Sun Fire Midrange Server Maintenance

Sun Services
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server

Maintenance
SM-340
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance

edited 02/08 by LG
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may
be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any.
Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Netra, OpenBoot, Solaris, Sun Enterprise, Sun Fire, Sun HPC Cluster Tools, Sun Java, and Sun StorEdge are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Products bearing SPARC
trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.
U.S. Government approval might be required when exporting the product.
RESTRICTED RIGHTS: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions of FAR 52.227-14(g)(2)(6/87) and FAR 52.227-19(6/87), or DFAR 252.227-7015
(b)(6/95) and DFAR 227.7202-3(a).
DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE
HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID.
THIS MANUAL IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AN INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING (ILT) COURSE AND IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE ILT COURSE. THE MANUAL IS NOT A STANDALONE TRAINING TOOL. USE OF THE MANUAL FOR SELF-STUDY WITHOUT CLASS ATTENDANCE IS NOT
RECOMMENDED.
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc. 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, Etats-Unis. Tous droits réservés.
Ce produit ou document est protégé par un copyright et distribué avec des licences qui en restreignent l’utilisation, la copie, la distribution, et la décompilation. Aucune partie de ce
produit ou document ne peut être reproduite sous aucune forme, par quelque moyen que ce soit, sans l’autorisation préalable et écrite de Sun et de ses bailleurs de licence, s’il y en a.
Le logiciel détenu par des tiers, et qui comprend la technologie relative aux polices de caractères, est protégé par un copyright et licencié par des fournisseurs de Sun.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, Java, Netra, OpenBoot, Solaris, Sun Enterprise, Sun Fire, Sun HPC Cluster Tools, Sun Java, et Sun StorEdge sont des marques de fabrique ou des
marques déposées de Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays.
Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilisées sous licence sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de SPARC International, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays. Les
produits portant les marques SPARC sont basés sur une architecture développée par Sun Microsystems, Inc.
UNIX est une marques déposée aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays et licenciée exclusivement par X/Open Company, Ltd.
L’accord du gouvernement américain est requis avant l’exportation du produit.
LA DOCUMENTATION EST FOURNIE “EN L’ETAT” ET TOUTES AUTRES CONDITIONS, DECLARATIONS ET GARANTIES EXPRESSES OU TACITES SONT FORMELLEMENT
EXCLUES, DANS LA MESURE AUTORISEE PAR LA LOI APPLICABLE, Y COMPRIS NOTAMMENT TOUTE GARANTIE IMPLICITE RELATIVE A LA QUALITE MARCHANDE, A
L’APTITUDE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU A L’ABSENCE DE CONTREFAÇON
Ce manuel de référence doit être utilisé dans le cadre d’un cours de formation dirigé par un instructeur (ILT). Il ne s’agit pas d’un outil de formation indépendant. Nous vous
déconseillons de l’utiliser dans le cadre d’une auto-formation.
Course Contents
About This Course ..................................................................................... Preface-xiv

Course Goals ............................................................................................................................... Preface-xv
Course Map ...............................................................................................................................Preface-xvii
Topics Not Covered ............................................................................................................... Preface-xviii
How Prepared Are You? .......................................................................................................... Preface-xix
Introductions .............................................................................................................................. Preface-xx
Icons ............................................................................................................................................ Preface-xxi
Typographical Conventions ...................................................................................................Preface-xxii
Additional Conventions .........................................................................................................Preface-xxiv
Introducing the Sun Fire™ Midrange Servers ....................................................... 1-1

Objectives ................................................................................................................................................. 1-2
Relevance .................................................................................................................................................. 1-3
Sun Fire Midrange Server Product Goals ............................................................................................ 1-4
Finding Sun Fire Midrange Server Information ................................................................................. 1-8
Sun Fire Midrange Server Models ........................................................................................................ 1-9
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server .............................................................................................................. 1-10
Sun Fire 3800 Server ............................................................................................................................. 1-11
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server ................................................................................................................. 1-12
Sun Fire 4810 Server ............................................................................................................................. 1-13
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server ................................................................................................................. 1-14
Sun Fire E7900 Server Cluster Interconnect ...................................................................................... 1-15
Sun Fire Midrange Server I/O Support ............................................................................................. 1-16
Sun Fire Midrange Server Features .................................................................................................... 1-17
System Controllers ................................................................................................................................ 1-18
Platform Segmentation and Dynamic System Domains ................................................................. 1-19
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance iv

Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sun Services, Revision C
Sun Services
Multipathed I/O ................................................................................................................................... 1-20

Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) .......................................................................................................... 1-21
Platform Startup and Shutdown ......................................................................................................... 1-22
Field-Replaceable Units ........................................................................................... 2-1

Objectives ................................................................................................................................................. 2-2
Relevance .................................................................................................................................................. 2-4
Administrative and Service Overview ................................................................................................ 2-5
Sun Fire System Field-Replaceable Units ............................................................................................ 2-7
FRU Administration ............................................................................................................................. 2-11
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server IB System Controller Board ............................................................ 2-14
Sun Fire Midrange Server System Controller Board ....................................................................... 2-15
System Controller Physical Locations ................................................................................................ 2-17
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server IB_SSC SC Board Faceplate ............................................................. 2-22
Sun Fire Midrange Server System Controller Board Faceplate ...................................................... 2-23
Sun Fire Midrange Server SC Board LED Definitions ..................................................................... 2-24
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server System Boards ................................................................................... 2-25
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server System Boards ................................... 2-27
Memory Configuration Rules ............................................................................................................. 2-28
CPU and Memory Locations ............................................................................................................... 2-29
Processor Memory Group Bank Assignments .................................................................................. 2-30
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server System Board Slot Assignments .................................................... 2-31
Sun Fire 3800 System Board Slot Assignments ................................................................................. 2-32
Sun Fire 4810 and 4800/E4900 Server System Board Assignments .............................................. 2-33
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server System Board Slot Assignments ....................................................... 2-34
System Board LEDs .............................................................................................................................. 2-35
Sun Fire Midrange I/O Assemblies ................................................................................................... 2-36
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Six-Slot PCI IB_SSC Assembly ....................................................... 2-37
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server Four-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly ................... 2-38
Sun Fire 3800 Server Six-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly ........................................................................... 2-39
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance v

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server Eight-Slot PCI I/O Assembly ................... 2-40
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server I/O Assembly Location ................................................................... 2-41
Sun Fire 3800 Server I/O Assembly Locations ................................................................................. 2-42
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server I/O Assembly Locations .................................................................... 2-43
Sun Fire 4810 Server I/O Assembly Locations ................................................................................ 2-44
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server I/O Assembly Locations ................................................................... 2-45
Eight-Slot PCI I/O Assembly Slot Locations and LEDs .................................................................. 2-46
Eight-Slot Assembly Electrical Characteristics ................................................................................ 2-47
Six-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly Slot Locations and LEDs .................................................................... 2-48
Six-Slot cPCI I/O Slot Electrical Characteristics ............................................................................... 2-49
Four-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly Slot Locations and LEDs ................................................................. 2-50
Four-Slot cPCI I/O Slot Electrical Characteristics ............................................................................ 2-51
PCI and cPCI I/O Adapters ................................................................................................................ 2-52
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Sun Fireplane Switchboard ............................................................. 2-54
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server Sun Fireplane Switchboard ....................... 2-55
Sun Fireplane Switchboard Physical Locations ................................................................................ 2-56
Sun Fireplane Switchboard LEDs ....................................................................................................... 2-58
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Baseplane .......................................................................................... 2-59
System Configuration Card Reader (SCCR) .................................................................................... 2-60
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server Centerplane and ID Board (Front View) ......................................... 2-61
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server Centerplane and ID Board (Rear View) ........................................... 2-62
ID Board ................................................................................................................................................. 2-63
Replacing a Centerplane or ID Board ................................................................................................ 2-65
ID Board MAC Addresses ................................................................................................................... 2-66
AC Power Distribution ......................................................................................................................... 2-67
Sun Fire 4810 and 4800/E4900 Server AC Component Locations ................................................. 2-69
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server AC Component Locations .................................................................. 2-70
RTU and RTS ......................................................................................................................................... 2-71
Redundant Transfer Unit Panel .......................................................................................................... 2-72
Redundant Transfer Unit LED Functions ......................................................................................... 2-73
AC Input Box ......................................................................................................................................... 2-74
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance vi

Sun Services
DC Power Distribution ......................................................................................................................... 2-75

Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server DC Power Distribution .................................................................... 2-76
Sun Fire 3800 Server DC Power Distribution ................................................................................... 2-77
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server DC Power Distribution ....................................................................... 2-78
Sun Fire 4810 Server DC Power Distribution ................................................................................... 2-79
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server DC Power Distribution ....................................................................... 2-80
Power Grid Slot Assignments ............................................................................................................. 2-81
DC Power Supplies ............................................................................................................................... 2-82
DC Power Supply Locations ............................................................................................................... 2-83
Sun Fire Midrange Server Fan Trays and Blower Assemblies ....................................................... 2-88
Fan Tray Locations ................................................................................................................................ 2-89
Fan Tray Assembly LEDs .................................................................................................................... 2-94
FrameManager Cable Diagram ........................................................................................................... 2-95
FrameManager Cap Front Panel ......................................................................................................... 2-96
Sun StorEdge™ D240 Media Tray ...................................................................................................... 2-97
Sun StorEdge D240 Media Tray Rear Panel ...................................................................................... 2-98
Full-Bus Configuration SCSI ID Assignments .................................................................................. 2-99
Full SCSI Bus Configuration Options .............................................................................................. 2-100
Split SCSI Bus ...................................................................................................................................... 2-101
Typical Split SCSI Bus SCSI ID Assignments ................................................................................. 2-102
Sun StorEdge D240 Media Tray Status LEDs ................................................................................. 2-103
Media Tray Status LED Descriptions ............................................................................................... 2-104
Media Tray Power Supply LEDs ...................................................................................................... 2-105
Media Tray Power Supply LED States ............................................................................................ 2-106
Installing the Administration Console ............................................................................................. 2-107
System Controller Patch Panel ......................................................................................................... 2-108
Accessing the Platform Shell ............................................................................................................. 2-109
Sun Fire Midrange Server Installation ............................................................................................. 2-110
Rackmounting an Additional Sun Fire 3800 and 4800/E4900 Server ......................................... 2-111
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance vii

Sun Services
Platform Assessment and Management ................................................................ 3-1

Objectives ................................................................................................................................................. 3-2
Relevance .................................................................................................................................................. 3-6
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Platform Assessment and Management ......................................... 3-7
Lights-Out Management (LOM) ........................................................................................................... 3-8
LOM Shell ................................................................................................................................................ 3-9
LOM Shell Commands ......................................................................................................................... 3-10
The help Command ............................................................................................................................. 3-11
Connecting to the LOM Shell .............................................................................................................. 3-12
The shownetwork Command .............................................................................................................. 3-13
The setupnetwork Command ............................................................................................................ 3-14
The logout Command ......................................................................................................................... 3-15
Navigating Between Shell Environments on the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server ......................... 3-16
The showescape Command ................................................................................................................ 3-17
The password Command .................................................................................................................... 3-18
The showsc Command ......................................................................................................................... 3-19
The setupsc command ........................................................................................................................ 3-20
Managing the LOM Time-of-Day (TOD) ........................................................................................... 3-22
The bootmode Command .................................................................................................................... 3-23
LOM Platform Monitoring Functions ................................................................................................ 3-24
The showboards Command ................................................................................................................ 3-25
The showcomponent Command ......................................................................................................... 3-31
The inventory Command .................................................................................................................. 3-34
The showenvironment Command ..................................................................................................... 3-35
The history Command ....................................................................................................................... 3-36
The showlogs Command .................................................................................................................... 3-37
The showlocator Command .............................................................................................................. 3-38
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Power Operations ............................................................................. 3-39
LOM poweron Command .................................................................................................................... 3-40
LOM shutdown Command .................................................................................................................. 3-41
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance viii

Sun Services
LOM poweroff Command .................................................................................................................. 3-42

Power-Cycling the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Using the Power Rocker Switch ................... 3-43
Power-Cycle Operations ...................................................................................................................... 3-45
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server Platform Assessment and
Management ....................................................................................................................................... 3-46
Platform Shell Commands ................................................................................................................... 3-47
The help Command ............................................................................................................................. 3-48
Connecting to the System Controller Shells ...................................................................................... 3-49
Initiate a Remote Connection With SSH ............................................................................................ 3-50
Initiate a Remote Connection With Telnet ........................................................................................ 3-51
Navigating Between Shells on the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900
Servers ................................................................................................................................................. 3-52
Managing Shell Passwords .................................................................................................................. 3-53
Console Command Considerations .................................................................................................... 3-54
Platform and System Controller Configuration ............................................................................... 3-56
Configuring the Platform TOD ........................................................................................................... 3-59
Viewing System Controller Details .................................................................................................... 3-60
Viewing the SC Message Logs ............................................................................................................ 3-61
Viewing System Controller Connections .......................................................................................... 3-62
Viewing System Controller Command History ............................................................................... 3-63
System Controller Management ......................................................................................................... 3-64
System Controller Configuration ....................................................................................................... 3-65
Rebooting the System Controller ........................................................................................................ 3-66
System Controller Failover .................................................................................................................. 3-69
System Controller Failover Prerequisites .......................................................................................... 3-70
Failover ................................................................................................................................................... 3-71
Controlling System Controller Failover Behavior ............................................................................ 3-72
Determining the System Controller Failover State .......................................................................... 3-76
Platform Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 3-77
Assessing the Platform Configuration ............................................................................................... 3-78
The showplatform Command ............................................................................................................ 3-79
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance ix

Sun Services
Viewing Platform Component Status ................................................................................................ 3-84

The showboards Command ................................................................................................................ 3-85
Viewing Platform Component Details ............................................................................................... 3-91
The showcomponent Command ......................................................................................................... 3-92
Powering On and Off System Components ...................................................................................... 3-95
Updating the Platform Firmware ....................................................................................................... 3-96
Using the Root or a User Account to Flash Update the System ..................................................... 3-97
Introducing Segments and Domains .................................................................................................. 3-99
Segments .............................................................................................................................................. 3-100
Domains ................................................................................................................................................ 3-101
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Servers Configured With Four Domains ................................................... 3-102
Server Configuration Domain IDs .................................................................................................... 3-103
Segment and Domain Configurations ............................................................................................. 3-105
Domain Access Control List (ACL) .................................................................................................. 3-107
Configuring ACLs ............................................................................................................................... 3-108
Viewing ACLs ..................................................................................................................................... 3-109
Starting, Stopping, and Power-Cycling Domains .......................................................................... 3-110
Introducing Device Configuration ................................................................................................... 3-111
OpenBoot PROM Capabilities ........................................................................................................... 3-113
Device Tree ........................................................................................................................................... 3-115
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Device Tree Components .............................................................. 3-116
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server Device Tree Components .............. 3-117
Mapping Node Devices ...................................................................................................................... 3-118
CPU and Memory AID Assignments ............................................................................................... 3-121
Mapping I/O Devices ........................................................................................................................ 3-122
Decoding IOC AID ............................................................................................................................. 3-124
IOC AID Assignments ........................................................................................................................ 3-126
IOC PCI Bus Offset ............................................................................................................................. 3-127
Device Number ................................................................................................................................... 3-128
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Six-Slot PCI Chassis ....................................................................... 3-129
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server Eight-Slot PCI Chassis ............................. 3-130
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance x

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800 Server Six-Slot cPCI Chassis ..................................................................................... 3-131

Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server Four-Slot cPCI Chassis ............................. 3-132
Troubleshooting the Sun Fire Midrange Servers .................................................. 4-1

Objectives ................................................................................................................................................. 4-2
Relevance .................................................................................................................................................. 4-6
Additional Resources ............................................................................................................................. 4-7
Operational Overview ............................................................................................................................ 4-9
Sun Fireplane Interconnect Operational View ................................................................................ 4-10
Functionality .......................................................................................................................................... 4-11
Snoopy Bus Architecture ..................................................................................................................... 4-12
Sun Fire Servers’ Logical Architecture .............................................................................................. 4-13
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server Crossbar Configuration ...................................................................... 4-14
UltraSPARC IV Processor Chip Block Diagram .............................................................................. 4-15
System Board Logical Block Diagram ................................................................................................ 4-16
IB_SSC PCI I/O Assembly Logical Block Diagram ......................................................................... 4-17
Eight-Slot PCI I/O Assembly Logical Block Diagram ..................................................................... 4-18
Compact PCI I/O Assemblies ............................................................................................................. 4-19
Four-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly Logical Block Diagram ................................................................... 4-20
Six-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly Logical Block Diagram ....................................................................... 4-21
Sun Fireplane Interconnect .................................................................................................................. 4-22
Address Interconnect Levels ............................................................................................................... 4-23
Data Interconnect Levels ...................................................................................................................... 4-24
System Controller Interconnect Logical Block Diagram ................................................................. 4-25
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server System Controller Logical Block Diagram ................................... 4-26
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Server System Controller Block
Diagram ............................................................................................................................................... 4-27
Boot Bus Controller (SBBC) ASIC ....................................................................................................... 4-28
System Data Controller (SDC) Console Bus Connections .............................................................. 4-29
Basic Clock Distribution ....................................................................................................................... 4-30
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance xi

Sun Services
Fault Analysis Method ......................................................................................................................... 4-31

