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Product Notes

Part No. 820-1854-28
February 2010, Revision A

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Page 1: ...Sun Microsystems Inc www sun com Submit comments about this document at http www sun com hwdocs feedback Sun Fire X4150 Server Product Notes Part No 820 1854 28 February 2010 Revision A...

Page 2: ...E SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC SON UTILISATION SA DIVULGATION ET SA REPRODUCTION SONT INTERDITES SANS L AUTORISATION EXPRESSE ECRITE ET PREALABLE DE SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC Cette distribution peut des l ments d...

Page 3: ...ating Systems on page 2 Tools and Drivers CD DVD on page 4 Critical Issues on page 14 Hardware and BIOS on page 14 System Management Issues on page 26 Diagnostics Issues on page 38 Sun Installation As...

Page 4: ...portant CPLD Update Might Be Required Before Firmware Update on page 11 Supported Operating Systems The following operating systems versions are supported on the Sun Fire X4150 server Red Hat Enterpri...

Page 5: ...package is now available for download The firmware versions include BIOS 1ADQW062 ILOM 3 0 3 30 build r48374 The following issue was introduced in 3 0 3 30 build r48374 Correctable Errors Incorrectly...

Page 6: ...ffered as an option to order with your system Latest versions of the Tools and Drivers CD DVD images are available at the following download site http www sun com servers x64 x4150 downloads jsp Note...

Page 7: ...50607 BIOS 1ADQW065 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Firmware Update Firmware version 16732 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Drivers for Windows 16732 Linux 1 1 5 2463 Additional driver updates include RHEL 4 8...

Page 8: ...t Solaris 10 10 09 SLES10 SP3 64 bit XEN Windows 2008 Server R2 64 bit Intel NIC Driver 14 3 for Windows Server 2008 AST2000 driver 089 ipmitool 1 8 10 2 PC Check 6 23s Additional software updates inc...

Page 9: ...included in this software update Note Refer to Issues Fixed in Tools and Drivers DVD 3 0 0 on page 67 for information on issues that have been fixed with this release Tools and Drivers DVD v2 2 1 Too...

Page 10: ...ease Tools and Drivers CD v2 0 Tools and Drivers CD 2 0 contains firmware for both Embedded Lights Out Manager ELOM and Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM and supports ELOM to ILOM migration Note If y...

Page 11: ...ed E0 stepping CPU on an ELOM system you must first upgrade the system to 1ADQW027 BIOS Refer to Identifying E0 Stepping Processors on page 19 Note Refer to Issues Fixed in Tools and Drivers CD Versio...

Page 12: ...ing feature enhancements have been added to the Sun Fire X4150 Tools and Drivers v1 1 CD Support for Intel Xeon 5200 and 5400 series processors AutoRun utility for installation of Windows drivers Note...

Page 13: ...tallation by using the Remote Update option in the SIA For more information on the Sun Installation Assistant see the Sun Installation Assistant for Windows and Linux User s Guide For Sun Fire and Sun...

Page 14: ...ile remoteflash elom CPLD s92v063 jbc to the local drive from the Tools and Drivers version 1 1 CD 3 Log in to the SP 4 Click on the Maintenance Tab and choose Firmware Update Shut the server down if...

Page 15: ...for the Intel Xeon 5200 and 5400 series processors Access the following directory in the Sun Fire X4150 Tools and Drivers v1 1 CD DVD_DRIVE drivers sx86 patches c Create a new directory as required d...

Page 16: ...External Serial Port to Config to COM2 Hardware and BIOS The following issues apply to the Sun Fire X4150 server hardware and BIOS Hard Drives Can Be Difficult to Remove From Right Side Drive Bays on...

Page 17: ...de drive bays can be difficult to remove Workaround Until a mechanical fix is implemented use the following procedure to remove hard drives from right side drive bays 1 Press the drive to the right Se...

