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Asset ID: 1-79-1625241.1
Update Date:2014-05-30
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Solution Type  Predictive Self-Healing Sure

Solution  1625241.1 :   Sun Fire X4140 Symptoms and Solutions  


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Applies to:

Sun Fire X4140 Server - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This document outlines the top non-hardware issues our customers encounter on the Sun Fire X4140 Server, with the firmware version which fixes that issue or the workaround


These issues are outlined in more detail on the internal Sun Fire X4140 Server Current Product Issues <Document: 1346867.1> page.

Details

Documentation X4140  Patches&Firmware X4140  My Oracle Support Community (MOSC) Sun x86 Systems Oracle System Handbook X4140

 

SymptomDetailsResolution/Workaround
ILOM becomes unresponsive after period of operation.

 

Update HBA firmwares from the the latest OHIA.

Solaris network issue Nvidia GE resets under heavy load.*When heavy I/O is exercised on the nvidia MCP55 based port, a timeout resulting in reset will occur.

Install Solaris patch 138286-02.

Disk LED issue System has one or two drives whose disk LEDs do not light. Update HBA firmwares from the the latest OHIA
After upgrading ILOM/BIOS firmware system does not start Occasionally after firmware upgrade system does not start nor show video display. Recommendation: Reset ILOM prior to upgrade.
If system still fails to start, connect to ILOM and issue command start -force /SYS
Issue mostly seen going from ILOM 2.x to 3.x
Installing RHEL 4.7 fails  Error: no cdrom driver 

The RHEL 4.7 operating system does not recognize USB 2.0 devices. This causes the OS installations that use a USB DVD-ROM or ILOM rKVMS device to fail. More details and a fix for this issue can be found at: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0650.html

Resolution: Use latest OHIA CD to begin installation 


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