Asset ID:	1-71-1019984.1
Update Date:	2010-08-09
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Solution  1019984.1 :   Steps to confirm the right cpu archictecture is specified when Jumpstarting Txxxx (sun4v) server.  


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Description
The machine hardware class for the UltraSPARC(R) Txxxx series is called sun4v. When performing a Jumpstart[TM] install, the right machine hardware class has to be specified.
Symptoms:

Jumpstarting with the incorrect machine architecture specified can lead to the following observations:

- Jumpstart panic
- Panic during Jumpstart
- Panic with illegal instruction fault
- trap 10
- Jumpstart failed


Purpose/Scope:

This document provide steps to ensure the correct machine architecture is specified when performing a network Jumpstart install of a Tx000 machine.


Related Documents:

The general Jumpstart troubleshooing, please refer to <Document: 1018557.1> Troubleshooting a failed Jumpstart.

Comprehensive guide in setting up and using Jumpstart is described in the Solaris[TM] 10 Installation Guide: Custom Jumpstart and Advanced Installations manual available at http://docs.sun.com .


Steps to Follow
The following provides steps to ensure that sun4v architecture is specified when Jumpstarting sun4v clients.

When performing a network Jumpstart for a sun4v machine, regardless of whether it is the primary domain or guest domain, the machine architecture of sun4v has to be specified.

The add_install_client(1M) man page specified the following synopsis where platform_group argument is to be replaced with sun4v when setting up a sun4v Jumpstart client.

media-mnt-pt/Solaris_XX/Tools/add_install_client
[-i IP_address]
[-e Ethernet_address] [-s server_name : path]
[-c server_name : path]
[-n [server ] : name_service [( netmask]]
[-p server_name : path]
[-t install_boot_image_path] host_name platform_group

media-mnt-pt/Solaris_XX/Tools/add_install_client -d
[-s server_name:path]
[-c server_name:path] [-p server_name:path]
[-t install_boot_image_path] [-f boot_file_name]
platform_name platform_group

media-mnt-pt/Solaris_XX/Tools/add_install_client -d
[-s server_name:path]
[-c server_name:path] [-p server_name:path]
[-t install_boot_image_path] [-f boot_file_name] -e Ethernet_address
[-b property=value] platform_group

For example.:

On the Jumpstart server, issue the following add_install_client(1M) command for a client named t2000-node1:

     # ./add_install_client t2000-node1 sun4v

Product
Logical Domain Manager 1.0.1
Sun Fire T2000 Server
Sun Fire T1000 Server
Sun Netra T2000 Server


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