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October 2008, Revision A
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  • Page 1 Sun Fire X4500/X4540 Servers ™ Administration Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 819-6562-16 October 2008, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, Etats-Unis. Tous droits réservés. Cette distribution peut incluire des élements développés par des tiers. Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, Java, Netra, Solaris, Sun Ray et Sun Fire X4540 Backup Server sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de Sun Microsystems, Inc., et ses filiales, aux Etats-Unis et...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface ix Part I Sun Fire X4500 Server Administration Guide Introduction to the Sun Fire X4500 Server 1 Features of the Server 1 Exterior Features, Controls, and Indicators 3 Front Panel 3 Disk Drive and Fan Tray LEDs 6...
  • Page 4 Hard Disk Drive Locations 27 Disk Drive Status and LEDs 29 EFI Disk Label Overview 30 Converting EFI Label to SMI (Solaris) Label On The Sun Fire X4500 Disk 31 Adding Disks 34 Adding a Disk to a Mirrored ZFS Configuration 36...
  • Page 5 Fault Management Architecture Overview 41 Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Utility Commands 42 fmd Command 43 fmdump Command 44 Diagnosing Disk Faults 44 Clearing Disk Faults 46 Using thefmadm Command to Clear Faults 46 Displaying Fault Statistics Using the fmstat Command 47...
  • Page 6 Using the ZFS File System 79 Additional information 79 About Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 79 About Intelligent Platform Management (IPMI) 80 Identifying and Configuring Components 81 Solaris System Commands 81 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 7 prtconf Command 82 prtdiag Command 83 psrinfo Command 84 showrev Command 85 cfgadm Command 85 Component Configuration Information 89 Attachment Points Overview 89 Determining Attachment Points 90 Changing to Attachment Points 90 States and Conditions 91 Drive and Drive Slot States 91 Drive Conditions 92 Component States 92 Managing Hard Disk Drives 93...
  • Page 8 Attach /root, /swap, and /var Mirrors 121 Display Current Status of the Metadevices 121 Install GRUB on the Boot Disk 122 Configure the Alternate Boot Device 123 Glossary 125 Index 139 viii Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 9: Preface

    Preface How This Book Is Organized This manual consists of two parts: The Sun Fire X4500 Server Administration Guide describes how to perform various administration, configuration, and monitoring tasks associated with the Sun Fire™ X4500 Server. This guide contains the following chapters: Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the Sun Fire X4500 server information.
  • Page 10 Related Documentation Sun Fire X4500 Specific Documents Refer to the Sun Fire X4540 Server Installation Guide (819-4358) for system installation information with default settings. The Sun Fire X4500 specific documents listed in the following table are available at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4500#hic Application Title...
  • Page 11 Sun Fire X4540 Specific Documents The Sun Fire X4540 specific documents listed in the following table are available at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.X4540#hic Application Title Part Number System setup information Sun Fire X4540 Server Installation Guide 819-4358 Overview and service information Sun Fire X4540 Server Diagnostics Guide 819-4363 Product Notes Sun Fire X4540 Server Product Notes...
  • Page 12 Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. You can submit comments to: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback: Sun Fire X4500/X4540 Servers Administration Guide, (819-6562-16). Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 13: Sun Fire X4500 Server Administration Guide

    Sun Fire X4500 Server Administration PA RT Guide This part contains the Sun Fire X4500 Server Administration Guide and includes the following chapters: Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the Sun Fire X4500 server information. ■ Chapter 2 provides system and operating environment information.

  • Page 15: Introduction To The Sun Fire X4500 Server

    ■ Features of the Server The Sun Fire X4500 server is a mid-level, modular, rack-optimized server in the Sun x64 product family. The family platform includes servers engineered for AMD Opteron CPUs and deployment into commercial server markets in a slide-mounted, horizontally biased enclosure for rack cabinet installations, primarily in datacenter locations.
  • Page 16 The Sun Fire X4500 server includes an extensive set of reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features, such as hot-pluggable and redundant hard disk drives (when RAID1 is used), and hot-swappable fans, and power supplies. The servers also provide an Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) service processor function that includes remote boot and remote software upgrades.

  • Page 17: Exterior Features, Controls, And Indicators

    Exterior Features, Controls, and Indicators This section describes the features, controls, and indicators on the front and rear panels of the Sun Fire X4500 server. Front Panel shows the front panel. FIGURE 1-2 Sun Fire X4500 Server Front Panel FIGURE 1-1...
  • Page 18 Amber On - Power supply or system controller fault (service is required). Over temperature Amber On - When system is over temperature. shows features of the rear panel. FIGURE 1-3 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 19 Connect grounding straps here. Mounting plate for CMA Use this mounting plate to secure the CMA (optional). bracket Refer to the Sun Fire X4500 Server Installation Guide. PCIX-0 and PCIX-1 Slots for PCIX cards. NET MGT (S) Net management and service processor port.

