Sun Fire [TM] V1280/E2900, Netra 1280/1290 ( LW8/Amazon/Everglades ): net1 Onboard Interface fails on boot net1 and test net1 of interface

Asset ID:	1-72-1456194.1
Update Date:	2012-05-08
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Solution 1456194.1 : Sun Fire [TM] V1280/E2900, Netra 1280/1290 ( LW8/Amazon/Everglades ): net1 Onboard Interface fails on boot net1 and test net1 of interface

Applies to:

Sun Fire E2900 Server - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Sun Netra 1280 Server - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Sun Netra 1290 Server - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Sun Fire V1280 Server - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
The EIS recommendation is to set local-mac-address? true
This fix is counter to EIS recommendations.

Symptoms

The systems is showing errors against net1 Onboard Interface.

{0} ok test net1
Register tests: passed
Internal loopback test: Internal loopback packet RX failed
Exiting further tests
ERROR: Selftest failed. Return code = -1

{0} ok boot net1
/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/network@3: 1000 Mbps full duplex link up
TL = 1, TT = 34. ERROR: Alignment Error
TSTATE= 0x1401 [ccr = 0x0, asi = 0x0, pstate = 0x14, cwp = 0x1]
TPC= 00000000f0038348
TNPC= 00000000f003834c
TICK= 8000002b32862ebc, TICKCMP = ffffffffffffffff

Attempting either of these commands using the full path (instead of the net1 alias) also fail the same way

Changes

OBP perameters have been set to EIS recommendations

Cause

local-mac-address? true

Solution

There has been cases where, even if OBP perameters have been set to EIS recommendations, before start shipping FRUs it worth try setting the OBP parameter as follows:

ok setenv local-mac-address? false

and check if this fix the described issue.

See the Sun Fire V1280 / E2900 / N1290 EIS Checklist for reference

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