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1. Spanish Server installt html File References ODBC 2 11 4278257 The Co Packaged Software Topics Contents page of the Spanish only Server Web Start installation process contains a reference to ODBC 2 11 If you click on the ODBC 2 11 link you receive the following error message File not found ODBC 2 11 is not co packaged with the Solaris 7 11 99 software release and the reference should not appear on the page Workaround Ignore the reference to ODBC 2 11 and do not click on the link 8 Prestoserve 2 4 2 Patch Required The Prestoserve 2 4 2 release will not function properly with the Solaris 7 11 99 software environment if the following workaround is not implemented Here is a partial list of some of the platforms and hardware options that may be affected m Ultra 1 Creator Model 170E m Ultra 1 Creator3D Model 170E m Sun Enterprise 1 Model 170E a SunSwift SBus Adapter Card To Install the Prestoserve Patch If you installed the Prestoserve 2 4 2 software and are using a platform or hardware option listed above you must take the following steps to provide compatibility Edit the etc system file by adding the following information set fas fas_enable_sbus64 0 Reboot your system Caution Failure to reboot your system can corrupt data A Prestoserve patch 103043 08 that automatically adds the above information to the etc systen file is available If you prefer to make this change u
2. m http sunsolve2 Sun COM sunsolve Enterprise dr 32 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 DR and pln and soc Drivers If you are using pln and or soc drivers on your server you must ensure that the parameters are properly set in the etc system file The file should include the following two entries exactly as the appear in the example set pln pln_enable_detach_suspend 1 set soc soc_enable_detach_suspend 1 Known Bugs This section contains the known bugs in the Sun Enterprise 10000 DR feature of the Solaris 7 11 99 release DR Abort Detach May Not Resume All Detached Disks 4010910 If a DR detach operation fails to detach an sd device and the controller has sd devices that have already been detached the abort detach operation does not resume that is re attach those devices that share the same controller instance and that have already been detached This situation rarely occurs The most likely time for it to happen is if the disk drive firmware is locked up Workaround None dr_daemon Does Not Find Veritas Device Usage 4011123 Veritas software usage of disks is not displayed by DR applications in their device usage displays Workaround None Chapter 33 disks 1M Command Preens Controller Entries and Corrupts the Sun StorEdge A3000 Device Tree 4096048 The Solaris disks 1M command preens or deletes symbolic link entries when disk devices are no longer p
3. General Issues This section contains general issues that involve AP on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server You should read this section before you attempt to install or configure AP Supported Devices The following devices are supported by the AP software on Sun Enterprise servers SPARCstorage Arrays recognized by AP using the pln soc and ssd ports Sun StorEdge A5000 recognized by AP using sf soc and ssd ports SunFastEthernet 2 0 hme SunFDDI 5 0 nf SAS Single Attach Station and DAS Dual Attach Station SCSI 2 Buffered Ethernet FSBE S and DSBE S 1e Quad Ethernet qe Sun Quad FastEthernet qfe Sun GigabitEthernet 2 0 ge The following table lists which network devices are supported in which releases TABLE 4 1 Supported Network Devices AP 2 0 AP 2 1 AP 2 2 Solaris 2 5 1 hme le nf bf hi N A N A ge gfe Solaris 2 6 5 98 N A ge hme le nf qe N A qfe vge Solaris 7 11 99 N A N A ge hme le nf ge qfe Chapter 27 SunFDDI Devices AP 2 2 validation tests were performed on SunFDDI revision 6 0 If you install this device you must use the revision level that was tested unless a higher revision level exists In addition you must install all of the available patches for this device Refer to http www sunsolve sun com for more information about the patches Sun StorEdge A3000 The Sun StorEdge A3000 supports failover capabilities that are similar to those provided by AP Because o
4. These active references prevent DR operations from detaching these devices Workaround Remove or rename the rplboot directory then shut down and restart NFS with these commands sh etc init d nfs server stop sh etc init d nfs server start 34 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 StorEdge A3000 Daemon Cannot Be Suspended 4100212 The presence of StorEdge A3000 daemons rdaemon prevent a DR Detach operation from completing if the operating environment must be quiesced that is suspended and resumed to detach non pageable memory Workaround Temporarily disable the daemon before the DR operation then restart the daemon after the DR operation by using the following command sh etc rc2 d S90amon stop sh etc rc2 d S90amon start Unable to Drain Sysboards in Solaris 7 and dr_daemon Segmentation Faults 4229238 After numerous iterations through a failure handling condition within the DR daemon the daemon can encounter a segmentation violation that is a core dump Note that this condition occurs during an error handling flow that is a DR operation failure Workaround Restart the DR applications on the SSP Bugs Fixed The following important bugs have been fixed since the last release of DR This list does not include minor bugs nor does it include those bugs that were fixed in patches 4083412 socal and sf need to support DETACH SUSPEND RESU
5. bwtwo MG2 bwtwo CG2 cgtwo CG4 cgfour TC cgeight ZX leo TZX leo PEX Graphics Library The Solaris PEX graphics library and server extension are no longer supported in this Solaris 7 11 99 release Future End of Support Products Support for the following products may be discontinued in future releases For more information contact your support provider Sun4c based Systems The following sun4c architecture systems and servers based on these systems may no longer be supported in future releases SPARCstation SLC SPARCstation ELC SPARCstation IPC SPARCstation IPX SPARCstation 1 SPARCstation 1 and SPARCstation 2 Note All hardware options such as SCSI devices and supported configurations that are dependent upon the sun4c architecture may no longer be supported in future releases A list of these options is included in the Supplement CD docs directory in the file named EOS html SPARCstation Voyager SPARCstation Voyager systems may no longer be supported in future releases SPARC Xterminal 1 SPARC Xterminal 1 systems may no longer be supported in future releases 6 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 CHAPTER 3 Open Issues StarOffice Support Sun s StarOffice Knowledge Database is the current customer support resource for StarOffice 5 1 For more information refer to http www sun com products staroffice support html
6. Bug ID 4231845 When a server is configured as a boot server for Solaris 2 5 1 based x86 clients it has several rpld jobs running whether or not such devices are in use These active references prevent DR operations from detaching these devices Workaround To perform a DR detach operation 1 Remove or rename the rplboot directory 2 Shut down NFS services with this command sh etc init d nfs server stop 3 Perform the DR detach operation 4 Restart NFS services with this command sh etc init d nfs server start 58 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999
7. Hardware and Software Configurations Supported for RSC 19 Testing RSC Paging 20 Copyright Notices 21 SunForum 2 0 Notices 21 ShowMe TV 1 3 Notices 22 Netscape Communicator Notices 23 Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Notices 23 Documentation Errata 24 Platform Notes The hme SunFastEthernet Device Driver Guide 24 Sun Enterprise 10000 Release Notes 25 Alternate Pathing 25 Installation Issues 25 General Issues 27 Known Bugs 29 Fixed Bugs 30 Contents v Dynamic Reconfiguration 31 General Issues 31 Known Bugs 33 Bugs Fixed 35 InterDomain Networks 36 General Issues 36 Known Bugs 37 Patches 39 Documentation Errata 39 Solaris Operating Environment 41 General Issues 41 Known Bugs 42 Fixed Bugs 43 Documentation Errata 43 5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues 45 AP on Sun Enterprise Servers 45 Installation Issues 46 General Issues 47 Known Bugs 48 Fixed Bugs 49 Dynamic Reconfiguration of Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems 50 Supported Hardware 50 Firmware Notes 50 Software Notes 52 Known Bugs 55 vi Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 CHAPTER 1 Late Breaking News This manual provides the following information m Late breaking news this chapter m End of support statements Chapter 2 m Open issues Chapter 3 Sun Enterprise 10000 server issues Chapter 4 a Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 server issues
8. Systems running ASCII terminal emulation software m Systems with Telnet client software Chapter 3 Open Issues 19 Ethernet Support RSC is designed to function in a 10BASE T network and the RSC Ethernet port should be connected to a hub operating at 10 Mbps If RSC does not respond to an Ethernet request the first thing to check is that connection is to a 10BASE T hub Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS An American Power Conversion SmartUPS 1000 with PowerChute plus 4 2 2 software was used for testing Paging Support RSC paging requires that the customer s paging service adhere to the TAP protocol Paging services in the Americas and Europe generally are TAP compliant but this is not necessarily so in other locales Testing RSC Paging Due to the many variables associated with paging Sun Microsystems strongly recommends that you test the RSC paging mechanism to insure that your configuration options are set correctly The easiest way to test that all the components associated with RSC paging are functioning properly is to use the rscadm send_event c command This command can be invoked from a UNIX shell and will initiate an RSC alert If the RSC page_enabled flag is set to true this alert will send a page to the recipients specified by the page_infol and page_info2 environment variables If RSC fails to send a page a message similar to the following will be added to the event log THU AUG 27 22 31 09 1998 sst4828 000600