Eight Steps of Fault Analysis and Diagnosis .................................................................................... 4-32
Sun Fire Midrange Server Fault Analysis Methodology ................................................................. 4-33
Rule of Three Fault Isolation ............................................................................................................... 4-36
Gathering Background Information ................................................................................................... 4-37
Error Repositories and Commands .................................................................................................... 4-38
Sun Explorer Software Data Collector ............................................................................................... 4-40
Running Sun Explorer Software on the Sun Fire Midrange Server ............................................... 4-41
Viewing a Sun Explorer Software Capture ....................................................................................... 4-42
Interpreting Sun Fire Midrange Server LEDs ................................................................................... 4-43
LED Status Code Summary ................................................................................................................. 4-44
Testing the Platform ............................................................................................................................. 4-50
OpenBoot PROM Commands ............................................................................................................. 4-51
POST on the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server ...................................................................................... 4-55
Controlling System Controller POST Behavior ................................................................................ 4-56
Controlling OpenBoot PROM POST Behavior ................................................................................. 4-57
POST on the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 Servers ..................................... 4-59
DIMM Memory Errors ......................................................................................................................... 4-63
Controlling System Controller POST Behavior ................................................................................ 4-69
System Controller testboard Command ......................................................................................... 4-70
Sun Fire Interconnect Link Errors ...................................................................................................... 4-71
Identifying Suspect FRUs From Error Messages .............................................................................. 4-72
Data Parity Coverage From CPU to CPU Through Memory ......................................................... 4-75
Parity Detection in the Address Network ......................................................................................... 4-76
Parity Protection for Address Interconnects ..................................................................................... 4-77
Error Correcting Code Errors .............................................................................................................. 4-78
ECC Error Types ................................................................................................................................... 4-80
ECC Error Persistence .......................................................................................................................... 4-81
Console Port Errors ............................................................................................................................... 4-82
Environmental Errors ........................................................................................................................... 4-83
Enhanced Availability Features Implemented in Firmware Update 5.15.3 ................................. 4-84
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance xii

Sun Services
Diagnosis Engines ................................................................................................................................. 4-86

Auto-Diagnosis (AD) Engine .............................................................................................................. 4-87
Fault Event and Error Reporting ........................................................................................................ 4-89
AD Engine Logs and Records ............................................................................................................. 4-90
Decoding AD Engine Diagnosis Messages ....................................................................................... 4-91
Viewing AD Engine Diagnosis Messages ......................................................................................... 4-92
Automatic Restoration of Stopped Domains .................................................................................... 4-95
Identifying Disabled Components ..................................................................................................... 4-97
Sun Fire Midrange Server Blacklisting .............................................................................................. 4-98
Blacklisting Components ................................................................................................................... 4-100
Managing the Blacklist on Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server ............................................................. 4-101
The setls Command ......................................................................................................................... 4-102
Domain Shell Operating Messages ................................................................................................... 4-103
Recovering From a Hung Domain ................................................................................................... 4-105
Verifying the Recovery ....................................................................................................................... 4-106
Collecting Data .................................................................................................................................... 4-107
Obtaining a Solaris OS Core File ....................................................................................................... 4-111
Obtaining Registers ............................................................................................................................ 4-114
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance xiii

dited 02/08 by LG
Sun Services
Preface
About This Course

Sun Services
Course Goals
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
• Locate online resources for the Sun Fire™ midrange
server product line, which includes the following
servers:
• Sun Fire V1280 server and Sun Fire E2900 server
• Sun Fire 3800 server
• Sun Fire 4800 server and Sun Fire E4900 server
• Sun Fire 4810 server
• Sun Fire 6800 server and Sun Fire E6900 server
• Describe the server configuration and key features of
each model in the Sun Fire midrange server line
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xv of xxiv

Sun Services
Course Goals
• Configure the Sun Fire midrange server platforms
• Perform system maintenance-related activities on the
Sun Fire midrange servers
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xvi of xxiv

Sun Services
Course Map
Sun Fire™ Midrange Introduction
Introducing the
Sun Fire™ Midrange Field-Replaceable Units
Servers
Sun Fire Midrange Server Configuration
Platform Assessment
and Management
Sun Fire Midrange Server Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the
Sun Fire Midrange
Servers
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xvii of xxiv

Sun Services
Topics Not Covered

• Solaris™ Operating System (Solaris OS)
administration – Covered in SA-118: Fundamentals of
Solaris™ Operating Environment for System
Administrators
• Sun Fire workgroup servers – Covered in SM-258: Sun
Fire™ Workgroup Server Maintenance and Administration
• Sun Fire high-end servers – Covered in ES-421: Sun
Fire™ 15K/12K Server Administration
• Storage maintenance – Covered in ES-255: Sun Storage
System Administration
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xviii of xxiv

Sun Services
How Prepared Are You?

To be sure you are prepared to take this course, can you
answer yes to the following questions?
• Can you create and edit text files using a text editor?
• Can you use a World Wide Web (WWW) browser?
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xix of xxiv

Sun Services
Introductions
• Name
• Company affiliation
• Title, function, and job responsibility
• Experience related to topics presented in this course
• Reasons for enrolling in this course
• Expectations for this course
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xx of xxiv

Sun Services
Icons
Additional resources
! Discussion
?
Note
Caution
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxi of xxiv

Sun Services
Typographical Conventions
• Courier is used for the names of commands, files,
directories, programming code, programming
constructs, and on-screen computer output.
• Courier bold is used for characters and numbers
that you type, and for each line of programming code
that is referenced in a textual description.
• Courier italic is used for variables and
command-line placeholders that are replaced with a
real name or value.
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxii of xxiv

Sun Services
Typographical Conventions
• Courier italic bold is used to represent variables
whose values are to be entered by the student as part of
an activity.
• Palatino italic is used for book titles, new words or
terms, or words that are emphasized.
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxiii of xxiv

Sun Services
Additional Conventions
Java™ programming language examples use the following
additional conventions:
• Courier is used for the class names, methods, and
keywords.
• Methods are not followed by parentheses unless a
formal or actual parameter list is shown.
• Line breaks occur where there are separations,
conjunctions, or white space in the code.
• If a command on the Solaris OS is different from the
Microsoft Windows platform, both commands are
shown.
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxiv of xxiv

edited 02/08 by LG
Sun Services
Module 1
Introducing the Sun Fire™ Midrange

Servers

Sun Services
Objectives
• List the functional goals of the Sun Fire™ midrange
server product line
• Locate Sun Microsystems web sites containing
important Sun Fire midrange server information
• List the server models that comprise the Sun Fire
midrange server product line
• Identify the input and output (I/O) components that
the Sun Fire midrange servers support
• Describe the key features of each Sun Fire midrange
server model
• Power on and off each Sun Fire midrange server
Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 2 of 22

Sun Services
Relevance
• Which Sun Fire midrange server models are available?
• How is each Sun Fire midrange server model used?
• What are the key features of each Sun Fire midrange
server model?

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Product Goals

• Sun Fire midrange server products are a family of
symmetric-memory multiprocessor (SMP) systems.
• They are binary-compatible servers for mission-critical
and high-performance computing applications.
• They include many reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS) features.

Sun Services

Reliability is defined as a measure of how dependable a system
is after you actually use it. More importantly, it is also defined
as how intact your data is as it travels from component to
component. Reliability features are provided in the Sun Fire
midrange server line:
• Parity and error checking code (ECC) technologies
• Power-on self-test (POST)
• Application-specific integrated-circuit built-in self-test
(ASIC BIST)
• Environmental monitoring
• Automatic system reconfiguration (ASR)

Sun Services

Availability is defined as up-time, which is the amount of time
a system is available for processing transactions. Availability
features are provided in the Sun Fire midrange server line:
• Redundancy (N + 1)
• Environmental monitoring
• Dynamic reconfiguration

Sun Services

Serviceability is defined as the ease in which a system might be
serviced. Serviceability features are provided in the Sun Fire
midrange server line:
• Hot-plug and hot-swap components
• Remote administration
• Minimal tool requirements
• Reduced field-replaceable unit (FRU) list
• Keyed components
• OK to Remove light-emitting diode (LED) indicators

Sun Services
Finding Sun Fire Midrange Server

Information
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has established numerous web sites to
help you maintain and administer the Sun Fire midrange
serves. These include:
• http://sunsolve.sun.com
• http://www.sun.com/servers/midrange
• http://docs.sun.com
• http://www.sun.com/solutions/blueprints
• http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions
• http://www.sun.com/solutions/bigadmin

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Models
Sun Fire 6800/E6900

server
Sun Fire 4810

server
Sun Fire 4800/E4900

server
Sun Fire V1280/E2900

server
Sun Fire 3800

server

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server

• The Sun Fire V1280/E2900 servers have features from
the Netra™ server class and Sun Fire 4800/E4900 and
4810 midrange servers. It also incorporates RAS
features.
• The Sun Fire V1280/E2900 servers are highly available,
four- to twelve-processor compact servers.
• Up to two Sun Fire V1280/E2900 servers can be
mounted in a standard enterprise rack.

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800 Server

• The Sun Fire 3800 server is a service provider platform
that is a data-center cabinet or rack-mounted, highly
available, compact server.
• The Sun Fire 3800 server supports two to eight
processors.
• Up to three Sun Fire 3800 servers can be mounted in a
standard enterprise rack.

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server

• The Sun Fire 4800/E4900 servers are highly available,
flexible standalone or rack-mounted two- to
twelve-processor servers.
• They deliver mainframe-class availability and have
resource management features.
• They are ideal for use as an application, computer, or
small database server.

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4810 Server

• The Sun Fire 4810 server is a highly available,
rack-optimized, two- to twelve-processor server.
• It delivers mainframe-class availability and has
resource management features.
• Packed in 30-inch deep racks, all components are
completely front-accessible, making it ideal for Internet
data centers.

Sun Services

• The Sun Fire 6800/E6900 servers are highly available,
large-scale two- to twenty-four-processor servers.
• They offer mainframe-class availability and resource
management features, including fault-isolated
dynamic system domains and full hardware
redundancy.
• They are ideal for server consolidation, data
warehousing, data mining, online transaction
processing (OLTP), and large database applications.

Sun Services
Sun Fire E7900 Server Cluster Interconnect

• The Sun Fire Link hardware and software product is
Sun’s highest performing cluster interconnect.
• It is available on the Sun Fire 6800/E6900 servers and
Sun Fire high-end servers.
• This is supported by Sun Java™ System Cluster
software and Sun HPC ClusterTools™ software. The
Sun Fire E7900 server is a bundle consisting of two Sun
Fire E6900 servers, with each having two Sun Fire Link
boards (a total of four).

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server I/O Support

• Supported I/O interface cards:
• Peripheral component interface (PCI)
• Compact peripheral component interface (cPCI)
• SBus interface cards are not supported
• Support variety of I/O adapters
• Support variety of disks and disk arrays
• Support variety of backup storage devices

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Features

The Sun Fire midrange servers provide a number of advanced
features usually found on mainframe-class servers. These
features include:
• Embedded service processors (system controllers)
• Platform segmentation and dynamic system domains
• Multipathed I/O
• Dynamic reconfiguration
• Cluster support

Sun Services
System Controllers
• Sets up the system and coordinates the boot process
• Generates system clocks
• Monitors the environmental sensors
• Analyzes errors and takes corrective action
• Sets up the system partitions and domains
• Provides the system console capabilities

Sun Services
Platform Segmentation and Dynamic

System Domains
L2 Switches L2 Switches
CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU

I/O I/O I/O I/O
Memory Memory Memory Memory Memory Memory
Domain A Domain B Domain C Domain D
Segment 0 Segment 1

Sun Services
Multipathed I/O
• Sun StorEdge™ Traffic Manager software – Provides a
high level of disk availability and performance using
multipath access to I/O devices. This was formerly
known as Multiplexed IO or MPxIO.
• Internet Protocol Multipathing – Provides a high level
of network availability and performance using
automatic failover and load balancing on existing
Internet Protocol-based networking products.

Sun Services
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR)

Use DR to do the following:
• Minimize the interruption of system applications while
installing or removing a board
• Disable a failing device by removing it from the
domain
• Display the operational status of boards in a domain
• Initiate system tests of a board while the system
continues to run
• Reconfigure a domain while Solaris OS continues to
run in the domain
• Invoke hardware-specific functions of a board or a
related attachment
Sun Services
Platform Startup and Shutdown

• Understanding the correct procedures for powering up
and powering down the Sun Fire midrange servers is
key to ensuring proper operation
• For the proper power up and down procedure for the
Sun Fire 1280 and E2900 server refer to the Sun Fire™
V1280/Netra™ 1280 Service Manual
• For the proper power up and down procedure for the
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900
servers, refer to the Sun Fire™ 6800/4810/4800/3800
Systems Power On Off Guide

edited 02/08 by LG
Sun Services
Module 2
Field-Replaceable Units

Sun Services
Objectives
• Describe the various administrative and service layers
on the Sun Fire midrange server products
• Describe the Sun Fire midrange server FRU strategy
• Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire
midrange server system controller boards
midrange server system boards
midrange server I/O boards
midrange server Sun Fireplane switchboards

Sun Services
Objectives
midrange server baseplane and centerplanes
midrange server AC and DC power distribution FRUs
midrange server fan tray assemblies
midrange server FrameManager
• Locate and describe the function of the Sun StorEdge™
D240 media tray
• Install and administer the console
• Install the server in a rack configuration
Sun Services
Relevance
• What URLs are needed to install and configure the Sun
Fire midrange server models?
• What is the difference between hot-plug and hot-swap?
• Which components make up the Sun Fire midrange
server models?
• Where are the components located?
• Which status indicators are associated with each
component?

Sun Services
Administrative and Service Overview
Applications
Solaris
Operating
System
OpenBoot PROM 5
LOM Shell
Platform
Hardware

Midrange Server

Sun Services
Administrative and Service Overview
Applications Applications Applications Applications
Solaris Solaris Solaris Solaris

Operating Operating Operating Operating
System System System System
Open Boot PROM Open Boot PROM Open Boot PROM Open Boot PROM
Domain Shell A Domain Shell B Domain Shell C Domain Shell D

(SC) (SC) (SC) (SC)
Platform Shell (System Controller)
Platform Hardware

Sun Services
Sun Fire System Field-Replaceable Units

The Sun Fire midrange servers consist of FRUs. The following
items are the main FRUs for the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900,
4810, and 6800/E6900 servers:
• Centerplane
• Fans
• ID board
• I/O boards (cPCI I/O, PCI I/O)
• cPCI I/O and PCI I/O cards
• Memory

Sun Services

• Power (alternating current [AC] and direct current
[DC])
• Rack (patch panel, FrameManager, Sun Fire cabinet)
• System board (CPU/memory)
• System controller board
• Switchboard (L2 repeater board)

Sun Services

The following items are the main FRUs for the Sun Fire
V1280/E2900 server:
• Baseplane
• Fans
• System controller-I/O board (PCI I/O)
• Memory
• Power (AC and DC)
• System board (CPU/memory)
• IDE interface

Sun Services

• Internal drives (disk, tape, and digital versatile disk
[DVD])
• Switchboard (L2 repeater board)

Sun Services
FRU Administration
Non-hot-pluggable FRUs:
• PCI cards
• Centerplane
• Sun Fireplane switchboard

Sun Services
FRU Administration
Hot-pluggable FRUs:
• System boards
• I/O boards
• System controller (only with failover enabled)

Sun Services
FRU Administration
Hot-swappable FRUs:
• DC power supplies
• Fan trays
• cPCI cards

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server IB System

Controller Board
The IB_SSC system
controller board is a
PCI chassis PCI riser board
system service
IB_SSC riser board
processor that -I/O Controller (I/O)
-System Controller (SC)
controls
maintenance and
system clocks.
It is combined with
the I/O board on
the Sun Fire V1280/
E2900 servers.

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server System

Controller Board

Sun Services

Controller Board
The system controller board is a system service processor that
controls maintenance and system clocks. You can install one
additional system controller board for redundancy in all of
the Sun Fire systems.

Sun Services
System Controller Physical Locations

Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Servers’ IB_SSC Board Location
IB_SSC FRU

Sun Services

Sun Fire 3800 Server SC Board Slot Assignments
SC1
SC0

Sun Services

Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server SC Board Slot Assignments
SC1
SC0

Sun Services

Sun Fire 4810 Server SC Board Slot Assignments
SC1
SC0

Sun Services

Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server SC Board Slot Assignments
SC1
SC0

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server IB_SSC SC

Board Faceplate
SSC1 B
TTYB
(reserved)
SSC1 A
LOM serial
port
SSC1 10/100 Ethernet

Sun Services

Controller Board Faceplate
Status Serial ports Reset Ethernet RJ45

LED A/B button port

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server SC Board LED

Definitions
Name, Color, and
On Off
Symbol
Activated (green) The board is activated. Do The board is not
not remove the board when activated. You can remove
this LED is on. the board when this LED
is off.
Fault (amber) An internal fault occurred. No internal fault
occurred.
Removal OK You can safely remove the Do not remove the

(amber) component under component under
hot-pluggable conditions. hot-pluggable conditions.

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server System

Boards
The Sun Fire V1280/E2900 servers system board houses either
four UltraSPARC® III or four UltraSPARC IV microprocessors
(Scalable Processor ARChitecture).

Sun Services

Boards
.

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and

6800/E6900 Server System Boards
The Sun Fire midrange server system board houses either two
or four UltraSPARC III or UltraSPARC IV processors. Each
processor supports two physical banks of memory.

