Rhel 4 Update 1 Ws; X86 On Xw9300 Will Panic When Booting The Smp Kernel; Description; Scope - HP xw3400 User Manual

RHEL 4 Update 1 WS

x86 on xw9300 Will Panic when Booting the SMP Kernel

DESCRIPTION

The HP xw9300 Workstation will panic when booting the i686 SMP kernel in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux (RHEL) 4 WS Update 1.

SCOPE

HP xw9300 Workstation system with RHEL4U1 WS

RESOLUTION

This issue is resolved in RHEL4U2.
AMD64/EM64T on xw9300 Will Panic if Dual Core Processors Are
Used Along with the Kernel Option 'numa=on'
DESCRIPTION
The HP xw9300 Workstation with Dual Core processors will panic in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
4 WS Update 1 if 'numa=on'. By default, when the user sets the kernel option 'acpi=off', the system
will also turn off numa. HP recommends that the xw9300 use the 'acpi=off' kernel option in RHEL4U1.
SCOPE
HP xw9300 Workstation with RHEL4U1 WS
RESOLUTION
This issue is resolved in RHEL4U2.
x86 or AMD64/EM64T on the xw9300 Does Not Fully Enable the Use
of All HP USB 2.0 Disk-on-Key Devices
DESCRIPTION
There is frequent situation where a 2.0 USB disk-on-key/jump drive will not properly be recognized
by the operating system when connected into an HP xw9300 Workstation. The messages in
/var/log/messages indicate that a timeout occurred.
SCOPE
This issue has only been observed with HP-branded 256K and 128K 2.0 USB disk-on-keys. All other
USB devices tested (with 1.1 and 2.0 devices) did not experience this issue.
RESOLUTION
A resolution may exist in a future release of RHEL4.
x86 or AMD64/EM64T on xw4300 LAN-on-Motherboard Driver is Not
Fully Integrated
DESCRIPTION
The HP xw4300 Workstation LAN-on-Motherboard driver is not integrated in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) 4 WS Update 1 kernel, therefore a Driver Disk is required during installation.
If you see any of the following:
Network install panics
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