| Netra CP2300 cPSB Board Release Notes
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Netra CP2300 cPSB Board Release Notes
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The Netra CP2300 cPSB Board Release Notes contain important and late-breaking information about the Netra
CP2300 cPSB board, including:
The most recent versions of the Netra CP2300 cPSB board documentation are available at:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/CPU_Boards
Known Issues
TABLE 1 shows the known issues with the current release of the Netra CP2300 cPSB board.
TABLE 1 Known Issues
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Bug ID
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Problem
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Workaround
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4770104
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During booting, the warning message Duplicate instance 0 of node "wd" ignored displays
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You can safely ignore this message.
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4835629
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When you execute or test the LED programs with the green LED set to "off", the green LED incorrectly blinks quickly
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None.
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4843395
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Configuring an IDE hard disk as a slave to a DVD drive master does not work
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This is not a supported configuration. The following configurations are supported in the Solaris operating environment:
- disk=master, with disk=slave
- disk=master, with DVD=slave
- DVD=master, with DVD=slave
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4845258
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If a system panics or hangs while a user flash access is occurring (for example, a read, a write, or an IOCTL-related activity), the user flash driver will not be able to return control to the OpenBoot PROM/system flash
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Power cycle the system or hot swap the board.
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4846516
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If you use the date command on the board and set the year prior to 2000, the kernel clock time is disrupted and you could lose certain time-dependent processes
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Do not set the year prior to 2000 with the date command.
If you have to recover from a situation where the year was set prior to 2000, use the date command to set the date to the current date.
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4847533
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Watchdog timer doesn't expire
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Install the system firmware regular patch to flash the SMC firmware.
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4851123
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In the Solaris 8 operating environment, booting the board over the network using the secondary interface causes a panic
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Use the board's primary interface to boot the board over the network.
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OpenBoot PROM Default Changes
The OpenBoot PROM default threshold temperature settings and the default value for the env-monitor variable have been adjusted. The default settings for the firmware versions are shown in TABLE 2.
TABLE 2 Firmware Versions and Changed Defaults
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Firmware Version
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Default Temperature Threshold Settings
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Default env-monitor variable
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1.0.0
and subsequent
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warning temperature = 60° C
critical temperature = 65° C
shutdown temperature = 70° C
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Disabled
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1.0.4
and subsequent
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warning temperature = 74° C
critical temperature = 79° C
shutdown temperature = 84° C
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Disabled
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1.0.13
and subsequent
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warning temperature = 74° C
critical temperature = 79° C
shutdown temperature = 91° C
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Enabled
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To display the current firmware version, use the .version command at the OpenBoot PROM prompt. For example:
ok .version
Firmware version 1.0.13
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To display the current OpenBoot PROM settings and the default settings, use the printenv command at the OpenBoot PROM prompt. For example:
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Note - When using the Netra CP2300 cPSB board documentation, substitute the firmware defaults from TABLE 2 where appropriate in the Netra CP2300 cPSB Board Programming Guide and the Netra CP2300 cPSB Board Installation and Technical Reference Manual.
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Patches to Download and Install
This section describes the regular and point patches for the Netra CP2300 board that you must download from the SunSolve web site and install. The patches to download depend on how you install the software for the board. TABLE 3 lists the patches for a network installation; TABLE 4 lists the patches for an IDE disk drive installation.
Regular patches are available on the main SunSolve web site, http://www.sun.com/sunsolve. If you specify the base Patch ID number (the first six digits) in the Search SunSolve window, you see the most recent version of the patch.
Point patches are available on the point patch SunSolve web site, http://www.sun.com/sunsolve/point. You must specify the complete Patch ID number, including the version, in the Point Patch Search window to see the patch. Always install point patches last, after the regular patches.
Install these patches in the order given in the tables.
TABLE 3 Regular and Point Patches for a Network Installation
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Patch ID
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Patch Description
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Patch Location
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115193
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System firmware regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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112396
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/usr/bin/fgrep regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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108987
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patchadd and patchrm regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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111111
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/usr/bin/nawk regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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111310
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libdhcpagent regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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111293
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libdevinfo regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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108528
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kernel update regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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108974
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dada, uata, dad, sd, and scsi drivers regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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110460
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fruid/PICL plug-in regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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109888
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platform drivers regular patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve
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114893-05
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CP2300 driver support point patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve/point
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TABLE 4 Regular and Point Patches for an IDE Disk Drive Installation
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Patch ID
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Patch Description
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Patch Location
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114893-05
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CP2300 driver support point patch
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http://www.sun.com/sunsolve/point
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| Netra CP2300 cPSB Board Release Notes
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