Hardware Installation And Service Issues; Specific Issues And Workarounds; U320 Pcie Scsi Card - Sun Microsystems SPARC Enterprise M5000 Product Notes

Do not use the Service Processor (SP) as the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.
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Using an independent NTP server provides optimal reliability in maintaining
consistent time on the SP and the domains. For more information about NTP, see
the Sun Blueprint document, Using NTP to Control and Synchronize System Clocks:
http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/NTP.pdf

Hardware Installation and Service Issues

This section describes hardware-specific issues and workarounds.

Specific Issues and Workarounds

TABLE 1
The table also lists possible workarounds.
Hardware Issues and Workarounds
TABLE 1
CR ID Description
6433420 The domain console might display a
Mailbox timeout or IOCB interrupt timeout
error during boot.
6488846 During boot, the domain console might
display a checksum error for the
SG(X)PCI2SCSIU320-Z SCSI controller I/O
card.
6498780 On the Sun SPARC Enterprise
M4000/M5000 servers, the OpenBoot™
PROM (OBP) might not detect the on-board
disk (HDD) boot device. Performing a boot
disk results in a console message:
Can't locate boot device

U320 PCIe SCSI Card

U320 PCIe SCSI card, part numbers 375-3357-01/02, is not supported in PCI
cassettes for Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers. Customers must use
375-3357-03 or later.
4 Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007
lists known issues for which a defect change request ID has been assigned.
Workaround
Issue a reset-all command from the OBP (OK)
prompt and reboot.
Check for the availability of the latest controller
card firmware.
The PCI or PCI-X plug-in adapter card might not be
seated correctly. Reseat the card in slot 0 of the
IOU.