Fujitsu B23Q8WD-G-01-J Installation instructions

B23Q8WD-G-01-J
SPARC Enterprise Servers
Hardware Platform Guide
for Solaris™ Operating System

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Preface
Solaris™ Operating System is described as Solaris OS in this manual.
Purpose This manual provides information and notes for installing the software on SPARC Enterprise servers.
Intended Readers
This manual is intended for system administrators who install Solaris OS and administrate the systems.
Readers are expected to have the basic knowledge of a system administrator.
OrganizationThis manual is organized as follows:
zChapter 1 Before installing Solaris OS
This chapter describes information to confirm before installing.
zChapter 2 Notes when installing Solaris OS
This chapter describes notes when installing Solaris OS.
zChapter 3 Operation after Installation
This chapter describes operations required after installing.
zChapter 4 Notes on Solaris OS operation
This chapter describes notes on Solaris OS operation.
zChapter 5 Bug information and notes
This chapter describes bug information and notes about Solaris OS.
Related manuals
The documentation set for SPARC Enterprise servers is available on the following website:
Global Site
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/server/sparcenterprise/downloads/manual/
Japanese Site
http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/catalog/manual/
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Shell Prompt Notations
XSCF XSCF>
C shell machine-name%
C shell super user machine-name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
Bourne shell and Korn shell super user #
OpenBoot PROM ok
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March, 2007
October 2008 tenth Edition
Notes
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Contents
Chapter 1 Before installing Solaris OS ..................................................................................................................1
1.1 How to determine swap size ............................................................................................................................................1
1.2 How to use DVD drive.....................................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Flow of installation..........................................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Notes when installing Solaris OS .........................................................................................................3
2.1 Solaris Registration Wizard.............................................................................................................................................3
2.2 Messages of st driver .......................................................................................................................................................3
2.3 Set up for NFS V4............................................................................................................................................................3
2.4 Selection of keyboard layout............................................................................................................................................4
2.5 SPARC Enterprise T1000 server .....................................................................................................................................4
Chapter 3 Operations after Installation.................................................................................................................5
3.1 Set up system with large amount of memory...................................................................................................................5
3.2 Add or remove DVD Drive Unit and TAPE Drive Unit on SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers (Solaris 10 OS
11/06 only).......................................................................................................................................................................6
3.3 Wrong I/O device FRU could be reported .......................................................................................................................6
Chapter 4 Notes on Solaris OS operation...............................................................................................................9
4.1 Enter the OpenBoot environment.....................................................................................................................................9
4.2 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM in UNIX file system (UFS) format..............................................................................................9
4.3 TTYA port of SPARC Enterprise T1000/T2000/T5120/T5140/T5220/T5240 servers....................................................9
4.4 The order of instance numbers of optional cards .............................................................................................................9
4.5 Changing of operation mode of on-board network interface (e1000g) on SPARC Enterprise T2000/T5120/T5220
server .............................................................................................................................................................................10
4.6 Support of JumboFrame for on-board network interface(bge) on SPARC Enterprise T1000 server (Solaris 10 OS
11/06 only).................................................................................................................................................................................11
4.7 Notes on using the Standard Solaris Fibre Channel Driver............................................................................................11
4.7.1 I/O Performance.....................................................................................................................................................11
4.7.2 Multi-host Connection ...........................................................................................................................................11
4.8 XAUI Card Disables an Onboard Network Port on SPARC Enterprise T5140/T5240 server.......................................12
Chapter 5 Bug information and notes ..................................................................................................................13

