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- Page 1 Sun Blade 2500 Workstation ™ Product Notes (Silver) Silver Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 817-5121-14 October 2006, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
- Page 2 StarSuite, Java Card, Java, Solstice DiskSuite, Sun Trunking, SunATM, SunForum, SunHSI, and Solaris are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc.
- Page 3 Sun Blade 2500 workstations with silver bezels. If you have a Sun Blade 2500 with a red bezel, refer to the Sun Blade 2500 Product Notes (Red), 816-1001-16. Note – Both red and silver versions of the Sun Blade 2500 documentation are available at: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/...
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Page 4: Hardware Information
Hardware Information Note – Before removing or installing any hardware, software, or firmware components read all of the Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver), and all of the documentation for the component that you are removing or installing. Note – Before removing or installing any hardware components, read all of the contents of the Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Safety and Compliance Guide, 817-5120. -
Page 5: Resetting The Power Supply
Mixing DIMM Speeds The Sun Blade 2500 workstation supports DDR-1 SDRAM DIMMs. The speed (frequency) of these DIMMs can be either 266 MHz or 333 MHz. OpenBoot PROM version 4.16.3 supports mixing of identical 266 MHz and 333 MHz speed DIMMs in the same bank. - Page 6 -h are repeatedly used. If your system hangs, power cycle your workstation. Conditions for Installing Optional PCI Cards Table 16-2 in Chapter 16 of the Sun Blade 2500 Service, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Manual, (817-5117) incorrectly states the installation conditions for single- and dual- channel SCSI host adapters.
- Page 7 Software and Firmware Information Note – Before installing any software onto the Sun Blade 2500 hard drives, read the documentation for that software. Booting From a DHCP Server Note – To boot from a DHCP server you need to alter the instructions found in the System Administration Guide: IP Services, 806-4075.
- Page 8 Software Optimization Software for the Sun Blade 2500 workstation is continuously improved throughout the life cycle of the product. lists the latest patches as of October 2006 for the TABLE 3 Sun Blade 2500 (Silver) workstation. Tip – When optimizing system software, always install the most current patch version.
- Page 9 Latest Patches as of October 2006 for Sun Blade 2500 (Silver) (Continued) TABLE 3 Solaris Operating System (or Subsequent Compatible Version) Patch Synopsis 114555-32 SunOS 5.9: Sun XVR-600 and XVR-1200 graphics accelerator patch 116546-08 SunOS 5.9: CD-RW DVD-RW DVD+RW patch 117746-08 SunOS 5.9 PICL-D patch...
- Page 10 Adobe® Acrobat 5.0.8 5.0.8 (5.0.10) Reader CD-RW (part of Solaris (part of Solaris software package) software package) Java 3D 1.3.1 1.3.1 not included OpenGL (1.3) SunATM SunForum not included SunHSI Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver) • October 2006...
- Page 11 Tip – For information about patches supporting Solaris 8, 9, and 10 refer to “Software Optimization” on page SunVTS Sun Blade 2500 (Silver) workstations come preinstalled with SunVTS 5.1 PS5+ or SunVTS 5.1 PS9. If the hard disk image is erased from your workstation’s drive and you want to use SunVTS go to: http://www.sun.com/oem/vts/...
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Page 12: Setting Up The Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System
To complete installation of the preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System, do the following: 1. If necessary, power on the workstation. Allow the workstation to boot until is displayed. FIGURE 1 Choosing the Operating System FIGURE 1 Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver) • October 2006... - Page 13 FIGURE 3 Tip – If you are not familiar with the Binary Code License Agreement, read it completely. Press the space bar to review each of the supplemental licensing terms, before accepting the collective licensing agreement. Sun Blade 2500 Product Notes...
- Page 14 Type of name service used (for example, DNS, NIS, or NIS+, LDAP, or none) ■ Domain name ■ Host name of the name server ■ Host name and IP address of the name server ■ Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver) • October 2006...
- Page 15 The Solaris installer can be run in English or any of the following languages FIGURE 4 Select a Language FIGURE 4 After a few seconds the Welcome screen appears ( FIGURE 5 Wait while system information is gathered. Sun Blade 2500 Product Notes...
- Page 16 8. Select the Network or Non-networked option for your workstation ( FIGURE 6 In this example, Network is selected. Tip – For additional information about configuring your workstation, refer to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0544/6mgbagb12?a=view Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver) • October 2006...
- Page 17 10. Select a host name for your workstation. 11. Enter the IP address for this workstation. 12. Specify the network mask of your subnet. If you are not using DHCP you will need to specify the network mask. Sun Blade 2500 Product Notes...
- Page 18 21. Specify the continent and country that your workstation resides in. 22. Specify the current date and time. 23. Specify an alphanumeric password for your workstation. 24. Confirm your workstation’s selection summary ( FIGURE 7 Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver) • October 2006...
- Page 19 Selection Summary FIGURE 7 25. Wait while the workstation is rebooted and the system is configured ( FIGURE 8 Sun Blade 2500 Product Notes...
- Page 20 26. Enter your user name to begin using Solaris 10 software on your workstation. Tip – Review the latest Solaris 10 release notes for any late-breaking information about your preinstalled software. The Solaris 10 Release Notes can be found at: http://docs.sun.com Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver) • October 2006...
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Page 21: Documentation Information
This section describes changes to the Sun Blade 2500 (Silver) documentation. SunVTS Software Refer to Chapter 9, “Installing SunVTS,” in the Sun Blade 2500 Service, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Manual (Silver), 817-5117. The correct version of SunVTS software installed on the Sun Blade 2500 (Silver) workstation is SunVTS 5.1 PS5+, or SunVTS 5.1 PS9, or a subsequent compatible... - Page 22 Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Product Notes (Silver) • October 2006...
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