Sun Services
Memory Configuration Rules

• Each CPU on the system board can be configured as
follows:
• No memory installed
• One bank (bank 0) installed
• Two banks (bank 0 and bank 1) installed
• A populated dual-inline memory module (DIMM)
bank must have a corresponding CPU processor
installed.
• When memory is installed, all DIMMs in a physical
bank must be present.

Sun Services
CPU and Memory Locations
J 14600
J 14601
J14500 CPU 1
J 14501
J 14400 (P1)
J 14401
J 14300
J 14301
J 13600
J 13601
J 13500 CPU 0
J 13501 (P0)
J13400
J 13401
J13300
J 13301
J16600
J 16601 CPU 3
J16500 (P3)
J 16501
J 16400
J 16401
J 16300
J 16301
J 15600 CPU 2
J 15601 (P2)
J 15500
J 15501
J 15400
J 15401
J 15300
J 15301

Sun Services
Processor Memory Group Bank

Assignments
DIMM 3, bank 0
DIMM 3, bank 1
DIMM 2, bank 0
DIMM 2, bank 1
DIMM 1, bank 0
DIMM 1, bank 1
DIMM 0, bank 0
DIMM 0, bank 1

Sun Services

Board Slot Assignments
SB0
SB2
SB4

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800 System Board Slot

Assignments
SB2
SB0

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4810 and 4800/E4900 Server

System Board Assignments
SB0
SB2
SB4
SB0
SB2
SB4

Sun Services
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server System

Board Slot Assignments
SB4 SB1
SB2 SB3
SB0 SB5

Sun Services
System Board LEDs
Removal OK Fault LED Activated

LED (amber) (amber) LED (green)

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange I/O Assemblies

Four types of I/O assemblies are used in the Sun Fire
midrange products:
• The six-slot IB_SSC assembly (used in the Sun Fire
V1280/E2900 servers only)
• The four-slot cPCI assembly (used in the Sun Fire
4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 servers only)
• The six-slot cPCI assembly (used in the Sun Fire 3800
server only)
• The eight-slot PCI assembly (used in the Sun Fire
4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 servers only)

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Six-Slot PCI

IB_SSC Assembly
PCI chassis PCI riser board
IB_SSC riser board

-I/O Controller (I/O)
-System Controller (SC)

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900

Server Four-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800 Server Six-Slot cPCI I/O

Assembly

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900

Server Eight-Slot PCI I/O Assembly

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server I/O

Assembly Location
33MHz PCI 0 32-Bit 64-Bit

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800 Server I/O Assembly

Locations
IB6
IB8

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server I/O Assembly

Locations
IB8
IB6

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4810 Server I/O Assembly

Locations
IB6
IB8

Sun Services
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server I/O Assembly

Locations
IB9 IB8
IB7 IB6

Sun Services
Eight-Slot PCI I/O Assembly Slot Locations

and LEDs
Slots Activated LED

7 5 3 1
(Green)
6 4 2 0
Fault LED
(Amber)
Removal OK LED
(Amber)

Sun Services
Eight-Slot Assembly Electrical

Characteristics
Slot
Frequency Bit-Size Voltage
Number
0 33 MHz 64-bit 5VDC
3 66 MHz/33 MHz 64-bit 3.3VDC

Sun Services
Six-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly Slot Locations

and LEDs
Activated LED
(Green)
cPCI
5 Slot Fault LED
4 LEDs
3 (Amber)
2
1 Removal OK LED
cPCI (Amber)
0 Board
Slots
LEDs

Sun Services
Six-Slot cPCI I/O Slot Electrical

Characteristics
Slot
Frequency Bit-Size Voltage
Number

Sun Services
Four-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly Slot Locations

and LEDs
Activated LED
(Green)
cPCI
3 Slot Fault LED
LEDs (Amber)
2
1
0 Removal OK LED
cPCI (Amber)
Slots Board
LEDs

Sun Services
Four-Slot cPCI I/O Slot Electrical

Characteristics
Slot
Frequency Bit-size Voltage
Number

Sun Services
PCI and cPCI I/O Adapters

Sun 10/100 Ethernet Plus SCSI cPCI Adapter
Ejector handle
Hot swap indicator

Sun Services
PCI and cPCI I/O Adapters

Sun Dual Fast Ethernet and Dual SCSI PCI Adapter

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Sun

Fireplane Switchboard
Fireplane Switchboard Sheetmetal Filler
Lever
D107 DC-DC
AR
D110 DC-DC I2C Aux
SEPROM
SDC
DX0 LEDs
On
Fault
Ok-to-Remove
DX1
Echip
Air Vent Air Vent Lever

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900

Server Sun Fireplane Switchboard

Sun Services
Sun Fireplane Switchboard Physical

Locations
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Switchboard Slot Assignments
RP0
RP2

Sun Services
Sun Fireplane Switchboard Physical

Locations
Sun Fire 4810 and 4800/E4900 Server Switchboard Slot
Assignments
RP0
RP2
RP0
RP2
Sun Fire 4810 Server Sun Fire 4800/E4900

Sun Services
Sun Fireplane Switchboard LEDs
Activated LED (green)

Fault LED (amber)
Removal OK LED (amber)

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Baseplane

to 530-3079
Fan Tray PCB
Sun Fireplane Switchboard 2

System Board 0
System Board 2
System Board 4
530-3073
1B6_SSC1
J9001
System Board 0
System Board 2
System Board 4
1B6_SSC1
J9301
to DC Distrubution Board

Sun Services
System Configuration Card Reader (SCCR)
System configuration
card reader (SCCR)

Sun Services
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server Centerplane and
ID Board (Front View)
SB0 SB2 SB4 SB1 SB3 SB5
System Controller 1
System Board 2
System Board 3
System Board 0
System Board 4
System Board 1
System Board 5
System Board 2
System Board 3
System Controller 0
System Board 0
System Board 4
System Board 1
System Board 5
Sun Services
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server Centerplane and

ID Board (Rear View)
ID Board IBS PR2 RP3 PR0 RP1 IB8


I/O Board 9
I/O Board 8
I/O Board 8
I/O Board 9
Bus Bar 340-4796 Bus Bar 340-4797

to Power Centerplane to Power Centerplane
I2C Cable 530-2546

to Power Centerplane

Sun Services
ID Board

Sun Services
ID Board
The ID board contains a serial electrically erasable
programmable read-only memory (SEEPROM)
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with the
following information:
• It has the server chassis ID.
• It has the server serial number/host ID.
• It incorporates six media access control (MAC)
addresses for the Sun Fire 6800/E6900 server and four
MAC addresses for the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, and
4810 servers. This includes one per possible domain
and one each for the system controllers.
• It has the server and component power-on hours.

Sun Services
Replacing a Centerplane or ID Board

The system controller application (ScApp) should
automatically program the static portion (such as MAC
address, serial number, and so on) of the ID board, but if you
cannot do this, the following prompts appear.
Please enter System Serial Number from label:
Please enter Platform Model Number (3800, 4800, E4900, 4810,
6800, E6900):
Please enter System MAC Address from label (aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff):
Please enter Host ID from label (aabbccdd):
Is this COD (Capacity on Demand) system? (Y/N)

Sun Services
ID Board MAC Addresses

Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900,
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Servers
and 4810 Servers
Domain A = Base MAC address Domain A = Base MAC address
Domain B = Base MAC address Domain B = Base MAC address
plus 1 plus 1
SC0 = Base MAC address plus 2 Domain C = Base MAC address
plus 2
SC1 = Base MAC address plus 3 Domain D = Base MAC address
plus 3
N/A SC0 = Base MAC address plus 4
N/A SC1 = Base MAC address plus 5

Sun Services
AC Power Distribution
All Sun Fire midrange servers installed in a data center
cabinet are equipped with the following AC components:
• The redundant transfer unit (RTU)
• The redundant transfer switch (RTS)
• An AC input box

Sun Services
AC Power Distribution
Rack
Fan
Trays
(2)
220VAC
Primary
200–240VAC To AC input box for all servers
RTS
Secondary 220VAC except the Sun Fire 3800 servers.
RTU
200–240VAC To power supplies for the
RTS Sun Fire 3800 servers only.

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4810 and 4800/E4900 Server

AC Component Locations
AC
input
box
Sun Fire 4810 Server Sun Fire 4800/E4900

Sun Services

AC Component Locations
AC
input
boxes
RTU
RTS
Front Rear

Sun Services
RTU and RTS

The RTU supplies AC power to cabinet peripherals and fans.
Eight switched receptacles

RTU are intended to supply power
to the peripheral equipment.
RTS
Input AC power The 6800 has two special
AC Input Modules which
RTS deliver power from the RTUs
to the AC input module.
Two unswitched outlets

provide power to the cabinet
equipment such as fans.

Sun Services
Redundant Transfer Unit Panel
J11 Unswitched J12 Unswitched
J3 J5 J7 J9 J4 J6 J8 J10
On-Off breakers On-Off breakers
J13 J15
J14 J16
To Frame
Not Used
Manager
Remote Transfer Switches Switched LEDs Switched

J11 J12
RTUR RTS1 J3 J7 J8 J4
RTUF RTS3 J5 J9 J10 J6
RTUR RTS0
RTUF RTS2 J13 J14
J15 J16
J124A J224A

Sun Services
Redundant Transfer Unit LED Functions

LED LED
State Meaning
Position Color
Left Green On The source is present and is okay.
Off The source is not present or is lower than
the specification.
Flashing The source is out of the specification.
Middle Green On The relay is energized and connected to
the outlets.
Off The relay is de-energized and docked.
Flashing The relay is de-energized and undocked.
Right Amber On The module has a fault.
Off The module does not have a fault.

Sun Services
AC Input Box
• For the Sun Fire 6800/E6900 systems, the AC input box
receives power from the RTU through two power
cables, each with a corresponding power switch.
• For the Sun Fire 4810 and 4800/E4900 systems, the AC
input box receives power from the RTU through three
power cables, each with a corresponding power switch.
• Sun Fire 3800 systems do not use AC input boxes.

Sun Services
DC Power Distribution
Sun Fire midrange DC power distribution systems include
comprised of the following major components:
• System centerplane
• Power centerplane
• Fan centerplane
• DC power supplies

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server DC Power

Distribution
DC-DC DC-DC DC-DC

(3) CPU/Memory Boards (1) I/O Controller Board (1) System Controller
Rack (2) L2 Repeater Boards (+12V, D12V, 5V, 3V3, 1V5) Board
Fan
Trays Main 48VDC Auxiliary 3V3
(2) Auxiliary
48VDC
48VDC_IL (1) Fan Tray
(48VDC_IL
Power Distribution Board (PDB)
220VAC D>3.5 A.)
Auxiliary
3V3
Primary Main Standby
200–240VAC Feed A (2) 48VDC 12VDC
RTS AC
Secondary RTU Input 220VAC AC-DC Converters (PS0-PS3)
200–240VAC Box
RTS
Feed B (2)

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800 Server DC Power Distribution
DC-DC Board Converters DC-DC Board Converters

(system, I/O, and Sun (system controller and
Rack Fireplane switch boards) ID boards)
Fan
Trays Main Auxiliary
(2) 56VDC 56VDC
To fans (4)
System Centerplane
Main 56VDC
220VAC
Primary Main Auxiliary
200–240VAC 56VDC 56VDC
RTS 3
Secondary RTU AC-DC Converters (PS0-PS2)
200–240VAC
RTS 220VAC

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server DC Power

Distribution
Rack
Fan
Trays DC-DC Board Converters DC-DC Board Converters
(2) (system, I/O, and Sun (system controller and
Fireplane switch boards) ID boards)
220VAC
RTS AC 3
Secondary 220VAC To fans (3)
RTU Input System Centerplane
200–240VAC Main 56VDC
RTS 220VAC Box
Main Auxiliary
220VAC
56VDC 56VDC
AC-DC Converters (PS0-PS2)

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4810 Server DC Power Distribution
DC-DC Board Converters DC-DC Board Converters

(system, I/O, and Sun (system controller and
Rack Fireplane switch boards) ID boards)
Fan
Trays Main Auxiliary
(2) 56VDC 56VDC
System Centerplane To fans (3)
220VAC Main 56VDC
RTS AC 3
Secondary 220VAC
RTU Input Power Centerplane
200–240VAC
RTS 220VAC Box
Main Auxiliary
220VAC
56VDC 56VDC
AC-DC Converters (PS0-PS2)

Sun Services
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server DC Power

Distribution
DC-DC
SB0, 2, 4
ib6, 8
RP0, 1
Primary
RTS Main
200-240VAC 56V F
1 A
RTUF AC0 220VAC AC-DC
CONV N
Secondary Power Auxiliary
RTS Centerplane PS0-2 56V C
200-240VAC
E
AC SC0 N
Input SC1 T
Box Auxiliary DC-DC E
56V R
Primary Power P
RTS Centerplane 220VAC AC-DC
200-240VAC Main L
1 CONV A
RTUR AC1 PS3-5 56V N
Secondary E
RTS
200-240VAC
DC-DC
SB1, 3, 5
ib7, 9
RP2, 3

Sun Services
Power Grid Slot Assignments

Power
Server Slots
Grid
Sun Fire V1280 0 SB0, SB2, SB4, IB_SSC, RP0, and RP2
Sun Fire E2900 0 SB0, SB2, SB4, IB_SSC, RP0, and RP2
Sun Fire 3800 0 SB0, SB2, IB6, and IB8
Sun Fire 4800 0 SB0, SB2, SB4, IB6, IB8, RP0, and RP2
Sun Fire E4900 0 SB0, SB2, SB4, IB6, IB8, RP0, and RP2

Sun Services
DC Power Supplies
Power Supply Specifications
Slot Main Voltage Auxiliary

Server
Number Output Voltage Output
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 PS0, PS1, PS2, 48VDC 48VDC
PS3
Sun Fire 3800 PS0, PS1, PS2 56VDC 56VDC
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 PS0, PS1, PS2 56VDC 56VDC
Sun Fire 4810 PS0, PS1, PS2 56VDC 56VDC
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 PS0–PS5 56VDC 56VDC

Sun Services
DC Power Supply Locations

Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server DC Power Supply Locations
PS3
PS2
PS1
PS0

Sun Services

Sun Fire 3800 Server DC Power Supply Locations
PS2 PS1 PS0

Sun Services

Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server DC Power Supply Locations
PS2
PS1
PS0

Sun Services

Sun Fire 4810 Server DC Power Supply Locations
PS1
PS0
PS2

Sun Services

Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server DC Power Supply Locations
PS3
PS4
PS5
} Grid 1
Grid 0
{ PS1
PS0
PS2

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Fan Trays and

Blower Assemblies
• The Sun Fire V1280/E2900 servers have no redundant
fan trays. One fan tray supports eight individually
replaceable fans.
• The Sun Fire 3800 server has four blower assemblies.
• The Sun Fire 4800/E4900 and 4810 servers have three
fan trays.
• The Sun Fire 6800/E6900 servers have four fan trays.

Sun Services
Fan Tray Locations

Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Fan Tray Location
V1280/2900 Server
Front View
Fan tray

Sun Services
Fan Tray Locations

Sun Fire 3800 Server Fan Tray Locations
FT0 FT1
FT2 FT3

Sun Services
Fan Tray Locations

Sun Fire 4800/E4900 Server Fan Tray Locations
FT1
FT0 FT2

Sun Services
Fan Tray Locations

Sun Fire 4810 Server Fan Tray Locations
FT0
FT2
FT1

Sun Services
Fan Tray Locations

Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Server Fan Tray Locations
FT1 FT0
FT3 FT2
Front Rear

Sun Services
Fan Tray Assembly LEDs
Active LED
(green)
Fault LED
(amber)
Removal OK LED
(amber)

Sun Services
FrameManager Cable Diagram
FrameManager
Front RTU
Rack Fan Tray Rack Fan Tray
SC1
Sun Fire
Serial
Midrange
Port B
Server
SC0
Rear RTU
RTS RTS

Sun Services
FrameManager Cap Front Panel
Fault LED (amber)

Power LED (green) Service LED (amber)
Keyswitch LCD status manager

Sun Services
Sun StorEdge™ D240 Media Tray

The Sun StorEdge D240 media tray for the Sun Fire data
center cabinet is a supported boot device for the Sun Fire
midrange server.

Sun Services
Sun StorEdge D240 Media Tray Rear Panel

In a full Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus
configuration, all the media tray internal drives are connected
to one domain using a single SCSI bus.
Full bus
Configuration switch
To domain UltraWide SCSI bus cables (full bus)

Sun Services
Full-Bus Configuration SCSI ID

Assignments
DVD ROM (ID6) Disk (ID1) Disk (ID0) DAT tape (ID4)
Media Tray Front View

Sun Services
Full SCSI Bus Configuration Options

Hard Tape DVD-ROM
Configuration Options
Drives Drives Drives
Maximum hard drives and tape Two Two None
drives
Maximum hard drives only Four None None
Mixed hard drives, tape drive, and Two One One
DVD-ROM drive Two None Two

Sun Services
Split SCSI Bus

Sun StorEdge D240 Media Tray Rear Panel
Split bus
Configuration switch
To domain To domain

Sun Services
Typical Split SCSI Bus SCSI ID

Assignments
DVD ROM (ID6) Disk (ID0) Disk (ID0) DAT tape (ID6)
Media Tray Front View

Sun Services
Sun StorEdge D240 Media Tray Status

LEDs
System fault LED

(amber)
Power LED
(green)

Sun Services
Media Tray Status LED Descriptions

Indication Status
Power is green The power supply is inserted and cabled on,
normal.
Both LEDs are off The power supply is absent, or the power cords are
not connected.
System fault is The power supplies have failed, the fan has failed,
amber or the system is running from a single power
supply.