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Chapter 1 Before installing Solaris OS
This chapter describes what information should be confirmed before installing Solaris OS.
1.1 How to determine swap size
Swap space size is determined by considering the swap space size requirement of the application and the
physical memory size.
If the system runs out of swap space when the application is in use, the system may terminate abnormally.
Therefore, ensure that you allocate enough swap space to satisfy the demands of all the applications.
The memory image is written once in the swap space listed first in the /etc/vfstab file. If the system crashes,
the memory image in the swap space is copied as a crash dump file under the /var/crash/hostname directory
as the system reboots.
To ensure crash dump files are complete, follow the table to determine the swap space size.
Table 1.1 Swap space
System Physical memory Swap space size
Less than 32Gbytes Greater than 2Gbytes
32Gbytes and less than
128Gbytes
Greater than 4Gbytes
128Gbytes and less than
256Gbytes
Greater than 8Gbytes
SPARC Enterprise Servers
T1000/T2000/T5120/T5140
/T5220/T5240/M3000/M4000/M
5000
/M8000/M9000
256Gbytes and greater
than 256Gbytes
Greater than 6 percent of physical
memory
Note:
A greater amount of swap space may be required for the memory image, depending on how the system has
been used at the time of the system crash. If the memory image is larger than the swap size, the crash
dump file cannot be taken. In this case, enlarge the swap space or the device of the crash dump file with
the dumpadm(1M) command. For use of the dumpadm(1M), see the relevant man pages.
1.2 How to use DVD drive
When using DVD drive on SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers, it needs to be set up with the
cfgdevice(8) command of eXtended System Control Facility (XSCF).
For more details, refer to “SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF
Reference Manual”.
1.3 Flow of installation
Flow of installation is as follows:
1. Set up DVD drive if you use DVD drive on SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers to install
Solaris OS. For more information, refer to “SPARC Enterprise

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M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF Reference Manual”.
2. Install Solaris OS.
3. Add the following lines to /etc/system.
SPARC Enterprise T1000/T2000/T5120/T5140/T5220/T5240 servers
set autoup=60 *1
set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask=0x2001 *2
set pcie_expected_ce_mask = 0x2001 *6
set maxfastscan=0x2000
SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers
set autoup=60 *1
set drmach:fmem_timeout=30 *2
set heaplp_use_stlb=0 *3
set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask=0x2001 *2
set mc-opl:mc_max_rewrite_loop=20000 *4
set drmach:drmach_disable_mcopy = 1 *5
set pcie_expected_ce_mask = 0x2001 *6
set maxfastscan=0x2000
*1 The value depends on amount of the installed memory. For more information, refer to “3.1 Set up
system with large amount of memory.”
*2 This is no longer required in Solaris 10 OS 8/07 or later.
*3 The following messages is displayed when the system is rebooted until 125100-04 or later is
applied but this messages can be safely ignored. This is no longer required in Solaris 10 OS 10/08
or later.
sorry, variable 'heaplp_use_stlb' is not defined in the 'kernel'
*4 This is no longer required in Solaris 10 OS 5/08 or later.
*5 This is required only when Dynamic Reconfiguration is used.
*6 This is no longer required in Solaris 10 OS 10/08 or later.
4. Apply the latest Recommended & Security Patch Cluster for Solaris 10 OS.
The latest Recommended & Security Patch Cluster contains mandatory patches for SPARC
Enterprise servers and important modifications.
5. If Enhanced Support Facility comes with SPARC Enterprise Servers, install it.
6. If PTF R07021 or later comes with Solaris 10 OS, apply the PTF for Solaris 10 OS.
7. If PTF R07021 or later comes with Solaris 10 OS, apply the cluster for ESF.
8. Install Sun Explorer Data collector 5.7 or later if you install Solaris OS on SPARC Enterprise
T1000/T2000 servers. Install Sun Explorer Data collector 5.10 or later if you install Solaris OS on
SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5140/T5220/T5240 servers.
You can download the latest Recommended & Security Patch Clusters and Recommended & Security
Patches from the following site.
Global Site
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-s/patch-info/
North American Site
https://download.computers.us.fujitsu.com/
Japanese site
https://software.fujitsu.com/jp/security/products-others/unix/
Please ask how to get Sun Explorer Data Collection to your Sales representative or Technical Support.

