| Component |
Tips |
| Ethernet |
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Small number of Northstar Dual GBE -03 cards may fail on certain systems due to defective voltage mux.
Reference FAB 1000525.1.
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Northstar Dual GBE -02 cards do not support Solaris netboot on SPARC systems.
Reference FAB 1000141.1.
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I/O
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Sun External I/O Expansion Unit Fiber Optic Link Card fails after 500 power-on days.
Reference FAB 1019624.1.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Systems not updated to Solaris 10 08/07 and XCP 1061 will not be able to take advantage of
certain platform features, may experience potential performance issues, may experience "disk full"
related reboots on their eXtended System Control Facility Unit (XSCF) which can lead to XSCF replacement,
and may not benefit from bug fixes included in the newer release of software.
Reference FAB 1018991.1.
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Improper ESD grounding procedures creates static charge and induced fault in secondary components during maintenance.
Reference FAB 1021062.1.
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| Power Supply |
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Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 platforms manufactured prior to week 33 of 2007 may have
insufficiently threaded shoulder screws on the connector of the power supply backplane (PSUBP).
This could result in the loss of a power supply.
Reference FAB 1018989.1.
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| eXtended System Control Facility (XSCF) |
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Active replacement of XSCF Unit on Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 can lead to unit fault.
Reference FAB 1019336.1.
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| (XSBU) Boards |
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FCO A0310-1: Sun SPARC M9000-64 XBU boards may fail because of an inadequate clock connector design. [ID 1280772.1].
Reference FAB 1280772.1.
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