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  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Understanding an Overview of the SPARC M12/M10
    1.  1.1 Basics of the SPARC M12/M10
    2. Click 1.2 Basics of the XSCF Firmware
    3. Click 1.3 Network Configuration
    4.  1.4 Basics of Hypervisor
    5.  1.5 Basics of Oracle VM Server for SPARC
    6.  1.6 Basics of OpenBoot PROM
  3. Chapter 2 Logging In/Out of the XSCF
    1. Click 2.1 Connecting the System Management Terminal
    2. Click 2.2 Logging In to the XSCF Shell
    3.  2.3 Logging Out from the XSCF Shell
    4. Click 2.4 Logging In to XSCF Web
    5.  2.5 Logging Out From XSCF Web
    6.  2.6 Number of Connectable Users
  4. Chapter 3 Configuring the System
    1. Click 3.1 Preliminary Work for XSCF Setup
    2. Click 3.2 Understanding the Contents of the XSCF Firmware Settings
    3.  3.3 Setting Up From the XSCF Shell
    4.  3.4 Setting Up From XSCF Web
    5. Click 3.5 Creating/Managing XSCF Users
    6. Click 3.6 Setting the XSCF Time/Date
    7. Click 3.7 Configuring the SSH/Telnet Service for Login to the XSCF
    8. Click 3.8 Configuring the HTTPS Service for Login to the XSCF
    9. Click 3.9 Configuring the XSCF Network
    10. Click 3.10 Configuring Auditing to Strengthen XSCF Security
  5. Chapter 4 Configuring the System to Suit the Usage Type
    1. Click 4.1 Setting/Checking the System Altitude
    2. Click 4.2 Controlling System Start
    3. Click 4.3 Enabling/Disabling Dual Power Feed
    4. Click 4.4 Reducing Power Consumption
    5. Click 4.5 Connecting a DVD Drive
    6. Click 4.6 Using Remote Storage
  6. Chapter 5 CPU Activation
    1.  5.1 Basic Concepts of CPU Activation
    2.  5.2 CPU Activation Key
    3. Click 5.3 Adding CPU Core Resources
    4. Click 5.4 Deleting CPU Core Resources
    5. Click 5.5 Moving CPU Core Resources
    6. Click 5.6 Displaying CPU Activation Information
    7. Click 5.7 Saving/Restoring CPU Activation Keys
    8. Click 5.8 Troubleshooting CPU Activation Errors
    9.  5.9 Important Notes about CPU Activation
  7. Chapter 6 Starting/Stopping the System
    1. Click 6.1 Starting the System
    2. Click 6.2 Stopping the System
    3.  6.3 Rebooting the System
    4.  6.4 Suppressing Starting Oracle Solaris at Power-on
  8. Chapter 7 Controlling Physical Partitions
    1.  7.1 Configuring a Physical Partition
    2. Click 7.2 Setting the Physical Partition Operation Mode
    3.  7.3 Powering On a Physical Partition
    4.  7.4 Powering Off a Physical Partition
    5.  7.5 Changing the Configuration of a Physical Partition
  9. Chapter 8 Controlling Logical Domains
    1.  8.1 Configuring a Logical Domain
    2. Click 8.2 Configuring the Oracle Solaris Kernel Zone
    3. Click 8.3 Switching to the Control Domain Console From the XSCF Shell
    4. Click 8.4 Returning to the XSCF Shell From the Control Domain Console
    5.  8.5 Starting a Logical Domain
    6.  8.6 Shutting Down a Logical Domain
    7. Click 8.7 Ordered Shutdown of Logical Domains
    8.  8.8 Checking CPU Activation Information
    9. Click 8.9 Setting the OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables of the Control Domain
    10. Click 8.10 Domain Console Logging Function
    11.  8.11 Changing the Configuration of a Logical Domain
    12.  8.12 Setting the Logical Domain Time
    13. Click 8.13 Collecting a Hypervisor Dump File
    14. Click 8.14 Managing Logical Domain Resources Associated with CPU Sockets
    15. Click 8.15 Setting the Physical Partition Dynamic Reconfiguration Policy
    16. Click 8.16 Setting the Maximum Page Size of a Logical Domain
  10. Chapter 9 Managing the Systems Daily
  11. Chapter 10 Preparing/Taking Action for Failures
    1.  10.1 Learning about Troubleshooting and Related Functions
