Sun Enterprise 220R Server Owner’s Guide
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 Safety Agency Compliance Statements
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 Power Cord Connection
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Ubicación de un producto Sun
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 Contents
Safety Agency Compliance Statements Preface
2. System Setup
Regulatory Compliance Statements Declaration of Conformity
 3. Administration and Network Setup
4. Hardware Configuration
 Contents
 6. Using Storage Devices
7. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
5. Replacing a Disk Drive
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 A. Connector Signal Descriptions
B. System Specifications Index
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 Preface
 How This Book Is Organized
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 Typographic and Command Entry Conventions
Using UNIX Commands
Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals
 Shell Prompts
Related Documentation
 Accessing Sun Documentation Online
Sun Welcomes Your Comments
http//docs.sun.com
docfeedback@sun.com
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 System Overview
About the Sun Enterprise 220R Server
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 Error-correcting code ECC on memory and all data paths
 Locating Front Panel Features
Keyswitch
CD-ROM or
optional Tape drive
 page
 screw hole
Locating Back Panel Features
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 LED indicators Power button Power On/Off position Keyswitch
About the Status and Control Panel
Locked position Standby position
 Keyswitch Settings
 Power-on/ Activity General fault
System LED Indicators
This green LED lights continuously when the system power is on
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 System Setup
 Tools Required for Setup and Rackmounting
Using the Setup and Rackmounting Guide
About the Parts Shipped to You
 Before You Begin
How to Install the Sun Enterprise 220R Server
What to Do
 2. Install any optional drive shipped with your system
3. Install the system into the rack
 Note -Each outlet must connect the system to a 15A circuit for North America and Japan, and to a 10A circuit for Europe. See your local electrical codes
 6. Set up a console for your server
7. Configure the network interface
8. Turn on power to your server
9. Install and boot the operating system software
 11. Load additional software from the server media kit
 About Server Rackmounting
 Holes 99, 100, or Holes 27, 28, or Holes 15, 16, or Holes 3, 4, or
Ninth
Third
First
 How to Remove the System From the Rack
 2. Locate the flat spring catch shown in the following figure
 What Next
3. Prepare to remove the system
5. Set the system on a workbench or other stable surface
7. Reattach, close, and lock the rack doors as appropriate
 How to Place the System Into the Rack
 3. Lift the system
1. Extend the cabinet’s anti-tip legs
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 5. Insert the system glides into the inner slides of the rack glides
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 10. Reattach, close, and lock the rack doors as appropriate
 About Communicating With the Server
 How to Attach an Alphanumeric ASCII Terminal
 2. Connect the terminal’s power cable to an AC outlet
3. Set the terminal to receive
 How to Configure a Local Graphics Console
1. Install the graphics card into a vacant PCI slot
 3. Connect the monitor’s power cord to an appropriate AC power outlet
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 4. Connect the keyboard cable to the server’s keyboard/mouse port
 1. Turn on power to any peripherals and external storage devices
How to Power On the System
2. Turn on power to the monitor or terminal
 4. Press the front panel Power button once
3. Turn the front panel keyswitch to the Power-On/Off position
Power-On/Off position Power button
 Locked position
5. Turn the keyswitch to the Locked position
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 How to Install the System Software
 Installing the Operating System From CD-ROM
Solaris 2.6 Hardware 5/98 Installation Requirement
Installing the Operating System From a Network Boot Server
 Solaris 7 Software Installation
 How to Select the Boot Device
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 2. To reboot the system from the new boot device, type
1. At the ok prompt, type
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 How to Power Off the System
1. Notify users that the system will be powered down
3. Halt the operating system using the appropriate commands
2. Back up the system files and data, if necessary
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 Administration and Network Setup
 About Network Interface Options
 How to Configure the Standard Ethernet Interface
3. Resume the installation of the system
1. Assign a host name to the machine
2. Determine the IP address for the interface
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 How to Add an Ethernet Interface
1. Assign a network host name to the interface
 3. Boot the operating system and log on to the system as superuser
4. Create an appropriate /etc/hostname file for the new interface
zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme0
zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme1
 zardoz # reboot -- -r
7. Reboot the system type
