Document Outline

• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Declaration of Conformity
  • EMC
    • European Union
• Regulatory Compliance Statements
  • FCC Class A Notice
  • FCC Class B Notice
  • ICES-003 Class A Notice - Avis NMB-003, Classe A
  • ICES-003 Class B Notice - Avis NMB-003, Classe B
  • BSMI Class A Notice
• Preface
  • Before You Read This Book
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • Using UNIX Commands
  • Typographic Conventions
  • Shell Prompts
  • Related Documentation
  • Accessing Sun Documentation
  • Third-Party Web Sites
  • Contacting Sun Technical Support
  • Sun Welcomes Your Comments
• I Installation
• Sun Fire V490 Server Installation
  • About the Parts Shipped to You
  • How to Install the Sun Fire V490 Server
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
• II Background
• System Overview
  • About the Sun Fire V490 Server
  • Locating Front Panel Features
    • Security Lock and Top Panel Lock
    • LED Status Indicators
    • Power Button
  • 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
    • Power Supplies
    • Disk Drives
  • About the CPU/Memory Boards
  • About the Memory Modules
    • Memory Interleaving
    • Independent Memory Subsystems
    • Configuration Rules
  • About the PCI Cards and Buses
    • Configuration Rules
  • About the System Controller (SC) Card
    • Configuration Rules
  • About Hardware Jumpers
    • PCI Riser Board Jumpers
  • About the Power Supplies
    • Configuration Rule
  • About the Fan Trays
    • Configuration Rule
  • About FC-AL Technology
  • About the FC-AL Backplane
    • Configuration Rules
  • About the HSSDC FC-AL Port
  • About the FC-AL Host Adapters
    • Configuration Rules
  • About the Internal Disk Drives
    • Configuration Rule
  • About the Serial Port
  • About the USB Ports
• Network Interfaces and System Firmware
  • About the Network Interfaces
  • About Redundant Network Interfaces
  • About the ok Prompt
    • What You Should Know About Accessing the ok Prompt
    • Ways of Reaching the ok Prompt
      • Graceful Halt
      • Stop-A (L1-A) or Break Key Sequence
      • Externally Initiated Reset (XIR)
      • Manual System Reset
    • For More Information
  • About OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring
    • Enabling or Disabling the OpenBoot Environmental Monitor
    • Automatic System Shutdown
    • OpenBoot Environmental Status Information
  • About OpenBoot Emergency Procedures
    • Stop-A Functionality
    • Stop-D Functionality
    • Stop-F Functionality
    • Stop-N Functionality
  • About Automatic System Recovery
    • Auto-Boot Options
    • Error Handling Summary
    • Reset Scenarios
      • Normal Mode and Service Mode Information
  • About Manually Configuring Devices
    • Deconfiguring Devices vs. Slots
    • Deconfiguring All System Processors
    • Device Paths
  • Reference for Device Identifiers
• System Administration Software
  • About System Administration Software
  • About Multipathing Software
    • For More Information
  • About Volume Management Software
    • Multiplexed I/O (MPxIO)
    • RAID Concepts
      • Disk Concatenation
      • RAID 1: Disk Mirroring
      • RAID 0: Disk Striping
      • RAID 5: Disk Striping With Parity
      • Hot Spares (Hot Relocation)
    • For More Information
  • About Sun Cluster Software
    • For More Information
  • About Communicating With the System
    • What the System Console Does
    • Using the System Console
      • Default System Console Configuration
      • Alternative System Console Configuration
• Diagnostic Tools
  • About the Diagnostic Tools
  • About Diagnostics and the Boot Process
    • Prologue: System Controller Boot
    • Stage One: OpenBoot Firmware and POST
      • The Purpose of POST Diagnostics
      • What POST Diagnostics Do
      • What POST Error Messages Tell You
      • Controlling POST Diagnostics
    • Stage Two: OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests
      • What Are OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests For?
      • Controlling OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests
      • What OpenBoot Diagnostics Error Messages Tell You
      • I2C Bus Device Tests
      • Other OpenBoot Commands
    • Stage Three: The Operating System
      • Error and System Message Log Files
      • Solaris System Information Commands
    • Tools and the Boot Process: A Summary
  • About Isolating Faults in the System
  • About Monitoring the System
    • Monitoring the System Using Remote System Control Software
    • Monitoring the System Using Sun Management Center
      • How Sun Management Center Works
      • Other Sun Management Center Features
      • Who Should Use Sun Management Center?
      • Obtaining the Latest Information
  • About Exercising the System
    • Exercising the System Using SunVTS Software
      • SunVTS Software and Security
    • Exercising the System Using Hardware Diagnostic Suite
      • When to Run Hardware Diagnostic Suite
      • Requirements for Using Hardware Diagnostic Suite
  • 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
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Power On the System
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Power Off the System
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Get to the ok Prompt
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
  • How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cable
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Access the System Console via tip Connection
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Modify the /etc/remote File
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Verify Serial Port Settings
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Set Up an Alphanumeric Terminal as the System Console
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Configure a Local Graphics Terminal as the System Console
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • Reference for System Console OpenBoot Variable Settings
• Configuring Network Interfaces and the Boot Device
  • How to Configure the Primary Network Interface
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Configure Additional Network Interfaces
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Select the Boot Device
    • The boot device is specified by the setting of an OpenBoot firmware configuration parameter called boot-device. The default sett...
    • What to Do
    • What Next
• Configuring System Firmware
  • How to Enable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Disable OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
  • How to Obtain OpenBoot Environmental Status Information
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
  • How to Enable the Watchdog Mechanism and Its Options
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Enable ASR
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Disable ASR
    • What to Do
  • How to Obtain ASR Status Information
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Redirect the System Console to the System Controller
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Restore the Local System Console
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Deconfigure a Device Manually
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
  • How to Reconfigure a Device Manually
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
  • How to Implement Stop-N Functionality
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
• Isolating Failed Parts
  • How to Operate the Locator LED
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
  • How to Put the Server in Service Mode
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Put the Server in Normal Mode
    • Before You Begin
    • What To Do
    • What Next
  • How to Isolate Faults Using LEDs
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Isolate Faults Using POST Diagnostics
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Isolate Faults Using Interactive OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to View Diagnostic Test Results After the Fact
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to View and Set OpenBoot Configuration Variables
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • Reference for Choosing a Fault Isolation Tool
• Monitoring the System
  • How to Monitor the System Using Sun Management Center Software
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Monitor the System Using the System Controller and RSC Software
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Use Solaris System Information Commands
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
  • How to Use OpenBoot Information Commands
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
• Exercising the System
  • How to Exercise the System Using SunVTS Software
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
  • How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed
    • Before You Begin
    • What to Do
    • What Next
• Connector Pinouts
  • Serial Port Connector
    • Serial Port Connector Diagram
    • Serial Port Connector Signals
  • USB Connector
    • USB Connector Diagram
    • USB Connector Signals
  • Twisted-Pair Ethernet Connector
    • TPE Connector Diagram
    • TPE Connector Signals
  • SC Ethernet Connector
    • SC Ethernet Connector Diagram
    • SC Ethernet Connector Signals
  • SC Serial Connector
    • SC Serial Connector Diagram
    • SC Serial Connector Signals
  • FC-AL Port HSSDC Connector
    • HSSDC Connector Diagram
    • HSSDC Connector Signal
• System Specifications
  • Physical Specifications
  • Electrical Specifications
  • Environmental Specifications
  • Agency Compliance Specifications
  • Clearance and Service Access Specifications
• Safety Precautions
• Index