Sun Fire[TM] T2000 server: Mandatory patches and /etc/system settings

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Update Date:	2011-05-31
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Solution 1012469.1 : Sun Fire[TM] T2000 server: Mandatory patches and /etc/system settings

Applies to:

Sun Fire T2000 Server
All Platforms

Goal

This document provides a list mandatory patches and /etc/system file settings, required to make the Sun Fire[TM] T2000 server functional.

NOTE: The patch versions in the doc are at the time of writing the document and some of the patches may be obsoleted and no longer needed. The latest patches can be obtained from MOS.

Solution

Description
This is a listing of the mandatory patches and /etc/system file settings, required to make the Sun Fire[TM] T2000 server functional.

Steps to Follow
The following patch revisions or later, must be applied to Sun Fire T2000 server, running Solaris[TM] 10 Operating System(OS), HW2 build 05:

Solaris[TM] 10 Operating System(OS), HW2 build 05 (03/05)

Operating System	Patch No.	Description
Solaris 10 HW2 build 05	119578-22	Fault Management Architecture(FMA) patch
	118918-09	crypto framework
	118822-23	Kernel Patch
	119981-05	libc_psr
	121265-01	Niagara libc_psr
	121236-01	ncp
	120849-02	IPGE driver(Sun PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter)
	120824-03	Ontario libprtdiag_psr

The following entries must be added to the /etc/system file for Solaris 10 OS, HW2 build 05:

         set segkmem_lpsize=0x400000   
         set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask=0x1

Hardware RAID

The following patch revisions or later are required to implement hardware RAID on the server:

119850-14 (or later) mpt/raidctl patch
122165-02 PCI-X FCode 1.00.40

Note: These two patches are NOT included in Solaris 10 HW2

Note: See patch ID 122165-02 for instructions on how to confirm the currently installed FCode revision. The ALOM 'showhost' command cannot be used for the non-RoHS T2000 server, as it queries only the onboard LSI chip firmware (not the installed PCI-X controller).

This, and more information appears in the Sun Fire T2000 Product Notes.

Note: Solaris 10 HW2 build 05, is the minimum OS level supported on the non-RoHS T2000 server (pn 501-6843). See the T2000 Product Notes for details.

Solaris 10 Update 1 (1/06)

The following patches (or later) should be applied to Sun Fire T2000 systems running Solaris 10 Update 1 (1/06):

Kernel patche IDs: 118822-30 and 118833-36
FMA patch ID: 119578-30 (or later)
Hardware RAID support:
mpt/raidctl patch ID: 119850-14 or later
LSI 1064 patch ID: 122165-02 (LSI1064 FCode 1.00.40 for systems with PCI-X controller)
System Firmware: 6.3.2 (patch ID 124750-03)

Solaris 10 Update 1 includes most of the mandatory patches, but NOT the FMA patch ID 119578-30, NOR the hardware RAID patches. Also, the following /etc/system entry is still needed for Solaris 10 U1 (1/06):
set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask=0x1

The /etc/system entry 'segkmem_lpsize=0x400000' (for S10HW2) is not required, as the related bug 6274126 is already fixed in Solaris 10 Update 1 (1/06).

Note: Solaris 10 Update 1 (1/06), is the minimum OS level supported on the RoHS T2000 server (pn 501-7501). See the T2000 Product Notes for details.

Solaris 10 Update 2 (6/06)

The following patches (or later) should be applied to Sun Fire T2000 systems running Solaris 10 Update 2 (6/06):

Kernel patch ID: 118833-36
FMA patch ID: 119578-30 (or later)
System Firmware: 6.3.1 (patch ID 124750-02)
LSI 1064 patch ID: 122165-02 (LSI1064 FCode 1.00.40 for systems with PCI-X controller)
Additional /etc/system entry:
set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask=0x1

Note: The Sun Fire T2000 configurations are not shipped with S10U2, but the OS can be upgraded to S10U2.

Solaris 10 Update 3 (11/06)

The following patches (or later) should be applied to Sun Fire T2000 systems running Solaris 10 Update 3 (11/06):

Kernel patch ID: 118833-36
System Firmware: 6.3.1 (patch ID 124750-02)
LSI 1064 patch ID: 122165-02 (LSI1064 FCode 1.00.40 for systems with PCI-X controller)
Additional /etc/system entry:
set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask=0x1

Note: The Sun Fire T2000 configurations are not shipped yet with S10U3, but the OS can be upgraded.

Solaris 10 08/07

No additions are required when running Solaris 10 08/07

Product
Sun Fire T2000 Server

Internal Comments
This patch list also appears in the Sun Fire T2000 product notes but it has been requested by engineering that it also be placed in Voyager. Reference the product notes and the TSC web page for the latest T2000 patch information:

Note: The mandatory patch levels should be verified on the pre-installed image and every time when Solaris is reinstalled.

Note: The system firmware listed in the main document body are minimum revisions recommended by PTS. The latest firmware revisions can be found on the T2000 Patch page

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Ontario, Sun Fire T2000, Niagara, Patches, Update
Previously Published As
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Change History
Date: 2011-05-31
User name: Dencho Kojucharov
Action: Currency check
Comments: updated panacea links to Patch pages, links to Product Notes

Date: 2009-11-18
User Name: Anthony Rulli
Action: Updated
Comment: currency check, audited by Anthony Rulli, Entry Level SPARC Content team

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