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M8000/M9000 Servers
Product Notes for XCP Version 1091
Part No. 821-1035-12
May 2010, Revision A

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  • Page 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise ™ M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091 Part No. 821-1035-12 May 2010, Revision A...
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  • Page 3 Aucune partie de ce produit, de ces technologies ou de ce document ne peut être reproduite sous quelque forme que ce soit, par quelque moyen que ce soit, sans l’autorisation écrite préalable de Fujitsu Limited et de Sun Microsystems, Inc., et de leurs éventuels bailleurs de licence.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface ix Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 1 What’s New in XCP 1090 and XCP 1091 1 Airflow Indicator 2 Active Directory and LDAP over SSL 2 Configuring XSCF for Active Directory Support 3...
  • Page 6 Antistatic Precautions 23 Method of Removing Static Electricity 23 Removing Static Electricity on a CMU and an IOU 24 Grounding Port Connection Locations 27 External Dimensions and Weights 30 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 7 Cooling (Air-Conditioning) Requirements 31 Electrical Specifications 32 CPU Types and Server Maximum Power Consumption 33 Electrical Specifications 35 Information About Software 37 XCP Issues and Workarounds 37 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds 39 Solaris Issues for All Supported Releases 39 Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10/09 42 Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/09 43 Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 44...
  • Page 8 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 9: Preface

    Preface These product notes contain important and late-breaking information about the Sun SPARC Enterprise™ M8000/M9000 servers hardware, software, firmware, and documentation. This document is an update of the product notes for the XCP 1090 release, and covers both it and the XCP 1091 release. It is written for experienced system administrators with working knowledge of computer networks, and advanced knowledge of the Oracle Solaris Operating System.
  • Page 10 Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual Glossary Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Glossary Software Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF administration User’s Guide Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 11 Application Title Software Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF administration Reference Manual Software Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Dynamic administration Reconfiguration (DR) User’s Guide Software Sun Management Center (Sun MC) Software Supplement administration Capacity on Demand Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Capacity on administration Demand (COD) User’s Guide Where to View Releated Documentation...
  • Page 12 Include the title and part number of your document with your feedback: Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1091, part number 821-1035-12. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 13: Sun Sparc Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes For Xcp 1091

    C H A P T E R Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 This document covers changes introduced in the XCP 1090 and XCP 1091 firmware releases. This chapter contains the following sections: “What’s New in XCP 1090 and XCP 1091” on page 1 ■...

  • Page 14: Airflow Indicator

    Active Directory or LDAP over SSL authenticates users in the order in which the users’ domains are configured. (A user domain is the authentication domain used to authenticate a user.) Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 15: Configuring Xscf For Active Directory Support

    By default, Active Directory support is disabled. To enable Active Directory support, use the following command: XSCF> setad enable To disable Active Directory support, use the following command: XSCF> setad disable Chapter 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091...

  • Page 16: Configuring Xscf For Ldap Over Ssl Support

    Verify that no user account of that name already exists. If one does, use the deleteuser(8) command to remove it, then reset XSCF before using the Active Directory or LDAP over SSL feature. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 17: Minimum Required Firmware, Operating Systems And Browsers

    Solaris 10 10/09 Patch Bundle is also known as MU8. note that Many web browsers support the XSCF Web. The browsers in have TABLE 1-2 demonstrated compatibility with the XSCF Web through testing. Chapter 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091...

  • Page 18: Solaris Patch Requirements

    Solaris 10 10/08 with SPARC64 VII 2.88 GHz Processors The Solaris 10 10/09 Patch Bundle is required, and the SunAlert Patch Cluster is recommended. See: http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=patches/patch-access Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 19: Solaris 10 5/08 With Sparc64 Vii 2.88 Ghz Processors

    SPARC64 VII 2.52 GHz processors. Install them in the order listed: 1. 119254-51 - SunOS 5.10: Install and Patch Utilities Patch 2. 125891-01 - SunOS 5.10: libc_psr_hwcap.so.1 patch Chapter 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091...

