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Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide

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Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

1. System Overview

Sun Fire V445 Server Overview

Processors and Memory

External Ports

Gigabit Ethernet Ports

10BASE-T Network Management Port

Serial Management and DB-9 Ports

USB Ports

RAID 0,1 Internal Hard Drives

PCI Subsystem

Power Supplies

System Fan Trays

ALOM System Controller Card

Hardware Disk Mirroring and Striping

Predictive Self-Healing

New Features

Locating Front Panel Features

Front Panel Indicators

Power Button

USB Ports

SAS Disk Drives

Removable Media Drive

Locating Back Panel Features

Back Panel Indicators

Power Supplies

PCI Slots

System Controller Ports

Network Management Port

Serial Management Port

System I/O Ports

USB Ports

Gigabit Ethernet Ports

DB-9 Serial Port

Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) Features

Sun Cluster Software

Sun Management Center Software

2. Configuring the System Console

About Communicating With the System

About Using the System Console

Default System Console Connection Through the Serial Management and Network Management Ports

Access Through the Network Management Port

ALOM

Alternative System Console Configuration

Accessing the System Console Through a Graphics Monitor

About the sc> Prompt

Access Through Multiple Controller Sessions

Ways of Reaching the sc> Prompt

About the ok Prompt

Entering the ok Prompt

Graceful Shutdown

ALOM System Controller break or console Command

L1-A (Stop-A) Keys or Break Key

Externally Initiated Reset (XIR)

Manual System Reset

About Switching Between the ALOM System Controller and the System Console

Entering the ok Prompt

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enter the ok Prompt

Using the Serial Management Port

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use the Serial Management Port

Activating the Network Management Port

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Activate the Network Management Port

Accessing the System Console With a Terminal Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console With a Terminal Server Through the Serial Management Port

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console With a Terminal Server Through the TTYB Port

What Next

Accessing the System Console With a Tip Connection

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console With a Tip Connection Throught the Serial Management Port

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console With a Tip Connection Through the TTYB Port

Modifying the /etc/remote File

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Modify the /etc/remote File

Accessing the System Console With an Alphanumeric Terminal

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console With an Alphanumeric Terminal Through the Serial Management Port

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console With an Alphanumeric Terminal Through the TTYB Port

Verifying Serial Port Settings on TTYB

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Verify Serial Port Settings on TTYB

Accessing the System Console With a Local Graphics Monitor

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console With a Local Graphics Monitor

Reference for System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings

3. Powering On and Powering Off the System

Before You Begin

Powering On the Server Remotely

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Power On the Server Remotely

Powering On the Server Locally

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Power On the Server Locally

Powering Off the System Remotely

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Power Off the System Remotely From the ok Prompt

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Power Off the System Remotely From the ALOM System Controller Prompt

Powering Off the Server Locally

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Power Off the Server Locally

Initiating a Reconfiguration Boot

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot

Selecting a Boot Device

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Select a Boot Device

4. Configuring Hardware

About the CPU/Memory Modules

DIMMs

Memory Interleaving

Independent Memory Subsystems

DIMM Configuration Rules

About the ALOM System Controller Card

Configuration Rules

About the PCI Cards and Buses

Configuration Rules

About the SAS Controller

About the SAS Backplane

Configuration Rules

About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

Hard Disk Drives

Power Supplies

System Fan Trays

USB Components

About the Internal Disk Drives

Configuration Rules

About the Power Supplies

Performing a Power Supply Hot-Swap Operation

Power Supply Configuration Rules

About the System Fan Trays

System Fan Configuration Rules

About the USB Ports

Configuration Rules

About the Serial Ports

5. Managing RAS Features and System Firmware

About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features

Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

n+2 Power Supply Redundancy

ALOM System Controller

Environmental Monitoring and Control

Automatic System Restoration

Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager

Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and XIR

Support for RAID Storage Configurations

Error Correction and Parity Checking

About the ALOM System Controller Command Prompt

Logging In to the ALOM System Controller

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log In to the ALOM System Controller

About the scadm Utility

Viewing Environmental Information

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Environmental Information

Controlling the Locator Indicator

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Control the Locator Indicator

About Performing OpenBoot Emergency Procedures

Stop-A Function

Stop-N Function

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Emulate the Stop-N Function

Stop-F Function

Stop-D Function

About Automatic System Restoration

Unconfiguring a Device Manually

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Unconfigure a Device Manually

Reconfiguring a Device Manually

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Reconfigure a Device Manually

Enabling the Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and Its Options

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enable the Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and Its Options

About Multipathing Software

6. Managing Disk Volumes

About Disk Volumes

About Volume Management Software

VERITAS Dynamic Multipathing

Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager

About RAID Technology

Disk Concatenation

RAID 0: Disk Striping or Intergated Stripe (IS)

RAID 1: Disk Mirroring or Integrated Mirror (IM)

Hot-Spares

About Hardware Disk Mirroring

About Physical Disk Slot Numbers, Physical Device Names, and Logical Device Names

Creating a Hardware Disk Mirror

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a Hardware Disk Mirror

Creating a Hardware Mirrored Volume of the Default Boot Device

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a Hardware Mirrored Volume of the Default Boot Device

