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Troubleshooting

This chapter contains information on troubleshooting procedures, power-on self-test
(POST) codes and technical support contacts.

This chapter includes the following sections:

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Section 2.1, “Troubleshooting Overview” on page 2-2

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Section 2.2, “Visual Inspection” on page 2-2

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Section 2.3, “Troubleshooting Procedures” on page 2-4

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Section 2.4, “Technical Assistance” on page 2-7

Summary of Contents for Sun Fire X2100

Page 1: ...Sun Microsystems Inc www sun com Submit comments about this document at http www sun com hwdocs feedback Sun Fire X2100 Server User Guide Part No 819 3721 13 April 2007 Revision A...

Page 2: ...opyright 2006 2007 Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara Californie 95054 Etats Unis Tous droits r serv s Sun Microsystems Inc a les droits de propri t intellectuels relatants la techno...

Page 3: ...1 2 1 2 Supported Operating Systems 1 3 1 2 2 Supplemental CD Software 1 4 1 2 3 System Management 1 4 1 3 Hardware System Overview 1 5 1 3 1 Front and Rear Panels 1 5 1 3 2 Internal Components 1 7 1...

Page 4: ...5 Deferred Burn in Testing 3 9 3 6 Create Diagnostic Partition 3 10 3 6 1 Removing Existing Partitions From a Hard Disk 3 11 3 6 2 Adding a Diagnostic Partition to the First Bootable Disk 3 12 3 6 3...

Page 5: ...5 2 1 Removing the SMDC 4 9 4 5 2 2 Installing the SMDC Card 4 10 Flashing the BIOS 4 11 4 5 3 PCIe Card 4 12 4 5 3 1 Removing the PCIe Card and Riser 4 12 4 5 3 2 Installing the PCIe Card and Riser 4...

Page 6: ...OS Using the Clear CMOS Jumper 4 35 4 5 10 2 Clearing the CMOS by Removing the System Battery 4 35 4 5 11 System Battery 4 36 4 5 11 1 Removing the System Battery 4 36 4 5 11 2 Installing the System B...

Page 7: ...e SMDC Using IPMItool C 6 C 3 2 Setting Up the System BIOS C 7 C 3 3 Setting Up on Solaris C 8 C 3 4 Setting Up on Linux C 9 C 3 5 Setting Up the Console System C 10 D Booting the Supplemental CD from...

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Page 9: ...d This Book Chapter 1 Contains an overview of the Sun Fire X2100 Server Chapter 2 Contains information about troubleshooting the server Chapter 3 Contains information about diagnostics Chapter 4 Conta...

Page 10: ...ng Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files and directories on screen computer output Edit your login file Use ls a to list all files You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted with o...

Page 11: ...an the translated documentation Product Updates Documentation Support Training and Warranty URLs Sun provides updates to documentation drivers firmware and CD ROM ISO images through the Sun web site T...

Page 12: ...ill not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content goods or services that are available on or through...

Page 13: ...procedures and information about installing components The following sections are included in this chapter Section 1 1 Features on page 1 2 Section 1 2 Operating System and Software on page 1 3 Sectio...

Page 14: ...SDRAM 3 05 cm max height modules Unbuffered ECC memory Media storage Optional DVD ROM Hard disk drives Up to two SATA disk drives Power supply 300W PSU Network I O Two 10 100 1000BASE T Gigabit Ethern...

Page 15: ...docs sun com 1 2 1 2 Supported Operating Systems TABLE 1 2 shows the operating systems currently available for the Sun Fire X2100 Server An updated list of supported operating systems is available at...

Page 16: ...emental CD Software The Sun Fire X2100 Server Supplemental CD included with the server contains the following software Supplemental drivers to support preinstalled or user installed operating systems...

Page 17: ...our Sun Fire X2100 Server 1 3 1 Front and Rear Panels FIGURE 1 1 illustrates the front panel of the Sun Fire X2100 Server FIGURE 1 1 Front Panel TABLE 1 3 Front Panel Label Button LED Port Label Butto...

Page 18: ...e X2100 Server FIGURE 1 2 Rear Panel TABLE 1 4 Rear Panel Label Connector Slot Label Connector Slot 1 Power connector 6 Onboard HD15 video connector 2 Locate LED 7 Ethernet connectors 2 3 Status LED 8...

Page 19: ...1 3 Sun Fire X2100 Server System Components TABLE 1 5 Sun Fire X2100 Server Internal Components Label Component Label Component 1 Hard drive 2 7 Dual fan modules 2 2 Hard drive 1 8 PC Express card and...

