Oracle Sun Fire X4800 - System Panics During Solaris 10 10;09 os Installation When Solaris Attempts to Boot (CR 6880963)

System Panics During Solaris 10 10/09 OS Installation When Solaris Attempts to Boot (CR 6880963)
System Panics During Solaris 10 10/09 OS Installation
When Solaris Attempts to Boot (CR 6880963)
When installing Solaris 10 10/09, the system panics if it has a large memory size
(approximately 768 GB or larger)
For example:
panic[cpu0]/thread=fffffffffbc288a0: mutex_enter: bad mutex,
lp=18 owner=f00006f7f0000748 thread=fffffffffbc288a0
>> warning! 8-byte aligned %fp = fffffffffbc315b8
fffffffffbc315b8 unix:mutex_panic+6f ()
>> warning! 8-byte aligned %fp = fffffffffbc31618
fffffffffbc31618 unix:mutex_vector_enter+1f6 ()
...
Workaround 1
Upgrade to Solaris 10 9/10 or newer.
Workaround 2
1. Download patch 142901–09 or higher.
Note - If you are doing a PXE install, you might choose to add patch 142091–09 or higher
to your install image. This allows you to complete the installation without reducing the
memory size. However, you must still reduce the memory size (step 2) and add the patch to
the installed system (step 4) before you can boot it.
2. Reduce the system memory to 512 GB.
We suggest you remove CMODs 3 and 4. You can use other techniques if desired.
For details, refer to Adding, Removing, and Installing a CMOD (CRU) in Sun Fire X4800
Server Service Manual.
3. Install the operating system.
This is not necessary if your system already has an operating system installed.
4. Install patch 142901–09 or higher.
5. Replace the memory.
If you removed the CMODs, for details, refer to Adding, Removing, and Installing a CMOD
(CRU) in Sun Fire X4800 Server Service Manual.
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