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Sun Blade X6450 Server Module Installation Guide

820-3535-13



Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

Terms and References Used in This Book

Installation Overview

Routine Power On and Power Off

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Apply Standby Power

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Power On Main Power for All Server Components

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Shut Down Main Power

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Control the Locate LED Using the ILOM Web Interface

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Control the Locate LED Using the ILOM Command Line Interface (CLI)

About Diskless Servers

Compact Flash Drive

Solid State Disk Drive (SSD)

Connecting to SAS Devices

Internal Connection to a Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module

External Connecton to the 10 GbE Ethernet Connections

Connecting to Exterior Storage Devices Using a Fibre Channel Connection

About the Boot Process

BIOS and BIOS Configuration Utilities

Bootloader

GRUB

Windows Bootloader

Accessing BIOS Configuration Utilities and Selecting a Boot Device

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure Netboot or Compact Flash Boot in the BIOS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the QLogic Fibre Channel in the BIOS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the Emulex Fibre Channel PCIe ExpressModule in the BIOS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Load an OS Over the Network (Netboot)

RAID Configuration

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the Sun Blade 0/1 RAID Expansion Module

Installing an Operating System

Directing Console Output

2. Installing and Configuring the Server Module

Inserting the Server Module

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Insert the Server Module

LED Behavior

Accessing and Configuring the ILOM Service Processor

Service Processor Overview

Service Processor Versions

Upgrading or Migrating the Service Processor

Displaying the Service Processor’s IP Address

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Display the Service Processor’s IP Address

Connecting to the ILOM

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect to the ILOM Web Interface

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect to the ILOM CLI

Configuring the Service Processor’s Network Settings (Optional)

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the Service Processor’s Network Configuration:

Accessing the System Console

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console Directly

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console Using the ILOM CLI

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the System Console Using the ILOM Web Interface

Dongle Cable Connections

A. Installation Worksheet

Index