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Sun Fire V890 Server Owner's Guide

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Contents

Regulatory Compliance Statements

Declaration of Conformity

Safety Agency Compliance Statements

Preface

1. System Overview

About the Sun Fire V890 Server

Physical Enclosure

Processing Capability

System Memory

System I/O

FC-AL Storage Array

Other Peripherals

Ethernet Interfaces

Serial Ports and System Console

Monitoring and Management With Remote System Control Software

Power

Rackmounting Options

Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features

Locating Front Panel Features

Locating Rear Panel Features

About the Status and Control Panel

LED Status Indicators

Power Button

Security Keyswitch

About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features

Hot-Pluggable Disk Drives and PCI Cards

N+1 Power Supply Redundancy

Hot-Swappable Power Supplies

Redundant, Hot-Swappable Fan Trays

Environmental Monitoring and Control

Thermal Monitoring

Fan Monitoring

Power Subsystem Monitoring

Automatic System Recovery

Hardware Watchdog Mechanism

Remote System Control Software

Dual-Loop Enabled FC-AL Mass Storage Subsystem

Support for RAID Storage Configurations

Error Correction and Parity Checking

Status LEDs

Four Levels of Diagnostics

2. Setting Up the System

About the Parts Shipped to You

How to Install the Sun Fire V890 Server

Before You Begin

What to Do

About Setting Up a Console

How to Attach an Alphanumeric Terminal

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Configure a Local Graphics Console

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

What to Do

How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Redirect the System Console to RSC

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Restore the Local System Console

Before You Begin

What to Do

3. Hardware Configuration

About CPU/Memory Boards

About Memory Modules

Memory Interleaving

Independent Memory Subsystems

Configuration Rules

About PCI Cards and Buses

Configuration Rules

About the System Controller Card and RSC Software

Configuration Rule

About Power Supplies

Configuration Rules

About Fan Trays

Configuration Rules

About Removable Media Devices

About the Serial Ports

About the USB Ports

About Hardware Jumpers

About Serial Port Jumpers

About Flash PROM Jumpers

System I/O Board

FC-AL Disk Backplane

4. Mass Storage Subsystem Configuration

About FC-AL Technology

About Sun Fire V890 Mass Storage Features

About the Mass Storage Subsystem Components

About the FC-AL Disk Backplanes

Dual-Loop Configurations

Full vs. Split Backplane Configurations

Configuration Rules

About Internal Disk Drives

Configuration Rule

About FC-AL Host Adapters

Configuration Rules

About FC-AL Device Addresses

5. Configuring Network Interfaces

About Network Interfaces

About Redundant Network Interfaces

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 Attach a Fiber-Optic Gigabit Ethernet Cable

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cable

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Select the Boot Device

Before You Begin

What to Do

6. Configuring System Firmware

About OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring

Enabling or Disabling the OpenBoot Environmental Monitor

Automatic System Shutdown

OpenBoot Environmental Status Information

How to Enable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Disable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring

What to Do

How to Obtain OpenBoot Environmental Status Information

What to Do

About Automatic System Recovery

Auto-Boot Options

Error Handling Summary

Reset Scenarios

Normal Mode and Service Mode Information

ASR User Commands

How to Enable ASR

What to Do

How to Disable ASR

What to Do

About Manually Configuring Devices

Deconfiguring Devices vs. Slots

Deconfiguring All System Processors

Device Paths

How to Deconfigure a Device Manually

What to Do

How to Reconfigure a Device Manually

What to Do

How to Obtain ASR Status Information

What to Do

About OpenBoot Emergency Procedures

Stop-A Functionality

Stop-D Functionality

Stop-F Functionality

Stop-N Functionality

How to Implement Stop-N Functionality

Before You Begin

What To Do

What Next

Reference for Device Identifiers

7. Server Administration

About Server Administration Software

About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

Fan Trays and Power Supplies

Disk Drives

PCI Cards

PCI Hot-Plug User Interfaces

For More Information

About Multipathing Software

For More Information

About Sun Management Center Software

For More Information

About Sun Remote System Control Software

RSC Capabilities

RSC User Interfaces

For More Information

About Volume Management Software

Multipathing Software

RAID Concepts

Disk Concatenation

RAID 1: Disk Mirroring

RAID 0: Disk Striping

RAID 5: Disk Striping With Parity

Hot Spares (Hot Relocation)

About the Solaris luxadm Utility

For More Information

About Sun Cluster Software

8. LED Status Indicators

About CPU/Memory Slot LEDs

About PCI Slot LEDs

About Power Supply LEDs

About Fan Tray LEDs

About Disk Drive LEDs

About Gigabit Ethernet LEDs

9. Using Removable Media Storage Devices

About the DVD-ROM Drive

How to Insert a CD or DVD Into the Drive

What to Do

What Next

How to Eject a CD or DVD With Software Commands

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Eject a CD or DVD Manually

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Eject a CD or DVD in an Emergency

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Clean a CD or DVD

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

About Tape Drives and Tape Cartridges

Handling and Storing Tape Cartridges

Thermal Conditioning

How to Insert a Tape Cartridge

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove a Tape Cartridge

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Control a Tape Drive

What to Do

How to Clean a Tape Drive

Before You Begin

What to Do

A. Connector Pinouts

Reference for the Serial Port A and B Connectors

Serial Port Connector Diagram

Serial Port Signals

Reference for the USB Connectors

USB Connector Diagram

USB Connector Signals

Reference for the Twisted-Pair Ethernet Connector

TPE Connector Diagram

TPE Connector Signals

Reference for the System Controller Ethernet Connector

System Controller Ethernet Connector Diagram

System Controller Ethernet Connector Signals

Reference for the System Controller Serial Connector

System Controller Serial Connector Diagram

System Controller Serial Connector Signals

B. System Specifications

Reference for Physical Specifications

Reference for Electrical Specifications

Reference for Environmental Requirements

Reference for Agency Compliance Specifications

Reference for Clearance and Service Access Specifications

Index