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Sun Blade™ X6450 Server Module
Installation Guide
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Part No. 820-3535-12
September 2008, Revision A
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Copyright © 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. This distribution may include materials developed by third parties. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Netra, Solaris, Sun Ray, Sun™ ONE Studio, Sun Blade X6450 Server Module, Sun StorageTek™ RAID Manager software and Sun company logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., or its subsidiaries, in the U.S. and other countries. Intel® is a tra
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Contents Preface vii 1. Introduction 1 Terms and References Used in This Book 1 Installation Overview 2 Routine Power On and Power Off 3 ▼ To Apply Standby Power 3 ▼ To Power On Main Power for All Server Components 3 ▼ To Shut Down Main Power 4 About Diskless Servers 5 Compact Flash Drive 6 Solid State Disk Drive (SSD) 7 Connecting to SAS Devices 7 Internal Connection to a Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module 9 External Connecton to the 10 GbE Ethernet Connections 9 Connecting to Exterior Storage Devices
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GRUB 12 Windows Bootloader 12 Accessing BIOS Configuration Utilities and Selecting a Boot Device 13 ▼ To Configure Netboot or Compact Flash Boot in the BIOS 14 ▼ To Configure the QLogic Fibre Channel in the BIOS 14 ▼ To Configure the Emulex Fibre Channel PCIe ExpressModule in the BIOS 14 ▼ To Load an OS Over the Network (Netboot) 15 RAID Configuration 15 ▼ To Configure the Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module 16 ▼ To Configure the Sun Blade 0/1 RAID Expansion Module 16 Installing an Operating Syste
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▼ To Connect to the ELOM CLI 29 Configuring the Service Processor’s Network Settings (Optional) 30 ▼ To Configure the Service Processor’s Network Configuration: 30 Accessing the System Console 31 ▼ To Access the System Console Directly 31 ▼ To Access the System Console Using the ILOM CLI 32 ▼ To Access the System Console Using the ELOM CLI 32 ▼ To Access the System Console Using the ILOM Web GUI 33 ▼ To Access the System Console Using the ELOM Web GUI 35 Dongle Cable Connections 38 A. Installati
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▼ To Rescan Disk Drives With the ACU 52 ▼ To Perform a Secure Erase on Disk Drives With the ACU 52 ▼ To Stop a Secure Erase in Progress With the ACU 52 Using the -Select Utility to Modify REM Settings 53 ▼ To Start Using a -Select Utility 53 ▼ To Apply Changes and Exit a -Select Utility 53 ▼ To Modify General Settings With a -Select Utility 54 ▼ To Modify SAS-Specific REM Settings With a -Select Utility 55 Using the Disk Utilities to Manage Disk Drives 56 ▼ To Format or Verify a Disk Drive With
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Preface This Sun Blade X6450 Server Module Installation Guide contains procedures for installing the server module in a chassis, and connecting to the service processor administrator account. Using UNIX Commands ® This document might not contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information: ■ Software documentation that you received with your system ■ Solaris™ Operat
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction This chapter contains the following topics: ■ “Terms and References Used in This Book” on page 1 ■ “Installation Overview” on page 2 ■ “Routine Power On and Power Off” on page 3 ■ “About Diskless Servers” on page 5 ■ “About the Boot Process” on page 10 ■ “RAID Configuration” on page 15 ■ “Installing an Operating System” on page 17 ■ “Directing Console Output” on page 17 ■ “Accessing BIOS Configuration Utilities and Selecting a Boot Device” on page 13 Terms and References U
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■ Embedded Lights Out Manager (ELOM) – Earlier server modules were shipped with an ELOM. Current server modules can be downgraded to the ELOM, for compatability with older server modules. See the ELOM-to-ILOM Migration User’s Guide for details. References to other manuals are in italic text. These manuals should be available on the server module’s section of http://docs.sun.com. Installation Overview The following overview outlines the steps to install the server module. The actual procedures ar
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■ To install a supported Windows operating system, see the Sun Blade X6450 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide. Routine Power On and Power Off This section describes how to apply standby power to the server module so you can operate the service processor. It also includes procedures for powering on and for shutting down the server module. Note – You can also power on and power off the server module remotely using the service processor. Powering on is described in “Accessing
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FIGURE 1-1 Server Module Front Panel Figure Legend 1 White LED - Locate - A service processor command causes the locate LED to blink. - You can also control the locate LED manually by pressing it momentarily to toggle its state, turning it On or Off. 2 Blue LED - Ready to remove 3 Amber LED - Service action required 4 Green LED - OK 5 Power on button/standby 6 For service use only 7 UCP (universal connector port), used for dongle cable ▼ To Shut Down Main Power To power off the server, use one o
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■ Graceful shutdown. Use a non-conducting pointed object, such as a stylus, to press and release the Power button on the front panel. This causes Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) enabled operating systems to perform an orderly shutdown of the operating system. Servers not running ACPI-enabled operating systems will shut down to standby power mode immediately. ■ Emergency shutdown. Press and hold the Power button for four seconds to force main power off and enter standby power mo
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■ Installing the operating system on a remote drive, which might be in the chassis (connected through the SAS-NEM module to a Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module) or outside the chassis, in a storage device such as a SAN. See “Connecting to SAS Devices” on page 7 and “Connecting to Exterior Storage Devices Using a Fibre Channel Connection” on page 10 The following sections describe methods of configuring remote drives: ■ “Connecting to SAS Devices” on page 7. ■ “Connecting to Exterior Storage Devices Usi
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Solid State Disk Drive (SSD) The SSD is a 32-gigabyte solid-state SATA drive that mounts on the motherboard. Note – This feature requires a F540-7821-01 or newer motherboard, with 2.0 software installed. The motherboard part number appears on the motherboard, and can be read using the service processor. When an SSD is present, it appears as a disk device, and you can install an operating system on it. Note the following conditions: ■ The SSD can only be driven by the onboard SATA controller. ■ A
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The following devices require software 2.0 or newer. ■ Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module ■ Sun Blade RAID 0/1 G2 Expansion Module ■ Sun Blade 6000 Multi-Fabric Network Express Module The following devices require a F540-7821-01 or newer motherboard, with 2.0 software installed. The motherboard part number appears on the motherboard, and can be read using the service processor. ■ Sun Blade 6000 10GbE Multi-Fabric Network Express Module ■ Sun Dual 10GbE Fabric Expansion Module The combinations, an
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FIGURE 1-2 Connections to a SAS NEM Module Internal Connection to a Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module Inside the chassis, the Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module provides eight SAS drives. The Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module and the Sun Blade X6450 Server Module work in pairs, with the server module in an even-numbered slot, directly to the left of the disk module. Thus, the pairs can be in slots 0+1, 2+3, 4+5, 6+7, or 8+9. In this configuration, the eight disks on the disk module are available to the server module,
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Connecting to Exterior Storage Devices Using a Fibre Channel Connection The Sun Blade X6450 supports connections to an external SAN over a fibre channel link provided by a PCIe ExpressModule card in the corresponding PCIe ExpressModule slot. The PCIe ExpressModule card provides a fibre channel connection to the external SAN. FIGURE 1-3 shows the configuration. FIGURE 1-3 PCIe ExpressModule with Fibre Channel and SAN The chassis supports two PCIe ExpressModule slots for each server slot. They are
