This is a summary to a problem that I posted in August. The original post is at the end of this message. The reason it took so long to summarize is that the problem was only manifesting every month or two. Thus, I had to wait a while to be reasonably confident that things were fixed. I received many responses, most of which were requests for info from people who were having the same problem. Several people made helpful suggestions, including: - check the power supply - check for bad DIMM or CPU - install some known patches - bring the OBP level up - get Sun to deal with the whole thing via warranty The idea that seems to have done the trick was a suggestion from Rachel Polanskis. I installed the following two patches: 109793-07 110208-09 I have not had a crash since August. If you are having problems with X1s crashing hard, I highly recommend that you install these patches. -Justin Justin Sheehy <justin@iago.org> writes: > I looked on sunsolve and through recent posts here, and couldn't see > anything on this subject, so I figured I'd post here to see if anyone > has any useful info. As always, I'll post a summary if there is any > useful feedback. > > I have a Netra X1 which I purchased directly from Sun a few months > ago. It is running the version of Solaris 8 that shipped on the > machine. I looked for relevant patches, and didn't notice any. I > suppose it is possible that I somehow missed the patch. > > (or perhaps a firmware problem/upgrade) > > Symptoms: > > Twice now the machine has spontaneously just hung. Nothing at all in > syslog for the hour or two before the crash, and then the machine is > totally unusable. Net goes away, no console, and the power switch > doesn't even work. That last bit makes me suspect that it is a > problem with the LOM unit. Both times we have recovered the machine > by pulling the plug and plugging it back in. Both times it has been > fine for a while after that hard-powercycle. This is obviously > suboptimal behavior for a box designed to be left in a colo rack. > > Diagnostic info: > > bash-2.03$ uname -a > SunOS ra 5.8 Generic_108528-06 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2 > bash-2.03$ lom -v > Supply voltages: > 1 5V status=ok > 2 3V3 status=ok > 3 +12V status=ok > 4 -12V status=ok > 5 VDD core status=ok > System status flags (circuit breakers): > 1 USB0 status=ok > 2 USB1 status=ok > 3 SCC status=ok > bash-2.03$ sysinfo > > > G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N > > Host Name is ra > Host Aliases is ra loghost > Host Address(es) is 192.148.252.45 > Host ID is 830508e8 > Serial Number is 2198145256 > Manufacturer is Sun (Sun Microsystems) > Manufacturer (Short) is Sun > Manufacturer (Full) is Sun Microsystems > System Model is UltraAX i2 > Main Memory is 128 MB > Virtual Memory is 1.1 GB > ROM Version is OBP 4.0.6 2001/02/19 09:56 > Number of CPUs is 1 > CPU Type is sparcv9+vis > App Architecture is sparc > Kernel Architecture is sun4u > OS Name is SunOS > OS Version is 5.8 > OS Distribution is Solaris 8 10/00 s28s_u2wos_11b SPARC > Kernel Version is SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-06 64-bit > Boot Time is Sun Aug 19 19:26:09 2001 EDT > Current Time is Tue Aug 21 00:12:22 2001 EDT > > > K E R N E L I N F O R M A T I O N > > Maximum number of processes for system is 1882 > Maximum number of processes per user is 1877 > Maximum number of users (for system tables) is 117 > Maximum number of BSD (/dev/ptyXX) pty's is 48 > Size of the virtual address cache is 16384 > Size of the callout table is 110 > Size of the inode table is 8316 > Size of the directory name lookup cache is 8316 > STREAMS: Maximum number of pushes allowed is 9 > Maximum global priority in sys class is 64 > Has UFS driver is TRUE > Has NFS driver is TRUE > Has TMPFS driver is TRUE > Has FD driver is TRUE > Has NFSSERVER is TRUE > Has IPCSEMAPHORE is TRUE > Has IPCMESSAGE is TRUE > Has IPCSHMEM is TRUE > > > S Y S C O N F I N F O R M A T I O N > > Max combined size of argv[] and envp[] is 2096640 > Max processes allowed to any UID is 1877 > Clock ticks per second is 100 > Max simultaneous groups per user is 16 > Max open files per process is 256 > System memory page size is 8192 > Job control supported is TRUE > Savid ids (seteuid()) supported is TRUE > Version of POSIX.1 standard supported is 199506 > Version of the X/Open standard supported is 3 > Max log