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Chapter 2 Notes when installing Solaris OS
This chapter describes notes when installing Solaris OS.
2.1 Solaris Registration Wizard
Although the window "Solaris Registration Wizard" may pop up when you login as super user, never
register.
2.2 Messages of st driver
After upgrading to Solaris 10 or installing Solaris 10, if you edit /kernel/drv/st.conf file, the following
message may be displayed while the system is booted afterwards.
<device path name> (stXX):
<data-property-name> options value invalid bits set: 0x4000
"XX" shows the instance number of st driver.
This message shows that the bit value 0x4000(ST_BUFFERED_WRITES) of <options> in the
/kernel/drv/st.conf file is invalid. However the system is not influenced even if this message is displayed,
because the Solaris 10 system ignores the bit value ST_BUFFERED_WRITES of <options>.
If you do not want to display the message, change the <options> setting in the /kernel/drv/st.conf file so that
the bit value 0x4000 is not specified. Refer to the following example.
Before changing the st.conf file
Tape-config-list=<vid+pid>, <pretty print>, <data-property-name>;
<data-property-name> = 1,0x34,0,0xd639,4,0x00,0x8c,0x8c,0x8c,3;
After changing the st.conf file
Tape-config-list=<vid+pid>, <pretty print>, <data-property-name>;
<data-property-name> = 1,0x34,0,0x9639,4,0x00,0x8c,0x8c,0x8c,3;
2.3 Set up for NFS V4
At the first system boot after installing Solaris 10 OS 11/06 or earlier, you are prompted to answer the
following question about NFSv4. If you need to override NFSv4 default domain, answer “yes”.
This system is configured with NFS version 4, which uses a domain
name that is automatically derived from the system's name services.
The derived domain name is sufficient for most configurations. In a
few cases, mounts that cross different domains might cause files to
be owned by "nobody" due to the lack of a common domain name.
Do you need to override the system's default NFS version 4 domain
name (yes/no) ? [no] :

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You are prompted to select NFSv4 domain name configuration during installation since Solaris 10 OS 8/07.
- NFSv4 Domain Name -----------------------------------------------------------
NFS version 4 uses a domain name that is automatically derived from the
system's naming services. The derived domain name is sufficient for most
configurations. In a few cases, mounts that cross domain boundaries might
cause files to appear to be owned by "nobody" due to the lack of a common
domain name.
The current NFSv4 default domain is: ""
NFSv4 Domain Configuration
----------------------------------------------
[ ] Use the NFSv4 domain derived by the system
[ ] Specify a different NFSv4 domain
2.4 Selection of keyboard layout
You may be prompted to select the keyboard layout during installation since Solaris 10 OS 8/07.
If no keyboard is connected, select the default value (US-English) and continue the installation.
- Configure Keyboard Layout ---------------------------------------------------
Please specify the keyboard layout from the list below.
> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and
press Return to mark it [X].
Keyboard Layout
-------------------------
^ [ ] Slovenian
| [ ] Slovakian
| [ ] Spanish
| [ ] Swedish
| [ ] Swiss-French
| [ ] Swiss-German
| [ ] Taiwanese
| [ ] TurkishQ
| [ ] TurkishF
| [ ] UK-English
- [X] US-English
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
F2_Continue F6_Help
2.5 SPARC Enterprise T1000 server
SPARC Enterprise T1000 server is not able to connect a CD/DVD drive. Install Solaris OS with network
installation.

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Chapter 3 Operations after Installation
This chapter describes operations required after installing.
3.1 Set up system with large amount of memory
CPU time is extensively occupied by fsflush daemon.
fsflush daemon finds modified data and metadata, which have not been written into backing store, then
writes the data into backing store.
Therefore on a system with large amount of memory, fsflush takes a long time to examine the whole of the
memory, which may result in occupying a certain cpu for a long time.
By changing the following kernel parameters, you can adjust the timing of launching fsflush daemon and
size of memory scanned per launch.
tune_t_fsflushr Specifies the interval by seconcd at which fsflush daeamon is launched. The default is
1.
autoup Specifies the time by second at which fsflush daemon scans whole memory.
Increasing the value of autoup keeps the buffers around for a longer time in memory.
The default is 30.
If tune_t_fsflushr is too large, then amount of memory fsflush examines at a time will be large, too. So the
default value is recommended.
In the case of a system with more than 32 Gbytes of memory, fsflush might not be able to examine all
memory within 30 seconds, which is the default value of autoup. If fsflush cannot examine memory within
30 seconds, fsflush does not run periodically and it affects the system.
You may observe by the mpstat(1M) commad that the system time of a certain cpu is nearly 100%.
In such a case, you should change the value of autoup according to amount of memory of the system. The
recommended values are as Table 3.1. “amount of memory” means the amount of memory installed to each
domain on a system with multiple domains.

