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Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual

817-3957-12



Contents

Regulatory Compliance Statements

Declaration of Conformity

Preface

1. Preparing to Service the System

How to Power On the System

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Power Off the System

What to Do

About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

Fan Trays and Power Supplies

Disk Drives

PCI Cards

PCI Hot-Plug User Interfaces

How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

About Power Button and Keyswitch Settings

System Power Button

Security Keyswitch

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 Open and Remove a Side Door

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Close a Side Door

What to Do

Locating Rear Panel Features

How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge

Before You Begin

What to Do

Tools Required for Installation and Service

2. Servicing the Motherboard Side Components

How to Remove a CPU/Memory Board

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a CPU/Memory Board

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove a Memory Module

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a Memory Module

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove a CPU Fan Tray

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a CPU Fan Tray

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove a Motherboard Fan Tray

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a Motherboard Fan Tray

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the CPU Fan Status Assembly

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the CPU Fan Status Assembly

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the CPU/Memory Board Status Assembly

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the CPU/Memory Board Status Assembly

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the Motherboard Fan Status Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the Motherboard Fan Status Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the Motherboard

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the Motherboard

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

3. Servicing the Input/Output Board Side Components

How to Remove an I/O Fan Tray

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install an I/O Fan Tray

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove a PCI Card

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a PCI Card

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the System Controller Card

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the System Controller Card

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Host Adapter Card

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Host Adapter Card

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the PCI Internal LED Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the PCI Internal LED Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the PCI External LED Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the PCI External LED Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the I/O Fan LED Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the I/O Fan LED Flex Circuit

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the System ID PROM

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the System ID PROM

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the I/O Board

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the I/O Board

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

4. Removing and Installing Storage Devices

How to Remove a Disk Drive

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a Disk Drive

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the DVD-ROM Drive

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the DVD-ROM Drive

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove a Tape Drive

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a Tape Drive

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

5. Removing and Installing Miscellaneous Assemblies

How to Remove a Power Supply

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install a Power Supply

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the System Status Assembly

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the System Status Assembly

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

6. Removing and Installing Backplanes and Cables

How to Remove the Expansion FC-AL Backplane

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the Expansion FC-AL Backplane

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the Base FC-AL Backplane

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the Base FC-AL Backplane

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the FC-AL Disk Cage

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the FC-AL Disk Cage

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Remove the Power Distribution Board

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

How to Install the Power Distribution Board

Before You Begin

What to Do

What Next

Cable Connector Locations

Cable Routing

7. 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 Rules

About Power Supplies

Configuration Rules

About Fan Trays

Configuration Rules

About Removable Media Devices

About Serial Ports

About USB Ports

About Hardware Jumpers

About Serial Port Jumpers

About Flash PROM Jumpers

System I/O Board

FC-AL Disk Backplane

A. Illustrated Parts Breakdown

Part Numbers

Assembly Illustrations

I/O Side Components

CPU Side Components

Front Side Components

B. System LEDs

About Front Panel LEDs

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

C. Split Backplane Configurations

About the Split Backplane Configurations

Firmware Patches Required

Hardware Parts Required

How to Set Up the Split Backplane Single-Loop Configuration

Before You Begin

What to Do

How to Set Up the Split Backplane Dual-Loop Configuration

Before You Begin

What to Do

Reference for Cable Routing and Connector Locations

Reference for PCI Slot Locations

D. 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

E. 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

F. Safety Precautions

Safety Agency Compliance Statements