9. TV 1 3 Known Problems Software ShowMe TV 1 3 software contains support for MPEG2 movie playback Support was dropped for the Sun MediaCenter in ShowMe TV 1 3 Also ShowMe TV 1 3 software contains a number of bug fixes over 1 2 1 Here is a list of some known problems m There are various minor problems with playing MPEG1 2 files Zoom does not work on some frame buffers the position indicator is not accurate enough the frame by frame step back function does not work a You can not switch between CIF and QCIF H 261 streams that is regular resolution or 352x288 size frames and low resolution or 176x244 size frames on non Ultra systems a Mixing Asian and ASCII characters in one line of text can confuse the input output functions in ShowMe TV software In particular if a user sets up a transmission in which the transmission name and or the hostname contain Asian characters then saving or recovering these parameters to or from the Showmetv programs lt hostname gt configuration file might not work correctly m The Receiver s buttons and menus contain incorrect text in locales other than English bug id 4210702 SunVTS 3 4 Issues The following issues apply to the SunVTS 3 4 product New Features for This Release The following new tests were added to SunVTS 3 4 m dvdtest tests DVD devices m dpttest tests the Sun StorEdge PCI SCSI Hardware RAID adapter card a cputest tests specific aspects of the SPA
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11. are initialized when the domain is rebooted If this error occurs you must reset the value and reboot the domain before you can execute IDN operations Workaround Do not set this parameter to one This bug will not be fixed in this release Patches This section contains a list of patches that should be applied before you attempt to set up an IDN 108317 01 Description IDN driver can will panic if property idn_slab_mintotal set out of range Bugs fixed 4273317 4275051 4275420 Note You must go to the SunSolve web site to obtain this patch Documentation Errata This section contains descriptions of errors in the publications that were found after the release of the IDN feature Chapter 39 domain_link 1M and domain_unlink 1M The domain_link 1M and domain_unlink 1M man pages should have included a note that instructs users to use the proper domain name for the SUNW_HOSTNAME variable when they are linking or unlinking domains The domain must support the IDN feature The IDN user guide includes this information IDN Parameter Values Some of the parameter values given in Configuring InterDomain Networks in the Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User Guide are incorrect The following table contains the proper values TABLE 4 2 Corrections to IDN Parameter Values Parameter Minimum Maximum Default idn_awolmsg_interval 0 3600 60 idn_hiwat 1024 1048576 262144 idn_lowat 1 524288 1 id
12. in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide and steps 10 through 16 in How to Convert to DiskSuite 4 2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 in Chapter 1 of the Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes General Issues This section contains general issues that involve AP on Sun Enterprise servers Read this section before you attempt to install or configure AP Supported Devices The following devices are supported by the AP software on Sun Enterprise servers SPARCstorage Arrays recognized by AP using the pln soc and ssd ports Sun StorEdge A5000 recognized by AP using sf socal and ssd ports SunFastEthernet 2 0 hme SunFDDI 5 0 nf SAS Single Attach Station and DAS Dual Attach Station SCSI 2 Buffered Ethernet FSBE S and DSBE S 1e Quad Ethernet qe Sun Quad FastEthernet qfe Sun GigabitEthernet 2 0 ge The following table lists which devices are supported in which releases TABLE 5 1 Supported Network Devices AP 2 0 AP 2 1 AP 2 2 Solaris 2 5 1 hme le nf bf hi N A N A qe qfe Solaris 2 6 5 98 N A ge hme le nf ge N A qfe vge Solaris 7 11 99 N A N A ge hme le nf qe qfe Chapter 5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues 47 SunFDDI and GigabitEthernet Devices AP 2 2 validation tests were performed on SunFDDI revision 6 0 and GigabitEthernet revision 2 0 If you install either of these devices you must use the re
13. to OBP while the domain is linked to an IDN Known Bugs The following is a list of bugs that are known to exist in this release of the IDN feature VerExec Error Occurs When a Solaris 2 6 Domain Is Rebooted From OBP 4254715 Errors that are related to the IDN feature can occur on domains running the Solaris 2 6 operating environment Some messages can be safely ignored however some messages are related to setting the OBP variable idn smr size to a value other than zero Workaround The Solaris 2 6 operating environment does not support the IDN feature Do not change the default value of idn smr size on domains that are running the Solaris 2 6 operating environment Chapter 37 IDN Driver Can Panic if idn_slab_mintotal Is Set to a Value Other Than Zero 4273317 Parameter values set outside of the allowed range can result in panics occurring on the domain You must ensure that you use a value that is within the allowed range of values The following is a list of parameters that can cause a panic if the value set in the idn conf 4 file is outside of the allowed range m idn_slab_mintotal m idn_slab_bufcount m idn_smr_bufsize Workaround No workaround exists for this bug The domain will continue to panic because of the incorrect values in the idn conf 4 file any time the IDN driver is loaded You must ensure that you use values that are within the allowed range Setting idn_protocol_nservers Value to the Minimum Value
14. 0 Dynamic Reconfiguration DR General Issues This section contains general issues that involve DR on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server You should read this section before you attempt to install or configure DR dr max mem Utility The way dr max mem is used has changed since the Solaris 2 5 1 release Please see the appropriate section of the Solaris 7 11 99 version of the Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration User s Guide for a detailed description of this important OBP variable DR and Bound User Processes For Solaris 7 11 99 DR no longer automatically unbinds user processes from CPUs that are being detached Users are now required to perform this operation themselves before initiating a DR Detach sequence The DR Drain operation will fail if CPUs are found with bound processes Nonpageable Memory Location For Solaris 7 11 99 the location of nonpageable memory that is OBP and kernel memory the kernel cage resides in the highest physical address space which generally is on the highest numbered system board in the domain The direction of growth of this area is from highest to lowest physical addresses Exceptions to this rule do exist Always use drshow 1M to verify a board s memory state Kernel Cage Location For Solaris 7 11 99 the location of the kernel cage changed from the lowest numbered system board s to the highest numbered board s However some customers require the kernel cage to be located on the l
15. 06 Failed to send page alert for recent event If RSC successfully transmits a page no error message is added to the event log RSC can fail to send a page notification for the following reasons m It failed to communicate with the modem m It failed to contact the paging service specified by the page_infol or page_info2 variable a A failure occurred while RSC was communicating with the paging service TAP server 20 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 When a page fails check that the following conditions are met 1 The modem dip switch and software configuration variables are set correctly 2 All the RSC page_variables page_infol page_info2 page_init1 page_init2 page_baud1 and page_baud2 are set correctly and match the settings for your paging service 3 Your paging service supports the TAP protocol Check with the paging service to insure that you have the proper phone number and modem configuration parameters 4 Attempt to connect with the paging service manually Refer to the Troubleshooting Modem Problems section in Appendix B of the RSC User s Guide for instructions on manually connecting to a TAP paging service Troubleshooting In some cases it might be desirable to extend the pause period to allow the modem to recognize the dial tone of the phone line This can be accomplished on most modems by increasing the value in the S8 register See documentation that came wi
16. Chapter 5 This manual supplements the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide and the Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Release Notes Update An updated online version of these release notes that covers issues that were discovered after this document was printed is available from http docs sun com Service Contract Upgrades to the Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment You may have received a Solaris Server Media Kit to upgrade systems to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment Please note that your service contract entitles you to use only those products that apply to your original Solaris operating environment license Unbundled Product Support If you are upgrading from an existing version of Solaris and have installed unbundled products either from Sun or from a different company you must ensure that all those products are supported on Solaris 7 11 99 prior to upgrading Depending on the status of each unbundled product you have three options for each unbundled product m Verify that the existing version of the unbundled product is supported on the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment a Acquire and install a new version of the unbundled product which is supported on the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment Note that in this case you may need to remove the previous version of the unbundled product prior to upgrading to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment See the unbundled product documentation for
