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Hardware Installation and Product Notes
Sun Fire X4640 Server Front and Back Panel Features and Components
Installing the Server Hardware
Removing the Server From the Rack
Getting Service for Your Server
Sun Fire X4640 Server Specifications
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
Setting Up Your Operating System
Overview of the Sun Fire X4640 Server Product Notes
Supported Software and Firmware
Solaris Operating System Issues
Windows Operating System Issues
VMware ESX and VMware ESXi Issues
Sun Installation Assistant Issues
MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) Issues
Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Issues
Introduction to Sun Installation Assistant
Getting Started With Sun Installation Assistant
Starting SIA and Preparing for Deployment or Recovery Tasks
Using SIA to Upgrade System Firmware
Using SIA to Recover a Service Processor
Performing an SIA PXE-Based Attended Installation
Performing an SIA PXE-Based Unattended Installation
Observing an SIA PXE-Based Unattended Installation
Creating a Bootable SIA USB Flash Drive
Identifying a Linux Boot Device on a Sun Fire X4500 Server
Introduction to Solaris OS and OpenSolaris Installation
Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System
Installing the OpenSolaris Operating System
Booting From OS Distribution Media
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
Introduction to Linux Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Installing and Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation
Booting From OS Distribution Media
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
Introduction to Windows Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Getting Started With Windows Server 2008 Installation
Selecting a Media Delivery Method
Installing Windows Server 2008
Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software
Incorporating Sun Fire Drivers Into a WIM Image
Identifying Network Interfaces in Windows
Introduction to ESX Installation
Installing VMware ESXi 4.0 Installable
Booting From OS Distribution Media
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
Administration, Diagnostics, and Service
Overview of the ILOM Supplement
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
Using ILOM to Monitor the Host
Overview of the Diagnostics Guide
Introduction to System Diagnostics
How to Gather Service Visit Information
How to Troubleshoot Power Problems
How to Inspect the Outside of the Server
How to Inspect the Inside of the Server
How to Isolate and Correct DIMM ECC Errors
Identifying Correctable DIMM Errors (CEs)
How to Identify CEs on a Solaris Server
How to Identify CEs on a Linux Server
How to Identify CEs on a Windows Server
Identifying BIOS DIMM Error Messages
Using the ILOM to Monitor the Host
Viewing the ILOM Sensor Readings
How to Use the ILOM Web Interface to View the Sensor Readings
How to Use the ILOM Command-Line Interface to View the Sensor Readings
Viewing the ILOM System Event Log
How to View the System Event Log Using the ILOM Web Interface
How to View the System Event Log With the ILOM Command-Line Interface
Clearing the Faults from the System Event Log
How to Clear Faults From the System Event Log Using the ILOM Web Interface
How to Clear Faults From the System Event Log Using the ILOM Command-Line Interface
Using SunVTS Diagnostics Software
Introduction to SunVTS Diagnostic Test Suite
How to Diagnose Server Problems With the Bootable Diagnostics CD
Creating a Data Collector Snapshot
How To Create a Snapshot With the ILOM Web Interface
How To Create a Snapshot With the ILOM Command-Line Interface
How to Reset the ILOM SP Using the Web Interface
How to Reset the ILOM SP Using the Command-Line Interface
Sun Fire X4640 Server Service Manual Overview
Controlling Power and Performing Hardware Reset
Removing and Installing Components
Configuring the System Using the BIOS Setup Utilities
The time stamps in the event log are related to the service processor clock settings. If the clock settings change, the change is reflected in the time stamps.
When the service processor reboots, the SP clock is set to Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 UTC 1970.
The SP reboots as a result of the following:
A complete system unplug/replug power cycle
An IPMI command; for example, mc reset cold
A command-line interface (CLI) command; for example, reset /SP
ILOM web interface operation; for example, from the Maintenance tab, selecting Reset SP
An SP firmware upgrade
After an SP reboot, the SP clock is changed in these circumstances:
When the host is booted. The host’s BIOS unconditionally sets the SP time to that indicated by the host’s real time clock (RTC). The host’s RTC is set by the following operations:
When the host’s CMOS is cleared as a result of changing the host’s RTC battery or inserting the CMOS-clear jumper on the motherboard. The host’s RTC starts at Jan 1 00:01:00 2002.
When the host’s operating system sets the host’s RTC. The BIOS does not consider time zones. Solaris and Linux software respect time zones and set the system clock to UTC. Therefore, after the OS adjusts the RTC, the time set by the BIOS is UTC.
When the user sets the RTC using the host BIOS Setup screen.
Continuously through NTP if NTP is enabled on the SP. NTP jumping is enabled to recover quickly from an erroneous update from the BIOS or user. NTP servers provide UTC time. Therefore, if NTP is enabled on the SP, the SP clock is in UTC.
Through the CLI, ILOM web interface, and IPMI