Page 20: ...er Follow these steps to power on the server 1 Turn on the power to the monitor and to all external devices 2 Press and release the server Power button on the front panel see FIGURE 1 1 3 After severa...

Page 21: ...Caution Use one of the first two options whenever possible to avoid data loss If the server power is not turned off with one of the first two options press and hold the Power button for approximately...

Page 22: ...can order additional components and replacement parts for the Sun Fire X2100 Server Contact your local Sun sales representative for more information For the most up to date component information see t...

Page 23: ...power on self test POST codes and technical support contacts This chapter includes the following sections Section 2 1 Troubleshooting Overview on page 2 2 Section 2 2 Visual Inspection on page 2 2 Se...

Page 24: ...of them solve the problem If the BIOS halts without displaying an error message see the Port 80 LED for BIOS POST messages Appendix B lists the descriptions of the BIOS POST codes Execute a diagnosti...

Page 25: ...connect the power cord from the back of the system box 3 Turn off any attached peripherals 4 Remove the server cover using the procedures in Section 4 2 Installation Precautions on page 4 2 Caution So...

Page 26: ...The green LED on the monitor stops flashing and remains illuminated Server powers on but the monitor does not Is the Power button for the monitor turned on Is the monitor power cord connected to a wal...

Page 27: ...nt power LED is illuminated Server appears to be in low power mode but the Power button LED does not blink The power indicator LED only blinks when all server components are in low power mode A tape d...

Page 28: ...Check the documentation that came with the device to see if any device drivers must be installed Ensure that the cables for the external device are firmly connected and that the pins in the cable and...

Page 29: ...s http docs sun com documentation Discussion and troubleshooting forums http supportforum sun com Support diagnostic tools and alerts for all Sun products http www sun com bigadmin SunSolveSM web site...

Page 30: ...2 8 Sun Fire X2100 Server User Guide April 2007...

Page 31: ...stics software to diagnose and resolve these issues The following sections are included in this chapter Section 3 1 PC Check Diagnostics Overview on page 3 2 Section 3 2 System Information Menu on pag...

Page 32: ...Supplemental CD into your DVD drive and reboot the system If you are running the Pc Check software from a PXE server Follow the instructions in Appendix C to set up the PXE server The system boots to...

Page 33: ...esses and system boot PCI Bus Information Includes details about specific devices from pci config space within the system similar to the System Management Information section IDE Bus Information Shows...

Page 34: ...the memory and includes a Memory Tests menu to test the memory on the system Also lists each type of memory in the system such as system cache or video memory Motherboard Displays information about th...

Page 35: ...nu with options for performing different tests on the keyboard Mouse Displays information about the mouse and includes a menu to test the mouse on the system Joystick Displays information about the jo...

Page 36: ...on Destructive Write Test and the Destructive Write Test are options that pertain to the hard drive media Caution Running the Destructive Write Test destroys any data that is on the disk The options t...

Page 37: ...il the user provides the correct input noinput tst This script is used as a first triage of any hardware related problems or issues The script performs a nondetailed test of most hardware components e...

Page 38: ...pt All Possible Choices Pass Control Overall Time Overall Passes Individual Passes Overall Passes or Overall Time Duration 01 00 1 Any number to designate the time duration of the test Script File N A...

Page 39: ...hange Options Opens the Burn in Options menu which enables you to modify the various options listed in TABLE 3 3 for the currently loaded test script Select Tests Opens a listing of the tests availabl...

Page 40: ...reserves the diagnostic partition The Create Diagnostic Partition option creates a diagnostic partition on the first bootable disk usually the primary master SATA device Note If you are running the Pc...

Page 41: ...2 Reboot the server 3 From the Supplemental CD main menu type 4 to exit to DOS 4 Type fdisk at the command prompt and press the Enter key 5 Type 4 to select an alternate fixed disk The second hard dis...

Page 42: ...mation on clearing the partitions from the disk see Section 3 6 1 Removing Existing Partitions From a Hard Disk on page 3 11 If the first bootable disk is clear of partitions the Sun Microsystems Part...

Page 43: ...s the name of the test you have created 7 Select Perform Burn in Tests to run the script 8 When the tests are complete press the Esc key to exit the Display Results window 9 Select Exit to DOS and pre...

Page 44: ...rtition You do not need to continue this procedure 5 Insert the Supplemental CD into the DVD tray 6 When the CD is mounted open a terminal window 7 Type the following command cd mountpoint drivers lin...

