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Sun Fire
V440 Server
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Installation Guide

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A.
650-960-1300
Part No. 816-7727-10
July 2003, Revision A
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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    Sun Fire V440 Server ™ Installation Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. 650-960-1300 Part No. 816-7727-10 July 2003, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
  • Page 2 Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, Etats-Unis. Tous droits réservés. Sun Microsystems, Inc. a les droits de propriété intellectuels relatants à la technologie incorporée dans le produit qui est décrit dans ce document. En particulier, et sans la limitation, ces droits de propriété intellectuels peuvent inclure un ou plus des brevets américains énumérés à...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Verify All Parts 2 Transfer Online Documentation 3 Plan the Installation 3 What Next 4 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet 5 Checklist of 4-Post Rackmounting Tasks 6 Inventory for 4-Post Rackmounting 7 Tools Required for Rackmounting 8...
  • Page 4 Install the Solaris Operating Environment and Additional Software 47 What Next 48 Background and Reference 49 System LEDs 49 Serial Port Connector 51 Serial Port Connector Diagram 51 Serial Port Connector Signals 51 4-Post Cabinet Requirements 52 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 5: Preface

    However, you do not need Solaris operating environment experience to follow instructions in Chapter 2, which detail the installation of the Sun Fire V440 server into a 4-post cabinet. How This Book Is Organized This guide is organized into three chapters and one appendix.

  • Page 6: Typographic Conventions

    These are called class options. Replace command-line To delete a file, type rm filename. variables with real names or values. * The settings on your browser might differ from these settings. vi Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 7: System Prompts

    OpenBoot firmware OpenBoot Diagnostics obdiag> Related Documentation Application Title Part Number Late-breaking product Sun Fire V440 Server Product Notes 816-7733 information Cabling and power-on Sun Fire V440 Server Setup: 816-7734 overview Cabling and Power-On Administration Sun Fire V440 Server Administration...

  • Page 8: Contacting Sun Technical Support

    Note – For important safety, compliance, and conformity information regarding the Sun Fire V440 server, see the Sun Fire V440 Server Safety and Compliance Guide, part number 816-7731, on the Documentation CD or online at the above location. Contacting Sun Technical Support...

  • Page 9: Preparing For Installation

    C H A P T E R Preparing for Installation This chapter includes a description of the components of the Sun Fire V440 server, a list of documents on the Documentation CD, and a set of questions that the system administrator must answer before installing the server software.

  • Page 10: Verify All Parts

    Ship kit carton Documentation CD Ship Kit Grounding strap System keys Cable management arm RJ-45 cable RJ-45/DB-25 adapter Inner glides Slide assemblies Rackmounting kit carton Screws, nuts, washers (4 packs) Rackmounting kit carton Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 11: Transfer Online Documentation

    Transfer Online Documentation The Sun Fire V440 Server Documentation CD is included in the ship kit. See the booklet included with the CD for instructions on transferring the documentation to disk or viewing the documentation directly from the CD. In addition to this guide, the following documents are included on the Sun Fire V440...

  • Page 12: What Next

    Note – Be sure to use a supported version of the Solaris operating environment. See the Sun Fire V440 Server Product Notes for more information. What Next Install the server into a cabinet, following instructions in Chapter 2. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 13: Installing A Sun Fire V440 Server Into A 4-Post Cabinet

    Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet This chapter shows you how to install a Sun Fire V440 server into a 4-post Sun™ StorEdge Expansion Cabinet or other Electronic Industries Association (EIA)-compliant 19-inch (48.26-cm) wide rack. If you are installing a Sun Fire V440 server into a 2-post rack, refer to the 2-post rackmounting instructions that are included on the Documentation CD in the Ship kit.

  • Page 14: Checklist Of 4-Post Rackmounting Tasks

    “Connect the Power Cords to the Server” on page 30 Connect a twisted-pair Ethernet “Connect Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cables” on (TPE) cable. page 32 Restore the cabinet. “Restore the Cabinet” on page 34 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 15: Inventory For 4-Post Rackmounting

    Inventory for 4-Post Rackmounting You need one 4-post rackmounting kit for each Sun Fire V440 server you intend to install into a cabinet. The 4-post rackmounting kit is included with the server. You also need this document and the Rack Alignment template from the ship kit.

  • Page 16: Tools Required For Rackmounting

    Phillips No. 2 screwdriver (Use to tighten 10-32 and M6 screws.) Set of appropriate Allen wrenches to remove the side panels on some cabinets Adjustable wrench to tighten the nuts on the mounting brackets Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 17: Attach The Inner Glides To The Chassis

    Position the straight end of each inner glide toward the front of the server. Align the second hole on the inner glide with the first hole on the chassis. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...

