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Using This Documentation

Product Information Web Site

Documentation and Feedback

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Contributors

Change History

Installation Overview

Front and Back Features and Components

Front Features and Components

Back Features and Components

Unpacking the Server and Identifying the Rack Mounting Hardware

How to Unpack the Server

How to Identify Your Rack Mounting Kit

Installing the Server In the Rack Using the Standard Rack Mounting Kit

Tools and Staff Required

Installing Optional Equipment

Compatible Racks

Contents of the Standard Rack Mounting Kit

Location of the Rack Mounting Kit and the Shipping Bracket Kit

Installing the Server In a Rack Using the Standard Rack Mounting Kit

Removing and Installing the Standard Rack Mounting Kit Shipping Brackets

Installing the Server In the Rack Using the Universal Rack Mounting Kit

Tools and Staff Required

Installing Optional Equipment

Compatible Racks

Contents of the Universal Rack Mounting Kit

Installing the Server in a Rack Using the Universal Rack Mounting Kit

Installing and Removing the Universal Rack Mounting Kit Shipping Brackets

Removing the Server From the Rack

How to Remove the Server From the Rack

How to Remove the Rack Mounting Hardware from the Rack

Cabling and Power

Attaching Administration (SP) Cables

Cabling NEMs and PCIe EMs

Powering the Server On and Off

Getting Service for Your Server

How to Find the Server's Serial Number

Managing Your Server

ILOM Software Overview

Setting Up the Preinstalled Solaris Operating System

OS Information Links

Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS

Installation Worksheet

How to Connect to the Server Using the Server's IP Address

(Optional) How to Redirect the Console Output to the Video Port

How to Connect to the Server Using a Serial Capture Program

Oracle Solaris OS Information Products and Training

Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console

Server Connections

About ILOM SP IP Addresses and the ILOM Interfaces

Determining the SP IP Address

Connecting to the ILOM

Connecting to the System Console

I/O and Interrupt Resource Allocation

Option ROM and I/O Space Allocation

Allocating MSI Interrupt Space (Oracle Solaris OS Only)

How to Identify and Fix Interrupt Resource Shortages

Sun Fire X4800 Server Specifications

Physical Specifications for the Sun Fire X4800 Server

Power Specifications for the Sun Fire X4800 Server

Environmental Specifications

Acoustic Specifications

Index

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This book describes how to install the Sun Fire X4800 server into a rack and how to do initial set up.

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