General Functionality Issues And Limitations; Limitations For Sparc64 Vii Processors - Sun Microsystems SPARC Enterprise M8000 Product Notes

General Functionality Issues and
Limitations
This section describes known hardware and software issues in this release.

Limitations for SPARC64 VII Processors

Do not exceed a domain size of 256 virtual processors in a single Solaris domain.
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For more details about this restriction, refer to CR ID 6619224 in
On a SPARC Enterprise M9000 server, if a single domain includes 16 boards
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containing SPARC64 VII processors, then SunVTS 7.0ps2 software will not start.
To avoid this problem, change your configuration to use two domains, each
containing 8 boards.

General Functionality Issues and Limitations

Caution – For dynamic reconfiguration (DR) and hot-plug issues, see
Issues and Workarounds" on page
Note – For power-on after power-off, wait at least 30 seconds before turning the
system power back on, by using the main line switch or the circuit breakers on the
distribution panel.
DR is not compatible with XSCF failover or XSCF reset. Do not start an XSCF
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failover or reset while a DR operation is running. Wait for a DR operation to
finish before starting the failover or reset. If you start the failover or reset first,
wait for the failover or reset to finish before starting the DR operation.
If your domain is running one of the following versions of Solaris OS:
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Then you must set the following parameter in the system specification file
(/etc/system):
set heaplp_use_stlb=0
Then reboot the domain.
6 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1071 • July 2008
Solaris 10 5/08 OS
An earlier version of Solaris 10 OS with patch ID 127127-11
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