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  • Page 1 Sun Cobalt™ Control Station Maintaining and Upgrading the Hardware...
  • Page 2 California. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and in other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, JavaScript, JDK, Sun Cobalt, Sun Cobalt RaQ, Sun Cobalt CacheRaQ, Sun Cobalt Qube and the Sun Cobalt logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  • Page 3 Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, Java, JavaScript, JDK, Sun Cobalt, Sun Cobalt RaQ, Sun Cobalt CacheRaQ, Sun Cobalt Qube et le logo Sun Cobalt sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays.

  • Page 5: Maintenance

    If debris has accumulated on either the front panel or the rear fans, vacuum the debris out with a powerful vacuum cleaner. Upgrading There are two ways to upgrade your Sun Cobalt Control Station: • add a PCI expansion card (see “Adding a PCI card” on page 4) •...
  • Page 6 Ten screws hold the top cover in place. The screws are labeled 1 through 10 in Figure 2. Figure 1 shows the rear view of the Sun Cobalt Control Station. Figure 2 shows how to remove the top cover of the Sun Cobalt Control Station.
  • Page 7 Opening the Sun Cobalt Control Station Figure 1. Rear view of the Sun Cobalt Control Station Cobalt Networks and Cobalt RaQ are trademarks of Cobalt Networks, Inc. www.cobalt.com P/N 550-00135-01 100 - 240 VAC 50/60 Hz 1.4 A 60W max 1.
  • Page 8 Adding a PCI card The Sun Cobalt Control Station unit is a single rack-unit (1RU) enclosure. Before you purchase a component to add to the Sun Cobalt Control Station, ensure that the component fits into the allocated space. Specifications for a PCI card The PCI expansion slot has been designed to accommodate the PCI standard short card form factor, with some additional space for longer cards.
  • Page 9 5. Save the PCI slot cover in case you want to remove the PCI card later. 6. Replace the top cover of the control station. 7. Secure the top cover properly and replace the ten screws that hold the top cover in place. See Figure 2. Upgrading the Hardware—Sun Cobalt Control Station...

  • Page 10: Printed Circuit Board

    Chapter 1: Maintaining and Upgrading the Hardware Printed circuit board Figure 3 shows the layout of the printed circuit board (PCB) in the Sun Cobalt Control Station. Figure 3. Layout of the printed circuit board Upgrading the Hardware—Sun Cobalt Control Station...

  • Page 11: Replacing A Hard Disk Drive

    Replacing a hard disk drive Replacing a hard disk drive If a hard disk drive fails in your Sun Cobalt Control Station, you can replace the drive. Specifications for a hard disk drive Sun Microsystems™ recommends that the hard disk drive you select meet the specifications listed in Table 1.
  • Page 12 Chapter 1: Maintaining and Upgrading the Hardware Requirements If the Sun Cobalt Control Station is mounted on an equipment rack, remove the control station from the rack and take it to a service area. Do not attempt this upgrade while the Sun Cobalt Control Station is still in the equipment rack.

  • Page 13: Removing A Hard Disk Drive

    4. Slide the bracket off the metal tabs on the chassis and lift the bracket and hard disk drive off. 5. On the underside of the bracket, remove the four screws that attach the hard disk drive to the bracket. 6. Remove the hard disk drive from the bracket. Upgrading the Hardware—Sun Cobalt Control Station...
  • Page 14 Chapter 1: Maintaining and Upgrading the Hardware Figure 4 shows the layout of the IDE cables in the Sun Cobalt Control Station. Figure 4. Layout of the IDE cables Upgrading the Hardware—Sun Cobalt Control Station...
  • Page 15 Replacing a hard disk drive Figure 5 shows the layout of the power cables in the Sun Cobalt Control Station. Figure 5. Layout of the power cables Upgrading the Hardware—Sun Cobalt Control Station...

  • Page 16: Installing A Hard Disk Drive

    Warning: Do not swap hard disk drives from one Sun Cobalt Control Station to another. Also, do not install a drive, that was previously partitioned for RAID, in a Sun Cobalt Control Station as an additional (non-RAIDed) drive. Caution: Be careful not to damage components during the upgrade.

  • Page 17: Connecting The Hard Disk Drive

    Replacing the top cover and rebooting the Sun Cobalt Control Station To replace the top cover and reboot the Sun Cobalt Control Station: 1. Secure the top cover properly and replace the ten screws that hold the top cover in place. See Figure 2 on page 4.
  • Page 18 Chapter 1: Maintaining and Upgrading the Hardware Upgrading the Hardware—Sun Cobalt Control Station...

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