Hardware And Mechanical Issues; False Intermittent Sata Errors Seen On Sun Sparc Enterprise T5120 And T5220 Servers (Cr 6880299) - Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise T5120 Product Notes

Hardware and Mechanical Issues

False Intermittent SATA Errors Seen on Sun SPARC
Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers (CR 6880299)
While booting, some systems with SATA DVD devices intermittently log extraneous
port failure errors in /var/adm/messages. The following shows an example of
typical error messages:
/pci@400/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@0,1 (ohci1): Connecting device on port 1 failed
/pci@400/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@0,2 (ehci0): Connecting device on port 2 failed
Workaround: You can ignore these messages.
Hardware and Mechanical Issues
TABLE 1-1
CR Description
n/a When a disk failure occurred in a RAID 0
configuration, the failed disk cannot be
identified.
n/a After the build and the deletion of RAID 1, disk
device may not be recognized correctly.
6823163 In servers with 8- and 16-disk backplanes, the
32GB SATA SSD drive may not install in some
drive bay slots.
6901327 In Solaris 10 10/09, after the RAID 1 build, label
information may fail to be written correctly.
6 SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Product Notes • April 2010
Workaround
Do not use RAID 0.
It becomes recognized correctly after the server
reboot.
1. Loosen all the screws on the backplane.
2. Install SSDs in the corner drive bays.
3. Tighten all backplane screws.
4. Install remaining SSDs (if any).
Start from the Solaris 10 10/09 installer and
perform the labeling as described below.
1. Terminate SunInstaller.
2. Use the format -e command to execute the
following 2-1 to 2-3.
2-1) Label the target disk with SMI label.
2-2) Label the target disk with EFI label.
2-3) Label the target disk with SMI label.