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Solution Type FAB (standard) Sure Solution 1000816.1 : Firmware upgrade required when replacing the CP1500 CPU on the System Controller of a Sun Fire 15K system.
PreviouslyPublishedAs 201095 Product Sun Fire 12K Server Sun Fire 15K Server Part
Impact When inserting a common off-the-shelf CP1500 CPU board (501-5473-xx) into a Sun Fire 12K/15K System Controller (SC) without updating the firmware on the FPROMS, the System Management Software (SMS) will not be able to start correctly (if at all), leaving the entire SC in an unusable state. This condition will prevent the use of any SMS commands and make it impossible to power-up system boards or boot domains on the Sun Fire 12K/15K. FPROMs for the Nordica include the OBP and two user PROMS, which house SMS version specific firmware. CP1500 boards installed as FRUs will not contain firmware compatible with the installed SMS software because there is no manufacturing part number or FRU part number for a CP1500 board programmed with Sun Fire 12K/15K firmware. Therefore, every replacement of a defective CP1500 requires that the firmware versions be verified and updated as needed. In addition to the above, the common off-the-shelf CP1500 CPU board might be shipped with OBP settings that prevent it from properly booting Solaris. In addition, there are other cases where the FPROMs on the CP1500 board may have to be upgraded:
Please follow the instructions listed below to verify firmware and OBP settings on CP1500 boards and to update that firmware and OBP settings if needed. Symptoms Resolution 1. At the SC OBP, verify the CP1500 (the output below is just an example, output might be different depending on the Nordica): ok show-dropins Dropins for Flash device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/flashprom@10,0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropin name Size Checksum Date Date Version Vendor created flashed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OBP 48e0c 5726 08/16/1999 3.10.24 keyboards bf0 dd75 fonts af6 6b86 obdiag bd34 aec5 pci1002,5654 d1c 93eb pci1002,4755 c94 3f95 class060400 44c a3d4 userprom 246 b3ba pci108e,1001 3254 5294 pci1011,22 478 1e pci1000,3 2824 feb4 class010100 119a 51e7 i2c 1fe 5a8f i2c-cs2 1f4 bd2a POST 45390 d087 04/02/1999 1.15.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PROM size = 100000 bytes Available for Use = 40754 bytes ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropins for Flash device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/flashprom@10,400000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropin name Size Checksum Date Date Version Vendor created flashed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PROM size = 200000 bytes Available for Use = 200000 bytes ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropins for Flash device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/flashprom@10,800000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropin name Size Checksum Date Date Version Vendor created flashed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PROM size = 200000 bytes Available for Use = 200000 bytes ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. At the SC OBP, verify the CP1500 OBP settings to be setup to properly boot Solaris: ok setenv diag-level max ok setenv diag-switch? true ok setenv auto-boot? true ok setenv boot-device XXXXXXXXXX (whatever is appropriate) ok setenv diag-device XXXXXXXXXX (whatever is appropriate) After having verified the CP1500 OBP settings perform a hard reset of the CP1500 by pressing the reset button (the upper button just below the LEDs) on the front panel of the CP1500. 3. Boot the System Controller to Solaris. In most cases, SMS will not start. If your OBP version (3.10.24 above) is: Action: less than 3.14.6 Go to Step 4 at 3.14.6 Go to Step 7 greater than 3.14.6 Replace the CP1500** It is possible to use a network boot and a /tftpboot OBP image. However, it is a difficult procedure. The recommended course of action is to replace the CP1500. We expect firmware above 3.14.6 to be a rare occurance. 4. Obtain the Update.to.nordica-red.3.14.6.starcat@OS script from:
