Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V890 User Manual
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- Page 1 Sun Fire V890 Dynamic ™ Reconfiguration User’s Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 817-4166-10 August 2004, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
- Page 2 Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, Californie 95054, Etats-Unis. Tous droits réservés. Sun Microsystems, Inc. a les droits de propriété intellectuels relatants à la technologie qui est décrit dans ce document. En particulier, et sans la limitation, ces droits de propriété...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Preface v Introduction to Dynamic Reconfiguration 1 About Hot-Plug and Hot-Swap Operations 2 About Hot-Plug Operations and Dynamic Reconfiguration 2 About User Interfaces for Hot-Plug Operations 3 About Dynamic Reconfiguration and Multipathing Software 4 About Dynamic Reconfiguration Requirements 4 Detachability 4 Detach-Safe Device Drivers 4 Vital System Resources 5... - Page 4 How to Remove PCI Cards That Use Detach-Unsafe Drivers 19 What to Do 19 What Next 19 How to Add a PCI Card 20 Before You Begin 20 What to Do 20 Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide • August 2004...
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Page 5: Preface
Preface The information in the Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide is intended for system administrators and service providers. This book describes the Sun Fire™ V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) feature, which enables you to attach and detach PCI cards from a running system. The information in this book applies only to Sun Fire V890 systems. - Page 6 To delete a file, type rm filename. with a real name or value Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine_name% C shell superuser machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser vi Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide • August 2004...
- Page 7 Related Documentation Application Title Part Number Installation Sun Fire V890 Server Owner’s Guide 817-3956-11 Sun Fire V890 Server Rackmounting 817-6264-10 Guide 817-3996-12 Sun Fire V890 Server Product Notes Service Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual 817-3957-11 System Administration Sun Fire V890 Server Owner’s Guide...
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Page 9: Introduction To Dynamic Reconfiguration
C H A P T E R Introduction to Dynamic Reconfiguration This chapter introduces you to the concepts of Dynamic Reconfiguration and hot- plug operations. It also explains the requirements and limitations of Dynamic Reconfiguration. Topics covered in this chapter include: “About Hot-Plug and Hot-Swap Operations”... -
Page 10: About Hot-Plug And Hot-Swap Operations
However, the hot-plug procedure involves issuing software commands for preparing the system before removing a PCI card and for reconfiguring the operating system after installation of a new card. The Sun Fire V890 internal disk drives are also hot-pluggable components. -
Page 11: About User Interfaces For Hot-Plug Operations
Both hot-plug methods use the status LEDs located near each PCI slot. These LEDs indicate when it is safe to insert or remove a card from its slot, and show whether the operation has succeeded or failed. For additional details on Sun Fire V890 hot- plug status LEDs, see “About the Status LEDs”... -
Page 12: About Dynamic Reconfiguration And Multipathing Software
The alternate controller must reside on a different PCI card or be integrated into the Sun Fire V890 system motherboard or I/O board. For more information about multipathing software, refer to the Sun Fire V890 Server Owner’s Guide. -
Page 13: Vital System Resources
Kernel Interface (DDI/DKI) function called DDI_DETACH. Any driver that does not support the DDI_DETACH function is called detach-unsafe. Sun Microsystems offers a variety of hot-pluggable PCI cards that use detach-safe device drivers. For an up-to-date list of Sun PCI cards that use detach-safe drivers, contact your local Sun sales representative. -
Page 14: About Dynamic Reconfiguration Limitations
FC-AL Disk Arrays For Sun StorEdge™ A5000 Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) disk arrays, the firmware version must be ST19171FC 0413 or later. Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide • August 2004... -
Page 15: Using Dynamic Reconfiguration
C H A P T E R Using Dynamic Reconfiguration This chapter provides detailed instructions for Dynamic Reconfiguration procedures on a Sun Fire V890 system. Topics covered in this chapter include: “How to Display Card Status” on page 7 ■... -
Page 16: Accessing The Basic Status Display
ID of the PCI card in the first slot is PCI0. Note – The cfgadm status display shows attachment points for both PCI cards and CPU/Memory boards. However, DR operations for Sun Fire V890 CPU/Memory boards are not supported. Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide • August 2004... - Page 17 The following table lists the attachment point IDs for all of the Sun Fire V890 PCI slots. Slot Attachment Point ID PCI slot 0 PCI0 PCI slot 1 PCI1 PCI slot 2 PCI2 PCI slot 3 PCI3 PCI slot 4...
