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18 Sun Fire 880 Server Product Notes • December 2001
Correction to Displaying POST Results
The command for displaying POST results in the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual is
incorrect. To display the results of POST testing, type show-post-results at the
ok prompt. The following is an abbreviated eaxmple of the command and output.
ok show-post-results
CPU0/Memory: OK
CPU1/Memory: OK
...
Correction to the diag-trigger Setting for
Enabling ASR
The diag-trigger information in “How to Enable ASR” in the Sun Fire 880 Server
Owner’s Guide is misleading. Step 2 recommends setting the diag-trigger variable
to power-reset, error-reset,orsoft-reset. However, setting the variable to
power-reset requires the user to power cycle the system in order for the system to
deconfigure the failed hardware component.
Since the purpose of ASR is to provide for an automatic system recovery from
certain types of hardware failures, setting diag-trigger variable to power-reset
does not allow for an automatic recovery from a hardware failure. To enable ASR for
an automatic recovery from a hardware failure, set the diag-trigger variable to
error-reset or soft-reset as shown in the following example.
# ok setenv diag-trigger soft-reset
Note – The ASR feature is not activated until you enable it at the system ok prompt.
For more information about ASR, see the Sun Fire 880 Server Owner’s Guide.
Correct Usage of the ifconfig Command for
PCI Hot-Plug
The procedure for hot-plugging a PCI card on a Sun Fire 880 Server running the
Solaris 8 07/01 or 10/01 operating environment in the Sun Fire 880 Dynamic
Reconfiguration User’s Guide does not fully explain the syntax for the ifconfig
command. To prepare a PCI card for removal using the ifconfig command, you
must first use the down option and then the unplumb option. To prepare a PCI card
for installation using the ifconfig command, you must first use the plumb option
and then the up option. The ifconfig syntax for removing a PCI card is as follows.
# ifconfig hme2:1 down
# ifconfig hme2:1 unplumb
The ifconfig syntax for installing a PCI card is as follows.