About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)
Download Server System Tools and Drivers
Hardware Installation and Product Notes
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide
Installation Overview and Preparation
Installing the Server Into a Rack With Optional Slide Rails
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
Configuring the Factory--Installed Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System
Powering On and Powering Off the Server
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Product Notes
Oracle Solaris Operating System
Planning the Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation
Installing Oracle Solaris 10 OS
Introduction to Linux Installation
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing an OS
Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Booting From OS Distribution Media
Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
Planning the Operating System Installation
Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System
Incorporating Sun Fire Drivers Into a WIM Image
Configuring RAID Controller in the BIOS Setup Utility
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for ESX Software
Preparing to Install VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0
Administration, Diagnostics, and Service
Overview of the ILOM Supplement
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
ILOM Platform Features for the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server
Using ILOM to Monitor the Host
About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)
Introduction to Diagnostic Tools
Standalone Package-Based Diagnostics
Offline Operating System-Based Diagnostics
Online Operating System-Based Diagnostics
Diagnostic Tools for Oracle Servers
Using the Diagnostic Tools to Troubleshoot a Server
Setting Up a Server for Testing
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests Overview
System Diagnostic Test Options at Startup
U-Boot Diagnostic Test Modes-Normal, Quick, and Extended
Reporting Diagnostic Failures at System Startup
Running the U-Boot Diagnostic Tests
How to Select a U-Boot Diagnostic Mode to Run at Startup
U-Boot Normal Mode- Test Output Sample
U-Boot Quick Mode- Test Output Sample
U-Boot Extended Mode- Test Output Sample
Sample SP Environmental Variables Showing U-Boot Test Status
Accessing Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility
How to Access Pc-Check Through the ILOM Web Interface
How to Access Pc-Check Through the ILOM CLI
System Information Menu Options
Advanced Diagnostics Tests Menu Options
How to Test the Server's Hard Disks
How to Run Immediate Burn-in Tests
How to Create and Save Scripts for Deferred Burn-in Testing
Create Diagnostic Partition Menu Option
Show Results Summary Menu Options
Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
How to Access and Run Pc-Check From the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
How to Access and Run Pc-Check From a USB Device
How to Access the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD From the Target Server
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Service Manual Organization
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Overview
Maintaining the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Service Procedures and Information
If you have a server that does not have a CD/DVD drive, you can run the Pc-Check diagnostics utility from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server.
Before You Begin
You need:
Red Hat KickStart server with a CD/DVD drive
You need the following to set up the PXE server.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 manual at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 manual at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
Server Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
MEMDISK kernel from the SYSLINUX project. Access this kernel at:
The default directory for the PXE image is usually /tftpboot/linux-install. This procedure assumes that the PXE files have been installed in this directory.
Note - If your PXE files are not installed in the /tftpboot/linux-install directory, modify the procedure as necessary.
# mkdir /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven
# cp /mnt/cdrom/boot.img /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven
where, version is the latest SYSLINUX project version.
Note - Version 3.09 was the version at the time of this writing.
# unzip syslinux-3.09.zip
# cd /syslinux-3.09/memdisk
# cp /syslinux-3.09/memdisk/memdisk /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven
# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg
suppl_tau - server Tools & Drivers DVD
# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/default
label suppl_venkernel suppl_tau/memdiskappend initrd=suppl_tau/boot.img