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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION -
CUSTOMER ADVISORY
Advisory: (Revision) Oracle Solaris 10 - HP ProLiant Servers Configured with a 6-Core Intel Xeon 7400 or 5600 Series Processor May Display MCA Warning Messages During an Installation of Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 or Oracle Solaris 10 5/0
NOTICE: The information in this document, including products and software versions, is current as of the Release Date. This document is subject to change without notice.
DESCRIPTION
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Document Version
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Release Date
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Details
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3
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06/04/2010
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Updated scope of advisory.
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2
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09/18/2008
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Updated Resolution to include reboot option.
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09/15/2008
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Original Document Release.
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During the installation of Oracle 10 5/08 or Oracle Solaris 10 5/09, certain HP ProLiant servers listed in the scope section that are configured with a 6-Core Intel Xeon 7400 series processor or 6-Core Intel Xeon 5600 series processor either of the following may occur:
- Server will panic and then reboot continuously at the copyright banner screen after several of the warning messages below are displayed.
- Server will continue with the installation after several of the messages below are displayed.
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_127128-11 32-bit
Copyright 1983-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 0 core 4 strand 4 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 1 core 4 strand 4 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 2 core 4 strand 0 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 3 core 4 strand 0 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 0 core 5 strand 0 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 1 core 5 strand 0 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 2 core 5 strand 0 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
WARNING: There will be no MCA support on chip 3 core 5 strand 0 (cmi_hdl_create returned NULL)
SCOPE
Any of the following HP ProLiant servers attempting an installation of Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 or Oracle Solaris 10 5/09:
An HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server or HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade with any of the following 6-core Intel Xeon E7450 series processors.
- E7458 2.40GHz 6core 90W
- E7450 2.40GHz 6core 90W
OR
HP ProLiant ML370 G6 server, HP ProLiant DL370 G6 server, HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server, HP ProLiant DL360 G6 server, HP ProLiant DL320 G6 server, HP ProLiant BL2x220c G6 server blade, HP ProLiant BL280c G6 server blade, HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server blade, or HP ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade with any of the following 6-core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors:
- X5670 2.93GHz 6core 95w
- X5660 2.80GHz 6core 95w
- X5650 2.66GHz 6core 95w
- L5640 2.26GHz 6core 60w
Note:
This is not ProLiant server-specific.
RESOLUTION
This does not occur during the installation of Oracle Solaris 10 5/10.
During the installation of Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 or Oracle Solaris 10 5/09, perform the following to prevent the system panic and continuous reboot condition:
- Reboot the server. At the GRUB boot manager screen, press the "e" key for edit mode (at the first line at the top listed as "Solaris.")
- Select the kernel string and edit by adding -kd.
- Press the "b" key to boot.
- At the kernel debugger screen, enter cmi_no_init/W1.
- Proceed using :c command and press the <ENTER> key.
- After the OS installation, repeat the above steps and boot the server.
- Add the following line to /etc/system file
set cmi_no_init=1
- Reboot with the reboot
option.
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NAVIGATION TIP
: For hints on navigating HP.com to locate the latest drivers, patches, and other support software downloads for ProLiant servers and Options, refer to the
Navigation Tips document
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To search for additional advisories related to SUN Solaris, use the following search string:
+Advisory +ProLiant -"Software and Drivers" +SUN Solaris
KEYWORDS
: Sun OS installation fails, installation for Sun OS
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Hardware Platforms Affected: HP ProLiant BL280c G6 Server series, HP ProLiant BL2x220c G6 Server series, HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server series, HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series, HP ProLiant BL680c G5 Server series, HP ProLiant DL320 G6 Server series, HP ProLiant DL360 G6 Server series, HP ProLiant DL370 G6 Server series, HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server series, HP ProLiant DL580 G5 Server series, HP ProLiant ML370 G6 Server series
Operating Systems Affected: Sun Solaris 10 Intel Platform Edition(Third Party Products)
Software Affected: Not Applicable
Support Communication Cross Reference ID: IA01554955
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