Fujitsu M4000, M5000 Hardware Installation and Service Issues, Specific Issues and Workarounds

■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

Hardware Installation and Service Issues

This section describes hardware specific issues and workarounds.

Specific Issues and Workarounds

TABLE 1 lists known hardware issues and possible workarounds.

TABLE 1 Hardware Issues and Workarounds

CR ID Description Workaround

6433420 The domain console might display a Mailbox timeout or IOCB interrupt timeout error during boot.

6488846 During boot, the domain console might display a checksum error for the SG(X)PCI2SCSIU320- Z SCSI controller I/O card.

6498780 On the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 servers, the OpenBoot. PROM (OBP) might not detect the on-board disk (HDD) boot device. Performing a boot disk results in a console message:

Can’t locate boot device

Issue a reset-allcommand from the OBP (OK) prompt and reboot.

Check for the availability of the latest controller card firmware.

The PCI or PCI-X plug-in adapter card might not be seated correctly. Reseat the card in slot 0 of the IOU.

4 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1041 • October 2007