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18. ME 4090750 DR panics during detach when dr max mem set is high 4067860 SUNWcsr on upgrading from Solaris 2 5 1 8 97 to Solaris 2 6 5 98 creates duplicate majors in name_to_major 4131197 dr_daemon core dumps with Solaris 2 6 5 98 release 4133607 DR operations with mem_board_interleave_ok cause problems 4134357 availrmen is not being reduced during Sun Enterprise 10000 memory detach 4135366 Sun StorEdge A3000 patch has been changed 4136544 Getting flusher thread hang during DR drain with official 20 KU patch Chapter 35 InterDomain Networks InterDomain Networks IDNs are internal high speed hardware connections that enable dynamic system domains referred to as domains in this chapter on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server to communicate with each other as though they are communicating over a standard network For more information refer to the Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User Guide in the SSP 3 2 AnswerBook2 collection General Issues This section contains general issues about the IDN feature Read this section before you attempt to configure an IDN Software Support To use IDNs the SSP must be running SSP version 3 2 idn conf 4 File IDNs are initialized on the domain by using the idn conf 4 file Each domain must have an idn conf 4 file to be a member of an IDN This file is used to instantiate each instance of the driver and to initialize multiple parameters tha
19. Media Kit Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes available in AnswerBook2 format from http docs sun com or from your SDS Media Kit upgrade 1 Caution You must follow the sequence given here to successfully complete the In general you will perform the following tasks Unconfigure SDS 4 0 or 4 1 Remove AP 2 1 Upgrade to Solaris 7 11 99 Install AP 2 2 Install and reconfigure SDS 4 2 Specifically you must perform the following tasks 1 Read Performing an Upgrade of AP in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Commit any uncommitted AP metadevices see Step 1 in To Upgrade AP in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Deconfigure SDS see steps 1 through 8 in How to Convert to DiskSuite 4 2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 in the Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes n Caution Do not install Solaris 7 11 99 at this time 4 Remove the current AP configuration see Step 3 in To Upgrade AP in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide 46 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Upgrade to Solaris 7 11 99 see Step 4 in To Upgrade AP in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Upgrade to AP 2 2 see Step 5 in To Upgrade AP in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Install SDS 4 2 then restore it see Step 6 in To Upgrade AP
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21. OST system status display lists one CPU as failing but the second CPU may not be listed at all Workaround None DR Cannot Unconfigure a CPU Memory Board That Has Interleaved Memory Bug ID 4210234 Category RFE Cannot unconfigure a CPU Memory board that has interleaved memory To unconfigure and subsequently disconnect a CPU board with memory or a memory only board it is necessary to first unconfigure the memory However if the memory on the board is interleaved with memory on other boards the memory cannot currently be unconfigured dynamically Memory interleaving can be displayed using the prtdiag or the cfgadm commands 56 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Workaround Shut down the system before servicing the board then reboot afterward To permit future DR operations on the CPU memory board set the NVRAM memory interleave property to min See also Memory Interleaving Set Incorrectly After a Fatal Reset Bug ID 4156075 on page 55 for a related discussion on interleaved memory DR Cannot Unconfigure a CPU Memory Board That Has Permanent Memory Bug ID 4210280 Category RFE To unconfigure and subsequently disconnect a CPU board with memory or a memory only board it is necessary to first unconfigure the memory However some memory is not currently relocatable This memory is considered permanent Permanent memory on a board is marked permanent in the cfgadm st
22. RC processor datapath functionality 12 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 SunVTS OPEN LOOK User Interface Support The SunVTS OPEN LOOK user interface may not support the latest SunVTS features For full feature support use the Sun VTS CDE or TTY interface The SunVTS OPEN LOOK user interface will be sustained but not enhanced as long as OPEN LOOK is supported in the Solaris environment Possible Installation Problems There are three possible installation problems that you might encounter when you attempt to install SunVTS with an installation program other than the pkgadd command Using Web Start 1 0 4268929 The installation fails on some systems when installing SunVTS with Web Start 1 0 The SunVTS diag device driver does not install properly and the installation fails Workaround Use the pkgadd command to install SunVTS as described in the SunVTS 3 4 User s Guide Using Web Start 2 0 4257539 Web Start 2 0 may not install SunVTS on systems that do not have the Solaris 64 bit environment installed Web Start 2 0 removes the SunVTS 32 bit packages when the SunVTS 64 bit packages cause the installation to suspend Workaround Use the pkgadd command to install the 32 bit SunVTS packages as described in the SunVTS 3 4 User s Guide Fixed Installation Directory with Web Start 2 0 4243921 When you attempt to install SunVTS using Web Start 2 0 you are not able to change the direct
23. Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 dpttest Test Sun currently only supports 64 megabytes of cache on the SRC P hardware RAID card Therefore if you chose to select a memory amount to check under DPTTEST set the Check Memory item to 64M PCMCIA Issues The following bugs have been filed against PCMCIA If the PC ATA pcata module is modunloaded the system will appear to hang 4096137 Description If there is a PCMCIA I O card in a slot that has been accessed and the card driver is unloaded as occurs during modunload i 0 at the end of multi user boot the system will appear to hang Sometimes removing the card will bring the system back Workaround none When Booting Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment initially with 64 bit kernel the device dev term pc0 PC card serial driver may not get created 4162969 Description When booting the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment initially with 64 bit kernel the dev term pc0 hardware device node for PC card serial device may not be created Workaround Boot the system up with the 32 bit kernel first then reboot with the 64 bit kernel Chapter 3 Open Issues 17 PC File Viewer Issues Install in the opt Directory The Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide provides installation instructions that may indicate that PC file viewer can be installed in a directory other than the default directory PC file viewer must be installed in the defaul
24. SP 3 1 e Solaris 2 5 1 with or without AP 2 0 and DR AP 2 1 e Solaris 2 6 3 98 base only Solaris 2 5 1 e Solaris 2 6 5 98 with or without AP 2 1 and DR e Solaris 7 base only Requires patch 105684 for Solaris 7 Requires patch 105029 11 FIGURE 4 2 SSP 3 1 AP 2 1 Solaris 2 5 1 Solaris 2 6 3 98 Solaris 2 6 5 98 and Solaris 7 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Up to eight domains running SSP 3 1 e Solaris 2 5 1 with or without AP 2 0 and DR AP 2 2 e Solaris 2 6 3 98 base only Solaris 2 5 1 Solaris 2 6 5 98 with or without AP 2 1 and DR ee Solaris 7 base only Solaris 7 3 99 base only Solaris 7 5 99 with or without AP 2 2 and DR Solaris 7 11 99 with or without AP 2 2 and DR Requires patch 105684 for Solaris 7 Requires patch 105029 11 FIGURE 4 3 SSP 3 1 AP 2 2 AP 2 1 Solaris 2 5 1 Solaris 2 6 3 98 Solaris 2 6 5 98 Solaris 7 Solaris 7 3 99 Solaris 7 5 99 and Solaris 7 11 99 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 Known Bugs There are no known bugs in this release of AP Chapter 29 Fixed Bugs This section contains the synopses and Sun BugID number of the more important bugs that have been fixed since the AP 2 1 release Solaris 2 6 5 98 This list does not include all of the fixed bugs 4126743 AP disk autofailover hangs on simultaneous multi pathgroup failures this bug was fixed by BugID 4136249 4126897 Domain panics when there are no AP database and metadevice entry in etc vf
25. TIE EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE N EST ACCORDEE Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE L APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU LE FAIT QU ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S APPLIQUERAIT PAS DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU eo as Ka Adobe PostScript 3 Contents Late Breaking News 1 Release Notes Update 1 Service Contract Upgrades to the Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment 1 Unbundled Product Support 2 Documents on the Software Supplement for the Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment for Sun Computer Systems CD 3 Flash PROM Update for 64 bit Operations 4 Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD 4 End of Support Products 5 End of Support Products 5 Network Devices BEC Device and be Driver 5 Graphics Devices Discontinued Frame Buffers 5 PEX Graphics Library 6 Future End of Support Products 6 Sun4c based Systems 6 SPARCstation Voyager 6 SPARC Xterminall 6 Open Issues 7 Contents iii StarOffice Support 7 Spanish Server installt html File References ODBC 2 11 4278257 7 Prestoserve 2 4 2 Patch Required 8 To Install the Prestoserve Patch 8 To Install the Prestoserve Patch on an Ultra 2 System 8 Booting From Partitions Greater Than 2 Gbytes 1234177 9 SunFDDI Adapters Cannot Boot Sun4d Diskless Clients 4144414 10 Serial Parallel Controller Driver Does Not Support D