  • Page 20: Disk Drive And Fan Tray Leds

    Disk Drive and Fan Tray LEDs shows the location of the internal LEDs. shows a close-up view FIGURE 1-4 FIGURE 1-5 of the disk drive and fan trays, including the symbols that identify the LEDs. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 21 Disk Drive Locations FIGURE 1-4 Chapter 1 Introduction to the Sun Fire X4500 Server...
  • Page 22 Disk Drive and Fan Tray LEDs FIGURE 1-5 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 23: About Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability Features

    Together, reliability, availability, and serviceability features provide for near continuous system operation. To deliver high levels of reliability, availability and serviceability, the Sun Fire X4500 Server system offers the following features: Hot-pluggable disk drives ■...

  • Page 24: Hot Pluggable Components Overview

    For more information about updating the Sun Fire X4500 Server, product updates, or for the most up-to-date list of replaceable components, refer to the Sun Fire X4500 Server Service Manual (819-4359), and the Sun Fire X4500 Server Product Notes (819- 4364).

  • Page 25: Software And Operating Environment

    Software and Operating Environment The Sun Fire X4500 server supports Solaris 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. The system is shipped with Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) and Solaris 10 6/06 operating system which includes the newly designed Zettabyte File System (ZFS).

  • Page 26: About Zfs

    With ZFS you can perform the following administrative functions: Manage Devices ■ Create File Systems ■ Create and Manage Storage Pools ■ Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 27: Integrated Lights Out Manager Ilom

    ■ RKVMS ■ Lights Out Management is performed on the Sun Fire X4500 server through IPMItool, a command-line utility for controlling IPMI-enabled devices. For more information about Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM, refer to the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Administration Guide, (819-1160).
  • Page 28 The IPMItool is a simple command-line interface to systems that support the IPMI v2.0 specification. IPMItool provides the ability to read the sensor data repository and print sensor values, display the contents of the system event log, and SNMP. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 29: Identifying And Configuring Components

    Exercise the system to disclose an intermittent or incipient problem ■ For detailed instructions on diagnosing the server, refer to the Sun Fire X4500 Server Diagnostics Guide (819-4363) and the Sun Fire X4500 Server Service Manual (819-4359). Solaris System Commands Some Solaris commands display data that you can use when assessing the condition of a Sun Fire X4500 server.

  • Page 30: Prtconf Command

    Memory size: 8096 Megabytes System Peripherals (PROM Nodes): The prtconf command’s -p option produces output similar to the show-devs command. The show-devs command lists only those devices compiled by the system firmware. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 31: Prtdiag Command

    The prtdiag command displays a table of diagnostic information that summarizes the status of system components. prtdiag Command Output CODE EXAMPLE 3-2 # prtdiag System Configuration: Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4500 BIOS Configuration: American Megatrends Inc. 080010 06/15/2006 BMC Configuration: IPMI 2.0 (KCS: Keyboard Controller Style) ==== Processor Sockets ====================================...

  • Page 32: Psrinfo Command

    Command Output CODE EXAMPLE 3-4 # showrev Hostname: abc-123 Hostid: cc0ac37f Release: 5.10 Kernel architecture: i86pc Application architecture: i386 Hardware provider: Sun_Microsystems Domain: Sun.COM Kernel version: SunOS 5.10 Generic_11122-15 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 33: Cfgadm Command

    cfgadm Command The cfgadm command is used to take a component offline. The benefit of using the cfgadm command is that you can add, remove, or replace components while the system is running. An added benefit is that the cfgadm command guides you through the steps needed to add, remove, or replace system components.
  • Page 34 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 35 System SATA Disk Drive Status Display CODE EXAMPLE 3-5 Device Type Receptacle Occupant Condition sata5/1::dsk/c7t1d0 disk connected configured sata5/2::dsk/c7t2d0 disk connected configured sata5/3::dsk/c7t3d0 disk connected configured sata5/4::dsk/c7t4d0 disk connected configured sata5/5::dsk/c7t5d0 disk connected configured sata5/6::dsk/c7t6d0 disk connected configured sata5/7::dsk/c7t7d0 disk connected configured The section...

  • Page 36: Component Configuration Information

    Configuration administration supports the physical insertion and removal operations as well as other configuration For more information about Ap_Ids, refer to cfgadm(1M). Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 37: Determining Attachment Points

    Determining Attachment Points The cfgadm command provides all resources and dynamic reconfiguration operations in terms of a common set of states (such as configured and unconfigured) and operations (such as connect, configure, unconfigure, and so on). For more information about these common states and operations, see the cfgadm(1M) man page.