Page 45: ...have read access to this partition Only the superuser has read write access to this partition You do not need to continue this procedure 5 Insert the Supplemental CD into the DVD tray 6 When the CD is...

Page 46: ...the results of those tests as Pass Fail or N A The following is a list of the options that are available with the Supplemental CD If your own system does not have all of these options they might not b...

Page 47: ...ting CD DVD Drive Seek Test CD DVD Seek Time ms CD DVD Test Disk Read and CD DVD Tray Test ATAPI Devices This section displays the results of the following tests conducted on the ATAPI devices Linear...

Page 48: ...About Pc Check The About Pc Check window includes general information about Pc Check software including resident and nonresident components such as mouse devices 3 10 Exit to DOS You use the Exit to...

Page 49: ...ge 4 2 Section 4 3 Powering Off the Server and Removing the Cover on page 4 3 Section 4 4 Locations of Server Components on page 4 5 Section 4 5 Customer Replaceable Unit Replacement Procedures on pag...

Page 50: ...it Wear a wrist strap and attach it to the system chassis ground or to any metal part of the system before handling components Turn off the power button on the back of the chassis before removing or...

Page 51: ...external cables to the system 5 Power on the system See Section 1 4 1 Powering On the Server on page 1 8 Caution If the cover and hard disk drives have been removed do not operate the server for more...

Page 52: ...static electricity 6 Before handling components attach a wrist strap to a chassis ground any unpainted metal surface 7 Loosen the two captive screws securing the cover to the chassis see FIGURE 4 1 8...

Page 53: ...d replace procedures FIGURE 4 2 Sun Fire X2100 Server System Components TABLE 4 1 Label Component Label Component 1 Hard drive 2 7 Dual fan modules 2 2 Hard drive 1 8 PCI Express card and riser 3 Opti...

Page 54: ...on 4 5 6 DVD Drive Assembly on page 4 22 Power supply see Section 4 5 7 Power Supply on page 4 25 Fans see Section 4 5 8 Cooling Fans on page 4 27 Memory DIMMs see Section 4 5 9 Dual Inline Memory Mod...

Page 55: ...Board Follow these steps to remove the I O board 1 Power off the server and any attached peripherals and disconnect the power cord for the server Refer to Section 4 3 Powering Off the Server and Remov...

Page 56: ...an I O Board Follow these steps to install the I O board 1 Position the I O board on top of the DVD cage so that it fits into the I O board guideposts FIGURE 4 4 Installing the I O Board 2 Fasten the...

Page 57: ...SMDC For more information on the SMDC and its setup see Appendix C 4 5 2 1 Removing the SMDC If you are installing an SMDC card for the first time skip this section and go to Section 4 5 2 2 Installin...

Page 58: ...rst time you will need the Sun Fire X2100 Server Supplemental CD to complete the installation Additionally refer to Appendix C for more information and requirements related to installing and using the...

Page 59: ...lash the BIOS do the following Note For known issues and late breaking information on BIOS hardware and software see the latest release of The Sun Fire X2100 Server Release Notes 819 3722 at the follo...

Page 60: ...ard and Riser Follow these steps to remove the PCIe card and riser 1 Power off the system and remove the cover as described in Section 4 3 Powering Off the Server and Removing the Cover on page 4 3 2...

Page 61: ...Chapter 4 Maintaining the Sun Fire X2100 Server 4 13 4 Unscrew the PCIe card and remove the card from the PCIe card riser assembly connector FIGURE 4 9 Removing the PCIe Card...

Page 62: ...uide April 2007 4 5 3 2 Installing the PCIe Card and Riser Follow these steps to install the PCIe card and riser 1 Install the new PCIe card in the riser assembly and fasten the screw to secure it FIG...

Page 63: ...11 Installing the PCIe Card Riser Assembly 3 Tighten the captive screw to secure the riser card to the chassis 4 Check the routing of all cables for obstructions and then install the cover 4 5 4 SATA...

Page 64: ...ation you must power off the server before removing an HDD it is not necessary to remove the cover Power off the system as described in Section 4 3 Powering Off the Server and Removing the Cover on pa...

Page 65: ...arm to remove the carrier 4 Reinsert the HDD and carrier into the server as described in Section 4 5 4 2 Installing an HDD and Carrier on page 4 17 4 5 4 2 Installing an HDD and Carrier Follow these s...