NOTE: This script and its version on OBP (3.14.6) must be used for System Controllers. Any other version of software, including those that are higher, can render the System Controller unusable and are not supported. 5. Nordia-update-current.tar.Z in a temporary directory: % ls -al total 3482 drwxr-xr-x 2 mf82242 tsg 512 Dec 7 13:59 . drwxr-xr-x 23 mf82242 tsg 1024 Dec 7 14:53 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 mf82242 tsg 780635 Dec 7 13:59 Nordia-update-current.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 mf82242 tsg 2872 Nov 30 14:59 Release.Notes.3.14.6.starcat -rwxr-xr-x 1 mf82242 tsg 973822 Nov 30 14:59 Update.to.nordica-red.3.14.6.starcat@OS 6. (As ROOT) Execute ./Update.to.nordica-red.3.14.6.starcat@OS # ./Update.to.nordica-red.3.14.6.starcat@OS **************************************************** * Running Update.to.nordica-red.3.14.6.starcat@OS * * Generated Wed Dec 10 13:06:41 PST 1997 * **************************************************** WARNING: This Program will write a new PROM image. Are you sure you want to do this? Enter 'C' to Continue installation or 'T' to Terminate C Stripping bundled file: done Decoding and untaring: done Verifying checksums: done Installing flashprom driver file: done WARNING: Updating Flash PROM with new system firmware in progress... It may take a few minutes. ****** DO NOT INTERRUPT OR POWER-DOWN THE SYSTEM ******* Updating SPARCengine(tm)Ultra(tm) CP 1500 PROM 1 Erasing ... Done. 1 Verifying Erase ... Done. 1 Programming ... Done. 1 Verifying Program ... Done. ***** Update.to.nordica-red.3.14.6.starcat@OS Completed Successfully **************************************************************** * NOTE: updated Firmware takes effect after next reboot or * * Power cycle of the system. * * If there is any configuration support to become effective, * * you have to use -r with your boot command * **************************************************************** 7. (As platform administrator) Flash User PROMs IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SITES RUNNING SMS 1.3 Sites running SMS 1.3 must install patch 115776-01 or higher due to bug 4797191. It will not be possible to flashupdate the SC until this patch is installed. NOTE: If this is a Nordica on SC0, replace the SC1 with SC0 (i.e. SC1/FP1 becomes SC0/FP0 and SC1/FP1 becomes SC0/FP1). It is only possible to 'flashupdate' the PROMs on the local SC. sc1:sms-svc:19> /opt/SUNWSMS/bin/flashupdate -f /opt/SUNWSMS/firmware/SCOBPimg.di SC1/FP0 Current SC FPROM Information ============================ ERROR: Invalid FPROM segment at offset 0. SC Flash Image Information ========================== Name: SSCOBP-dropins, Version: 1.1 Size: 144, Check Sum: 52795 Date Flashed: 08/23/01 Date Created: 08/23/01 Do you wish to update the SC User FPROM (yes/no)? y Update SC at SC1, FPROM 0 : Erasing... Done. Writing and verifying ... Done. xc46-sc1:sms-svc:20> /opt/SUNWSMS/bin/flashupdate -f /opt/SUNWSMS/firmware/nSSCPOST.di SC1/FP1* Current SC FPROM Information ============================ ERROR: Invalid FPROM segment at offset 0. SC Flash Image Information ========================== Name: ExtPOST, Version: 1.15 Size: 207161, Check Sum: 62276 Date Flashed: 08/23/01 Date Created: 08/23/01 Do you wish to update the SC User FPROM (yes/no)? yes Update SC at SC1, FPROM 1 : Erasing... Done. 8. Shutdown the SC, but do not reboot. 9. At OBP, set and/or verify the following OBP parameters: ok setenv pcib-probe-list 1,2,3 ok auto-boot? false 10. Copy any devalias entries you wish to keep. THEY WILL GET ERASED! 11. Issue a "reset-all" 12. Verify dropins (Version numbers as of 12/10/01): ok show-dropins Dropins for Flash device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/flashprom@10,0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropin name Size Checksum Date Date Version Vendor created flashed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OBP 413fc f602 02/07/2001 3.14.6 keyboards bf0 dd75 fonts af6 6b86 obdiag bd60 ad05 upa-pci 485a 3c09 SUNW,ebus 662 5e30 pci1002,5654 d1c 93eb pci1002,4755 ff2 3d9d pci1002,4750 1a40 b908 class060400 500 1389 class060940 99c 3f94 pci108e,1001 32a4 d714 pci1000,3 2808 d1d9 class010100 1196 703f SUNW,floppy c04 477b SUNW,ttya 9cc 42f6 SUNW,ttyb 9ce 1250 SUNW,ttyse 934 d761 SUNW,ps2kb 12ae c775 SUNW,eeprom 94 93a6 SUNW,fprom 68 e54c SUNW,uprom1 2aa bdec SUNW,uprom2 2aa bcec SUNW,power 84 ff6e SUNW,watchdog 68 bc7f SUNW,enum 5c 521d SUNW,auxio 158 3e1c SUNW,pll 58 65ff SUNW,7seg 60 6031 SUNW,beeper 44 a0c4 SUNW,ecpp 80 7598 ebus-i2c 59c 5fc5 i2c-8574 310 1648 i2c-8591 4d6 e979 POST 453a8 21ae 12/13/2000 1.22.