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Sun Fire X4640 Server Service Manual Overview
Controlling Power and Performing Hardware Reset
Powering the Server On and Off
Controlling Server Power Remotely
Resetting the Server Using the Reset Switch (SW2)
Removing and Installing Components
Antistatic Procedures and Precautions
Tools Required for Servicing the Sun Fire X4640 Server
Preparing the Server for Service and Operation
Removal and Replacement Procedures
List of Customer Replaceable Units and Field Replaceable Units
Replacing the CMOS Battery (CRU)
Replacing or Adding a Hard Drive (CRU)
Replacing a CPU Module and Filler Card (CRU)
Replacing or Adding DIMMs (CRU)
Replacing or Adding PCI Cards (CRU)
Replacing or Adding a Power Supply (CRU)
Replacing the Service Processor Board (FRU)
Replacing the DVD Module (FRU)
Replacing the Power Distribution Board (FRU)
Replacing the Fan Tray Carriage (FRU)
Replacing the Front Panel Indicator Board (FRU)
Replacing the Front I/O Board (FRU)
Replacing a Hard Disk Backplane (FRU)
Replacing the Motherboard (FRU)
Updating Field-Replaceable Unit Information
How to Update the Server CPLDs
Configuring the System Using the BIOS Setup Utilities
BIOS and the BIOS Setup Utility
How to Configure the System BIOS
BIOS and Service Processor Updates
LSI BIOS Configuration Utility
Sun Fire X4640 Server References and Specifications
Sun Fire X4640 Server Features and Components
Sun Fire X4640 Server Front and Back Panel Features and Components
Sun Fire X4640 Server Specifications
Sun Fire X4640 Server Motherboard Jumpers and Switches
Sun Fire X4640 Server External LED Locations and Meanings
The hard drives for the Sun Fire X4640 server are hot-swappable. You do not need to power off the server to install the drive. If you are installing the original drives (for example, as part of a procedure that requires the removal of the hard drives), you must install the drives in the slot from which they were removed. If the drive is new to the system, it should not contain a RAID volume. Installing a hard drive configured as a RAID volume can change the configuration of the server and result in loss of data. For more information, see Replacing or Adding a Hard Drive (CRU).
![]() | Caution - Possible Data Loss. If you insert a hard drive that has been configured with a RAID volume into a server that did not previously have its hard drives configured with RAID volumes, the existing hard drives in the server are converted to RAID volumes during automatic synchronization and any existing data on the existing hard drives in the server is lost. To avoid this problem, use the LSI Configuration Utility to delete the RAID volume from the hard drive before removing it. |
The release latch opens.
Note - The hard drive release latch must be opened before installing the hard drive into the hard drive slot.
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