  • Page 20: Solaris 10 8/07 With Sparc64 Vi Processors

    1. 118833-36 – Reboot your domain before proceeding. 2. 125100-10 – See the patch README file for a list of other patch requirements. 3. 123839-07 4. 120068-03 5. 125424-01 6. 118918-24 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 21: Obtaining Solaris Patches

    For more information, refer to the smpatch(1M) man page or the reference manual collection for your version of Solaris. Caution – For Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers running Solaris 10 11/06 OS, patches 123003-03 and 124171-06 must be installed on your system prior to using Sun Connection Update Manager.

  • Page 22: Patches For Emulex Pci Express (Pcie) Cards

    Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers XSCF User’s Guide for instructions. Note – After updating the firmware to XCP 1090 or XCP 1091, use the rebootxscf(8) command to reset the XSCF. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 23: Updating From A Version Earlier Than Xcp 1050

    Limitations for SPARC64 VII Processors Caution – You must complete the upgrades to the XCP firmware and to the Solaris OS before inserting SPARC 64 VII processors into the chassis. Chapter 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091...

  • Page 24: General Functionality Issues And Limitations

    Sun Cross Platform IO Support page: http://wikis.sun.com/display/PlatformIoSupport/Home/ Do not use the CD-RW/DVD-RW drive unit and the TAPE drive unit at the same ■ time. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 25 The setsnmp(8) and showsnmp(8) commands do not notify the user of ■ authorization failure. Upon such failure, confirm that the SNMP trap host is working and re-execute the command using the correct user name. Chapter 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091...

  • Page 26: Additional Information And Procedures

    If you do not upgrade the wanboot executable, the server will panic, with messages similar to the following: krtld: load_exec: fail to expand cpu/$CPU krtld: error during initial load/link phase panic - boot: exitto64 returned from client program Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 27: Sun Java Enterprise System

    If you download a fresh copy of software, that software might not include patches that are mandatory for your server. Before installing the software, refer to “Solaris Patch Requirements” on page 6 for information about checking for and installing required patches. Chapter 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091...
  • Page 28 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 29: Information About Hardware

    C H A P T E R Information About Hardware This section describes the special instructions and the issues about the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 server hardware. “Hardware Issues and Workarounds” on page 17 ■ “Hardware Documentation Updates” on page 19 ■...

  • Page 30: Dvd Drives And Cfgadm

    U320 PCIe SCSI card, part numbers 375-3357-01/02, is not supported in PCI cassettes for Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers. Customers must use part number 375-3357-03 at a minimum. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 31: Hardware Documentation Updates

    Hardware Documentation Updates (1 of 2) TABLE 2-1 Title Section Number Update SPARC Enterprise M8000/M90000 Section 2.2.1 TABLE 2-1 “Ambient Environmental Requirements” Servers Installation Guide, Checking Environmental Requirements has been updated. 819-4200-14 “Ambient Environmental Requirements”...
  • Page 32 Maximum Power Consumption” on page SPARC Enterprise M8000/M90000 Section 1.2.2 TABLE 1-3 “Power Consumption Examples” Servers Overview Guide The Power Consumption Examples table will be updated. “Electrical Specifications” on page Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 33: Ambient Environmental Requirements

    Ambient Environmental Requirements The table found in Section 2.2.1 of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Overview Guide will be updated with the information in , below. TABLE 2-2 Ambient Environmental Requirements TABLE 2-2 Operating Range Non-Operating Range Optimum Ambient 5˚C to 32˚C...

  • Page 34: Initializing The Xscf

    DNS-related settings after logging into the XSCFU#1 through a serial connection. Note – (4) To apply the specified configuration, execute the rebootxscf command and reset XSCF. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 35: Antistatic Precautions

    Failure to do so might result in serious damage. Be sure to observe the precautions when handling the FRUs described in the below chapters in the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual. Chapter 6: Replacement of CPU/Memory Board Unit (CMU), CPU, and DIMM ■...