  • Page 38: States And Conditions

    Conrfigured and Unconfigured Drives TABLE 3-2 Name Description The drive is available for use by the Solaris software. configured The drive is not available for use by the Solaris software. unconfigured Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 39: Drive Conditions

    Drive Conditions A drive can be in one of three conditions: unknown, ok, or failed. Its slot might be designated as unusable. Drive and Drive Slot Conditions TABLE 3-3 Name Description The drive has not been tested. unknown The drive is operational. The drive failed testing.
  • Page 40 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 41: Disk Administration And Management

    ■ Hard Disk Drive Locations The Sun Fire X4500 server can contain up to 48 SATA hard disk drives. The hard disk drive locations are numbered sequentially from 0 to 47, starting at the front left corner and incrementing left to right and front to rear see .
  • Page 42 Disk Drive Locations FIGURE 4-1 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 43: Disk Drive Status And Leds

    Causes the service processor to illuminate the individual disk drive fault LED. Inside the Sun Fire X4500 server chassis there are three LEDs for each of the 48 hard disk drives: one for the Activity LED (green), one for the Fault (amber) LED and the third for the "OK to remove"...

  • Page 44: Efi Disk Label Overview

    For additional information about EFI disk labels, managing disks with EFI labels, EFI disk label restrictions, and troubleshooting problems with EFI disk labels, refer to the Solaris 10 Systems Administration Guide at: http://docs.sun.com Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 45: Converting Efi Label To Smi (Solaris) Label On The Sun Fire X4500 Disk

    Converting EFI Label to SMI (Solaris) Label On The Sun Fire X4500 Disk To convert an EFI disk label to an SMI (Solaris) label, delete the EFI fdisk partition, then create a new Solaris fdisk partition. Use the following steps: Caution –...
  • Page 46 Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks Cylinders Partition Status Type Start Length ========= ====== ============ ===== ====== WARNING: no partitions are defined! (The partition is now deleted. The menu reappears, as shown in Step Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 47 2. Create the new partition. (...continued from previous display) SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. Create a partition 2. Specify the active partition 3. Delete a partition 4. Change between Solaris and Solaris2 Partition IDs 5. Exit (update disk configuration and exit) 6.

  • Page 48: Adding Disks

    Note – You should predetermine which attachment point the disk is being inserted into before inserting the disk. Refer to for a listing of disk drives. FIGURE 8-4 1. Determine the attachment point by typing the following command: cfgadm > cfgadm_snapshot Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 49 2. Insert the disk. 3. Type the following command: cfgadm > cfgadm_snapshot_2 4. Compare the two files by typing the following command: diff cfgadm_snapshot cfgadm_snapshot_2 Information similar to the following is displayed: 29c29 < sata3/3 sata-port empty unconfigured ok > sata3/3 disk connected unconfigured unknown 5.

  • Page 50: Adding A Disk To A Mirrored Zfs Configuration

    NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM tank ONLINE mirror ONLINE c0t1d0 ONLINE c1t1d0 ONLINE mirror ONLINE c0t2d0 ONLINE c1t2d0 ONLINE mirror ONLINE c0t3d0 ONLINE c1t3d0 ONLINE errors: No known data errors Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 51: Replacing A Device In A Zfs Storage Pool

    Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool For information see “Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool” in Chapter 11, ZFS Troubleshooting and Data Recovery of the Solaris ZFS Administration Guide. Removing a Disk From Service Caution – You must follow these steps before removing a disk from service. Failure to follow the procedure can corrupt your data or render your file system inoperable.

  • Page 52: Correcting Unconfigure Operation Failure

    To determine if ZFS, UFS, or another utility is using the disk, do the following: 1. Determine whether the disk is in use, by typing the following command: # cfgadm | grep sata2/0 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 53 The following information is displayed: sata2/0::dsk/c4t0d0 disk connected configured 2. Identify if ZFS is using a disk, by typing the following command: zpool status | grep c4t0d0 The following example shows that ZFS is using the disk: c4t0d0 ONLINE Note – The disk must detached from the pool or replaced with another disk before the disk can be unconfigured.
  • Page 54 6. You can now remove the hard drive. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 55: Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Architecture

    This technology is incorporated into both the hardware and software of the server. At the heart of the Sun Fire X4500 server Fault Manager is the diagnosis engine. The disk diagnosis engine receives data relating to hardware and software errors and automatically and silently diagnoses the underlying problems.

  • Page 56: Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Utility Commands

    The Sun Fire X4500 Server has a Fault Management Application (FMA) that provides fault monitoring and hotplug processing. The FMA provides passive fault monitoring by analyzing each disk once per hour to determine if a disk fault is imminent.

  • Page 57: Fmd Command

    ID (MSGID). You syslog can use the message ID to view additional information about the problem from Sun’s knowledge article database at: http://www.sun.com/msg/ For more information, refer to the fmd(1M) man page. Chapter 5 Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Architecture...

  • Page 58: Fmdump Command

    LEDs. If you use the fmdump command to isolate a disk, you should also open the system cover and look for amber LEDs. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 59 Problem in: hc:///:serial=VDK41BT4C7PJYS:part=HITACHI- HDS7225SBSUN250G-527N7PJYS:revision=V44OA81A/motherboard= 0/hostbridge=2/pcibus=9/pcidev=8/pcifn=0/pcibus=11/pcidev= 1/pcifn=0/sata-port=6/disk=0 Affects: hc:///component=sata5/6 FRU: hc:///component=HD_ID_29 Based on the information displayed, you can determine which disk failed and the attachment point. For more information, refer to the fmdump(1M) man page. Chapter 5 Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Architecture...