Sun Services
Media Tray Power Supply LEDs
DC output
Fault
Remove OK
AC input

Sun Services
Media Tray Power Supply LED States

Normal Fault Fault
LED Indication (All Power (Good Power (Bad Power
Supplies) Supply) Supply)
DC output Green On On Off
Fault Amber Off Off On
Remove OK Blue On Off On
AC input Green On On Off

Sun Services
Installing the Administration Console

• ASCII terminal
• Network terminal server (NTS)
• Workstation
• Laptop
• Personal digital assistant (PDA)

Sun Services
System Controller Patch Panel

Sun Services
Accessing the Platform Shell

You can access the system controller in one of two ways:
• Serial port console connection:
• ASCII terminal or terminal emulation (vt100)
• Workstation
• Ethernet port shell connection

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Installation

Tools:
• System site planning guides
• Installation manuals
• Configuration manual
• Sun Fire Midrange Server Configuration Best Practices
• Sun Fire Midrange Server Administration Best
Practices
• Enterprise Installation Services (EIS) Installation and
Patch CD (EIS-CD)

Sun Services
Rackmounting an Additional Sun Fire 3800

and 4800/E4900 Server
Rackmounting Considerations
• Install systems in the cabinet from the bottom up.
• Install storage devices directly above server systems in
the cabinet, from the bottom up.
• Install Sun StorEdge D240 media trays from the top of
the cabinet down.
• The Sun Fire cabinet does not support any side-to-side
cooled devices. Only front-to-back cooled products are
supported.
• Up to three Sun Fire 3800 systems per Sun Fire cabinet
are supported.
Sun Services
Rackmounting an Additional Sun Fire 3800

and 4800/E4900 Server
Rackmounting Considerations
• Use the Sun Fire 3800 system rack mounting kits in the
Sun Fire cabinet only.
• When considering third-party rackmounting, review
their thermal and rackmounting guidelines.
• Mount the Sun Fire 280R server, Sun Enterprise™ 420R
hardware, Netra T1 AC200/DC200 servers, and Sun
Fire V100/V120 servers above the Sun Fire systems.
• Install front plastic filler panels to fill in any open
spaces within the Sun Fire cabinet.

edited 02/08 by LG
Sun Services
Module 3
Platform Assessment and Management

Sun Services
Objectives
• Describe an overview of the Sun Fire V1280/E2900
server platform administrative functions
• Perform user maintenance and administrative
functions using the LOM shell
• Display and change system controller parameters by
using LOM shell commands
• Monitor the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform by
using LOM shell commands
• Power cycle the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server with
LOM shell commands and with the front panel power
rocker switch

Sun Services
Objectives
• Identify the administrative and service tasks that you
can perform with the platform shell
• Identify the platform shell commands you can use to
display system information, set up system parameters,
and test system hardware
• Describe three methods you can use to connect to the
system controller shells
• Describe how to navigate between shells on the Sun
Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6900/E6900 servers
• Configure the platform and system controller by using
the platform shell

Sun Services
Objectives
• Display and change system controller parameters by
using the platform shell
• Describe how to manage the system controller for
reboot and failover operations
• Describe how to use system controller commands to
monitor platforms and domains
• Describe how to power on and off the system
components
• Describe how to update the platform firmware
• Describe the capability and effects of splitting the Sun
Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 servers
into segments and domains

Sun Services
Objectives
• Describe how to start, stop, and power cycle domains
• Describe how to perform device configuration with
OpenBoot™ programmable read-only memory
(PROM) to add or remove devices from a Sun Fire
midrange server
• Describe OpenBoot PROM capabilities
• Describe how to use OpenBoot PROM to represent
interconnected busses and their devices in a device tree
• Describe how to map Sun Fire midrange server
physical devices

Sun Services
Relevance
• Which functions does the system controller perform?
• How do the system controller maintenance buses
communicate with the platform?
• Which role does the platform shell play in configuring
the Sun Fire midrange servers?
• Which commands are available in the platform shell?
• How is each platform shell command used to configure
the Sun Fire midrange server platform?

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Platform

Assessment and Management
Applications
Solaris
Operating
System
OpenBoot PROM 5
LOM Shell
Platform
Hardware

Midrange Server

Sun Services
Lights-Out Management (LOM)

• LOM is a set of software tools on the Sun Fire
V1280/E2900 servers.
• LOM is used to perform user maintenance and
administrative activities.
• LOM is composed of a shell and UNIX® utility.
• The LOM shell runs under Vxworks, the system
controller (SC) operating environment.
• The LOM utility is a utility command (lom) that runs
under the Solaris OS and can only be accessed by a root
level user.

Sun Services
LOM Shell
The LOM shell that runs on the system controller has been
significantly modified from versions on earlier Netra server
platforms. Commands that were originally developed for the
Sun Fire 3800, 4800, 4810, and 6800 server domain shell have
been adopted.

Sun Services
LOM Shell Commands

The LOM shell has a number of commands to display system
information, to set up system parameters, and to test system
hardware.

Sun Services
The help Command

lom> help setlocator
setlocator -- set the system locator led
Usage: setlocator on|off
setlocator -h
-h -- display this help message
lom>

Sun Services
Connecting to the LOM Shell

You can access the system controller in one of two ways:
• Serial port console connection:
• ASCII terminal or terminal emulation (vt100)
• Workstation
• Ethernet port shell connection

Sun Services
The shownetwork Command

lom> shownetwork -v
Network
-------
The system controller is configured to be on a network.
Network settings: static
Hostname: commando-sc
IP Address: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx
Gateway: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx
DNS Domain: noone.somewhere.com
Primary DNS Server: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx
Secondary DNS Server: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx

Sun Services
The setupnetwork Command

lom> setupnetwork
Network Configuration
---------------------
Is the system controller on a network? [no]: yes
Use DHCP or static network settings? [DHCP]: static
Hostname []: somename
IP Address []: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx
Netmask [255.255.255.0]: 255.255.255.0
Gateway []: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx
DNS Domain []: somewhere.nowhere.com
Primary DNS Server []: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx
Secondary DNS Server []: 129.xxx.xxx.xxx
Rebooting the SC is required for changes in network settings to
take effect.
lom>

Sun Services
The logout Command

lom> logout

Sun Services
Navigating Between Shell Environments on

the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server
Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)
Default #.
Escape
Sequence
Open Boot PROM (OBP)
Solaris OS not booted ok #. Default