26. adv_10fdx_cap parameter The correct default value for this parameter is 1 for 10Mbit sec full duplex capable See bug Id 4217150 for more information 24 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 CHAPTER 4 Sun Enterprise 10000 Release Notes This chapter contains the Solaris operating environment on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server release notes the Alternate Pathing AP release notes and Dynamic Reconfiguration DR and the InterDomain Network IDN Alternate Pathing Alternate Pathing AP 22 is the first release of AP that is supported on Sun Enterprise 10000 domains running the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment AP enables you to define and control alternate physical paths to peripheral devices adding increased availability and a level of fault recovery to your server If a physical path to a device becomes unavailable an alternate path can be used For more information see the Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2 2 User s Guide in the Solaris 7 11 99 on Sun Hardware Collection AnswerBook Note At the time of this printing AP 2 2 is not compatible with any version of Sun Enterprise Volume Manager SEVM Installation Issues If you are upgrading from Solaris 2 5 1 or 2 6 to Solaris 7 11 99 and have AP 2 0 or 2 1 and Solstice DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 SDS on your system you must upgrade to AP 2 2 and SDS 4 2 This section contains an overview of the entire proc
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28. anual 14 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Disk Test disktest Option File Note Loading an option file that was created when BYPASS_FS_PROBE was set to 0 zero might not work if the BYPASS_FS_PROBE environment variable is no longer set to 0 zero Testing may fail with the following error SUNWvts disktest 8088 07 24 98 15 47 22 disktest cOt0Od0 FATAL Couldn t get file system information on disktest_c0t0d0s0 statvfs system call failure error No such file or directory This error is caused when SunVTS software expects to use the predefined mount point names disktest_cntndnsn that are created when BYPASS_FS_PROBE is set to 0 zero but these mount points do not exist while BYPASS_FS_PROBE is not set to 0 zero Workaround Create two separate option files for the two different states of the BYPASS_FS_PROBE environment variable Physical Configuration Mapping Support The Physical Mapping function is only supported on the systems where the configd program is supported The configd program only supports Ultra Enterprise server and Ultra Desktop systems The configd package must be installed at the default installation base directory To display physical mapping click the physical mapping button in the SunVTS interface This will result in a re mapping of the entire set of testable devices and test settings Changing the logical and physical view dur
29. atus display cfgadm s cols ap_id type info Ap_Id Type Information acO bankO memory slot3 64Mb base 0x0 permanent acO bankl memory slot3 empty acl bankO memory slot5 empty acl bankl memory slot5 64Mb base 0x40000000 In this example the board in slot3 has permanent memory and so cannot be removed Workaround Shut down the system before servicing the board then reboot afterward cfgadm Disconnect Fails When Running Concurrent cfgadm Commands Bug ID 4220105 Category Bug If a cfgadm process is running on one board an attempt to simultaneously disconnect a second board fails Chapter5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues 57 A cfgadm disconnect operation fails if another cfgadm process is already running on a different board The message is cfgadm Hardware specific failure disconnect failed nexus error during detach address Workaround Do only one cfgadm operation at a time If a cfgadm operation is running on one board wait for it to finish before you start a cfgadm disconnect operation on a second board Fatal Reset on init 5 After DR Operations Bug ID 4220852 Category Bug After DR operations have been run an attempt to power down a system with the init 5 command may cause a fatal reset Workaround Reset the system then power it off by entering the command power off at the ok prompt Cannot Drain And or Detach Sun Enterprise Server Boards That Host QFE Cards
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31. e although they do not support dynamic reconfiguration of CPU memory boards To see your current PROM revision enter version and banner at the ok prompt Your display will be similar to the following How To Obtain Firmware For information about updating your firmware refer to the Solaris 7 11 99 section at the following web site http sunsolve5 sun com sunsolve Enterprise dr At this site you will find information on how to Chapter 5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues 51 Download the DR capable PROM firmware m Upgrade the PROM If you cannot use the web site contact your Sun support service provider for assistance Software Notes Enabling Dynamic Reconfiguration In the etc systen file two variables must be set to enable dynamic reconfiguration and an additional variable must be set to enable the removal of CPU memory boards 1 Log in as root 2 To enable dynamic reconfiguration edit the etc system file and add the following lines to the etc systen file set pln pln enable detach_suspend 1 set soc soc_enable_detach_suspend 1 3 To enable the removal of a CPU memory board add this line to the etc system file set kernel_cage_enable 1 Setting this variable enables the memory unconfiguration operation 4 Reboot the system to put the changes into effect Quiesce Test On a
32. e and reinsert the board because the board status does not allow further operations Dynamic Reconfiguration Feature in Sun Enterprise SYMON Software As noted in the Dynamic Reconfiguration User s Guide for Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 6x00 Systems Sun Enterprise SYMON system monitoring and management software supports dynamic reconfiguration However the user s guide listed the wrong reference The correct reference is Sun Enterprise SYMON 2 0 1 Supplement for Sun Enterprise Midrange Servers 54 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Known Bugs For the latest bug and patch information refer to http sunsolve5 sun com sunsolve Enterprise dr cfgadm v Not Working Properly bug ID 4149371 Category RFE The memory test should give occasional indications that it is still running During a long test the user cannot easily determine that the system is not hanging Workaround Monitor system progress in another shell or window using vmstat 1M ps 1 or similar shell commands Memory Interleaving Set Incorrectly After a Fatal Reset Bug ID 4156075 Category Bug Memory interleaving is left in an incorrect state after a Sun Enterprise x500 server encounters a Fatal Reset Subsequent DR operations fail The problem only occurs on systems with memory interleaving set to min Workarounds Two choices are listed below m To clear the problem after it occurs manually reset the syste
33. e is required for any of the authorized uses Modifications to this software may be copyrighted by their authors and need not follow the licensing terms described here provided that the new terms are clearly indicated on the first page of each file where they apply Chapter 3 Open Issues 23 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE ITS DOCUMENTATION OR ANY DERIVATIVES THEREOF EVEN IF THE AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS AND THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT UPDATES ENHANCEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clause as DFARS252 227 7013 and FAR 52 227 19 Documentation Errata The following errors in various documents have been reported Platform Notes The hme SunFastEthernet Device Driver Guide The Platform Notes The hme SunFastEthernet Device Driver Guide lists the wrong default value for the
34. efer to the section Specific NVRAM Variables in the Platform Notes Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems Chapter 5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues 53 Unloading Detach Unsafe Drivers If it is necessary to unload detach unsafe drivers use the modinfo 1M line command to find the module IDs of the drivers You can then use the module IDs in the modunload 1M command to unload detach unsafe drivers Interleaved Memory A memory board or CPU memory board that contains interleaved memory cannot be dynamically unconfigured To determine if memory is interleaved use the prtdiag command or the cfgadm command To permit DR operations on CPU memory boards set the NVRAM memory interleave property to min For related information about interleaved memory see Memory Interleaving Set Incorrectly After a Fatal Reset Bug ID 4156075 on page 55 and DR Cannot Unconfigure a CPU Memory Board That Has Interleaved Memory Bug ID 4210234 on page 56 Self Test Failure During a Connect Sequence If the error cfgadm Hardware specific failure connect failed firmware operation error is displayed during a DR connect sequence remove the board from the system as soon as possible The board has failed self test and removing the board avoids possible reconfiguration errors that can occur during the next reboot If you want to immediately retry the failed operation you must first remov
35. escription of the bug 4110199 etc init d cvc Implementation Packaging Inconsistent Documentation Errata This section contains errors in the documentation that pertains to the Solaris operating environment on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server OBP Variables Before you perform the boot net command from the OBP prompt ok you must verify that the local mac address variable is set to false which is the factory default If it is set to true you must ensure that this value is an appropriate local configuration Caution If local mac address is set to true it may prevent the domain from successfully booting over the network In a netcon 1M window you can use the following command at the OBP prompt to display the values of the OBP variables Y To Set the local mac address Variable If the variable is set to true use the setenv command to set it to false ok setenv local mac address false Chapter 43 44 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 CHAPTER 5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues AP on Sun Enterprise Servers This section contains the release notes for Alternate Pathing AP 2 2 on all Sun Enterprise servers except the Sun Enterprise 10000 See AP on the Sun Enterprise 10000 for information about the Enterprise 10000 server Note AP 2 2 is the first release of AP that supports Solaris 7 11 99 AP enables you to def