  • Page 60: Clearing Disk Faults

    To use the fmadm Command to clear faults: ● Clear faults by typing the fmadm repair command. For example: # fmadm repair 9a2c5052-687b-e196-b12b-8035267c3031 For more information, see the fmadm(1M) man page. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 61: Displaying Fault Statistics Using The Fmstat Command

    CODE EXAMPLE 5-3 module ev_recv ev_acpt wait svc_t open solve memsz bufsz cpumem-diagnosis cpumem-retire 1191.8 3.3M fmd-self-diagnosis 0 io-retire 32.4 syslog-msgs For detailed instructions on the fmstat command, refer to the fmstat man page. Chapter 5 Sun Fire X4500 Fault Management Architecture...
  • Page 62 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 63: Rebuilding The Preinstalled Os

    ■ Preinstalled OS Overview The Solaris 10 11/06 Operating System and patches specific to the Sun Fire X4500 server are preinstalled on the hard disk drives in slot 0 and mirrored in slot 1. The following example shows the default physical partition sizes of both disk drives.

  • Page 64: Creating Preinstalled Os Disk Mirrors (Raid-1)

    The Sun Fire X4500 server’s preinstalled OS, file systems, and partitions are created with RAID-1. RAID-1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of systems data over multiple physical disks. By duplicating the OS over separate disks, the data is protected from disk corruption or a disk failure.

  • Page 65: Metadb Command

    All RAID-1 devices must be set up by the metainit command before they can be used. You use the metainit command to create mirrored disk partitions. The metainit command configures metadevices, mirrors, and hot spares according to the information specified on the command line. metadb Command The metadb command creates and deletes replicas of the metadevice state database.

  • Page 66: Metaroot Command

    Creating a metadevice for the root mirror. ■ Setting up a one-way mirror of the root metadevice. ■ Configuring the system to boot the root file system from the metadevice, using ■ the metaroot command. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 67: Create A Mirror For The Root (/) File System

    Attaching the second metadevice to the root metadevice to make it a two-way ■ mirror, using the metattach command. Mirror the swap and /var partitions by: ■ Creating metadevices from the original swap and /var partitions, using the ■ metinit command. Creating one-way mirrors of the swap and /var metadevices.

  • Page 68: Create A Mirror For The Swap Partition

    Create a new volume on the slice from the previous step by using the following metainit command: # metainit -f d31 1 1 c5t0d0s5 d31: Concat/Stripe is setup # metainit d32 1 1 c5t4d0s5 d32: Concat/Stripe is setup Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 69: Create / Root, /Swap, And /Var Mirrors

    Create / root, /swap, and /var Mirrors ● Create the mirrors by typing the following command: # metainit d10 -m d11 d10: Mirror is setup # metainit d20 -m d21 d20: Mirror is setup # metainit d30 -m d31 d30: Mirror is setup 2.

  • Page 70: Display Current Status Of The Metadevices

    # /sbin/installgrub -fm /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c5t4d0s0 stage1 written to partition 0 sector 0 (abs 16065) stage2 written to partition 0, 233 sectors starting at 50 (abs 16115) stage1 written to master boot sector Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 71: Configure The Alternate Boot Device

    Configure the Alternate Boot Device 1. Record the alternate boot path. Configure your system so that if your primary submirror fails, the system boots from the secondary submirror. To enable the system to boot from the disk that holds the secondary submirror, configure the system to see the disk as the alternate boot device.
  • Page 72 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 73: Using Disk Control And Monitor Utility (Dcmu)

    The Disk Control and Monitor Utility (DCMU) is a utility designed for Sun Fire X4500 server that runs the Red Hat Enterprise Linux U4 64-bit operating system. The DCMU controls and monitors all 48-disk drives and slots on the Sun Fire X4500 server and provides the following features: Monitors and reports hotplug events to service processor (SP) ■...

  • Page 74: Using Dcmu

    The following command shows the use of cfgdisk to connect a disk drive TABLE 7-3 # cfgdisk -o connect -d sata0/7 Command has been issued to connect sata0/7 device, it may take few seconds to connect sata0/7, Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 75: Hotplugmon

    Use the cfgdisk command to display the status after disconnecting a disk drive: TABLE 7-4 # cfgdisk hotplugmon The hotplugmon utility monitors disk drive hotplug events and then reports them to service processor. hotplugmon is not a command line utility. To verify a hotplug event, you should check the corresponding entry in service processor log using following ipmitool commands on the server: TABLE 7-5...

  • Page 76: Examples Using The Faultmond Command

    TABLE 7-10 # service faultmond start # service ipmi start For additional information about cfgdisk, hotplugmon, or faultmond, refer to the man pages for cfgdisk (1M), hotplugmon (1M), and faultmon(1M). Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 77: Sun Fire X4540 Server Administration Guide

    Sun Fire X4540 Server Administration PA RT Guide This part contains the Sun Fire X4540 Server Administration Guide and has the following chapters: Chapter 8 provides an introduction to the Sun Fire X4540 server information. ■ Chapter 9 provides system and operating environment information. ■...

