFP optical transceiver or it contains one but the transceiver is not in use. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 51: Solaris Os Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 10/08

    Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 lists issues that have been fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 OS. You might TABLE 10 encounter them in supported releases earlier than Solaris 10 10/08. Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 TABLE 10 CR ID Description...
  • Page 52 • Memory error occurred and the DIMM has 1. Set the following parameterin the system been degraded. specification file (/etc/system): set drmach:drmach_disable_mcopy = 1 2. Reboot the domain. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 53 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 (Continued) TABLE 10 CR ID Description Workaround 6679370 The following message may be output on the This has been fixed in patch 137137-09. console during the system booting, the Note - Before adapting the patch, delete the External I/O Expansion Unit adding by following setting from /etc/system: hotplug, or the FMEMA operating by DR.

  • Page 54: Solaris Os Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 5/08

    PCI card information that is fixed in patch 128346-01. installed in External I/O Expansion Unit, if the External I/O Expansion Unit is configured using PCI hotplug. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 55 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/08 (Continued) TABLE 11 CR ID Description Workaround 6536564 showlogs(8) and showstatus(8) command For Solaris 10 8/07 or earlier, this has been on XSCF might report wrong I/O component fixed in patch 125369-05. due to wrong diagnosis by Solaris Fault management Architecture when faults in I/O [Workaround]...
  • Page 56 Ethernet Adapter UTP Add the following line to /etc/system and • X1027A-Z1, PCI-e Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet reboot the system: Fiber XFP Low profile Adapter set ip:ip_soft_rings_cnt=0 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 57 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/08 (Continued) TABLE 11 CR ID Description Workaround 6571370 Use of the following cards have been observed For Solaris 10 8/07, this has been fixed in to cause data corruption in stress test under patch 127741-01.

  • Page 58: Solaris Os Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 8/07

    For Solaris 10 11/06, this has been fixed in corruption could occur due to a race condition. patch 120011-08. The window of opportunity for this race condition is very small. No workaround is available. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 59 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 8/07 (Continued) TABLE 12 CR ID Description Workaround 6496337 The "cpumem-diagnosis" module may fail to For Solaris 10 11/06, this has been fixed in load after uncorrectable error(UE) panic. patch 125369-05. Systems will function correctly but events normally automatically diagnosed by FMA [Workaround] using this module will require manual...
  • Page 60 120011-08. correctable errors(CE) occur and system may panic. [Workaround] Add the following entry to the /etc/system file and then reboot the system: set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask = 0x31c1 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 61 Solaris OS Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 8/07 (Continued) TABLE 12 CR ID Description Workaround 6520990 Domain may cause a panic when For Solaris 10 11/06, this has been fixed in deleteboard(8) command for kernel board patch 120011-08. by using Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR). [Workaround] To mask this error, add the following entry to the /etc/system file.
  • Page 62 Ethernet Fiber XFP 6542632 Memory leak in PCIe module if driver attach For Solaris 10 11/06, this has been fixed in fails. patch 120011-09. No workaround is available. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 63: Software Documentation Updates

    Software Documentation Updates This section contains late-breaking software information that became known after the documentation set was published and corrections in the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers software documentation. The corrections for SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual, if not otherwise specified, also apply to the man pages which XSCF provides.
  • Page 64 Although a CMU with two CPUMs can be configured into Quad-XSB mode on an M8000/M9000 server, the server generates a "configuration error" message for these XSBs that do not have a CPUM and memory. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...
  • Page 65 Software Documentation Updates (Continued) TABLE 13 Title Page Number Update SPARC Enterprise The following description will be added in EXTENDED showdevices( M3000/M4000/M5000/ 8) command DESCRIPTION: M8000/M9000 Servers The showdevices(8) command displays a complete list of XSCF Reference Manual devices when executed right after a Solaris OS boot or a DR operation.
  • Page 66 3. When you update, follow the procedure in "Updating XCP From External Media" or "Updating XCP From the Network" to update XCP, and confirm the version. SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 67: Identifying Degraded Memory In A System

    Identifying Degraded Memory in a System 1. Log in to XSCF. 2. Type the following command: XSCF> showstatus The following example identifies that DIMM number 0A on Memory Board #5 has degraded memory. XSCF> showstatus MBU_B Status:Normal; MEMB#5 Status:Normal; MEM#0A Status:Degraded; Identifying Different Memory Sizes in a System Board To identify if the domain contains system boards with different memory sizes, you...

  • Page 68: Using The Prtdiag Command

    4 no 2-way 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

  • Page 69: Identifying Permanent Memory In A Target Board

    Identifying Permanent Memory in a Target Board 1. Log in to XSCF. 2. Execute the following command: XSCF> showdevices -d domain_id The following example shows a display of the showdevices -d command where 0 is the domain_id. XSCF> showdevices -d 0 Memory: ------- board...
  • Page 70 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 • April 2010...

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