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Page 18: Accessing The Detailed Status Display
In addition to the information provided by the basic status display, the detailed status information includes the physical attachment point of each card. The following is an example of the display produced by the cfgadm -v command. Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide • August 2004... - Page 19 # cfgadm -v Ap_Id Receptacle Occupant Condition Information When Type Busy Phys_Id PCI0 empty unconfigured pci8b:5 Slot 0 Dec 31 19:05 unknown /devices/pci@8,700000:hpc1_slot0 PCI1 empty unconfigured pci8b:4 Slot 1 Dec 31 19:05 unknown /devices/pci@8,700000:hpc1_slot1 PCI2 empty unconfigured pci8b:3 Slot 2 Dec 31 19:05 unknown /devices/pci@8,700000:hpc1_slot2...
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Page 20: About The Status Leds
About the Status LEDs Inside the Sun Fire V890 system, status LEDs provide power, fault, and hot-plug indications for each PCI card slot. Each LED is labeled with an icon as shown below: Power Fault OK-to-Remove The following tables summarize how to interpret the LEDs for various hot-plug scenarios. - Page 21 Removing a Card – Card Busy TABLE 2-2 Action Description Slot occupied; Power LED on Start hot-plug removal via push button or cfgadm command Fault LED blinks briefly during unconfigure operation Card busy; check system console messages Adding a Card TABLE 2-3 Action Description...
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Page 22: How To Identify Cards And Slots
How to Identify Cards and Slots Note – Internal access to the Sun Fire V890 system is restricted to qualified service personnel. Installation procedures for internal components are covered in the Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual, which is included on the Sun Fire V890 Server Online Documentation CD. -
Page 23: Identifying A Card Or Slot From A System Console
Identifying a Card or Slot From a System Console 1. Log in to the system as superuser. 2. Type the cfgadm command to display detailed status information for the system’s PCI slots. # cfgadm The command output identifies each slot and any cards occupying those slots. For more information, see “How to Display Card Status”... -
Page 24: What Next
“How to Remove PCI Cards That Use Detach-Unsafe Drivers” on page 19 What Next To remove a PCI card, see “How to Remove a PCI Card” on page Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide • August 2004... -
Page 25: How To Remove A Pci Card
1. A qualified service professional should open the appropriate side access door. See “How to Open the Side Access Doors” in the Sun Fire V890 Server Owner’s Guide. If you are replacing a faulty card a Fault LED inside the system illuminates to indicate which slot contains the faulty card. -
Page 26: What Next
Caution – Do not remove a card until the OK-to-Remove LED illuminates; otherwise, the system will crash. Refer to the Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual for removal and replacement procedures. If the OK-to-Remove LED never turns on, the process has failed. -
Page 27: How To Remove Pci Cards That Use Detach-Unsafe Drivers
How to Remove PCI Cards That Use Detach-Unsafe Drivers Some drivers do not yet support DR on Sun Fire V890 systems. DR cannot detach these drivers, but you can remove some undetachable drivers manually using the following procedure. What to Do 1. -
Page 28: How To Add A Pci Card
How to Add a PCI Card Note – Internal access to the Sun Fire V890 system is restricted to qualified service personnel. Installation procedures for internal components are covered in the Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual, which is included on the Sun Fire V890 Server Online Documentation CD. - Page 29 Occupant column it shows unconfigured. 2. Physically install the card into the slot. Refer to the Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual for removal and replacement procedures. 3. Connect any cables or interface modules to the card.
- Page 30 Activate the devices on the card using the mount and ifconfig commands, as appropriate. b. Restore or create any desired swap partitions. c. Restore or create any desired multipathing and/or volume management configurations. Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User’s Guide • August 2004...
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