Escape
Sequence
lom> console lom> break
Lights Out Management (LOM) Shell

Sun Services
The showescape Command

lom> showescape
#.
lom> setescape ~~~
lom> showescape
~~~
lom>

Sun Services
The password Command

lom> password
Enter new password: cangetin
Enter new password again: cangetin
lom>

Sun Services
The showsc Command

lom> showsc -v
SC: SSC1
Clock failover disabled.
SC date: Tue Jan 13 17:19:17 MST 2004
MST GMT-7 Mountain Standard Time
SC uptime: 1 hour 31 minutes 28 seconds
ScApp version: 5.13.0015 LW8_build0.15
Version build: 1.0
Version String: LW8_build0.15
RTOS version: 32
SC POST diag level: min
Clock source is: 75MHz
Solaris Host Status: Active - Solaris
lom>

Sun Services
The setupsc command

This command configures optional system controller features.
The options and parameters are:
• off – SCPOST is not run.
• min – Minimum level SCPOST is run (default).
• max – Maximum level SCPOST is run.

Sun Services
The setupsc command

lom> setupsc
System Controller Configuration
-------------------------------
SC POST diag Level [off]: min

Sun Services
Managing the LOM Time-of-Day (TOD)

lom> setdate 020413232004.14
lom> setdate -r hostname

Mon Feb 05 09:30:58 EST 2004
lom> showdate
Mon Feb 06 12:31:40 EDT 2004

Sun Services
The bootmode Command

This command sets the highest level of POST tests to run on
the next reboot.
lom> bootmode diag
lom> console
# init 6

Sun Services
LOM Platform Monitoring Functions

• showboards
• showcomponent
• inventory
• showenvironment
• history
• showlogs
• showlocator

Sun Services
The showboards Command

schostname:SC> showboards
Slot Pwr Component Type State Status Domain
---- --- -------------- ----- ------ ------
SSC0 On System Controller Main Passed -
SSC1 On System Controller Spare - -
ID0 On Sun Fire 3800 Centerplane - OK -
PS0 On A145 Power Supply - OK -
FT0 On Fan Tray Low Speed OK -
RP0 On Repeater Board (F3800) - OK -
/N0/SB0 On CPU Board Assigned Not tested A
/N0/IB6 On CPCI I/O board (F3800) Assigned Not tested A

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p cpus
CPUs
----
/partition0/domain0/SB0/bbcGroup0/cpuAB/cpusafariagent0:
part_no=0x919c version=2 manufacturer=0x07d
devid=0x102234058a9 (lot=0x022340 bin=1 wafer=22 col=5
row=9)
speed=750
e$ (8MB):
J4400: 4MB, part# 0, serial# 090AXB
J4300: 4MB, part# 0, serial# 090AVU
DRAM DIMM Group 0 (1024MB):
J13300: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005898
J13400: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005870
J13500: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005878
J13600: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005881
DRAM DIMM Group 1 (Empty):

Sun Services
schostname:SC> showboards -p clock
Component SSC0 Signal SSC1 Signal Signal Used Failover

--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
SSC0 OK OK SSC0 Enabled
RP0 OK OK SSC0 Enabled
/N0/SB0 OK OK SSC0 Enabled
/N0/IB6 OK OK SSC0 Enabled

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p cpu
Component Description
--------- -----------
/N0/SB0/P2 UltraSPARC-III, 0MHz, 8M ECache

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p memory
Component Size Reason

--------- ---- ------
/N0/SB0 2048 MB
/N0/SB2 2048 MB
schostname:SC> showboards -p power
Component Pwr Grid

--------- --- ----
/N0/SB0 On Grid 0
/N0/SB2 On Grid 0
/N0/IB6 On Grid 0
/N0/IB8 On Grid 0

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p version
Component Compatible Version

--------- ---------- -------
SSC0 Reference 5.13.0 Build 12
/N0/IB6 Yes 5.13.0 Build 12
/N0/SB0 Yes 5.13.0 Build 12

Sun Services
The showcomponent Command

schostname:SC> showcomponent sb0
Component Status Pending POST Description
--------- ------ ------- ---- -----------
/N0/SB0/P0 enabled - untest empty
/N0/SB0/P2 enabled - pass UltraSPARC-III,
750MHz, 8M ECache
750MHz, 8M ECache
/N0/SB0/P0/B0/L0 enabled - untest empty
/N0/SB0/P2/B0/L0 enabled - pass 512M DRAM

Sun Services


Sun Services

schostname:SC> showcomponent ib6
----------- ------- ------- ---- -----------
/N0/IB6/P0 enabled - pass IO controller 0
/N0/IB6/P0/B0 enabled - pass 66/33MHz PCI Bus
/N0/IB6/P0/B1 enabled - pass 33MHz PCI Bus
/N0/IB6/P0/B1/C0 enabled - pass 33MHz 5V Short PCI card
/N0/IB6/P0/B1/C1 enabled - failed 33MHz 5V Short PCI card
/N0/IB6/P0/B1/C2 enabled - pass 33MHz 5V LOng/Short PCI card

Sun Services
The inventory Command

lom> inventory PS1
/N0/PS1: PS: 300-1523-01-02 serial# E00254 "Power Supply
(A166,V1280)"
Made on Fri Nov 30 11:47:41 PST 2001 by 03ad at DELTAELECTRONICS
CHUNGLI
TAIWAN
Powered on for 87 days 12 hours 1 minute

Sun Services
The showenvironment Command

lom> showenvironment
Slot Device Sensor Value Units Age Status
---- ------- -------- ------- --------- ------- ------
SSC1 SBBC 0 Temp. 0 37 Degrees C 1 sec OK
SSC1 Board 0 Temp. 2 28 Degrees C 1 sec OK
SSC1 Board 0 1.5 VDC 0 1.49 Volts DC 1 sec OK
SSC1 Board 0 3.3 VDC 0 3.35 Volts DC 1 sec OK
SSC1 Board 0 5 VDC 0 5.01 Volts DC 1 sec OK
/N0/PS0 Input 0 Volt. 0 - - 6 sec OK
/N0/PS0 48 VDC 0 Volt. 0 48.00 Volts DC 6 sec OK
/N0/PS1 Input 0 Volt. 0 - - 5 sec OK
/N0/PS1 48 VDC 0 Volt. 0 48.00 Volts DC 5 sec OK
/N0/FT0 Fan 0 Cooling 0 Auto 5 sec OK
/N0/FT0 Fan 7 Cooling 0 Auto 5 sec OK
/N0/RP0 Board 0 1.5 VDC 0 1.51 Volts DC 5 sec OK
/N0/RP0 DX 1 Temp. 0 66 Degrees C 5 sec OK
/N0/RP2 Board 0 Temp. 0 24 Degrees C 5 sec OK
/N0/SB0 Board 0 1.5 VDC 0 1.50 Volts DC 4 sec OK
/N0/SB0 Board 0 3.3 VDC 0 3.33 Volts DC 5 sec OK
.

Sun Services
The history Command

lom> history
Nov 26 14:34:37 : showalarm 1
Nov 26 14:34:40 : showalarm 2
Nov 26 14:34:45 : showalarm system
Nov 26 14:40:01 : showeventreporting
Nov 26 15:06:00 : showfault
Nov 26 15:53:05 : shownetwork
Nov 26 16:15:32 : help setlocator
Nov 26 16:17:32 : history

Sun Services
The showlogs Command

lom> showlogs
Nov 26 16:48:29 interpol-sc lom: [ID 746300 local0.warning] Alarm
1 ON
Nov 26 16:48:36 interpol-sc lom: [ID 222144 local0.notice] Alarm
2 OFF
Nov 27 11:20:38 interpol-sc lom: [ID 218048 local0.notice] Alarm
1 OFF
Nov 27 11:20:43 interpol-sc lom: [ID 877372 local0.warning] Alarm
2 ON
Nov 27 11:21:17 interpol-sc lom: [ID 352276 local0.notice]
Locator ON

Sun Services
The showlocator Command

lom> showlocator
locator is off

Sun Services
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server Power

Operations
You can power-cycle the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server by
using the following LOM commands:
• poweron
• shutdown
• poweroff

Sun Services
LOM poweron Command

The poweron command powers on the entire system or
individual components.
To power on system board 2 (sb2), type:
lom> poweron sb2
To power on the system and boot the Solaris OS, type:

lom> poweron

Sun Services
LOM shutdown Command

The LOM shutdown command shuts down the Solaris OS and
powers off the system to standby mode.
To power the system to standby mode, type:
lom> shutdown

Sun Services
LOM poweroff Command

The poweroff command powers off the entire system to
standby, a FRU, or a list of FRUs.
To power off system board 2 (sb2), type:
lom> poweroff sb2
To power off the entire system, type:

lom> poweroff

Sun Services
Power-Cycling the Sun Fire V1280/E2900

Server Using the Power Rocker Switch

Sun Services
Power-Cycling The Sun Fire V1280/E2900

Server Using the Power Rocker Switch
The switch is only operational if it has not been disabled using
the setupsc LOM command.
To determine if the rocker switch is disabled or enabled use
the setupsc command.
lom> setupsc

-------------------------------
SC POST diag Level [off]:
Host Watchdog [enabled]:
Rocker Switch [enabled]:
Secure Mode [off]:

Sun Services
Power-Cycle Operations
The following power-cycle operations are available when you
enable the system indicator board rocker switch.
• If the system is in standby mode, pressing the switch
powers on the system. This action is equivalent to
executing the LOM poweron command.
• If the system running the Solaris OS, pressing the
switch for four seconds executes an orderly shutdown.
This action is the equivalent of executing the LOM
shutdown command.
• If the system is powered on, pressing this switch for
more than four seconds executes a system power down
to standby mode. This action is equivalent to the LOM
poweroff command.
Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and

6800/E6900 Server Platform Assessment
and Management
Using the platform shell, you can:
• Configure the system controller network parameters
• Configure platform-wide parameters
• Configure segments and domains
• Monitor platform environments
• Display hardware configuration information
• Power on and power off the system and system
components

Sun Services
Platform Shell Commands

The platform shell has a number of commands to display
system information, to set up system parameters, and to test
system hardware.

Sun Services
The help Command

Without arguments, the help command lists all available
shell commands. When an argument is supplied, help
displays basic usage of the specified command.
schostname:SC> help addboard
addboard -- assign a board to a domain
Usage: addboard -d <domain> <board> ...
addboard -h
-d -- the domain to assign the board to

-h -- display this help message

Sun Services
Connecting to the System Controller Shells

There are three methods to connect to the system controller
console:
• Serial connection – Use the serial port to connect
directly to an ASCII terminal or to a network terminal
server (NTS).
• Secure Shell (SSH) connection – Use the Ethernet port
to connect to the network using the SSH protocol.
• Telnet connection – Use the Ethernet port to connect to
the network using the Telnet protocol.

Sun Services
Initiate a Remote Connection With SSH

• The SC provides SSH server functionality.
• For security reasons, only connections requested by
client software running the SSHv2 protocol are
accepted by the SSH server on the SC.
Type the following at the system prompt:
% ssh schostname

Sun Services
Initiate a Remote Connection With Telnet

The SC provides the ability to connect using a network
connection and telnet.
Type the following at the system prompt:
% telnet schostname

Sun Services
Navigating Between Shells on the Sun Fire

3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900
Servers
Telnet Connection
Press: CTRL ]
at the telnet> prompt
type: send break
SSH Connection
Solaris #.
Operating
System Tip Connection
~.
Telnet Connection
Press: CTRL ]
at the telnet> prompt
type: send break
SSH Connection
#.
OpenBoot PROM
Tip Connection
~.
Type: resume Type: break
Domain Shell
Type:
disconnect
Type: console
Platform Shell -d domain ID

Sun Services
Managing Shell Passwords

• The password command sets the password for:
• The platform shell
• The domain shell
• An example of the password command example:
schostname:SC> password
Enter new password: xxyyzz
Enter new password again: xxyyzz
If the password is already set and needs to be changed:

schostname:SC> password
Enter current password: xxyyzz
Enter new password: aabbcc
Enter new password again: aabbcc

Sun Services
Console Command Considerations

When you execute the console command from the platform
shell, you get the domain shell prompt only when the
keyswitch is in the off position.
• If the domain is currently posting, posting messages
appear.
• If the domain is at run level 0, the OpenBoot PROM ok
prompt appears.
• If the domain is loading the Solaris OS, Solaris OS
booting messages appear.

Sun Services
Console Command Considerations

• If the domain is running the Solaris OS and no one has
logged in yet in this console, the Login: prompt
appears.
• If the domain is running Solaris OS and someone has
previously logged in without logging out, you are
placed in this person’s shell.

Sun Services
Platform and System Controller

Configuration
• Server platform setup is done from the platform shell.
• The setupplatform command sets up configuration
parameters that pertain to the entire system.

Sun Services

Configuration
• As the setupplatform command runs, prompts
appear for the following parameters:
• Network configuration
• Loghost parameter identifier
• SNMP
• ACLs
• System controller POST level
• System controller failover
• Partition mode

Sun Services

Configuration
Use the setupplatform command to manage the platform.
Example:
schostname:SC> setupplatform
Network Configuration
---------------------
Is the system controller on a network? [yes]:
Use DHCP or static network settings? [static]:
Hostname [schostname]:
IP Address [10.7.6.153]:
Netmask [255.255.0.0]:
Gateway [10.7.0.1]:
DNS Domain [none]:
Primary DNS Server [0.0.0.0]:
Secondary DNS Server [0.0.0.0]:

Sun Services
Configuring the Platform TOD

• Use the setdate command to manage TOD.
schostname:SC> setdate 020619152004.10
schostname:SC> setdate -r hostname Mon Apr 06 18:30:58 PDT

2001
• Use the showdate command to display the current

TOD.
schostname:SC> showdate
Mon Apr 06 18:31:40 PDT 2001

Sun Services
Viewing System Controller Details

schostname:SC> showsc -v
SC: SSC0
Main System Controller
SC Failover: disabled
Clock failover enabled.
SC date: Wed Jan 14 08:23:01 PST 2004

PST GMT-8 Pacific Standard Time
SC uptime: 16 hours 1 minute 18 seconds
ScApp version: 5.16.0 Build_06

Version build: 6.0
Version String: 5.16.0
RTOS version: 37
SC POST diag level: min
Clock source is: 75MHz

Sun Services
Viewing the SC Message Logs

The showlogs command displays the system
controller-logged events stored in the system controller
message buffer. For example:
schostname:SC> showlogs -v

Sun Services
Viewing System Controller Connections

schostname:SC> connections
ID Hostname Idle Connected on Connected to
1 localhost 01:02 Dec 31 16:00 Platform
2 freedonia.Eng.Sun.COM 09:23 Dec 31 16:02 Domain B
4 mos-eisley.Eng.Sun.COM 03:49 Dec 31 20:06 Platform
8 awe177-5.AWE.Sun.COM 00:03 Jan 02 01:22 DomainA
9 awe177-5.AWE.Sun.COM - Jan 02 01:26 Platform

Sun Services
Viewing System Controller Command

History
schostname:SC> history
Jan 14 08:20:29 : showboards

Jan 14 08:20:54 : showb -h
Jan 14 08:21:05 : showb -p clock
Jan 14 08:21:14 : showb -p cpu
Jan 14 08:21:22 : showb -p mem
Jan 14 08:21:28 : showb -p power
Jan 14 08:21:35 : showb -p version
Jan 14 08:22:04 : showboards -p version
Jan 14 08:22:37 : showcom sb0
Jan 14 08:22:50 : showcom -v ib6
Jan 14 08:23:01 : showsc -v
Jan 14 08:23:31 : showenv -v
Jan 14 08:23:45 : history

Sun Services
System Controller Management

All of the server configuration information is stored on the
system controller.
This consists of two types of information:
• Parameters specific to the system controller
• Parameters specific to the platform

Sun Services

The system controller requires that network and POST
parameters be defined when initially configuring the Sun Fire
midrange platforms.
• Configuring network parameters for the system
controller
• Configuring POST parameters

Sun Services
Rebooting the System Controller

• The reboot command reboots the system controller.
• It does not change any configuration settings.

Sun Services

schostname:SC> reboot
Are you sure you want to reboot the system controller now? [no]
yes
Waiting for critical processes to finish. This may take a while.
Critical processes have finished.
Rebooting. All SSH or telnet connections closed. Reestablish any

needed connections.
Dec 05 11:07:16 schostname Platform.SC: Stopping all services on
this SC
Dec 05 11:07:16 schostname Platform.SC: All services on this SC
have been stopped.
Software Reset...
.
.
.

Sun Services

Type 0 for Platform Shell
Type 1 for domain A console

Type 2 for domain B console
Type 3 for domain C console
Type 4 for domain D console
Input:

Sun Services
System Controller Failover

The system controller has failover capabilities for
clock-related and processor function failures. If there is a
system controller failure, the remaining system controller
continues to provide clocks and service to the platform.

Sun Services
System Controller Failover Prerequisites

The following support configuration is needed to configure
the system controller for failover:
• Both system controllers must have the same revision of
firmware (a minimum of revision 5.13.x).
• A virtual IP address is assigned to the system
controllers using the setupplatform command. The
logical host name or IP address identifies the working
main system controller even after a failover occurs.
• You must synchronize the date and time between the
two system controllers to ensure that the same time
service is provided to the domains.
• You must set the system controller failover to enabled.

Sun Services
Failover
The system controller failover event is logged in the platform
message log file, which is viewed on the console of the new
main system controller or through the showlogs command
on the system controller.
Platform Shell - Spare System Controller
sp4-sc0:sc> Nov 12 01:15:42 sp4-sc0 Platform.SC: SC Failover: enabled and
active.
Nov 12 01:16:42 sp4-sc0 Platform.SC: SC Failover: no heartbeat detected
from the Main SC
Nov 12 01:16:42 sp4-sc0 Platform.SC: SC Failover: becoming main SC
Nov 12 01:16:49 sp4-sc0 Platform.SC: Chassis is in single partition mode.
Nov 12 01:17:04 sp4-sc0 Platform.SC: Main System Controller
Nov 12 01:17:04 sp4-sc0 Platform.SC: SC Failover: disabled
sp4-sc1:SC>

Sun Services
Controlling System Controller Failover

Behavior
You can enable system controller failover by using the
setupplatform command or the setfailover command.
Example of using the setupplatform command:
schostname:SC> setupplatform -p sc
SC POST diag Level [min]:Enable SC failover? [yes]:
Logical Hostname or IP address [sp1-sc]:

Sun Services

Behavior
The three options that can be used are: on, off, and force, if
system controller failover has not been enabled using the
setupplatform command. For example:
schostname:SC> setfailover on
SC Failover: enabled but not active.
If configured in the setupplatform command, the following

output appears:
schostname:SC> setfailover on
SC Failover: enabled and active.

Sun Services

Behavior
You can turn off system controller failover by using the
setfailover off command:
schostname:SC> setfailover off
You can force system controller failover by using the

setfailover force command:
schostname:SC> setfailover force
SC: SSC0
Spare System Controller
SC Failover: enabled and active.
Clock failover enabled.

Sun Services

Behavior
This will abruptly interrupt operations on the other System
Controller.
This System Controller will become the main System Controller.
Do you want to continue? [no] yes
Oct 26 00:10:33 schostname-sc0 Platform.SC: SC Failover: becoming
main SC ...
Oct 26 00:10:37 schostname-sc0 Platform.SC: Chassis is in single
partition mode.
schostname-sc0:sc> Oct 26 00:10:42 schostname-sc0 Platform.SC:
Oct 26 00:10:42 Oct 26 00:10:42 schostname-sc0 Platform.SC: Added
logical IP
addressxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx-sc0
Oct 26 00:10:43 schostname-sc0 Platform.SC: SC Failover: disabled

Sun Services
Determining the System Controller Failover

State
Use the showfailover command to determine the failover
system controller state. For example:
schostname:SC> showfailover -v
SC: SSC0
Clock failover enabled

Sun Services
Platform Assessment
You can use system controller commands to monitor the
platform and domains. These commands include:
• showplatform
