Systems With The Sun Storage 6 Gb Sas Pcie Internal Hba Become Unbootable After Upgrading Ilom/Bios Firmware From Sw 1.3 To 1.6, 1.7, Or - Oracle Sun Fire X4170 M2 Product Notes

If the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z and SG-SAS6-INT-Z) is
installed in the system, and <CTRL+N> is used on the serial console to initiate a network boot,
the network boot might not be initiated, and the Option ROM for the HBA might not be loaded.
Affected hardware and software:
Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server
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Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server
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Releases 1.0 through 1.10.1
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Workarounds:
Do one of the following:
Use the Oracle ILOM Remote Console and press F12 to initiate a network boot.
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If using the serial console, use <CTRL+E> to get to the BIOS boot device priority menu,
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and then move the desired PXE adapter (network boot device) to the top of the boot device
priority list. The PXE adapter will then be used as the boot device.
Press <CTRL+N> during, or after, the time HBA Option ROM code is running. The Option
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ROM code is running when the following banner is displayed: LSI Corporation MPT SAS2
BIOS. Copyright 2000-2010 LSI Corporation.
Systems with the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA
become unbootable after upgrading ILOM/BIOS firmware from
SW 1.3 to 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8
Bug ID 16868222
When upgrading the Oracle ILOM and BIOS firmware of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 with an
installed Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA card (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z or SG-SAS6-
INT-Z) from system SW 1.3 to SW 1.6 or 1.7, the system might become unbootable or require
rebooting shortly after the LSI controller is initialized.
Affected hardware and software:
Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server
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Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server
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Releases 1.0 through 1.10.1
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Workaround:
Upgrade the HBA firmware to version 11.05.02.00 before upgrading Oracle ILOM and BIOS
firmware from SW 1.3 to SW 1.6 or 1.7. The HBA firmware is available in Oracle Hardware
Installation Assistant, patch 14155986 (X4170 M2) and patch 14156455 (X4270 M2).
Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers Product Notes
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