  • Page 79: Introduction To The Sun Fire X4540 Server

    C H A P T E R Introduction to the Sun Fire X4540 Server This chapter introduces you to the Sun Fire X4540 Server and describes important features. The following information is covered in this chapter: “X4540 Server Features” on page 65 ■...
  • Page 80 • Six SATA Controllers on IO Board, LSI SATA controller x 6. Each controller supports 8 HDDs • 51.5 mm (2.5 inches) maximum height • 169.3 mm (6.7 inches) maximum length Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 81: Exterior Features, Controls, And Indicators

    Summary of X4540 Server Features TABLE 8-1 Feature or Component Sun Fire X4540 Server Other I/O • Four USB 2.0 ports • One VGA video port • Compact flash card slot Power 1500 W DC max output per power supply, two bays, 1+1 redundancy, hot-swappable.
  • Page 82 Sun Fire X4540 Server Front Panel Features FIGURE 8-1 USB connectors Serial number labels on ledge Sun Fire X4540 Server Front Panel Controls and Indicators FIGURE 8-2 (5) (6) Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 83 Sun Fire X4540 Server Front Panel Controls and Indicators TABLE 8-2 Number Name Color Description Locate button/LED White Operators can turn this LED on remotely to help them locate the server in a crowded server room. Press to turn off. Service action required Amber On - When service action is required.
  • Page 84 Steady – Power is On. Off – Power is Off. OK LED Green – Service action allowed. When On, service action is required. Blink – Standby power is On but main power is Off. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 85: Disk Drive And Fan Tray Leds

    Rear Panel Features (Continued) TABLE 8-3 Name Description SVC Service buttons SP – Reset Service Processor. NMI – Non-Maskable Interrupt dump. Sends an NMI to the CPU. Used for debugging only. Host – Reset Host Bus Adapter. Do not use these buttons unless instructed by Sun service personnel.
  • Page 86 Disk Drive Locations FIGURE 8-4 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 87 Disk Drive and Fan Tray LEDs FIGURE 8-5 Note - The fan can be removed at any time. Ignore the Fan Ready to Remove LED. Chapter 8 Introduction to the Sun Fire X4540 Server...

  • Page 88: About Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability Features

    Remove or replace a failed or failing component while the system is operating ■ without service disruption. Increase storage capacity dynamically to handle larger work loads and improve ■ system performance. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 89: Hot-Pluggable Components Overview

    Hot-pluggable Components Overview The Sun Fire X4540 server hot-plug technology allows a component to be added, upgraded, or replaced while the system is running without affecting hardware integrity. Hot-plugging provides the ability to physically add, remove, or replace a hard disk drive while the system is running, and other hard disks in the system provide continuous service.
  • Page 90 For more information about updating the Sun Fire X4540 Server, product updates, or for the most up-to-date list of replaceable components, refer to the Sun Fire X4540 Server Service Manual (819-4359), and the Sun Fire X4540 Server Product Notes (820- 4869). Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 91: Software And Operating Environment

    C H A P T E R Software and Operating Environment The Sun Fire X4540 server supports Solaris 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. The server is shipped with Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) and Solaris 10 4/08 operating system which includes the newly designed Solaris ZFS File System (Zettabyte File System).

  • Page 92: Overview

    Because file systems are so lightweight and because they are the central point of administration in ZFS, you are likely to create many of them. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 93: Using The Zfs File System

    Using the ZFS File System This section describes how to use the Solaris ZFS File System (Zettabyte File System) on the Sun Fire X4540 server. You administer ZFS file systems by using the zfs command. This command provides a set of subcommands that perform specific operations on file systems. You can also manage snapshots, volumes, and clones by using this command, but these features are covered only briefly in this chapter.

  • Page 94: About Intelligent Platform Management (Ipmi)

    SNMP. Refer to the Sun Fire X4540 Server ILOM Supplement and Sun Fire X4540 server Diagnostics Guide for additional information about IPMI. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 95: Identifying And Configuring Components

    C H A P T E R Identifying and Configuring Components This chapter introduces the tools that let you administer the Sun Fire X4540 server and explains how the tools work together. Topics in this chapter include: “Solaris System Commands” on page 81 ■...