zardoz # cat /etc/hosts
 How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet TPE Cable
1. Locate the RJ-45 connector for the appropriate Ethernet interface
 What Next
 How to Attach an MII Ethernet Transceiver
1. Locate the appropriate MII Ethernet connector
 4. Lock the AUI connector
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 How to Boot the System Using the Standard Ethernet Interface
At the ok prompt, type either of the two following commands
 ok boot net - install
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 How to Boot the System Using a PCI-Based Ethernet Interface
pci@1f,4000/pci@5/SUNW,hme@0,1
 2. Change the default net device. At the ok prompt, type
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 Hardware Configuration
 About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features
Error Correction and Parity Checking
 Status LEDs
Hot-Pluggable Disk Drives
 Power Supply Redundancy
Hot-Swappable Power Supplies
Four Levels of Diagnostics
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 At the application level, you have access to SunVTS diagnostics. Like OBDiag, SunVTS provides a comprehensive test of the system, including its external interfaces. SunVTS also allows you to run tests remotely over a network connection. You can only use SunVTS if the operating system is running. For more information about SunVTS, see “About SunVTS Software” on page 132, “How to Use SunVTS Software” on page 135, and “How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed” on page
 Configuration Rules
About Memory
 About CPU Modules
 About Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI Buses
 Clock
 About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts
 Disk Concatenation
Disk Mirroring RAID
 Disk Striping RAID
Disk Striping With Parity RAID
Hot Spares
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 Hot Plug
For More Information
 About Internal Disk Drives
Disk drive LEDs
Internal
disk bays
 devices/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0
devices/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@1,0
Disk Slot Number
Logical Device Name
 About Power Supplies
Page
 About the Standard Ethernet Port
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 About the Serial Ports
 About the Parallel Port
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 About the Main Logic Board Jumpers
 About Serial Port Jumpers
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 About Flash PROM Jumpers
 Target Devices
About the External SCSI Port
Bus Length
 External SCSI Cabling and Termination
 Multi-initiator Support
The following figures provide a summary of the cabling guidelines
 Chapter 4 Hardware Configuration
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 Replacing a Disk Drive
 How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge
 2. Use an antistatic mat or similar surface
3. Use an antistatic wrist strap
 1. Prepare the system for disk removal
How to Remove a Disk Drive
3. Unlock the front doors and swing them open
 7. Place the disk drive on an antistatic mat
8. Repeat the procedure for the other drive if necessary
6. Holding the disk drive by the handle, slide it out of the drive bay
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 1. Prepare the system to receive the new disk drive
How to Install a Disk Drive
4. Release the drive handle on the disk drive
 5. Align the disk drive to its drive bay
 10. Repeat the procedure for the other drive if necessary
11. Close and then lock the system front doors
 How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot
2. Turn on power to the monitor or terminal, and open your console
 5. When the ok prompt is displayed, type the following command
ok boot -r
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 Using Storage Devices
 2. Place a CD into the drive tray, label side up
How to Insert a Compact Disc Into the Drive
3. Gently push the tray back into the drive
 Manually see “How to Eject a Compact Disc Manually” on page
 1. Kill processes accessing the CD-ROM drive, if necessary
How to Eject a Compact Disc With Software Commands
2. From the console device, type
 You can also eject a compact disc by using one of these methods
 2. Press the Eject button on the front panel
How to Eject a Compact Disc Manually
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 What Next
 1. Turn off the power to your system
How to Eject a Compact Disc in an Emergency
2. Unfold and straighten one end of a large wire paper clip
 You can also eject a compact disc by using one of these methods
 Handling and Storing Tape Cartridges
About the Tape Drive and Tape Cartridges
Thermal Conditioning
 2. Insert the cartridge into the drive, label side up
How to Insert a Tape Cartridge
3. Push gently on the cartridge until it is pulled into the drive
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 1. Check that there is no drive activity
How to Remove a Tape Cartridge
2. Push the Eject button and remove the tape cartridge
 How to Control the Tape Drive
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 How to Clean the Tape Drive
Insert a cleaning cartridge into the drive
 How to Clean a Compact Disc
1. Clean the disc with compressed air
 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
 About Diagnostic Tools
 System yes boots ? yes Fault LED lit ?
disk problem
Chapter 7 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Run POST no POST failure ?
