Sun Fire[TM] v1280 and E2900: Prtdiag failed! General system failure

Asset ID:	1-72-1008035.1
Update Date:	2011-11-18
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Solution 1008035.1 : Sun Fire[TM] v1280 and E2900: Prtdiag failed! General system failure

Applies to:

Sun Fire V1280 Server
Sun Fire E2900 Server
All Platforms

Symptoms

The prtdiag command may fail on Sun Fire[TM] v1280 and E2900 systems running Solaris[TM] 9 or 10 as shown below:

System Configuration: Sun Microsystems  sun4u Sun Fire E2900
System clock frequency: 150 MHZ
Memory size: 49152 Megabytes

======================================= CPUs =======================================
                   E$          CPU                  CPU    Temperature
CPU      Freq      Size        Implementation       Mask    Die   Amb.  Status      Location
-------  --------  ----------  -------------------  -----   ----  ----  ------      --------
  0,512  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     48C   28C  online      SB0/P0
  1,513  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     50C   29C  online      SB0/P1
  2,514  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     48C   27C  online      SB0/P2
  3,515  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     46C   27C  online      SB0/P3
  8,520  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     48C   28C  online      SB2/P0
  9,521  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     50C   29C  online      SB2/P1
 10,522  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     51C   30C  online      SB2/P2
 11,523  1500 MHz  32MB        SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV+   2.2     50C   28C  online      SB2/P3
Prtdiag failed!
General system failure

Cause

If a 4Gigabit/Sec PCI-X Dual FC Host Adapter (Sun part number 375-3294) is installed in this configuration, the prtdiag failure is due to a know bug (6410800).

NOTE: It has also been reported that Single FC Host Adapters in this same configuration can also encounter this problem. See the Sun Oracle System Handbook for a list of fibre channel adaptors and part numbers.

Solution

Bug ID 6410800 is fixed through new Fcode for Qlogic QLA2462-S card, which is available in Patch ID 123305-01 ("qla246x/qle246x pci-x/pci express dual or single 4gbit fc network adapter firmware fcode bios" patch; it delivers FCode 1.17, BIOS 1.15).

Latest release of Fcode patch at time of writing (Nov 2011) is 123305-04, which delivers FCode 2.01 (BIOS 2.02).

Product
Sun Fire V1280 Server
Sun Fire E2900 Server

Internal Section

See Bug ID 6410800 for more details.

Keyword: prtdiag, general system failure, failure, 1280, 2900, lightweight8, LW8

Previously Published As 86403

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