Adaptec AFW-8300 User's Guide

Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedbackSolaris™ 9 9/05 HW Release NotesSupplement for Sun™ HardwareSolaris 9 9/05 H

2 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Supported PlatformsTABLE 1-1 lists Sun™ hardware systems that require Sola

Chapter 1 Late-Breaking News 3For other software products on the Solaris 9 9/05 HW Software Supplement CD,new versions compatible with this Solaris re

4 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Not all media disks in the Solaris 9 9/05 media kit release have changed c

Chapter 1 Late-Breaking News 5Systems with UltraSPARC IV+ BoardsRequire Solaris 9 9/05Several Sun hardware platforms supported by earlier versions of

6 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006 Acquire and install a new version of the unbundled product that is suppo

Chapter 1 Late-Breaking News 7DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drives onHeadless Systems (Bug ID 4365497)Power management of interactive devices such as removable media

8 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006New Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR)DocumentationThis release includes the Sun

9CHAPTER2End-of-Support ProductsThis chapter announces: “Products Not Supported in the Solaris 9 9/05 HW Operating Environment” onpage 9 “Future End

10 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Alternate Pathing Multipath I/OAlternate Pathing (AP) multipath I/O techn

Chapter 2 End-of-Support Products 11ShowMe TVShowMe™ TV is no longer supported in this release.Solaris Maintenance UpdatesThe Solaris Maintenance Upda

PleaseRecycleCopyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved.This product or document is

12 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006 SPARCclassic SPARCstation™ LX / LX+ SPARCstation 4 SPARCstation 5 S

Chapter 2 End-of-Support Products 13 Sun StorEdge A3000 system Sun StorEdge A3500 system Sun StorEdge A3500FC system Sun StorEdge A1000 array

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15CHAPTER3Open IssuesThis chapter discusses: “Issues Specific to Systems Using Solaris 9 9/05 HW” on page 15 “Application-Specific Issues” on page 2

16 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Electronic Disk Label Might Not Be on aReplacement or an Optional Disk Dr

Chapter 3 Open Issues 17Workaround: On the ALOM console, the showfru command can provide the sameinformation for the Sun Fire V215, V245, or V445 serv

18 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Reboot the system to implement the change. If messages about correctable

Chapter 3 Open Issues 19Sun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 Workstation WithMultiple Ethernet Adapters Might Experience aPanic Under Extreme Network Load (Bug ID

20 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 20062. After booting to Solaris, run the following command as superuser:When

Chapter 3 Open Issues 21SunVTSThe SunVTS diagnostic software now has its own release note document. For thelatest information on features and bugs, se

iiiContents1. Late-Breaking News 1Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release 1Supported Platforms 2Solaris 9 9/05 HW Software Supplement CD 2SunVTS 5.1 Patch Set 12 3S

22 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006 Netra 1280If this problem occurs, the following error message is displa

Chapter 3 Open Issues 232. Install patch 111092-02 or later (this is a prerequisite to Step 4). Do not reboot thesystem between Steps 3 and 4.3. Insta

24 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Sun Fire V250 InstallationThe SUNWCXall software metacluster must be inst

Chapter 3 Open Issues 25To find out whether the patch already exists on your system, type:If Patch 112829-05 is not installed, no data is returned. If

26 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Pulled Cable on Dual-Channel FC PCI Card IsUndetected (Bug ID 4438711)The

Chapter 3 Open Issues 27Some DVD and CD-ROM Drives Fail to BootSolaris (Bug ID 4397457)The default timeout value for the SCSI portion of the SunSwift™

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29CHAPTER4Dynamic Reconfiguration on SunFire Midrange SystemsThis chapter describes major issues related to dynamic reconfiguration (DR) on SunFire mi

30 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Note – To take advantage of the latest firmware features and bug fixes, r

Chapter 4 Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire Midrange Systems 31Known DR Software BugsThis section lists important DR bugs.cfgadm_sbd Plug-In Signal

iv Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Alternate Pathing Multipath I/O 10Token Ring Network Drivers 10PC File Vi

32 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Cannot DR Out cPCI IB with P0 Disabled (BugID4798990)Description: On Sun

33CHAPTER5Dynamic Reconfiguration on SunFire High-End SystemsThis chapter describes major domain-side dynamic reconfiguration (DR) bugs onSun Fire hig

34 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Workaround: No workaround is necessary, but to prevent the message fromdi

Chapter 5 Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire High-End Systems 35contributing to the problem are that Solaris does not expect processors to be in thep

36 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Page Removal Causes a Good Page to beRemoved After a DR Operation (BugID

37CHAPTER6Sun Enterprise Midrange SystemsThis chapter contains the latest information for the Sun Enterprise systems runningthe Solaris 9 9/05 operati

38 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Supported HardwareBefore proceeding, ensure that the system supports dyna

Chapter 6 Sun Enterprise Midrange Systems 39Quiesce TestOn a large system, the quiesce-test command (cfgadm -x quiesce-testsysctrl0:slotnumber) might

40 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Disabled Memory ListFor information about the OpenBoot PROM disabled-memo

Chapter 6 Sun Enterprise Midrange Systems 41Known BugsThe following list is subject to change at any time.Memory Interleaving Set Incorrectly After a

Contents vSun Ultra 25 or Ultra 45 Workstation Equipped with an XVR-100 Frame Bufferand Emulex-Based PCI Fibre Channel HBAs, and Running SAN 4.4.xSoft

42 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory BoardThat Has Permanent Memory (Bug I

Chapter 6 Sun Enterprise Midrange Systems 43Cannot Drain or Detach Sun Enterprise ServerBoards That Host QFE Cards (Bug ID 4231845)A server configured

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45CHAPTER7Sun Enterprise 10000 SystemsThis chapter contains the release notes for the following features on the SunEnterprise 10000 server: “Dynamic

46 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Note – DR model 3.0 is the only DR model supported for the Solaris 9 9/05

Chapter 7 Sun Enterprise 10000 Systems 47InterDomain Networks (IDN)General IssuesFor a domain to become part of an IDN, all boards in that domain that

48 Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006Solaris 9 9/05 and Boot Disk Partition SizesIf you are upgrading the oper

vi Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006prtdiag Does Not Show System Board After the Board Is Added to theDomain

Contents viipanic: mp_cpu_quiesce: cpu_thread != cpu_idle_thread (BugID4873353) 325. Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire High-End Systems 33Known Bugs

viii Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware • October 2006DR: Cannot Unconfigure a CPU/Memory Board That Has PermanentMemory (Bug

1CHAPTER1Late-Breaking NewsThis chapter provides the following information: “Solaris 9 9/05 HW Release” on page 1 “Naming of Media Kit Disks and Doc