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Sun Microsystems Sun StorEdge Installation Manual
Sun Microsystems Sun StorEdge Installation Manual

Sun Microsystems Sun StorEdge Installation Manual

Fast write cache 2.0 sbus nvram card
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Sun StorEdge™
Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus
NVRAM Card Installation Guide
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
901 San Antonio Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303-4900 U.S.A.
650-960-1300
Part No. 806-6353-10
August
2000, Revision A
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  • Page 1 Sun StorEdge™ Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303-4900 U.S.A. 650-960-1300 Part No. 806-6353-10 August 2000, Revision A Send comments about this document to: docfeedback@sun.com...
  • Page 2 Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, AnswerBook2, docs.sun.com, et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées, ou marques de service, de Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays. Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilisées sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de SPARC International, Inc.
  • Page 3 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide This document replaces Chapter 2 of the Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2.0 System Administrator’s Guide. It is intended to communicate the SBus NVRAM board installation procedure to Sun™ customers and support personnel. Here is a brief...
  • Page 4 The following platforms are qualified for the SBus NVRAM card. Sun Enterprise™ 3000 and 3500 Sun Enterprise 4000 and 4500 Sun Enterprise 5000 and 5500 Sun Enterprise 6000 and 6500 Sun Enterprise 10000 Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide • August 2000...
  • Page 5: Electrostatic Discharge Precautions

    Touch a conductive surface of the chassis or other element connected to common earth ground to discharge the static electricity present in your body. Sun StorEdge™ Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide...
  • Page 6 If you must put the card down, place it in its antistatic bag. Note – You must enable the batteries using the following procedure before you install the hardware. Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide • August 2000...
  • Page 7 Use antistatic bags as a protective cushion for the SBus NVRAM card. 3. Look for the battery jumpers. The SBus NVRAM card holds two batteries. Each has its own jumper, and both batteries must be activated. Sun StorEdge™ Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide...
  • Page 8 The Fast Write Cache 2.0 software is currently qualified with a maximum cache size of 64 MBytes. Therefore, the cache size reported by the software is 64 Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide • August 2000...
  • Page 9 (5 hours or less) then manually enable the cache by using this procedure: To Manually Enable the Cache 1. Become superuser (root). 2. Enter the CLI shell by typing: # /usr/opt/SUNWesm/bin/esm_cli Sun StorEdge™ Fast Write Cache 2.0 SBus NVRAM Card Installation Guide...
  • Page 10 NVRAM card. Note – The 3-battery SBus NVRAM cards do not have rechargeable batteries. Refer to the installation and battery information in the Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2.0 System Administrator’s Guide for details. Installing the NVRAM Cards You must enable the NVRAM card batteries before installing the cards.
  • Page 11 8. Push the NVRAM into the socket until it is properly seated. 9. Detach the wrist strap, replace the unit cover, and power on the system. 10. Install the Fast Write Cache software. Refer to the Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2.0 Installation Guide for installation instructions.
  • Page 12: Configuration Data

    Once the cards are installed it is transparent to you unless problems arise or the batteries become low. See the Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2.0 System Administrator’s Guide. for a detailed description of the fwcadm nvram -s display. Configuration Data...