Cannot Boot Net Over Dhcp Through The Universal Hba - Oracle Sun Storage HBA Installation Manual

Operating System: Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.9 operating system (OS) with Unbreakable
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Enterprise Kernel (UEK) 3
Operating Protocol Mode: CNA and HBA
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Environment: Universal HBA installed in an x86 system, during functional check
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procedures
Issue:
After upgrading the Oracle Linux OS to UEK 3, you might receive "vpd r/w failed" messages
upon issuing functional check commands, such as dmesg and lspci.
Workaround:
None. Ignore these messages as they do not adversely affect the functionality of the universal
HBA.

Cannot Boot Net Over DHCP Through the Universal HBA

CR 16232596
Conditions:
Operating System: Oracle Solaris for the SPARC environment
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Operating Protocol Mode: CNA
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Boot Device: Boot net through the universal HBA
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Environment: OBP prompt
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Issue:
When using the universal HBA in CNA mode on a SPARC system to boot net over DHCP, the
operation might time out during the process with the following messages:
0} ok boot net:dhcp -sv
Boot device:
/pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/SUNW,qle@0:dhcp File
and args: -sv
Requesting Internet Address for 0:e:1e:10:18:30
Requesting Internet Address for 0:e:1e:10:18:30
Requesting Internet Address for 0:e:1e:10:18:30
Timed out waiting for TFTP reply
Timed out waiting for TFTP reply
The boot net over DHCP process fails.
Cannot Boot Net Over DHCP Through the Universal HBA
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