Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers--Installation Guide

Before performing any procedures, become familiar with the physical orientation and features of your Sun Fire^TM V20z or Sun Fire V40z server, including the front and back panels. Refer to the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers--User Guide for detailed information about the server.

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Installation Overview

After unpacking your server, perform the following tasks, which are described in the documentation as indicated:

1. Add any PCI expansion cards or hardware options that you want to install. Refer to the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers--User Guide or the documentation shipped with the hardware option for instructions on removing and replacing the system cover and installing the option.

2. If desired, install the server in a rack using orderable slide-rails. See Installing the Server Into a Rack.

3. Connect all cables and power cords. Refer to Cabling of this guide.

4. Connect your peripherals. Refer to FIGURE 1-8 of this guide for an illustration of the server's back panel connector ports.

5. Power on and boot the server as described in Powering On and Booting the Server of this guide.

6. Perform initial software setup as described in Chapter 2 of this guide.

7. Configure your server to customize it for your use. Refer to the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers--Server Management Guide for details.

User Documentation

For the most up-to-date user documentation, for both the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers, please visit the following Web site:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/
Servers/Workgroup_Servers/Sun_Fire_V20z/index.html

This site contains the user manuals, the Release Notes and the individual guides for each of the customer-replaceable units (CRUs).

To verify whether a document on the site is more recent than the document that you have, refer to the final two digits (the dash-roll) of the Part Number for that document.

Related Documentation

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Safety Guidelines

You can safely connect the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers to an IT Power System.

The use of the "exclamation-point-in-a-triangle" symbol on the product indicates a reference to the following important safety information, concerning National Deviations for Finland, Norway and Sweden:

• English: The earthed-style attachment plug on the power-supply cord requires the socket outlet to be an earthing type.
• Finnish: Laite on liitettävä suojamaadoituskoskettimilla varustettuun pistorasiaan.
• Norwegian: Apparatet må tilkoples jordet stikkontakt.
• Swedish: Apparaten skall anslutas till jordat uttag.

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Installing the Server Into a Rack

Caution - The Sun Fire V40z server weighs 75 pounds (34 kilograms). Use caution when lifting or moving the server to avoid personal injury. It is recommended that you use two people for moving and mounting the server. Always load a rack from the bottom up and load the heaviest item in the rack first.

Use the following procedure to install the server into a rack using slide-rails.

Tools Required

• #2 cross-point screwdriver for mounting screws

Caution - Before you power on a Sun Fire V40zserver for the first time, you must remove the packaging inserts from the server's PCI card slots and CPU card slot to ensure proper air flow and cooling. You can discard these packaging inserts, which serve as protection during shipping. See Powering On and Booting the Serverfor instructions on removing the inserts. Do NOT remove the plastic air-baffle inserts from the PCI slots. The updated release (chassis part number [PN] 380-1206) of the Sun Fire V40z server does notship with the packaging insert in the PCI card slots.

1. Install one mounting bracket to each side of the server as shown in FIGURE 1-1 or FIGURE 1-2.

Position the three holes in the mounting bracket over the front three locating pins on the server's side and push forward on the mounting bracket until the middle locking-tab clicks over the middle pin.

FIGURE 1-1 Installing the Slide-Rail Mounting Brackets Onto the Sun Fire V20z Server

FIGURE 1-2 Installing the Slide-Rail Mounting Brackets Onto the Sun Fire V40z Server

2. Install one slide-rail assembly to each side of the rack as shown in FIGURE 1-3, securing them with the screws provided.

The end of the rail with the adjustable bracket must be positioned toward the back of the rack as shown.

FIGURE 1-3 Installing the Slide Rails Into the Rack

3. Slide the server, with mounting brackets installed, into the rack so that the mounting bracket bases fit inside the slide rail assemblies (see FIGURE 1-4 or FIGURE 1-5).

As you slide the server into the rack, press down on the outer slide-rail locking-tab to allow the mounting bracket to pass through.

FIGURE 1-4 Installing the Sun Fire V20z Server Into the Rack

FIGURE 1-5 Installing the Sun Fire V40z Server Into the Rack

4. With the server pushed into place in the rack, tighten the captive thumbscrews on the server front by screwing them into the middle hole on the slide-rail assembly front bracket (see FIGURE 1-6 or FIGURE 1-7).

FIGURE 1-6 Securing the Sun Fire V20z Server Into the Rack

FIGURE 1-7 Securing the Sun Fire V40z Server Into the Rack

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Cabling

Connect cables to the rear of the server as follows. See FIGURE 1-8 or FIGURE 1-9 for the locations of the connector ports on your server.

1. Connect the keyboard cable to the keyboard connector.

2. Connect the mouse cable to the mouse connector.

3. Connect a video monitor cable to the video connector.

VGA multisynch monitors are supported with these servers.

4. Connect Ethernet cables to the service processor (SP) connectors and the platform gigabit connectors.

See Daisy-Chaining the Servers for information about interconnecting servers and connecting them to a LAN.

5. Connect the AC power cord(s) to the AC power connector(s).

Caution - In a Sun Fire V40z server, AC power is supplied to the SP and basic hardware whenever there is an AC power cord plugged into either of the server's two power supplies. The SP boots and the message Main Power Offappears on the LCD display on the front panel when the SP is finished booting.

Notes for the Sun Fire V20z Server

Ethernet Port Labelling

It is important to note the labelling of the Ethernet ports on the back panel of the Sun Fire V20z server. As shown on the far right side of the server illustrated in FIGURE 1-8, interfaces eth1 and eth0 are labelled as "1" on the upper port and "0" on the bottom port, respectively.

