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*Oct 25 01:02:22 Blade03 hermon: [ID 271130 kern.warning] WARNING: hermon0: Device Error: HCA firmware not at minimum version*
*Oct 25 01:02:22 Blade03 hermon: [ID 549348 kern.notice] Unsupported Hermon FW version: expected: 0002.0006.0000, actual: 0002.0002.0000*
which pointed me to a fireware issue
root@Blade03:~# fwflash -l
Class [IB]
GUID: System Image - 001b78ffff34704b
Node Image - 001b78ffff347048
Port 1 - 001b78ffff347049
Port 2 - 001b78ffff34704a
Mac 1 - ffffffffffffffff
Mac 2 - ffffffffffffffff
Firmware revision : 2.2.000
Product : 448262-001 A0
No additional hardware info available for this device
Saved the current firmware just in case
root@Blade03:~# fwflash -y -r ib-firmware-2.2.000.bin -d /devices/pci@0,0/pci8086,25f9@6/pci103c,1718@0:devctl
root@Blade03:~# ls
ib-firmware-2.2.000.bin
I then downloaded the latest firmware from vendor (HP) and uploaded the new firmware, I was alittle worried doing this
root@Blade03:~# fwflash -f ./fw-25408-2_8_0000-448262-B21-clp-171.bin -d /devices/pci@0,0/pci8086,25f9@6/pci103c,1718@0:devctl
fwflash: hermon: No PSID match found
fwflash: hermon: Unable to verify firmware is appropriate for the hardware
fwflash: Do you want to continue? (Y/N): y
About to update firmware on /devices/pci@0,0/pci8086,25f9@6/pci103c,1718@0:devctl
with file ./fw-25408-2_8_0000-448262-B21-clp-171.bin.
Do you want to continue? (Y/N): y
Unable to completely verify that this firmware image (./fw-25408-2_8_0000-448262-B21-clp-171.bin) is compatible with your HCA /devices/pci@0,0/pci8086,25f9@6/pci103c,1718@0:devctlDo you really want to continue? (Y/N): y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +
fwflash: New firmware will be activated after you reboot
After the reboot all looks well
root@Blade03:~# fwflash -l
Device[100] /devices/pci@0,0/pci8086,25f9@6/pci103c,1718@0:devctl
Driver hermon
Class [IB]
GUID: System Image - 001b78ffff34704b
Node Image - 001b78ffff347048
Port 1 - 001b78ffff347049
Port 2 - 001b78ffff34704a
Mac 1 - 00001b7800347049
Mac 2 - 00001b780034704a
Firmware revision : 2.8.000
Product : 448262-001 A0
No additional hardware info available for this device
now in /var/adm/messages I see the below:
Oct 25 01:45:46 Blade03 hermon: [ID 904943 kern.info] vpd 448262-001
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex15b3,634a (hermon) instance 0 irq 0x1b vector 0x60 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 0
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex15b3,634a (hermon) instance 0 irq 0x1c vector 0x61 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 1
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex15b3,634a (hermon) instance 0 irq 0x1b vector 0x60 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 2
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 hermon: [ID 753898 kern.info] NOTICE: Hermon is operational
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 pcieb: [ID 586369 kern.info] PCIE-device: pci103c,1718@0, hermon0
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 npe: [ID 236367 kern.info] PCI Express-device: pci103c,1718@0, hermon0
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] hermon0 is /pci@0,0/pci8086,25f9@6/pci103c,1718@0
Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 hermon: [ID 749262 kern.info] hermon0: FW ver: 0002.0008.0000, HW rev: 160
*Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 hermon: [ID 969628 kern.info] hermon0: MT25408 ConnectX Mellanox Technologies (0x001b78ffff347048)*
*Oct 25 01:45:50 Blade03 hermon: [ID 330282 kern.info] Hermon attach complete*
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/rpcib@0 (rpcib0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/rpcib@0 (rpcib0) multipath status: degraded: path 2 hermon0/rpcib@rpcib,0 is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/eibnx@0 (eibnx0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/eibnx@0 (eibnx0) multipath status: degraded: path 3 hermon0/eibnx@eibnx,0 is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/rdsib@0 (rdsib0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/rdsib@0 (rdsib0) multipath status: degraded: path 4 hermon0/rdsib@rdsib,0 is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 ib: [ID 842868 kern.info] IB device: daplt@0, daplt0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] daplt0 is /ib/daplt@0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/daplt@0 (daplt0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/daplt@0 (daplt0) multipath status: degraded: path 5 hermon0/daplt@daplt,0 is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/rdsv3@0 (rdsv30) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/rdsv3@0 (rdsv30) multipath status: degraded: path 6 hermon0/rdsv3@rdsv3,0 is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 ib: [ID 842868 kern.info] IB device: sol_uverbs@0, sol_uverbs0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sol_uverbs0 is /ib/sol_uverbs@0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/sol_uverbs@0 (sol_uverbs0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/sol_uverbs@0 (sol_uverbs0) multipath status: degraded: path 7 hermon0/sol_uverbs@sol_uverbs,0 is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 ib: [ID 842868 kern.info] IB device: sol_umad@0, sol_umad0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sol_umad0 is /ib/sol_umad@0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/sol_umad@0 (sol_umad0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/sol_umad@0 (sol_umad0) multipath status: degraded: path 8 hermon0/sol_umad@sol_umad,0 is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/sdpib@0 (sdpib0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/sdpib@0 (sdpib0) multipath status: degraded: path 9 hermon0/sdpib@sdpib, is online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 227219 kern.info] This Solaris instance has UUID 41bed47a-ebb3-44bf-b1ad-cfe670b645e0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 ib: [ID 842868 kern.info] IB device: iser@0, iser0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] iser0 is /ib/iser@0
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /ib/iser@0 (iser0) online
Oct 25 01:46:46 Blade03 genunix: [ID 483743 kern.info] /ib/iser@0 (iser0) multipath status: degraded: path 10 hermon0/iser@iser,0 is online
Now I can see the physical IB-PORT as per below:
root@Blade03:~# cfgadm -a
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
c7 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c7::dsk/c7t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
c7::dsk/c7t1d0 disk connected configured unknown
ib IB-Fabric connected configured ok
ib::1B78FFFF34704A,0,ipib IB-PORT connected configured ok
ib::1B78FFFF347049,0,ipib IB-PORT connected configured ok
ib::daplt,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::eibnx,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::iser,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::rdsib,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::rdsv3,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::rpcib,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::sdpib,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::sol_umad,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::sol_uverbs,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
ib::srpt,0 IB-PSEUDO connected configured ok
and proconf now also looks good
root@Blade03:~# prtconf
System Configuration: Oracle Corporation i86pc
Memory size: 8190 Megabytes
System Peripherals (Software Nodes):
i86pc
ib, instance #0
srpt, instance #0
rpcib, instance #0
eibnx, instance #0
rdsib, instance #0
daplt, instance #0
rdsv3, instance #0
sol_uverbs, instance #0
sol_umad, instance #0
sdpib, instance #0
iser, instance #0
output snipped
pci8086,25f9, instance #2
pci103c,1718, instance #0
ibport, instance #0
ibport, instance #1
output snipped

