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Ultra 5/10 Product Notes ™ ™ Sun Microsystems Computer Company A Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303-4900 USA 1 650 960-1300 fax 1 650 969-9131 Part No. 805-4970-10 Revision A, April 1998 Send comments about this document to: smcc-docs@sun.com...
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Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, AnswerBook, SunDocs, Ultra, ShowMe How, OpenBoot, Sun Workstation, 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.
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5/10 system. This product note contains the following: Elite3D m3 Lite UPA Graphics Card Patch Information—page 2 PCI Card Remove and Replace (From the Ultra 5 PCI Card Slot 2)—page 2 OpenBoot Diagnostics—page 9 Ultra 10 Features—page 28 Amended Tables—page 28 CPU Module (Ultra 10)—page 29...
This section of the product note contains changes to Section 10.3.1 and 10.3.2 that were made after release of the Sun Ultra 5/10 Service Manual. To remove and replace a PCI card from card slot 2 of the Ultra 5, proceed as follows. Removing a PCI Card 1.
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Sun Type-5 keyboard standby key, UNIX must be operating. If the system unit is in POST, the standby switch or the standby key are inoperative. Standby switch System Unit Standby Switch (Ultra 5) FIGURE 1 Standby key Sun Type-5 Keyboard FIGURE 2 c.
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Grasp the center front edge of the top cover. Slide the top cover toward the rear of the system unit until the top cover tabs release. c. Lift the top cover straight up. Set it aside in a safe place. Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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Top cover Top cover tab Top cover tab Removing and Replacing the Top Cover (Ultra 5) FIGURE 4 Caution – Wear an antistatic wrist strap and use an ESD-protected mat when handling components. When servicing or removing system unit components, attach an ESD strap to your wrist, then to a metal area on the chassis, and then disconnect the power cord from the system unit and the wall receptacle.
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Attach the copper end of the wrist strap to the chassis ( FIGURE 5 d. Disconnect the AC power cord from the system unit. Copper end Attaching the Wrist Strap to the Chassis (Ultra 5) FIGURE 5 Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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Bracket tab adapter PCI card Screw Raised retaining Slots 1 and 3 PCI card backplate end Bracket tab adapter Chassis back panel slot Riser board PCI connector 2 Removing and Replacing the PCI Card from PCI Slot 2 (Ultra 5) FIGURE 6...
Using a number 2 Phillips screwdriver, replace the two screws securing the top cover to the chassis. 4. Connect the cable(s) to the PCI card(s). Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
The system fans are spinning. OpenBoot Diagnostics This section of the product note contains changes to Section 4.7 that were made after release of the Sun Ultra 5/10 Service Manual. The OpenBoot diagnostic (OBDiag) is a menu-driven diagnostic tool that verifies: Internal I/O system...
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4. At the ok prompt, type: ok reset-all 5. Verify that the platform resets ( CODE EXAMPLE 1 Reset Verification CODE EXAMPLE 1 ok setenv mfg-mode on mfg-mode = ok setenv diag-switch? true diag-switch? = true Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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= false ok reset-all Resetting... Software Power ON @(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI 3.11 Version 9 created 1998/03/06 10:31 Clearing E$ Tags Done Clearing I/D TLBs Done Probing Memory Done MEM BASE = 0000.0000.2000.0000 MEM SIZE = 0000.0000.1000.0000...
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Probing /pci@1f,0/pci@1 at Device 2 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,0/pci@1 at Device 3 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,0/pci@1 at Device 4 Nothing there Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 300MHz), No Keyboard OpenBoot 3.11, 512 MB memory installed, Serial #9337777. Ethernet address 8:0:20:8e:7b:b1, Host ID: 808e7bb1.
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7. At the OBDiag menu prompt, type to enable toggle script-debug messages. Note – Enable toggle script-debug messages allows verbose test message displays. 8. At the OBDiag menu prompt, type to disable external loopback test.
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12..Video 13..All Above 14..Quit 15..Display this Menu 16..Toggle script-debug 17..Enable External Loopback Tests 18..Disable External Loopback Tests Enter (0-13 tests, 14 -Quit, 15 -Menu) ===> Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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PCI/PCIO The PCI/PCIO diagnostic performs the following: a. vendor_ID_test – Verifies the PCIO ASIC vender ID is 108e. b. device_ID_test – Verifies the PCIO ASIC device ID is 1000. c. mixmode_read – Verifies the PCI configuration space is accessible as half-word bytes by reading the EBus2 vender ID address.
