Sun Microsystems B200X BLADE, B1600, B100X, AND B100S Documentation and Miscellaneous Information

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Documentation and Miscellaneous Information

These Product Notes contain important information about this release of the Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis. This is the first release of the product to support Enterprise Linux version 3.0 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, running on B100x and B200x server blades.

This chapter contains the following sections:

■Section 1.1, “Upgrading the BIOS on a B200x Server Blade” on page 1-2

■Section 1.2, “Before Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade” on page 1-2

■Section 1.3, “Miscellaneous Information” on page 1-2

■Section 1.4.1, “Documentation in this Release” on page 1-4

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Contents Page Page Contents Sparc Solaris Contents Page Documentation and Miscellaneous Information Miscellaneous Information Upgrading the Bios on a B200x Server BladeBefore Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade Using N1 Provisioning SoftwareDownloading New Firmware for Chassis Components Using the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing BladeDocumentation in this Release Documentation Errata Page Linux Installing Linux Onto a B100x or B200x Blade To Upgrade the Bios Upgrading the Bios on B200x Server BladesBlade prompt returns when the update is complete Issues Affecting the B200x Server Blade Only B100x and B200x Linux Server Blade IssuesIssues Affecting the B100x Server Blade Only Solaris Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a BladeSolaris 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 Consconfig complains on servers with no frame buffer Error Messages That Can be Safely IgnoredPage Solaris x86 Acpi Resource Conflicts Unnecessarily Reported Other Issues1The Network Interfaces on a B200x Blade Base MAC + 1, snet1 Solaris x86 Page Sparc Solaris B100s Sparc Solaris Server Blade Issues Installing Sparc Solaris Onto a B100s Server Blade# 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 Firmware System Controller Software IssuesScreset -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