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Hi, I just received the solaris 10 dvd from sun. I have the sparc and the x86 versions. The problem I have now is that I need to install it onto a computer that does not have a dvd drive. Here is the current set up of the network:
I have three computers connected by a switch. Then I also have a laptop which has a wireless connection to the internet. The laptop also has a cable connection to the switch which allows me to share the internet connection to the other three computers. Not the best setup, because when I leave with the laptop the desktops have no internet. Anyway, the laptop has Windows XP microsoft internet connection sharing enabled so it acts as the router. The desktops, one has FreeBSD with DHCP enabled, another has windows xp and the third has Ubuntu. The LAN is working well so far as all can connect to the net.
So now I would like to know if I can and how to install solaris onto the Ubuntu desktop with the dvd inserted into my windows xp laptop over the network. This will be my first Solaris install so I really appreciate all the help and pointers to any tutorials on the net.
Thanks!

hi RTCXiR
recently I installed Solaris 10 11/06 dual boot with Win XP on a single hard drive & as a newbie it took me a while so I posted detailed steps on this same forum afterwards:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5137822&tstart=0
hope it might help u... Jags Desai

Sending Connection Object over the Network using RMI

Hi,
How can a Connection object be sent over the network and run on another JVM. I need to hold connection object to execute processes one after other, that require Oracle connection without ever connecting again. I do not have J2EE container or webserver setup to hold connection/connectionpool,but need to run the process on command line. I am using RMI infrastructure to pass parameters/return values but connection object is not serializable and connot be marshalled and failing. Please explain, if there is another way using JDK 1.4
Sudheer

I think that what you want to do is connect to the database on the RMI server object, then use the server object from your remote clients to execute the processes you require to rrun.

Sending Connection object over the network

Hi,
How can a Connection object be sent over the network and run on another JVM. I need to hold connection object to execute processes one after other, that require Oracle connection without ever connecting again. I do not have J2EE container or webserver setup to hold connection/connectionpool,but need to run the process on command line. I am using RMI infrastructure to pass parameters/return values but connection object is not serializable and cannot be marshalled and failing. Please explain, if there is another way using JDK 1.4
Sudheer

I don't believe this is possible. A connection object has a number of associated structures on the operating system, which generally makes it impossible to move. From a fundamental networking level, you also cannot, in general, cause a connection to machine1 to start communicating with machine2-- that would introduce all manner of security problems.
Why don't you want to just create another connection on the other machine?
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC

Send BufferedImage over the network

I have already successfully setup a client/server connection. The issue, is when I send the BufferedImage over the network, it says:
"Caused by: java.io.NotSerializableException: java.awt.image.BufferedImage"
Can someone please tell me how to fix this?

Like the exception say, BufferedImage is not serializable. You cannot serialize it. The problem will go away if you don't try to serialize it. Of course, that doesn't answer the question you really meant to ask... which I'll leave for somebody else.

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