Sun Microsystems X6440 manual Blade server module fails to link up at 1GbE

Blade server module fails to link up at 1GbE

If the Sun Blade X6440 server module is inserted into certain slots in the Sun Blade 6048 chassis, it fails to link up at 1GbE with the X5196A-Z Sun Blade 6048 Infiniband Switched Network Express Module (NEM). This issue occurs primarily on the inner slots (BL3-BL8). These slots can only link up at 100Mb.

Workaround:

Use the outer slots (BL0-BL2 and BL9-BL11) to link up at 1GbE.

This issue is under investigation.

Power supply redundancy must be set to non redundant mode

If more than eight X6440 server modules are to be inserted into the Sun Blade 6000 chassis (which can hold a maximum of 10 server modules), power supply redundancy must be set to non redundant mode. This will allow all X6440 server modules in the chassis to be powered on simultaneously.

BIOS does not accept the ipmitool persistent boot order change command

The BIOS fails to permanently modify the boot order after sending the ipmitool persistent boot order change command.

Workaround:

This issue is fixed in the Tools & Drivers DVD 1.2 and later software release.

BIOS does not accept the ipmitool clear CMOS command

The BIOS fails to clear all setup settings and load system defaults after sending the ipmitool clear CMOS command.

Workaround:

This issue is fixed in the Tools & Drivers DVD 1.2 and later software release.

8 Sun Blade X6440 Server Module Product Notes • November 2009