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Sun Fire X4640 Server Front and Back Panel Features and Components
Sun Fire X4640 Server Front Panel Features and Components
Sun Fire X4640 Server Back Panel Features and Components
Installing the Server Hardware
Contents of the Box and Optional Documentation Media Kit
How to Remove Components to Reduce Weight
How to Install the Express Slide Rails Onto the Server and the Rack
How to Insert the Server Into the Rack
How to Verify Slide-Rail Operation
Installing the Cable Management Arm (CMA)
How to Attach the Cable Management Arm (CMA)
How to Verify Cable Management Arm (CMA) Operation
How to Remove the Cable Management Arm (CMA)
Removing the Server From the Rack
How to Remove the Server From the Rack
How to Apply Standby Power for Initial Service Processor Configuration
How to Power On All Server Components
Getting Service for Your Server
How to Find the Server's Serial Number
Sun Fire X4640 Server Specifications
Physical Specifications For the Sun Fire X4640 Server
Power Specifications For the Sun Fire X4640 Server
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
About ILOM SP IP Addresses and the ILOM Interfaces
Connecting to the System Console
Setting Up Your Operating System
Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris OS
(Optional) How to Redirect the Console Output to the Video Port
The default settings are 9600 baud, 8, N, 1 (eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit), disable flow control.
On a client running Solaris OS, type:
$tip -9600 /dev/ttya
On a client running Windows, start a program such as Hyperterminal.
On a client running Linux, start a program such as Minicom, a text-based serial communication program that is included in the Linux distributions. For more information, see the man pages included in the Linux distribution.
login: root password: changeme
start /SP/console
POST messages appear on your screen as the OS starts.
The screens that are displayed vary, depending on the method that you chose for assigning network information to the server (DHCP or static IP address).
After you entered the system-configuration information, the server completes the boot process and displays the Solaris login prompt.
See Also
See the Solaris 10 OS user documentation at: