Sun Fire 280R Server Owner’s Guide
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 Contents
 System Administration
Hardware and Software Configuration
 Using and Servicing Internal Storage Devices
 System Specifications
Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting
Connector Signal Descriptions
 Preface
 How This Book Is Organized
 Using Unix Commands
Typographic and Command Entry Conventions
 Shell Prompts
Related Documentation
 Accessing Sun Documentation Online
Ordering Sun Documentation
 Sun Welcomes Your Comments
 System Overview
About the Sun Fire 280R Server Hardware
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 System Overview
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 About Front and Back Panel Features
Front Panel Features
 Filler panel
 Back Panel Features
 Status and Control Panel Features
 Keyswitch Settings
 System LED Indicators
 About the Sun Fire 280R Server Software
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 System Setup
 About the Parts Shipped to You
Using the Setup and Rackmounting Guide
Tools Required for Setup and Rackmounting
 How to Install the Sun Fire 280R Server
Before You Begin
 What to Do
 System Setup
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 Set up a console for installing your server
Configure the network interface
Turn on power to your server
Install and boot the operating system software
 Load additional software from the server media kit
Load the Sun Fire 280R server hardware online documentation
 About System Rackmounting
Rackmounting Guidelines
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 How to Install the System Into the Rack
 Dimple Ball-bearing runner
 Innermost glide
 Flat spring catch
 Tigh fron
 Secure the server to the rails
 What Next
Connect the external cables to the back panel of the system
 How to Remove the System From the Rack
 Locate the flat spring catch shown in the following figure
 Prepare to remove the system
 About Communicating With the System
 How to Attach an Alphanumeric Ascii Terminal
 What Next
 How to Configure a Local Graphics Console
 What to Do
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 How to Power On the System
 Turn the front panel keyswitch to the Power-On/Off position
Press the front panel Power button once
 Turn the keyswitch to the Locked position
 How to Power On the System With Full Diagnostics Enabled
 Turn the front panel keyswitch to the Diagnostics position
 Turn the keyswitch to the Locked position
 How to Install the System Software
Solaris 8 Installation Requirement
 System Setup
 How to Select the Boot Device
 At the ok prompt, type
 Ok reset-all
 Assign a host name to the system
How to Configure the Standard Ethernet Interface
Resume the installation of the system
 What Next
 Before You Begin
 How to Add an Ethernet Interface
Assign a network host name to the interface
 Zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.eri0
 Zardoz # cat /etc/hosts
 How to Connect a Twisted-Pair Ethernet TPE Cable
 RSC TPE connector System TPE connector
 How to Boot the System Using the Standard Ethernet Interface
 Ok boot net install
 How to Power Off the System
Wait for the system halt messages and the ok prompt
 Off position
 System Administration
 Error Correction and Parity Checking
 Easily Accessible Status LEDs
Hot-Pluggable Disk Drives
 System Environmental Monitoring and Control
Support for RAID Disk Configurations
Temperature Controls
 Power Supplies
System Fans
 Hot-Swappable Power Supplies
Power Supply Redundancy
Automatic System Recovery
 Improved System Diagnostics Software
 Enhanced System Availability Software
 About Managing the System
Managing and Monitoring System Performance
 Diagnosing Intermittent Problems
Isolating Failed Components
 Problem Analysis
 Using the Sun Remote System Control RSC Card
 Local Server
 About Storage Management Tools
 System Administration
 About Personal Computer Connectivity
 Hardware and Software Configuration
 Configuration Rules
About System Memory
 System Memory Interleaving
 Group Bank No interleaving Way interleaving
 About Central Processing Unit CPU Modules
 About Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI Buses
 PCI
 About Network Interface Options
 About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts
 Disk Concatenation
Disk Mirroring RAID
 Hot Spares
Disk Striping RAID
Disk Striping With Parity RAID
 Hot Plug
For More Information
 About Internal Disk Drives
 Internal disk drive LEDs
 Hot-Plug Configuration Rules
Hot-Plug Device Information
 Hot-Plug Procedure Information
 About Power Supplies
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 About the Serial Ports
 Target Devices
Configuration Bus Lengths
About the Small Computer System Interface Scsi Port
 External Scsi Cabling and Termination
 Multi-initiator Support
 About the Parallel Port
 About the Universal Serial Bus USB Ports
 About the Standard Ethernet Port
 About the Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop FC-AL and Port
 Configuration
 Initial Support
 RSC Features and Ports
About the Remote System Control RSC Card and Ports
 RSC Jumpers
RSC Monitoring
 Plug the standard TPE cable into the RJ-45 connector
How to Use the RSC Ports
Plug the RJ-11 telephone jack into the RJ-11 connector
 About the Remote System Control RSC Software
 How to Redirect the Host Console to RSC
Enter the following commands at the ok prompt
 About the Main Logic Board Jumpers
 To implement the new mode, at the ok prompt, type
About Changing Serial Port Settings
How to Configure Serial Settings
 About Flash Permanent Read Only Memory Prom Jumpers
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 About Multipathing Software
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 About Sun Clustering Software
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 Using and Servicing Internal Storage Devices
 How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge
 Use an antistatic mat or similar surface
Use an antistatic wrist strap
 How to Remove a Disk Drive
 Disk drive handle
 Repeat the procedure for the other drive if necessary
 How to Install a Disk Drive
