Documentation, Support, and Training
Evaluating Product Compatibility
Form-Factor Physical Characteristics
Warranty and Technical Support
System Requirements and Options
Installing Optional Components
Preparing to Install the Blade Server
Power and Thermal Distribution
Required Cooling and Blade Impedance Curve
Local Network IP Addresses and Host Names
Connect the External I/O Cables
Connect Cables to a System Console Running the Oracle Solaris OS
Connect Cables to a System Console Not Running Oracle Solaris OS
Insert and Latch the Blade Server
Software and Firmware Upgrades
Software and Firmware Upgrades
Firmware and Blade Server Management
Creating a Boot Disk Server and Adding Clients
Create a Boot Server for Diskless Clients
Compact Flash Formatting for the Oracle Solaris OS
Multiplex Configuration of Zones 2 and 3
Advanced Rear Transition Module Connectors (Zone 3)
Locate Base MAC Address on Blade Server
Configuring and Using Serial Over LAN
Shut Down OS and Deactivate the Blade Server
Power Off and Remove the Blade Server
Two SWTs are available. The SP provides a built in SWT option that prevents system lockup when software gets trapped in loops without a controlled exit. The SWT requires a special sequence of writes to occur to service it. If the SWT is not serviced, then the SP generates a HRESET (internal hard reset) to the SP.
The SP provides an internal reset status register that provides the cause of the reset.
When set to a value of 1, bit 3 in the reset status register identifies that a software watchdog reset event occurred.
When cleared to a value of 0, the bit identifies that no watchdog event occurred.
Upon a watchdog reset, the SP does not reset the CPU.
The second SWT is in the IPMC and provides a watchdog timer to prevent lockups much the same as the SP watchdog.
The watchdog timer must be serviced within the time-out period to prevent the timer from overflowing.
If the timer overflows, the watchdog generates a reset.
A system control register identifies if an IPMC reset was caused by an external reset or by an internal watchdog overflow.