Page 66: ...e steps to remove the SATA backplane 1 Power off the system and remove the cover as described in Section 4 3 Powering Off the Server and Removing the Cover on page 4 3 2 Remove all hard disk drive HDD...

Page 67: ...4 Unfasten the eight screws that secure the backplane to the chassis FIGURE 4 14 Removing the SATA Backplane 5 Lift the SATA backplane out of the chassis see FIGURE 4 14 Caution Ensure that the fan w...

Page 68: ...kplane Follow these steps to install the SATA backplane 1 Place the new SATA backplane in the chassis FIGURE 4 15 Installing the SATA Backplane 2 Fasten the screws that secure the backplane to the cha...

Page 69: ...ire X2100 Server 4 21 FIGURE 4 16 Server Internal Cable Routing 4 Check the routing of all cables for obstructions and then install the cover 5 Install the hard drives See Section 4 5 4 SATA Hard Disk...

Page 70: ...g the DVD Drive Assembly on page 4 23 4 5 6 1 Removing the DVD Drive Assembly Follow these steps to remove the DVD drive assembly 1 Power off the system and remove the cover as described in Section 4...

Page 71: ...asping it by its sides Do not push on the DVD ROM tray 4 5 6 2 Installing the DVD Drive Assembly Follow these steps to install the DVD drive assembly 1 If necessary remove the filler panel in front of...

Page 72: ...4 24 Sun Fire X2100 Server User Guide April 2007 FIGURE 4 19 Installing the DVD Drive Cable 5 Check the routing of all cables for obstructions and then install the cover...

Page 73: ...remove the power supply 1 Power off the system and remove the cover as described in Section 4 3 Powering Off the Server and Removing the Cover on page 4 3 2 Disconnect the three power supply cables fr...

Page 74: ...5 7 2 Installing a Power Supply Follow these steps to install the power supply 1 Position the power supply over the chassis power supply cage 2 Insert the power supply into the chassis 3 Fasten the p...

Page 75: ...hen install the cover 4 5 8 Cooling Fans The following procedures describes how to replace a system fan module 4 5 8 1 Removing the Fans Follow these steps to remove a system fan module 1 Power off th...

Page 76: ...oard connector to which the fan was connected If you connect a fan to an incorrect connector the SP cannot correctly identify a fan failure 4 5 8 2 Installing the Fans Follow these steps to install a...

Page 77: ...29 FIGURE 4 24 Installing a Fan Module 3 Gently push the fan down to secure it to the chassis 4 Connect the fan connector to the appropriate connector on the SATA backplane 5 Check the routing of all...

Page 78: ...anks Bank0 and Bank1 Bank0 is comprised of DIMM slots 1 and 2 and Bank1 is comprised of DIMM slots 3 and 4 The DIMM slots are color coded The Bank0 slots are blue and The Bank1 slots are black When co...

Page 79: ...aulty PC Check indicates which one failed and highlights it in red 8 Make a note of any failed DIMM modules 9 Shut down the machine and disconnect the AC power from the back 10 To remove the faulty mo...

Page 80: ...DIMM slot see FIGURE 4 26 This action lifts the DIMM from its slot Caution Do not remove the DIMM from the DIMM slot at an angle This can damage the DIMM the edge connector or the slot Always handle D...

Page 81: ...damage DIMMs and other components beyond repair Use proper ESD grounding techniques when handling DIMMs and other components Wear an antistatic wrist strap and use an antistatic mat 1 Refer to DIMM Po...

Page 82: ...bles for obstructions and then install the cover 4 5 10 CMOS Data CMOS is a type of chip on the motherboard that stores system specific data such as the date and time and the user and supervisor passw...

Page 83: ...able connector J33 on the motherboard see Section FIGURE 4 37 Motherboard Cable Connection on page 4 47 for the location of connector J33 Note JP2 is a three position jumper The default normal positio...

Page 84: ...The battery contains lithium and can explode if not properly used handled or disposed of 4 5 11 1 Removing the System Battery Follow these steps to remove a system battery 1 Power off the system and r...

Page 85: ...RE 4 28 Removing the System Battery Caution Do not dispose of the battery with regular waste Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions or contact your local waste disposal ag...

Page 86: ...w these steps to install a system battery 1 Install the system battery into the holder with the side labeled facing up FIGURE 4 29 Installing the System Battery Note Replace the battery only with the...