    2. Click 10.2 Receiving Notification by E-mail When a Failure Occurs
    3. Click 10.3 Monitoring/Managing the System Status With the SNMP Agent
    4. Click 10.4 Monitoring the System
    5.  10.5 Understanding the Failure Degradation Mechanism
    6. Click 10.6 Checking Failed Hardware Resources
    7. Click 10.7 Setting Automatic Replacement of Failed CPU Cores
    8.  10.8 Setting Recovery Mode
    9.  10.9 Setting Up a Redundant Component Configuration
    10. Click 10.10 Saving/Restoring XSCF Settings Information
    11. Click 10.11 Saving/Restoring Logical Domain Configuration Information in the XSCF
    12. Click 10.12 Saving/Restoring Logical Domain Configuration Information in an XML File
    13. Click 10.13 Saving/Restoring the OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables
    14.  10.14 Saving/Restoring the Contents of a Hard Disk
    15.  10.15 Resetting a Logical Domain
    16. Click 10.16 Causing a Panic in a Logical Domain
    17.  10.17 Resetting a Physical Partition
    18. Click 10.18 Returning the Server to the State at Factory Shipment
    19.  10.19 Collecting a Crash Dump File Using Deferred Dump
  12. Chapter 11 Checking the System Status
    1. Click 11.1 Checking the System Configuration/Status
    2. Click 11.2 Checking a Physical Partition
  13. Chapter 12 Checking Logs and Messages
    1. Click 12.1 Checking a Log Saved by the XSCF
    2. Click 12.2 Checking Warning and Notification Messages
  14. Chapter 13 Switching to Locked Mode/Service Mode
    1.  13.1 Understanding the Differences Between Locked Mode and Service Mode
    2.  13.2 Switching the Operating Mode
  15. Chapter 14 Configuring a Highly Reliable System
    1. Click 14.1 Configuring Memory Mirroring
    2. Click 14.2 Configuring Hardware RAID
    3.  14.3 Using the LDAP Service
    4.  14.4 Using SAN Boot
    5.  14.5 Using iSCSI
    6. Click 14.6 Remote Power Management for the SPARC M12/M10 and I/O Devices
    7.  14.7 Using an Uninterruptible Power Supply
    8. Click 14.8 Using Verified Boot
  16. Chapter 15 Expanding the System Configuration
    1.  15.1 Changing the Virtual CPU Configuration
    2.  15.2 Changing the Memory Configuration
    3. Click 15.3 Dynamic Reconfiguration Function for PCIe Endpoint Devices
    4. Click 15.4 Using the PCI Expansion Unit
    5.  15.5 Expanding the SPARC M12-2S/M10-4S
  17. Chapter 16 Updating the XCP Firmware
    1. Click 16.1 Basics of Firmware Update
    2. Click 16.2 Before Updating Firmware
    3.  16.3 Update Flow
    4.  16.4 Preparing an XCP Image File
    5. Click 16.5 Updating Firmware
    6.  16.6 Updating Firmware From XSCF Web
    7. Click 16.7 Firmware Version Matching with Parts Addition/Replacement
    8.  16.8 Trouble During Firmware Update
    9.  16.9 FAQ Relating to Firmware Update
  18. Chapter 17 Updating Oracle Solaris and Oracle VM Server for SPARC
  19. Chapter 18 Troubleshooting
    1.  18.1 Troubleshooting for the XSCF
    2.  18.2 Precautions Concerning Using the RESET Switch
    3.  18.3 Frequently Asked Questions / FAQ
    4.  18.4 System Troubleshooting With the XSCF
  20. Appendix A Lists of SPARC M12/M10 System Device Paths
    1.  A.1 SPARC M12-1 Device Paths
    2. Click A.2 SPARC M12-2 Device Paths
    3. Click A.3 SPARC M12-2S Device Paths
    4.  A.4 SPARC M10-1 Device Paths
    5. Click A.5 SPARC M10-4 Device Paths
    6. Click A.6 SPARC M10-4S Device Paths
  21. Appendix B Identifying an SAS2 Device Based on a WWN
    1.  B.1 World Wide Name (WWN) Syntax
    2.  B.2 Overview of probe-scsi-all Command Output
    3. Click B.3 Identifying a Disk Slot by Using the probe-scsi-all Command
    4. Click B.4 Identifying Disk Slot
  22. Appendix C List of the XSCF Web Pages
    1.  C.1 Overview of the Pages
    2.  C.2 Understanding the Menu Configuration
    3. Click C.3 Available Pages