name is 8 > Max password length is 8 > Number of processors (CPUs) configured is 1 > Number of processors (CPUs) online is 1 > Total number of pages of physical memory is 16384 > Number of pages of physical memory not currently in use is 1025 > Max number of I/O operations in single list I/O call is 4096 > Max amount a process can decrease its async I/O priority level is 0 > Max number of timer expiration overruns is 2147483647 > Max number of open message queue descriptors per process is 32 > Max number of message priorities supported is 32 > Max number of realtime signals is 8 > Max number of semaphores per process is 2147483647 > Max value a semaphore may have is 2147483647 > Max number of queued signals per process is 32 > Max number of timers per process is 32 > Supports asyncronous I/O is TRUE > Supports File Synchronization is TRUE > Supports memory mapped files is TRUE > Supports process memory locking is TRUE > Supports range memory locking is TRUE > Supports memory protection is TRUE > Supports message passing is TRUE > Supports process scheduling is TRUE > Supports realtime signals is TRUE > Supports semaphores is TRUE > Supports shared memory objects is TRUE > Supports syncronized I/O is TRUE > Supports timers is TRUE > Supports C language binding option is TRUE > Supports C language development utilities is TRUE > Version of ISO POSIX-2 standard (Commands) is 199209 > Supports creation of locales by localedef is TRUE > Supports Software Development Utitility is TRUE > Supports User Portability Utilities is TRUE > Version of ISO POSIX-2 standard (C Language binding) is 199209 > Maximum obase values allowed by bc is 99 > Maximum number of elements in array in bc is 2048 > Maximum scale value in bc is 99 > Maximum string constant in bc is 1000 > Maximum weights for LC_COLLATE is 10 > Maximum expressionss in expr is 32 > Maximum length of input line is 2048 > Maximum repeated _SC_REALTIME_SIGNALS is 255 > Supports X/Open Encryption Features is TRUE > Supports X/Open Enhanced Internationalization Features is TRUE > Supports X/Open Shared Memory Features is TRUE > Supports Character Terminals is TRUE > Version of supported XCU is 4 > Maximum functions in atexit() is 32 > Maximum iovec structures for readv()/writev() is 16 > Supports X/Open CAE 8/1994 is TRUE > Maximum pid value is 30000 > Default stack protection is 3 > Max size of group entry buffer is 10496 > Max size of password entry buffer is 1024 > Max login name is 9 > Max TTY name is 128 > Supports POSIX Threads is TRUE > Supports Thread Stack Address Attriutes is TRUE > Supports Thread Stack Size Attribute is TRUE > Supports Thread Priority Scheduling is TRUE > Supports Thread Priority Inherit is TRUE > Supports Thread Priority Protection is TRUE > Supports Thread Process Sharing is TRUE > Supports Thread Safe Functions is TRUE > Supports X/Open Legacy Feature Group is TRUE > Supports X/Open POSIX Realtime Feature Group is TRUE > Supports X/Open POSIX Realtime Threads Feature Group is TRUE > Supports X/Open ILP32 w/32-bit offset is TRUE > Supports X/Open LP32 w/64-bit offset is TRUE > Supports X/Open LP64, 64-bit offset is TRUE > Supports X/Open LP64, 64-bit offset is TRUE > > > [...] > > D E V I C E I N F O R M A T I O N > > SUNW,UltraAX-i2 is a "Sun 375-3015" > openprom1 is a "Sun Open Boot PROM" device > options0 is a "PROM Settings" > aliases1 is a "PROM Device Aliases" > pci108e,a001/0 is a "Sun sabre" PCI > isa0 is a "AL ISA" system bus > ds1287 is a "DS1287 Real Time Clock" device > power0 is a "Sun Solaris DDI Power Management" device > su0 is a "82510/8250/16450/16550AF" serial device > su1 is a "82510/8250/16450/16550AF" serial device > flashprom1 is a "Sun Flash PROM" > pmu is a "AL AL-M7101 PMU" > pci128h,9102/0 is a PCI > pci128h,9102/1 is a PCI > pciclass,0c0310 is a PCI > pci10b9,5229/0 is a "AL AL-M5229 TXpro" > c0t0d0 (dad0) is a "ST320413A" 18.6 GB disk drive > cpu0 is a "Sun UltraSPARC-IIe" 400 MHz CPU > i2c-smbus > i2c-max1617 is a "MAX1617 Thermistor" device > > > Any ideas? Am I just missing a patch, or is this a currently known problem? > > Thanks. > > -Justin > > > > _______________________________________________ > sunmanagers mailing list > sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org > http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Tue Oct 30 19:45:08 2001
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