 About Power-On Self-Test POST Diagnostics
 How to Use POST Diagnostics
Setting Up a tip Connection
 3. To use serial port A
a. Copy and paste the serial port B remote file
b. Modify the serial port B system remote file as follows
4. In a shell window on the Sun system, type
 5. When POST is completed, disconnect the tip window as follows
c. Type the following to kill the tip hardwire process
3. Verify the following serial port default settings as follows
Verifying the Baud Rate
 Results
1. When the ok prompt is displayed, type the following command
Observing POST in Progress
 If a Sun Type-5 keyboard is attached to the system, POST status and error indications are also displayed via the four LEDs on the keyboard. When POST starts, all four keyboard LEDs blink on and off simultaneously. After that, the Caps Lock LED blinks slowly to indicate POST is running. If an error is detected, the pattern of the lit LEDs provides an error indication. See “Error Indications” on page 138 for more information
 About OpenBoot Diagnostics OBDiag
 OBDiag Menu
 OBDiag Configuration Variable Settings
 2. Optional Select a diagnostic level
How to Use OpenBoot Diagnostics OBDiag
3. Then type
 4. At the ok prompt, type
5. At the ok prompt, type
The OBDiag menu is displayed
The OBDiag Test menu is displayed
 How to Set the Diagnostic Level for POST and OBDiag
2. To set the diag-level variable, type the following
 About SunVTS Software
 SunVTS Test Reference Manual
SunVTS User’s Guide
SunVTS Quick Reference Card
 How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed
1. Type the following
 2. Remotely log in to the server as superuser or root
How to Use SunVTS Software
3. Check whether SunVTS software is loaded on the server
 4. To start the SunVTS software, type
# cd /opt/SUNWvts/bin # ./sunvts -display localhostname0
 About Sun Enterprise SyMON Software
 Error Indications
About Troubleshooting Your System
Front Panel LEDs
 Keyboard LEDs
Stop
D key
Scroll Lock
 The following table provides error code definitions
 Power Supply LEDs
The following table provides a description of each LED
 Disk LEDs
Error Messages
Internal disk drive LEDs
 Software Commands
Solaris prtdiag Command
 prtdiag output
ok /usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag
 OBP printenv Command
OBP show-devs Command
OBP probe-scsi and probe-scsi-all Commands
 probe-scsi output
probe-scsi-all output
ok probe-scsi
ok  probe-scsi
 About Diagnosing Specific Problems
Symptom
Network Communications Failure
Action
 Solution
3. Reboot the system to make the changes effective
4. Reboot the system to make the changes effective
Determining the Device Name of the Ethernet Interface
 Power-On Failure
1. Run POST diagnostics
4. If the POST output contains an error message, then POST has failed
Video Output Failure
 Replace the drive indicated by the failure message
Disk or CD-ROM Drive Failure
1. At the system ok prompt, type
 SCSI Controller Failure
2. If a disk doesn’t respond, replace the unresponsive drive
 DIMM Failure
Power Supply Failure
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 Connector Signal Descriptions
 Keyboard/Mouse Connector Diagram
Reference for the Keyboard/Mouse Connector
Keyboard/Mouse Connector Signals
 Serial Port A and B Connector Diagram
Reference for the Serial Port A and B Connectors
Serial Port Signals
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 Not connected
 TPE Connector Diagram
Reference for the Twisted-Pair Ethernet TPE Connector
TPE Connector Signals
 UltraSCSI Connector Diagram
Reference for the UltraSCSI Connector
UltraSCSI Connector Signals
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 Dat13
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 Reference for the Parallel Port Connector
Parallel Port Connector Diagram
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 Signal ground
 Reference for the Media Independent Interface MII Connector
MII Connector Diagram
MII Connector Signals
120 2140
 Txclk
 36GndGround 37GndGround 38GndGround 39GndGround 40PwrPower
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 System Specifications
“Physical Specifications” on page “Electrical Specifications” on page
“System Specifications” on page
A P P E N D I X B
 Physical Specifications
Reference for System Specifications
Electrical Specifications
 Environmental Specifications
The environmental requirements for the system are as follows
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 Index
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 diag-switch?, 121, 129 operating system software
See also Ethernet ATM
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 watch-net-all command