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Solaris Cluster x86 Panic With "pm_tick delay" or have cacao issue "Common Agent Container exited abnormally" When Enabled C-state on CPU (Doc ID 1368608.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Applies to:

Solaris Cluster - Version 3.2 to 4.3 [Release 3.2 to 4.3]
Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition - Version 3.2 to 4.3 [Release 3.2 to 4.3]
Oracle Solaris on x86 (32-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)

Symptoms

This problem only occurs on Intel Xeon processors (Nehalem/Westmere CPU's which have ACPI Power Management feature). This feature allows the operating system to place the processor in low power state (deep C-state) when not in use. This can appear as very long latency on I/O and appear as a hung system.

In case of the Solaris Cluster x86 on such system (e.g: X4470) the following error have been seen:

A) pm_tick delay which can cause a panic

Cause

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