Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V210, Sun Fire V240 Product Notes

Sun Fire™ V210 and V240 Servers

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Introduction

This document contains information that became available after the platform
documentation was printed. It contains the following sections:

■ “Contents of the Ship Kit” on page 2

■ “Preinstalled Software” on page 2

■ “Sun ONE Software” on page 3

■ “Unpacking the Server” on page 3

■ “Opening the Bezel” on page 4

■ “Status Indicators: Hard Disk Drive” on page 4

■ “Powering On the Server From the Keyboard” on page 5

■ “Compliance and Safety Manual” on page 5

■ “Sun MC” on page 5

■ “Motherboard Jumper Information” on page 6

■ “Sun Fire V240 Server: Power Supply Unit Removal” on page 9

■ “Air Duct” on page 9

■ “Replacing the System Board” on page 9

■ “Replacing the Battery” on page 10

■ “High-speed Serial Interface Adapter” on page 10

■ “Acoustic Noise Generated” on page 10

■ “Installing a Hard Disk Drive” on page 11

■ “PCI Cards” on page 11

■ “USB Circuit Breakers” on page 12

■ “Rackmounting the Server” on page 12

■ “SunVTS Tests” on page 15

■ “Additional ALOM Information” on page 16

1

Contents of the Ship Kit

The table below replaces that given in Chapter 1 of the Sun Fire V210 and V240
Servers Installation Guide.

TABLE 1 Contents of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Ship Kit

Description Quantity Part Number

Rackmount kit 1 370-5707-xx
System key

(For use with Sun Fire V240 server only)
Antistatic wrist strap 1 250-1691-xx
RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter 1 530-3100-xx
RJ-45 to DB-25 adapter 1 530-2889-xx
Cat5 RJ-45 cable 2 530-2961-xx

Sun Fire V210 and V240 Server Quick Start Guide 1 816-4824-xx
Sun Fire V210 and V240 Server Compliance and Safety

Guide
Sun Fire V210 and V240 Server Installation Guide 1 816-4825-xx
Sun Fire V210 and V240 Server Documentation CD 1 818-0325-xx

1 250-1317-xx

1 817-1462-xx

Preinstalled Software

The Solaris Operating Environment is preinstalled on the Sun Fire V210 and V240
servers.

To identify which specific version of the software is installed on your server, use the
cat /etc/release command.

When you first power on the server, you are given an option to choose either Solaris
8, 07/03 or Solaris 9, 8/03. When you choose one version, the other is deleted and
you will not subsequently be able to use it.

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Sun ONE Software

The Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers ship with Sun ONE software preinstalled. The
packages are:

■ Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 (60 days try and buy)

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-5683-10/index.html

■ Sun ONE Application Server 7, Platform Edition (free)

http://docs.sun.com/db/prod/

■ Sun ONE Application Server 7, Standard Edition (60 days try and by)

http://docs.sun.com/db/prod/

■ Sun ONE Mail Server 5.2 (free for the first 200 mailboxes)

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6014-10/index.html

■ Sun ONE Calendar Server 5.1.1

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6414-10/index.html

■ Sun ONE Instant Collaboration Pack 3.0.1 (free for the first 200 mailboxes)

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-5809-10/index.html

■ Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 (Free license for 200K entries)

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-5610-10/index.html

■ Sun ONE Active Server Pages V3.6.2

Includes installation documentation.

■ Sun ONE Studio 4, update 1 (free)

http://docs.sun.com/source/817-1144/index.html

Unpacking the Server

Caution – The servers ship with cardboard packing installed behind the front bezel.

Open the bezel and remove the filler panel before you power the server on.

3

Opening the Bezel

Grip the bezel at the points marked by green triangles at each end of the bezel to
open it. Do not attempt to open the bezel using a single gripping point or by holding
the middle of the bezel, as this could damage it.

Status Indicators: Hard Disk Drive

This section corrects page 9 of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration
Guide. The hard disk drive indicators are arranged as shown in

Ready to remove (blue)

HDD

FIGURE 1.