36. ess which requires you to use several sections from different publications You must ensure that you have the following publications before you start the upgrade 25 AN Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware available in printed form in your Solaris 7 11 99 Media Kit Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide available in printed form in your Solaris 7 11 99 Media Kit or in AnswerBook2 format on the Sun Hardware Supplements CD Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing User s Guide available in AnswerBook2 format on the Sun Hardware Supplements CD in your Solaris 7 11 99 Media Kit Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 User s Guide available in AnswerBook2 format from http docs sun com or from your SDS Media Kit Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes available in AnswerBook2 format from http docs sun com or from your SDS Media Kit Caution You must follow the sequence given here to successfully complete the upgrade In general you will perform the following tasks Unconfigure SDS 4 0 or 4 1 Remove AP 2 0 or 2 1 Upgrade to Solaris 7 5 99 Install AP 2 2 Install and reconfigure SDS 4 2 Specifically you must perform the following tasks 1 Read Performing an Upgrade of AP in Alternate Pathing 2 2 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Commit any uncommitted AP metadevices see Step 1 in To Upgrade AP in Alternate Path
37. f this AP does not support the Sun StorEdge A3000 See that product s documentation for more information about its failover support Sun StorEdge A5000 AP supports the Sun StorEdge A5000 for this release Sun StorEdge A7000 AP 2 2 does not support the Sun StorEdge A7000 for this release Software Compatibility The following figures show the possible combinations of SSP AP and Solaris software you can install on a Sun Enterprise server Note that the Sun Enterprise 10000 can have any combination of domains with the operating environment and software listed on the right of the figures The version of the Solaris operating environment on the SSP and the version on the domain do not need to match Note In the following figures base only means no AP and no DR unless otherwise noted Mainly base only refers to a domain that has only the Solaris operating environment installed In addition some of the scenarios below are possible only if you install a patch or a set of patches on the SSP or on the domain For more information about what patch or patches refer to the patch descriptions at http sunsolve sun com 28 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 SSP SSP 3 0 AP 2 0 Solaris 2 5 1 Up to five domains running e Solaris 2 5 1 with or without AP 2 0 and DR FIGURE 4 1 SSP 3 0 AP 2 0 and Solaris 2 5 1 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Up to eight domains running S
38. ine and control alternate physical paths to peripheral devices adding increased availability and a level of fault recovery to your server If a physical path to a device becomes unavailable an alternate path can be used For more information see the Sun Enterprise Server AP User s Guide in the Solaris 7 11 99 on Sun Hardware Collection AnswerBook2 Note At the time of this printing AP 2 2 Beta is not compatible with any version of Sun Enterprise Volume Manager SEVM 45 Installation Issues If you are upgrading from Solaris 2 6 to Solaris 7 11 99 and have AP 2 1 and Solstice DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 SDS on your system you must upgrade to AP 2 2 and SDS 4 2 This section contains an overview of the entire process which requires you to use several sections from different publications You should ensure that you have the following publications before you start the upgrade Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware available in printed form in your Solaris 7 11 99 Media Kit Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide available in printed form in your Solaris 7 11 99 Media Kit or in AnswerBook2 format on the Sun Hardware Supplements CD Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing User s Guide available in AnswerBook2 format on the Sun Hardware Supplements CD in your Solaris 7 11 99 Media Kit Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 User s Guide available in AnswerBook2 format from http docs sun com or from your SDS
39. ing 2 2 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Deconfigure SDS see steps 1 through 8 in How to Convert to DiskSuite 4 2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 in the Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes Caution Do not install Solaris 7 11 99 at this time 4 Perform steps 3 through 5 in To Upgrade AP in Alternate Pathing 2 2 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide Note For this release you must remove the SUNWapap package as part of Step 3a in To Upgrade AP in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide 26 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 5 Upgrade to Solaris 7 11 99 see Step 6 in To Upgrade AP in Alternate Pathing 2 2 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide 6 Follow steps 6 through 9 in To Upgrade AP in Alternate Pathing 2 2 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide 7 Install SDS 4 2 then restore it see Step 10 in To Upgrade AP in Alternate Pathing 2 2 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 in the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide and steps 10 through 16 in How to Convert to DiskSuite 4 2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4 0 or 4 1 in Chapter 1 of the Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 Installation and Product Notes
40. ing a test session is not recommended because the previous system and test status will be reset The SunVTS User Interface Disappears 4122829 In some cases the SunVTS user interface disappears during a SunVTS test session The SunVTS kernel is still active and the test session may continue to run Workaround Restart the SunVTS user interface For example starting the SunVTS CDE user interface opt SUNWvts bin vtsui Chapter 3 Open Issues 15 Some Devices Not Displayed Under Physical Mapping 4228489 Certain devices that appear under logical mapping are not displayed under physical mapping therefore these devices are not selectable for testing Workaround Use logical mapping for testing such devices The enatest and socaltest Cannot Run at the Same Time 4065417 When the SunVTS enatest is run concurrently with the socaltest the enatest may fail Workaround Do not select socaltest when enatest is selected and vice versa The socaltest FATAL Failed ioctl FCIO_DIAG_XRAM 4065420 When the SunVTS socaltest is run concurrently with disktest the socaltest may fail Workaround Do not select socaltest when disktest is selected and vice versa The socaltest Can Fail Under Heavy System Load 4213518 Running socaltest with heavy system load might cause resource limitations that cause this test to fail Workaround Do not run socaltest with a large number of instances and concurrency 16 Solaris 7 11 99
41. iskless Clients 4144414 Sun4d diskless clients cannot be booted using SunFDDI adapters FDDI S 6 0 or FDDI P 2 0 installed in servers running the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment If you intend using a Sun4d as a diskless client deploy it in an ethernet section of your network Serial Parallel Controller Driver Does Not Support Dynamic Reconfiguration 4177805 ISDN Supported in 32 bit Mode Only ISDN does not support the Power Management suspend and resume features 10 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 SunScreen SKIP 1 1 1 Not Supported in Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment If you have the SunScreen SKIP 1 1 1 software currently installed on your system you should remove the SKIP packages before installing or upgrading to the Solaris 7 operating environment The packages you should remove are SICGbdcdr SICGc3des SICGcdes SICGerc2 SICGerc4 SICGcsafe SICGes SICGkdsup SICGkeymg SICGkisup Solstice SYMON Not Supported in Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment If you have Solstice SyMON currently installed on your system you should remove the SYMON packages before installing or upgrading to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment The packages you should remove are n U EEEN EEEE EEHEHE E ANNNNNANNNN NN C Wsyc Wsye Wsym Wsyrt Wsys Wsyu Wsyua Wsyub Wsyuc Wsyud Wsyue Wsyuf Chapter 3 Open Issues 11 ShowMe
42. issues known bugs patches and notes about the Solaris 7 11 99 release on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server General Issues Upgrades from Solaris 2 3 or Solaris 2 4 to Solaris 7 11 99 are not supported Note Before beginning the fresh install or upgrade procedures for the Solaris operating environment on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server you must install the SSP patches described in the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Installation Guide and Release Notes unless you have upgraded the SSP operating environment to SSP 3 1 1 or SSP 3 2 Solaris 7 11 99 and Boot Disk Partition Sizes If you are upgrading the operating environment from Solaris 2 6 to Solaris 7 11 99 and if you used the partition layout suggested in the SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2 6 the partitions may not be large enough for the upgrade For instance the usr partition must be at least 653 megabytes If usr is smaller than the size needed to perform the upgrade suninstall uses the dynamic space reallocation DSR mode to reallocate the space of the disk partitions DSR may calculate a partition layout which is not acceptable for some systems For instance DSR may select partitions that appear to DSR as being unused non UFS partitions which may contain raw data or other types of file systems If DSR selects a used partition data loss may occur Therefore you must know the current status of the partitions DSR wants to use before you allow DSR to continue with the
