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vi Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information on basic UNIX ® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuringdevices. See one or more of the following for this information: ■ Solari...

Preface vii System Prompts Related Documentation Type of Prompt Prompt C shell machine-name % C shell superuser machine-name # Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser # ALOM system controller sc> OpenBoot firmware ok OpenBoot Diagnostics obdiag> Application Title Pa...

viii Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Accessing Sun Documentation You can view, print, or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation, includinglocalized versions, at: http://www.sun.com/documentation Note – For important safety, compliance, and conformity information regardin...

1 C H A P T E R 1 Preparing for Installation This chapter includes a description of the components of the Sun Fire V440 server, alist of documents on the Documentation CD, and a set of questions that the systemadministrator must answer before installing the server software. This chapter contains the...

2 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Verify All Parts ● Verify that you have received all the parts of your system. See the illustration below to identify most of the parts shipped with the system. (Notshown in the illustration is the RJ-45/DB-9 adapter, which is also shipped with t...

Chapter 1 Preparing for Installation 3 Transfer Online Documentation The Sun Fire V440 Server Documentation CD is included in the ship kit. See thebooklet included with the CD for instructions on transferring the documentation todisk or viewing the documentation directly from the CD. In addition to ...

4 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Note – Be sure to use a supported version of the Solaris operating environment. See the Sun Fire V440 Server Product Notes for more information. What Next Install the server into a cabinet, following instructions in Chapter 2.

6 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 ■ “Secure the Cords and Cables to the Cable Management Arm” on page 25 ■ “Install Optional Components” on page 28 ■ “Connecting the Cords and Cables” on page 29 ■ “Connect the Power Cords to the Server” on page 30 ■ “Connect Twisted-Pair Ethernet...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 7 Inventory for 4-Post Rackmounting You need one 4-post rackmounting kit for each Sun Fire V440 server you intend toinstall into a cabinet. The 4-post rackmounting kit is included with the server. Youalso need this document and the Ra...

8 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 The plastic bags of hardware contain screws and nuts that are shown below in actualsize. Any screws not used for rackmounting are spares. Note – Bar nuts are required (but not included) for non-threaded cabinets. See the instructions provided wit...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 9 Attach the Inner Glides to the Chassis ● Attach the inner glides to the chassis using four M4 screws for each inner glide. Position the straight end of each inner glide toward the front of the server. Align thesecond hole on the inn...

10 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Prepare the Cabinet 1. Open and remove, if applicable, the front and back doors of the cabinet. See the instructions provided with your cabinet. 2. Stabilize the cabinet by extending its anti-tip legs or bolting the cabinet securely to the floor...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 11 Locate the Mounting Holes ● Locate and mark the rack rail holes that you will use to attach each slide assembly. You can either count the holes on the vertical rack rails or use the Rack Alignmenttemplate included with your documen...

12 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 To use the Rack Alignment template, complete these steps: a. Place the Rack Alignment template over the right front vertical rack rail, then move the bottom of the template to the location on the rack rail where thebottom of the server will be l...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 13 Install the Slide Assemblies Be aware of the following guidelines. Caution – Ensure that you have stabilized the cabinet by extending its anti-tip legs or bolting the cabinet securely to the floor. ■ Install the slide assemblies in...

14 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 3. With the help of an assistant, position one slide assembly on the inside of the cabinet with the front (short) mounting bracket at the front of the rack. a. Use the holes you marked in Step 1. b. Make sure that the slide assembly is level fro...

16 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Install the Server Into the Cabinet Caution – Before you install or remove the server from the cabinet, be sure the cabinet is stabilized so that it cannot move or tip forward. See the cabinetdocumentation for information about stabilizing the c...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 17 3. Holding the server level, slide it evenly into the cabinet until the inner glides stop. Tip – Slide the server in and out of the cabinet slowly and carefully to ensure that the slide assemblies are working correctly and are free...

18 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 4. Press the flat spring catch on each inner glide in order to slide the server the rest of the way into the cabinet. 5. Fully tighten the screws that attach the back brackets to the back rails.

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 19 6. Secure the server to the front rails using four M4, M6, or 10-32 screws, depending on your cabinet, to attach the brackets to the rack. What Next The next tasks are to install the cable management arm and to connect the powercor...

20 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Install the Cable Management Arm This procedure describes how to attach the cable management arm to a server thatis already installed in a cabinet. You need the following components from the ship kit and the rackmounting kit toinstall the cable ...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 21 a. Go to the back of the cabinet. Locate the tab and mounting hole on the curved end of the left inner glide as viewed from the back. b. Locate the slot and captive screw on one end of the cable management arm. The slot and captive...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 23 d. Tighten the captive screw on the cable management arm. 4. Attach the other end of the cable management arm to the slide assembly. a. Go to the slide assembly on the right side of the server as viewed from the back. b. Locate the...

24 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 d. Slide the cable management arm bracket over the barrel so that the bracket openings align with the barrel openings. You may have to rotate the bracket to align the bracket openings with the barrelopenings. You may also have to release the Vel...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 25 f. Insert the speed pin through the aligned openings of the bracket and the barrel and push the pin down firmly. Secure the Cords and Cables to theCable Management Arm This procedure illustrates how to secure the power cords and th...

