Finally Got an RP8420 (PA8800 -dual Cores) - Issues, issues...

[Alzhy]

1.\ Supposedly, ONLY the DEC2003 11i Release should be used but I was able to use a fully patched Golden Image based on JUN2003 from a SuperDome nPar (PA8700). Do you think we can continue running on this OS?

2.\ My install from the DEC2003 DVD always fails.. I've already used 2 DVD media on 2 nPars. Could we possibly have one of those OS/Apps Media Set recalls?

3.\ The DVD set (12/03) that came with this rp8420 still has Ignite 5.x.x? I thought HP recalled this release?


Anyone there got an rp8420 or the newer PA8800 boxen and what your experiences are so far?

[Ted Buis]

1. No. I would think there is too high a risk of some glitch, plus the fact that it is unsupported. The fact that you need a new release of vpars, proves that there are some differences, such a a new cell controller chip, different length cache lines, different size cache, L2 cache, PCI-X I/O...
2. Per release notes there is a new nPartition Manager B.11.11.01.07, so you should check that.
3. I'll leave this to someone else to research, as I don't know much on it.

[Thierry Poels_1]

hi,

OK question 3 then :)
There were issues with Ignite 5.x regarding to HPUX 11.00. As long as HPUX 11i is used, you don't have to worry about it. The latest version (Ignite 5.3) is now available for download (software.hp.com).

regards,
Thierry.

[Thierry Poels_1]

hmmmm, the main download site still refers to Ignite 4.X :(
hmmm2 : http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/download.html refers to Ignite 5.3 but downloads 4.X :((

try again later I suppose

Thierry.

[Alzhy]

Thierry,

It is out (5.3) which is supposedly the 07/2004 Release. It is at this link:

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/download.html

HP/Forumers.. do you think this is already "Official"? And "safe" to install? Very interested on this one as finally it has full support for GigEther cards (control at Ignite and possibly lan Ignite Support?)..

[rick jones]

A small table showing (I hope) the relationship between the words "supported" and "works" and their implications in HPspeak:

Supported, known to work -> warm fuzzies all around
Supported, not known to not work -> an HPite may be in trouble
Supported, known to not work -> an HPite is in trouble
Unsupported, known to work -> lucky today, unlucky tomorrow?
Unsupported, not known to not work -> there but for the grace of Turing
Unsupported, known to not work -> no, it was not deliberate ;-)

[Alzhy]

BTW, anybody else out there installing from the DVD Release and having problems? On this rp8420, it was only after several tries that I was able to install from the 12/2003 DVD 11i disc. The errors I am getting are as follows:

- sometimes the install would not complete, it just hangd in there at varying points in the install
- other times it will just totally HPMC

Samples of these two abends:


Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) Revision 3


Boot Path Initialized.


HARD Booted.

ISL Revision A.00.43 Apr 12, 2000

ISL booting hpux (;0):INSTALL

Boot
: disk(1/0/2/1/0/4/1.1.0.0.0.0.0;0):WINSTALL
11751424 + 1962072 + 2627800 start 0x2026e8




******* Unexpected HPMC. Processor HPA FFFFFFFF'FC0F0000 *******
GENERAL REGISTERS:
r00/03 00000000'00000000 00F00000'00000000 F07800E0'00000000 00000000'01190000
r04/07 00000000'01190000 00000000'00A500C0 00000000'0118D440 00000000'00000000
r08/11 00000000'00000001 00000000'08000008 00000000'00000003 00000000'7FC1BE4C
r12/15 00000000'002026E8 00000000'FFFFFFFF 00000000'00000801 00000000'000331D0
r16/19 00000000'00000001 00000000'00030720 00000000'08000008 F07800E0'00000000
r20/23 7800E000'00000000 00F00000'00000000 00F00000'00000000 00000000'00E0F078
r24/27 FFFFFF81'1000C000 78F0E000'00000000 FFFFFF81'1000C000 00000000'00D34058
r28/31 FFFFFF81'1000C000 78F0E000'00000000 400003FF'FFFF17D8 78F0E000'00000000
CONTROL REGISTERS:
sr0/3 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000
sr4/7 00000000'00000000 00000000'0A5C1000 00000000'03299800 00000000'00000000
pcq = 00000000'00000000.00000000'003F2C44 00000000'00000000.00000000'003F2C48
isr = 00000000'A6360440 ior = C0000000'0301D3D8 iir = 539607B0 rctr = 00000000

pid reg cr8/cr9 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000
pid reg cr12/cr13 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000
ipsw = 000000FF'0804FE0F iva = 00000000'00028000 sar = 28 ccr = C0
tr0/3 00000000'019A4000 00000000'00D2A858 00000000'00000004 00000000'00000001
tr4/7 00000000'00000001 00000000'00030720 00000000'0016DE70 00000000'00000001
eiem = FFFFFFF0'FFFFFFFF eirr = 00000000'00000000 itmr = 0000004F'4FAA754C
cr1/4 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000
cr5/7 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000 00000000'00000000
MACHINE CHECK PARAMETERS:
Check Type = 20000000 CPU STATE = 9E000000 Cache Check = 00000000
TLB Check = 00000000 Bus Check = 00000000 PIM State = ? SIU Status = ????????
Assists = 00000000 Processor = 00000000
Slave Addr = 00000000'00000000 Master Addr = 00000000'00000000


