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Solution Type FAB (standard) Sure Solution 1000141.1 : Northstar Dual GBE -02 cards do not support Solaris netboot on SPARC systems.
PreviouslyPublishedAs 200187 Product Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server Sun Fire T2000 Server Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server Sun Fire T1000 Server Netra T2000 Server Sun Fire V215 Server Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server Sun Fire V245 Server Sun Fire V445 Server Bug Id <SUNBUG: 6549978> Part
Impact Northstar dash 02 Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF and UTP cards do not support network boot of Solaris on SPARC systems. Contributing Factors Northstar dash 02 Dual GBE cards do not support network boot of Solaris on SPARC based systems that use this card. The affected platforms are listed below: Sun Fire V215, V245, V445 Sun Fire T1000, T2000, Netra T2000 Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000 Non-SPARC based systems are not impacted by this issue. Investigation shows current field exposure to be limited to less than 600 cards total for both SPARC and non-SPARC based systems. Symptoms Northstar dash 02 Dual GBE card will not be a bootable device. In cases where there are no other Ethernet interfaces supporting net boot on a SPARC platform, there may be a message saying "incorrect/invalid MAC address". Root Cause Due to a manufacturing process error, Northstar dash 02 Dual GBE cards were built without the SPARC binary image that contains the fcode. Each card that supports network boot has SPARC binaries (called fcode) in a flash on the card to provide the correct MAC address and instructions to initialize the card to the platform in order to download a copy of SPARC Solaris. This fcode is needed before the OS runs and loads a driver for the card. Affected dash 02 inventory in manufacturing and CDPs was purged via StopShip/Purge P001-20407, and Services inventory purged via GSAP 3905. However, a small number of potentially affected Northstar dash 02 Dual GBE cards escaped to the field before the issue was detected. Northstar dash 02 Dual GBE cards were rolled to dash 03 via ECO WO_35692 to fix the issue by including the SPARC (fcode) binaries in the flash memory on the card. Latest Northstar dash 03 Dual GBE cards do not have this issue. Resolution In SPARC-based platforms, if support for network boot of Solaris is required, replace as follows:
Previously Published As 103131 Internal Comments This issue has been evaluated by Operations and Services and determined not to meet FCO criteria as it only impacts SPARC systems requiring network boot support. Non-SPARC based systems are not affected by this issue. Related Information
Internal Contributor/submitter [email protected] Internal Eng Business Unit Group SSG NSN (Netra Systems and Networking) Internal Eng Responsible Engineer [email protected] Internal Services Knowledge Engineer [email protected] Internal Kasp FAB Legacy ID 103131 Internal Sun Alert & FAB Admin Info Critical Category: Significant Change Date: 2007-10-29 Avoidance: Hardware Responsible Manager: [email protected] Original Admin Info: WF - rcvd submission. - Joe 10/24/07 WF - asked submitter if this issue had been evaluated as an FCO since exposure is 600 units. Began draft while awtg answer. - Joe 10/25/07 WF - added Mx0000 OPL servers as affected based on feedback from the Ext Rvw. - Joe 10/26/07 Product_uuid 2eb6b8a2-ce94-11db-9135-080020a9ed93|Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server 41b7bc41-2581-11da-99bc-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire T2000 Server 51e8feab-ce93-11db-9135-080020a9ed93|Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server 79ad78b9-961d-11d9-9adf-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire T1000 Server 7ba6ed6a-ec35-11da-ac3d-080020a9ed93|Netra T2000 Server b8827f5b-e6e5-11da-ac3d-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire V215 Server ba987151-d0cc-11db-9135-080020a9ed93|Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server d468375a-d0d6-11db-9135-080020a9ed93|Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server dd2799dd-e6e5-11da-ac3d-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire V245 Server eb738cf6-d4ad-11da-a742-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire V445 Server Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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