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Sun Services

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server
Maintenance

SM-340

Sun Fire™ Midrange Server Maintenance


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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

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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

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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
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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

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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

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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
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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
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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

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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
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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

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Preface
About This Course

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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
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Course Goals
• Configure the Sun Fire midrange server platforms
• Perform system maintenance-related activities on the
Sun Fire midrange servers

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Course Map
Sun Fire™ Midrange Introduction
Introducing the
Sun Fire™ Midrange
Servers

Field-Replaceable Units

Sun Fire Midrange Server Configuration
Platform Assessment
and Management

Sun Fire Midrange Server Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the
Sun Fire Midrange
Servers

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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

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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?

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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

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Icons
Additional resources

!

Discussion

?

Note
Caution

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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.

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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.

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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.

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