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Sun Fire V890 Server Owner’s Guide
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September
2004
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
4
Default Chapter
4
Table of Contents
4
Regulatory Compliance Statements
14
Bsmi Class a Notice
16
Declaration of Conformity
18
Preface
20
Typographic Conventions
21
Related Documentation
23
Contacting Sun Technical Support
24
Sun Welcomes Your Comments
24
1 System Overview
26
About the Sun Fire V890 Server
26
Physical Enclosure
26
Processing Capability
27
System Memory
27
System I/O
27
FC-AL Storage Array
28
Other Peripherals
28
Ethernet Interfaces
29
Serial Ports and System Console
29
Monitoring and Management with Remote System Control Software
30
Power
30
Rackmounting Options
30
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features
31
Locating Front Panel Features
32
Locating Rear Panel Features
34
About the Status and Control Panel
36
LED Status Indicators
37
Power Button
38
Security Keyswitch
39
About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features
40
Hot-Pluggable Disk Drives and PCI Cards
41
N+1 Power Supply Redundancy
41
Hot-Swappable Power Supplies
42
Redundant, Hot-Swappable Fan Trays
42
Environmental Monitoring and Control
42
Thermal Monitoring
43
Fan Monitoring
43
Power Subsystem Monitoring
43
Automatic System Recovery
44
Hardware Watchdog Mechanism
44
Remote System Control Software
45
Dual-Loop Enabled FC-AL Mass Storage Subsystem
45
Support for RAID Storage Configurations
46
Error Correction and Parity Checking
46
Status Leds
46
Four Levels of Diagnostics
47
2 Setting up the System
48
About the Parts Shipped to You
48
How to Install the Sun Fire V890 Server
49
Before You Begin
49
What to Do
49
About Setting up a Console
55
How to Attach an Alphanumeric Terminal
56
Before You Begin
56
What to Do
56
What Next
57
How to Configure a Local Graphics Console
58
Before You Begin
58
What to Do
58
What Next
60
How to Power on the System
60
Before You Begin
60
What to Do
60
What Next
62
How to Power off the System
63
What to Do
63
How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot
65
Before You Begin
65
What to Do
65
What Next
67
How to Redirect the System Console to RSC
67
Before You Begin
68
What to Do
68
What Next
69
How to Restore the Local System Console
70
Before You Begin
70
What to Do
70
3 Hardware Configuration
72
About Cpu/Memory Boards
73
About Memory Modules
76
Memory Interleaving
78
Independent Memory Subsystems
78
Configuration Rules
79
About PCI Cards and Buses
81
Configuration Rules
83
About the System Controller Card and RSC Software
84
Configuration Rule
85
About Power Supplies
86
Configuration Rules
88
About Fan Trays
89
Configuration Rules
91
About Removable Media Devices
92
About the Serial Ports
92
About the USB Ports
93
About Hardware Jumpers
94
About Serial Port Jumpers
95
About Flash PROM Jumpers
97
System I/O Board
97
FC-AL Disk Backplane
99
4 Mass Storage Subsystem Configuration
102
About FC-AL Technology
102
About Sun Fire V890 Mass Storage Features
104
About the Mass Storage Subsystem Components
105
About the FC-AL Disk Backplanes
107
Dual-Loop Configurations
108
Full Vs. Split Backplane Configurations
108
Configuration Rules
109
About Internal Disk Drives
109
Configuration Rule
111
About FC-AL Host Adapters
111
Configuration Rules
112
About FC-AL Device Addresses
113
5 Configuring Network Interfaces
114
About Network Interfaces
115
About Redundant Network Interfaces
116
How to Configure the Primary Network Interface
117
Before You Begin
117
What to Do
117
What Next
118
How to Configure Additional Network Interfaces
119
Before You Begin
119
What to Do
119
What Next
121
How to Attach a Fiber-Optic Gigabit Ethernet Cable
122
Before You Begin
122
What to Do
123
What Next
124
How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cable
124
Before You Begin
124
What to Do
124
What Next
125
How to Select the Boot Device
126
Before You Begin
126
What to Do
126
6 Configuring System Firmware
128
About Openboot Environmental Monitoring
129
Enabling or Disabling the Openboot Environmental Monitor
129
Automatic System Shutdown
130
Openboot Environmental Status Information
