Sun Microsystems Blade 2500 User Manual

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Sun Microsystems Blade 2500 User Manual

Sun Blade™ 2500

Getting Started Guide

(Silver)

Silver bezel

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

www.sun.com

Part No. 817-5119-11

December 2004, Revision A

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Contents

Preface xi

 

 

 

 

1. Setting Up the Sun Blade 2500 Workstation

1

Safety and Compliance Information

1

 

Planning the Installation Process 1

 

 

Unpacking the Workstation 3

 

 

 

Front Panel Overview

4

 

 

 

Back Panel Overview

5

 

 

 

Cabling the Workstation

7

 

 

 

Powering On the Workstation

8

 

 

Powering Off the Workstation

9

 

 

2. Setting Up the Preinstalled Solaris Operating System Software 11

Planning the Installation Process for Solaris

11

Setting Up Your Operating System

12

 

Sun Install Check 14

 

 

 

 

Downloading Sun Install Check

15

 

Power Management Features

16

 

 

Putting the Workstation Into Low-Power Mode 17 Activating the Workstation From Low-Power Mode 17

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3. Getting Started With the Additional Preinstalled Software 19

 

Solaris Documentation

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Hardware Documentation 20

 

Documentation on the Hard Drive

20

 

 

Documentation on CD 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing ShowMe How Video Animations

21

 

Mozilla 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With Mozilla

22

 

 

 

 

Solstice DiskSuite and Volume Manager

 

22

 

 

Getting Started With Solstice DiskSuite on the Solaris 8 Operating System

22

Getting Started With Volume Manager on the Solaris 9 Operating System

23

Common Desktop Environment (CDE)

23

 

 

GNOME Desktop Environment

23

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With GNOME

24

 

 

 

 

Apache Server

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With Apache Server

 

24

 

 

Adobe Acrobat Reader

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With Adobe Acrobat Reader

25

 

Sun ONE Grid Engine

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

StarOffice

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With StarOffice

26

 

 

 

 

Sun ONE Studio

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With Sun ONE Studio

27

 

 

Perl 27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With Perl 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development Tools for the Java Platform

28

 

 

JMStudio

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started With JMStudio

29

 

 

 

 

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SunForum 29

Getting Started With SunForum 30

Restoring Preinstalled Software 30

Restoring the Solaris Preinstalled Software 31

Restoring the Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Documentation 31

Reinstalling Other Software 32

Reinstalling StarOffice Software 32

Reinstalling Mozilla 32

Backing Up the Preinstalled Image to Another Hard Drive 32

Hard Drive Mirroring 33

Solaris 8

33

Solaris 9

33

4. Troubleshooting and Technical Support 35

Troubleshooting the Sun Blade 2500 Workstation 35 How to Get Technical Assistance 40

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Figures

FIGURE 1-1

FIGURE 1-2

FIGURE 1-3

FIGURE 1-4

FIGURE 1-5

FIGURE 1-6

FIGURE 2-1

FIGURE 2-2

Process for Installing the Sun Blade 2500 Workstation 2

 

Unpacking the Workstation 3

 

Front Panel Overview

4

 

Back Panel Overview

5

 

Optional Graphics Accelerators and Installed IEEE 1394 and USB Card

6

Cabling the Sun Blade 2500 Workstation 7

 

Installation Process Flow Diagram 12

 

Sun USB Type-6 Keyboard Sleep Key and Power Off Selection Menu

17

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Tables

TABLE 1-1

Powering Off the Workstation

9

TABLE 2-1

Information for Setting Up the Solaris Desktop Operating System 14

TABLE 2-2

Power-Indicator LED Status

16

TABLE 4-1

Troubleshooting Procedures

35

TABLE 4-2

Sun Web Sites and Telephone Numbers 40

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Preface

The Sun Blade 2500 Getting Started Guide (817-5119-11) describes how to set up the Operating System and use the preinstalled software applications for Sun Blade 2500 workstations with silver bezels. This book is written for users who have experience installing workstation hardware and software.

The Sun Blade 2500 Getting Started Guide is translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. The translated documentation is located on the Sun Blade 2500 Hardware Documentation CD (705-1198). The Sun Blade 2500 Getting Started Guide and its translations are also located at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

How This Book Is Organized

The document is organized into chapters as follows:

Chapter 1 describes unpacking, cabling, and powering on the workstation.

Chapter 2 describes setup and use of the preinstalled Solaris™ Operating System.

Chapter 3 describes how to start the preinstalled software applications.

Chapter 4 describes workstation troubleshooting.

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Using UNIX Commands

The Sun Blade 2500 Getting Started Guide might not contain all of the information needed to perform basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

See one or more of the following for additional UNIX commands:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

Sun Blade 2500 Service, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting Manual (817-5117)

Other software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at http://docs.sun.com

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Typographic Conventions

Typeface*

Meaning

Examples

 

 

 

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

AaBbCc123 What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

%You have mail.

%su

Password:

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do replace command-line variables.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

*The settings on your browser might differ from these settings.

Shell Prompts

Shell

Prompt

 

 

C shell

machine-name%

C shell superuser

machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#

 

 

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Related Documentation

Application

Title

Part Number

 

 

 

System setup

Sun Blade 2500 Start Here (Poster)

817-5113

Basic troubleshooting

Sun Blade 2500 Troubleshooting Card

817-5115

Detailed service, diagnostics,

Sun Blade 2500 Service, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting Manual

817-5117

and troubleshooting

 

 

Changes to hardware,

Sun Blade 2500 Product Notes

817-5121

software and documentation

 

 

Safety and compliance

Sun Blade 2500 Safety and Compliance Guide

817-5120

 

Important Safety Information for Sun Hardware Systems

816-7190

Solaris Operating System

Solaris 8 2/04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

(Subject to

 

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

change)

 

Solaris 9 4/04 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware

 

 

Solaris 9 4/04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

 

Graphics accelerators

Sun XVR-100 Graphics Accelerator Installation Guide

816-7560

 

Sun XVR-600 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User’s Guide

817-2195

 

Sun XVR-1200 Graphics Accelerator Instllation and User’s Guide

816-7386

Coprocessor board

SunPCi™ III 3.2.1 User’s Guide

817-3630

 

 

 

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

You can view, print, or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation, including localized versions, at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

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Third-Party Web Sites

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

Contacting Sun Technical Support

If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document, go to:

http://www.sun.com/service/contacting/

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. You can submit your comments by going to:

http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback/

Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback. The part number of this Sun Blade 2500 Getting Started Guide is 817-5119-11.

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CHAPTER 1

Setting Up the Sun Blade 2500

Workstation

This chapter includes information about the following topics:

Safety and Compliance Information

Planning the Installation Process

Unpacking the Workstation

Cabling the Workstation

Powering On the Workstation

Powering Off the Workstation

Safety and Compliance Information

Read the document, Important Safety Information for Sun Hardware Systems (816-7190). The document is included with the Sun Blade 2500 workstation.

More safety and compliance information can be found in the Sun Blade 2500 Safety and Compliance Guide (817-5120). This guide is available online at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Planning the Installation Process

Use the following flowchart as a process tool to assist you with installation of the Sun Blade 2500 workstation.

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