M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers: Domain Configuration Considerations

Asset ID:	1-71-1432735.1
Update Date:	2012-03-27
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Solution 1432735.1 : M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers: Domain Configuration Considerations

Applies to:

Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later   [Release: N/A and later ]
Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000-64 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000-32 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Device Considerations and setup steps for Mx000 Servers.

Solution

M4000 / M5000

The below table shows which XSB is used with which device. When creating 2 domains on a M4000, the XSB 00-0 would be in one domain and XSB 00-1 will have to be used in the other domain to access an external boot device.

XSB	CPU	Memory Board	I/O
PSB0 ( M4000 / M5000 )
00-0	CPUM#0-CHIP#0	MEMB#0	Disks 0 & 1, DVD/DAT, GbE, IOU#0-PCI#0, IOU#0-PCI#1, IOU#0-PCI#2
00-1	CPUM#0-CHIP#1	MEMB#1	IOU#0-PCI#3, IOU#0-PCI#4
00-2	CPUM#1-CHIP#0	MEMB#2	None
00-3	CPUM#1-CHIP#1	MEMB#3	None
PSB1 ( M5000 Only )
01-0	CPUM#2-CHIP#0	MEMB#4	Disks 2 & 3, GbE, IOU#1-PCI#0, IOU#1-PCI#1, IOU#1-PCI#2
01-1	CPUM#2-CHIP#1	MEMB#5	IOU#1-PCI#3, IOU#1-PCI#4
01-2	CPUM#3-CHIP#0	MEMB#6	None
01-3	CPUM#3-CHIP#1	MEMB#7	None

Creating a single domain on an M4000

Setting up Domain 0

XSCF> setupfru -x 1 sb 0
XSCF> showfru sb 0

Device  Location    XSB Mode        Memory Mirror Mode  
sb      00          Uni             no  
          
XSCF> setdcl -d 0 -a 0=00-0
XSCF> addboard -c assign -d 0 00-0

XSB#00-0 will be assigned to DomainID 0. Continue?[y|n] :y 

XSCF> showdcl -v -d 0
DID   LSB   XSB   Status   No-Mem   No-IO    Float    Cfg-policy
00                Powered Off                         FRU      
      00    00-0           False    False    False 


XSCF> showboards -a
XSB  DID(LSB) Assignment  Pwr  Conn Conf Test    Fault    
---- -------- ----------- ---- ---- ---- ------- -------- 
00-0 00(00)   Assigned    y    y    n    Passed  Normal

Creating two domain on an M4000

Setting up Domain 0

XSCF> setupfru -x 4 sb 0
XSCF> showfru sb 0
Device  Location    XSB Mode        Memory Mirror Mode  
sb      00          Quad            no  

XSCF> setdcl -d 0 -a 0=00-0
XSCF> setdcl -d 0 -a 1=00-2 

XSCF> addboard -c assign -d 0 00-0 00-2
XSB#00-0 will be assigned to DomainID 0. Continue?[y|n] :y
XSB#00-2 will be assigned to DomainID 0. Continue?[y|n] :y 

XSCF> showdcl -v -d 0
DID   LSB   XSB   Status   No-Mem   No-IO    Float    Cfg-policy
00                Powered Off                         FRU      
      00    00-0           False    False    False             
      01    00-2           False    False    False             
...

Setting up Domain 1

XSCF> setdcl -d1 -a 0=00-1
XSCF> setdcl -d1 -a 1=00-3
XSCF> addboard -c assign -d 1 00-1 00-3
XSB#00-1 will be assigned to DomainID 1. Continue?[y|n] :y
XSB#00-3 will be assigned to DomainID 1. Continue?[y|n] :y

XSCF> showdcl -v -d 1
DID   LSB   XSB   Status   No-Mem   No-IO    Float    Cfg-policy
01                Powered Off                         FRU      
      00    00-1           False    False    False             
      01    00-3           False    False    False             
...

XSCF> showboards -a
XSB  DID(LSB) Assignment  Pwr  Conn Conf Test    Fault    
---- -------- ----------- ---- ---- ---- ------- -------- 
00-0 00(00)   Assigned    y    y    n    Passed  Normal   
00-1 01(00)   Assigned    y    y    n    Passed  Normal   
00-2 00(01)   Assigned    y    y    n    Passed  Normal   
00-3 01(01)   Assigned    y    y    n    Passed  Normal

M8000 / M9000

XSB	CPU	Memory	I/O
PSBxx
xx-0	CPUM#0	MEM#00A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#0
		MEM#01A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#1
		MEM#02A,B
		MEM#03A,B
xx-1	CPUM#1	MEM#10A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#2
		MEM#11A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#3
		MEM#12A,B
		MEM#13A,B
xx-2	CPUM#2	MEM#20A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#4
		MEM#21A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#5
		MEM#22A,B
		MEM#23A,B
xx-3	CPUM#3	MEM#30A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#6
		MEM#31A,B	IOU#xx-PCI#7
		MEM#32A,B
		MEM#33A,B

M8000/M9000 IO Rules

NOTE: In order to control the IOU hard disks the IOU has to be fitted with an IOU/A adaptor card in the following slots

Slot 0: control access to DVD/DAT, access to Base IO card's 2 gbe's, and control access to Disks 0 & 1
Slot 1:
Slot 2: control access to DVD/DAT, access to Base IO card's 2 gbe's
Slot 3:
Slot 4: control access to DVD/DAT, access to Base IO card's 2 gbe's, and control access to Disks 2 & 3
Slot 5:
Slot 6: control access to DVD/DAT, access to Base IO card's 2 gbe's
Slot 7:

IObox Link cards should only be installed in the odd numbered slots.

References

See also 1009927.1 Sun SPARC Enterprise Mx000 (OPL) Servers : Configuration Errors
See also 1019113.1 Sun Sparc Enterprise Mx000 (OPL) Servers Memory Configuration Rules

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