Preparing To Service The System - Sun Microsystems Fire V890 Service Manual

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C H A P T E R

Preparing to Service the System

This chapter tells you what you need to know about preparing for and completing
service procedures.
Note – Except for removing and installing power supplies and disk drives, this
system must be serviced only by qualified service personnel.
Please be sure to keep the following guidelines in mind:
Internal disk drives and certain qualified PCI cards are hot-pluggable. For more
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information about hot-plugging, see
Components" on page
All redundant power supplies and fan trays are hot-swappable. You can remove
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and replace a power supply or faulty fan tray without shutting down the
operating system or turning off the system power. For additional details, see
"About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components" on page
For the servicing of any other parts internal to the system, you must first power
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off the system. See
The following tasks are covered in this chapter:
"How to Power On the System" on page 2
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"How to Power Off the System" on page 5
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"How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot" on page 10
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"How to Attach an Alphanumeric Terminal" on page 17
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"How to Configure a Local Graphics Console" on page 19
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"How to Open and Remove a Side Door" on page 21
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"How to Close a Side Door" on page 23
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"How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge" on page 26
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The following information is also included:
"About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components" on page 6
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"About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable
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"How to Power Off the System" on page
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