  • Page 18: Prepare The Cabinet

    See the instructions provided with your cabinet. Removing the side panels can improve access to the areas where you will install nuts and screws when securing the server in the cabinet. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 19: Locate The Mounting Holes

    The following figure shows both sides of the Rack Alignment template. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...
  • Page 20 When you do this, the top of the template is midway between a set of half-inch holes. c. Repeat Step a and Step b for the left front vertical rack rail. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 21: Install The Slide Assemblies

    Partially tighten the lock nuts. Do not fully tighten the lock nuts until after you attach the slide assemblies to the mounting rails. Lock nut Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...
  • Page 22 Fully tighten the 8-32 lock nuts on the back mounting bracket. Step 4b. Step 4a. Step 4c. 5. Repeat Step 3 and Step 4 for the other slide assembly. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 23 Phillips 8-32 screw and an 8-32 lock nut on each back mounting bracket. Fully tighten the lock nuts. 7. Make sure that each slide assembly is fully retracted into the cabinet. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...

  • Page 24: Install The Server Into The Cabinet

    2. Align the rounded ends of the inner glides on the server with the slide assemblies in the cabinet. Note – Make sure that the inner glides attached to the server are inserted within the ball-bearing runners. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 25 Tip – Slide the server in and out of the cabinet slowly and carefully to ensure that the slide assemblies are working correctly and are free from obstructions. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...
  • Page 26 4. Press the flat spring catch on each inner glide in order to slide the server the rest of the way into the cabinet. 5. Fully tighten the screws that attach the back brackets to the back rails. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 27: What Next

    What Next The next tasks are to install the cable management arm and to connect the power cords and Ethernet (RJ-45) cables. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...

  • Page 28: Install The Cable Management Arm

    Sliding the server out of the cabinet enables easy access to the areas where you will attach the cable management arm. 3. Attach one end of the cable management arm to the inner glide. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 29 See Step 4 for instructions on how to attach the cable management arm to the slide assembly. Mounting hole Captive screw Slot Inner glide Cable management arm Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...
  • Page 30 Slide the slot over the tab until the captive screw aligns with the mounting hole on the inner glide. You may need to rotate the cable management arm flange containing the slot and captive screw so that you can fit the slot over the tab. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 31 Locate the barrel at the end of the slide assembly. c. Locate the bracket at the end of the cable management arm. The bracket has openings at the top and bottom. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...
  • Page 32 Cable management arm bracket Barrel e. Locate the speed pin on the end of the cable management arm. The speed pin secures the cable management arm to the slide assembly. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 33: Secure The Cords And Cables To The Cable Management Arm

    Your server might use additional cables. 1. Install the cable management arm on the server. See “Install the Cable Management Arm” on page 20. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...
  • Page 34 For example, for a smaller bundle of cables, thread the Velcro straps through the slots in the upper and lower lips. For a larger bundle of cables, wrap the straps completely around the cables and the cable management arm. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 35 See the section, “Install the Cable Management Arm” on page 20, Step 3b, for instructions. 6. Secure the cords and cables to the third section of the cable management arm using the Velcro straps. Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...

  • Page 36: Install Optional Components

    Install Optional Components Install any optional components shipped with your system. If you ordered options that are not factory-installed, see the Sun Fire V440 Server Parts Installation and Removal Guide for installation instructions. Note – All internal components except disk drives must be installed by qualified service technicians only.

  • Page 37: Connecting The Cords And Cables

    Connecting the Cords and Cables The following figure shows the Sun Fire V440 server back panel and identifies the AC power inlets and I/O ports. Port Information AC inlets Power cords connect to each AC inlet. Do not connect the cord to an AC outlet at this point.

  • Page 38: Connect The Power Cords To The Server

    PS 0 PS 1 HDD 2 HDD 1 HDD 0 4. Slide the server out of the rack far enough to give you convenient access to the back of the server. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 39 PCI 2 PCI 2 PCI 1 PCI 1 PCI 0 PCI 0 33 MHz 33 MHz 33/66MHz 33/66MHz 33MHz 33MHz 33MHz 33MHz 33/66MHz 33/66MHz 33/66MHz 33/66MHz SERIAL 10/100/1000 Chapter 2 Installing a Sun Fire V440 Server Into a 4-Post Cabinet...

  • Page 40: Connect Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cables

    Note – The server also provides a TPE connector on the Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) system controller card. Use this connector to access ALOM features through a network. See the Sun Fire V440 Server Administration Guide. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 41 33MHz SERIAL 10/100/1000 Note – Because the Sun Fire V440 server has two RJ-45 ports, to help avoid confusing the two later, you should label each cable at each end, identifying which cable is connected to which port. 3. Plug in the cable to the RJ-45 outlet to connect to your Ethernet network.

  • Page 42: Restore The Cabinet

    2. Replace the front and back doors, if applicable. What Next The next tasks are to set up a system console device, power on the server, and install the Solaris operating environment. See Chapter 3. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 43: Setup And Power-On Procedures

    It also provides guidelines for installing the Solaris operating environment. Make sure that you have installed the Sun Fire V440 server into a cabinet and, if you have installed it into a 4-post cabinet, that you have routed cords and cables into the cable management arm (see Chapter 2) before following the instructions in this chapter.