130
How to Enable Openboot Environmental Monitoring
131
Before You Begin
131
What to Do
131
How to Disable Openboot Environmental Monitoring
132
What to Do
132
How to Obtain Openboot Environmental Status Information
133
What to Do
133
About Automatic System Recovery
134
Auto-Boot Options
135
Error Handling Summary
136
Reset Scenarios
137
Normal Mode and Service Mode Information
137
ASR User Commands
138
How to Enable ASR
138
What to Do
138
How to Disable ASR
139
What to Do
139
About Manually Configuring Devices
139
Deconfiguring Devices Vs. Slots
139
Deconfiguring All System Processors
140
Device Paths
140
How to Deconfigure a Device Manually
141
What to Do
141
How to Reconfigure a Device Manually
142
What to Do
142
How to Obtain ASR Status Information
143
What to Do
143
About Openboot Emergency Procedures
144
Stop-A Functionality
144
Stop-D Functionality
144
Stop-F Functionality
145
Stop-N Functionality
145
How to Implement Stop-N Functionality
146
Before You Begin
146
What to Do
146
What Next
147
Reference for Device Identifiers
148
7 Server Administration
150
About Server Administration Software
150
About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components
152
Fan Trays and Power Supplies
153
Disk Drives
154
PCI Cards
154
PCI Hot-Plug User Interfaces
155
For more Information
156
About Multipathing Software
156
For more Information
157
About Sun Management Center Software
157
About Sun Remote System Control Software
158
RSC Capabilities
158
RSC User Interfaces
159
For more Information
159
About Volume Management Software
159
Multipathing Software
160
RAID Concepts
160
Disk Concatenation
161
RAID 1: Disk Mirroring
161
RAID 0: Disk Striping
162
RAID 5: Disk Striping with Parity
162
Hot Spares (Hot Relocation)
162
About the Solaris Luxadm Utility
163
For more Information
163
About Sun Cluster Software
164
8 LED Status Indicators
166
About Cpu/Memory Slot Leds
167
About PCI Slot Leds
168
About Power Supply Leds
170
About Fan Tray Leds
171
About Disk Drive Leds
172
About Gigabit Ethernet Leds
174
9 Using Removable Media Storage Devices
176
About the DVD-ROM Drive
177
How to Insert a CD or DVD into the Drive
177
What to Do
177
What Next
178
How to Eject a CD or DVD with Software Commands
179
Before You Begin
179
What to Do
179
What Next
180
How to Eject a CD or DVD Manually
180
Before You Begin
180
What to Do
180
What Next
181
How to Eject a CD or DVD in an Emergency
182
Before You Begin
182
What to Do
182
What Next
183
How to Clean a CD or DVD
183
Before You Begin
183
What to Do
184
What Next
184
About Tape Drives and Tape Cartridges
185
Handling and Storing Tape Cartridges
185
Thermal Conditioning
185
How to Insert a Tape Cartridge
186
What to Do
186
What Next
186
How to Remove a Tape Cartridge
187
Before You Begin
187
What to Do
187
What Next
187
How to Control a Tape Drive
188
What to Do
188
How to Clean a Tape Drive
188
Before You Begin
188
Connector Pinouts
190
Reference for the Serial Port a and B Connectors
191
Serial Port Connector Diagram
191
Serial Port Signals
191
Reference for the USB Connectors
192
USB Connector Diagram
192
USB Connector Signals
192
Reference for the Twisted-Pair Ethernet Connector
193
TPE Connector Diagram
193
TPE Connector Signals
193
Reference for the System Controller Ethernet Connector
194
System Controller Ethernet Connector Diagram
194
System Controller Ethernet Connector Signals
194
Reference for the System Controller Serial Connector
195
System Controller Serial Connector Diagram
195
System Controller Serial Connector Signals
195
System Specifications
196
Reference for Physical Specifications
197
Reference for Electrical Specifications
197
Reference for Environmental Requirements
198
Reference for Agency Compliance Specifications
199
Reference for Clearance and Service Access Specifications
200
Safety Precautions
202
Safety Agency Compliance Statements
203
Power Cord Connection
204
Lithium Battery
205
Laser Compliance Notice
206
Batterie Au Lithium
213
Normativas de Seguridad
214
Precauciones de Seguridad
214
Cumplimiento de la Normativa Selv
215
Tapa de la Unidad del Sistema
216
Nordic Lithium Battery Cautions
218
Index
220
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