Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V490 User Manual
Sun fire, V490 server administration guide
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Declaration of Conformity
- Regulatory Compliance Statements
- Preface
- I Installation
- Sun Fire V490 Server Installation
- II Background
- System Overview
- About the Sun Fire V490 Server
- Locating Front Panel Features
- System Control Switch
- Locating Back Panel Features
- About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features
- Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components
- Power Supply Redundancy
- Environmental Monitoring and Control
- Automatic System Recovery
- MPxIO
- Sun Remote System Control Software
- Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and XIR
- Dual-Loop Enabled FC-AL Subsystem
- Support for RAID Storage Configurations
- Error Correction and Parity Checking
- Hardware Configuration
- About Hot-Pluggable and Hot- Swappable Components
- About the CPU/Memory Boards
- About the Memory Modules
- About the PCI Cards and Buses
- About the System Controller (SC) Card
- About Hardware Jumpers
- About the Power Supplies
- About the Fan Trays
- About FC-AL Technology
- About the FC-AL Backplane
- About the HSSDC FC-AL Port
- About the FC-AL Host Adapters
- About the Internal Disk Drives
- About the Serial Port
- About the USB Ports
- Network Interfaces and System Firmware
- System Administration Software
- Diagnostic Tools
- About the Diagnostic Tools
- About Diagnostics and the Boot Process
- About Isolating Faults in the System
- About Monitoring the System
- About Exercising the System
- Reference for OpenBoot Diagnostics Test Descriptions
- Reference for Decoding I2C Diagnostic Test Messages
- Reference for Terms in Diagnostic Output
- III Instructions
- Configuring Console Access
- How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge
- How to Power On the System
- How to Power Off the System
- How to Get to the ok Prompt
- How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cable
- How to Access the System Console via tip Connection
- How to Modify the /etc/remote File
- How to Verify Serial Port Settings
- How to Set Up an Alphanumeric Terminal as the System Console
- How to Configure a Local Graphics Terminal as the System Console
- How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot
- Reference for System Console OpenBoot Variable Settings
- Configuring Network Interfaces and the Boot Device
- Configuring System Firmware
- How to Enable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring
- How to Disable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring
- How to Obtain OpenBoot Environmental Status Information
- How to Enable the Watchdog Mechanism and Its Options
- How to Enable ASR
- How to Disable ASR
- How to Obtain ASR Status Information
- How to Redirect the System Console to the System Controller
- How to Restore the Local System Console
- How to Deconfigure a Device Manually
- How to Reconfigure a Device Manually
- How to Implement Stop-N Functionality
- Isolating Failed Parts
- How to Operate the Locator LED
- How to Put the Server in Service Mode
- How to Put the Server in Normal Mode
- How to Isolate Faults Using LEDs
- How to Isolate Faults Using POST Diagnostics
- How to Isolate Faults Using Interactive OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests
- How to View Diagnostic Test Results After the Fact
- How to View and Set OpenBoot Configuration Variables
- Reference for Choosing a Fault Isolation Tool
- Monitoring the System
- Exercising the System
- Connector Pinouts
- System Specifications
- Safety Precautions
- Index