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Sun Server X2-8 Name Change

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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

Installing and Removing 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

How to Determine Whether You Need to Allocate Option ROM and I/O Space

How to Configure 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

Option ROM and I/O Space Allocation

Bootable devices such as onboard I/O or PCIe express modules require option ROM and I/O space to boot. However the total option ROM and I/O space for the system is limited by the PC architecture and is allocated automatically when the system is booted. If your system includes many potentially bootable devices, you must decide which ones you wish to boot from, and configure the BIOS to allocate these resources to them.

Option ROM is also required to run some configuration utilities, such as the LSI RAID configuration utility. This utility, which resides in the REM, has option ROM and I/O space allocated to it by default.


Note - These limitations apply to eight—socket systems only. Four—socket systems do not normally encounter option ROM or I/O space limitations.


In systems with the Oracle Solaris OS, an additional limitation might limit your ability to hotplug devices in EM slots 4 and 5.

Option ROM Allocation

The PC architecture provides a total of 128 Kbytes of option ROM space.

I/O Space Allocation

The PC architecture provides a total of 64 Kbytes of I/O space. By default, the BIOS allocates I/O space as shown in the Default I/O Allocation table.

Table 4 Default I/O Allocation

CPU Module Slot
Maximum Allocation
Space Available for EMs and FEMs
EM Slots
3
16 k
12k
3.1, 3.0
2
8k
4k
2.1, 2.0
1
16k
12k
1.1, 1.0
0 (master)
24k
8k
0.1, 0.0