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Sun Fire[tm] 280R Server: Field Information Notices

The following list does not include related external storage FINs, unless they are specific to the system.

Implementation (Impl.):
M
= Mandatory (Fully Pro-Active)

C
= Controlled Pro-Active (per Sun Geo Plan)

R
= Reactive (As Required)

FIN

Impl.
Components Affected Description
I0765-1
C
UltraSPARC III family processors (see FIN for list of part numbers affected) Issues with the diagnosing of "send mondo" panics in systems based on the UltraSPARC III family of processors have been noticed. The UltraSPARC III family of processors includes both the UltraSPARC III and UltraSPARC III Cu processors. The frequency and misdiagnosis of the issue seems to be increasing and in many cases has caused customer dissatisfaction due to parts being replaced unnecessarily and the occurrence of additional outages.
I0757-1
C
Ethernet RIO Interface (eri) driver Sun Servers which utilize the "eri" driver could be susceptible to Ethernet link errors or hangs.
I0743-1
R
Rackmounting Rack-mounted Enterprise 220R, 420R and Sun Fire 280R systems may bind with adjacent systems if improperly installed.
I0723-1
C
Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1401 (390-0025-01) Toshiba DVD-ROM drives (390-0025-01) cannot boot future Solaris releases from DVD media without a firmware patch.
I0722-1
R
PGX32 CARD (X3668A)
SunBlade 1000 System Board (501-4143-15 or lower)
SunBlade 1000/Sun Fire 280R System Board (501-5938-07 or lower)
Sun Fire 3800 cPCI I/O ASSY (540-4591-01)
Sun Fire 4800/4810/6800 PCI I/O ASSY (540-4616-01)
Sun Fire 4800/4810/6800 cPCI I/O ASSY (540-4617-03)

If the Emulex FC HBA card is placed on the same PCI Bus with any other PCI card which causes the Schizo chip to attempt a 64-bit PIO, a system panic would most likely result. The problem will not occur if the Emulex HBA card is installed alone on a PCI Bus. UltraSparc-III platforms utilizing the Schizo 2.1 or 2.2 ASIC may experience panics due to address parity errors on the PCI Bus. The problem has been seen on the Sun Fire 280R with the Emulex FC HBA card in combination with a PGX32 card installed on the same PCI Bus. This condition occurs when a card on the PCI Bus detects a 64-bit parity address error on the PCI Bus while another card on the same PCI Bus is performing a 64-bit PIO. The following error messages are displayed prior to a system panic:

WARNING: pcisch-0: PCI fault log start:
PCI SERR
PCI error ocurred on device #6
dwordmask=0 bytemask=0 PCI primary error (0):
pcisch-0: PCI secondary error (0):
pcisch-0: PBM AFAR 0.00000000:
pcisch-0: PCI config space error status (4280):
signalled system error. pcisch-0:
PCI fault log end.
panic[cpu1]/thread=2a10000bd40: pcisch-0: PCI bus 2 error(s)!

I0697-1
C
Patches Recommended patches for Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Fire 280R Systems.
I0696-1
C
Firmware Sun Fire 280R and Sun Blade 1000 systems may fail with "Red State Exception" or "Trap32/63" after power cycle.
I0689-1
R
Torque Tool To torque correctly on a specific Sun Products, refer to the Torque tool matrix for correct Torque Bit Type/Size and Torque Setting.
I0658-1
R

UltraSPARC III 600MHZ 4MB Module (501-4999-07, 501-4999-02)

UltraSPARC III 750MHZ 8MB Module (501-5675-05, 501-5675-02)

Service procedures for replacement of early-release UltraSPARC III modules with pre-fetch pipeline problems.

 



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