Preface

Use the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Service Manual as an aid for diagnosing problems and replacing components within the Sun Fire trademark V215 and V245 servers.

This document is written for technicians, service personnel, and system administrators who service and repair computer systems. The person qualified to use this document:

Can open a system chassis and identify and replace internal components.

Understands the SolarisOperating System and the command-line interface.

Has superuser privileges for the system being serviced.

Understands typical hardware troubleshooting tasks.

Before You Read This Document

This document does not cover the following topics:

Server overview information

For information about hardware and software features such as front and rear panels, status indicators, cable connections, and environmental requirements, refer to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Getting Started Guide.

Installation and rackmounting

For detailed information about installation and rackmounting, refer to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Installation Guide.

General administrative tasks

For detailed information about administrative tasks, refer to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Administration Guide.

Before following any of the procedures described in this document, ensure that you have read the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Compliance and Safety Manual.

How This Document Is Organized

This guide is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 describes the diagnostics tools available for use with the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers.

Chapter 2 explains how to replace hot-swappable and hot-pluggable customer replaceable units (CRUs).

Chapter 3 describes how to replace field replacable units (FRUs) that are cold-swappable.

Appendix A explains how to configure DIMMs, PCI-E, and PCI-X cards for your server.

Appendix B describes the location customer and field replacable units within the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers.

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the server, booting the server, and configuring devices.

Refer to one or more of the following documents for this information:

Solaris 10 Sun Hardware Platform Guide (817-6337)

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at:

http://docs.sun.com

Other software documentation that you received with your server

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Document titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface^[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Document titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Table with examples of the types of shell prompts that are used in this book.

Related Documentation

You can view and print the following manuals from the Sun documentation web site at: http://www.sun.com/documentation

Title	Description	Part Number
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Product Notes	Late-breaking information about the servers	819-3040
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Getting Started Guide	Information about where to find documentation to get your server installed and running quickly	819-3041
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Installation Guide	Detailed rackmounting, cabling, power-on, and configuration information	819-3037
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Administration Guide	How to perform administrative tasks that are specific to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers	819-3036
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Compliance and Safety Manual	Platform-specific information about regulatory compliance, safety agency compliance, and the Declaration of Conformity for the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers	819-3039

Read Important Safety Information (816-7190) and the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Getting Started Guide (819-3039) before performing any of the procedures documented in this manual.

Table with descriptions and examples of the related documentation.

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Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

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http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback:

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