MAC_internal_loopback_test – Performs Ethernet channel engine internal loopback. d. 10_mb_xcvr_loopback_test – Enables the 10Base-T data present at the transmit MII data inputs to be routed back to the receive MII data outputs. Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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e. 100_mb_phy_loopback_test – Enables MII transmit data to be routed to the MII receive data path. f. 100_mb_twister_loopback_test – Forces the twisted-pair transceiver into loopback mode. identifies the Ethernet output message. CODE EXAMPLE 5 Ethernet Output Message CODE EXAMPLE 5 Enter (0-13 tests, 14 -Quit, 15 -Menu) ===>...
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floppy output message. CODE EXAMPLE 8 Floppy Output Message CODE EXAMPLE 8 Enter (0-12 tests, 13 -Quit, 14 -Menu) ===> 5 TEST='floppy_test' SUBTEST='floppy_id0_read_test' Enter (0-12 tests, 13 -Quit, 14 -Menu) ===> Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
Parallel Port The parallel port diagnostic performs the following: a. sio-passive-lb – Sets up the SuperIO configuration register to enable extended/compatible parallel port select, then does a write 0, walk one, write 0 x ff to the data register. It verifies the results by reading the status register. b.
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Serial Port A Output Message with TIP Line Installed CODE EXAMPLE 11 Enter (0-12 tests, 13 -Quit, 14 -Menu) ===> 7 TEST='uarta_test' 'UART A in use as console - Test not run.' Enter (0-12 tests, 13 -Quit, 14 -Menu) ===> Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
Serial Port B The serial port B diagnostic is identical to the serial port A diagnostic. identifies the serial port B output message. CODE EXAMPLE 12 Note – The serial port B diagnostic will stall if the TIP line is installed on serial port B.
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CODE EXAMPLE 14 Audio Output Message CODE EXAMPLE 14 Enter (0-13 tests, 14 -Quit, 15 -Menu) ===> 10 TEST=’audio_test’ SUBTEST=’cs4231_test’ Codec_ID=’8a’ Version_ID=’a0’ SUBTEST=’external_lpbk’ ###OBDIAG_MFG_START### TEST=’audio_test’ STATUS=’FAILED’ SUBTEST=’external_lpbk’ ERRORS=’1 ‘ TTF=’505 ‘ Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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Audio Output Message (Continued) CODE EXAMPLE 14 SPEED=’299.80 MHz’ PASSES=’1 ‘ MESSAGE=’Error: External Audio Test not run: Please set the mfg- mode to sys-ext.’ Enter (0-13 tests, 14 -Quit, 15 -Menu) ===> EIDE The EIDE diagnostic validates both the EIDE chip and the IDE bus subsystem. identifies the EIDE output message.
Note – The all above diagnostic will stall if the TIP line is installed on serial port A or serial port B. All Above Output Message CODE EXAMPLE 17 Enter (0-13 tests, 14 -Quit, 15 -Menu) ===> 13 TEST=’all_pci/cheerio_test’ SUBTEST=’vendor_id_test’ SUBTEST=’device_id_test’ SUBTEST=’mixmode_read’ SUBTEST=’e2_class_test’ SUBTEST=’status_reg_walk1’ SUBTEST=’line_size_walk1’ SUBTEST=’latency_walk1’ SUBTEST=’line_walk1’ Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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All Above Output Message (Continued) CODE EXAMPLE 17 PASSES=’1 ‘ MESSAGE=’Error: External Audio Test not run: Please set the mfg- mode to sys-ext.’ TEST=’ide_test’ SUBTEST=’probe-cmd-device’ SUBTEST=’hd-and-cd-check’ TEST=’video_test’ Please connect the monitor and use ttya/ttyb when running this test if you are using the screen it may be become unreadable SUBTEST=’mach64-chip-id-vendor-id-check’...
Amended Tables This section of the product note contains changes to that TABLE 1-3 TABLE 11-2 were made after release of the Sun Ultra 5/10 Service Manual. lists the items that should be amended to TABLE 1 TABLE 1-3 TABLE 11-2...
Consult your authorized Sun sales representative or service provider to confirm a part number prior to ordering a replacement part. Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 System Unit Replaceable Components TABLE 1 Part...
™ using the audio buttons in the ShowMe multimedia documentation on some Ultra 5/10 systems. The problem is caused by alias settings in the system's .cshrc file. Problem Description The audio buttons in the ShowMe How multimedia documentation might not work correctly if the shell from which you invoked ShowMe How has an alias that contains file name range-substitution functions.
4. Type source .cshrc at the command prompt. 5. Restart ShowMe How. German Acoustic Compliance Statement This section of the product note contains a compliance statement that is required for customers in Germany: ACHTUNG: Der arbeitsplatzbezogenr Schalldruckpegel nach DIN 45 635. Teil 1000 beträgt 70 Db(A) order weniger.
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Serial Port B Pin Assignments TABLE 2 Signal Description Request to send Clear to send Ring indicator Sun Ultra 5/10 Product Notes • April 1998...
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