  • Page 36: Removing Static Electricity On A Cmu And An Iou

    Touch the metallic chassis for 5 or more seconds with your bare hand wearing the antistatic wrist strap. (See FIGURE 2-2 FIGURE 2-3 You cannot remove static electricity by touching the label. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 37 Metallic Chassis (CMU) FIGURE 2-2 Touch for 5 or more seconds. Metallic Chassis (IOU) FIGURE 2-3 Touch for 5 or more seconds. Chapter 2 Information About Hardware...
  • Page 38 FIGURE 2-4 FIGURE 2-5 Guide Blocks (CMU) FIGURE 2-4 Guide block Touch for 5 or more seconds. Guide Blocks (IOU) FIGURE 2-5 Touch 5 or more seconds. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 39: Grounding Port Connection Locations

    Grounding Port Connection Locations This section provides the information of the grounding port connection locations of the M8000/M9000 servers. The grounding port can be used to connect the clip of the antistatic wrist strap and the antistatic conductive mat. M8000 Grounding Port Connection Locations for the Wrist Strap Clip and the FIGURE 2-6 Antistatic Conductive Mat (Front View) Chapter 2...
  • Page 40 M8000 Grounding Port Connection Locations for the Wrist Strap Clip and the FIGURE 2-7 Antistatic Conductive Mat (Rear View) Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 41 M9000 Grounding Port Connection Locations for the Wrist Strap Clip and the FIGURE 2-8 Antistatic Conductive Mat (Front View) Chapter 2 Information About Hardware...

  • Page 42: External Dimensions And Weights

    M9000 Grounding Port Connection Locations for the Wrist Strap Clip and the FIGURE 2-9 Antistatic Conductive Mat (Rear View) External Dimensions and Weights The table found in Section 1.2.1.2 of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide will be updated with the information in , below. The TABLE 2-3 table lists the external dimensions and weights of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server cabinet.

  • Page 43: Cooling (Air-Conditioning) Requirements

    ** The width of a Power Cabinet includes the exterior side panel. Cooling (Air-Conditioning) Requirements The Specifications (Cooling and Air-Conditioning Requirements) table found in Section 3.2.1 of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide will be updated with the information in , below. The table lists the cooling TABLE 2-4 and air-conditioning requirements for each system component.

  • Page 44: Electrical Specifications

    CPU, use the CPU of larger power consumption as a basis. For the types of CPU, see Section 3.3.6, "CPU Types and Server Maximum Power Consumption"of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide.

  • Page 45: Cpu Types And Server Maximum Power Consumption

    CPU, use the CPU of larger power consumption as a basis. For the types of CPU, see Section 3.3.6, "CPU Types and Server Maximum Power Consumption" of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Site Planning Guide..
  • Page 46 * The M9000 (base cabinet + expansion cabinet) system configuration: CMU x 16, 4GB DIMM x 512, IOU x 16, HDD x 64, PCI-E x 128, DAT x2. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 47: Electrical Specifications

    Electrical Specifications Section 1.2.2 of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Overview Guide will be updated with the information that appears below, including the following tables. The table shows samples of power consumption of specific configurations and program load. The power consumption of the system varies depending on configuration of the system, characteristics of your running programs and ambient temperature.
  • Page 48 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 49: Information About Software

    C H A P T E R Information About Software This section describes specific software and firmware issues and workarounds. It includes the following sections: “XCP Issues and Workarounds” on page 37 ■ “Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds” on page 39 ■...
  • Page 50 Directory or LDAP over SSL can run the console(8) command to obtain a domain console. The showconsolepath(8) command displays such console users as proxyuser rather than as their real username. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 51: Solaris Os Issues And Workarounds

    Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds This section contains information about Solaris OS issues. The following tables list issues you might encounter, depending upon which Solaris OS release you are using. Solaris Issues for All Supported Releases lists Solaris OS issues that you might encounter in any Solaris release. If TABLE 3-2 your domains are not running the latest Solaris release, also take notice of CRs fixed in releases later than yours, as noted in the tables that follow.
  • Page 52 Use processor sets to bind application processes single domain environment may have or LWPs to groups of processors. Refer to the suboptimal performance with certain psrset(1M) man page for more information. workloads. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 53 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds for All Supported Releases (3 of 4) TABLE 3-2 CR ID Description Workaround 6660168 If a ubc.piowbeue-cpu error occurs on a If fmd service fails, issue the following domain, the Solaris Fault Management command on the domain to recover: cpumem-diagnosis module might fail, causing # svcadm clear fmd an interruption in FMA service.

