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- Page 1 Sun Fire ™ 880 Server Product Notes Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303-4900 U.S.A. 650-960-1300 Part No. 806-6593-15 December 2001, Revision A...
- Page 2 Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, AnswerBook, AnswerBook2, docs.sun.com, Sun Enterprise, OpenBoot, SunSwift, SunVTS, JumpStart, SunSolve Online, et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées, ou marques de service, de Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats- Unis et dans d’autres pays. Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilisées sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de SPARC International, Inc.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
FC-AL Disk Drive Firmware Issues 7 Installing Sun Fire 880 FC-AL Backplane Firmware 8 System Hang Recovery Procedure 10 Supported Sun Rack for the Sun Fire 880 12 Sun Fire 880 Server Rackmounting Caution Reminder 12 Documentation Errata 13 Correction to the Motherboard Fan Tray Removal Procedure 13... - Page 4 System panics if a PCI hot-plug operation is started while another operation is still in progress (BugID 4452433) 19 Sun Fire 880 hardware watchdog feature does not work with Solaris 8 (BugID 4374518) 20 Issuing the XIR command from RSC causes the system to reset...
- Page 5 prtdiag reports fan failures as ENABLED with a speed of 0 (BugID 4431194) 22 hsfs: hsnode table full (BugIDs 4082275, 4475306) 23 Intermittent picld errors during power supply hot-plug (BugID 4431165) 23 Sun Expert3D-Lite PCI graphics accelerator card hangs system (BugID 4474181) 24 CPU/Memory slot fault LEDs do not light for overtemperature conditions (BugID 4451164) 24...
- Page 6 Sun Fire 880 Server Product Notes • December 2001...
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Page 7: Product Name Equivalence
Revisions Made in 806-6598-15, December 2001 Updated the list of “Required And Recommended Software Patches” on page 3 Added “Supported Sun Rack for the Sun Fire 880” on page 12 Added “Sun Fire 880 Server Rackmounting Caution Reminder” on page 12 Added “Correction to Displaying POST Results”... -
Page 8: Available Online Documentation
Product Notes. System Software Requirements The Sun Fire 880 server requires the Solaris™ 8 7/01 operating environment or a compatible Solaris version. To verify that the proper version of the operating system is installed on your Sun Fire 880 server, examine the file /etc/release. The file should contain the text “Solaris 8 7/01”... -
Page 9: Required And Recommended Software Patches
The patches in these Product Notes are listed by the Solaris operating system version you may have installed on your system. For the most current list of Sun Fire 880 patches, search for the Info Doc “Highly Recommended Patches Sun Fire 880” on the SunSolve Online web site. -
Page 10: Required Software Patches For Solaris 8 07/01
Required Software Patches for Solaris 8 07/01 Note – The following list represents required patches specific to the Sun Fire 880 system with the Solaris 8 07/01 operating system installed. These patches are available as of the publication date of these Product Notes. -
Page 11: Highly Recommended Sun Fire 880 Patch
Sun Fire 880 Flash PROM Update (4.4.7 OBP) This patch is not OS-dependant. Included in this firmware upgrade are enhanced OpenBoot™ tools for service providers. The patch is recommended for Sun Fire 880 systems that have installed versions of OBP earlier than 4.4.7. For more information about the patch, including installation instructions, read the patch description. -
Page 12: Caution On The Use Of Pci Cards Not Specifically Qualified By Sun On The Sun Fire 880 Platform
In order to ensure robust system operation, it is extremely important to ensure that any PCI cards and associated drivers installed in a Sun Fire 880 system have been qualified by Sun for use on the platform. It is possible for interactions to occur between cards and drivers on a specific bus that can lead to potential system panics or other negative outcomes if the card/driver solution has not been qualified. -
Page 13: Openboot Firmware Documentation
72 GB Seagate ST373405FC Note – Drive capacities lower than 36 Gbytes are not supported on the Sun Fire 880. For the most current list of Sun Fire 880 supported disk drives, see the latest revision of these Product Notes, available at the following URL: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs... -
Page 14: Installing Sun Fire 880 Fc-Al Backplane Firmware
Before you can flash update the backplane, the firmware image must be copied from the Supplement CD to the Sun Fire 880 system disk. If you use Solaris Web Start to install the Supplement CD software, the Sun Fire 880 FC-AL Backplane Firmware is not included in the default installation. - Page 15 /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-880/lib/images/int_fcbpl_fw. enclosure_name is the enclosure name assigned to the Sun Fire 880 internal storage array—by default, FCloop. If you need to verify the enclosure name first, use the luxadm probe subcommand.
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Page 16: System Hang Recovery Procedure
For more information, see “About OpenBoot Emergency Procedures” in the Sun Fire 880 Server Owner’s Guide and “How to use POST Diagnostics” in the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual. For more information about Solaris related troubleshooting, see “Troubleshooting Software Problems”... - Page 17 The system LEDs may indicate a hardware failure in the system. Refer to your Sun Fire 880 Server Owner’s Guide for more information on system LEDs. 3. Attempt to bring the system to the ok prompt by issuing the Stop-A command from your keyboard.