43. large system the quiesce test command cfgadm x quiesce test sysctr10 slotnumber may run as long as a minute or so During this time no messages are displayed if cfgadm does not find incompatible drivers This is normal behavior 52 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Disabled Board List If a board is on the disabled board list an attempt to connect the board may produce an error message cfgadm c connect sysctr10 slotnumber cfgadm Hardware specific failure connect failed board is disabled must override with f o enable at boot To override the disabled condition use the force flag or the enable option o enable at boot with the cfgadm command cfgadm f c connect sysctrl0 slotnumber cfgadm o enable at boot c connect sysctrl0 slotnumber To remove all boards from the disabled board list set the disabled board list variable to a null set with the system command eeprom disabled board list If you are at the OpenBoot prompt use this OBP command instead to remove all boards from the disabled board list OK set default disabled board list For further information about the disabled board list setting refer to the section Specific NVRAM Variables in the Platform Notes Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 and 6x00 Systems part number 805 4454 Disabled Memory List For information about the OBP disabled memory list setting r
44. m at the OK prompt a To avoid the problem before it occurs set the NVRAM memory interleav property to max This causes memory to be interleaved whenever the system is booted However you may find this option to be unacceptable as a memory board containing interleaved memory cannot be dynamically unconfigured See DR Cannot Unconfigure a CPU Memory Board That Has Interleaved Memory Bug ID 4210234 on page 56 vmstat Output Is Incorrect After Configuring Processors Bug ID 4159024 Category Bug Chapter 5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues 55 vmstat shows an unusually high number of interrupts after configuring CPUs With vmstat in the background the interrupt field becomes abnormally large but this does not indicate a problem exists In the last row in the example below the interrupts in column has a value of 4294967216 procs memory page disk faults cpu rbw swap free re mf pi po fr de sr s6 s9 sl in sy cs us sy id O 0 0 437208 146424 0 11 Ap vQ VOU 07 20 9 was Or O 50 65 79 0 1 99 0 O O 413864 111056 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198 137 214 0 3 97 0 O 0 413864 111056 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 286 101 200 0 3 97 O O 0 413864 111072 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 O 4294967216 43 68 0 0 100 Workaround Restart vmstat POST System Board Status Displays Only 1 of the 2 Failing CPUs Bug ID 4200513 Category Bug If two CPUs on a single board fail before reporting to the master CPU the P
45. more details a Remove the unbundled product prior to upgrading to the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment For additional information contact the supplier of the unbundled product or your service provider or go to http sunsolve sun com sunsolve pubpatches patches html 2 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Documents on the Software Supplement for the Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment for Sun Computer Systems CD Table 1 1 lists the documents available on the Supplement CD TABLE 1 1 Path Documents on the Supplement CD Comment Docs HWPG EOS html Docs HWPG HWPG_en ps Docs ShowMeTV1 3 UserGuide UG_en ps Docs README_en html Docs E10K_SunFDDI SunFDDI6e10k ps Docs SSP3 2 ENTSSPREFMAN ps Docs SSP3 2 SSPinstall ps Docs SSP3 2 ssp ps Docs SunForum2 0 UserGuide SunForumUserGuide ps List of future end of support peripheral products Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide ShowMe TV 1 3 User s Guide Readme file for Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD Information on using SunFDDI 6 0 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 system Man pages for SSP 3 2 Installation manual for SSP 3 2 User manual for SSP 3 2 User guide for SunForum 2 0 Note The _en indicates an English language document Other languages may be indicated depending on locale The Supplement CD also contains other documentation in AnswerBook packages and i
46. n man page packages The documentation in AnswerBook packages can only be read through the AnswerBook2 server software provided on the Solaris Documentation CD Documents in the man page packages can only be read through the man command Refer to the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide for details on installing these packages from the Supplement CD Chapter 1 Late Breaking News 3 4 Flash PROM Update for 64 bit Operations Some sun4u systems need to be updated to a higher level of OpenBoot firmware in the flash PROM before they can run the 64 bit mode of the Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment Systems that can only run the 32 bit mode such as those in the sun4c sun4d and sun4m platform groups do not require updated firmware to run Solaris 7 11 99 software The only systems that may require this flash PROM update are the following m Ultra 1 a Ultra 2 m Ultra 450 and Sun Enterprise 450 m Sun Enterprise 3000 4000 5000 and 6000 systems See the Solaris 7 11 99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide for instructions for determining whether your system needs a flash PROM update and for instructions on performing that update For the Ultra and Ultra 2 systems an antistatic wrist strap may be required for the update If you need a wriststrap send e mail to strap eng sun com Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD This CD provides video clips that illustrate how to perform steps involving hardware that are part of
47. n_msgwait_cfg 1 300 40 idn_msgwait_cmd 1 300 40 idn_msgwait_con 1 300 20 idn_msgwait_nego 1 300 20 idn_netsvr_spin_count 0 10000 500 idn_netsvr_wait_min 0 3000 40 idn conf 4 File Parameters Some of the parameter descriptions in Configuring InterDomain Networks in the Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User Guide state that the parameter can be changed at any time or that the domain must be unlinked from the IDN before the parameter can be changed This information is incorrect All idn conf 4 file parameters can be changed while the domain is linked to the IDN however the domain must be rebooted before the values take affect The value of the idn_smr_bufsize parameter must be a power of two The idn conf 4 file parameter table includes the idn_modunloadable parameter This parameter is an ndd 1M parameter It is not an idn conf 4 parameter 40 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 The description of the idn conf 4 parameter idn_smr_size is incorrect The description should state that the size of the shared memory region SMR is limited by the value of the OBP variable idn smr size The size of the SMR is determined by the minimum value of the idn smr size variable and by the minimum value of the idn_smr_size parameter If idn smr size is set to zero the OBP variable overrides the value of the idn conf 4 parameter Solaris Operating Environment This section contains general
48. nner 16 slot Sun I O Type 1 FCODE 1 8 22 1999 xx xx 19 26 iPOST 3 4 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 1 0 Type 1 FCODE 1 8 22 1999 xx xx 19 26 iPOST 3 4 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 1 0 Type 4 FCODE 1 8 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 iPOST 3 4 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 CPU Memory OBP 3 2 22 1999 xx xx 19 27 POST 3 9 22 1999 xx xx 19 31 Enterprise E6500 OpenBoot 3 2 22 4672 MB memory installed Serial xxxxxxxx Ethernet address 8 0 xx xx xx xx Host ID xxxxxxxx PROM Updates for CPU and I O Boards Users of Solaris 7 11 99 software who wish to use dynamic reconfiguration must be running CPU PROM version 3 2 22 firmware patch ID 103346 xx or later This firmware is available from the web site See How To Obtain Firmware on page 51 Older versions of the CPU PROM may display the following message during boot Firmware does not support Dynamic Reconfiguration Caution CPU PROM 3 2 16 and earlier versions do not display this messag
49. of One Causes Panic 4275051 Setting the idn conf 4 parameter idn_protocol_nservers to one can cause the domain to panic The idn conf 4 parameters are initialized when the domain is rebooted and the IDN driver is loaded If the domain panics the event detector daemon reboots the domain and the domain panics again causing an unrecoverable error Workaround Do not set this parameter to one If this error occurs reboot the domain to single user mode and remove the etc hostname idnX file to prevent the IDN driver from being automatically loaded at reboot Remote Domain Reporting Master Domain Without CPU ID 4275420 Certain combinations of CPU IDs and domain IDs in a domain responding to a connect request can cause incorrect information being sent in the connect request Workaround None 38 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 IDN Driver Does Not Implement MIB II Kernel Statistics 4276084 The IDN driver does not implement MIB II kernel statistics for this release Thus network management tools that display MIB II kernel statistics will not be able to display statistics about IDNs Workaround No workaround exists for this bug It will not be fixed in this release Setting idn_msgwait_nego to the Minimum Value 1 Second Can Cause IDN Operations to Fail 4277617 Setting the idn conf 4 parameter idn_msgwait_nego to 1 second can cause IDN operations to fail The idn conf 4 parameters
50. ory where SunVTS is installed SunVTS will be installed in opt Workaround Use the pkgadd a none command to install SunVTS in the directory of your choice as described in the SunVTS 3 4 User s Guide Chapter 3 Open Issues 13 Running SunVTS Online Diagnostics Through Sun Enterprise SYMON The SunVTS 3 4 online diagnostics feature SUNWodu is not accessible through the SyMON interface Instead you can start SunVTS so it will run safely in an online environment by using the vtsui online command For example opt SUNWvts bin vtsui online h hostname For more information about running SunVTS software in an online or offline environment refer to the SunVTS 3 4 User s Guide StorEdge A5XXX Device Group Changes As of SunVTS 3 3 the way that StorEdge A5XXX devices are grouped in the SunVTS System Map for logical mapping changed Prior to version 3 3 the enclosure was grouped under the SENA n group and the disks were grouped under the SCSI Devices group Now the enclosure and disks are both grouped under the StorEdge A5XXX_enclosure_name group Disk Test disktest Mounting Issues As of SunVTS 3 0 software SunVTS disktest by default does not mount any mountable partitions To have SunVTS software mount all partitions that contain a file system set the environment variable BYPASS_FS_PROBE to 0 zero then start SunVTS software For more details refer to the disktest chapter in the SunVTS 3 4 Test Reference M