26 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 2. Locate the oval cutouts in the center section of the cable management arm and the Velcro straps in the first and third sections. The cutouts and straps enable you to route the cables and cords and to secure themto the cable management arm. 3....

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 27 5. Group the cords and cables and insert each group into the oval cutouts. Use both oval cutouts in the center section to route different groups of cords andcables through the cable management arm. For example, you can group the po...

28 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Install Optional Components ● Install any optional components shipped with your system. If you ordered options that are not factory-installed, see the Sun Fire V440 ServerParts Installation and Removal Guide for installation instructions. Note –...

Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 29 Connecting the Cords and Cables The following figure shows the Sun Fire V440 server back panel and identifies theAC power inlets and I/O ports. Port Information 1 AC inlets Power cords connect to each AC inlet. Do not connect theco...

30 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Connect the Power Cords to the Server 1. Unlock and open the right system door. 2. Insert the system key into the system control keyswitch. Note that you have two sizes of system keys. The smaller key enables you to closethe system door even whi...

32 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Connect Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cables Connect a twisted-pair Ethernet (TPE) cable to one or both of the Ethernetports on the back panel. Each network interface is capable of 10-Mbps,100-Mbps, or 1000-Mbps operation depending on network characteri...

34 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Restore the Cabinet See the instructions provided with your cabinet to complete these steps. 1. Replace the side panels, if applicable. 2. Replace the front and back doors, if applicable. What Next The next tasks are to set up a system console d...

35 C H A P T E R 3 Setup and Power-On Procedures This chapter tells you how to set up a system console device and how to power onthe server. It also provides guidelines for installing the Solaris operatingenvironment. Make sure that you have installed the Sun Fire V440 server into acabinet and, if y...

36 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 The following section provides background information on connecting the server toa terminal server. This section is followed by instructions for setting up a terminalserver, followed by instructions for setting up an alphanumeric terminal to acc...

38 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 ▼ How to Access the System Console via aTerminal Server The following procedure assumes that you are accessing the system console deviceby connecting a terminal server to the serial management port (SERIAL MGT) of theSun Fire V440 server. For de...

Chapter 3 Setup and Power-On Procedures 39 2. Attach one end of the serial cable to the alphanumeric terminal’s serial port. Use an RJ-45 null modem serial cable or an adapter that is appropriate for yourdevice. If you are using a laptop system or a terminal with a DB-9 connector, use anappropriate ...

40 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 1. Make sure that the Sun system to which you are establishing the tip connection is powered on and active. 2. Connect the RJ-45 serial cable and RJ45/DB25 adapter. Use the cable and adapter to connect the other Sun system’s ttyb serial port to ...

Chapter 3 Setup and Power-On Procedures 41 Prepare to Configure the PrimaryNetwork Interface The following instructions assume that you have chosen a network port and haveinstalled an Ethernet cable, as instructed in the section, “Connect Twisted-PairEthernet Cables” on page 32. Note that some of th...

42 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 During installation of the Solaris operating environment, the software automaticallydetects the system’s on-board network interfaces and any installed PCI networkinterface cards for which native Solaris device drivers exist. The installation pro...

Chapter 3 Setup and Power-On Procedures 43 ▼ How to Power On via the Power Button 1. Make sure that your system console device is turned on and active. 2. Turn on power to any peripherals and external storage devices. Read the documentation supplied with the device for specific instructions. 3. Unlo...

44 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 Note – Connect each cord to a separate circuit to maximize system availability. The Standby Available LEDs on the power supplies are lit, indicating that power isbeing supplied to the system. As soon as you plug in the power cord, several boot m...

Chapter 3 Setup and Power-On Procedures 45 2. Turn on power to any peripherals and external storage devices. Read the documentation supplied with the device for specific instructions. 3. Connect the Sun Fire V440 server ’s outlet plug of each power cord to the power sequencer in the cabinet (if your...

46 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 6. At the ALOM sc> prompt, type the poweron command: sc> poweron The ALOM software then prompts you to enter a new administrative password. 7. When prompted, enter and then confirm a new administrative password. Once again, the ALOM sc>...

Chapter 3 Setup and Power-On Procedures 47 Install the Solaris OperatingEnvironment and Additional Software You must have set up a system console device before you can install the Solarisoperating environment. See the section, “Set Up a System Console Device” onpage 35. Be sure that you are using th...

48 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003 5. Run the Sun SM Install Check tool to validate installation configuration. The tool identifies unsupported firmware and hardware configurations, identifyingconflicts with configuration rules. The tool also ensures that your firmware is current...

49 A P P E N D I X A Background and Reference This appendix includes background and reference information that can help youwith installation of your Sun Fire V440 server. All of the information in thisappendix is related directly to instructions in this guide. System LEDs As you install your Sun Fir...

Appendix A Background and Reference 51 Further details about the diagnostic use of LEDs are discussed separately in the SunFire V440 Server Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide. Serial Port Connector Accessible from the back panel of the Sun Fire V440 server is a DB-9 connectorlabeled ttyb that ser...