Release the drive handle on the disk drive
 Align the disk drive to its drive bay
 Close and then lock the system front doors
 How to Remove a Disk Drive Using the Hot-Plug Operation
 Type c at the prompt to verify the list of devices
Type the following luxadm command
Become superuser or the root user
 Physically remove the disk drive and press the Return key
List the system’s current c1t1d* device links again
 What Next
 How to Install a Disk Drive Using the Hot-Plug Operation
 Insert the drive into its disk drive bay
 Format the disk by typing the following command
List the system’s current c1t1d* logical device links again
Type the number of the hot-plug drive you are formatting
Repeat through for every drive you are hot-plugging
 What Next
 How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot
 When the ok prompt is displayed, type the following command
 How to Insert a Digital Video Disc DVD Into the Drive
About the Digital Video Disc DVD Drive
 Gently push the tray back into the drive
 What Next
 How to Eject a Digital Video Disc DVD With Software Commands
Kill processes accessing the DVD drive, if necessary
 From the console device, type
 How to Eject a Digital Video Disc DVD Manually
 Press the Eject button on the front panel
 Unfold and straighten one end of a large wire paper clip
How to Eject a Digital Video Disc DVD in an Emergency
Turn off the power to your system
 What Next
 How to Clean a Digital Video Disc DVD
Clean the disc with compressed air
 Data area of disc Incorrect
 Thermal Conditioning
About the Tape Drive and Tape Cartridges
Handling and Storing Tape Cartridges
 How to Insert a Tape Cartridge
 What Next
 How to Remove a Tape Cartridge
Before You Begin What to Do
Check that there is no drive activity
Push the Eject button and remove the tape cartridge
 What Next
 How to Control the Tape Drive
How to Clean the Tape Drive
 Insert a cleaning cartridge into the drive
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 Diagnostics, Monitoring, Troubleshooting
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 About Diagnostic Tools
Local Diagnostic Tool Use
 Firmware OS Software
 About Monitoring the System
 Item Monitored What RSC Reveals
 Remote Host Connection
 About Isolating Failures Using Sun Remote System Control RSC
About Isolating Failed Components
 About Isolating Failures Using Power-On Self-Test Post
About Isolating Failures Using OpenBoot Diagnostics
 About Diagnostic Levels
Bist
 About OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests
Test Command
 Following table describes what each self-test does
 Test-allCommand
 Error Messages
About OpenBoot Prom Commands
 Watch-clock Command
 About Exercising the System Using SunVTS Software
About Exercising the System
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 How to Monitor the System
Before You Begin
 How to Use Sun Remote System Control RSC Software
 Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting
 What to Do
How to Isolate Failed Components
How to Use Default Nvram Parameters
 Run each OpenBoot Diagnostics test from the ok prompt
How to Isolate Failures Using Sun Remote System Control RSC
How to Isolate Failures Using Power-On Self-Test Post
 Ok setenv diag-switch? true
 How to Isolate Failures Using OpenBoot Diagnostics
Observing Post in Progress
 Reset the system by typing the reset-allcommand
Set the diag-level configuration variable
At the obdiag prompt, type the command you want to run
What Next
 How to Use a Second Sun Server to Diagnose Problems
How to Set Up a tip Connection
 A Shell Tool window on the Sun server, type
 Common Problems With tip Connections
How to Verify the Baud Rate
 How to Configure a Local Graphics Console
How to Set the Diagnostics Level
 How to Diagnose Specific Problems
Set the desired diagnostics level, type
Reset the system, type
Network Communications Failure
 Use the test command to test the network device, type
 Become superuser Type
Power-On Failure
Reboot the system to make the changes effective
 Run Post diagnostics
Video Output Failure
Verify that the CPU modules and memory are seated correctly
Observe Post results
 At the system ok prompt, type
FC-AL Disk Drive Failure
Replace the drive indicated by the failure message
 Use the test command to get more information, type
FC-AL Controller Failure
 Run the test command, type
DVD/CD-ROM or Scsi Drive Failure
 Use the test command to gather more information, type
 Scsi Controller Failure
Power Supply Failure
Gather more information by using the test command, type
 Dimm Failure
 Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting
 Type the following
How to Exercise the System
How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed
 How to Exercise the System Using SunVTS Software
 # cd /opt/SUNWvts/bin # ./sunvts -display localhostname0
 What Next
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 Connector Signal Descriptions
 Serial Port Signals
Reference for the Serial Port a and B Connectors
Serial Port a and B Connector Diagram
 Appendix a Connector Signal Descriptions
 Reference for the Twisted-Pair Ethernet TPE Connector
TPE Connector Diagram TPE Connector Signals
 TPE Cable-Type Connectivity
External UTP-5 Cable Lengths
 Reference for the UltraSCSI Connector
UltraSCSI Connector Diagram UltraSCSI Connector Signals
 Termpower
 SCSIBDAT4
 SCSIBDAT9
 Parallel Port Signals
Reference for the Parallel Port Connector
Parallel Port Connector Diagram
 Gnd Ground
 FC-AL Port Connector Diagram FC-AL Connector Pin Assignments
 USB Connector Pin Assignments
Reference for the Universal Serial Bus USB Connectors
USB Port Connector Diagram
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 System Specifications
 Reference for Physical Specifications
 Reference for Electrical Specifications
 Reference for Environmental Specifications
 Index
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 Etc/hostname file Etc/hosts file
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 Boot-device, 48 diag-switch?, 179 operating system software
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 Veritas
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