• showboards
• showcomponent
• showsc
• showenvironment
• history
• connections
• showlogs
• showfru
Sun Services
Assessing the Platform Configuration

The showplatform command displays all configuration
variables for this platform, including:
• Network attributes of the platform
• ACLs for each domain
• Domain status

Sun Services
The showplatform Command

schostname:SC> showplatform -v
Domain Solaris Nodename Domain Status Keyswitch
-------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------
A - Active - OpenBoot PROM on
B - Powered Off off
C - Powered Off off
D - Powered Off off
Network
-------
The system controller is configured to be on a network.
Network settings: static
Hostname: marlins0
IP Address: 10.6.11.10
Netmask: 255.0.0.0
Gateway:
DNS Domain:
Primary DNS Server:
Secondary DNS Server:

Sun Services

MAC Address HostID
----------------- --------
Domain A 08:00:20:e0:e6:f4 80e0e6f4
Domain B 08:00:20:e0:e6:f5 80e0e6f5
Domain C ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff ffffffff
Domain D ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff ffffffff
SSC0 08:00:20:e0:e6:f6 80e0e6f6
SSC1 08:00:20:e0:e6:f7 80e0e6f7
System Serial Number: 105H25AA
Loghosts
--------
Loghost for Platform: 10.6.5.120
Log Facility for Platform: local0

Sun Services

SNTP
----
SNTP server:
SNMP
----
SNMP Agent: enabled
Chassis Description: Sun Fire 3800
Chassis Contact: Bob,Jackson,
Dave , John , Sam ,
Matt , Ted
Chassis Location: back_of_room
Trap Hosts: 10.6.5.120
Public Community String:
Private Community String:
SNMP packets received: 0
SNMP packets sent: 263
SNMP traps sent: 263

Sun Services

ACLs
----
ACL for Domain A: SB0 SB2 IB6 IB8
ACL for Domain B:
ACL for Domain C:
ACL for Domain D:
SC
--
SC POST diag Level: min
Logical Hostname:
Security Options
----------------
Telnet servers: Enabled
Idle connection timeout : No timeout

Sun Services

Partition Mode
--------------
Chassis is in single partition mode.
Frame information is not available.

Sun Services
Viewing Platform Component Status

The showboards command displays the assignment
information and status for all the components in the system;
for example, system boards, I/O boards, fan trays, and so on.
For the domain shell, the display only shows components
with the proper access permission for the current domain that
are listed in the ACL.

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards
Slot Pwr Component Type State Status Domain
---- --- -------------- ----- ------ ------
SSC0 On System Controller Main Passed -
SSC1 On System Controller Spare - -
ID0 On Sun Fire 3800 Centerplane - OK -

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p cpus
CPUs
----
/partition0/domain0/SB0/bbcGroup0/cpuAB/cpusafariagent0:
part_no=0x919c version=2 manufacturer=0x07d
devid=0x102234058a9 (lot=0x022340 bin=1 wafer=22 col=5
row=9)
speed=750
e$ (8MB):
J4400: 4MB, part# 0, serial# 090AXB
J4300: 4MB, part# 0, serial# 090AVU
DRAM DIMM Group 0 (1024MB):
J13300: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005898
J13400: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005870
J13500: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005878
J13600: 256MB, part# 0, serial# 005881
DRAM DIMM Group 1 (Empty):

Sun Services
schostname:SC> showboards -p clock
Component SSC0 Signal SSC1 Signal Signal Used Failover

--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
SSC0 OK OK SSC0 Enabled

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p cpu
Component Description
--------- -----------

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p memory
Component Size Reason

--------- ---- ------
/N0/SB0 2048 MB
/N0/SB2 2048 MB
schostname:SC> showboards -p power
Component Pwr Grid

--------- --- ----
/N0/SB0 On Grid 0
/N0/SB2 On Grid 0
/N0/IB6 On Grid 0
/N0/IB8 On Grid 0

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showboards -p version
Component Compatible Version

--------- ---------- -------
SSC0 Reference 5.13.0 Build 12

Sun Services
Viewing Platform Component Details

The showcomponent command displays a component or a list
of components. When this command is typed in the platform
shell, the output shows all components in the platform.
In the domain shell, it shows only components with the
proper access permissions.
This command relies on the hierarchical nature of the device
tree traversing all child devices.

Sun Services

schostname:SC> showcomponent sb0
--------- ------ ------- ---- -----------
750MHz, 8M ECache
750MHz, 8M ECache

Sun Services


Sun Services

schostname:SC> showcomponent ib6
----------- ------- ------- ---- -----------
/N0/IB6/P0/B0 enabled - pass 66/33MHz PCI Bus
/N0/IB6/P0/B1 enabled - pass 33MHz PCI Bus
/N0/IB6/P0/B1/C0 enabled - pass 33MHz 5V Short PCI card
/N0/IB6/P0/B1/C1 enabled - failed 33MHz 5V Short PCI card

Sun Services
Powering On and Off System Components

• Use the poweron command to power on components.
• Use the poweroff command to power off components.
• Powering on and powering off examples:
schostname:SC> poweron grid0
schostname:SC> poweroff grid0

Sun Services
Updating the Platform Firmware

You can update flash PROMs in the following system
components:
• A system controller board (operating system or
application)
• A system board
• An I/O board
• A domain
• All components in the platform

Sun Services
Using the Root or a User Account to Flash

Update the System
Examples of the flashupdate command:
schostname:SC> flashupdate -y -f ftp://\
root:cangetin@10.7.6.100/firmware scapp rtos
As part of this update, the system controller will automatically

reboot.
RTOS will be upgraded automatically during the next boot.
ScApp will be upgraded automatically during the next boot.
Rebooting will interrupt any current operations.
This includes keyswitch changes, Solaris reboots
and all current connections.
Do you want to continue? yes (-y)
Waiting for critical processes to finish. This may take a while.
Critical processes have finished.
No boards can be updated.

Sun Services
Using the Root or a User Account to Flash

Update the System
Rebooting the SC to automatically complete the upgrade.
Rebooting. All telnet connections closed. Reestablish any needed

connections.

Sun Services
Introducing Segments and Domains
Applications Applications Applications Applications
Solaris Solaris Solaris Solaris

Operating Operating Operating Operating
System System System System
Open Boot PROM Open Boot PROM Open Boot PROM Open Boot PROM
Domain Shell A Domain Shell B Domain Shell C Domain Shell D

(SC) (SC) (SC) (SC)
Platform Shell (System Controller)
Platform Hardware

Sun Services
Segments
• A segment refers to all or part of the Sun Fireplane
interconnect.
• Dual-partition (segment) mode splits the Sun Fireplane
interconnect into two independent snoopy coherent
systems.
• The Sun Fireplane switch boards are divided
between the two segments.
• All connections between segments are disabled.
• To enable dual-segment mode, run:
schostname:SC> setupplatform -p partition
Configure chassis for single or dual-partition mode? [single]:
dual

Sun Services
Domains
• A domain is a logical division of a segment.
• Each domain has an independent instance of the
Solaris OS.
• Each segment can have a maximum of two domains.
• Domains are useful for testing new applications or
operating system updates.
• Temporary resources can be borrowed from existing
domains.
• Upon completion, resources can be returned.
• System reboot is not required.

Sun Services
Sun Fire 6800/E6900 Servers Configured

With Four Domains
RP0/RP1 RP2/RP3
SB0 SB2 IB6 SB4 IB8 SB1 SB3 IB7 SB5 IB9
Domain A Domain B Domain C Domain D
Segment 0 Segment 1

Sun Services
Server Configuration Domain IDs

Sun Fire 3800 server One segment, one domain A
One segment, two domains A, B
Two segments, two domains A, C
Sun Fire 4800/E4900 One segment, one domain A
server One segment, two domains A, B
Sun Fire 4810 server One segment, one domain A
One segment, two domains A, B

Sun Services

Sun Fire 6800/E6900 One segment, one domain A
server One segment, two domains A, B
Two segments, two domains A, C or A, D or
B, C or B, D
Two segments, three domains A, B, C or A, B, D or
A, C, D or B, C, D
Two segments, four domains A, B, C, D

Sun Services
Segment and Domain Configurations

Domain
Domains Fireplane
Address Available
Server Segments per Data
Snooping Configuration
Segment Bandwidth
Bandwidth
Sun 1 1 100% 100% Yes
Fire 1 2 50% 100% * See note
3800,
2 1 100% 50% Yes
4800/
E4900, 2 2 N/A N/A N/A
or
4810
server
* You need to understand performance and availability

trade-offs before choosing this configuration.

Sun Services
Segment and Domain Configurations

Domain
Domains Fireplane
Address Available
Server Segments per Data
Snooping Configuration
Segment Bandwidth
Bandwidth
Sun 1 1 100% 100% Yes
Fire 1 2 50% 100% * See note
6800/
2 1 100% 50% Yes
E6900
servers 2 2 50% 50% * See note
* You need to understand performance and availability

trade-offs before choosing this configuration.

Sun Services
Domain Access Control List (ACL)

• Each domain has an associated ACL.
• The ACL restricts:
• testboard, addboard, or deleteboard requests to
specific platform components.
• addboard or deleteboard requests to all platform
components.

Sun Services
Configuring ACLs
Configure ACLs by using the showplatform -p acls
command. Type:
schostname:SC> setupplatform -p acls
ACL for domain A [SB0 SB1 SB2 SB3 SB4 SB5 IB6 IB7 IB8 IB9]:-r
SB1 SB3 SB5 IB7 IB9
ACL for domain B [SB0 SB1 SB2 SB3 SB4 SB5 IB6 IB7 IB8 IB9]:-
ACL for domain C [SB0 SB1 SB2 SB3 SB4 SB5 IB6 IB7 IB8 IB9]:-r
SB0 SB2 SB4 SB5 IB6 IB8 IB9
ACL for domain D [SB0 SB1 SB2 SB3 SB4 SB5 IB6 IB7 IB8 IB9]:-r
SB0 SB1 SB2 SB4 IB6 IB7 IB8

Sun Services
Viewing ACLs
Display the current ACLs by using the
showplatform -p acls command. Type:
schostname:SC> showplatform -p acls
ACL for Domain A: SB0 SB2 IB4 IB6 IB8
ACL for Domain B:
ACL for Domain C: SB1 SB3 IB7
ACL for Domain D: SB3 SB5 IB9

Sun Services
Starting, Stopping, and Power-Cycling

Domains
Domains are power-cycled and started by running the
setkeyswitch command from the domain shell.
Use the setkeyswitch command to start a domain.
schostname:A> setkeyswitch on
Use the setkeyswitch command to stop a domain.

To stop a domain:
schostname:A> setkeyswitch off

Sun Services
Introducing Device Configuration

The system maintains information about all configured
devices at the hardware level under the control of OpenBoot
PROM, and at the software level under the control of the
operating system.
Whenever a device is physically added or removed structures
that describe the device to the hardware and the operating
system must be created or removed.
OpenBoot PROM maintains information about available
devices in a structure called the device tree. If a device is not
present in the OpenBoot PROM device tree, it is not available
for use by the operating system.

Sun Services
Introducing Device Configuration

Solaris OS maintains its knowledge of available devices using
a set of hierarchically organized device files. These files are
located in the /devices directory of the root file system.
Additionally, the Solaris OS uses the path_to_inst file in the
/etc directory to manage device instance names and links in
the /dev directory to enable logical device addressing.

Sun Services
OpenBoot PROM Capabilities

OpenBoot firmware enables you to do the following tasks:
• Boot the operating system
• Run diagnostics
• Modify system start-up parameters
• Load and execute programs
• Troubleshoot

Sun Services
OpenBoot PROM Capabilities

Applications Applications
Solaris Solaris
Operating Operating
System System
OpenBoot PROM 5 OpenBoot PROM 5
LOM Shell Domain Shell
Platform Platform Shell

Hardware
Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Platform Hardware

Midrange Server
Sun Fire
Midrange Server

Sun Services
Device Tree
Each device node can have the following components:
• Properties – Data structures describing the node and its
associated device.
• Methods – The software procedures used to access the
device.
• Data – The initial values of the private data used by the
methods.
• Children – Other device nodes attached to a given node
and that lie directly below it in the device tree.
• Parent – The node that lies directly above a given node
in the device tree.

Sun Services

Device Tree Components
ssm@0,0
12 Memory-controller SUNW,UltraSPARC-III or
12 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IV
IOC 0 IOC 1
Pci@18 Pci@19
600000 700000 600000 700000
Hard Drive Gigabit 100 Mbit

Target 0 PCI Slot 0 Ethernet 0 Ethernet 0
Hard Drive
Target 1 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2
Tape Drive
Target 5 PCI Slot 3
Gigabit
PCI Slot 5 DVD Drive PCI Slot 4
Ethernet 1

Sun Services
SunFire3800,4800/E4900,4810,and6800/E6900
Server Device Tree Components
ssm@0,0
24 24 SUNW, UltraSPARC III or

Memory-controller
SUNW, UltraSPARC IV
IOC
8 pci@ 18,600000 pci@ 18,700000
PCI slot PCI slot

pci@1 3 pci@1
I/O controller I/O controller

SUNW,xyz SUNW,xyz
Device Device

Sun Services
Mapping Node Devices

Node Identifier
/ssm@0,0
Node ID 0

Sun Services

Device Tree Entries
/ssm@0,0/SUNW,UltraSPARC-III@b,0
CPU offset
CPU AID

Sun Services

Memory Controller Device Tree Entries
/ssm@0,0/SUNW,memory-controller@b,400000
Memory offset
Memory AID

Sun Services
CPU and Memory AID Assignments

Board
Location P0 AID P1 AID P2 AID P3 AID
Number
0 SB0 0 (0x0) 1 (0x1) 2 0x(2) 3 (0x3)
1 SB1 4 (0x4) 5 (0x5) 6 (0x6) 7 (0x7)
2 SB2 8 (0x8) 9 (0x9) 10 (0xa) 11 (0xb)
3 SB3 12 (0xc) 13 (0xd) 14 (0xe) 15 (0xf)
4 SB4 16 (0x10) 17 (0x11) 18 (0x12) 19 (0x13)
5 SB5 20 (0x14) 21 (0x15) 22 (0x16) 23 (0x17)

Sun Services
Mapping I/O Devices

Nodes in a Sun Fire midrange server I/O path are:
• Node ID
• IOC AID
• IOC PCI bus offset
• Device number
• PCI controller
• Device instance

Sun Services
Mapping I/O Devices

Six Device Tree Nodes
/ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@5,0
Node ID IOC AID Bus offset Device # PCI controller Device instance

Sun Services
Decoding IOC AID

The following is an example of IOC AID:
/ssm@0,0/pci@19.....
You can calculate the IOC AID by performing the following

steps:
1. Convert the IOC AID from hexadecimal to decimal.
For example:
19 (hexadecimal) = 25 (decimal)

Sun Services
Decoding IOC AID

2. Calculate the even or odd IOC by dividing the IOC
AID by 2 and subtracting 6.
For example:
(25/2) - 6 = 6.5
A remainder of 6.x indicates that the I/O board is IB6. The fact
that the result has a fraction (x.5), indicates that this is an odd
AID (IOC 1).

Sun Services
IOC AID Assignments

Board Even AID Odd AID
Location
Number (IOC 0) (IOC 1)
0 IB6 24 (0x18) 25 (0x19)
1 IB7 26 (0x1a) 27 (0x1b)
2 IB8 28 (0x1c) 29 (0x1d)
3 IB9 30 (0x1e) 31 (0x1f)

Sun Services
IOC PCI Bus Offset

• Bus A is referenced by offset 600000.
• Bus B is referenced by offset 700000.
Bus offset:
/ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000.....
Bus offset

Sun Services
Device Number
The PCI controller slots, located in the PCI (cPCI) chassis, are
referenced by the device number.
Device number:
/ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3.......
Device #

Sun Services

Six-Slot PCI Chassis
IOC 0 IOC 1
pci@18, 700000 pci@19,700000
A A
B pci@18,600000 B pci@19,600000
PCI Slot 0
pci@1 PCI Slot 2
PCI Slot 5
network@1
pci@1 pci@1
PCI Slot 1
pci@2 PCI Slot 3
scsi@2
pci@2 network@2
Hard Drive
ide@3 Target 0 PCI Slot 4
disk@0,0 pci@3
DVD-ROM Hard Drive

sd0,0 Target 1
disk@1,0
Tape Drive
Target 5
st@5,0

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900

Server Eight-Slot PCI Chassis
IOC 0 IOC 1
pci@18,600000 B B pci@19,600000
A pci@18,700000 pci@19,700000 A
pci@1 (Slot 0)
pci@2 (Slot 1)
pci@3 (Slot 2)
pci@1 (Slot 3)
pci@1 (Slot 4)
pci@2 (Slot 5)
pci@3 (Slot 6)
pci@1 (Slot 7)

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800 Server Six-Slot cPCI Chassis

IOC 0 IOC 1
pci@18,700000 A A pci@19,700000
B pci@18,600000 pci@19,600000 B
pci@1 (Slot 0)
pci@1 (Slot 1)
pci@1 (Slot 2)
pci@2 (Slot 3)
pci@1 (Slot 4)
pci@2 (Slot 5)

Sun Services
Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900

Server Four-Slot cPCI Chassis
IOC 0 IOC 1
pci@18,700000 A A pci@19,700000
B pci@18,600000 pci@19,600000 B
pci@1 (Slot 0)
pci@1 (Slot 1)
pci@1 (Slot 2)
pci@1 (Slot 3)

edited 02/08 by LG
Sun Services
Module 4
Troubleshooting the Sun Fire Midrange

Servers

Sun Services
Objectives
• Describe the basic architecture of the Sun Fire server
system
• Describe the two levels of Sun Fireplane interconnect
switches
• Describe how the system boards provide CPU and
memory resources to the operating system in Sun Fire
midrange servers
• Describe how Sun Fire midrange servers use PCI and
cPCI I/O assemblies
• Describe how the Sun Fireplane interconnect plane is
the main system bus of the Sun Fire family of servers

Sun Services
Objectives
• Describe the different integrated service processors
supported by the Sun Fire midrange server architecture
• Describe the troubleshooting methodology for fault
analysis and diagnosis of failed components
• Describe the system tools available for gathering
background information on Sun Fire midrange server
problems
• Describe the testing tools available for isolating faults
in the Sun Fire midrange servers
• Describe how Sun Fire midrange servers use parity to
detect system interconnect errors

Sun Services
Objectives
• Describe how Sun Fire midrange server subsystems
can use error correcting code (ECC) to recover from
errors
• Describe how console port error messages are reported
to help isolate faulty components in the console bus
hub (CBH)
• Describe how Sun Fire midrange server environmental
faults are reported
• Describe the enhanced availability features
implemented in the new firmware update 5.15.3
• Describe how blacklisting is used to reconfigure Sun
Fire midrange server hardware to avoid parts with
errors

Sun Services
Objectives
• Describe how domain shell operating messages
provide an aid to troubleshooting a system error in Sun
Fire midrange servers.
• Recover from a hung domain

Sun Services
Relevance
• Which diagnostic tools are available to test the Sun Fire
servers?
• How do you free a hung domain?
• How do you create an action plan to replace failed
FRUs?

Sun Services
Additional Resources
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Fire™ 6800/4810/4800/3800
Systems Platform Administration Manual, part number
817-0999.
System Controller Command Reference Manual, part
number 817-1000.
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Fire™ V1280/Netra™ 1280
System Administration Guide, 817-0509.
Systems Service Manual, part number 817-0510.
System Controller Command Reference Manual, part
number 817-0511.

Sun Services
Additional Resources
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Fire™ Midrange Systems
Hardware Reference Manual, part number 805-7363.
Systems Site Planning Guide, part number 805-7365.
URL Resources – Public Web sites
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/
• http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/
sunmanagementcenter/hwds/
• http://docs.sun.com
• http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0803/
817-3342.pdf

Sun Services
Operational Overview
Sun Fire midrange server architecture includes:
• New system bus architecture based on the Sun