PCI Slot Labelling

The PCI slots are labelled on the server back panel as PCI O (next to the power supply) and PCI 1 (between the SP and platform ethernet ports). See FIGURE 1-8.

• The slot on the motherboard that corresponds to PCI 0 is identified by the silkscreen label "Slot 2 133MHz".
• The slot on the motherboard that corresponds to PCI 1 is identified by the silkscreen label "Slot 1 66MHz".

Notes for the Sun Fire V40z Server

Ethernet Port Labelling

It is important to note the labelling of the ethernet ports on the back panel of the Sun Fire V40z server. Referring to the platform gigabit (Gb) ethernet ports at the right edge of the chassis (see FIGURE 1-9), the lower ethernet interface is eth0 andthe upper interface is eth1, respectively.

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Daisy-Chaining the Servers

You can interconnect multiple servers in different daisy-chain configurations by using the SP connectors to form a management LAN as shown in FIGURE 1-10, FIGURE 1-11 and FIGURE 1-12. The figures also show how the servers are connected to external LANs using the platform gigabit connectors.

FIGURE 1-10 Daisy Chain Architecture with Redundancy at Switch Level on the Management LAN

To interconnect the servers, you must use an RJ-45 cross-over cable. Cables can be connected to either the top or bottom SP port. To configure servers in a daisy chain, connect the first and last server in the chain to different switches.

In the configuration shown in FIGURE 1-10, two managed spanning-tree-capable switches are required to redundantly connect both the top and bottom of the chain. If the switches are not capable of spanning-tree discovery, then only connect either to the top or the bottom of the chain, but not both.

FIGURE 1-11 Daisy Chain Architecture with Redundancy at Port Level on the Management LAN

To interconnect the servers, you must use an RJ-45 cross-over cable. Cables can be connected to either the top or bottom SP port. To configure servers in a daisy chain, connect the first and last server in the chain to different switches.

In the configuration shown in FIGURE 1-11, a managed spanning-tree-capable switch is required to redundantly connect both the top and bottom of the chain. If the switch is not capable of spanning-tree discovery, then only connect either to the top or the bottom of the chain, but not both.

FIGURE 1-12 Daisy Chain Architecture with No Redundancy on the Management LAN

To interconnect the servers, you must use an RJ-45 cross-over cable. Cables can be connected to either the top or bottom SP port.

In the configuration shown in FIGURE 1-12, no redundancy is provided on the management LAN.

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Powering On and Booting the Server

Follow these steps to power on and boot the server:

Caution - Do not operate this server without all fans, component heatsinks, air baffles and the cover installed. Severe damage to server components will occur if operated without adequate cooling mechanisms.

Caution - Before you power on a Sun Fire V40zserver for the first time, you must remove the packaging inserts from the server's PCI card slots and CPU card slot to ensure proper air flow and cooling. You can discard these packaging inserts, which serve as protection during shipping. Do NOT remove the plastic air-baffle inserts from the PCI slots. The updated release (chassis PN 380-1206) of the server does notship with the packaging insert in the PCI card slots.

1. Perform this step to remove packaging inserts if you are powering on a Sun Fire V40z server the first time. Otherwise, skip to Step 2.

a. Loosen the captive screw on the cover latch, then rotate the latch toward the system rear to push back the cover (see FIGURE 1-13).

b. Lift the cover up and remove it.

FIGURE 1-13 Removing the Cover of the Sun Fire V40z Server

c. Remove the plastic-foam packaging inserts from the PCI slot area near the back panel of the system.

d. Remove the front bezel from the server by pressing in on the rubberized buttons on each side of the bezel, then swinging the bezel top downward (see FIGURE 1-14).

FIGURE 1-14 Removing the Front Bezel

e. Open the CPU card door, which is located under the hard drive bays, to access the CPU card. Press down on the two buttons on the door and swing it downward so that it is open 180 degrees from the closed position (see FIGURE 1-15).

FIGURE 1-15 Opening the CPU Card Door

f. Remove the packaging insert from the CPU card slot.

g. Close the CPU card door and replace the front bezel onto the server.

h. Replace the cover onto the server and tighten the captive screw that secures the cover latch.

2. Ensure that a grounded AC power cord is plugged into all AC power connectors on the rear of the server and into AC power outlet(s). See FIGURE 1-8 or FIGURE 1-9 for the connector location.

Caution - In a Sun Fire V40z server, AC power is supplied to the SP and basic hardware whenever there is an AC power cord plugged into either of the server's two power supplies. The SP boots and the message Main Power Offappears on the LCD display on the front panel when the SP is finished booting.

3. Power on the server using one of the following two methods, depending on which server type you have:

• If you have a Sun Fire V20z server, use these steps:

a. Turn on the AC power switch on the server back panel (see FIGURE 1-8).

This switch provides AC power to the SP and basic hardware.

b. Push and release the platform power button on the server front panel (see FIGURE 1-16).

This button provides power to the BIOS, operating system and drivers.

• If you have a Sun Fire V40z server, push and release the platform power button on the server front panel (see FIGURE 1-17).

This button provides power to the BIOS, operating system and drivers. There is no separate AC power switch on the Sun Fire V40z server; basic AC power was already applied when you plugged in a power cord to a power supply.

4. Continue with initial software setup tasks, as described in Chapter 2 of this guide.

FIGURE 1-16 Sun Fire V20z Server Front Panel

FIGURE 1-17 Sun Fire V40z Server Front Panel

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