Sun Microsystems B1600, B100X, AND B100S, B200X BLADE manual Sparc Solaris

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3.1

Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade 3–1

 

3.1.1

Solaris x86 Drivers and Documentation 3–2

 

3.1.2

Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process 3–3

3.2

Applying Mandatory Software Patches to the Solaris x86 Install Image 3–

 

3

 

3.2.1Downloading the B100x/B200x Mandatory Software for the

Network Install Server 3–4

3.2.2 Creating a Network Install Server 3–6

3.3Issues Affecting B100x and B200x Server Blades That are Running Solaris x86 3–8

3.3.1Issues for Which You Must Apply a Workaround or Perform an Operational Procedure 3–8

3.3.2 Error Messages That Can be Safely Ignored 3–13

3.3.3Other Issues 3–16

4.SPARC Solaris 4–1

4.1

Installing SPARC Solaris Onto a B100s Server Blade 4–2

4.2

B100s (SPARC Solaris) Server Blade Issues 4–2

5.System Controller 5–1

5.1

Upgrading the System Controller (SC) Firmware 5–2

 

5.2

What To Do If You Lose Your Password for the System Controller

5–2

5.3

System Controller Software Issues

5–4

 

 

 

5.3.1 System Controller Firmware 1.2

5–4

 

 

5.3.2 System Controller Firmware 1.1

5–4

 

 

5.3.3 System Controller Firmware 1.0

5–6

 

6. The System Chassis’s Integrated Switch

6–1

 

 

6.1

Switch Firmware Issues 6–2

 

 

 

6.2

Issues Affecting the Web Graphical User Interface to the Switch

6–8

6.3The Term “Trunk” Meaning Either an Aggregated Link Or a Tagged VLAN Connection 6–10

iv Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004

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Contents Page Page Contents Sparc Solaris Contents Page Documentation and Miscellaneous Information Upgrading the Bios on a B200x Server Blade Before Installing Solaris x86 Onto a BladeUsing N1 Provisioning Software Miscellaneous InformationUsing the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade Downloading New Firmware for Chassis ComponentsDocumentation in this Release Documentation Errata Page Linux Installing Linux Onto a B100x or B200x Blade Upgrading the Bios on B200x Server Blades To Upgrade the BiosBlade prompt returns when the update is complete B100x and B200x Linux Server Blade Issues Issues Affecting the B200x Server Blade OnlyIssues Affecting the B100x Server Blade Only Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade SolarisSolaris x86 Drivers and Documentation Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process # mkdir -m 755 /var/tmp/blades Proceed to Creating a Network Install Server on Creating a Network Install Server # ./modifyinstallserver -d installdirpath Page Need Support for Soft Poweroff in Solaris Workaround Workaround Page Error Messages That Can be Safely Ignored Consconfig complains on servers with no frame bufferPage Solaris x86 Other Issues Acpi Resource Conflicts Unnecessarily Reported1The Network Interfaces on a B200x Blade Base MAC + 1, snet1 Solaris x86 Page Sparc Solaris Installing Sparc Solaris Onto a B100s Server Blade B100s Sparc Solaris Server Blade Issues# share -F nfs /cdrom/solaris8hw1202suppcd Installation of SUNWidecr failed System Controller Upgrading the System Controller SC Firmware Set up a new user name and password for yourself System Controller Software Issues System Controller FirmwareScreset -x -y sn Scremovefru -y psn scpoweron psn System Chassis’s Integrated Switch Switch Firmware Issues Console#configure Consoleconfig#vlan database Consoleconfig#no vlan vlanid System Chassis’s Integrated Switch Page Console#configure Page Consoleconfig#no bridge-ext gvrp Aggregated Links Switch-to-switch Tagged Vlan Trunk Connections Setting up a Tagged Vlan Trunk With Cisco Switches