Fireplane interconnect
• High-performance Sun Fireplane interconnect switch
technology
• An enhanced CPU architecture starting at speeds of
750 MHz and greater
• An industry standard I/O incorporating PCI and cPCI
technology

Sun Services
Sun Fireplane Interconnect

Operational View
EPCI PCI EPCI PCI
IOC IOC
Data Interconnect
Address
CPU DCDS CPU CPU DCDS CPU
Memory Memory Memory Memory

Sun Services
Functionality
• The Sun Fireplane interconnect provides a 288-bit data
path between the UltraSPARC III processors and the
PCI I/O bridge (IOC) with a high clock frequency of
150 MHz.
• The connection between the Sun Fireplane interconnect
devices (UltraSPARC III processors and PCI and
enhanced PCI [EPCI] bridges) and the data path uses
point-to-point connections.
• The UltraSPARC III processors are interfaced to the
data path using the dual CPU data switch (DCDS).

Sun Services
Snoopy Bus Architecture

• The Sun Fireplane interconnect implements cache
coherency through a technique known as snooping.
• Each cache controller monitors the addresses of all
transactions on the system interconnect, watching for
transactions that update addresses it already possesses.
• Address snooping is implemented between all CPUs in
a domain.

Sun Services
Sun Fire Servers’ Logical Architecture

Sun Fireplane Sun Fireplane
second-level Centerplane/ first-level
(L2) switches Baseplane (L1) switches
CPU
DX DX and
Memory
2
CPU
AR AR and
Memory
2
6
System boards
DX
DX
PCI IOC
AR AR
Data 2
Address
4 I/O boards

Sun Services

Crossbar Configuration
0
1
2
3
4
5
IB6
IB7
IB8
IB9
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB0
SB1
SB2
SB3
SB4
SB5
IB6
IB7
IB8
IB9
Crossbar configuration:
SB0, SB2, SB4, and IB6
SB1, SB3, SB5, and IB7

Sun Services
UltraSPARC IV Processor Chip

Block Diagram
E-Cache Data (SRAM)
Max: 16MB (8MB each)
Data
19 256+18ECC
Address 250-300MHz
E-Cache E-Cache
Tag Tag
Core 0 Core 1
(US-III Cu) (US-III Cu) Memory
M Address (SDRAM)
C
U 15
75MHz 512+
Data 36ECC+
28MTag
Data
128+ DCDS
9ECC+
7MTag
UltraSPARC IV 256+
150MHz
18ECC+
Transaction Request Signals Data 14MTag
Safari Bus 150MHz

Sun Services
System Board Logical Block Diagram

DIMMs
AR
0,1
6,7 CPU 0
2,3
8,9
4,5 DCDS SBBC SRAM FPROM
CPU 1
Data
DIMMs Address
SDC Data Route
SC0 SBBC0 Bootbus
SC1 SBBC1 Console Bus
8,9 0 Control Signals
DIMMs
6,7 1
5 2
4 3 CPU 2
DCDS SBBC SRAM FPROM

DX
5 0,1
CPU 3
4 2,3
DIMMs

Sun Services
IB_SSC PCI I/O Assembly Logical

Block Diagram
External External PCI Riser
GBE GBE
External Connection Connection 3 x 33MHz Slots
Internal SCCR Alarms
LEDs
Connection Connection
Gigabit Gigabit PCI PCI PCI
Maintenance Ethernet Ethernet #2 #3 #4
Bus Devices Transceiver Transceiver
Address
Gigabit Gigabit
Repeater
Connection to Fireplane
Ethernet Ethernet
Controller Controller
Data A
Controller IOC 1
B
A
Data
Switch IOC 0 B
Dual Channel
SCSI
PCI PCI Controller
Data PCI
IDE #0 #1 #5
Switch External
Controller Internal
SCSI SCSI
Internal Connection Connection
IDE
SBBC SRAM FPROM Connection PCI Riser
2 x 33MHz 1 x 66MHz
To 2 x SCSI disks
Slots Slot
To DVD and DDS-4 tape

Sun Services
Eight-Slot PCI I/O Assembly

Logical Block Diagram
AR A Data
Enhanced PCI Slot 7
2,3 B Address
8,9 PCI Slot 6
IOC 1 Data Route
PCI Slot 5
6,7 PCI Slot 4 Bootbus
0,1 Console Bus
Control Signals
PCI Bus
SDC
SC0
SC1
9 1
8 0 A
Enhanced PCI Slot 3
7 B
PCI Slot 2
6 IOC 0
PCI Slot 1
PCI Slot 0
DX SBBC SRAM FPROM

6,7 2
0
8,9

Sun Services
Compact PCI I/O Assemblies

• The Sun Fire 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 server
models support the four-slot cPCI I/O assembly.
• The Sun Fire 3800 server model only supports the
six-slot cPCI I/O assembly.

Sun Services
Four-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly

AR A Data
Enhanced PCI Slot 1
2,3 B Address
8,9 PCI Slot 3
IOC 1 Data Route
6,7 Bootbus
0,1 Console Bus
Control Signals
PCI Bus
SDC
SC0
SC1
9 1
8 0 A
Enhanced PCI Slot 0
7 B Slot 2
PCI
6 IOC 0
DX SBBC SRAM FPROM

6,7 2
0
8,9

Sun Services
Six-Slot cPCI I/O Assembly

AR A Data
Enhanced PCI Slot 1
2,3 B Address
8,9 PCI Slot 4
IOC 1 Data Route
PCI Slot 5
6,7 Bootbus
0,1 Console Bus
Control Signals
PCI Bus
SDC
SC0
SC1
9 1
8 0 A
Enhanced PCI Slot 0
7 B Slot 2
PCI
6 IOC 0
PCI Slot 3
DX SBBC SRAM FPROM

6,7 2
0
8,9

Sun Services
Sun Fireplane Interconnect

• The Sun Fireplane interconnect is the main system bus
of the Sun Fire family of servers.
• The Sun Fireplane interconnect is the coherent
shared-memory architecture.
• The Sun Fireplane interconnect operates similar to a
network.

Sun Services
Address Interconnect Levels

Level 2:
Fireplane Sun Fireplane Switch
Switch
Level 1:
Board Address Repeater Address Repeater
PCI PCI
Proc Proc Proc Proc
Memory Memory Memory Memory PCI Cards PCI Cards
System Board I/O Board

4 CPUs/4 Memory Units 2 PCI Controllers

Sun Services
Data Interconnect Levels

Level 2:
Fireplane Level 2 Fireplane Data Switch
Switch
4.8 GB/s* 2.4 GB/s
Level 1:
Board Data Switch Data Switch
4.8 GB/s 4.8 GB/s 1.2 GB/s 1.2 GB/s

Level 0:
Proc Proc Proc Proc PCI PCI
Processor/
Memory
2.4 GB/s 2.4 GB/s 2.4 GB/s 2.4 GB/s
0.2 GB/s 0.2 GB/s
Dual CPU Dual CPU PCI PCI
Data Switch Data Switch Card Card
2.4 GB/s 2.4 GB/s 2.4 GB/s 2.4 GB/s 0.4 GB/s 0.4 GB/s
* “GB/s” numbers PCI PCI
are peak bandwidths Memory Memory Memory Memory Card Card
at each part of the
interconnect.
System Board I/O Board
4 CPUs/4 Memory Units 2 PCI Controllers

Sun Services
System Controller Interconnect Logical

Block Diagram
AR Fireplane Switch
CPU/Mem
SBBC AR
BootBus SDC
6 CPU/Mem + 4 I/O + 4 L2
CPU 0 CPU 1
SC
BootBus
SBBC SDC PCI Service
CBH SBBC
proc
CPU 0 CPU 1
Console Arbitration
SC
PCI Service
CBH SBBC
proc
I/O
AR
PCI Fireplane Switch
IOC IOC SBBC SDC
SDC
AR

Sun Services

Controller Logical Block Diagram
Baseplane Error Lines (14) Console Buses* (32) Global I2C Buses* Clocks SC Serial Link
Console Bus Console

Bus
HUB
(8) I2C Buses I2C

SBBC MUXs
Local I2C Bus

SEEPROM
SRAM Misc.
Echip Registers Sensors
PCI (33 MHz)
16552
TOD NVRAM ScApp Serial
Clocks Controller
NVRAM FPROM FPROM
RIO
16552
Serial
Controller
DRAM
MicroSPARC IIep
boot
FPROM
Rear Panel 10/100BASE-T Ethernet TTYA, TTYB (reserved)

* Not all Console and I2C Buses are used.

Sun Services
Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and

6800/E6900 Server System Controller
Block Diagram
Reset Error 14x Console Serial to 2
Centerplane Lines Lines Buses Other SC Clocks Global I C Buses
Console Bus
CBH
PROMBus
SBBC
Echip SRAM Misc.
Registers
I 2C
MUXs
I 2 C Buses
2
Local I C
NVCI TOD Scapps 16552 16552 clocks temp volt SEEPROM

FPROM NVRAM FPROM SC serial TTY control
Ebus
RIO
PCI (33 MHz)
vxworks
boot SC (MicroSPARC IIep) DRAM
FPROM
Panel 10/100BASE-T Ethernet TTYA, TTYB

Sun Services
Boot Bus Controller (SBBC) ASIC
To PCI Controller
SRAM FPROM
PCI Bus
Console Bus PROM Bus
To Datapath 2
JTAG Boot Bus Controller I C Buses
Controller
Boot Bus
Sensors LEDs
To Processer To Processer

Sun Services
System Data Controller (SDC)

Console Bus Connections
SC0 SC1
3 4
SDC
AR 2 Console Bus
Multiplexing Section
0 1
SBBC0 SBBC1
(SB only)

Sun Services
Basic Clock Distribution

Clock SC 0 Clock SC 1 This is the
failback loop.
75 MHz Outputs 75 MHz Outputs It determines
the current
active clock.
Fireplane
I/O Board Switch
Select 75 MHz Board
PLL
Local
150 MHz
Clock
Loads

Sun Services
Fault Analysis Method

• Fault analysis – Identify the problem and organize fact
gathering and comparisons
• Diagnosis – Organize the actual discovery, testing,
repair, and reporting of the problem

Sun Services
Eight Steps of Fault Analysis and Diagnosis

1. State the problem.
2. Describe the problem.
3. Identify differences.
4. List relevant changes.
5. Generate likely causes.
6. Test likely causes.
7. Verify the most likely cause.
8. Take action to correct the fault.

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Fault Analysis

Methodology
• Identify the FRUs referenced in the error logs on the
system controller or loghost
• Determine the current state of those FRUs using the
various show commands
• Use the Rule of 3 method to isolate the faulty FRUs
• Replace identified FRUs one at a time per the action
plan

Sun Services

Methodology
Parity errors can be:
• Data bus errors
• Single-bit errors – Domain is paused, error
identified and corrected using ECC, error logged
• Multi-bit errors – Domain is paused, multi-bit error
condition identified, domain fails, core dump of OS,
error logged
• Address bus errors – Domain is paused, address bus
error condition identified, domain fails, core dump of
OS, error logged

Sun Services

Methodology
Data bus errors are recorded for the following ASICS:
• Level 1 and Level 2 data switch (DX)
• System data controller (SDC)
• Dual CPU data switch (DCDS)
Address bus errors are recorded for the Level 1 and Level 2
address repeater (AR)

Sun Services
Rule of Three Fault Isolation

• If a single system board or I/O board are identified in
the error message, replace it.
• If multiple FRUs are identified:
• Replace the system board (or system boards) first
• Replace the I/O board (or boards) next
• Replace the switchboard (or switchboards) next
• Replace the centerplane (only if one of the identified
boards has been recently removed and pins have
been bent)

Sun Services
Gathering Background Information

• The system controller has the primary responsibility
for the collection, interpretation, and response.
• Each system controller gets error messages from each
of the boards in a domain.
• The system boot bus controller (SBBC) determines the
action to take on the errors.
• The following are typical actions:
• Setting the appropriate error status bits
• Asserting error pause to stop further address
packets
• Interrupting the system controller

Sun Services
Error Repositories and Commands

Platform/Prompt Domain/Shell Loghost
showlogs (:SC>) showlogs (domain shell) The platform or domain shell
messages can be diverted to
an external loghost by
entering the loghost IP
address or host name when
using the setupplatform or
setupdomain commands,
respectively.
show-post-results
(OpenBoot PROM)

Sun Services
Error Repositories and Commands

Platform/Prompt Domain/Shell Loghost
prtdiag
(Solaris OS)
/var/adm/messages
(Solaris OS)
Set up syslog.conf to
redirect error messages to
this file.

Sun Services
Sun Explorer Software Data Collector

• Gathers extensive domain information
• Generates tar.Z and email messages to the Sun
database
• Uses a lightweight shell script for less execution
overhead

Sun Services
Running Sun Explorer Software on the Sun

Fire Midrange Server
The Sun Explorer software has a script specifically for the Sun
Fire midrange servers. Run the scextended script from the
domain.
# explorer -w default,scextended,fru
To download a free copy the Sun Explorer software, click the
Download Explorer link.

Sun Services
Viewing a Sun Explorer Software Capture

# ls -al /opt/SUNWexplo/explorer.82a84a2f.domain-b-\
2001.08.22.06.43
-rw-r--r-- 1 dave crsdev 1538 Aug 21 23:46 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 dave crsdev 1596 Aug 21 23:46 defaults
drwxr-xr-x 6 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:46 disks
drwxr-xr-x 6 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:43 etc
drwxr-xr-x 8 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:43 init
drwxr-xr-x 2 dave crsdev 96 Aug 21 23:43 license
drwxr-xr-x 2 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:46 lp
drwxr-xr-x 2 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:46 messages
drwxr-xr-x 3 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:46 netinfo
drwxr-xr-x 2 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:46 patch+pkg
-rw-r--r-- 1 dave crsdev 11 Aug 21 23:46 rev
drwxr-xr-x 3 dave crsdev 96 Aug 21 23:45 sf15000
drwxr-xr-x 4 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:46 sysconfig
drwxr-xr-x 3 dave crsdev 96 Aug 21 23:46 system
drwxr-xr-x 3 dave crsdev 4096 Aug 21 23:46 var

Sun Services
Interpreting Sun Fire Midrange Server

LEDs
• System boards (system controller, system board, Sun
Fireplane switchboards, and I/O assemblies)
• Fan trays
• Power supplies
• Redundant transfer units (RTUs)
• FrameManager
• cPCI cards
• Disk drives

Sun Services
LED Status Code Summary

Amber
Green Amber
FRU (Hot- State
(Normal) (Fault)
plug)
Frame- On – – The redundant transfer switch is
Manager enabled.
(used on – On – A rack or chassis failed.
the Sun Fire
– – On Might apply to the rack or
3800, 4810,
chassis.
and 6800
Certain FRUs can be
server
hot-plugged.
chassis)
All other combinations are
illegal.

Sun Services

Amber
Green Amber
FRU (Hot- State
(Normal) (Fault)
plug)
System, – – – The board power is off.
Sun On – – The board power is on, no
Fireplane failure, and the board is active.
switch, and
On On – The component failed (a fault
I/O boards
condition is present), and the
board is still active.
– On On The board failed, and it can be
hot-plugged.
– On – Illegal.
On – On Illegal.

Sun Services

Amber
Green Amber
FRU (Hot- State
(Normal) (Fault)
plug)
SC On – – Auxiliary power is on for both
(SC0 and primary and secondary system
SC1) controllers.
SC0 – On On The system controller is faulty
(with SC1 (with SC failover).
present) A failover (SC1 present) might
result in turning on the faulty
LED, depending on the nature
of the failure that caused the
failover.
SC1 On The system controller is faulty
(check).

Sun Services

Amber
Green Amber
FRU (Hot- State
(Normal) (Fault)
plug)
Redundant – – On The auxiliary power is on, the
transfer breakers are on, and the main
switch and power is off.
power On – – The main power supplies are
supplies on; that is, the unit is active.
– On On The fault is on the main power
supply.
– On – The fault affects both the main
and auxiliary power supplies.
On On – The fault is on the auxiliary
power supply.

Sun Services

Amber
Green Amber
FRU (Hot- State
(Normal) (Fault)
plug)
Fans On – – The fans are on.
– On On The power is on; the fan is
faulty. You can remove the fan.
cPCI slots – – On The card is plugged in.
On – – The LED state after running the
cfgadm command.
On On – On fault, the hardware card is
set.

Sun Services

Amber
Green Amber
FRU (Hot- State
(Normal) (Fault)
plug)
cPCI card N/A N/A N/A The blue light on the card—this
(hot-plug (does not (does (does light is on when the card is first
light) exist) not not plugged in or when it can be
exist) exist) pulled.

Sun Services
Testing the Platform

• OpenBoot PROM commands
• System controller testboard command
• POST

Sun Services
OpenBoot PROM Commands

ok show-post-results
Board 0, Type: CPU/Memory
port 2 - Status = Pass, Type: CPU/Memory
E-cache: 8 MB R-freq: 750 MHz A-freq: 750 MHz
Board 6, Type: PCI IO
port 24 - Status = Pass, Type: PCI IO
Board 8, Type: PCI IO
ok

Sun Services

ok test-all
Testing /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3/SUNW,isptwo@4...
Testing /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3/SUNW,hme@0,1...
Hme register test --- succeeded.
Internal loopback test -- succeeded.
Transceiver check -- Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up.
passed
Hme register test --- succeeded.
Doing more loopback tests -- passed
ok

Sun Services

ok probe-scsi-all
/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4
Target 1
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST39103LCSUN9.OG34aA
Target 2
Target 3
Target 4
ok

Sun Services

ok watch-net-all
/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/SUNW,hme@2,1
Hme register test--succeeded.
Internal loopback test--succeeded.
Transceiver check--Using Onboard Transceiver- Link Up.
passed
Doing more loopback tests--passed
Using Onboard Transceiver-Link Up.
Looking for AEthernet Packets.
.is a Good Packet. X is a Bad Packet.
Type any key to stop.
....................................
....................................
.....................[CR]

Sun Services
POST on the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 Server

• POST executes to check operational capability of
hardware
• Two types:
• SCPOST – System Controller POST
• SPOST – System POST
• LPOST – Local POST
• IOPOST – I/O POST

Sun Services
Controlling System Controller POST

Behavior
lom> setupsc
-------------------------------
SC POST diag Level [off]: max
lom> setupsc
-------------------------------
SC POST diag Level [max]:
Host Watchdog [enabled]: enabled
Rocker Switch [disabled]: disabled
Secure Mode [off]: on

Sun Services
Controlling OpenBoot PROM POST

Behavior
You can change the diag-level to max with the following
command:
{ok} setenv diag-level max

Sun Services
Controlling OpenBoot PROM POST

Behavior
The following OpenBoot PROM parameters should be set to
the following default values:
• error-reset-recovery=sync
• auto-boot?=true
• reboot-on-error=true
• diag-switch?=true
• use-nvramrc?=false

Sun Services
POST on the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900,

4810, and 6800/E6900 Servers
• POST executes to check operational capability of
hardware
• Two types:
• SCPOST – System controller POST
• SPOST – System POST
• LPOST – Local POST
• IOPOST – I/O POST

Sun Services

4810, and 6800/E6900 Servers
Example of an error output during LPOST:
r24-13a:A> setkeyswitch on
.
.
Oct 05 05:22:38 r24-13a Chassis-Port.SC: Chassis.pass2ICT: Slot 2
Dx 3 Stuck at
testing failed

Sun Services

4810, and 6800/E6900 Servers
r24-13a:A> showlogs
.error] Interconnect test: Board 5 address repeater
connection to RP0 failed
Oct 17 14:37:47 r24-13a Domain-A.SC: [ID 788592 local0.error] Bit
in error: L2_ADDR[29]





Sun Services
POST on the Sun Fire 3800/4800/E4900/

4810/6800/E6900 Servers

Oct 17 14:37:47 r24-13a Domain-A.SC: [ID 498274 local0.error]

Interconnect test: Board 5 address repeater connection to
RP1 failed

Sun Services
DIMM Memory Errors

Example of a DIMM memory error occurring during LPOST:
/N0/SB0/P0/ Subtest: Memory Addressing
/N0/SB0/P1/ Subtest: Memory AddressingSB0/p2/ ERROR: TEST=Memory
Tests,SUBTEST=Memory Addressing ID=61.1
/N0/SB0/P2/ Component under test: Board 0 Memory
/N0/SB0/P0/ Data Access Error from address 00000004.00020040.
AFSR = 00100004.000000c6
/N0/SB0/P2/ tl tt tstate tpc tnpc
/N0/SB0/P2/ 01 32 00000044.80001607 000007ff.f0042da4
000007ff.f0042da8
/N0/SB0/P3/ Subtest: Memory MATS+
/N0/SB0/P2/ (PRIV) Privileged code access error(s)
/N0/SB0/P2/ (UE) Uncorrectable system data ECC error
/N0/SB0/P2/ N0/SB0/P2/B0 on J15300 J15400 J15500 J15600

Sun Services
DIMM Memory Errors

/N0/SB0/P2/ Failed Memory Addressing
/N0/SB0/P3/ Subtest: Memory MARCH C-
/N0/SB0/P2/ ERROR: TEST=Memory Tests,SUBTEST=Memory MATS+ ID=61.2
/N0/SB0/P2/ Component under test: Board 0 Memory
/N0/SB0/P2/ Data Access Error from address 00000005.00002000.
AFSR = 00100004.000001f3
/N0/SB0/P2/ tl tt tstate tpc tnpc
/N0/SB0/P2/ 01 32 00000099.80001607 0000073f.8f0004e8
0000073f.8f0004ec
/N0/SB0/P2/ (PRIV) Privileged code access error(s)
/N0/SB0/P2/ (UE) Uncorrectable system data ECC error
/N0/SB0/P2/ N0/SB0/P2/B0/D0 DIMM bit DQ139 on J15300 DRAM 3
/N0/SB0/P2/ Failed Memory MATS+

Sun Services
DIMM Memory Errors

/N0/SB0/P0/ Passed
/N0/SB0/P1/ Passed
/N0/SB0/P2/ Failed
Memory DIMM J15300 failed

Sun Services
DIMM Memory Errors

This example shows show-post-results after the error was
received.
ok show-post-results
port 2 - Status = Fail, Type: CPU/Memory
agent status = Pass
spd_dcds[2] = Unknown

Sun Services
