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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                        ESB-2008.0306 -- [Solaris]
         Upgrading the X6220 Server Module to SW1.1 Causes Device
                         Paths to be Reenumerated
                               25 March 2008

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Sun Blade X6220 Server Module
Publisher:            Sun Microsystems
Operating System:     Solaris
Impact:               Denial of Service
Access:               Existing Account

Original Bulletin:    
   http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-201512-1

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Solution Type: Sun Alert
   Solution  201512 :   Upgrading the X6220 Server Module to SW1.1 Causes
   Device Paths to be Reenumerated          
   Previously Published As: 103202

   Product
   Sun Blade X6220 Server Module

   Bug ID: 6648545

   Date of Preliminary Release: 15-Jan-2008

   Date of Resolved Release: 20-Mar-2008

   SA Document Body
   Upgrading the X6220 Server Module to SW1.1 Causes Device Paths to be 
   Reenumerated

   1. Impact

   Upon upgrading the Sun Blade X6220 Server module with SW1.1 or later,
   device paths may be reenumerated, causing NIC ports to not work
   correctly, thereby affecting the applications which use those
   ports (iSCSI, SANs, etc.)
   2. Contributing Factors

   This issue can occur on the following platform:
     * Sun Blade X6220 Server Module with ILOM/BIOS upgrade SW1.1

   The ILOM/BIOS version on a system can be determined by logging in to
   the SP of the server blade and running the 'version' command as in the
   following example:
    SP-> version
    SP firmware 2.0.3.1
    SP firmware build number: 23240
    SP firmware date: Fri Oct 12 18:13:55 PDT 2007
    SP filesystem version 0.1.14

   The ILOM/BIOS versions are linked, so if you running a certain ILOM
   version you have a certain BIOS level as well. The version above
   indicates this system has SW1.1 installed with ILOM 2.0.3.1/BIOS 30.
   3. Symptoms

   After upgrading the ILOM/BIOS, NIC ports can no longer be accessed and
   a new NIC device shows up within the device files.

   Checking the device files indicates the paths have changed:

   Old path:
    /pci@7b,0/pci10de,cb84@a

   New path:
    /pci@7c,0/pci10de,cb84@a

   4. Workaround
   If the server module is upgraded to SW1.1, new ports will need to be
   configured as well as the associated software which uses those ports.
   5. Resolution

   There is no final fix to this issue, as the changes incorporated in
   the ILOM/BIOS upgrade SW1.1 are permanent to support future platform
   releases. Please see the Workaround section above as the final
   resolution for this isssue.

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   Copyright 2000-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa
   Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved

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