Linux Issues
The following table lists the issues with related to the Linux operating system on the Sun Fire
X4800 Server server.
Linux Issues Workaround
“Oracle and Red Hat Linux 7.2 Installation Fails With AER Error on Systems With Four or
More Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe Low Profile Host Channel Adapter M2 Cards
(22686146)” on page 52
Yes
“False MCE Errors Appear in /var/log/mcelog (CR 7104293)” on page 52
N/A
“I/O Does Not Work On SLES11 SP1 with XEN (CR 6965290 and
CR7110443)” on page 53
Yes
“RHEL6 Kdump Runs Out of Memory (CR 7000993 and CR 7000942)” on page 53 Yes
“SLES11 SP1 Does Not Produce A Kdump File After A Crash (CR7001706)” on page 54 Yes
“SLES11 Fails to Install On Systems Equipped with 6–Core CMODs (CR
7024769)” on page 54
Yes
“Messages Complain of Failure to Allocate I/O Resources (CR 6984329)” on page 55 Yes
“Xen Profiler Is Not Supported in Oracle Linux 5.5 (CR 6839366)” on page 55 No
“Oracle Linux 5.5 Does Not Support CPU Throttling (CR 6847286)” on page 55 No
“InfiniBand PCIe Module Does Not Function Correctly With SLES 11 (CR 6909512, CR
6921163)” on page 56
Yes — Fixed in SP1
“LEDs on PCIe ExpressModule Work Incorrectly with Oracle Linux 5.5 (CR
6894954)” on page 56
No
“Oracle Linux 5.5 Xen Kernel Hangs Due to Long Timeout (CR 6899040)” on page 57 Yes
“10GbE PCIe Card in 8-Socket System with SLES11 Can Cause Kernel to Crash (CR
6912821)” on page 58
Yes
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