DIMM Memory Errors

This example shows showcomponent results after the error
was received.
r24-13a:SC> showcomponent -v SB0
Slot Device Status Pending POST Description
---- ------ ------ ------- ---- -----------------------
/NO/SB0/P0 enabled - pass UltraSparc III, 750MHz, 4M ECache
/NO/SB0/P2 enabled - fail UltraSparc III, 750MHz, 4M ECache
/NO/SB0/P0/B0/L0 enabled - pass 256M DRAM
/NO/SB0/P0/B1/L0 enabled - untest empty

Sun Services
DIMM Memory Errors

/NO/SB0/P2/B0/L0 enabled - fail empty
/NO/SB0/P2/B0/L1 enabled - fail empty
r24-13a:SC>

Sun Services
Controlling System Controller POST

Behavior
You control the level of SCPOST by changing the SCPOST
diag level setting.
schostname:SC> setupplatform -p sc
SC POST diag Level [min]: max

Sun Services
System Controller testboard Command

To test CPU/memory board, sb0, in the Domain A shell,
enter:
schostname:A> testboard sb0

Sun Services
Sun Fire Interconnect Link Errors

Sun Fireplane switch boards
L2 ASIC
reporting errors
Centerplane Possible
pin damage
L1 ASIC L1 ASIC
reporting errors reporting errors
System boards I/O boards
Centerplane Possible
pin damage
L1 ASIC L1 ASIC
reporting errors reporting errors
System boards I/O boards

Sun Services
Identifying Suspect FRUs From Error

Messages
Board System Port # Connection
SB Sun Fire 48x0 and 3800 servers 0–3 Internal to board

4 RP0
5 RP2
IB 0–5 Internal to board
6/7 RP0
8/9 RP2
SB Sun Fire 6800 server 0–3 Internal to board
4 RP0 (DX0/DX1)
RP1 (DX2/DX3)
5 RP2 (DX0/DX1)
RP3 (DX2/DX3)
IB 0–5 Internal to board
6/7 RP0
8/9 RP2

Sun Services

Messages
RP Sun Fire 48x0 and 3800 servers (Sun Fire 3800 0/1 SB0
repeaters are integrated as part of the
2/3 SB2
centerplane)
4/5 SB4
6/7 IB6
8/9 IB8

Sun Services

Messages
RP Sun Fire 6800 server 0 SB0

1 SB1
2 SB2
3 SB3
4 SB4
5 SB5
6 SB6
7 SB7
8 SB8
9 SB9

Sun Services
Data Parity Coverage From CPU to CPU

Through Memory
L2DX
(Parity detected)
Parity
Data
Centerplane
L1DX L1DX L1DX

(Parity detected) (Parity detected) (Parity detected)
DCDS DCDS DCDS

(Parity detected) (Parity detected) (Parity detected)
CPU
(Parity Memory CPU
generated)
System board x System board y System board z

Sun Services
Parity Detection in the Address Network

The following example shows an address repeater (AR) Sun
Fireplane port parity address error:
Oct 30 10:42:33 r24-10a Domain-A.SC:
/partition0/domain0/SB5/ar0:
>>> SafariPortError6[0x260]: 0x00018001
AdrPErr [00:00] : 0x1 Address parity error
FE [15:15] : 0x1

Sun Services
Parity Protection for Address Interconnects

L2AR
(Parity detected)
Parity
Centerplane
Data
L1AR L1AR
(Parity detected) (Parity detected)
CPU CPU
(Parity (Parity
generated) corrected)
System board x System board z

Sun Services
Error Correcting Code Errors

Data Path ECC Points
Sun Fireplane Switch Boards
L2DX
Centerplane
L1DX L1DX
ES ES
ED ED Data
CPU DCDS PCI IOC Parity
ED ES ECC checked by SC
ED ECC checked by
domain
Ecache DRAM
System Boards I/O Boards

Sun Services
Error Correcting Code Errors

ECC Generation and Correction Path
L2DX
Centerplane
L1DX L1DX
L1DX
(ECC detected) (ECC detected)
DCDS DCDS DCDS
CPU Memory CPU

(ECC generated) (ECC stored (ECC corrected)
with data)
Ecache Ecache
System board x System board y System board z

Sun Services
ECC Error Types

The Sun Fire midrange servers can detect two types of ECC
errors:
• Correctable errors
• Uncorrectable errors

Sun Services
ECC Error Persistence

There are three types of ECC error persistence:
• Intermittent
• Persistent
• Sticky

Sun Services
Console Port Errors

Console port error messages can be reported by the following
ASICS:
• CBH – Console bus hub
• SBBC – System boot bus controller
• AR – Address repeater
• SDC – System data controller

Sun Services
Environmental Errors
Usually caused by faulty (or blocked) fan trays or power
supplies.
Sun-Fire-sc0:SC> showlogs
Dec 12 08:31:00 Sun-Fire-sc0 Chassis-Port.SC: Domain
A has a SYSTEM ERROR
Dec 12 08:31:07 Sun-Fire-sc0 Chassis-Port.SC: This
domain is still running because error pause is not enabled for
this domain
Dec 12 08:31:18 Sun-Fire-sc0 Chassis-Port.SC: Device
temperature problem: /N0/SB5 auto power off may occur due to
device: Cheetah 3 Temp. 0 Value: 127 Degrees C
Dec 12 08:31:19 Sun-Fire-sc0 Chassis-Port.SC: Device
temperature problem: Shutting down /N0/SB5 due to temperature of
device: Cheetah 3 Temp. 0 Value: 127 Degrees C
Dec 12 08:31:19 Sun-Fire-sc0 Chassis-Port.SC: /N0/SB5,
sensor status, over limit (7,1,0x201050603030000)
Dec 12 08:32:08 Sun-Fire-sc0 Chassis-Port.SC: ...board
successfully powered off.

Sun Services
Enhanced Availability Features

Implemented in Firmware Update 5.15.3
• ScApp firmware update 5.15.3 is also known as the Sun
Fire Enterprise Server Product (ESP) Availability Phase
1.x.
• It focuses primarily on enhancing availability and
serviceability.
• Enhancements are accomplished by the addition of
new features.

Sun Services
Enhanced Availability Features

Implemented in Firmware Update 5.15.3
Functionality updates affect:
• How the system detects, handles, and records fault
conditions
• How resources are reconfigured and mapped when an
error is detected
• How the Solaris OS interfaces with the firmware in
handling correctable and uncorrectable errors relating
to the CPU, memory, and L2 SRAM
• How a domain hang is handled

Sun Services
Diagnosis Engines
The following automatic diagnosis engines (DEs) identify and
diagnose hardware errors that affect the availability of the
system and its domains:
• SMS DE
• Solaris OS DE
• POST DE

Sun Services
Auto-Diagnosis (AD) Engine

The Auto-Diagnosis (AD) engine analyzes event information
and updates the Component Health Status (CHS):
• Records CHS information into the appropriate segment
of field-replaceable unit (FRU) SEEPROM
• Presents the error messages in a Solaris OS
FMA-compliant format
• Provides tunable parameters for the AD engine and
CHS recording

Sun Services
Auto-Diagnosis (AD) Engine

Automatic Diagnosis Process for Non-Fatal Hardware Errors
Domain is running.
Hardware error detection
Automatic diagnosis and resource

deconfiguration by the
Solaris operating environment
Error and fault event reporting
Component health status updates
Domain is running.
Deconfiguration of appropriate
resources (next domain reboot)

Sun Services
Fault Event and Error Reporting

The DEs report diagnosis information through the following
channels:
• Event messages displayed in the domain and platform
log files
• Email notification of fault and error events
• Fault event notification through Sun™ Management
Center software or SunSM Remote Services Net
Connect service

Sun Services
AD Engine Logs and Records

The results of each AD engine session update CHS and are
sent to the appropriate users, as follows:
• Platform administrator:
• Platform logfile
• Loghost
• Error buffers
• Domain administrator:
• Console logfile
• Domain logfile

Sun Services
Decoding AD Engine Diagnosis Messages

The following is an example of an AD engine log message:
[AD] Event: SF3800.ASIC.SDC.PAR_SGL_ERR.60121010
CSN: 124H58EE DomainID: A ADInfo: 1.SCAPP.15.0
Time: Thu Jan 23 20:47:11 PST 2003
FRU-List-Count: 1; FRU-PN: 5014362; FRU-SN: 01160; FRU-LOC:
/N0/SB0
Recommended-Action: Service-action required

Sun Services
Viewing AD Engine Diagnosis Messages

The three possible levels of FRU diagnosis are as follows:
1. Single FRU – Identified as faulty

CSN: 124H58EE; DOMAIN-ID: AADInfo: 1.SCAPP.15.0
TIME: Thu Jan 23 20:47:11 PST 2003
/N0/SB0
Recommended-Action: Service action required

Sun Services

2. Multiple FRUs – List of possible or suspect FRUs

TIME: Thu Jan 23 21:07:51 PST 2003
RP0
FRU-PN: 5014362; FRU-SN: 011570; FRU-LOC: /N0/SB2
Recommended-Action: Service action required

Sun Services

3. Unresolved or undiagnosable – Indicating no
automated diagnosis is available at this time
[AD] Event: SF3800

TIME: Thu Jan 23 21:47:28 PST 2003
FRU-List-Count: 0; FRU-PN: ; FRU-SN: ; FRU-LOC: UNRESOLVED

Sun Services
Automatic Restoration of Stopped Domains

POST reviews CHS information to determine which
components to de-configure from the system.
The next time POST runs it reads the CHS database on the SC:
• Treats any faulty or suspect component (or components)
as a blacklisted FRU (or FRUs).
• POST is not executed on the FRU (or FRUs).

Sun Services
Automatic Restoration of Stopped Domains

This is an example of the POST message when identifying a
component that has its CHS set to faulty:
SEEPROM probe took 0 seconds.
Reading Component Health Status (CHS) information ...
CHS reports Port SB1/P0 status NOT_GOOD. Treating as
blacklisted.
CPU_Brds: Proc Mem P/B: 3/1 3/0 2/1 2/0 1/1 1/0 0/1 0/0
Slot Gen 3210 /L: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CDC
SB01: ? ??cb ?? ?? ?? ?? cc cc cc cc ?

Sun Services
Identifying Disabled Components

schostname: SC> showcomponent
--------- ------ ------- ---- -----------
/N0/SB0/P0 disabled - chs UltraSPARC-III+, 900MHz ...
/N0/SB0/P0/B0/L0 disabled - chs empty
/N0/SB0/P0/B0/L2 disabled - chs empty
/N0/SB0/P0/B1/L1 disabled - chs 512M DRAM
/N0/SB0/P0/B1/L3 disabled - chs 512M DRAM
.
.
.
/N0/SB4/P0 enabled - pass UltraSPARC-III+, 900MHz ...

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Blacklisting

• Blacklisting gives administrative and service personnel
the ability to disable components.
• Blacklisting can be performed by using system
controller software or Sun Management Center 3.0
software.
• Blacklisted parts are not presented to the domain.
• Blacklisted data is stored in nonvolatile configuration
information (NVCI) and the failed part data is stored in
serial electrically erasable programmable read-only
memory (SEEPROM) on the system controller.

Sun Services
Sun Fire Midrange Server Blacklisting

• System controller software
• Sun Management Center 3.x software

Sun Services
Blacklisting Components
Component Component Name
System boards SB0, SB1, SB2, SB3, SB4, and SB5
Ports on the system board or I/O P0, P1, P2, and P3
assembly
Memory banks on system boards B0 and B1
I/O assemblies IB6, IB7, IB8, and IB9
Ports on the I/O assembly P0 (C0, C1, C2, and C3)
P1 (C4, C5, C6, and C7)
I/O cards in the I/O assemblies C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, and C7

Sun Services
Managing the Blacklist on Sun Fire

V1280/E2900 Server
There are three system controller commands for blacklisting:
• disablecomponent
• enablecomponent
• showcomponent

Sun Services
The setls Command

To enable a board that has been disabled by the setls
command:
schostname:A> setls -s enable -l sb0

Sun Services
Domain Shell Operating Messages

When an active domain encounters a system error, the
following occurs:
• The domain is paused
• The domain is rebooted
• Depends on the setting of the reboot-on-error flag,
which is set by the setupdomain command
• True
• False

Sun Services
Domain Shell Operating Messages

Following is an example domain system error message:
Thu Oct 05 05:22:49 PDT 2000:
Domain A has a SYSTEM ERROR
Oct 05 05:22:50 r24-13a Chassis-Port.SC:
/partition0/RP3/dx1:
>>> Safari Port Error Status 2[0x21] : 0x2000a000
AccSafPar [29:29] : 0x1
FirstError [15:15] : 0x1
SafPar [13:13] : 0x1 Safari Input bus parity error This domain is
currently paused and must be turned off via "setkeyswitch off" to
recover

Sun Services
Recovering From a Hung Domain

• Run the system controller reset command from the
domain shell.
• The reset command terminates the Solaris OS in the
domain.
• It sends an externally initiated reset (xir) to the
domain and collects data for debugging the
hardware.
• The domain returns to the OpenBoot PROM ok
prompt.

Sun Services
Verifying the Recovery

• Force the domain to OpenBoot PROM by using the
system controller break command from the domain
shell.
• If the break command succeeds, run the OpenBoot
PROM sync command.
The sync command terminates the Solaris OS.

Sun Services
Collecting Data
Apart from a Solaris OS core file, various other bits of
information might provide insight into the failure. Follow
these steps to collect this data:
1. Ensure you that have a record of what you did
during the previous verification step.
2. If you do not have a hardware error, assess current
conditions on the domain:
• Is there any output being printed on the domain
console?
• Does the domain console echo characters you type?
• Does the domain respond to the ping command?
• Does the domain respond to the rup command?
Sun Services
Collecting Data
3. Record the results of all the preceding tests.
4. Run the following commands from the system
controller domain shell, and collect the output in a
file:
• showlogs
• showenvironment
• showdomain

Sun Services
Collecting Data
5. Run the following commands from the system
controller platform shell, and collect the output in a
file:
• showsc
• showlogs
• showplatform
• history

Sun Services
Collecting Data
6. Run the Sun Explorer software utility to collect the
system configuration information.
If the domain is paused because of an error, nothing else can
be done after collecting all the previous information. Reboot
the domain with the following command in the domain shell:
setkey off ; setkey on

Sun Services
Obtaining a Solaris OS Core File

# Mar 29 14:47:06 sp4-sc0 Domain-A.SC: Domain is not responding
to interrupts.
telnet> send brk

sp4-sc0:A> reset
This will abruptly terminate Solaris in domain A.

Do you want to continue? [no] y
NOTICE: XIR on CPU 3
panic[cpu3]/thread=30002368580: zero
fail: trap type = 0x3

pid=320, pc=0x10314080, sp=0x2a100336f81, tstate=0x4400001407,
context=0x887
g1-g7: 14, 104f0228, 30000827800, 6c0, 0, 0, 30002368580
000000001040c110 unix:sync_handler+160 (1040c290, 7fcb4090, 1, 0,

0, 6c005f6900)

Sun Services

%l0-3: 00000000ff000000 0000000000ff0000 000000000000ff00
000000007f6b6e62
%l4-7: 000000006c6f6300 0000000000000000 000000007efefeff
0000000081010100
000000001040c1e0 unix:prom_rtt+0 (2, 0, 0, 4, 705aac, 100000530)
%l0-3: 0000000000000000 0000000000001400 0000004400001407
0000000010027d14
%l4-7: ffffffff7f100134 0000000100000531 000000000000000f
000000001040c290
000000001040c330 faildev:faildev_ioctl+78 (be00000000, 2, 0,
202003, 300012e5aa8, 2a100337aec)
%l0-3: 0000000000000002 ffffffff7f71e3c8 ffffffff7f721480
ffffffff7ffffad8
%l4-7: 0000000000705aac ffffffff7f200128 ffffffff7f720838
ffffffff7f30af80
000002a100337830 genunix:cdev_ioctl+40 (7073722e736f2e31, 4,
310003000211ed28, 0, 2a10033784c, 2a10033785c)
%l0-3: 0000000000000001 ffffffff7f354000 0000030002351148
0000000000000003

Sun Services

%l4-7: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000002a1003370f1
000000001002d200
syncing file systems... 1 1 done

dumping to /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1, offset 62259200
100% done: 17422 pages dumped, compression ratio 8.03, dump
succeeded
rebooting...
Resetting ...

Sun Services
Obtaining Registers
If you cannot get a core file out of the Solaris OS, there should
still be CPU register information to collect.
The reset command causes all the CPUs in the target domain
to save their registers in a save area in CPU static random
access memory (SRAM).
showresetstate -v


Sun Fire Midrange Server Maintenance

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Sun Fire Midrange Server Maintenance

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Sun Services

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance

U.S. Government approval might be required when exporting the product.

L’accord du gouvernement américain est requis avant l’exportation du produit.

About This Course ..................................................................................... Preface-xiv

Introducing the Sun Fire™ Midrange Servers ....................................................... 1-1

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance iv

Multipathed I/O ................................................................................................................................... 1-20

Field-Replaceable Units ........................................................................................... 2-1

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance v

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance vi

DC Power Distribution ......................................................................................................................... 2-75

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance vii

Platform Assessment and Management ................................................................ 3-1

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance viii

LOM poweroff Command .................................................................................................................. 3-42

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance ix

Viewing Platform Component Status ................................................................................................ 3-84

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance x

Sun Fire 3800 Server Six-Slot cPCI Chassis ..................................................................................... 3-131

Troubleshooting the Sun Fire Midrange Servers .................................................. 4-1

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance xi

Fault Analysis Method ......................................................................................................................... 4-31

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance xii

Diagnosis Engines ................................................................................................................................. 4-86

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance xiii

About This Course

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xv of xxiv

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xvi of xxiv

Sun Fire Midrange Server Configuration

Sun Fire Midrange Server Troubleshooting

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xvii of xxiv

Topics Not Covered

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xviii of xxiv

How Prepared Are You?

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xix of xxiv

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xx of xxiv

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxi of xxiv

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxii of xxiv

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxiii of xxiv

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Preface, slide xxiv of xxiv

Introducing the Sun Fire™ Midrange

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 2 of 22

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 3 of 22

Sun Fire Midrange Server Product Goals

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 4 of 22

Sun Fire Midrange Server Product Goals

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 5 of 22

Sun Fire Midrange Server Product Goals

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 6 of 22

Sun Fire Midrange Server Product Goals

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 7 of 22

Finding Sun Fire Midrange Server

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance Module 1, slide 8 of 22

Sun Fire Midrange Server Models

Sun Fire 6800/E6900

Sun Fire 4810

Sun Fire 4800/E4900

Sun Fire V1280/E2900

Sun Fire 3800