Known Issues

This section describes known issues in this release.

General Functionality Issues and Limitations

Caution – For dynamic reconfiguration (DR) and hot-plug issues, see TABLE 7.

■Domains using the ZFS file system can not use Dynamic Reconfiguration.

■SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers are cold service machines. Hot- swapping of the CPU/Memory board unit (CMU), I/O Unit (IOU), or any eXtended System Control Facility (XSCF) unit is not supported.

■For this XCP release, the XSCF web browser interface, also known as the browser user interface (BUI) does not support the External I/O Expansion Unit Manager feature.

■The XSCF web browser interface, also known as the browser user interface (BUI), supports new feature concerning the COD configuration.

■The XSCF does not support the Log Archiving feature.

■When using XSCF as the NTP server of the domain, configure it so as not to block the ICMP protocol of the DNS server and the NTP server which the XSCF refers to.

■When you use the external power control interface (EPC) of the external power controller, the following notification signals are not supported;

■the OS panic or the server hardware error signal (*CPUN/RTNU)

■the server hardware error signal (power fail, temperature error, and fan error) (*ALARM)

■For 1027A-Z/X1027A-Z, PCIe Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP cards, these limits apply:

■Do not use more than two cards in an External I/O Expansion Unit.

■Do not use these cards in an External I/O Expansion Unit.

■For 4447A-Z/X4447A-Z, PCIe Quad-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter UTP cards, these maximum limits apply:

■No more than two cards per I/O boat

■No more than four cards in a SPARC Enterprise M4000 server

■No more than eight cards in a SPARC Enterprise M5000 server

4 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1060 • November 2007