Page 3 - Contents; Documentation and Miscellaneous Information
Contents iii Contents 1. Documentation and Miscellaneous Information 1–1 1.1 Upgrading the BIOS on a B200x Server Blade 1–2 1.2 Before Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade 1–2 1.3 Miscellaneous Information 1–2 1.3.1 Using N1 Provisioning Software 1–2 1.3.2 Using the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balanci...
Page 4 - SPARC Solaris
iv Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 3.1 Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade 3–1 3.1.1 Solaris x86 Drivers and Documentation 3–2 3.1.2 Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process 3–3 3.2 Applying Mandatory Software Patches to the Solari...
Page 5 - Aggregated Links
Contents v 6.3.1 Aggregated Links 6–10 6.3.2 Switch-to-switch Tagged VLAN Trunk Connections 6–11 6.4 Setting up a Tagged VLAN Trunk With Cisco Switches 6–12
Page 7 - This chapter contains the following sections:
1-1 C H A P T E R 1 Documentation and MiscellaneousInformation These Product Notes contain important information about this release of the SunFire B1600 blade system chassis. This is the first release of the product to supportEnterprise Linux version 3.0 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, running o...
Page 8 - Before Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade; Sun Fire; Miscellaneous Information; Using N1 Provisioning Software; Provisioning Server 3.0 Blades Edition Implementation Guide
1-2 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 1.1 Upgrading the BIOS on a B200x ServerBlade To run Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3.0 or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on aB200x server blade, you must first upgrade the BIOS to version 1.1.32 . This version ...
Page 9 - Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis
Chapter 1 Documentation and Miscellaneous Information 1-3 1.3.2 Using the Sun Fire B10n Content Load BalancingBlade The Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade is now available to provide loadbalancing across server blades in the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis and otherhorizontally scaled Su...
Page 10 - Documentation in this Release; located in the
1-4 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 1.4 Viewing the Latest Documentation forthe Chassis and Its Components For the most up-to-date documentation, including the most up-to-date ProductNotes, visit the following Sun documentation website: http://www.s...
Page 11 - Documentation Errata; In the printed version of the
Chapter 1 Documentation and Miscellaneous Information 1-5 1.4.2 Documentation Errata ■ In the printed version of the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Compliance and Safety Manua l (817-2571-10), the contact details given for Zuheir Totari are out of date. The correct contact details are as follow...
Page 13 - Linux
2-1 C H A P T E R 2 Linux This chapter contains the following sections: ■ Section 2.1, “Installing Linux Onto a B100x or B200x Blade” on page 2-2 ■ Section 2.2, “Upgrading the BIOS on B200x Server Blades” on page 2-3 ■ Section 2.3, “B100x and B200x (Linux) Server Blade Issues” on page 2-5
Page 15 - Caution –; To Upgrade the BIOS; Log into the blade for which you want to update the BIOS.; console s
Chapter 2 Linux 2-3 2.2 Upgrading the BIOS on B200x ServerBlades To run Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3.0 or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8,service pack 3 on a B200x server blade, the blade must have BIOS version 1.1.32 installed. This version of the BIOS is available from the following website: ...
Page 16 - whether the upgrade is necessary:; Do not restart the blade while the update is in progress.; rmmod mtdbios; biosupdate
2-4 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 2. Check the version of the BIOS currently running on the blade, to establish whether the upgrade is necessary: 3. Copy the BIOS image from the beta website to a known location on the blade. 4. Run the biosupdate ...
Page 17 - sunconfig; Issues Affecting the B200x Server Blade Only
Chapter 2 Linux 2-5 2.3 B100x and B200x (Linux) Server BladeIssues The following problems have been observed on both B100x and B200x server blades: ■ 4868095: Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 does not support layer 2 VLANs The Advanced Server kernel (version 2.4.9-e.3) does not support layer 2 VLANs.This...
Page 18 - Issues Affecting the B100x Server Blade Only; reset
2-6 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 ■ 4991972: B200x blade locks into a repeated “boot net” loop following a BIOSupdate The CMOS footprint may change between revisions of the BIOS. If this is the case,and the CMOS is not reset to its default values ...
Page 19 - Note –; Solaris 9 Installation Guide
3-1 C H A P T E R 3 Solaris x86 This chapter contains the following sections: ■ Section 3.1, “Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade” on page 3-1 ■ Section 3.2, “Applying Mandatory Software Patches to the Solaris x86 InstallImage” on page 3-3 ■ Section 3.3, “Issues Affecting B100x and B200x S...
