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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
Introduction to Diagnostic Tools
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests
Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Service Manual Organization
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Overview
Supported Operating Systems and the Preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS Option
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
Antistatic Procedures and Precautions
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
Powering On and Powering Off 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
Front Panel System Status LEDs
BIOS Booting and Setup Considerations
Default BIOS Power-On Self Test (POST) Events
BIOS POST Memory Testing Sequence
Recovering the SP and BIOS Firmware
Instructions for setting up the TFTP server can be found in the system administration guides for the appropriate Solaris or Linux version:
Solaris 10 manual at:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 documentation at:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 manual at:
where version is the version of the Tools and Drivers CD that you are using and SP_file is the name of the SP image.
For example: /firmware/webgui_cli/1.0.0/X2270M2-3.0.9.20.pkg
-> load -source tftp:URL
For example:
-> load -source tftp://ipaddress/X2270M2-xxx_xxxx.pkg
The BIOS and ILOM SP firmware update begins.
Note - During the upgrade process, the login prompt appears. Do not attempt to log in until the update is finished.
![]() | Caution - Possible firmware corruption. The update is not finished until the SP reboot is complete. Do not press the Power button until the SP is booted and the server is in standby-power mode. |