Oracle Solaris Installation Takes a Long Time On Systems With Four or More Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe EM on X4800 or X2-8

Asset ID:	1-72-2116712.1
Update Date:	2018-03-22
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Solution 2116712.1 : Oracle Solaris Installation Takes a Long Time On Systems With Four or More Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe EM on X4800 or X2-8

Applies to:

Sun Server X2-8 - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Sun Fire X4800 Server - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)

Symptoms

If you install Oracle Solaris on a system with four or more Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe ExpressModule Host Channel Adapter M2, the installation can take much longer than normal.

Changes

The issue is possibly related to increased BAR Space requirements of InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe EM FW 2.11.2014 or later.

Cause

The configuration of CX2 cards take a long time due to device timeouts, which causes dlmgmt to fail.

Solution

Workaround:

Remove the Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe ExpressModule Host Channel Adapter M2.
Complete the Oracle Solaris installation.
Reinstall the Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe ExpressModule Host Channel Adapter M2.

References

<BUG:22353595> - X2-8: MCXNEX_CMD_POST KEPT LOOPING
<BUG:22168222> - X2-8 SYSTEM SOLARIS11.2 W 4 CX2 PRESENT DOES NOT BOOT T, GOES MAINTENANCE

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