  • Page 44: About Connecting The Server To A Terminal Server

    ALOM system controller. About Connecting the Server to a Terminal Server The serial management port on the Sun Fire V440 server is a data terminal equipment (DTE) port. The pinouts for the serial management port correspond with the pinouts for the RJ-45 ports on the Serial Interface Breakout Cable supplied by Cisco for use with the Cisco AS2511-RJ terminal server.
  • Page 45 If the pinouts for the serial management port do not correspond with the pinouts for the RJ-45 ports on the terminal server, you need to make a crossover cable that takes each pin on the Sun Fire V440 server serial management port to the corresponding pin in the terminal server’s serial port.

  • Page 46: How To Access The System Console Via A Terminal Server

    1. Open a terminal session on the connecting device, and type: % telnet IP-address-of-terminal-server port-number For example, for a Sun Fire V440 server connected to port 10000 on a terminal server whose IP address is 192.20.30.10, you would type: % telnet 192.20.30.10 10000 Note –...

  • Page 47: How To Access The System Console Via Tip Connection

    The following procedure assumes that you are setting up a system console device for the Sun Fire V440 server by connecting the serial port of another Sun system to the serial management port (SERIAL MGT) of the Sun Fire V440 server.
  • Page 48 The other Sun system responds by displaying: connected The terminal window is now a tip window directed to the Sun Fire V440 server via the other Sun system’s ttyb port. This connection is established and maintained even when the Sun Fire V440 server is completely powered off or just starting up.

  • Page 49: Prepare To Configure The Primary Network Interface

    Prepare to Configure the Primary Network Interface The following instructions assume that you have chosen a network port and have installed an Ethernet cable, as instructed in the section, “Connect Twisted-Pair Ethernet Cables” on page 32. Note that some of these steps are optional, depending on how you want to configure the network.

  • Page 50: Power On The Server

    Caution – The AC power cords provide a discharge path for static electricity. Unless otherwise noted in the Sun Fire V440 Server Parts Installation and Removal Guide, the cords must remain plugged in to the AC outlets when you install or handle internal components.

  • Page 51: How To Power On Via The Power Button

    Locked Diagnostics 5. Connect the Sun Fire V440 server’s outlet plug of each power cord to the power sequencer in the cabinet (if your type of cabinet includes one), to a grounded outlet strip, or to a grounded AC power outlet.

  • Page 52: How To Power On Via The Poweron Command

    ALOM sc> prompt. To use this command, you must pay careful attention to the ALOM boot messages, as this procedure requires quick entry of commands. 1. Make sure that your system console device is set up and active. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 53 Read the documentation supplied with the device for specific instructions. 3. Connect the Sun Fire V440 server’s outlet plug of each power cord to the power sequencer in the cabinet (if your type of cabinet includes one), to a grounded outlet strip, or to a grounded AC power outlet.
  • Page 54 If you are using the smaller key, you can leave it in place and use the larger key for the next step. 12. Close and lock the right system door. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 55: Install The Solaris Operating Environment And Additional Software

    See the section, “Set Up a System Console Device” on page 35. Be sure that you are using the Solaris operating environment supported by the Sun Fire V440 server. See the Sun Fire V440 Server Product Notes for additional information.

  • Page 56: What Next

    The URL for obtaining this tool is: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=installcheck/installcheck What Next The Sun Fire V440 server is now ready for use and, if you desire, additional configuration. Consult the Sun Fire V440 Server Administration Guide for detailed information and instructions relating to configuration and administration of the server.

  • Page 57: Background And Reference

    System LEDs As you install your Sun Fire V440 server, be aware of several system status LED indicators on both the front and back panels. These indicators provide general system status, alert you to system problems, and help you to determine the location of system faults.
  • Page 58 This green LED lights when a disk is present in the monitored drive slot. This LED blinks slowly to indicate that the drive is spinning up or down, and quickly to indicate disk activity. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

  • Page 59: Serial Port Connector

    Further details about the diagnostic use of LEDs are discussed separately in the Sun Fire V440 Server Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide. Serial Port Connector Accessible from the back panel of the Sun Fire V440 server is a DB-9 connector labeled ttyb that serves as a single, general-purpose serial port. Serial Port Connector Diagram...

  • Page 60: 4-Post Cabinet Requirements

    You must prevent the cabinet from tilting forward when one or more servers or devices are fully extended out the front of the cabinet. Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...
  • Page 61 4-Post Cabinet Requirements (Continued) TABLE A-4 Cabinet Feature Requirement Airflow The server operating airflow is 92 cfm, regardless of ambient air and altitude. This airflow provides appropriate cooling up to 104 F (40 C) and 10,000 feet (3000 meters). For proper ventilation of the server, the front and back doors must comply with the following minimum open area requirements.
  • Page 62 Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide • July 2003...

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