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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
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  • Sun Fire V40z Server
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Related Categories
  • GCS>Sun Microsystems>Sun FAB>Standard>Reactive
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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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