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Page 18: Supported Sun Rack For The Sun Fire 880
Sun Fire 880 Server Rackmounting Caution Reminder Caution – As stated in the Sun Fire 880 Server Rackmounting Guide, do not attempt to lift the server until you remove all CPU/Memory boards, all power supplies, all CPU fan trays, and all I/O fan trays. Once these components are removed, four persons are required to lift the system. -
Page 19: Documentation Errata
Correction to the Motherboard Fan Tray Removal Procedure The procedure “How to Remove a Motherboard Fan Tray” in the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual is incorrect. On systems configured with the redundant cooling option, removing motherboard fan tray 5 (the primary motherboard fan tray) requires that you disconnect the cable for motherboard fan tray 6. -
Page 20: Correction To The Motherboard Fan Tray Installation Procedure
Correction to the Motherboard Fan Tray Installation Procedure The procedure “How to Install a Motherboard Fan Tray” in the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual is incorrect. On systems configured with the redundant cooling fans option, installing motherboard fan tray 5 (the primary motherboard fan tray) requires that you disconnect the cable for motherboard fan tray 6. -
Page 21: Correction To Fc-Al Disk Cage Installation Procedure
Correction to FRU Part Numbers Ordering DIMMs DIMMs for the Sun Fire 880 are no longer available in kits of four DIMMs. The following table lists the single DIMMs and their part numbers for the Sun Fire 880. DIMM Description... -
Page 22: Correction To Cabling Instructions For Loop B Pci Fc-Al Data Cable
The correct cabling information is provided below. Cable Name Loop B PCI FC-AL data cable Note that the following sections of the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual are affected by this change: “How to Install the Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Host Adapter Card”... - Page 23 # luxadm display enclosure_name Where enclosure_name is the enclosure name assigned to the Sun Fire 880 internal storage array—by default, FCloop. If you need to verify the enclosure name first, use the luxadm probe subcommand.
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Page 24: Correction To Displaying Post Results
Correction to Displaying POST Results The command for displaying POST results in the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual is incorrect. To display the results of POST testing, type show-post-results at the ok prompt. The following is an abbreviated eaxmple of the command and output. -
Page 25: Correction To The Attachment Point Ids For Dr Procedures
Correction to the Attachment Point IDs for DR Procedures On a Sun Fire 880 system running the Solaris 8 07/01 or 8 10/01 operating system, the attachment points for PCI cards are not displayed as they are described the Sun Fire 880 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide. -
Page 26: (Bugid 4374518)
Issuing the XIR command from RSC causes the system to reset (BugID 4411330) On Sun Fire 880 systems, issuing the XIR command from RSC causes the system to reset rather than issuing an interrupt placing the system at the OpenBoot prompt. -
Page 27: Empty Fan Tray Generates Fault Messages In The Rsc Event Log (Bugid 4470063)
Removing disk drives during hot-plugging requires devfsadm -C command (BugID 4418718) On a Sun Fire 880 system running the Solaris 8 7/01 operating environment, when removing a disk during a hot-plug procedure, device nodes are not removed automatically by the system. After you have removed the disk drive, the system cannot tell if the disk drive is present so the disk hot-plug procedure does not fully complete its function. -
Page 28: Sunvts Dpmtest Fails On Dual-Loop Internal Storage Array (Bugid 4487855)
SunVTS dpmtest fails on dual-loop internal storage array (BugID 4487855) If you use SunVTS 4.4 software on a Sun Fire 880 system that includes a Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Host Adapter card to control Loop B of the internal storage array, the SunVTS dpmtest will fail. -
Page 29: Hsfs: Hsnode Table Full (Bugids 4082275, 4475306)
(BugIDs 4082275, 4475306) For a Sun Fire 880 system running the Solaris 8 7/01 operating environment, if you attempt to set up the system as a Solaris install server, the following error message may appear during installation of the install server packages or patches:... -
Page 30: Sun Expert3D-Lite Pci Graphics Accelerator Card Hangs System (Bugid 4474181)
The Sun Expert3D-Lite™ PCI graphics accelerator card (Sun part number X3684A) is not supported in Sun Fire 880 systems. If you use this card on a Sun Fire 880 system, the system may hang under the Solaris Common Desktop Environment when certain windows are resized. -
Page 31: Hot-Plug Function Is Not Disabled When Only One Power Supply Exists (Bugid 4408237)
CE memory reporting is ambiguous (BugID 4491362) On a Sun Fire 880 system running the Solaris 8 07/01 or 8 10/01 operating system, if a dual inline memory module (DIMM) encounters a ce error, Solaris will not identify the correct CPU/Memory board that the failing DIMM resides on. Solaris... -
Page 32: Pci Hot-Plug Insert Message Is Wrong For Slots 7 And 8 (Bugid 4546219)
PCI Hot-plug insert message is wrong for slots 7 and 8 (BugID 4546219) On a Sun Fire 880 system running the Solaris 8 07/01 or 8 10/01 operating system, the message sent to the console during a hot-plug event on PCI slots 7 and 8 reverses the slots. -
Page 33: Status Led May Not Shut Off After Pci Hot-Plug (Bugid 4403481)
Status LED may not shut off after PCI hot-plug (BugID 4403481) On a Sun Fire 880 system running the Solaris 8 07/01 or 8 10/01 operating system, during some PCI hot-plug events the system status (front panel) ok-to-remove LED may remain lit even after the PCI card has been succesfully removed. - Page 34 Sun Fire 880 Server Product Notes • December 2001...
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