Contents

Prerequisites

99

Disk drive configurations

100

Required references

101

Replacing disk drives

101

Replacing a single boot disk or replacing data disks

101

Replacing both boot disks

108

Setting up replacement disk drives

112

Partitioning replacement disk drives

113

Adding disk drives (optional)

119

Replacing the DVD-ROM drive

122

Maintaining tape drives

126

Tape drive compatibility

126

Ordering tapes

126

Cleaning the tape drive

127

Replacing the internal tape drive

128

Adding and removing an external tape drive for data migration

131

Maintaining CPU/Memory boards

136

CPU and memory configurations

136

Checking the current memory and CPU configuration

137

Shutting down the system

138

Removing a CPU/Memory board

139

Replacing memory

140

Installing a CPU/Memory board

142

Restarting the system

145

Replacing a power supply

147

Troubleshooting

151

Using the remote console

152

Redirecting the console using Solaris

152

Redirecting the local console to the remote console

152

Redirecting the remote console back to the local console

154

Redirecting the console using OpenBoot mode

155

Redirecting the local console to the remote console

155

Redirecting the remote console back to the local console

156

Using the RSC

159

Redirecting the local console to the RSC

159

Redirecting the RSC to the local console

160

Tools

161

Using the prtdiag command

162

Using the cfgadm command

165

System messages

166

OpenBoot PROM firmware tests

167

Using the OpenBoot PROM tests

167

Test descriptions

168

Probing disk drives

169

Probing all media devices

170

OpenBoot diagnostic tests

172

POST diagnostic messages

175

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