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Sun Microsystems, Inc.
901 San Antonio Road
P
alo Alto
, CA 94303-4900 U
.S.A.
650-960-1300
Sun
Fire
™
280R
Ser
v
er
Owner’
s
Guide
P
ar
t No
. 806-4806-10
January 2001 Revision A
2
Table of Contents
Main Page
Default Chapter
3
Regulatory Compliance Statements
3
Bsmi Class a Notice
5
Declaration of Conformity
7
Supplementary Information
7
Safety Agency Compliance Statements
9
Safety Precautions
9
Battery Pack
10
Lithium Battery
10
Power Cord Connection
10
Laser Compliance Notice
11
Normativas de Seguridad
15
Precauciones de Seguridad
15
Cumplimiento de la Normativa Selv
16
Tapa de la Unidad del Sistema
17
Nordic Lithium Battery Cautions
18
Table of Contents
19
Preface
23
How this Book Is Organized
24
Related Documentation
26
Sun Welcomes Your Comments
28
1 System Overview
29
About the Sun Fire 280R Server Hardware
29
About Front and Back Panel Features
33
Back Panel Features
35
Keyswitch Settings
37
System Led Indicators
38
About the Sun Fire 280R Server Software
39
2 System Setup
41
About the Parts Shipped to You
42
How to Install the Sun Fire 280R Server
43
What to Do
44
About System Rackmounting
49
How to Install the System into the Rack
51
What Next
57
How to Remove the System from the Rack
58
About Communicating with the System
61
How to Attach an Alphanumeric (ASCII) Terminal
62
How to Configure a Local Graphics Console
64
How to Power on the System
68
How to Power on the System with Full Diagnostics Enabled
71
How to Install the System Software
74
How to Select the Boot Device
76
How to Configure the Standard Ethernet Interface
79
How to Configure the Remote System Control (RSC) Ethernet Interface
81
How to Add an Ethernet Interface
82
How to Connect a Twisted-Pair Ethernet (TPE) Cable
85
How to Boot the System Using the Standard Ethernet Interface
87
How to Power off the System
89
3 System Administration
91
About System Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features
92
System Fans
95
Power Supplies
95
Power Supply Redundancy
96
Automatic System Recovery
96
About Managing the System
99
Problem Analysis
101
About Storage Management Tools
104
About Personal Computer Connectivity
106
4 Hardware and Software Configuration
107
About System Memory
108
About Central Processing Unit (CPU) Modules
111
About Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Buses
112
Configuration Rules
113
About Network Interface Options
114
About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts
115
Disk Concatenation
116
Hot Spares
117
Hot Plug
118
For more Information
118
About Internal Disk Drives
119
About Power Supplies
123
About the Serial Ports
125
About the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Port
126
External Scsi Cabling and Termination
127
About the Parallel Port
129
About the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports
130
About the Standard Ethernet Port
131
About the Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and Port
132
About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports
135
About the Remote System Control (RSC) Software
138
About the Main Logic Board Jumpers
140
About Changing Serial Port Settings
141
About Flash Permanent Read Only Memory (PROM) Jumpers
142
About Multipathing Software
143
About Sun Clustering Software
145
5 Using and Servicing Internal Storage Devices
147
How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge
148
How to Remove a Disk Drive
150
How to Install a Disk Drive
153
How to Remove a Disk Drive Using the Hot-Plug Operation
156
How to Install a Disk Drive Using the Hot-Plug Operation
160
How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot
164
About the Digital Video Disc (DVD) Drive
166
How to Insert a Digital Video Disc (DVD) into the Drive
166
How to Eject a Digital Video Disc (DVD) with Software Commands
169
How to Eject a Digital Video Disc (DVD) Manually
171
How to Eject a Digital Video Disc (DVD) in an Emergency
173
How to Clean a Digital Video Disc (DVD)
175
About the Tape Drive and Tape Cartridges
177
How to Insert a Tape Cartridge
178
How to Remove a Tape Cartridge
180
How to Control the Tape Drive
182
How to Clean the Tape Drive
182
6 Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting
185
About Communicating with the System
187
About Diagnostic Tools
188
About Using Diagnostic Tools to Monitor, Diagnose, and Exercise the System
190
The Test Command
196
Error Messages
199
About Exercising the System
201
How to Monitor the System
203
How to Monitor the System Using Sun Management Center Software
205
How to Isolate Failed Components
206
Before You Begin
207
How to Set up a Tip Connection
211
Network Communications Failure
215
Video Output Failure
218
Scsi Controller Failure
223
Power Supply Failure
223
DIMM Failure
224
How to Exercise the System
226
How to Exercise the System Using Sunvts Software
227
Connector Signal Descriptions
231
Reference for the Serial Port a and B Connectors
232
Reference for the Twisted-Pair Ethernet (TPE) Connector
234
Reference for the Ultrascsi Connector
236
Reference for the Parallel Port Connector
240
Reference for the Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) Port Connector
242
Reference for the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Connectors
243
System Specifications
245
Reference for Physical Specifications
246
Reference for Electrical Specifications
247
Reference for Environmental Specifications
248
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