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Sun Enterprise 250 Server Owner's Guide
Book Information
Regulatory Compliance Statements
Preface
Chapter 1 System Overview
About the Sun Enterprise 250 Server
Locating Front Panel Features
Locating Rear Panel Features
About the Status and Control Panel
Chapter 2 Photographic Tour of System
System View
Internal System Components
Removable Media Components
Main Logic Board Components
Side Access Panel
Disk Drives
Removable Media Assembly
Diskette Drive
CD-ROM Drive
Tape Drive
Main Logic Board
CPU Modules
Memory Modules
PCI Cards
SSP Paddle Card and Cable
NVRAM/TOD Module
Power Supply
Power Distribution Board
Disk Cage Assembly
UltraSCSI Backplane
Fan Tray Assembly
LED/Keyswitch Assembly
Chapter 3 System Setup
About the Parts Shipped to You
How to Install the Enterprise 250 Server
Before You Begin
What to Do
How to Install the Security Lock Block
What to Do
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
Chapter 4 Preparing to Install or Replace Parts
How to Power Off the System
What to Do
How to Power On the System
Before You Begin
What to Do
How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove the Side Access Panel
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Side Access Panel
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge
Before You Begin
What to Do
Reference for Installation and Service: Tools Required
Chapter 5 Hardware Configuration
About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features
Error Correction and Parity Checking
Status LEDs
Hot-Pluggable Disk Drives
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5 Disk Configurations
Environmental Monitoring and Control
N+1 Power Supply Redundancy
Hot-Swappable Power Supplies
Automatic System Recovery (ASR)
Hardware Watchdog Mechanism
Four Levels of Diagnostics
Remote System Control (RSC)
About Memory
Configuration Rules
About CPU Modules
Configuration Rules
About Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Buses
Configuration Rules
About Internal Disk Drives
Configuration Rules
About Power Supplies
About the Standard Ethernet Port
About the Serial Ports
About the Parallel Port
About the Main Logic Board Jumpers
About Serial Port Jumpers
About Flash PROM Jumpers
About the SCSI Removable Media Bays and the External SCSI Port
Target Devices
Bus Length
External SCSI Cabling and Termination
Multi-initiator Support
Configuration Rules
Chapter 6 Removing and Installing Main Logic Board Components
How to Remove the Main Logic Board
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Main Logic Board
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
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 Module
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install a CPU Module
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove a PCI Card
Before you Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install a PCI Card
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove the SSP Paddle Card
Before you Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the SSP Paddle Card
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove the NVRAM/TOD Module
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the NVRAM/TOD Module
What to Do
What Next
Chapter 7 Removing and Installing Storage Devices
How to Remove the Removable Media Assembly (RMA)
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Removable Media Assembly (RMA)
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
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 a CD-ROM Drive or Tape Drive
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install a CD-ROM Drive or Tape Drive
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove the Diskette Drive
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Diskette Drive
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
Chapter 8 Removing and Installing Miscellaneous Assemblies
How to Remove the Fan Tray Assembly
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Fan Tray Assembly
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove a Power Supply
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install a Power Supply
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove the LED/Keyswitch Assembly
Before You Begin
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the LED/Keyswitch Assembly
Video Demonstration
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove the Disk Cage Assembly
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Disk Cage Assembly
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove the Floor Casters Assembly
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Floor Casters Assembly
Before You Begin
What to Do
How to Remove the Chassis Foot Glides
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the Chassis Foot Glides
Before You Begin
What to Do
Chapter 9 Removing and Installing Backplanes and Cables
How to Remove the UltraSCSI Backplane
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Install the UltraSCSI Backplane
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
What to Do
What Next
How to Connect the System Cables
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
Chapter 10 Administration and Networking
About Network Interface Options
How to Configure the Standard Ethernet Interface
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Add an Ethernet Interface
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet (TPE) Cable
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Attach an MII Ethernet Transceiver
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Boot the System Using the Standard Ethernet Interface
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Boot the System Using a PCI-Based Ethernet Interface
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Select the Boot Device
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts
Disk Concatenation
RAID 1: Disk Mirroring
RAID 0: Disk Striping
RAID 5: Disk Striping With Parity
Hot Spares
Hot Plug
For More Information
Chapter 11 Using Storage Devices
How to Prevent Overwriting of a Diskette
What to Do
What Next
How to Allow Writing to a Diskette
What to Do
What Next
How to Insert a Diskette Into Its Drive
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove a Diskette From Its Drive
Before You Begin
What to Do
How to Use fdformat to Format a New Diskette
Before You Begin
What to Do
How to Use fdformat to Reformat a Used Diskette
Before You Begin
What to Do
How to Copy Files To and From a Diskette
What to Do
How to Insert a Compact Disc Into the Drive
What to Do
What Next
How to Eject a Compact Disc With Software Commands
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Eject a Compact Disc Manually
What to Do
What Next
How to Eject a Compact Disc in an Emergency
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
About the Tape Drive and Tape Cartridges
Handling and Storing Tape Cartridges
Thermal Conditioning
How to Insert a Tape Cartridge
What to Do
What Next
How to Remove a Tape Cartridge
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
How to Control the Tape Drive
What to Do
How to Clean the Tape Drive
Before You Begin
What to Do
What If Your CD Drive Can't Read a CD?
