Page 4 - General Information; Supported Operating Systems
2 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 General Information Support and Patches for Sun Blade ServerModules Support information for the Sun Blade X6440 server module is available at: http://sunsolve.sun.com Supported Operating Systems The following is a list of the minimum vers...
Page 5 - Documentation
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 3 Documentation Support documentation for the Sun Blade X6440 server module: ■ Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Installation Guide (820-3961) ■ Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes (820-3965) ■ Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Operating Systems Installati...
Page 6 - Latest Firmware Updates
4 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 Sun Blade X6440 Server ModuleTools & Drivers DVD The Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Tools & Drivers DVD contains several softwareapplications and utilities for use with your Sun Blade X6440 server module. Thissection describes the ...
Page 7 - Newly Supported Features; Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.0
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 5 Newly Supported Features The following new features are supported as of supplemental software release 2.0: ■ Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.0 ■ Sun ILOM Remote Console Lock ■ Sun ILOM Power Management Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.0 The Sun Blade X644...
Page 8 - Sun ILOM Remote Console Lock; Sun ILOM Power Management; Hardware and BIOS Issues
6 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 Sun ILOM Remote Console Lock The Sun Blade X6440 server module supports the Sun ILOM Remote Console lock.The Sun ILOM Remote Console lock feature enhances your system security byenabling you to lock your computer when terminating a Sun IL...
Page 9 - ILOM BIOS settings issue
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 7 ILOM BIOS settings issue If ILOM is set to use a DHCP assigned IP address, and the DHCP server is offline,wait until the DHCP server is online before attempting to reboot. Issuing a reboot ormanually changing from DHCP to a static IP address will result ...
Page 11 - Certain devices’ boot option ROM fails to load; Sun Installation Assistant Issues
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 9 Certain devices’ boot option ROM fails to load A shadow ROM space issue exists when multiple bootable devices are installed inthe system. Not all devices’ bootable option ROMs will successfully load. Workaround: This issue is fixed in the Tools & Dri...
Page 13 - SIA will not install FEM drivers for Windows 2003; SIA displays ILOM version as Unknown; SIA displays incorrect chassis information
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 11 Workaround: None SIA will not install FEM drivers for Windows 2003 Change Request ID: 6769562 If SIA is used to install Windows 2003 on a system that contains the model x1029 AFEM, the associated device will be highlighted with a yellow question mark in...
Page 14 - SIA does not display storage controllers; SIA Update function fails
12 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 When installing the Linux operating system using SIA version 2.3.8, the SystemInformation screen displays incorrect information for the chassis type, serial number,and version number. This issue will be fixed in future software release. ...
Page 15 - Integrated Lights Out Manager Issues
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 13 SIA does not install operating systems via PXEserver Change Request ID: 6876850 When using SIA version 2.3.8 to install OSes via a PXE server, SIA displays thefollowing error message during the OS installation: Error enabling swap device sda2: Invalid a...
Page 17 - Minimum Supported Browsers; No warning when password length is exceeded
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 15 Minimum Supported Browsers TABLE 1 shows the minimum supported browser versions for running the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) web interface for the Sun Blade X6440 server moduleon Solaris and Linux operating systems. No warning when password leng...
Page 19 - impitool session
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 17 Error message appears during service processorstartup The following error message may appear during service processor (SP) startup: Mike driver. insmod: cannot insert ‘/lib/modules/2.6.15.4/misc/mtd_mike/mike.ko’: No such device (- 1): No such device mo...
Page 20 - Hard disk error message in the SP event log; Diagnostics Issues; Pc-Check Diagnostics Software Issues
18 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 Hard disk error message in the SP event log The following error message might appear in the SP event log when no hard disk isinstalled. System Firmware Error | Unrecoverable hard-disk controller failure | Asserted Workaround: It is safe ...
Page 21 - Hard disk information is unknown; SunVTS Diagnostics Software Issues; SunVTS I/O port test fails; Operating System Issues
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 19 Hard disk information is unknown When running the Pc-Check hard disk diagnostics, the hard disk information, harddisk firmware, and serial number are listed as unknown. Serial port test fails The Pc-Check serial port test fails because Pc-Check does not...
Page 22 - Solaris Issues; Warning message might appear during startup; Solaris OS installation halts during the installation
20 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 ■ “Only 8 of 16 CPU cores being reported” on page 22 ■ “Post OS driver update script fails to run” on page 23 ■ “SLES OS driver installation takes a long time to complete” on page 23 ■ “NIC drivers are not supported by SLES11 OS” on page...
Page 23 - Linux Issues; USB device errors reported in Red Hat 5.1
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 21 This issue is being investigated. Linux Issues The following issue applies to Sun Blade X6440 server modules running thesupported Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) operating systems. USB device errors reported in Red ...
Page 24 - PCI BIOS error message might appear; IGB error message might appear; Error messages might appear in SLES 10 OS dmesg; Only 8 of 16 CPU cores being reported
22 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 3. Insert the PEM in either slot and press the Attn button. The PEM is ready to use when the OK LED turns solid green. PCI BIOS error message might appear The following error message might appear when booting or running the dmesg command...
Page 25 - Post OS driver update script fails to run
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 23 Workaround: Install and boot from the largesmp kernel version, which can be found in the installation media. Post OS driver update script fails to run The following error message might display when running the post OS driver( install.sh ) update script:...
Page 26 - USB devices are not recognized in RHEL 4.7; Windows Issues; Windows Autorun does not install drivers
24 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 Workaround: This issue can be resolved by following these steps: 1. Temporarily limit the memory to less than 4 GB. This can be accomplished by physically removing RAM to reduce it to less than 4GB.Alternately, you can use a boot paramet...
Page 27 - System does not boot from floppy drive image; Use the StorageTek BIOS setup utility
Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes 25 2. Reboot the system for the changes to take effect. 3. Run Windows Autorun to install drivers. Yellow question mark might appear in Windows DeviceManager A yellow question mark might appear in the Windows Device Manager, denotingthat drivers are not in...
Page 28 - Upgrade path for data merging
26 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009 LSI RAID Expansion Module (REM)Issues This section contains the following LSI RAID REM issues: ■ “Extra hard disk drive space required when upgrading to a Mirrored RAIDconfiguration” on page 26 ■ “Upgrade path for data merging” on page 2...