Page 20 - Solaris x86 Drivers and Documentation; The; Section 3.1.2, “Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process” on
3-2 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 3.1.1 Solaris x86 Drivers and Documentation For the first full release of the Solaris x86 software to support B100x or B200x blades,the documentation and some mandatory patches required for Solaris 9 (12/03) areav...
Page 21 - Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process; Section 3.2, “Applying Mandatory Software Patches to the; boot installation for your blade or blades.
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-3 3.1.2 Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process 1. Set up a network install image for Solaris x86 using the Solaris 9 (12/03) Media Kit. For instructions, refer to the Solaris 9 Installation Guide supplied with the Media Kit. Note – If you intend to use the Solaris x...
Page 22 - directory called; The download file is called
3-4 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 Further information about installing the Solaris 9 x86 operating system is availablein the Solaris 9 Installation Guide supplied with the Solaris 9 media kit. The document can also be downloaded from http://docs.s...
Page 23 - Server, unzip the files you have downloaded.
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-5 4. At the Solaris prompt on the system you are going to use as the Network Install Server, unzip the files you have downloaded. To do this, type: 5. Proceed to “Creating a Network Install Server” on page 3-6 . # cd /var/tmp/blades # unzip mis.259-4174-11.zip
Page 24 - Creating a Network Install Server; Solaris 9 Installation Guide.; and become superuser.; to set up a Network Install
3-6 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 3.2.2 Creating a Network Install Server To install the Solaris x86 software over the network onto a blade, you must create aninstall server. This section describes how to set up an install server on the samesubnet...
Page 25 - where; You can now proceed to Chapter 10 of the; Installation and Setup Guide; to perform the operating system setup steps for your
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-7 4. Add the patches and packages automatically to the network install server image by typing: where install_dir_path is the path to the install image on your install server. 5. You can now proceed to Chapter 10 of the Sun Fire B100x and B200x Server Blade Installation and Se...
Page 26 - 962226: Warning: Jumpstart on Solaris x86 Is Not Single Shot; any
3-8 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 3.3 Issues Affecting B100x and B200x ServerBlades That are Running Solaris x86 The known problems listed in this section have been observed to affect both B100xand B200x server blades. They are presented in three ...
Page 27 - ) will not cause an orderly shutdown of the blade’s operating; man; 856947: drv_usecwait is Not Accurate When CPU Frequency Changes; Workaround
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-9 4873161: Need Support for Soft Poweroff in Solaris x86 Solaris x86 does not currently support power button events generated throughACPI. This means that a poweroff command issued on the system controller( sc> poweroff s n ) will not cause an orderly shutdown of the blade...
Page 28 - You can workaround this problem by including the
3-10 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 4856440: Require hostid to Be Set From BSC on Solaris x86 B100x andB200x The value of the hostid for blades that are running Solaris x86 is different from thehostid value programmed into the B1600 chassis for the...
Page 29 - Sun Fire B100x and B200x Server Blade Installation; break
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-11 4975579 Bootpath Line Missing After PXE Install With Single SolarisPartition During an interactive Solaris installation the install program will prompt you toselect the partition layout of the disk. If you choose to layout the disk with a singledisk partition that combines...
Page 31 - Error Messages That Can be Safely Ignored; consconfig; starting interactive installation
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-13 3.3.2 Error Messages That Can be Safely Ignored This section lists error messages that will be be observed during a networkinstallation or reboot. In all cases these messages can be safely ignored. They haveno impact on B100x and B200x blades. 4903388 consconfig complains ...
Page 33 - On the B100x you will see the following message about
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-15 4871718: bootstrap complains about devices that have been disabled inthe BIOS On the B100x you will see the following message about /dev/diskette0 during a reboot or PXE boot: On the B200x you will see the following message about /dev/diskette0 during a reboot or PXE boot:...
Page 34 - 321917: ACPI Resource Conflicts Unnecessarily Reported; Other Issues
3-16 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 4321917: ACPI Resource Conflicts Unnecessarily Reported During the booting of a B200x blade you might see the following message brieflydisplayed: If you see this message in respect of a B200x blade, you can safel...