Page 18: ...efore installing SSDs on the server There are two configurations for SSDs on the Sun Fire X4150 server that are currently supported SSD Configuration With No SAS Drives Installed on page 17 SSD Config...

Page 19: ...lots 4 7 No drives can be installed in these slots Filler panels must be installed in these slots SSD Configuration With SAS Drives Installed Use the following guidelines for installing SSDs when you...

Page 20: ...Host Reboot After the Sharing Owner Is Set in ILOM When you change the serial port sharing owner in the ILOM WebGUI or CLI from the SP to the host the connect serial port connects but you see no outpu...

Page 21: ...ing the serial console you might need to change your default settings TABLE 2 Product Code Identifiers for E0 Processors Processor Selection E 0 Product Code Dual Core Intel Xeon X5260 processor 6MB L...

Page 22: ...s for changing the serial console settings for the firmware version that you are using Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server RHEL on page 20 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES on page 21 Solaris 10 OS on pag...

Page 23: ...milar to this kernel vmlinux 2 x x ro root LABEL 1 rhgb quiet console tty1 console ttyS0 9600 3 Edit etc securetty a Add the ttyS0 to the bottom of the file b Save and exit the file 4 Edit etc inittab...

Page 24: ...tab file a Change id 5 initdefault to id 3 initdefault b Under getty programs for normal runlevels add the following line S0 12345 respawn sbin agetty L 115200 ttyS1 vt100 5 Save and exit the file 6 R...

Page 25: ...e to read setprop console ttyb setprop ttyb mode 115200 8 n 1 2 Edit the boot grub menu lst file to read kernel platform i86pc multiboot B console ttyb 3 Edit the kernel drv asy conf file and add the...

Page 26: ...IOS Setup Menu Note Use Ctrl N on a remote keyboard to enter a PXE menu instead of pressing F12 If you accidentally press F12 you will enter the BIOS Setup Menu This issue will be fixed with the ILOM...

Page 27: ...emature termination of the process for example a manual reboot will result in BIOS corruption To avoid corrupting the BIOS review the flash sequence below Note Before writing a script to flash the BIO...

Page 28: ...ve the option to install either ELOM or ILOM system management software on your system Refer to the following documentation for additional information on system management for the Sun Fire X4150 serve...

Page 29: ...OM 2 0 or upgraded from ILOM 2 0 to 3 0 the BIOS version might not appear in the Firmware Upgrade section of the web interface TABLE 3 indicates when you can expect to see the BIOS version viewable in...

Page 30: ...ge 30 Minimum Supported Version for a Remote Sparc System on page 30 Solaris Remote Console Session Requires Java Plugin on page 31 Pop up Blocker Must Be Disabled to Run Remote Console on Firefox on...

Page 31: ...ts power cycles Make sure that the Gateway address is persistent by power cycling the SP remove AC power then power up the system and checking if the Gateway address is retained If it is not then you...

Page 32: ...BIOS Setup Utility 2 Select Boot Boot Setting Configuration 3 Set the boot setting to quiet boot disable This will enable a prompt to press F2 SP Settings Might Revert to Factory Defaults After an Un...

Page 33: ...ocation_of_javaRKVM JNLP is the directory where javaRKVM JNLP resides 4 To find the location of the javaws application type the following in a terminal window which javaws 5 Execute the following comm...

Page 34: ...enable virtual CD ROM during bootup Enabling Virtual CD ROM During Bootup 1 Press F2 to enter into BIOS menu 2 Select Boot CD DVD Drives 3 Select Virtual CDROM as the first drive OS Installation Over...

Page 35: ...a Software button 3 Click Download Now in the new window that opens The web site displays the appropriate plug in options for the operating system that you are running 4 Click Download to download the...

Page 36: ...8 Returns Incorrect Memory Information on page 35 IPMItool Commands Might Not Be Able to Establish a Network Connection to the SP on page 35 Disabling the Web Interface Time out Function on page 35 Re...

