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Sun Fire 880 Server Product Notes • December 2001
Correction to Displaying
POST
Results
The command for displaying
POST
results in the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual is
incorrect. To display the results of
POST
testing, type
show-post-results
at the
ok
prompt. The following is an abbreviated eaxmple of the command and output.
ok show-post-results
CPU0/Memory:
OK
CPU1/Memory:
OK
...
Correction to the
diag-trigger
Setting for
Enabling ASR
The
diag-trigger
information in “How to Enable ASR” in the Sun Fire 880 Server
Owner’s Guide is misleading. Step 2 recommends setting the
diag-trigger
variable
to
power-reset
,
error-reset
, or
soft-reset
. However, setting the variable to
power-reset
requires the user to power cycle the system in order for the system to
deconfigure the failed hardware component.
Since the purpose of ASR is to provide for an automatic system recovery from
certain types of hardware failures, setting
diag-trigger
variable to
power-reset
does not allow for an automatic recovery from a hardware failure. To enable ASR for
an automatic recovery from a hardware failure, set the
diag-trigger
variable to
error-reset
or
soft-reset
as shown in the following example.
# ok setenv diag-trigger soft-reset
Note –
The ASR feature is not activated until you enable it at the system ok prompt.
For more information about ASR, see the Sun Fire 880 Server Owner’s Guide.
Correct Usage of the
ifconfig
Command for
PCI Hot-Plug
The procedure for hot-plugging a PCI card on a Sun Fire 880 Server running the
Solaris 8 07/01 or 10/01 operating environment in the Sun Fire 880 Dynamic
Reconfiguration User’s Guide does not fully explain the syntax for the
ifconfig
command. To prepare a PCI card for removal using the
ifconfig
command, you
must first use the
down
option and then the
unplumb
option. To prepare a PCI card
for installation using the
ifconfig
command, you must first use the
plumb
option
and then the
up
option. The
ifconfig
syntax for removing a PCI card is as follows.
# ifconfig hme2:1 down
# ifconfig hme2:1 unplumb
The
ifconfig
syntax for installing a PCI card is as follows.