  • Page 96: Prtconf Command

    Node ’pci’ Node ’pci10de,cb84’ Node ’pci10de,cb84’ The prtconf command’s -p option produces output similar to the show-devs command. The show-devs command lists only those devices compiled by the system firmware. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 97: Prtdiag Command

    The prtdiag command summarizes system component status in table format. prtdiag Command Output CODE EXAMPLE 10-2 $ /usr/sbin/prtdiag System Configuration: Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4540 BIOS Configuration: American Megatrends Inc. 080014 04/04/2008 BMC Configuration: IPMI 2.0 (KCS: Keyboard Controller Style)

  • Page 98: Psrinfo Command

    Status of virtual processor 7 as of: 06/25/2008 17:54:39 on-line since 06/25/2008 11:34:28. The i386 processor operates at 2300 MHz, and has an i387 compatible floating point processor. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 99: Showrev Command

    showrev Command The showrev command displays revision information for hardware and software. Code example 3-4 shows sample output of the showrev command. showrev Command Output CODE EXAMPLE 10-4 $ showrev Hostname: abc-123 Hostid: dbc23b9 Release: 5.10 Kernel architecture: i86pc Application architecture: i386 Hardware provider: Domain: Kernel version: SunOS 5.10 Generic_127128-11...
  • Page 100 You can use the cfgadm -al (1M) command to display device type, configuration, and condition status information about drives. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 101 Type the command to display a list of SATA drives. cfgadm -al | grep disk cfgadm Command Output with grep (c0-c2) CODE EXAMPLE 10-6 Device Type Receptacle Occupant Condition cfgadm -al | grep disk c0::dsk/c0t0d0 disk connected configured unknown c0::dsk/c0t1d0 disk connected configured...
  • Page 102 “Component Configuration Information” on page 89 for more information about how to use the cfgadm command. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 103: Component Configuration Information

    Component Configuration Information This section describes component configuration and state information for the Sun Fire X4540 Server. This section includes: “Attachment Points Overview” on page 89 ■ “Determining Attachment Points” on page 90 ■ “Changing to Attachment Points” on page 90 ■...

  • Page 104: Determining Attachment Points

    To change the state of an attachment point, use these specific cfgadm options: ■ configure ■ unconfigure ■ connect ■ disconnect ■ To change the availability of an attachment point’s associations, use these specific ■ cfgadm options: assign ■ unassign ■ Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 105: States And Conditions

    For information about states, see the sections that follow. For more information about attachment points, refer to the cfgadm(1M) man page. States and Conditions This section describes the states and conditions of drive slots, components, and attachment points. State is the operational status of either a hard disk drive slot or its occupant. ■...

  • Page 106: Drive Conditions

    Connected Components: Configured or Unconfigured TABLE 10-4 Name Description The component is available for use by the Solaris OS. configured The component is not available for use by the Solaris OS. unconfigured Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 107: Managing Hard Disk Drives

    C H A P T E R Managing Hard Disk Drives This chapter discusses the following topics. “Hard Disk Drive Locations” on page 93 ■ “Disk Drive Status and LEDs” on page 95 ■ “EFI Disk Label Overview” on page 96 ■...
  • Page 108 Disk Drive Locations (Boot disks shown in gray) FIGURE 11-1 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 109: Disk Drive Status And Leds

    Disk Drive Status and LEDs Each hard disk drive has a sensor that is used to communicate the state of the slot. The hard disk drives use IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) sensors to convey a slot state, as shown in TABLE 11-1 Disk Drive Status Sensors TABLE 11-1...

  • Page 110: Efi Disk Label Overview

    For additional information about EFI disk labels, managing disks with EFI labels, EFI disk label restrictions, and troubleshooting problems with EFI disk labels, refer to the Solaris 10 Systems Administration Guide at: http://docs.sun.com Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 111: Converting Efi Label To Smi (Solaris) Label On The Sun Fire X4540 Disk

    Converting EFI Label to SMI (Solaris) Label on the Sun Fire X4540 Disk The ZFS system uses EFI labels to label whole disks that are added to a ZFS storage pool. If you convert an EFI label on disk that is part of a ZFS storage pool, you can erase the data on that disk.
  • Page 112 Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks Cylinders Partition Status Type Start Length ========= ====== ============ ===== ====== WARNING: no partitions are defined! (The partition is now deleted. The menu reappears, as shown in Step Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 113 2. Create the new partition. (Continued from previous display) SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. Create a partition 2. Specify the active partition 3. Delete a partition 4. Change between Solaris and Solaris2 Partition IDs 5. Exit (update disk configuration and exit) 6.
  • Page 114 4. Change between Solaris and Solaris2 Partition IDs 5. Exit (update disk configuration and exit) 6. Cancel (exit without updating disk configuration) Enter Selection: 5 The above display confirms that the Solaris2 fdsik has been created. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 115: About Hdtool

    For additional information about converting EFI and SMI disk labels, refer to the Solaris 10 Systems Administration Guide at: http://docs.sun.com About HDtool You can use the HDtool utility to view the hard drive configuration. The following example shows the Sun Fire X4540 disks in the HDtool display. HDtool Sample CODE EXAMPLE 11-2 ---------------------SunFireX4540-------Rear--------------------...