Before You Begin
What to Do
What Next
Chapter 12 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
About Diagnostic Tools
About Power-On Self-Test (POST) Diagnostics
How to Use POST Diagnostics
Before You Begin
What to Do
Results
Observing POST in Progress
Obtaining a Summary of POST Results
About OpenBoot Diagnostics (OBDiag)
OBDiag Menu
OBDiag Commands
OBDiag Configuration Variables
OBDiag Test Descriptions
How to Use OpenBoot Diagnostics (OBDiag)
What to Do
How to Set the Diagnostic Level for POST and OBDiag
Before You Begin
What to Do
About SunVTS Software
For More Information
How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed
What to Do
What Next
How to Use SunVTS Software
Before You Begin
What to Do
Results
About Solstice SyMON Software
About Remote System Control (RSC)
For More Information
About Troubleshooting Your System
Error Indications
Front Panel LEDs
Keyboard LEDs
Power Supply LEDs
Disk LEDs
Error Messages
Software Commands
Solaris prtdiag Command
OBP show-devs Command
OBP printenv Command
OBP probe-scsi and probe-scsi-all Commands
About Diagnosing Specific Problems
Network Communications Failure
Symptom
Action
Determining the Device Name of the Ethernet Interface
Solution 1
Solution 2
Power-on Failures
Symptom
Action
Video Output Failure
Symptom
Action
Disk or CD-ROM Drive Failure
Symptom
Action
Symptom
Action
SCSI Controller Failures
Power Supply Failure
DIMM Failure
Environmental Failures
Appendix A Connector Pinouts
Reference for the Serial Port A and B Connectors
Reference for the Parallel Connector
Reference for the SCSI Connector
Reference for the Keyboard/Mouse Connector
Reference for the Twisted-Pair Ethernet (TPE) Connector
Reference for the Media Independent Interface (MII) Ethernet Connector
Reference for the 13W3 Video Connector
Reference for the RSC/SSP Serial Port Connector
Reference for the RSC/SSP Twisted-Pair Ethernet (TPE) Connector
Appendix B System Specifications
Reference for System Specifications
Physical Specifications
Clearance and Service Access Specifications
Environmental Requirements
Agency Compliance Specifications
Electrical Specifications
Appendix C Safety Precautions
Reference for Safety Precautions
Safety Precautions
Symbols
Modifications to Equipment
Placement of a Sun Product
SELV Compliance
European Ergonomics
Power Cord Connection
Lithium Battery
System Unit Cover
Laser Compliance Notice
Einhaltung sicherheitsbehördlicher Vorschriften
Sicherheitsvorkehrungen
Symbole
Aufstellung von Sun-Geräten
Einhaltung der SELV-Richtlinien
Ergonomie-Richtlinien
Anschluß des Netzkabels
Lithiumbatterie
Gehäuseabdeckung
Einhaltung der Richtlinien für Laser
Conformité aux normes de sécurité
Mesures de sécurité
Symboles
Modification du matériel
Positionnement d'un produit Sun
Conformité SELV
Ergonomie européenne
Connexion du cordon d'alimentation
Batterie au lithium
Couvercle
Conformité aux certifications Laser
Normativas de seguridad
Precauciones de seguridad
Símbolos
Modificaciones en el equipo
Ubicación de un producto Sun
Cumplimiento de la normativa SELV
Normativa ergonómica europea
Conexión del cable de alimentación eléctrica
Batería de litio
Tapa de la unidad del sistema
Aviso de cumplimiento con requisitos de láser
Nordic Lithium Battery Cautions
Norge
Sverige
Danmark
Suomi
Appendix D Illustrated Parts Breakdown
Illustrated Parts Breakdown
Assembly Illustrations
Appendix E Video Player Help
Do You Have a Problem Playing Video?
Requirements for Playing Video
Installing the ShowMe TV Player on Solaris Systems
How to Install ShowMe TV on Your System
Configuring Browsers to Use ShowMe TV
Configuring Netscape to Use ShowMe TV
Configuring HotJava to Use ShowMe TV
Improving Online Video Performance
Improving File Loading Time
Avoiding Using Proxy Servers to Access the AnswerBook2 Server
To Configure HotJava Browser 1.1 Not to Use Proxies
To Configure Netscape Navigator 4.x Not to Use Proxies
To Configure Microsoft Internet Explorer Not to Use Proxies
Quitting the Video Player
Adjusting the Brightness of ShowMe TV Files
Appendix F Index to Videos
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