Page 37: ...e server IPMItool Commands Might Not Be Able to Establish a Network Connection to the SP If the SP firmware becomes corrupt IPMItool commands might not complete or fail to establish a LAN session conn...

Page 38: ...Mounting a CD ROM Does Not Work Properly if Run from a Sun Fire X4150 System Running an RKVMS session from a Sun Fire X4150 system running Solaris will not allow the user to mount a Virtual Device Thi...

Page 39: ...mory Scrub Failed These messages are caused by Correctable ECC Error which should have a severity of minor not critical This SEL message will be fixed in a future release Must Be Physically Present Wh...

Page 40: ...You need to select the correct mouse mode corresponding to the host OS in order for your local mouse to manage the host remotely via the ILOM web interface 1 Select the appropriate mouse mode Select A...

Page 41: ...cting StandBy Power in APM Menu Fails to Recover on page 40 Keyboard Input Lost After Running USB Controller Test on page 40 System Hangs After Interrupt Controller Test on page 40 User Has to Agree t...

Page 42: ...ontroller Test This issue is under investigation and you should not attempt to run this test until a fix is available System Hangs After Interrupt Controller Test This issue is under investigation and...

Page 43: ...e SIA 2 3 User s Guide states How to Upgrade Expander Firmware After selecting the expander s to upgrade click Next Follow the on screen instructions until the upgrade has completed Upgraded code will...

Page 44: ...Workaround Use a clean RHEL disk without legacy dmraid information Installing Windows 2003 Using SIA From a NFS Share or FTP Share Does Not Work Installing Windows 2003 from a NFS share or FTP share d...

Page 45: ...occur User configures all NICs with static IP addresses This problem will not occur if DHCP is chosen User configures the same network gateway for all NICs If different networks are configured for dif...

Page 46: ...50 Server Product Notes February 2010 b For the NICs that are not being used edit the cfg eth 1 n file and change the line ONBOOT yes to ONBOOT no Note Keep the ONBOOT yes setting for the NIC with the...

Page 47: ...the STK 15872 Driver for Solaris 10 5 09 Do not install the driver from the Tools and Drivers CD if you are running Solaris 10 5 09 The Sun StorageTek RAID driver is included in the Solaris 10 5 09 di...

Page 48: ...You will now be able to edit the boot command 4 Add kernel unix to the end of the line so it looks like this grub edit kernel platform i86pc multiboot kernel unix 5 Press Return highlight the command...

Page 49: ...on Workaround A reboot of the system will clear this error In the rare case where the error is not cleared by a reboot please boot into Single User mode to clear the error and once successfully booted...

Page 50: ...the network If a NIC is not configured it does not need to be connected Some KVM Switches Out of Sync Following a Solaris OS Installation When installing Solaris 10 6 06 in a rack with a KVM switch t...

Page 51: ...SLES Systems Manually LSI drivers need to be manually installed on SLES systems Installing the LSI Drivers Manually 1 Locate and download the LSI drivers from the Tools and Drivers CD a Go to the driv...

Page 52: ...d key volume mount valid_options type strlist iocharset append append key volume mount valid_options type strlist umask append append key volume mount valid_options type strlist uid append match match...

Page 53: ...nstalling the Operating System to Enable Reburn Test on page 52 Initial Setup of the Factory Installed Windows Server 2003 R2 Operating System on page 52 Recovering the Windows Server 2003 Operating S...

Page 54: ...Find the driver in drivers windows RAID StorageTEK 2003 or drivers windows RAID StorageTEK 2008 5 Click OK to install the driver Installing the Operating System to Enable Reburn Test In order to be a...

Page 55: ...achines VMs booted and operational you might encounter the following issue after migrating from ELOM to ILOM After shutting down the VMs and upgrading to ILOM when the ESX host is booted the VMs hang...