HPMC, pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'3f2c44 , isr.ior = 0'a6360440.c0000000'301d3d8
@(#) $Revision: vmunix: vw: -proj selectors: CUPI80_BL2000_1108 -c 'Vw for CUPI80_BL2000_1108 build' -- cupi80_bl2000_1108 'CUPI80_BL2000_1108' Wed Nov 8 19:24:56 PST 2000 $High-priority machine check: (display==0xd910, flags==0x0)
Processor 2 TOC: pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'2090b0
isr.ior = 0'14340006.0'6f9be100
Processor 3 TOC: pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'175f70
isr.ior = 0'0.0'0
Processor 4 TOC: pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'2090a0
isr.ior = 0'14340006.0'759d6100
Processor 5 TOC: pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'209098
isr.ior = 0'14340006.0'789e2100
Processor 6 TOC: pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'175f70
isr.ior = 0'4340006.0'7b9ee100
Processor 7 TOC: pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'175f74
isr.ior = 0'14340006.0'7e9fa100
Processor 8 TOC: pcsq.pcoq = 0'0.0'2090a8
isr.ior = 0'14340006.0'81a06100
* CPU State 0x9e000000
* Bus Check 0x0



*** A system crash has occurred. (See the above messages for details.)
*** The system is now preparing to dump physical memory to disk, for use
*** in debugging the crash.

ERROR: Your system crashed before I/O and dump configuration was complete.
A crash dump cannot be taken under these circumstances without
special configuration. Contact your HP support representative.

================================================================================
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-GER-I-MSG,r=B.11.11" (401 of 868).
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-HELP-RUN,r=B.11.11" (402 of 868).
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-ICONS,r=B.11.11" (403 of 868).
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-ITA-I-MSG,r=B.11.11" (404 of 868).
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-JPN-E-MSG,r=B.11.11" (405 of 868).
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-JPN-S-MSG,r=B.11.11" (406 of 868).
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-KOR-E-MSG,r=B.11.11" (407 of 868).
* Installing fileset "CDE.CDE-LANGS,r=B.11.11" (408 of 868).
ERROR: RPC exception: "Communications failure (dce / rpc)" 03/18/04
21:37:08 EST
ERROR: Could not perform the requested operation for "loopback:/",
possibly due to a network communications failure or the agent
timing out. Check that the host is still accessible from the
network, and the agent_timeout_minutes option is not set too
low.
ERROR: Software load had one or more errors.
WARNING: Will continue and verify that key filesets have been loaded.
umount: cannot unmount /tmp/ign_configure/SD_CDROM : Device busy
WARNING: Could not unmount CD-ROM with "/sbin/umount
/tmp/ign_configure/SD_CDROM".

* Software installation of this source (B7993 11i Enterprise OE: DVD) is
complete.
NOTE: tlinstall is searching filesystem - please be patient
NOTE: Successfully completed
* Loading_software: Error
* Build_Kernel: Begin
* Tuned kernel for large swap space: "maxswapchunks 2048".
* Building a new kernel using the command: "/usr/sbin/mk_kernel -o
/stand/vmunix".
/usr/bin/mkdir -p /stand/build
Compiling /stand/build/conf.c...
Loading the kernel...
Generating kernel symbol table...
* Build_Kernel: Complete
* Boot_From_Client_Disk: Begin
* Rebooting machine as expected.
NOTE: Rebooting system.

[Alzhy]

ALSO, on this rp8420 when doing a lan boot, the first "boot lan.x.y.z.a install" from BCH would just error out, the successive boot proceeds normally.. (mostly on the 2nd or 3rd attempt..) --

Anyone experiencing these same issues.. This rp8420 was shipped to us just last week ..

[jmb]

Nelson,

These questions of yours were posted a number of weeks ago. I am curious how this system is working for you now, and if you've come across any "known issues" with the new line of servers, or have any ongoing problems with them?

Thanks.

[ooorichard]

It is strongly recommended to install DEC. 2003 HWEnable11i(or later,DEC 04 is best) with SupportPlus CD.