  23. Appendix D XSCF MIB Information
    1.  D.1 MIB Object Identification
    2.  D.2 Standard MIB
    3. Click D.3 Extended MIB
    4.  D.4 Traps
  24. Appendix E SPARC M12/M10 System-specific Functions of Oracle VM Server for SPARC
    1.  E.1 Ordered Shutdown of Logical Domains
    2.  E.2 CPU Activation Support
    3. Click E.3 Checking Failed Resources
    4.  E.4 Automatic Replacement of Failed CPUs
    5.  E.5 Hypervisor Dump
    6.  E.6 Domain Console Logging Function
    7.  E.7 CPU Socket Restrictions
  25. Appendix F SAS2IRCU Utility Command Examples
    1.  F.1 Displaying a List of SAS Controllers Recognized by sas2ircu
    2.  F.2 Displaying the Information of a Hardware RAID Volume
    3.  F.3 Adding a Hardware RAID Volume
    4.  F.4 Displaying the Configuration Status of a Hardware RAID Volume
    5.  F.5 Creating a Hot Spare of a Hardware RAID Volume
    6.  F.6 Deleting a Hot Spare of a Hardware RAID Volume
    7.  F.7 Deleting a Hardware RAID Volume
    8.  F.8 Identifying the Faulty Disk Drive of a Hardware RAID Volume
  26. Appendix G SPARC M12-1/M10-1 XSCF Startup Mode Function
    1. Click G.1 Function Overview
    2. Click G.2 Restrictions and Notes
    3.  G.3 Configuration Procedure
  27. Appendix H OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables and Commands
    1.  H.1 SCSI Device Display
    2.  H.2 Unsupported OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables
    3.  H.3 Unsupported OpenBoot PROM Commands
    4.  H.4 Behavior With the Security Mode Enabled
  28. Appendix I How to Specify the Boot Device
    1.  I.1 Device Path of the Internal Storage
    2.  I.2 Method of Specification With a PHY Number
    3.  I.3 Method of Specification With a Target ID
    4.  I.4 Method of Specification With an SAS Address
    5.  I.5 Method of Specification With a Volume Device Name
    6.  I.6 Notes About the Device Alias net of the SPARC M12 Without On-Board LAN
  29. Appendix J Lists of DVD Drive Aliases
    1. Click J.1 External DVD Drive Aliases
    2. Click J.2 Remote Storage DVD Drive Aliases
  30. Appendix K CPU Activation Interim Permit
    1.  K.1 What is the CPU Activation Interim Permit?
    2.  K.2 Terms of Use of the CPU Activation Interim Permit and Precautions
    3. Click K.3 Related Commands
    4. Click K.4 Flows and Procedures for Using a CPU Activation Interim Permit
    5. Click K.5 Event Notification of the CPU Activation Interim Permit
    6. Click K.6 Other Important Notes

7.2.1 CPU Mounted on a Physical Partition and CPU Operational Mode


7.2.1 CPU Mounted on a Physical Partition and CPU Operational Mode
In the SPARC M10-4S, you can configure the system as a physical partition that has both SPARC M10-4S with SPARC64 X+ processor and a SPARC M10-4S with the SPARC64 X processor.
When the CPU operational mode of the setpparmode command of XSCF firmware is set and the type of CPU operation is specified by physical partition, at the next activation of Oracle Solaris, the system automatically judges if it should operate using the function of a SPARC64X+ processor or SPARC64X processor.
Types of CPU Operation
There are two types of CPU operation as follows:
  1. Operating using SPARC64 X+ function
    All CPUs on the physical partition operate using the enhanced function of the SPARC64 X+ processor.
    This applies only when CPU operational mode (cpumode) is set to "auto" with the setpparmode command, and all CPUs on the physical partition are configured with the SPARC64 X+ processor.
  2. Operating using SPARC64 X function
    All CPUs on the physical partition operate with the SPARC64 X processor function.
    When CPU operational mode (cpumode) is set to "compatible" with the setpparmode command, all CPUs of any type mounted on the physical partition operate with the SPARC64 X processor function.