Activity (green)

FIGURE 1 Location of Hard Disk Drive Indicators

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Powering On the Server From the
Keyboard

There is an error in Chapter 4 of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Installation Guide.
In the subsection called “To Power On From the Keyboard” (pages 42-45), there is
another step that you need to perform after typing the poweron command in step 5.
The final step is as follows:

6. At the console sc> prompt, type the following to access the server:

sc> console

Compliance and Safety Manual

The part number given in the preface of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Parts
Replacement Manual (816-4827-10) is incorrect.

The correct part number of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Compliance and Safety
Manual is 817-1462-10.

Sun MC

The Sun Management Center section of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers
Administration Guide refers to the Sun Management Center Software User’s Guide.
Additional information is available, in the Sun Management Center 3.0 Supplement for
Sun Fire, Sun Blade and Netra Systems (817-1007-10).

5

Motherboard Jumper Information

The table below provides default jumper settings. This information is provided to
enable Sun service personnel to restore the default system jumper configuration. If
you are not a Sun service engineer, do not change jumper settings.

Note – Changing the setting for JP1 could cause damage to the server.

TABLE 2 Default Jumper settings

Jumper ID Default setting Additional information

JP1 1-2: Fitted

3-4: Fitted
5-6: Not Fitted
7-8: Not Fitted
9-10: Fitted

JP2 1-2: Not Fitted ALOM Flash ROM swap halves. Only service

JP3 1-2: Not Fitted ALOM reset. Used for testing the system only.
JP4 1-2: Fitted

3-4: Not Fitted
5-6: Not Fitted
7-8: Not Fitted
9-10: Not Fitted

JP5 1-2: Not Fitted ATAPI device master/slave. Do not alter this

JP6 1-2: Fitted (this is non-

functional setting)
2-3: Not Fitted

JP8 1-2: Fitted

2-3: Not Fitted

Processor core voltage. Do not alter this jumper
setting.

personnel should modify this setting. Fitting a
jumper effects the swap.

System configuration. Do not alter this jumper
setting.

jumper setting.
ROMBO enable. Only service personnel should

modify this setting. Fit jumper to 2-3 to enable
ROMBO.

Clear CMOS. Only service personnel should
modify this setting. Fit jumper to 2-3 to clear
CMOS.

JP10 1-2: Not Fitted Override PSON#. Only service personnel should

JP11 1-2: Not Fitted ROM write-protect. Only service personnel should

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modify this setting.

modify this setting.

TABLE 2 Default Jumper settings

Jumper ID Default setting Additional information

JP12 1-2: Not Fitted ALOM console bypass. Only service personnel

should modify this setting.

JP13 1-2: Fitted (this is non-

functional setting)
2-3: Not Fitted

OBP Flash ROM swap halves. Only service
personnel should modify this setting. Fit jumper
to 2-3 to effect swap.

JP14 1-2: Not Fitted ALOM AFT mode. Used for testing the system

only.

7

JP14

JP12

CPU

JP9

memory

CPU

JP1

JP3

JP4

JP11

JP2

FIGURE 2 Jumper Locations

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JP10

JP13

JP6

JP8

JP5

SunFire V240Server: PowerSupplyUnit
Removal

Power supply units on the Sun Fire V240 server cannot be removed from the server
until the power cable has been disconnected from the inlet socket.

When disconnecting a power cable from a PSU inlet socket, make sure you are
disconnecting from the PSU you intend to remove from the server.

Air Duct

The design of the air duct inside the server has changed since the platform
documentation went to print.

The air duct no longer screws into place, as described in the Sun Fire V210 and V240
Servers Parts Replacement Manual, but clips into the chassis instead. Use the handle on
top of the duct to position it correctly and clip it into the chassis.

