Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K: Domain not Booting: "Domain failed by hpost: ecode=36"

Asset ID:	1-72-1006302.1
Update Date:	2017-11-14
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Solution 1006302.1 : Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K: Domain not Booting: "Domain failed by hpost: ecode=36"

Applies to:

Sun Fire 12K Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Fire 15K Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Fire E20K Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Fire E25K Server - Version All Versions and later
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)

Symptoms

The domain is not booting and displays the following message at the end of the POST output:

Exitcode = 36: Non-configuration special hpost mode successful
POST (level=32, verbose=40) execution time 6:27
[5304] Domain failed by hpost: ecode=36
Resetting and deconfiguring: CPU at SB16
Resetting and deconfiguring: HPCI at IO16
Resetting and deconfiguring: EXB at EX16

Changes

When running hPOST to check a single SB, a new domain is created and two flags are added to the .postrc file:

no_ioadapt_ok <= only SB will be tested
no_obp_handoff <= control won't be sent to OBP after finishing POST

Cause

When you later attempt to boot the domain, these flags set in the .postrc file will cause the boot to fail. The keyswitch mode reverts to "standby".

Solution

The solution is to remove both lines from the .postrc file.

.postrc example
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/etc/opt/SUNWSMS/SMS1.3/config/R/.postrc:
verbose 40
err_print 64
level 32
no_ioadapt_ok
no_obp_handoff

See Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K: Testing a single slot 0 board when no slot 1 board is present in domain and/or when slot 0 board is COD (Doc ID 1007568.1)

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Internal Comments

f15k, sms, 1.3, boot, no_ioadapt_ok, no_obp_handoff, ecode=36, setkeyswitch, standby
Previously Published As 75762

References

<NOTE:1007568.1> - Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K: Testing a single slot 0 board when no slot 1 board is present in domain and/or when slot 0 board is COD

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