Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K Servers: Incorrect boot path can cause forced-no-boot condition on a domain

Asset ID:	1-72-1012562.1
Update Date:	2018-03-06
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Solution 1012562.1 : Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K Servers: Incorrect boot path can cause forced-no-boot condition on a domain

Applies to:

Sun Fire 12K Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Fire E25K Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Fire 15K Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Fire E20K Server - Version All Versions and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

Incorrect boot path can cause forced-no-boot condition on a Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K domain:

NOTICE: forced-no-boot: OBP has been requested by SC to not boot.
NOTICE: forced-no-boot: See log files on SC for more information.

Changes

Cause

Booting a domain with an incorrect boot path can caused a forced-no-boot error message to be displayed in the domain's console output.

Example:

May 31 18:18:42 2005 May 31 18:19:01 sf4pa3 reboot: rebooted by root
May 31 18:18:43 2005 May 31 18:19:02 sf4pa3 rpcbind: rpcbind terminating on signal.^M^M
May 31 18:18:43 2005 May 31 18:19:02 sf4pa3 syslogd: going down on signal 15
May 31 18:19:05 2005 syncing file systems... done
May 31 18:19:07 2005 rebooting...
May 31 18:19:07 2005 Resetting...
May 31 18:21:51 2005
May 31 18:21:51 2005
May 31 18:21:51 2005 Sun Fire E25K, using IOSRAM based Console
May 31 18:21:51 2005 Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
May 31 18:21:51 2005 OpenBoot 4.13.3, 16384 MB memory installed, Serial #44658146.^M
May 31 18:21:51 2005 Ethernet address 0:0:be:a9:6d:e2, Host ID: 82a96de2.^M
May 31 18:21:51 2005
May 31 18:21:51 2005
May 31 18:21:51 2005
May 31 18:21:52 2005 Rebooting with command: boot
May 31 18:21:52 2005 Boot device: rootdisk  File and args:
May 31 18:21:52 2005 The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
May 31 18:24:12 2005 {40} ok
May 31 18:24:12 2005
May 31 18:24:12 2005 Sun Fire E25K, using IOSRAM based Console
May 31 18:24:12 2005 Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
May 31 18:24:12 2005 OpenBoot 4.13.3, 16384 MB memory installed, Serial #44658146.
May 31 18:24:12 2005 Ethernet address 0:0:be:a9:6d:e2, Host ID: 82a96de2.
May 31 18:24:12 2005 Rebooting with command: forced-no-boot
May 31 18:24:12 2005
May 31 18:24:12 2005 NOTICE: forced-no-boot: OBP has been requested by SC to not boot.
May 31 18:24:12 2005 NOTICE: forced-no-boot: See log files on SC for more information.
May 31 18:30:32 2005 {40} ok
May 31 18:30:36 2005 {40} ok boot
May 31 18:30:36 2005 Boot device: rootdisk  File and args:
May 31 18:30:36 2005 The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
...

Solution

Please check that the boot device is correct. If there boot device is setup in the devalias, check that the alias does not have embedded hidden/control characters. OBP will attempt to boot from the alias directed and upon finding no device and will output message as show below.

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The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
and then domain reboots with forced-no-boot
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Additional Information
Refer to:

Technical Instruction <Document: 1006223.1>
Problem Resolution <Document: 1004721.1>

forced-no-boot, OBP, SC, bootparamdata
Previously Published As 82004

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