Page 87: ...PU Follow these steps to remove a heatsink and CPU 1 Power off the system and remove the cover as described in Section 4 3 Powering Off the Server and Removing the Cover on page 4 3 2 Remove the air b...

Page 88: ...nt time to cool before handling 4 Twist the heatsink slightly to the right or left to break the seal with the thermal grease 5 Lift the heatsink away from the CPU 6 Place the heatsink upside down on a...

Page 89: ...100 Server 4 41 FIGURE 4 32 Removing the CPU 8 Lift the CPU out of the socket leaving the release lever in the open position Caution Ensure that the thermal grease from the heatsink does not come into...

Page 90: ...nk FIGURE 4 33 Hardware Order for CPU and Heatsink Installation Follow these steps to install a CPU and heatsink 1 Unpack the new CPU Caution Observe the appropriate ESD precautions 2 Ensure that the...

Page 91: ...U into the socket If you feel more than minimal resistance stop and recheck the alignment Forcing a misaligned CPU into the socket can cause permanent damage 5 When the CPU is fully seated in the sock...

Page 92: ...ot been removed loosened or damaged This foam strip is critical to proper air flow 11 Carefully position the heatsink on the CPU aligning it with the mounting posts to reduce movement after it makes i...

Page 93: ...of the air baffle forward to engage it with the positioning posts near the center chassis divider c Push the back of the baffle straight down to secure it to the screws on the side of the heatsink 15...

Page 94: ...led to help you identify the cable to which it should be connected To remove and install system cables 1 Press the power button to turn off the system power and power off all of the peripherals connec...

Page 95: ...le 1 J45 SATA backplane J20 422743500010 2 J 34 Front I O Board J1 422743500002 3 J46 SMBC SATA backplane J16 422743500007 4 SATA1 SATA backplane SATA1 422743500006 5 SATA 2 SATA backplane SATA2 42274...

Page 96: ...45 422743500010 4 J9 Fan 4 Fan 4 5 J10 Motherboard J33 422743500004 6 J8 Motherboard fan plugs 1 2 3 CPU 422743500011 7 J6 Fan 3 Fan 3 8 J5 Fan 2 Fan 2 9 J7 Fan 1 Fan 1 10 J18 Rear service indicators...

Page 97: ...E 4 39 Server Internal Cable Routing 4 5 14 Motherboard The following sections describe how to remove and install the Sun Fire X2100 Server system motherboard Note The motherboard is not a CRU and sho...

Page 98: ...2 Remove the PCIe card riser installed on the motherboard see Section 4 5 3 PCIe Card on page 4 12 and the air baffle see Section 4 5 12 CPUs on page 4 39 3 Disconnect all cables attached to the moth...

Page 99: ...0 4 5 14 2 Installing the Motherboard Follow these steps to install a motherboard Caution Observe proper ESD precautions when handling the new motherboard 1 Center the motherboard on the chassis so th...

Page 100: ...replacing the CPU and memory Section 4 5 12 CPUs on page 4 39 Section 4 5 9 Dual Inline Memory Modules on page 4 30 4 Install any PCIe or graphics cards See Section 4 5 3 PCIe Card on page 4 12 5 Con...

Page 101: ...the Sun Fire X2100 Server A 1 Physical Specifications TABLE A 1 lists the physical specifications for the Sun Fire X2100 Server TABLE A 1 Sun Fire X2100 Server Physical Specifications Specification Br...

Page 102: ...tables TABLE A 2 Input Voltage Range Voltage Ranges Minimum Nominal Maximum Units Range 1 90 115 132 Vms Range 2 180 230 264 Vms TABLE A 3 Input Frequency Frequency Ranges Minimum Nominal Maximum Unit...

Page 103: ...Operating 7 93 RH non condensing 80 6 F max wet bulb 7 93 RH non condensing 38 C max wet bulb Nonoperating 93 RH non condensing 100 4 F max wet bulb 93 RH non condensing 43 C max wet bulb Vibration Op...

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Page 105: ...he BIOS might be unable to initialize video In these cases it can be useful to determine the last power on self test POST task that the BIOS was executing This is indicated by the value written to por...

Page 106: ...group codes located in the physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interfac...

Page 107: ...ed 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special is specified all H W interrup...

Page 108: ...CPU internal MTRR P6 and PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 2A...

Page 109: ...d 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program the write allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserv...

Page 110: ...combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO 2 Initialize Init_Onboard_AUDIO 5E...

Page 111: ...ved 73h Reserved 74h Reserved 75h Detect and install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CD ROM and so on 76h Optional feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH EXE is in diskette drive You press ALT F2 77h De...

