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Using This Documentation

Sun Server X2-8 Name Change

Product Downloads

Documentation and Feedback

About This Documentation

Change History

Installation Overview

Front and Back Features and Components

Front Features and Components

Back Features and Components

Unpacking the Server and Identifying the Rack Mounting Hardware

How to Identify Your Rack Mounting Kit

How to Unpack the Server

Installing the Server In the Rack Using the Standard Rack Mounting Kit

Tools and Staff Required

Installing Optional Equipment

Compatible Racks

Contents of the Standard Rack Mounting Kit

Location of the Rack Mounting Kit and the Shipping Bracket Kit

Installing the Server In a Rack Using the Standard Rack Mounting Kit

Removing and Installing the Standard Rack Mounting Kit Shipping Brackets

Installing the Server in the Rack Using the Universal Rack Mounting Kit

Tools and Staff Required

Installing Optional Equipment

Compatible Racks

Contents of the Universal Rack Mounting Kit

Installing the Server in a Rack Using the Universal Rack Mounting Kit

How to Remove Components to Reduce Weight

How to Replace the Components in the Server

How to Install the Universal Rack Mounting Hardware in a Square-Hole Rack

How to Install the Universal Rack Mounting Hardware in a Round-Hole Rack

How to Insert the Server Into the Rack

Installing and Removing the Universal Shipping Brackets

How to Install the Universal Shipping Brackets

How to Remove the Universal Shipping Brackets

Removing the Server from the Rack

How to Remove the Server from the Rack

How to Remove the Rackmounting Hardware from the Rack

Cabling and Power

Attaching Administration (SP) Cables

Cabling NEMs and PCIe EMs

Powering the Server On and Off

Getting Service for Your Server

How to Find the Server's Serial Number

Determining Your Server Management Strategy

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager

Oracle Hardware Management Pack

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris Operating System

Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS

Installation Worksheet

How to Connect to the Server Using the Server's IP Address

(Optional) How to Redirect the Console Output to the Video Port

How to Connect to the Server Using a Serial Capture Program

Oracle Solaris OS Information Products and Training

Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Linux Operating System

Oracle Linux Configuration Worksheet

Configure the Preinstalled Oracle Linux OS

Register and Update Your Oracle Linux OS

Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle VM Software

How to Configure Oracle VM

Configuration Worksheets

Getting Started With Oracle VM

Communicating With Oracle ILOM and the System Console

Server Connections

About Oracle ILOM SP IP Addresses and the Oracle ILOM Interfaces

Determining the SP IP Address

Connecting to Oracle ILOM

Connecting to the System Console

I/O and Interrupt Resource Allocation

Option ROM and I/O Space Allocation

Allocating MSI Interrupt Space (Oracle Solaris OS Only)

How to Identify and Fix Interrupt Resource Shortages

Sun Server X2-8 Specifications

Physical Specifications for the Sun Server X2-8

Power Specifications for the Sun Server X2-8

Environmental Specifications

Acoustic Specifications

Requesting Physical Media

How to Request Physical Media Online

How To Request Physical Media by Phone

Index

How to Insert the Server Into the Rack

Before You Begin

Perform the steps in How to Install the Universal Rack Mounting Hardware in a Square-Hole Rack or in How to Install the Universal Rack Mounting Hardware in a Round-Hole Rack.

  1. Lift the server to its position in the rack.

    The use of a mechanical lift is recommended.


    Caution

    Caution - The server weighs 180 pounds (82 kg). To reduce the risk of serious personal injury or equipment damage, use a mechanical lift to install the server into the rack. If a lift is not available, remove components as instructed in How to Remove Components to Reduce Weight, and use two persons to lift the server into place.


  2. Slide the server onto the shelf rails.

    Caution

    Caution - Drop Hazard! Do not release the server until it is 12 inches (304 mm) into the rack, and is firmly supported by the shelf rails. The shelf rails can not support the server until it is 12 inches (304 mm) inside the rack.



    Note - If the server is still on a pallet, you can leave it on the pallet and lift both the server and the pallet with the mechanical lift, and slide the server off the pallet and onto the shelf rails.



    image:Picture of lift inserting server into rack
  3. Use four screws to attach the front bezel of the server to the front of the rack, as shown in the following figure.
    • For square-hole racks, use four M6 x 16 screws.

    • For round-hole racks, use four M6 x 12, or four 10-32 x 10 screws.


    Note - On square-hole racks, the screws pass through the rack and thread into the adapter bracket. On round-hole racks, the screws thread into the rack rails.



    image:Attaching the chassis to the rack
  4. Move the rear braces so they are snug against the server chassis. See the following figure.

    From the rear of the system:

    1. Loosen the screws (1).
    2. Slide the braces down (2).
    3. Tighten the screws (1).

    image:Adjusting rear braces
  5. If you removed components from the server, replace them after the server is mounted in the rack. See How to Replace the Components in the Server.

See Also