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Asset ID: 1-72-1017917.1
Update Date:2010-06-22
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Solution Type  Problem Resolution Sure

Solution  1017917.1 :   Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000: hpost: failure to determine current centerplane bus configuation  


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  • Sun Enterprise 10000 Server
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Symptoms
On running hpost on a newly created domain, it fails as follows:
% hpost -l127
Opening SNMP server library...
Significant contents of /export/home/ssp/.postrc:
#
logfile
Reading centerplane asics to obtain bus configuration...
Failure to determine current centerplane bus configuration.
Dumping centerplane state to file...
System state (mask=30000) dumped to:
/var/opt/SUNWssp/adm/testdm/xfstate.0310.1100.47
Exitcode = 79: Not -C, couldn't determine current bus config
POST (level=127, verbose=20) execution time 2:09


Resolution
The reason for the failure is that the centerplane of the Sun
Enterprise[TM] 10000 has never been configured.
The easiest solution to this problem is to use the bringup command with the
-l option to specify the diagnostic level.  The bringup command will
automatically configure the centerplane if required.
% bringup -l127
An alternative solution is to run the hpost command with the -C option.
The hpost command should only be used for diagnostic purposes;
in other cases, use bringup.
CAUTION : Running hpost -C on a platform which has running domains
will cause these domains to fail/panic/arbstop. hpost -C should
never be run on a platform which already has running domains.
From the man page of hpost :
-C        Do the initial configuration of  the  centerplane.
If  -C  is not invoked, hpost  assumes that one or
more other domains in the same  physical  platform
have  already  been  configured  and  are running.
hpost  probes the centerplane to determine the bus
configuration,  the  only configuration it consid-
ers. If hpost  cannot determine  a  valid   confi-
guration from this probe, it immediately fails.
Therefore the command :
	% hpost -l127 -C
Should work fine AS LONG AS NO DOMAINS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING.  Again,
the bringup command is the safer solution.
After the first hpost with a -C, you can run hpost
against any subsequent domains which are built.


Product
Sun Enterprise 10000 Server

Internal Comments
For more information on hpost see


@http://esp.west/starfire/post/
E10K, hpost, centerplane, bringup
Previously Published As
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Change History
Date: 2010-05-05

User Name: Volkmar Grote 117021
Action: Reviewed for Content Team
Comment: no change Product_uuid
29ddef46-0a18-11d6-92de-ae47474f0f6c|Sun Enterprise 10000 Server

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