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Table 3.1 recommended value of autoup
amount of memory
[gigabyte]
autoup
[second]
Less than 32 30
32 and less than 64 60
64 and less than 128 120
128 and less than 256 240
256 and more than 256 480
Do not make the value of autoup larger than the recommended one above.
Too large value of autoup causes the system to lose updated data when power outage occurs or the system
panics.
To make the above values effective on your system, add the parameters to /etc/system and reboot the
system.
Example: specify autoup=60
set autoup=60
3.2 Add or remove DVD Drive Unit and TAPE Drive Unit on
SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers (Solaris 10
OS 11/06 only)
Do not add, or remove DVD Drive Unit and TAPE Drive Unit to a domain with the cfgadm(1M) command
while Solaris OS is running.
When using DVD Drive Unit and TAPE Drive Unit, follow the procedure below to add the DVD Drive Unit
and TAPE Drive Unit to a domain or remove the DVD Drive Unit and TAPE Drive Unit from a domain.
1. Use the shutdown(1M) command to go to the ok prompt.
# shutdown -i0 -y –g0 <Return>
2. Use the cfgdevice(8) command of XSCF for the operation.
(For more details, refer to “SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF
Reference Manual”.)
3.3 Wrong I/O device FRU could be reported
The following issue could be caused by a known bug of Solaris OS as CR#6536564 if I/O device hardware
failure occurs on your system.
Symptoms :
If hardware failure is caused on IOU device (includes under the IOU device) except IOU#0, the domain
may report a wrong error report to XSCF. Therefore, the remote customer support system may report wrong
FRU information. Also showlogs(8), showstatus(8) and showhardconf(8) commands of XSCF may report
wrong FRU information.
< Example : Result of showlogs(8) >
The showlogs(8) command result shows that FRU is /IOU#0 even if the hardware error occurs really on

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IOU#1.
XSCF> showlogs error
...
Date: May 02 10:19:08 JST 2007 Code: 80000000-c1000000-12ce000000000000
Status: Warning Occurred: May 02 10:19:08.857 JST 2007
FRU: /IOU#0
Msg: PCI access error
Conditions and environment :
zSPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers and,
zSolaris 10 OS 11/06 and,
zHardware failure is caused on IOU device (includes under the IOU device) except IOU#0
Workaround :
To avoid this issue, rename ioboard.so file with the following instruction after applying 123839-07 or later
patch.
1. Log on to the domain as root user and rename ioboard.so file.
# cd /usr/platform/SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise/lib/fm/topo/plugins <Return>
# mv ioboard.so ioboard.so.orig <Return>
2. Restart the fmd service.
# svcadm restart fmd <Return>
If the following messages are displayed after the above workaround is set, please contact your
Salesrepresentative or Technical Support for additional information and software support.
SUNW-MSG-ID: SUNOS-8000-1L, TYPE: Defect, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Minor
EVENT-TIME: Sun May 6 18:22:24 PDT 2007
PLATFORM: SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise, CSN: BE80601007, HOSTNAME:
col2-ff-em7-d0
SOURCE: eft, REV: 1.16
EVENT-ID: cbfc5646-ce37-e504-f4d4-ff3a41bd415b
DESC: The EFT Diagnosis Engine encountered telemetry for which it is unable
to produce a diagnosis. This may indicate an incomplete EFT file provided
or a defect in the diagnosis algorithm. Refer to
http://sun.com/msg/SUNOS-8000-1L for more information.
AUTO-RESPONSE: Error reports from the component will be logged for
examination by Sun.
IMPACT: Automated diagnosis and response for these events will not occur.
REC-ACTION: Run pkgchk -n SUNWfmd to ensure that fault management software
is installed properly. Contact Sun for support.
Notes :
zNo necessary the workaround if 125369-05 and later patch is installed. Do not set the workaround if
the patch is installed.
zIf I/O hardware error occurs without the workaround, Contact your Sales representative or Technical
Support for additional information and software support.