Page 56: ...disk if you plan on upgrading to a mirrored configuration Only Upgrade Path That Supports Data Merging The only upgrade path that supports data merging is from a single disk to a mirror This is a lim...

Page 57: ...M or the flash utility AFU that is included on the Tools and Driver CD Use one of the following procedures to flash the firmware Using AFU To Flash Firmware with CD on page 55 Using AFU To Flash Firmw...

Page 58: ...OS Before the operating system can use hard disks attached to a StorageTek SAS Controller the drives must first be initialized and the array created using the StorageTek BIOS setup utility The Storag...

Page 59: ...Sun Fire x4150 The link for this firmware update is below http www sun com 80 download products xml id 45a593ce Documentation Issues The following issues apply to the Sun Fire X4150 server documentat...

Page 60: ...in the Sun Fire X4150 Server Operating System Installation Guide Both documents are available at http docs sun com app docs prod sf x4150 Tools and Drivers CD 1 3 1 CD Updates for Operating System Ins...

Page 61: ...ral systems with a JumpStart installation To boot over the network by using PXE you need to set up an install server and a DHCP server and configure the BIOS on each server to boot from the network Fo...

Page 62: ...he LEDs located on the system s power supply Figure 3 8 on page 3 14 of the PDF version shows an image of the power supply where the icons next to the LEDs are incorrect The Figure Legend beneath this...

Page 63: ...er Fixed Issues The following issues have been resolved Issues Fixed in Sun Fire X4150 and X4250 Software Supplemental Refer to the following sections for information on issues that have been fixed in...

Page 64: ...t the ILOM reboot to retry CR 6900133 SYS serial part number is changed after ILOM is upgraded from 2 0 2 10 to 3 0 3 30 Note The fru_serial_number was added to show chassis serial number to avoid con...

Page 65: ...n the BIOS setup menu BIOS issues fixed CR6870328 Support is needed for Windows 2008 R2 and WLK 1 4 test CR6852923 Modify the system support CLTT mode CR6818362 Windows text mode setup is unable to co...

Page 66: ...through Device Manager 2 Once the Ethernet cards have been installed and IP addresses assigned run the Proset installer 3 The installer is found on the Tools and Drivers CD starting at version 1 1 in...

Page 67: ...ivers CD Version 1 3 1 on page 71 To correct the following issues download the latest Tools and Drivers CD DVD from http www sun com servers x64 x4150 downloads jsp Issues Fixed in Tools and Drivers D...

Page 68: ...ble power shows 1350 watts but the PSU only has 1100 watts 6713949 Console redirection fails to start 6893206 xvmoc compliance test fails when a product name has a blank at the end of the string 66875...

Page 69: ...sharing from SP cannot be reflected by BIOS 6787990 Added chassis intrusion inventory for Sun Fire X4150 and X4250 platforms 6789637 Severity of memory configuration error should be minor 6777523 CLI...

Page 70: ...a power on action the BIOS will send out a initiated by hard reset event long This is changed to initiated by power up in Tools and Drivers CD 2 2 1 Issues Fixed in Tools and Drivers DVD Version 2 2...

Page 71: ...allow hyphen character in SNMP community string CR6763926 Cannot read FRUID from new paddle board backplane board CR6760277 SNMP trap is not sent for fan module removal CR6727934 Available power does...

Page 72: ...tility for the SG XPCIE SAS R INT Z HBA Card in ELOM Console CR6687003 The firmware setup utility for the SG XPCIE SAS R INT Z HBA card is unusable through the ELOM console Workaround Use the web GUI...

Page 73: ...9241 With this firmware release the system is able to detect if the PSU or power cord is removed and records an error in SEL along with the PSU fail LED BIOS Setting Missing CR6786761 The BIOS setting...

Page 74: ...For earlier SG PCIESAS R INT Z HBA firmware releases the temperature threshold was set too low in the HBA firmware This can cause the StorMan application to report erroneous over temperature conditio...

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