Sun Fire T2000 boot from RAID

hi,
Sun Fire T2000, firmware 6.1.12
LSI 1064E firmware 1.0.40
hardware RAID for internal disks
sometimes server boots with trap, if :
it boots from raid and you tring to break and boot from cdrom:
{0} ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@8/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:
Loading ufs-file-system package 1.4 04 Aug 1995 13:02:54.
FCode UFS Reader 1.12 00/07/17 15:48:16.
Redirected to slice: 1
Loading: /platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200/ufsboot
Loading: /platform/sun4u/ufsboot
ERROR: /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0: Last Trap: Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss
[Exception handlers interrupted, please file a bug]
[type 'resume' to attempt a normal recovery]
{0} ok boot cdrom
SC Alert: Host System has Reset
SC Alert: Host system has shut down.

Worked for me .
( T2000 trying to boot from the net )
{0} ok boot net -s
Boot device: /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0 File and args: -s
100 Mbps full duplex Link up
Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:d9:39:2c
Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:d9:39:2c
ERROR: /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0: Last Trap: Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss
[Exception handlers interrupted, please file a bug]
[type 'resume' to attempt a normal recovery]
{0} ok printenv auto-boot? false
{0} ok reset-all
SC Alert: Host System has Reset
SC Alert: Host system has shut down.
Sun Fire T200, No Keyboard
Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.20.4, 32760 MB memory available, Serial #64567596.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:d9:39:2c, Host ID: 83d9392c.
{0} ok boot net -s
Boot device: /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0 File and args: -s
100 Mbps full duplex Link up
Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:d9:39:2c
Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:d9:39:2c
100 Mbps full duplex Link up
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_118822-25 64-bit
Then came up ok .
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