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Chapter 4 Notes on Solaris OS operation
This chapter describes notes on Solaris OS operation.
4.1 Enter the OpenBoot environment
If a running system is moved to Open Boot Environment forcibly, data of the system might be damaged.
To suppress an accidental break signal, do the following.
SPARC Enterprise T1000/T2000/T5120/T5140/T5220/T5240 servers
1. Edit the /etc/default/kbd as follows:
KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
2. Set keyboard defaults from the /etc/default/kbd file.
# kbd –i <Return>
SPARC Enterprise SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers
Set the mode switch on the operator panel to Locked and enable Secure Mode on each domain. For how to
enable Secure Mode, refer to setdomainmode(8) in the “SPARC Enterprise
M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers XSCF Reference Manual".
4.2 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM in UNIX file system (UFS) format
Do not use any CD-ROM/DVD-ROM in UNIX file system (UFS) format that is not produced for the Solaris
OS.
Even if the file system in such a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM is in UFS format, its file construction may differ
from that of a Solaris system. If such a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM is used, serious problems, including a system
crash may occur.
4.3 TTYA port of SPARC Enterprise
T1000/T2000/T5120/T5140/T5220/T5240 servers
TTYA port is used only for standard serial device. Console of the Solaris OS is not supported via TTYA.
Do not set “ttya” as the value of OpenBoot PROM environment variables, “input-device” and
“output-device".
For more information, refer to “SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server Administration Guide”, “SPARC
Enterprise T2000 Server Administration Guide”, “SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers
Administration Guide” or “SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers Administration Guide.”
4.4 The order of instance numbers of optional cards
If an additional option card is installed, the instance number on the card might be assigned out of order.
Additional installation by Dynamic Reconfiguration or PCI Hot-plug is also applicable but replacement by
Dynamic Reconfiguration or PCI Hot plug is not applicable.

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If you need to assign the instance numbers orderly, follow these steps below.
1. Set the following in /etc/system.
set mtc_off=1
2. Reboot the system.
3. Insert the optional card.
After the above setting, it may take longer time to reboot the system. If that affects the system, delete the
line and reboot the system.
4.5 Changing of operation mode of on-board network
interface (e1000g) on SPARC Enterprise
T2000/T5120/T5220 server
This section explains the steps that are required when changing mode of operation of e1000g, the on-board
network interface on SPARC Enterprise T2000/T5120/T51220 server. The default operation mode of
e1000g is auto-negotiation enabled, 1Gbps, and full-duplex. Normally you need not change the operation
mode of e1000g, since the operation mode is set automatically with the link partner (e.g. switching HUB)
that sets the auto-negotiation enable function. If you need to change the operation mode of e1000g by the
ndd (1M) command, refer to the following.
Please note that the procedure of disabling auto-negotiation and mode of operation of e1000g driver by
ndd(1M) is incompatible with other drivers.
Set up procedure is as follows:
# ndd -set /dev/e1000g<instance-number> adv_autoneg_cap 0 <Return>
# ndd -set /dev/e1000g<instance-number> force_speed_duplex value
<Return>
Specify the following values to set the mode of operation.
value mode of operation
1
2
3
4
10Mpbs, half-duplex
10Mpbs, full-duplex
100Mpbs, half-duplex
100Mpbs, full-duplex
For more information, refer to the man page of e1000g(7D).
Example:
Set auto-negotiation, 100Mbps, and half-duplex on e1000g0.
Disable auto-negotiation of e1000g0
# ndd -set /dev/e1000g0 adv_autoneg_cap 0 <Return>
Set operation mode of e1000g0 interface to 100Mbps, half-duplex.
# ndd -set /dev/e1000g0 force_speed_duplex 3 <Return>
Notes
zIf you change the mode of operation by ndd(1M) command, change the mode of operation of the link
partner to operate them with the same mode.

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zFor 1000Mbps, disabling auto-negotiation is not supported.
4.6 Support of JumboFrame for on-board network
interface(bge) on SPARC Enterprise T1000 server
(Solaris 10 OS 11/06 only)
The configuration of Jumbo frames is not supported for port 0 and port 1 (bge0 and bge1) that are on-board
network interfaces on SPARC Enterprise T1000 server.
However, the configuration of Jumbo frames is supported for port 2 and port 3 (bge2 and bge3).
4.7 Notes on using the Standard Solaris Fibre Channel
Driver
Several notes on using the standard Solaris fibre channel driver are described in this section.
zTarget Host Bus Adaptor
-XSEFC401AF
-XSEFC402AF
-XSEFC401AU
-XSEFC402AU
4.7.1 I/O Performance
Due to Solaris specification, sufficient read performance may not be achieved when 4Gbps supported disk
array unit is connected.
Reference values *
Write performance: Approximately 365Mbyte/sec
Read performance: Approximately 180Mbyte/sec
* These are actual values measured by Fujitsu. Note that the values may differ depending on the system
configuration.
4.7.2 Multi-host Connection
When two or more hosts are connected to a single disk array (fibre channel switch connection), following
caution must be observed.
zConnection of two or more hosts in the same zone is not supported. Zone must be divided using the
Port Zoning feature of the fibre channel switch.