Replacing the System Board

The CPU and System Board Assembly section of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers
Parts Replacement Manual has one step missing:

● Before unscrewing the DB-9 and SCSI jackposts (step 11), remove the CPU

heatsink(s).

For instructions on how to do this, refer to the “CPU Heatsink Assembly” section of
the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Parts Replacement Manual.

● When installing a system board, replace the CPU heatsink(s) before reconnecting

the system board cables (step 6).

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Replacing the Battery

When replacing the battery, always use a replacement of an identical type to that
removed.

High-speed Serial Interface Adapter

Because of the design of the key-ways on the edge-connector of the Sun High-speed
Serial Interface Adapter (X-option number X1155A), this adapter will not fit into slot
0 of the Sun Fire V240 Server or the PCI slot of the Sun Fire V210 Server. It will fit
into slots 1 and 2 of the Sun Fire V240 Server but you cannot use it in a Sun Fire
V210 Server.

Acoustic Noise Generated

The ambient temperature threshold given in Table 2-11 on page 31 of the Sun Fire
V210 and V240 Servers Installation Guide is incorrect. The correct figure is given in

TABLE 3.

TABLE 3 Updated Acoustic Noise Generated

Server Noise generated

Sun Fire V210 Server less than 6.7B sound power in ambient temperature of up

to 24˚C, measured on a standalone system to ISO 9296
requirements

Sun Fire V240 Server less than 7.1B sound power in ambient temperature of up

to 24˚C, measured on a standalone system to ISO 9296
requirements

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Installing a Hard Disk Drive

show-obdiag-results Not Supported

Page 76 of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide (816-4826-10) lists
the show-obdiag-results command. This command is not implemented.

Installing a SCSI Hard Disk Drive With Solaris
Running

Page 29 of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide (816-4826-10)
documents the procedure for installing a SCSI hard disk drive while the Solaris
operating environment is running. Steps 3 and 4 are not needed. The following note
applies:

Note – The output text provided is example text only. In the example outputs, the

disk identified is not consistent across examples. However, the format of the output
is correct. The disk name will be consistent in the output you see when you type the
commands.

PCI Cards

The following note refers to page 36 of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Server Parts
Replacement Manual (817-0743-10).

Note – A 66 MHz PCI card can only perform at 33 MHz when it is attached to

PCI-1 and PCI-2.

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USB Circuit Breakers

ALOM does not monitor the USB circuit breakers.

Rackmounting the Server

This section gives some additional information about rackmounting the server. It
supports the rackmounting section of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Installation
Guide (816-4825-xx).

The design of the slide assemblies has changed slightly since the platform
documentation was written. The operation of the assemblies is the same, but there
are some minor changes to the appearance of the sliders. See

Revised lugs

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3 Revised slide rail assemblies

Cable management arm

This section gives some additional help on attaching the cable management arm into
the slide rail assembly. It supplements the information contained in the Sun Fire
V210 And V240 servers Installation Guide (816-4825-xx).

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See the steps in FIGURE 4 to attach the cable management arm to the slide rail
assemblies.

FIGURE 4 Installing the cable management arm

When you attach cabling to the cable management arm, ensure you leave enough
slack for the cable management arm to extend when the slide rail assemblies are
extended. See

FIGURE 5.

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Attach cable to both
parts of arm

Leave enough slack
cable to allow for
extension

FIGURE 5 Attaching cables to the cable management arm

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SunVTS Tests

XML Libraries

Before you install SunVTS you must load the SUNWlxml, SUNWlxmlS,and
SUNWlxmlx packages. These are not loaded by default in Solaris 8 HW 12/02.
Therefore you must add them manually from the supplemental CD supplied with
Solaris 8 HW 12/02. They are located in the following directory on the CD:
XML_Libraries_2.4.12/Product.

