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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0277 -- [Solaris] Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) "deleteboard" and "moveboard" Operations May Hang on a SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 13 June 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Dynamic Reconfiguration SPARC Enterprise M4000 SPARC Enterprise M5000 SPARC Enterprise M8000 SPARC Enterprise M9000 Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Solaris Platform: SPARC Impact: Denial of Service Access: Existing Account Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-234601-1 Revision History: June 13 2008: Resolution released March 17 2008: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Solution Type: Sun Alert Solution 234601 : Solaris 10 Under Certain Conditions, Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) "deleteboard" and "moveboard" Operations May Hang on a SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Bug ID: 6614737, 6585487 Product SPARC Enterprise M4000 SPARC Enterprise M5000 SPARC Enterprise M8000 SPARC Enterprise M9000 Solaris 10 Operating System Date of Workaround Release: 12-Mar-2008 Date of Resolved Release: 11-Jun-2008 SA Document Body Solaris 10 Under Certain Conditions, Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) "deleteboard" and "moveboard" Operations May Hang. See details below 1. Impact SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers with patch 127111-09 or later installed may hang during Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) "deleteboard" or "moveboard" operations. 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur on the following platforms: * Solaris 10 on SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers with patch 127111-09 or later and without patch 137111-01 Note: The described issue only occurs during a DR "deleteboard" or "moveboard" operation on systems that contain mixed memory sizes or have degraded memory. To determine if a system has degraded memory, run the prtdiag(1M) command on the domain: # prtdiag ============================ Memory Configuration ============================ Memory Available Memory DIMM # of Mirror Interleave LSB Group Size Status Size DIMMs Mode Factor 00 A 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 00 B 8128MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way <-- Degraded 01 A 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 01 B 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 02 A 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 02 B 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 03 A 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way 03 B 8192MB okay 2048MB 4 no 2-way To determine if the system has mixed memory sizes installed, run the "showdevices" command from the xscfu: XSCF> showdevices -d0 Memory board perm base domain target deleted remaining DID XSB mem MB mem MB address mem MB XSB mem MB mem MB 00 00-0 16384 0 0x0000018000000000 81920 00 01-0 32768 0 0x0000000000000000 81920 00 03-0 32768 2716 0x000003c000000000 81920 ^^^^^ 3. Symptoms Should the described issue occur, the DR command will not complete and a reboot will be required to reset the domain. 4. Workaround If the conditions described above exist, shutdown the domain to safely remove the hardware. 5. Resolution This issue is addressed on the following platforms: * Solaris 10 on SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers with patch 137111-01 or later This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may or may not impact your system(s). Sun makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to the information contained herein. ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. 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