Page 112: ...IRQs to PCI devices 2 Set up ACPI table at top of the memory 8Ah Reserved 8Bh 1 Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2 Invoke all PCI ROMs except VGA 8Ch Reserved 8Dh 1 Enable disable Parity Check according to...

Page 113: ...5h Update keyboard LED and typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build and update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attemp...

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Page 115: ...C controller based on the Qlogic Zicon processor which is a standalone CPU like device running its own real time OS As long as standby power supports the system the SMDC will monitor the system You wi...

Page 116: ...is a IPMI v1 5 client that is offered by Sun Microsystems For more information on the Sun N1 System Manager see the following URL http www sun com software products system_manager C 2 Util exe Utility...

Page 117: ...MI subdirectory cd flash bios latest IPMI 4 Enter one of the util exe commands at the prompt to set the appropriate value The command line options are listed in TABLE C 1 Examples To set the IP addres...

Page 118: ...his menu item gives you the option to set or change the following LAN settings IP address Net Mask Gateway MAC address Broadcast ARP Section C 2 2 3 Setting User Names and Passwords on page C 5 This m...

Page 119: ...s in the NULL Password field 3 Use the arrow keys to navigate the password that you want to change 4 Type a password in the Password field and press the Enter 5 Repeat Step 3 and Step 4 for each passw...

Page 120: ...tting up the SMDC for console redirection using IPMItool v1 8 5 or greater For more details on specific menu items in the util exe utility see Section C 2 Util exe Utility on page C 2 Before starting...

Page 121: ...required for soft power off 9 If necessary load new firmware using the Flash Firmware section of the GUI 10 Press the ESC key to exit out of the GUI C 3 2 Setting Up the System BIOS The minimum BIOS r...

Page 122: ...following steps 1 Install BGE patch 122028 02 or greater to fix bug ID 6337341 2 If the BIOS version is earlier than v1 1 2 update it to release v1 1 2 or use an editor to add the following line to t...

Page 123: ...e line reads as follows 3 2345 respawn sbin agetty L 19200 ttyS0 vt100 b Locate the following line in the file id 5 initdefault c Change the default init level from 5 to 3 as shown in the following ex...

Page 124: ...anually press the system reset button to get out of it 3 Type xterm in a regular terminal window to start an xterm window 4 Enter the IPMItool command with the following options to start the tool ipmi...

Page 125: ...l CD A Supplemental CD boot image that allows you to run diagnostics and flash the BIOS A pxe_flash boot image that allows you to flash the BIOS on multiple servers using one configuration file The fo...

Page 126: ...SLINUX project Access this kernel from http www kernel org pub linux utils boot syslinux To set up the PXE server 1 Log in as root superuser to the PXE server 2 Determine the directory where the Red H...

Page 127: ...0 Server Supplemental Directory created in Step 3 For example cp syslinux 3 09 memdisk memdisk tftpboot linux install suppl_aq 9 Edit the Boot Message Screen as follows a Open the boot msg file in a t...

Page 128: ...he memdisk kernel and the bootable portion of the Supplemental CD to download over the network and into the memory of the test machine Once downloaded the bootable portion of the Supplemental CD boots...

Page 129: ...n zip file to pxe_flash Where version is the latest SYSLINUX project version Version 3 36 is the latest version at the time of this writing 5 Unzip the syslinux version zip file For example unzip sysl...

Page 130: ...turns the power status on or off for the target system power_reset Issues a hard power reset to the target system power_on Issues a power on signal to the target system power_off Issues a power off si...

Page 131: ...following command sh pxe_flash sh f input_file For example when the input file includes the following text and the target system power is on the script generates the results below D 3 3 Removing the...

Page 132: ...00 Server User Guide April 2007 2 Delete the configuration file for each target system For example the pxe_flash_bios command for MAC Address 00 E0 81 55 XX XX creates a PXE configuration file named 0...

Page 133: ...ving 3 10 diagnostics 1 4 D 1 advanced diagnostics option 3 4 deferred burn in testing option 3 9 hard disk testing 3 6 immediate burn in testing option 3 7 main menu options 3 2 PC CHECK information...

Page 134: ...1 9 power on server 1 8 power supply replacing 4 25 powering off for service 4 3 precautions for installation 4 2 to 4 3 PXE flashing BIOS D 4 PXE server D 1 setting up Supplemental CD D 2 R rear pane...

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