Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Administration Guide
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1. Managing the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis
1.1 The Command-line Interface to the System Controllers
1.2 Logging Into and Configuring the Switch and System Controllers
1.3 Returning a System Controller to its Factory Default Settings
2. Powering On or Off and Resetting Components
2.1 Powering On All Components at Once
2.2 Powering Off All Components Except the Active System Controller
2.3 Powering Off All Components Including the Active System Controller
2.4 Powering on the Switch and System Controllers
2.5 Powering Off a Switch and System Controller
2.7 Powering Off Server Blades
2.7.1 Turning on the Blue "ok to remove" LED Manually
2.8 Resetting System Controllers, Switches, and Server Blades
3. Setting Up System Controller Login Accounts
3.1 Controlling User Access to the System Controller
3.2 Logging in for the First Time and Setting an admin Password
3.3 Setting Up a Named User Account for Yourself
3.4 Changing Your Own User Password
3.5 Setting up Named User Accounts for Other People
3.5.2 Specifying or Changing Other Users' Passwords
3.5.3 Viewing Details of User Accounts
3.5.4 Deleting a System Controller User's Account
3.5.5 Specifying Permissions for a Named User
3.6 Viewing a List of all Users Currently Logged Into the SC
3.7 Quitting the System Controller's Command-line Interface
4.1 Receiving Event Reports Passively Over the Serial Connection
4.1.1 Turning off Event Reporting for Telnet Connections
4.1.2 Checking Whether Event Reporting is On or Off
4.2 Viewing Events Relating to the System Controller and Server Blades
4.2.1 Viewing Events Relating to a System Controller
4.2.2 Viewing Server Blade Events
4.4 Controlling the Number of Events Displayed
4.4.1 Viewing the First n Events
4.4.2 Viewing the Last n Events
4.4.3 Viewing Events in Groups of a Specified Number
4.4.4 Viewing the Entire Event Log of a System Controller or Server Blade
4.5 Viewing Event Reports Sent by the Blade to syslogd
5. Accessing the Server Blade and Switch Consoles
5.1 Accessing the Server Blade and Switch Consoles
5.1.1 Forcing Another User Off the Console
5.1.2 Logging into a Blade Console With Read-only Access
5.2 Exiting From the Switch or Blade Console to the System Controller
5.3 Viewing the Console History on a Server Blade or Switch
5.3.1 Viewing Console Information From the Last Time a Server Blade or Switch Booted
5.3.2 Viewing Information From the Run-time Console Buffer
5.4 Accessing the Server Blade Consoles Directly Using Telnet
6.2 Viewing System Controller Details
6.3 Checking the Date and Time
6.4 Checking the Operational Status of the Hardware Components
6.5 Checking Operating Conditions Inside the Components
6.5.1 Checking the Entire Chassis
6.5.3 Checking Just the Power Supply Unit
6.5.4 Checking a Server Blade or Server Blades
6.5.5 Checking Just a Switch or Switches
6.6 Checking the Information Stored by Each Component About Itself
6.7 Turning the Locator LED On or Off
7. Making the Standby System Controller Take Over as Active
7.1 Causing the System Controllers to Swap Roles
8. Controlling the Booting Behavior of a Server Blade
9. What To Do If You Have Lost The Password to Your System Controller
10. Firmware Upgrade Procedures
10.3 Installing Firmware Images Onto the TFTP Server
10.4 Upgrading the System Controller Firmware
10.4.1 Example for Upgrading the System Controller Firmware
10.5 Upgrading the Blade Support Chip Firmware on One or More Blades
10.5.1 Example of Upgrading Firmware on a Single Blade
10.5.2 Examples for Upgrading Firmware on a Number of Blades
10.6 Upgrading OpenBoot PROM (OBP) Firmware on a B100s Server Blade
10.7 Upgrading the Integrated Switch Firmware
11.2 Things to Check Before You Phone Sun
11.3 Assembling Information to Provide to a Sun Support Engineer
11.3.1 Gathering Information About the Whole Chassis
11.3.2 Gathering Information About a Switch
11.3.3 Gathering Information About a Server Blade by Using Sun Explorer
12. Replacing Optional Hardware Components
12.1.1 Disabling the Existing Blade Prior to Removal
12.1.2 Removing the Existing Blade or Filler Panel
12.1.3 Inserting the New Blade or Filler Panel
12.1.4 Bringing up the Blade You Have Inserted
12.2.1 Adding a Second SSC to a Chassis That Was Supplied With Only One SSC
12.2.2 Disabling an SSC You Are Going to Remove
12.2.3 Removing an SSC Enclosure
12.3 Installing a New Power Supply Unit
12.3.1 Disabling the Existing PSU Prior to Removal
12.4.1 Shutting Down All Components
12.4.2 Removing the Chassis's Components
12.4.3 Removing the System Chassis from a Four Post Rack
12.4.4 Removing the System Chassis from a Two Post Rack
12.4.5 Installing the New System Chassis Into the Rack
12.4.6 Populating the New System Chassis
12.5 User Login and Host ID Information for a Replacement Chassis or SSC
13.1 Replacing DIMMs for the B100x Server Blade
13.2 Replacing DIMMs for the B200x Server Blade
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