    In addition, when CPU operational mode is set to "auto" with the setpparmode command, all CPUs operate with the SPARC64 X processor function if the SPARC64 X processor is mounted on the physical partition.
Note - For the XCP firmware to support the CPU operational mode setting and the Oracle Solaris version, see the Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 Systems Product Notes for the latest XCP version (XCP 2210 or later).
CPU Configuration and Operational Mode of Physical Partitions
As shown in PPAR#2 in Figure 7-1, you can configure one physical partition to have both the SPARC64 X+ processor and the SPARC64 X processor in a SPARC M10-4S system.
Figure 7-1  Example of Configuration of Processors and Physical Partitions Mounted on a SPARC M10-4S System
Figure 7-1 Example of Configuration of Processors and Physical Partitions Mounted on a SPARC M10-4S System
Table 7-1 lists the CPU configurations of physical partitions, CPU operational mode setting values, and CPU operating types on Oracle Solaris.
Table 7-1  CPU Configuration and Operational Mode of Physical Partitions
CPU Configuration of PPAR CPU operational mode (CPU Mode) value of setpparmode command CPU Operating Type of Oracle Solaris
SPARC64 X+ auto Operation with SPARC64 X+ function
SPARC64 X+ compatible Operation with SPARC64 X compatible
SPARC64 X+/X "auto" or "compatible"  SPARC64 X+ operation with SPARC64 X compatible
SPARC64 X operation with SPARC64 X function
SPARC64 X "auto" or "compatible"  Operation with SPARC64 X function
For details of the CPU configuration of physical partitions at the PPAR DR operation time and the CPU operating types on Oracle Solaris, see "2.6 Considerations When Using the SPARC64 X+ Processor" in the Fujitsu SPARC M12 and Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 Domain Configuration Guide.
Checking the Applied CPU Operating Type
To check the currently applied CPU operating type, execute the prtdiag or psrinfo command of Oracle Solaris. When the CPU of the physical partition is operating with the SPARC64 X+ function, "SPARC64-X+" is output on the System Processor Mode line. On the other hand, when it is operating with the SPARC64 X function, "SPARC64-X" is displayed on the System Processor Mode line.
  1. On the targeted physical partition, execute the prtdiag or psrinfo command of Oracle Solaris with the -pv option to check the currently applied CPU operating type.
    In this case, the SPARC64 X+ function is used for operation.
The following example shows the prtdiag command execution results.
primary# prtdiag
System Configuration: Oracle Corporation sun4v SPARC M10-4S
Memory size: 391168 Megabytes

================================ Virtual CPUs ===============================

CPU ID Frequency Implementation Status
------ --------- ---------------------- -------

0 3700 MHz SPARC64-X+ on-line
The following example shows the psrinfo -pv execution results.
primary# psrinfo -pv
The physical processor has 12 cores and 24 virtual processors (0-23)
The core has 2 virtual processors (0 1)
The core has 2 virtual processors (2 3)
The core has 2 virtual processors (4 5)
The core has 2 virtual processors (6 7)
The core has 2 virtual processors (8 9)
The core has 2 virtual processors (10 11)
The core has 2 virtual processors (12 13)
The core has 2 virtual processors (14 15)
The core has 2 virtual processors (16 17)
The core has 2 virtual processors (18 19)
The core has 2 virtual processors (20 21)
The core has 2 virtual processors (22 23)
SPARC64-X+ (chipid 0, clock 3700 MHz)
Checking the Setting Status of CPU Operational Mode
Use the showpparmode command of the XSCF firmware to check the setting status of the CPU operational mode. Execute the command with a user account that has the platadm or fieldeng privilege. You can also execute it with a user account that has the pparadm privilege for the target physical partition.
Note - With the showpparmode command, the latest setting information set with the setpparmode command is displayed. There are cases that do not correspond to the currently applied CPU operating type. This is because the setting information set with the setpparmode command is reflected when the physical partition is restarted. For example, if the CPU operational mode is set to "auto" and the CPU operational mode is set to "compatible" for a physical partition that operates with the SPARC64 X+ function using the setpparmode command, "compatible" is output with the showpparmode command. However, it operates with the SPARC64 X+ function until the physical partition is restarted.
XSCF> showpparmode -p ppar_id
For ppar_id, specify the PPAR ID of the physical partition. You can specify a numeric value from 0 to 15.
