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Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Product Documentation
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Document Information

Preface

Related Books

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Documentation Comments

Download Server System Tools and Drivers

Documents History

Hardware Installation and Product Notes

Hardware Installation

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide

Installation Overview and Preparation

Installing the Server Into a Rack With Optional Slide Rails

Managing Your Server

Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console

Configuring the Factory--Installed Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System

Powering On and Powering Off the Server

Troubleshooting and Support

Product Notes

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Product Notes

Operating System Installation

Oracle Solaris Operating System

Planning the Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation

Installing Oracle Solaris 10 OS

Linux

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

Oracle VM

Installing Oracle VM

Windows

Planning the Operating System Installation

Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System

Post Installation

Incorporating Sun Fire Drivers Into a WIM Image

Configuring RAID Controller in the BIOS Setup Utility

ESX

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for ESX Software

Preparing to Install VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0

Installing VMware ESX 4.0

Installing VMware ESXi 4.0

Booting Installation Media

Administration, Diagnostics, and Service

Administration Using ILOM

Overview of the ILOM Supplement

ILOM Feature Set

Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console

ILOM Platform Features for the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server

Using ILOM to Monitor the Host

Updating Firmware

Diagnostics

Preface

Diagnostics Guide

Introduction to Diagnostic Tools

U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests

Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility

Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD

Service

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Service Manual Organization

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Overview

Components and Features

Components List

Supported Operating Systems and the Preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS Option

System Management

Tools and Drivers CD Software

Front and Rear External Features and Components

Front Panel Features and Components

Rear Panel Features and Components

Maintaining the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server

Preparing for Service and Operation

Important Safety Information

Antistatic Procedures and Precautions

CRU and FRU List

Tools and Supplies Needed

How to Prepare for Service

How to Remove the Server from the Rack

How to Install the Server Into the Rack

How to Remove the Server Cover

How to Install the Server Cover

How to Prepare for Operation

Powering On and Powering Off the Server

Power Modes

How to Power Off the Server

How to Power On the Server

Component Replacement Procedures and Topic

Locations of Internal Server Components

Replacing the System Battery (CRU)

Removing and Installing DIMMs (CRU)

Removing and Installing a PCIe Card (CRU)

Removing and Installing the PCIe Riser (CRU)

Removing and Installing a Power Supply (CRU)

Removing and Installing a Hard Drive Filler and Hard Drive Assembly (CRU)

Removing and Installing the Air Duct (CRU)

Replacing a Blower Module (CRU)

Replacing the Hard Drive Backplane Assembly (FRU)

Removing and Installing the SP Module (CRU)

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Internal Cabling

Replacing the SATA Cable Harness (CRU)

Replacing the Front I/O Cable (CRU)

Replacing the Front I/O Board (FRU)

Removing, Installing, and Adding a CPU and Heatsink (FRU)

Replacing the Motherboard (FRU)

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Service Procedures and Information

Using the Tools and Drivers CD

How to Use the Tools and Drivers CD

How to Backup Motherboard FRUID Information

LED Locations and Meanings

Front Panel System Status LEDs

Hard Drive LEDs

Rear Panel System Status LEDs

BIOS Booting and Setup Considerations

About the BIOS

BIOS-Supported POST Hot Keys

Default BIOS Power-On Self Test (POST) Events

BIOS POST F1 and F2 Errors

BIOS POST Memory Testing Sequence

About Hardware Prefetchers

Service Procedures

How to Clear the CMOS

Updating BIOS and SP Firmware

Recovering the SP and BIOS Firmware

Ordering Components

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Specifications

Physical Specifications

Power Specifications

Environmental Specifications

Acoustic Noise Specifications

Index

Default BIOS Power-On Self Test (POST) Events

At system startup, the BIOS performs a power-on self test that checks the hardware on your server to ensure that all components are present and functioning properly. identifies the events that can occur during BIOS POST, as well as specifies whether these event can prevent the host from powering-on.

Event
Cause
Boot continues on host?
User password violation
Attempt to enter password fails three times
No
Setup password violation
Attempt to enter password fails three times
No
Correctable ECC
Correctable error correction code (ECC) error detected
Does not apply
Uncorrectable ECC
Uncorrectable ECC error detected
Does not apply
No system memory
No physical memory detected in the system
No
No usable system memory
All installed memory has experienced an unrecoverable failure
No
Hard disk controller failure
No disk controller found
Yes
Keyboard failure
Keyboard cannot be initialized
Yes
Boot media failure
No removable boot media is found
Yes
No video device
No video controller is found
No
Firmware (BIOS) ROM corruption
BIOS checksum fails and the boot block is not corrupted
No
System restart
System boot initiated
Yes
Initiated by hard reset
Boot process started by hard reset
Yes
Memory initialization
Memory sizing is occurring

System firmware progress

Does not apply
Primary processor initialization
Primary CPU initialization

System firmware progress

Does not apply
Initiated by warm reset
Boot process started by warm reset
Does not apply
Embedded controller management
Management controller initialization
Does not apply
Secondary processor(s) initialization
Secondary CPU initialization asserted

System firmware progress

Does not apply
Video initialization
When BIOS initializes keyboard
Does not apply
Keyboard controller initialization
When BIOS initializes keyboard
Does not apply
Option ROM initialization
BIOS initializes Option ROMs

System firmware progress

Does not apply
Option ROM space exhausted
BIOS cannot copy an option to the memory
Yes
User initiated system set up
End user initiated access to BIOS Setup utility

System firmware progress

Does not apply
User initiated boot to OS
System boot initiated

System firmware progress

Does not apply
No bootable media
Nothing to boot from
No
PXE server not found
Boot error - PXE server not found

F12 key was pressed but BIOS fails to boot from PXE server

No
ACPI Power state
Soft-off power applied
Does not apply