51. ou marques de service de Sun Microsystems Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilis es sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits portant les marques SPARC sont bas s sur une architecture d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc Netscape Navigator et Communicator sont des marques de Netscape Communications Corporation OpenGL est une marque d pos e de Silicon Graphics Inc TotalNet Advanced Server est une marque de Syntax Inc La notice suivante est applicable 4 SunForum 3 0 Copyright DATA CONNECTION LIMITED 1999 Copyright TELES AG 1999 DATA CONNECTION est une marque d pos e de DATA CONNECTION LIMITED aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays L interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et Sun a t d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc pour ses utilisateurs et licenci s Sun reconna t les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le d veloppement du concept des interfaces d utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l industrie de l informatique Sun d tient une licence non exclusive de Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci s de Sun qui mettent en place l interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences crites de Sun CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE EN L ETAT ET AUCUNE GARAN
52. owest numbered system Chapter 31 board If you have this requirement you can apply Patch 105873 08 as a minimum level on the SSP to change the location of the cage Refer to the Patch README file for instructions on how to install the patch You can obtain the patch from http sunsolve corp sun com or from your local service provider DR and Tape Drives For Solaris 7 11 99 the st driver which has been considered DR unsafe in the past is now DR safe The driver now waits for existing I O requests to complete before the drive is suspended DR and SunFDDI If your Sun Enterprise 10000 server contains any SunFDDI SBus Adapter 5 0 interfaces and you plan to use DR you must install Sun Patch 104572 05 or the highest revision level available You can obtain this patch at the following Web site m http sunsolve corp sun com DR and the Sun StorEdge A3000 Dynamic Reconfiguration of Sun StorEdge A3000 arrays on the Sun Enterprise 10000 running Solaris 2 6 requires RAID Manager 6 01 00 or later for correct operation DR and the Sun StorEdge A5000 DR will be supported on systems configured with Sun StorEdge A5000 devices and the latest StorEdge A5000 patch Contact your service provider for more information on how to obtain the patch For I O boards connected to the A5000 you must ensure that the FC AL disk firmware version is ST19171FC 0413 or newer version For more information refer to the following Web site
53. reallocation of the disk partitions Chapter 41 After DSR presents an acceptable layout and you choose to proceed with the reallocation DSR will adjust the affected file systems and the upgrade will continue However if you cannot constrain the layout so that it is acceptable for your needs then you may need to manually repartition the boot device or you may have to perform a fresh install Solaris 7 11 99 and Driver Variables For Solaris 7 11 99 you must enable the soc and pln drivers in etc system before you attempt to detach a system board that hosts these drivers Use the following syntax to enable the drivers set pln pln_enable_detach_suspend 1 set pln pln_enable_detach_suspend 1 SunFDDI SunFDDI is not supported on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server SunATM 4 0 Update 1 SunATM 4 0 Update 1 is not supported on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server Known Bugs This section contains the bugs known to exist in the Solaris 7 11 99 release 4231845 Cannot Detach System Board if the in rarpd Daemon is Running and rplboot Exists For Solaris 7 11 99 Beta the gec and ge drivers are not compatible with DR or AP 2 2 Workaround None 42 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 AN Fixed Bugs This section lists important bugs that have been fixed Minor bugs are not included Each entry includes a 7 digit BugID assigned by Sun to aid in bug tracking and a one line d
54. resent in an Enterprise 10000 domain If you have dynamically reconfigured the devices so that they are no longer present the Symbios managed device tree and the Solaris managed device tree can become inconsistent Workaround You must obtain the proper patch from SunSolve or from your service representative This patch contains fixes that ensure persistent node names under the Solaris operating environment when StorEdge A3000 devices are dynamically reconfigured out of a given Enterprise 10000 domain The patch ensures that when the same array is brought back into the domain it inherits the same node name it originally had thereby maintaining data availability without having to modify system mount points or user application configurations You must ensure that you do not perform reconfiguration reboot operations boot r in a domain when A3000 devices are present on the system boards DR Operation Fails Due to an Incompatibility with the DMP Feature in SEVM 4215683 DR and the DMP feature in Sun Enterprise Volume Manager SEVM are not compatible If any disks are under DMP control they cannot be detached Workaround None Cannot Drain and or Detach Sun Enterprise Server System Boards that Host QFE Cards 4231845 The configuration of a boot server for Solaris 2 5 1 based x86 clients results in the execution of rpld daemons These daemons maintain an active open reference to all network devices whether or not such devices are in use
55. se 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 systems running update Solaris 7 11 99 For more information on Sun Enterprise Server Dynamic Reconfiguration refer to the Dynamic Reconfiguration User s Guide for Sun Enterprise 3x00 4x00 5x00 6x00 Systems The 11 99 update includes support for CPU Memory boards on Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 systems Supported Hardware Before proceeding ensure the system supports dynamic reconfiguration If you see the following message on your console or in your console logs the hardware is of an older design and not suitable for dynamic reconfiguration Hot Plug not supported in this system Supported I O boards are listed in the Solaris 7 11 99 section on the web site http sunsolve5 sun com sunsolve Enterprise dr I O board type 2 graphics type 3 PCI and type 5 graphics and SOC are not currently supported Firmware Notes FC AL Disk Arrays or Internal Drives For Sun StorEdge A5000 disk arrays or for internal FC AL disks in the Sun Enterprise 3500 system the firmware version must be ST19171FC 0413 or later For more information refer to the Solaris 7 11 99 section at the web site http sunsolve5 sun com sunsolve Enterprise dr Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 ok version Slot O0 Slot 1 SLOEY 2 Slot 3 s Slot 4 Slot y Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 9 Slot 11 Slot 12 Slot 14 ok ba
56. sing the Prestoserve patch contact your authorized Sun support provider If you edit the etc system file as described above you do not need the Prestoserve patch To Install the Prestoserve Patch on an Ultra 2 System If you installed the Prestoserve 2 4 2 software and are using an Ultra 2 platform 200MHz or 300MHz you must take the following steps to provide compatibility Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 1 Edit the etc systen file by adding the following information set fas fas enable sbus64 0 2 Reboot your system 3 Use pkgadd to add the SUNWprsto package 4 Add the Prestoserve patch 103043 08 Note If the above steps are not followed your Ultra 2 system may panic Booting From Partitions Greater Than 2 Gbytes 1234177 Due to PROM limitations all sun4c sun4d and sun4m architectures will not boot from partitions greater than 2 Gbytes These systems will fail with the following message bootblk can t find the boot program Note All sun4u architectures support booting from larger partitions One related bug 4023466 reports a problem with re preinstall where the boot image for large disks creates root partitions greater than 2 Gbytes System administrators are cautioned not to use re preinstall on sund4c sun4d and sun4m systems with large root disks 4 Gbytes and greater Chapter 3 Open Issues 9 SunFDDI Adapters Cannot Boot Sun4d D
57. stab 4136249 I O s to SEVM RAID volumes hang after AP autofailover 4141438 mhme interface hangs under heavy use of network 4143514 FDDI with AP hangs with heavy use of network 4147674 AP causes ifconfig to hang on a mutex 4153152 apconfig works as an ordinary user 4161396 AP 2 x needs capability to work with GEM 4163270 netstat of network ap network meta interface shows no tallies 4166620 snoop of AP meta network interface stops snooping after switch 4170818 If you run the lt callouts nadb macro or fm2 s callout ts command you see thousands of qenable timeouts in the timeshare callout table 4180055 Accessing an AP d metadisk with a failed active alternate panics 4180702 Messages from swap c are not internationalized 4183581 apboot disk causes coredump when disk is the same as the current boot disk 4185154 GigabitEnthernet stress test hangs 4188418 It is possible for a hard disk error to go undetected by Veritas SEVM 4195441 AP2 0 ap_daemon doesn t communicate with AP2 2 4226867 ap_reboot_host fails for photon in mixed AP versions 4228731 Non existent network interfaces not marked as detached after reboot 30 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Dynamic Reconfiguration Release notes and other technical information in this section apply only to the Solaris 7 11 99 version of Sun Enterprise 1000