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4.8 XAUI Card Disables an Onboard Network Port on
SPARC Enterprise T5140/T5240 server
Installing a 10GbE XFP XAUI Adapter Card (XAUI card) in slot 0 disables onboard network port 1
(NET1).
Installing a XAUI card in slot 1 disables on-board network port 0 (NET0).
For more information, refer to "SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Product Notes".

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Chapter 5 Bug information and notes
This chapter describes bug information and notes about Solaris OS.
First, refer to the following manual for bug information.
z“SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server Product Notes”
z“SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Product Notes”
z“SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Product Notes”
z“SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Product Notes”
z“SPARC Enterprise M3000 Servers Product Notes”
z“SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes”
z“SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes”
z“Solaris 10 Release Notes”
The following table describes Bug information which is not described in the above manual.
Description
No. CR ID Workaround
A SPARC Enterprise M9000 server with a single domain and 11 or more fully populated system
boards may hang under heavy stress.
1 6303418
Do not exceed 170 CPU threads.
Limit the number of CPU threads to one per CPU core by using the Solaris psradm command to
disable the excess CPU threads. For example, disable all oddnumbered CPU threads.
This problem has been resolved by the following patch. After applying it, the workaround is no
longer needed.
120011-14 or later SunOS 5.10: kernel patch
System performance can degrade using a single NIC card with more than 5,000 connections.2 6416224
Use multiple NIC cards to split network connections.
This problem has been resolved by the following patch. After applying it, the workaround is no
longer needed.
120011-14 or later SunOS 5.10: kernel patch
The system may hang if there is an I/O error in the system.3 6441349
Apply the following patch.
120011-14 or later SunOS 5.10: kernel patch
The Solaris cfgadm(1M) command does not unconfigure a DVD drive from a domain on a SPARC
Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers.
4 6449315
Disable the Volume Management Daemon (vold) before unconfiguring a DVD drive with the
cfgadm(1M) command.
To disable vold, stop the daemon by issuing the command /etc/init.d/volmgt stop.
After the device has been removed or inserted, restart the daemon by issuing the command
/etc/init.d/volmgt start.

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Description
No. CR ID Workaround
The DAT72 internal tape drive on SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers may
time out during tape operations.
5 6459540
Update the Solaris /kernel/drv/st.conf file with the following lines:
tape-config-list =
tape-config-list =
"SEAGATE DAT DAT72-000",
"SEAGATE_DAT____DAT72-000",
"SEAGATE_DAT____DAT72-000";
SEAGATE_DAT____DAT72-000=
1,0x34,0,0x9639,4,0x00,0x8c,0x8c,0x8c,3;
There are four spaces between SEAGATE DAT and DAT72-000.
The “cache-line-size” property may be different when a PCI card is cold booted compared to when
the same PCI card is hot plugged
6 6461283
Apply the following patch.
125100-03 or later SunOS 5.10: Kernel Update patch
Performing a hot plug operation with the PCIE slot too quickly interrupts a PCI leaf reset and fails,
creating a cfgadm(1M): Component system is busy error.
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Pause a few seconds between the issue of each
cfgadm -c command.
When the panic dump is taken by 'Break-D' of ALOM, the panic message becomes 'Unrecoverable
hardware error'.
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Apply the following patch.
127127-11 or later SunOS 5.10: kernel patch
If you create a Solaris Flash archive on a non-SPARC Enterprise Mx000 sun4u server and install it
on a SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 sun4u server, the console’s TTY flags will not be set
correctly. This can cause the console to lose characters during stress.
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Telnet into the SPARC Enterprise Mx000 server to reset the console’s TTY flags as follows:
# sttydefs -r console
# sttydefs -a console -i "9600 hupcl opost onlcr crtscts" -f "9600"
This procedure is required only once.
This problem has been resolved by the following patch. After applying it, the workaround is no
longer needed.
137046-01 or later SunOS 5.10: Flash Archive patch
Installing the Solaris OS from the network using certain PCI-Express cards may cause a panic.10 6481002
If you are using a Sun PCI-E Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter MMF card or a Sun PCI-E Dual
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP card, do not install the Solaris OS using either of these cards.
Instead, use other network devices, such as the onboard Gigabit Ethernet or another network device.
When the serial management port of SPARC Enterprise T1000 or T2000 server is used as Solaris
OS console and a large amount of console messages are displayed, the system might panic.
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Apply the following patch.
125382-01 or later SunOS 5.10: qcn driver patch