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Sun Fire X4500/X4540 Servers Administration Guide

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Contents

Preface

Part I Sun Fire X4500 Server Administration Guide

1. Introduction to the Sun Fire X4500 Server

Features of the Server

Exterior Features, Controls, and Indicators

Front Panel

Disk Drive and Fan Tray LEDs

About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features

Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

2. Software and Operating Environment

Using the Zettabyte File System (ZFS)

About ZFS

Administering ZFS File Systems

Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

3. Identifying and Configuring Components

Solaris System Commands

prtconf Command

prtdiag Command

psrinfo Command

showrev Command

cfgadm Command

Component Configuration Information

Attachment Points Overview

Determining Attachment Points

Changing to Attachment Points

States and Conditions

Drive and Drive Slot States

Drive Conditions

Component States

4. Disk Administration and Management

Hard Disk Drive Locations

Disk Drive Status and LEDs

EFI Disk Label Overview

Converting EFI Label to SMI (Solaris) Label On The Sun Fire X4500 Disk

Adding Disks

Adding a Disk to a Mirrored ZFS Configuration

Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool

Removing a Disk From Service

Correcting Unconfigure Operation Failure

5. Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Architecture

Fault Management Architecture Overview

Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Utility Commands

fmd Command

fmdump Command

Diagnosing Disk Faults

Clearing Disk Faults

Using thefmadm Command to Clear Faults

Displaying Fault Statistics Using the fmstat Command

6. Rebuilding the Preinstalled OS

Preinstalled OS Overview

Creating Preinstalled OS Disk Mirrors (RAID-1)

metadb Command

metainit Command

metaroot Command

Recreating the Preinstalled OS

Create a Mirror for the root (/) File System

Create a Mirror for the swap Partition

Create a Mirror for the /var Partition

Create / root, /swap, and /var Mirrors

Attach / root, /swap, and /var Mirrors

Display Current Status of the Metadevices

Install GRUB on the Boot Disk

Configure the Alternate Boot Device

7. Using Disk Control and Monitor Utility (DCMU)

Overview of the Disk Control and Monitor Utility

Using DCMU

cfgdisk Command

hotplugmon

faultmond Command

Part II Sun Fire X4540 Server Administration Guide

8. Introduction to the Sun Fire X4540 Server

X4540 Server Features

Exterior Features, Controls, and Indicators

Front Panel

Disk Drive and Fan Tray LEDs

About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features

Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components

9. Software and Operating Environment

About ZFS

Overview

Devices

Structure

Using the ZFS File System

Additional information

About Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM)

About Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

10. Identifying and Configuring Components

Solaris System Commands

prtconf Command

prtdiag Command

psrinfo Command

showrev Command

cfgadm Command

Component Configuration Information

Attachment Points Overview

Determining Attachment Points

Changing to Attachment Points

States and Conditions

Drive and Drive Slot States

Drive Conditions

Component States

11. Managing Hard Disk Drives

Hard Disk Drive Locations

Disk Drive Status and LEDs

EFI Disk Label Overview

Converting EFI Label to SMI (Solaris) Label on the Sun Fire X4540 Disk

About HDtool

Removing a Disk From Service

Correcting Unconfigure Operation Failure

Adding a Disk

Checking Disk Usage

12. Sun Fire X4540 Fault Management Architecture

Fault Management Architecture Overview

Sun Fire X4540 Fault Management Utilities

fmd Command

fmdump Command

Diagnosing Disk Faults

Clearing Disk Faults

fmadm Command

Displaying Fault Statistics Using the fmstat Command

13. Rebuilding the Preinstalled OS

Preinstalled OS Overview

Creating Preinstalled OS Disk Mirrors (RAID-1)

metadb Command

metainit Command

metaroot Command

Re-creating the Preinstalled OS

Create a Mirror for the root (/) File System

Create a Mirror for the swap Partition

Create a Mirror for the /var Partition

Create /root, /swap, and /var Mirrors

Attach /root, /swap, and /var Mirrors

Display Current Status of the Metadevices

Install GRUB on the Boot Disk

Configure the Alternate Boot Device

Glossary

Index