Fujitsu B23Q8WD-G-01-J Hardware Manual
Fujitsu B23Q8WD-G-01-J Hardware Manual

Fujitsu B23Q8WD-G-01-J Hardware Manual

Sparc enterprise servers for solaris operating system

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

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  • Page 1 B23Q8WD-G-01-J SPARC Enterprise Servers Hardware Platform Guide for Solaris™ Operating System...
  • Page 3: Text Conventions

    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/ Text Conventions This manual uses the following fonts and symbols to express specific types of information.
  • Page 4 This manual may not be copied by any means without the express written permission of FUJITSU LIMITED. FUJITSU LIMITED reserves the right to make changes to this manual without prior notice. All Rights Reserved, Copyright © FUJITSU LIMITED 2007, 2008...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Before installing Solaris OS ........................1 How to determine swap size ............................1 How to use DVD drive..............................1 Flow of installation ................................1 Chapter 2 Notes when installing Solaris OS ......................3 Solaris Registration Wizard .............................3 Messages of st driver ...............................3 Set up for NFS V4................................3 Selection of keyboard layout............................4 SPARC Enterprise T1000 server .............................4...
  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Before Installing Solaris Os

    Chapter 1 Before installing Solaris OS This chapter describes what information should be confirmed before installing Solaris OS. 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.
  • Page 8 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/...
  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Notes When Installing Solaris Os

    Chapter 2 Notes when installing Solaris OS This chapter describes notes when installing Solaris OS. Solaris Registration Wizard Although the window "Solaris Registration Wizard" may pop up when you login as super user, never register. 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.
  • Page 10: Selection Of Keyboard Layout

    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.
  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Operations After Installation

    Chapter 3 Operations after Installation This chapter describes operations required after installing. 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.
  • Page 12: Add Or Remove Dvd Drive Unit And Tape Drive Unit On Sparc Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers (Solaris 10 Os 11/06 Only)

    Table 3.1 recommended value of autoup amount memory autoup [gigabyte] [second] Less than 32 32 and less than 64 64 and less than 128 128 and less than 256 256 and more than 256 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.
  • Page 13 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 : SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers and, Solaris 10 OS 11/06 and, Hardware 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...
  • Page 15: Chapter 4 Notes On Solaris Os Operation

    Chapter 4 Notes on Solaris OS operation This chapter describes notes on Solaris OS operation. 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 Edit the /etc/default/kbd as follows: KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable...
  • Page 16: Changing Of Operation Mode Of On-Board Network Interface (E1000G) On Sparc Enterprise T2000/T5120/T5220 Server

    If you need to assign the instance numbers orderly, follow these steps below. Set the following in /etc/system. set mtc_off=1 Reboot the system. 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.
  • Page 17: Support Of Jumboframe For On-Board Network Interface(Bge) On Sparc Enterprise T1000 Server

    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.
  • Page 18: Xaui Card Disables An Onboard Network Port On Sparc Enterprise T5140/T5240 Server

    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".
  • Page 19: Chapter 5 Bug Information And Notes

    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. “SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server Product Notes” “SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Product Notes” “SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Product Notes” “SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Product Notes”...
  • Page 20 Description CR ID Workaround 6459540 The DAT72 internal tape drive on SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers may time out during tape operations. 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;...
  • Page 21 Description CR ID Workaround 6496337 The "cpumem-diagnosis" module may fail to load after uncorrectable error(UE) panic. Systems will function correctly but events normally automatically diagnosed by FMA using this module will require manual diagnosis. Example: SUNW-MSG-ID: FMD-8000-2K, TYPE: Defect, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Minor EVENT-TIME: Thu Feb 15 15:46:57 JST 2007 PLATFORM: SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise, CSN: BE80601007, HOSTNAME: col2-ffem7-d0 Remove the following file.
  • Page 22 Description CR ID Workaround 6505921 A lot of SUNOS-8000-1L messages are displayed on console when a lot of I/O correctable errors occur. Apply the following patch. 120011-14 or later SunOS 5.10: kernel patch 125369-05 or later SunOS 5.10: Fault Manager patch 6508432 Many correctable errors (CE) may occur, and despite these are the correctable errors, system may panic.
  • Page 23 Description CR ID Workaround 6522433 Due to problems in the CPU fault management software, incorrect information is written to the fault report. Check system status on XSCF. This problem has been fixed by the following patch. 127127-11 or later SunOS 5.10: kernel patch 6527811 showhardconf(8) on XSCF can not display PCI card information that is installed in External I/O Expansion Unit, if the External I/O Expansion Unit is configured using PCI hotplug.
  • Page 24 Description CR ID Workaround 6518348 There is a note on using the standard Solaris fibre channel driver with the following host bus adaptors. Target Host Bus Adaptors - XSEFC401AF - XSEFC402AF - XSEFC401AU - XSEFC402AU Panic may occur due to a path failure in a disk array device with fibre channel connection. Apply the following patch.

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