To load the packages onto the server, type:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/XML_Libraries_2.4.12/Product
# pkgadd -d . SUNWlxml SUNWlxmlx SUNWlxmlS

Additional Tests Not Included In the Manual

There are three additional tests to add to Table 5-1 in the Sun Fire V210 and V240
Servers Administration Guide:

TABLE 4 Additional SunVTS Tests

Test Description

env6test Checks temperature sensors, power supply status, fan speeds,

keyswitch position. Tests LEDs by toggling them on and off.

ssptest Verifies functionality of ALOM hardware. Tests onboard Ethernet,

flash ram, SEEPROM, TOD, I2C connections from ALOM to the
host system, and serial ports.

i2c2test Verifies all available I2C devices and the system bus connection.

Performs data checking for SCC and FRU seeprom devices.

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Additional ALOM Information

ALOM Documentation Updates

For the most up-to-date documentation about ALOM check the following web sites:

■ www.sun.com/servers (the overall product home page for servers and ALOM)

■ docs.sun.com (the Sun documentation portal)

To set up and use ALOM on your server with the latest technical information, please
download the latest version of the ALOM documentation from the web.

Email Delivery Alerts

If you have alerts configured for email delivery, ALOM waits for the success or
failure confirmation from email delivery before sending the next alert. This affects
event alerts sent to the ALOM shell and to syslog. If mail alerts are incorrectly
configured, this could result in significant delays. These delays do not occur if email
alerts are not configured.

If you are experiencing delays in alerts, check to see that the values you entered for
the mgt_mailhost and mgt_mailalert configuration variables are correct. For
more information about configuration variables, refer to the ALOM online help.

Do not use the scadm resetrsc command
while upgrading firmware

If two users are running ALOM at the same time and one user issues the scadm
resetrsc command from Solaris while the other user is updating the ALOM
firmware using either the scadm download command or the ALOM shell
command flashupdate, the firmware could become corrupted and cause ALOM

1.0 to be unusable.

■ Do not issue the scadm resetrsc command until after the firmware update is

complete.

■ Do not issue the scadm resetrsc command immediately after the firmware

update has taken place.

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Not all console output sent to ttyb on initial
redirect or ALOM server reset

If you have your console set to ttyb (10101) rather than to ttya (the ALOM serial
port, labeled SER MGT), you may not see all the output from the console. This is
because both OBP and POST send diagnostic output to ttya by default.

ALOM CLI command showfru does not report
on memory DIMMs

When you issue the showfru command from the ALOM command shell, the
command does not read the layout of the DIMMs.

Reseting the server with ALOM

If you use ALOM to reset the server and diag-switch? is set to true, the
bootscript command is not executed when the server reboots. If you use OBP to
reset the server, bootscript executes correctly.

ALOM stops generating alerts/logging when mail
host cannot send email

When a mail alert occurs and the mail host is unable to communicate with the
network’s naming service (for example, NIS), ALOM stops generating and logging
messages.

Setting the ALOM serial port speed

If you use the OpenBoot PROM (OBP) command setenv ttya-mode to change the
speed of the ALOM serial port (SER MGT) to a value other than the default of 9600
baud, reset the host server. This sets the port speed to the specified value.

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▼ To set the serial port speed back to the default

value

● Type :

sc> bootmode reset-nvram
sc> reset

Do not use 16-character usernames

If you log in to ALOM with a 16-character username and execute the showusers
command, ALOM enters a loop and refuses other connection attempts.

If you encounter this problem, telnet into the host server and use the scadm
resetrsc command to reset ALOM.

Incorrect message is output and logged when
POST failure is received

When OpenBoot PROM (OBP) reports memory DIMM errors to ALOM, it sends SC
alert messages with the incorrect memory slot position for the Sun Fire V210 and
V240 servers. However, the memory errors are still valid.

Swapping system configuration cards between
platforms

If you remove the system configuration card (SCC) and replace it with the SCC from
a system of a different platform type, the card will be reconfigured.

A message tells you when this has been done, but the system does not request
confirmation before reformating the card. Therefore, take care when swapping
system configuration cards, particularly between systems of different platform types.

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