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Sun Fire[tm] V880 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
I0778-1
R
OBP 4.4.7 / Patch 112186-02 Upgrading the OBP firmware on Sun Fire V880 systems from version 4.2.9 or 4.2.10 to 4.4.7 sets an incorrect value for the variable "diag-script". This variable is normally used by Sun Operations to execute a customized version of POST and OBDiag. The incorrect value for "diag-script" found in OBP version 4.4.7 will cause the voltage and frequency of the Safari Bus to be margined.
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.
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 occurred 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):
signaled system error. pcisch-0:
PCI fault log end.
panic[cpu1]/thread=2a10000bd40: pcisch-0: PCI bus 2 error(s)!

 



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