Page 35 - The B200x BIOS displays the network interfaces as shown in; bootmode
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-17 FIGURE 3-1 The Network Interfaces on a B200x Blade The B200x BIOS displays the network interfaces as shown in FIGURE 3-2 . FIGURE 3-2 The Network Interfaces Listed by the B200x BIOS The names that the BIOS uses to identify each network interface correspond with thenames us...
Page 37 - Sun
Chapter 3 Solaris x86 3-19 If you are configuring IPMP network redundancy, note that the achievement ofnetwork resilience (enabling a blade to recover from different hardware and networkfailures) depends upon each IPMP group containing one connection to each switch.A configuration in which both inte...
Page 41 - SUNWlxml
Chapter 4 SPARC Solaris 4-3 ■ 4726915: SunVTS will not start because of missing XML librariesTo run SunVTS you need to load the SUNWlxml and SUNWlxmlx packages. These are not loaded by default in Solaris 8, therefore you must add them manuallyfrom the supplemental CD supplied with Solaris 8 HW 12/02...
Page 43 - System Controller
5-1 C H A P T E R 5 System Controller This chapter contains the following sections: ■ Section 5.1, “Upgrading the System Controller (SC) Firmware” on page 5-2 ■ Section 5.2, “What To Do If You Lose Your Password for the System Controller”on page 5-2 ■ Section 5.3, “System Controller Software Issues”...
Page 44 - the SSC containing the active System Controller and log in as user; admin
5-2 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 5.1 Upgrading the System Controller (SC)Firmware To support Sun Fire B200x blades in a Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis, you mustbe running System Controller firmware version 1.2. To perform the upgrade of theS...
Page 45 - prompt, set a new password for the default user (; Set up a new user name and password for yourself.; To do this, follow the instructions in Chapter 3 of the
Chapter 5 System Controller 5-3 3. At the sc> prompt, set a new password for the default user ( admin ). To set a new password for user admin , type: The password you specify can be up to eight characters long. It must begin with an alphabetic character, and it must contain at least one lower-cas...
Page 46 - System Controller Software Issues; System Controller Firmware 1.2; is the hexadecimal representation of an IP address. If you see an; System Controller Firmware 1.1
5-4 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 5.3 System Controller Software Issues 5.3.1 System Controller Firmware 1.2 The following known problems apply to the current release of the System Controllerfirmware for this product: ■ 4879114: System Controller ...
Page 47 - resetsc
Chapter 5 System Controller 5-5 ■ 4866668: When the message ’Dynamic FRUID packet discovery failure recovered’shows in the logs for a blade, it is possible that some fault events will be missingor only partially described. This problem can occur if the System Controller is reset immediately after an...
Page 48 - System Controller Firmware 1.0
5-6 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 5.3.3 System Controller Firmware 1.0 The following known problems applied to release 1.0 of the System Controllerfirmware (they are fixed in release 1.1): ■ 4810785: Recovery from output rail faults is not correct...
Page 50 - Switch Firmware Issues
6-2 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 6.1 Switch Firmware Issues The following known problems apply to the current release of the switch firmwarefor this product: ■ 4899178: Blade network traffic is only allowed through the IP filter on the VLANconfig...
Page 51 - interface; configure
Chapter 6 The System Chassis’s Integrated Switch 6-3 ■ 4871779: Blades are unable to receive multicast packets when IGMP querying isenabled.Multicasting on the switch does not work correctly if the IP address for the switchis not configured. This is only likely to be the case if the IP address is co...
Page 53 - Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol: the
Chapter 6 The System Chassis’s Integrated Switch 6-5 The ports NETP0, NETP1, NETP4, NETP5, and SNP8 through SNP15 are on oneswitch chip. The ports NETP2, NETP3, NETP6, NETP7 and SNP0 through SNP7are on the other. ■ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol: the spanning tree mst commands are not available in ...
Page 57 - Error messages are incomplete.
Chapter 6 The System Chassis’s Integrated Switch 6-9 ■ 4828965: Disabling global GVRP state prevents dynamic VLANs from leavingportsIf you disable GVRP globally on the switch by issuing the following command: then VLANs that have been learned dynamically are not dropped even after theGVRP leave-all ...
Page 60 - The commands for the workaround in this scenario are:
6-12 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004 6.4 Setting up a Tagged VLAN Trunk WithCisco Switches There is a known problem with setting a switch port to trunk mode if that port isconnected to a port on a Cisco switch also in trunk mode (note that we use th...