  • Page 116: Correcting Unconfigure Operation Failure

    If a disk unconfigure operation fails, check to see if the system is in the correct state, and that a utility is not using the disk. See “Checking Disk Usage” on page 104. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 117: Adding A Disk

    When unconfiguring a disk that is part of a ZFS storage pool, follow these guidelines: Disks can be replaced or detached in a ZFS mirrored storage pool. ■ Disks can only be replaced in a ZFS RAID-Z storage pool. ■ For more information about detaching or replacing disks in a storage pool, refer to the ZFS Administration Guide, (819-5461).

  • Page 118: Checking Disk Usage

    To determine if ZFS, UFS, or another utility is using the disk: 1. To determine whether the disk is in use, type the following command: # cfgadm | grep c4t0d0 The following information is displayed: sata2/0::dsk/c4t0d0 disk connected configured Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 119 2. Identify if ZFS is using a disk by typing the following command: zpool status | grep c4t0d0 The following example shows that ZFS is using the disk: c4t0d0 ONLINE Note – The disk must detached from the pool or replaced with another disk before the disk can be unconfigured.
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  • Page 121: Sun Fire X4540 Fault Management Architecture

    C H A P T E R Sun Fire X4540 Fault Management Architecture This chapter includes the following topics: “Fault Management Architecture Overview” on page 107 ■ “Sun Fire X4540 Fault Management Utilities” on page 108 ■ “Diagnosing Disk Faults” on page 111 ■...

  • Page 122: Sun Fire X4540 Fault Management Utilities

    “Displaying Fault Statistics Using the fmstat Command” on page 113 ■ You can also refer to the man pages for fmd(1M), fmadm(1M), fmdump(1M), and fmstat(1M) for more information about the individual fault management utilities. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 123: Fmd Command

    fmd Command The Solaris OS uses the fault manager daemon, fmd(1M), which starts at boot time and runs in the background to monitor the system. If a component generates an error, the daemon handles the error by correlating the error with data from previous errors and other related information to diagnose the problem.

  • Page 124: Fmdump Command

    Command Verbose Output fmdump CODE EXAMPLE 12-1 TIME UUID SUNW-MSG-ID Jul 11 13:55:01.5548 e92f2cec-e393-cd04-89ff-c5e2081b9940 DISK- 8000-0X 100% fault.io.disk.predictive-failure Problem in: hc:///:serial=VDK41BT4C7MB7S:part=HITACHI- HDS7225SBSUN250G-527N7MB7S:revision=V44OA81A/motherboard= 0/hostbridge=2/pcibus=9/pcidev=8/pcifn=0/pcibus=11/pcidev= 1/pcifn=0/sata-port=1/disk=0 Affects: hc:///:serial=VDK41BT4C7MB7S/component=sata5/1 FRU: hc:///component=HD_ID_16 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 125: Diagnosing Disk Faults

    Diagnosing Disk Faults To determine which disk failed, you can view the FMA fault error log, use fmdump command, or open the system cover to look for illuminated LEDs. If you use the fmdump command to isolate a disk, you should also open the system cover and look for amber LEDs.

  • Page 126: Clearing Disk Faults

    Using the fmadm Command to Clear Faults ● Clear faults by typing the fmadm repair command. For example: # fmadm repair 9a2c5052-687b-e196-b12b-8035267c3031 For more information, see the fmadm(1M) man page. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 127: Displaying Fault Statistics Using The Fmstat Command

    Displaying Fault Statistics Using the fmstat Command The fmstat command displays statistical information about faults handled by the Fault Management Architecture (FMA). The fmstat command can report statistics associated with the Solaris Fault Manager. For more information, see the fmstat(1M) man page. In the example below, an event is received.
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  • Page 129: Rebuilding The Preinstalled Os

    C H A P T E R Rebuilding the Preinstalled OS This chapter describes how to use the Solaris Volume Manager to manually re-create the mirrored preinstalled Solaris Operating System (OS). For additional details about the preinstalled Solaris operating system, see the Sun Fire X4540 Server Guide for Preinstalled Solaris Operating System (819-7148), and the Sun Fire X4540 Server Installation Guide (820-4855).
  • Page 130 For file systems that cannot be unmounted, such as /usr and /swap, the system must be rebooted to complete the procedure. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 131: Metadb Command

    All RAID-1 devices must be set up by the metainit command before they can be used. You use the metainit command to create mirrored disk partitions. The metainit command configures metadevices, mirrors, and hot spares according to the information specified on the command line. metadb Command command creates and deletes replicas of the metadevice state database.

  • Page 132: Metaroot Command

    Creating a metadevice for the root mirror. ■ Setting up a one-way mirror of the root metadevice. ■ Configuring the system to boot the root file system from the metadevice, using ■ the metaroot command. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 133: Create A Mirror For The Root (/) File System

    Attaching the second metadevice to the root metadevice to make it a two-way ■ mirror, using the metattach command. Mirror the swap and /var partitions by: ■ Creating metadevices from the original swap and /var partitions, using the ■ metinit command. Creating one-way mirrors of the swap and /var metadevices.