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROM size = 100000 bytes Available for Use = 3bf14 bytes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropins for Flash device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/flashprom@10,400000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropin name Size Checksum Date Date Version Vendor created flashed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSCOBP-dropins 90 ce3b 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 1.1 SUNW,sscobp pci108e,1100 558 d103 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 0.5 SUNW,ebus pci108e,c416 478 ce57 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 0.2 SUNW,sbbc pci108e,1101 184 ca4a 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 0.1 SUNW,ethernet probe+ 28c d41d 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 0.3 SUNW,probe+ interrupt-fix 558 2134 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 0.2 SUNW,int_fix ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROM size = 200000 bytes Available for Use = 1feb78 bytes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropins for Flash device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/flashprom@10,800000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dropin name Size Checksum Date Date Version Vendor created flashed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ExtPOST 32939 f344 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 1.15 SUNW,ssc-diag-le diag-levels f43 96dc 08/23/2001 08/23/2001 1.15 SUNW,ssc-diag-le ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROM size = 200000 bytes Available for Use = 1cc740 bytes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. At OBP: ok setenv post-on-sir? true ok setenv diag-level pmax-epvmax ok setenv diag-switch? true ok setenv auto-boot? true ok setenv boot-device XXXXXXXXXX (whatever is appropriate) ok setenv diag-device XXXXXXXXXX (whatever is appropriate) NOTE: In most cases, boot-device and diag-device should be the same. In the case of properly configured Sun Fire 15K Nordica, on a reboot of the SC, the diag-device is booted, not the boot-device. 14. Set any OBP aliases that were lost. 15. Issue a "reset-all" 16. Insure SSCPOST was successful. xc3p11-sc0:sms-svc:21> prtconf -pv | grep POST ssc-post-results: 'CP1500 POST Passed; SSC POST v1.15 Passed' 17. After the automatic boot to Solaris, verify SMS started: xc46-sc1:sms-svc:3> prtconf -V OBP 3.14.6 2001/02/07 14:48 xc46-sc1:sms-svc:4> pgrep hwad 369 xc46-sc1:sms-svc:5> showfailover -r SPARE Modification History Date: 14-NOV-2003
Date: 08-DEC-2003
Date: 06-FEB-2004
Date: 16-JUN-2004
Date: 10-AUG-2005
Date: 21-JUL-2006
Previously Published As 100272 Internal Comments The correct firmware is only available in the tar file. The current version is 3.14.6. The following patches should NOT be used on a Nordica for use in a System controller CPU board: 115951-01, 108673-02. The string to identify a properly patched CP1500 is "SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine", this can be verified with "prtconf -vp". The current version is 3.14.6. This can be verified with "prtconf -V". The to-be-released CP2140 Othello+ System controller CPU board will have it's own firmware. Details on this firmware, and supported configurations will be made available when Othello+ will be released. Related Information
Internal Contributor/submitter Rene Fennet Internal Eng Business Unit Group KE Authors Internal Eng Responsible Engineer Rene Fennet Internal Kasp FAB Legacy ID 100272, I0761-1 (FIN) Internal Sun Alert & FAB Admin Info Critical Category: Significant Change Date: Avoidance: Patch Responsible Manager: null Original Admin Info: null Product_uuid 077fd4c5-df8f-4320-ad69-7d01603a674d|Sun Fire 12K Server 29e4659c-0a18-11d6-9fa1-e67bbc033df8|Sun Fire 15K Server Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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