  • Page 54: Solaris Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 10/09

    IPsec communication is reestablished. 6827340 DR and Memory patrol may fail due to SCF There is no workaround. command error. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 55: Solaris Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 5/09

    Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/09 lists issues that have been fixed in the Solaris 10 5/09 OS. You might TABLE 3-4 encounter them in earlier releases Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Solaris 10 5/09 TABLE 3-4 CR ID Description Workaround...

  • Page 56: Solaris Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 10/08

    • SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4, 4-Gigabit PCI-e Single- Port Fiber Channel HBA • SG-XPCI2FC-QF4, 4-Gigabit PCI-X Dual- Port Fiber Channel HBA • SG-XPCI1FC-QF4, 4-Gigabit PCI-X Single- Port Fiber Channel HBA Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 57 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 (2 of 3) TABLE 3-5 CR ID Description Workaround 6589833 The DR addboard command might cause a There is no workaround. system hang if you are adding a Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4-Gigabit Dual- Port Fiber Channel PCI-E HBA card (SG- XPCIE2FC-QF4) at the same time that an SAP process is attempting to access storage devices...
  • Page 58 FMEMA operation by DR. SUNW-MSG-ID: SUN4-8000-75, TYPE: Fault, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Critical DESC: A problem was detected in the PCIExpress subsystem. Refer to http://sun.com/msg/SUN4- 8000-75 for more information. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 59: Solaris Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 5/08

    Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 5/08 lists issues that have been fixed in the Solaris 10 5/08 OS. You might TABLE 3-6 encounter them in earlier releases. Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Solaris 10 5/08 (1 of 4) TABLE 3-6 CR ID Description...
  • Page 60 MemoryErrors (CE) at power-on self-test via the following setting in /etc/system and (POST), the domains might incorrectly degrade reboot the system: 4 or 8 DIMMs. set mc-opl:mc_max_rewrite_loop = 20000 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 61 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Solaris 10 5/08 (3 of 4) TABLE 3-6 CR ID Description Workaround 6546188 The system panics when running hot-plug There is no workaround. cfgadm ) and DR operations ( addboard ) on the following cards: deleteboard •...
  • Page 62 CPU might cause the domain to panic. hosts the CPU with the lowest CPU ID. Use the Solaris prtdiag command to identify the CPU with the lowest CPU ID. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

  • Page 63: Solaris Issues Fixed In Solaris 10 8/07

    Solaris Issues Fixed in Solaris 10 8/07 lists issues that have been fixed in the Solaris 10 8/07 OS. You might TABLE 3-7 encounter them in earlier releases. Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Solaris 10 8/07 (1 of 3) TABLE 3-7 CR ID Description...
  • Page 64 When using the PCIe Dual-Port Ultra320 SCSI Add the following entry to /etc/system to controller card (SG-(X)PCIE2SCSIU320Z), a prevent the problem: PCIe correctable error causes a Solaris panic. set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask = 0x31c1 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 65 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds Fixed in Solaris 10 8/07 (3 of 3) TABLE 3-7 CR ID Description Workaround 6520990 When a domain reboots, SCF might not be able Increase the DR timeout period by setting the to service other domains that share the same following statement in /etc/system and physical board.

  • Page 66: Documentation Updates

    The following information was added in the XCP 1091 showenvironment(8) release: The power operand is supported only on M3000 servers, and the air operand is supported only on M3000/M8000/M9000 servers. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...
  • Page 67 Documentation Updates TABLE 3-8 Document Issue Change setad(8) and The following information has not yet been added to the userdomain description in the OPERANDS setldapssl(8) section of the setad(8) and setldapssl(8) man pages: A user domain can be configured explicitly through the setad userdomain command on XSCF, or entered at login prompt using the form, user@domain.
  • Page 68 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP 1091 • May 2010...

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