Sun Fire V20z/V40z disks greater than 65535 cylinders may not be recognized for their entire size during Solaris installation.

Asset ID:	1-73-1000331.1
Update Date:	2010-09-10
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Solution Type FAB (standard) Sure

Solution 1000331.1 : Sun Fire V20z/V40z disks greater than 65535 cylinders may not be recognized for their entire size during Solaris installation.

Related Items


Sun Fire V20z Server
 Sun Fire V40z Server

Related Categories


GCS>Sun Microsystems>Sun FAB>Standard>Reactive

PreviouslyPublishedAs
200450

Product
Sun Fire V20z Server
Sun Fire V40z Server

Bug Id
<SUNBUG: 6310174>

Part

Part No: 370-6689
Part Description: 73GB Hard Disk
Part Model: ST373207LC
Part Type: Disk
Part Vendor: Seagate
Part Firmware: 0002

Part

Part No: 370-6689
Part Description: 73GB Hard Disk
Part Model: MAP3735NC
Part Type: Disk
Part Vendor: Fujitsu
Part Firmware: 0104

Part

Part No: 370-6941
Part Description: 73GB Hard Disk
Part Model: MAU3073NC
Part Type: Disk
Part Vendor: Fujitsu
Part Firmware: 0102

Xoption

Xoption Number: X9256A
Xoption Description: Sun Fire V20z/40z - 73 GB HDD

Xoption

Xoption Number: X9291A
Xoption Description: Sun Fire V20z/40z - 73 GB HDD (15K RPM)

Impact

This issue can arise if the disk's VTOC was created using an old version of the sd driver. Disks will not be recognized for their entire size.

Contributing Factors

In most instances the affected disks have low firmware versions (Part number and firmware version mentioned above).

Symptoms

Root Cause

Workaround

Resolution

Comprehensive Field Instructions: If FE's or SSE's encounter this issue at a customer site, they should first try to delete the existing VTOC from the disk and recreate the disk. Before doing this make sure the system's sd patches are up to date. Check the platform patches from the following URL:

http://pts-platform/twiki/bin/view/Products/ProdPatchesFirmwareV20z .

If the issue is encountered during the Solaris install then use the ITU patch given in the above URL to patch the sd during installation, then delete the VTOC and re-create the VTOC using the new version of sd.

Additional Comments: Read the SRDB 83659 for more information on how to delete and recreate the VTOC.

Previously Published As
102169

Related Information

Manual: Yellow Sheet: PN 819-2501-10
URL: http://pts-platform/twiki/bin/view/Products/ProdPatchesFirmwareV20z
Other: Sun Alert: 101599, SRDB: 83659

Internal Contributor/submitter
seenivasan.ramaseshan@sun.com

Internal Eng Business Unit Group
KE Authors

Internal Eng Responsible Engineer
Michael.Riley@Sun.COM

Internal Services Knowledge Engineer
sean.hassall@sun.com

Internal Escalation ID
1-13617990, 1-10866476, 1-10587894

Internal Kasp FAB Legacy ID
102169

Internal Sun Alert & FAB Admin Info
Critical Category:
Significant Change Date:
Avoidance: Firmware
Responsible Manager: null
Original Admin Info: null

Product_uuid
1acc55b3-4b82-11d8-99fc-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire V20z Server
4726b78d-56d2-11d8-9e3a-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire V40z Server

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