  • Page 134: Create A Mirror For The Swap Partition

    1. Create the mirrors by typing the following commands: # metainit d10 -m d11 d10: Mirror is setup # metainit d20 -m d21 d20: Mirror is setup # metainit d30 -m d31 d30: Mirror is setup Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 135: Attach /Root, /Swap, And /Var Mirrors

    2. Remount the file system by typing the following command: # metaroot d10 For more information, see the metaroot(1M) man page. 3. Edit the /etc/vfstab file so that root, swap, and /var is appropriately referenced. 4. Reboot the server by typing the following command: # init 6 Attach /root, /swap, and /var Mirrors ●...

  • Page 136: Install Grub On The Boot Disk

    # /sbin/installgrub -fm /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 stage1 written to partition 0 sector 0 (abs 16065) stage2 written to partition 0, 233 sectors starting at 50 (abs 16115) stage1 written to master boot sector Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 137: Configure The Alternate Boot Device

    Configure the Alternate Boot Device Configure your system so that if your primary submirror fails, the system boots from the secondary submirror. To enable the system to boot from the disk that holds the secondary submirror, configure the system to see the disk as the alternate boot device.
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  • Page 139: Glossary

    Glossary alternate master controller unit Also called “alternate master unit,” the secondary array unit in an HA configuration that provides failover capability from the master controller unit. A high-performance, modular, scalable storage device. array attachment point A collective term for a drive and its card cage slot. A physical attachment point describes the software driver and location of the card cage slot.
  • Page 140 FLASH memory device (FMD) A device on the controller card that stores EPROM firmware. Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) An adapter used on an SBus card to convert fiber-optic signals to copper. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 141 gigabyte (GB or One gigabyte is equal to one billion bytes. Gbyte) graphical user interface (GUI) A software interface that enables configuration and administration of the Sun Fire X4540 Server using a graphic application. host bus adapter (HBA) An adapter that resides on the host. hot spare A drive in a RAID 1 or RAID 5 configuration that contains no data and acts as a standby in case another drive fails.
  • Page 142 Data is transferred across the KCS interface using a per-byte handshake. keyboard, video, mouse, storage (KVMS) A series of interfaces that enables a system to respond to keyboard, video, mouse, and storage events. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 143 light-emitting diode (LED) A device that converts electrical energy into light that is used to display activity. master controller unit Also called a master unit, the main controller unit in a partner-group configuration. media access control (MAC) address A unique address that identifies a storage location or a device. megabyte (MB or Mbyte) One megabyte is equal to one million bytes.
  • Page 144 Server management capability that is enabled when the operating system network drivers or the server are not functioning properly. parity Additional information stored with data on a disk that enables the controller to rebuild data after a drive failure. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 145 partition A physical section on a hard disk drive. Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) A local bus standard used to connect peripherals to 32-bit or 64-bit systems. Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) An integrated circuit that controls peripherals in an interrupt request (IRQ)- driven system, taking away that load from the central processing unit (CPU).
  • Page 146 A configuration in which multiple drives are combined into a single virtual drive to improve performance and reliability. reliability, availability, and serviceability A term to describe product features that include high availability, easily (RAS) serviced components, and dependability. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 147 Remote Management and Control Protocol (RMCP) A networking protocol that enables an administrator to respond to an alert remotely by powering the system on or off, or forcing a reboot. remote procedure call (RPC) A method of network programming that enables a client system to call functions on a remote server.
  • Page 148 The SP can take autonomous action to preserve system integrity. session timeout A specified duration after which a server can invalidate a user session. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 149 Simple Mail Transfer A Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) used for sending Protocol (SMTP) and receiving email. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) A simple protocol used to exchange data about network activity. With SNMP, data travels between a managed device and a network management station (NMS).
  • Page 150 An external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 450M bits per second (USB 2.0). A USB port connects devices, such as mouse pointers, keyboards, modems, and printers, to the computer system. Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...
  • Page 151 unshielded twisted pair/shielded twisted pair (UTP/STP) A type of Ethernet cable. user account A record of essential user information that is stored on the system. Each user who accesses a system has a user account. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) A connectionless, transport layer protocol that adds some reliability and multiplexing to the Internet Protocol (IP).
  • Page 152 A common UNIX window system that enables a workstation or terminal to control multiple sessions simultaneously. Zettabyte File System A file system that uses storage pools to manage physical storage. (ZFS) Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

  • Page 153: Index

    Index fault management, 41, 107 File System Setup and Management, 1, 65 Adding and Removing Disk, 34, 103 File Systems, 1, 65 alternate boot device, 57, 123 front panel LED locations, 3, 4, 68 Attachment Points, 22, 89 attachment points definition, 22, 89 hot-plug, 9, 74 hot-swap, 9, 74...
  • Page 154 24, 91 swap, 54, 120 system memory determining amount, 16, 82 unconfigured state, 24, 25, 91, 92 unknown condition, 25, 92 unusable condition, 25, 92 zettabyte file system (ZFS), 11, 79 Sun Fire X4500/ X4540 Servers Administration Guide • October 2008...

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