Sun Microsystems Ultra 20 Setup Manual

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Sun Ultra™ 20 Workstation

Setup Guide

Part No. 819-2150-12
March 2006, Revision A

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Contents

1. System Setup 1

Safety and Compliance Information 1

Planning the Installation Process 2

Package Contents Inventory 3

Front and Back Panels 4

Cabling the Workstation 6

Powering On the Workstation 9

Setting Up or Installing the Operating System 10

Setting Up the Preinstalled Software 10

Installing an Additional Operating System and Drivers 12

Overview Instructions for Additional Operating Systems and Drivers 12

2. Troubleshooting Setup, Documentation, and Downloading Developer
Software Applications 15

Troubleshooting the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Setup 16

Technical Assistance 18

Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Documentation 20

Finding the Documentation 20

Localization 20

Downloading Deverloper Software Applications 21

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1

CHAPTER

1

System Setup

This chapter includes information about the following topics:

■ “Safety and Compliance Information” on page 1

■ “Planning the Installation Process” on page 2

■ “Package Contents Inventory” on page 3

■ “Front and Back Panels” on page 4

■ “Cabling the Workstation” on page 6

■ “Powering On the Workstation” on page 9

■ “Setting Up or Installing the Operating System” on page 10

Safety and Compliance Information

Refer to the following documents for safety information regarding the
Sun Ultra™ 20 Workstation:

■ Important Safety Information for Sun Hardware Systems, 816-7190 (included with the

workstation ship kit).

■ Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Safety and Compliance Guide, 819-2149 (available at the

Sun Ultra 20 documentation site. See

“Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Documentation”

on page 20).

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Planning the Installation Process

Use the following flowchart as a process tool to assist you with installation of the
Sun Ultra 20 Workstation.

FIGURE 1-1 Process for Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation

Unpack the workstation and familiarize
yourself with the workstation features.

Connect the workstation and external device
cables.

Power on the workstation.

Install the supplemental drivers from the Sun
Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental CD.

READY TO WORK!

START

Install the operating system or configure the
preinstalled operating system.

Install optional
components?

Install
optional
components

.

Yes

No

See “Package Contents Inventory” on page 3 and

“Front and Back Panels” on page 4.

To install DIMMs, graphic
accelerators, PCI cards, hard
drives, tape drives, or
CD or DVD drives, see the Sun
Ultra 20 Workstation User
Guide or the component
documentation.

See “Cabling the Workstation” on page 6.

See “Powering On the Workstation” on page 9.

See “Setting Up or Installing the Operating

System” on page 10.

See “Installing an Additional Operating System

and Drivers” on page 12.

Chapter 1 System Setup 3

Package Contents Inventory

Carefully unpack all workstation components from the packing cartons. The
following items should be packaged with the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation:

FIGURE 1-2 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Ship Kit Contents

Description

Hardware • DMS 59 cable (if the workstation has a NVS280 or NVS285 video

card installed)

• Keyboard, mouse and power cord (in separate county kits)

Media • Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental CD (includes drivers and

diagnostics software)

Documentation • Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Setup Guide

• Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Release Notes

• Where to Find Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Documentation

• Additional safety and license documentation

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Front and Back Panels

.

FIGURE 1-3 Front Panel

TABLE 1-1 Front Panel

Label Button/LED/Port Label Button/LED/port

1 Power button 4 2 USB ports

2 Power LED 5 Microphone-in jack

3 2 1394 (firewire) ports 6 Headphone-out jack

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