Sun Fire[TM] System Controller: Warning Message Appears After the CP1500 Board Replacement

Asset ID:	1-72-1006217.1
Update Date:	2012-07-30
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Solution 1006217.1 : Sun Fire[TM] System Controller: Warning Message Appears After the CP1500 Board Replacement

Applies to:

Sun Fire 15K Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire 12K Server - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

The following is the Sun Fire[TM] 15K System Controller warning message that appears after a CP1500 board replacement:

May 20 12:30:48 sc0 root: Warning: Unable to detect gchip in system configuration. The S99sms command should only be executed on a Sun Fire 15K System Controller.

Cause

The new SC doesn't have the proper firmware loaded.

Solution

The resolution is to do the following "flashupdate":

root@sc0 # su - sms-svc
sc0:sms-svc:1> cd /opt/SUNWSMS/firmware
sc0:sms-svc:2> ls
SCOBPimg.di  nSSCPOST.di  oSSCPOST.di
sc0:sms-svc:3> flashupdate -f SCOBPimg.di sc0/fp0
Unable to determine local SC number.
Only the local System Control Fproms can be updated.
Do you wish to continue? (yes/no)? yes
Current System Controller FPROM Information
===========================================
ERROR: Invalid FPROM segment at offset 0.
SC Flash Image Information
==========================
Name: SSCOBP-dropins, Version: 1.3
Size: 144, Check Sum: 55375
Date Flashed: 03/09/04
Date Created: 03/09/04
Do you wish to update the SC User FPROM (yes/no)? yes
Update SC at Local SC, FPROM 0 :
Erasing...
Done.
Writing and verifying ...
Done.

sc0:sms-svc:4> ls
SCOBPimg.di  nSSCPOST.di  oSSCPOST.di
sc0:sms-svc:5> flashupdate -f nSSCPOST.di sc0/fp1
Unable to determine local SC number.
Only the local System Control Fproms can be updated.
Do you wish to continue? (yes/no)? yes
Current SC FPROM Information
============================
ERROR: Invalid FPROM segment at offset 0.
SC Flash Image Information
==========================
Name: ExtPOST, Version: 1.24
Size: 210841, Check Sum: 44924
Date Flashed: 03/09/04
Date Created: 03/09/04
Do you wish to update the SC User FPROM (yes/no)? yes
Update SC at Local SC, FPROM 1 :
Erasing...
Done.
Writing and verifying ...
Done.
sc0:sms-svc:6> exit
Reboot the System Controller and verify.

Internal Comments
This procedure has been performed successfully on a customer's site.

Reviewed for currency on 7/27/12

References

<NOTE:1000816.1> - FAB: Standard: Reactive: Firmware upgrade required when replacing the CP1500 CPU on the System Controller of a Sun Fire 15K system.
<NOTE:1001900.1> - Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K: Checking and Updating SC Firmware(FW) Guidelines
@<NOTE:1010734.1> - SunFire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K servers: Installing/Replacing a CP2140 (Othello+) in a SunFire 12K/15K/20K/25K server

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