4856440: Require hostid to Be Set From BSC on Solaris x86 B100x and B200x
The value of the hostid for blades that are running Solaris x86 is different from the hostid value programmed into the B1600 chassis for the blade’s physical location. When Solaris x86 is installed for the first time onto a blade, the hostid value is generated by the install process. It is generated as a random unique value, once for the life of the blade. Solaris x86 does not currently support changes to this value under software control. The value is maintained for all subsequent installations of Solaris on the same blade by being stored in an inaccessible location on the hard disk.
If you are replacing a blade, or if you are moving a blade from one slot in the chassis to another, note that the blade does not inherit its hostid from its new physical location in the chassis. (Solaris x86 blades differ in this respect from blades running Linux or SPARC Solaris.)
4945519: Solaris x86 Sometimes Fails to Reboot After Jumpstart Install
During a Jumpstart installation the disk partitioning can get into a state where it causes a validation check to give a false positive. This is indicated by the following WARNING message:
Installing
-Selecting locale
-Selecting all disks
-Configuring boot device
-Creating "maxfree" Solaris fdisk partition (c0d0)
-Using existing Solaris fdisk partition (c0d0)
-Automatically configuring disks for Solaris operating environment
Verifying disk configuration
-WARNING: Change the system’s BIOS default boot device for
rebooting
When this happens the system will not reboot at the end of the Jumpstart installation. However, the error message can be safely ignored and the system simply rebooted.
●Workaround
You can workaround this problem by including the reboot command at the end of the Jumpstart