Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide
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The Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide is intended for experienced system administrators. It includes general descriptive information about the Sun FireTM V445 server and detailed instructions for configuring and administering the server.
To use the information in this manual, you must have working knowledge of computer network concepts and terms, and advanced familiarity with the Solaris Operating System (OS).
How This Book Is Organized
The Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide is divided into the following chapters:
- Chapter 1 presents an illustrated overview of the system and a description of the system's reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features, as well as new features introduced with this server.
- Chapter 2 describes the system console and how to access it.
- Chapter 3 describes how to power on and power off the system, and how to initiate a reconfiguration boot.
- Chapter 4 describes and illustrates system hardware components. It also includes configuration information for CPU/Memory modules and DIMMs.
- Chapter 5 describes the tools used to configure system firmware, including SunTM Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) system controller environmental monitoring, automatic system recovery (ASR), hardware watchdog mechanism, and multipathing software. In addition, it describes how to unconfigure and reconfigure a device manually.
- Chapter 6 describes how to manage internal disk volumes and devices.
- Chapter 7 provides instructions for configuring network interfaces.
- Chapter 8 describes how to perform system diagnostics.
- Chapter 9 describes how to troubleshoot the system.
This manual also includes the following appendices:
- Appendix A details connector pinouts.
- Appendix B provides tables of various system specifications.
- Appendix C provides a list of all OpenBoot configuration variables, and a short description of each.
Using UNIX Commands
This document might not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.
See one or more of the following for this information:
- Online documentation for the Solaris OS at docs.sun.com
- Other software documentation that you received with your system
Typographic Conventions
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Typeface
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Meaning
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Examples
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AaBbCc123
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The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output
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Edit your.login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
% You have mail.
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AaBbCc123
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What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output
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% su
Password:
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AaBbCc123
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Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized
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Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.
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AaBbCc123
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Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value
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To delete a file, type rm filename.
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System Prompts
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Type of Prompt
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Prompt
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C shell
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machine-name%
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C shell superuser
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machine-name#
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Bourne shell and Korn shell
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$
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Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser
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#
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ALOM system controller
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sc>
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OpenBoot firmware
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ok
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OpenBoot Diagnostics
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obdiag>
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Related Documentation
The documents listed as online are available at:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/
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Application
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Title
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Part Number
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Format
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Location
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Late-breaking product information
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Sun Fire V445 Server Product Notes
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819-3744
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PDF
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Online
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Installation overview
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Sun Fire V445 Server Getting Started Guide
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819-4664
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Printed
PDF
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Shipping kit
Online
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Installation
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Sun Fire V445 Server Installation Guide
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819-3743
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PDF
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Online
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Service
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Sun Fire V445 Server Service Manual
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819-3742
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PDF
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Online
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Site planning
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Site Planning Guide for Sun Servers
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819-5730
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PDF
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Online
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Site planning data sheet
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Sun Fire V445 Server Site Planning Guide
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819-3745
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Printed
PDF
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Shipping kit
Online
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Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) system controller
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Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.6 Online Help
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817-1960
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PDF
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Online
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Documentation, Support, and Training
Third-Party Web Sites
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Sun Welcomes Your Comments
Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. You can submit your comments by going to:
http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback
Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback:
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