Creating a Hardware Striped Volume

Configuring and Labeling a Hardware RAID Volume for Use in the Solaris Operating System

Deleting a Hardware Disk Mirror

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Delete a Hardware Disk Mirror

Performing a Mirrored Disk Hot-Plug Operation

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Perform a Mirrored Disk Hot-Plug Operation

Performing a Nonmirrored Disk Hot-Plug Operation

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View the Status of the SCSI Devices

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Perform a Nonmirrored Disk Hot-Plug Operation

7. Managing Network Interfaces

About the Network Interfaces

About Redundant Network Interfaces

Attaching a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cable

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cable

Configuring the Primary Network Interface

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the Primary Network Interface

Configuring Additional Network Interfaces

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure Additional Network Interfaces

8. Diagnostics

Diagnostic Tools Overview

About Sun Advanced Lights-Out Manager 1.0 (ALOM)

ALOM Management Ports

Setting the admin Password for ALOM

Basic ALOM Functions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Switch to the ALOM Prompt

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Switch to the Server Console Prompt

About Status Indicators

About POST Diagnostics

OpenBoot PROM Enhancements for Diagnostic Operation

What's New in Diagnostic Operation

About the New and Redefined Configuration Variables

About the Default Configuration

About Service Mode

About Initiating Service Mode

About Overriding Service Mode Settings

About Normal Mode

About Initiating Normal Mode

About the post Command

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Initiate Service Mode

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Initiate Normal Mode

Reference for Estimating System Boot Time (to the ok Prompt)

Boot Time Estimates for Typical Configurations

Estimating Boot Time for Your System

Reference for Sample Outputs

Reference for Determining Diagnostic Mode

Quick Reference for Diagnostic Operation

OpenBoot Diagnostics

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Start OpenBoot Diagnostics

Controlling OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests

test and test-all Commands

OpenBoot Diagnostics Error Messages

About OpenBoot Commands

probe-scsi-all

probe-ide

show-devs

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Run OpenBoot Commands

About Predictive Self-Healing

Predictive Self-Healing Tools

Using the Predictive Self-Healing Commands

Using the fmdump Command

Using the fmadm faulty Command

Using the fmstat Command

About Traditional Solaris OS Diagnostic Tools

Error and System Message Log Files

Solaris System Information Commands

Using the prtconf Command

Using the prtdiag Command

Using the prtfru Command

Using the psrinfo Command

Using the showrev Command

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Run Solaris System Information Commands

Viewing Recent Diagnostic Test Results

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Recent Test Results

Setting OpenBoot Configuration Variables

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View and Set OpenBoot Configuration Variables

Additional Diagnostic Tests for Specific Devices

Using the probe-scsi Command to Confirm That Hard Disk Drives are Active

Using the probe-ide Command To Confirm That the DVD Drive is Connected

Using the watch-net and watch-net-all Commands to Check the Network Connections

About Automatic Server Restart

About Automatic System Restoration

Auto-Boot Options

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set the Auto-Boot Switches

Error Handling Summary

Reset Scenarios

Automatic System Restoration User Commands

Enabling Automatic System Restoration

Disabling Automatic System Restoration

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable Automatic System Restoration

Displaying Automatic System Restoration Information

About SunVTS

SunVTS Software and Security

Using SunVTS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Find Out Whether SunVTS Is Installed

Installing SunVTS

Viewing SunVTS Documentation

About Sun Management Center

How Sun Management Center Works

Using Sun Management Center

Other Sun Management Center Features

Informal Tracking

Hardware Diagnostic Suite

Interoperability With Third-Party Monitoring Tools

Obtaining the Latest Information

Hardware Diagnostic Suite

When to Run Hardware Diagnostic Suite

Requirements for Using Hardware Diagnostic Suite

9. Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Options

About Updated Troubleshooting Information

Product Notes

Web Sites

SunSolve Online

Big Admin

About Firmware and Software Patch Management

About Sun Install Check Tool

About Sun Explorer Data Collector

About Sun Remote Services Net Connect

About Configuring the System for Troubleshooting

Hardware Watchdog Mechanism

Automatic System Restoration Settings

Remote Troubleshooting Capabilities

System Console Logging

Predictive Self-Healing

Core Dump Process

Enabling the Core Dump Process

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enable the Core Dump Process

Testing the Core Dump Setup

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Test the Core Dump Setup

A. Connector Pinouts

Reference for the Serial Management Port Connector

Serial Management Connector Diagram

Serial Management Connector Signals

Reference for the Network Management Port Connector

Network Management Connector Diagram

Network Management Connector Signals

Reference for the Serial Port Connector

Serial Port Connector Diagram

Serial Port Connector Signals

Reference for the USB Connectors

USB Connector Diagram

USB Connector Signals

Reference for the Gigabit Ethernet Connectors

Gigabit Ethernet Connector Diagram

Gigabit Ethernet Connector Signals

B. System Specifications

Reference for Physical Specifications

Reference for Electrical Specifications

Reference for Environmental Specifications

Reference for Agency Compliance Specifications

Reference for Clearance and Service Access Specifications

C. OpenBoot Configuration Variables

Index