58. t opt directory Known Bugs Backdrop image is not displayed in PowerPoint97 document 4159447 Cannot display nonstandard fonts in PowerPoint97 4159448 Excel graph table in PowerPoint97 document is not displayed 4159449 Can not display scaled font colored text italic underlined text in PowerPoint97 4159450 4159451 4159452 Copy and Paste of certain files into a text editor results in asterisks instead of actual text 4165089 m Searching does not work for multibyte tch ko in PC file viewer 4151774 a Wrong string is reversed in PC file viewer search on Japanese locales 4171815 Cannot display TCH Word95 saved in Word97 or PowerPoint97 formats in zh TW BIG5 locale 4150413 Sun Remote System Control RSC Release Notes What s New in This Version This version of Sun Remote System Control RSC includes bug fixes and a new environment variable tpe_link_test In addition the RSC device Internet address has been added to email and pager alert messages 18 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 If you have already installed a previous version of Remote System Control back up your RSC configuration before installing this version following the directions in Chapter 2 of the RSC User s Guide and then restore them after installation when you run the RSC configuration script The tpe_link_test variable enables 10BASE T Ethernet link integrity tests when set to true
59. t can affect the performance and behavior of the IDN You must ensure that the values of the parameters are within the allowed ranges of the values Refer to the Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User Guide in the SSP 3 2 AnswerBook2 collection for more information about the idn conf 4 parameters Caution Values outside of the allowed range can result in panics occurring on the domain after the domain is rebooted If the domain panics the event detector daemon detects the panic and reboots the domain causing the domain to panic again Thus the domain cannot be rebooted if the idn conf 4 file contains an incorrect value Sun Microsystems suggests that any etc hostname idnX file be removed to prevent automatic loading of the IDN driver upon reboot 36 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 OpenBoot PROM Be aware of the following issues with the idn smr size variable and with breaking to the OpenBoot PROM OBP prompt on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server idn smr size Variable The OBP variable for the IDN feature idn smr size is present in Solaris 2 6 If Solaris 2 6 is installed on a domain do not set the value to any other value other than zero the default value The IDN feature is not supported in the Solaris 2 6 operating environment OBP Environment Before you break to the OBP prompt unlink the domain from its IDN by using the domain_unlink 1M command Do not break
60. th your modem for more details Copyright Notices The following copyright information may not have been included in the appropriate documents SunForum 2 0 Notices 1 Copyright Data Connection Limited 1999 Data Connection is a registered trademark of Data Connection Limited in the US and other countries 2 Copyright Teles Ag 1999 Chapter 3 Open Issues 21 22 ShowMe TV 1 3 Notices Copyright 1993 1994 The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Tous droits re serve s Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement This product includes software developed by the University of California Berkeley and the Network Research Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 4 Neither the name of the University nor of the Laboratory may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission Copyright 1990 1993 GROUP
61. the default If you are using RSC in a hub that does not support Ethernet link integrity tests or that has them disabled set this variable to false Changes to this variable take effect after the next RSC reset The tpe_link_test variable behaves similarly to the tpe link test OBP environment variable which is available on some SPARC platforms RSC and the local hub should have Ethernet link integrity tests enabled or disabled consistently If this setting is not consistent communication may not be possible Hardware and Software Configurations Supported for RSC Supported Server Sun Enterprise 250 server only running the Solaris 7 or Solaris 2 6 5 98 operating environment The Sun Enterprise 250 flash PROM must be updated to version 3 7 7 or later before installing the RSC software Failing to do so may cause server and RSC malfunctions For update instructions and a downloadable image see the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement Web page at http sunsolve2 Sun COM sunsolve E250 flash html If you install RSC from the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement CD you can update the flash PROM as part of the installation process Supported GUI Clients Sun JDK version 1 1 6 or a subsequent compatible version is required for GUI support on systems running the Solaris operating environment and is included in the base Solaris 7 operating environment and the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement CD Supported CLI Clients m ASCII character terminals m
62. the procedures for updating the Flash PROM on some sun4u systems The video clips on this CD can be accessed several ways Some software products are present on this CD to facilitate viewing of the videos directly from the CD Do not use the AnswerBook2 server software or the ShowMe TV software on this CD to install these products permanently on a system Instead use the Solaris 7 11 99 Documentation CD to install AnswerBook2 server software and use the Supplement CD to install ShowMe TV software Note The video clips on the Flash PROM Update Multimedia AnswerBook CD have English language audio tracks The volume level for the audio tracks is set to minimum If you want to hear the English language audio track you must adjust the audio level Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 CHAPTER 2 End of Support Products This chapter contains a list of the end of support products for the Solaris 7 release including the Solaris 7 11 99 release End of Support Products The following hardware and software products are no longer supported in this Solaris 7 11 99 release For more information contact your authorized Sun support provider Network Devices BEC Device and be Driver The BEC device and be driver are not supported in the Solaris 7 11 99 release Graphics Devices Discontinued Frame Buffers The following frame buffers are not supported in the Solaris 7 11 99 release MGI
63. vice entry in etc vfstab 4136249 I O s to SEVM RAID volumes hang after AP autofailover 4141438 mhme interface hangs under heavy use of network 4143514 FDDI with AP hangs with heavy use of network 4147674 AP causes ifconfig to hang on a mutex 4153152 apconfig works as an ordinary user 4161396 AP 2 x needs capability to work with GEM 4163270 netstat of network ap network meta interface shows no tallies 4166620 snoop of AP meta network interface stops snooping after switch 4170818 If you run the lt callouts nadb macro or fm2 s callout ts command you see thousands of qenable timeouts in the timeshare callout table 4180055 Accessing an AP d metadisk with a failed active alternate panics 4180702 Messages from swap c are not internationalized 4183581 apboot disk causes coredump when disk is the same as the current boot disk 4185154 AP GigabitEthernet stress test hands 4188418 It is possible for a hard disk error to go undetected by Veritas SEVM 4195441 AP2 0 ap_daemon doesn t communicate with AP2 2 4228731 Non existent network interfaces not marked as detached after reboot Chapter5 Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems Open Issues 49 50 Dynamic Reconfiguration of Sun Enterprise 6x00 5x00 4x00 and 3x00 Systems These release notes provide the latest information on Dynamic Reconfiguration DR functionality for Sun Enterpri
64. vision level that was tested unless a higher revision level exists In addition you must install all of the available patches for these devices Refer to http www sunsolve sun com for more information about the patches Sun StorEdge A3000 The Sun StorEdge A3000 supports failover capabilities that are similar to those provided by AP Because of this AP does not support the Sun StorEdge A3000 See that product s documentation for more information about its failover support Sun StorEdge A5000 AP supports the Sun StorEdge A5000 for this release Sun StorEdge A7000 AP 2 2 does not support the Sun StorEdge A7000 for this release Software Compatibility The following lists includes the possible combinations of AP and Solaris software you can install on a Sun Enterprise server m Solaris 2 6 5 98 with AP 2 1 and DR m Solaris 7 with AP 2 2 and DR m Solaris 7 11 99 with AP 2 2 and DR Known Bugs The following bugs are no known bugs in this version of AP 2 2 48 Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 Fixed Bugs This section contains the synopses and Sun BugID number of the more important bugs that have been fixed since the AP 2 1 release Solaris 2 6 5 98 This list does not include all of the fixed bugs 4126743 AP disk autofailover hangs on simultaneous multi pathgroup failures this bug was fixed by BugID 4136249 4126897 Domain panics when there are no AP database and metade
65. ynamic Reconfiguration 4177805 10 ISDN Supported in 32 bit Mode Only 10 SunScreen SKIP 1 1 1 Not Supported in Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment 11 Solstice SYMON Not Supported in Solaris 7 11 99 Operating Environment 11 ShowMe TV 1 3 Known Problems 12 Software 12 SunVTS 3 4 Issues 12 New Features for This Release 12 SunVTS OPEN LOOK User Interface Support 13 Possible Installation Problems 13 Running SunVTS Online Diagnostics Through Sun Enterprise SYMON 14 StorEdge A5XXX Device Group Changes 14 Disk Test disktest Mounting Issues 14 Disk Test disktest Option File Note 15 Physical Configuration Mapping Support 15 The SunVTS User Interface Disappears 4122829 15 Some Devices Not Displayed Under Physical Mapping 4228489 16 The enatest and socaltest Cannot Run at the Same Time 4065417 16 The socaltest FATAL Failed ioctl FCIO_DIAG_XRAM 4065420 16 iv Solaris 7 11 99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware November 1999 The socaltest Can Fail Under Heavy System Load 4213518 16 dpttest Test 17 PCMCIA Issues 17 If the PC ATA pcata module is modunloaded the system will appear to hang 4096137 17 When Booting Solaris 7 11 99 operating environment initially with 64 bit kernel the device dev term pc0 PC card serial driver may not get created 4162969 17 PC File Viewer Issues 18 Install in the opt Directory 18 Known Bugs 18 Sun Remote System Control RSC Release Notes 18 What s New in This Version 18

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