  1. In the targeted physical partition, execute the showpparmode command of XSCF firmware, and check the CPU operational mode set with the setpparmode command.
    In this case, it is checked against PPAR-ID 00.
XSCF> showpparmode -p 0
Host-ID :0f010f10
Diagnostic Level :min
Message Level :normal
Alive Check :on
Watchdog Reaction :reset
Break Signal :on
Autoboot(Guest Domain) :on
Elastic Mode :off
IOreconfigure :true
CPU Mode :auto
PPAR DR(Current) :off
PPAR DR(Next) :off
Changing the CPU Operational Mode
The default CPU operational mode of the setpparmode command is set to "auto". When it is set to "auto", whenever a physical partition is started, the CPU operating type on Oracle Solaris is automatically selected depending on the type of CPU mounted on the physical partition.
When the CPU operational mode is changed from "auto" to "compatible" with the setpparmode command, regardless of the type of mounted CPU, at the next activation of the physical partition, the CPU operates with the SPARC64 X function.
Use the setpparmode command of the XSCF firmware to change the CPU operational mode. Execute the command with a user account that has the platadm privilege. You can also execute it with a user account that has the pparadm privilege for the target physical partition.
XSCF> setpparmode -p ppar_id -m cpumode=mode
For ppar_id, specify the PPAR ID of the physical partition. You can specify a numeric value from 0 to 15. For mode, specify the CPU operational mode. You can specify "auto" when the CPU is operated with the SPARC64 X+ function, and "compatible" when it is operated with the SPARC64 X function. The default is "auto".
Note - To change the CPU operational mode, it is necessary to power off the target physical partition.
  1. Execute the poweroff command to power off the targeted physical partition.
    The following example powers off PPAR-ID 00.
XSCF> poweroff -p 0
PPAR-IDs to power off:00
Continue? [y|n] :y
00 : Powering off


*Note*
This command only issues the instruction to power-off.
The result of the instruction can be checked by the "showpparprogress".
XSCF>
  1. Execute the showpparmode command to confirm the current setting of the CPU operational mode (CPU mode).
    In the following example, the CPU operational mode is set to "auto".
XSCF> showpparmode -p 0
Host-ID :0f010f10
Diagnostic Level :min
Message Level :normal
Alive Check :on
Watchdog Reaction :reset
Break Signal :on
Autoboot(Guest Domain) :on
Elastic Mode :off
IOreconfigure :true
CPU Mode :compatible
PPAR DR(Current) :off
PPAR DR(Next) :off
  1. Execute the setpparmode command to change the CPU operational mode.
    In the following example, the CPU operational mode is changed from "auto" to "compatible".
XSCF> setpparmode -p 0 -m cpumode=compatible
Diagnostic Level :max -> -
Message Level :normal -> -
Alive Check :on -> -
Watchdog Reaction :reset -> -
Break Signal :on -> -
Autoboot(Guest Domain) :on -> -
Elastic Mode :off -> -
IOreconfigure :true -> -
CPU Mode :auto -> compatible
PPAR DR :off -> -
The specified modes will be changed.
Continue? [y|n] :y
configured.
Diagnostic Level :max
Message Level :normal
Alive Check :on (alive check:available)
Watchdog Reaction :reset (watchdog reaction:reset)
Break Signal :on (break signal:non-send)
Autoboot(Guest Domain) :on
Elastic Mode :on
IOreconfigure :false
CPU Mode :compatible
PPAR DR :off
  1. Execute the showpparmode command to confirm the current setting of the CPU operational mode (CPU mode).
    In the following example, the CPU operational mode is set to "compatible".
XSCF> showpparmode -p 0
Host-ID :0f010f10
Diagnostic Level :min
Message Level :normal
Alive Check :on
Watchdog Reaction :reset
Break Signal :on
Autoboot(Guest Domain) :on
Elastic Mode :off
IOreconfigure :true
CPU Mode :compatible
PPAR DR(Current) :off
PPAR DR(Next) :off
  1. Execute the poweron command to power on the targeted physical partition.
    The following example powers on PPAR-ID 00.
XSCF> poweron -p 0
PPAR-IDs to power on:00
Continue? [y|n] :y
00 :Powering on


*Note*
This command only issues the instruction to power-on.
The result of the instruction can be checked by the "showpparprogress".
XSCF>

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