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Sun Fire V490 Server Administration Guide

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Contents

Figures

Tables

Declaration of Conformity

Regulatory Compliance Statements

Safety Agency Compliance Statements

Preface

1. Sun Fire V490 Server Installation

About the Parts Shipped to You

How to Install the Sun Fire V490 Server

Before You Begin

What to Do

2. System Overview

About the Sun Fire V490 Server

Locating Front Panel Features

Security Lock and Top Panel Lock

LED Status Indicators

Power Button

System Control Switch

Locating Back Panel Features

About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features

Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

Power Supply Redundancy

Environmental Monitoring and Control

Automatic System Recovery

MPxIO

Sun Remote System Control Software

Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and XIR

Dual-Loop Enabled FC-AL Subsystem

Support for RAID Storage Configurations

Error Correction and Parity Checking

3. Hardware Configuration

About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

Power Supplies

Disk Drives

About the CPU/Memory Boards

About the Memory Modules

Memory Interleaving

Independent Memory Subsystems

Configuration Rules

About the PCI Cards and Buses

Configuration Rules

About the System Controller (SC) Card

Configuration Rules

About Hardware Jumpers

PCI Riser Board Jumpers

About the Power Supplies

Configuration Rule

About the Fan Trays

Configuration Rule

About FC-AL Technology

About the FC-AL Backplane

Configuration Rules

About the HSSDC FC-AL Port

About the FC-AL Host Adapters

Configuration Rules

About the Internal Disk Drives

Configuration Rule

About the Serial Port

About the USB Ports

4. Network Interfaces and System Firmware

About the Network Interfaces

About Redundant Network Interfaces

About the ok Prompt

What You Should Know About Accessing the ok Prompt

Ways of Reaching the ok Prompt

Graceful Halt

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

Externally Initiated Reset (XIR)

Manual System Reset

For More Information

About OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring

Enabling or Disabling the OpenBoot Environmental Monitor

Automatic System Shutdown

OpenBoot Environmental Status Information

About OpenBoot Emergency Procedures

Stop-A Functionality

Stop-D Functionality

Stop-F Functionality

Stop-N Functionality

About Automatic System Recovery

Auto-Boot Options

Error Handling Summary

Reset Scenarios

Normal Mode and Service Mode Information

About Manually Configuring Devices

Deconfiguring Devices vs. Slots

Deconfiguring All System Processors

Device Paths

Reference for Device Identifiers

5. System Administration Software

About System Administration Software

About Multipathing Software

For More Information

About Volume Management Software

Multiplexed I/O (MPxIO)

RAID Concepts

Disk Concatenation

RAID 1: Disk Mirroring

RAID 0: Disk Striping

RAID 5: Disk Striping With Parity

Hot Spares (Hot Relocation)

For More Information

About Sun Cluster Software

For More Information

About Communicating With the System

What the System Console Does

Using the System Console

Default System Console Configuration

Alternative System Console Configuration

6. Diagnostic Tools

About the Diagnostic Tools

About Diagnostics and the Boot Process

Prologue: System Controller Boot

Stage One: OpenBoot Firmware and POST

The Purpose of POST Diagnostics

What POST Diagnostics Do

What POST Error Messages Tell You

Controlling POST Diagnostics

Stage Two: OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests

What Are OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests For?

Controlling OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests

What OpenBoot Diagnostics Error Messages Tell You

I2C Bus Device Tests

Other OpenBoot Commands

Stage Three: The Operating System

Error and System Message Log Files

Solaris System Information Commands

Tools and the Boot Process: A Summary

About Isolating Faults in the System

About Monitoring the System

Monitoring the System Using Remote System Control Software

Monitoring the System Using Sun Management Center

How Sun Management Center Works

Other Sun Management Center Features

Who Should Use Sun Management Center?

Obtaining the Latest Information

About Exercising the System

Exercising the System Using SunVTS Software

SunVTS Software and Security

Exercising the System Using Hardware Diagnostic Suite

When to Run Hardware Diagnostic Suite

Requirements for Using Hardware Diagnostic Suite

Reference for OpenBoot Diagnostics Test Descriptions

Reference for Decoding I2C Diagnostic Test Messages

Reference for Terms in Diagnostic Output

7. Configuring Console Access

How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Power On the System

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Power Off the System

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Get to the ok Prompt

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cable

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Access the System Console via tip Connection

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Modify the /etc/remote File

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Verify Serial Port Settings

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Set Up an Alphanumeric Terminal as the System Console

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Configure a Local Graphics Terminal as the System Console

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

Reference for System Console OpenBoot Variable Settings

8. Configuring Network Interfaces and the Boot Device

How to Configure the Primary Network Interface

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Configure Additional Network Interfaces

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Select the Boot Device

The boot device is specified by the setting of an OpenBoot firmware configuration parameter called boot-device. The default setting of this parameter is disk net. Because of this setting, the firmware first attempts to boot from the system hard drive, and if that fails, from the on-board Sun GigaSwift Ethernet interface.Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

9. Configuring System Firmware

How to Enable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Disable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Obtain OpenBoot Environmental Status Information

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Enable the Watchdog Mechanism and Its Options

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Enable ASR

What to Do

What Next

How to Disable ASR

What to Do

How to Obtain ASR Status Information

What to Do

What Next

How to Redirect the System Console to the System Controller

What to Do

What Next

How to Restore the Local System Console

What to Do

What Next

How to Deconfigure a Device Manually

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Reconfigure a Device Manually

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Implement Stop-N Functionality

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

10. Isolating Failed Parts

How to Operate the Locator LED

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Put the Server in Service Mode

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Put the Server in Normal Mode

Before You Begin

What To Do

What Next

How to Isolate Faults Using LEDs

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Isolate Faults Using POST Diagnostics

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Isolate Faults Using Interactive OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to View Diagnostic Test Results After the Fact

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to View and Set OpenBoot Configuration Variables

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

Reference for Choosing a Fault Isolation Tool

11. Monitoring the System

How to Monitor the System Using Sun Management Center Software

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Monitor the System Using the System Controller and RSC Software

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Use Solaris System Information Commands

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Use OpenBoot Information Commands

Before You Begin

What to Do

12. Exercising the System

How to Exercise the System Using SunVTS Software

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

A. Connector Pinouts

Serial Port Connector

Serial Port Connector Diagram

Serial Port Connector Signals

USB Connector

USB Connector Diagram

USB Connector Signals

Twisted-Pair Ethernet Connector

TPE Connector Diagram

TPE Connector Signals

SC Ethernet Connector

SC Ethernet Connector Diagram

SC Ethernet Connector Signals

SC Serial Connector

SC Serial Connector Diagram

SC Serial Connector Signals

FC-AL Port HSSDC Connector

HSSDC Connector Diagram

HSSDC Connector Signal

B. System Specifications

Physical Specifications

Electrical Specifications

Environmental Specifications

Agency Compliance Specifications

Clearance and Service Access Specifications

Index