Sun Microsystems X4200 M2 manuale d’uso

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iii Contents Preface v 1. Setting Up the Server Hardware 1 Installation O verview 1 Installing the Server Into a Rack W ith Optional Slide Rails 2 Disassembling the Sl ide Rails Before Installation 3 Installing the Mounting Br ackets Onto the Server 4 Attaching the Slide-Rail Assemblies to the Rack 5 Installing the Server Into the Slide Rail Assemb[...]

iv Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 2. Setting Up the Server Software 19 Introduction to th e Integrated Lights Ou t Manager 19 Connecting to the ILOM Servic e Processor 21 Connecting to ILOM Using a Serial Connection 21 Connecting to ILO M Using an Ethernet Conn ection 23 Setting Up Platform Operat[...]

v Pr eface This Installa tion Guide conta ins pr ocedures for in stalling the server in a rack, cablin g, and powering on the server . It als o contains pr ocedures for connecting to the s ervice proc essor administrator account. Links to documentation for confi guring the preinstal led Solaris 10 software or for installing other supported operatin[...]

vi Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Pr oduct Updates For produc t updates that you can download for the Sun Fir e X4100 or X4200 servers, please visit the following W eb site: http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x4100/downloads.j sp This site contains updates for firmwar e and drivers, as well as CD-RO[...]

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1 CHAPTER 1 Setting Up the Server Har dware This chapter contains the following topics: ■ “Installation Overview” on page 1 ■ “Installing the Server Into a Rack W ith Optional Slide Rails” on page 2 ■ “Cabling” on page 13 ■ “Powering On and Off the Server ” on page 16 Note – The information in this boo k applies to all Sun[...]

2 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 5. Configure the pr einstalled Solaris™ operating system or install a supported operating system of your choice. For deta ils, r efer to one of the following: ■ “Configuring the Preinstalled Sola ris 10 Operating System” on page 36 ■ Sun Fire X4100/X4 100[...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up t he Ser ver Hardware 3 Disassembling the Slide Ra ils Before Installation Use this procedure to r em ove the mounting brackets from the slide-rail assemblies. 1. Unpack th e slide-rails. 2. Locate the slid e-rail lock at th e front of one of the slide- rail assemblies, as shown in FIGUR E 1- 1 . 3. Squeeze and hold the tabs at[...]

4 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Installing the Mounting Brackets Onto the Server Use this procedure to install the mounting brackets onto th e sides of the server . 1. Position a mounti ng bracket ag ainst the chassis so that th e slide-rail lock is at the server front, and the three keyed op eni[...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up t he Ser ver Hardware 5 Attaching the Slide-Rail Assemblies to the Rack Use this pr ocedure to in stall the slide-rail assemblies to the rack. 1. Position a slide-rail assembly in your rack so that the brackets at each end of the slide-rail assembly are on the outside of the front and rear rack posts. See FIGURE 1-3 . 2. Attach[...]

6 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Installing the Server Into the Slide Rail Assemblies Use this procedure to instal l the server chassis, with mounting brackets, into the slide-rail assemblies that ar e mounted to the rack. Caution – This procedure r equires a minimum of two people becaus e of th[...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up t he Ser ver Hardware 7 4. Simu ltaneously pull and h old the slide rail release buttons on each mounting bracket while you push the server into t he rack. See FIGURE 1-4 . Continue pushi ng until the slide -rail lock s on the front of the mounting brackets engage the slide-rail assemblies. Caution – V erify that the server i[...]

8 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 4. V erify that the CMA rail extension engages the slide-rail, as shown in FIGURE 1-6 . FIGURE 1-6 Detail of CMA Rail Extension Inse rted Into the Left Slide-Rail Note – Support the CMA in the remaining inst allation steps. Do not allow the assembly to hang by it[...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up t he Ser ver Hardware 9 FIGURE 1-7 Inserting the CMA Mounting Bracket Into the Rear of the Right Slide-Rail 6. Insert the right CMA sli de-rail connector into the right slid e-rail assembly until the connector locks into plac e with an audible click. See FIGURE 1-8 . FIGURE 1-8 Inserting CMA Slide-Rail Co nnector Into Rear of R[...]

10 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 7. Insert the remaining CMA arm connector in to the plastic cutout on the CMA rail extension, which you installed to the left slide- rail in Step 3 . See FIGURE 1-9 . FIGURE 1-9 Connecting the CMA Arm to Rail Extension Connector 8. Gently press the tab in the dire[...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Ser ver Hardware 11 FIGURE 1-10 Installing CMA Cable Hangers Attaching and Routing Cables Use this procedure to attach cables to yo ur server and route them thr ough the CM A. 1. Refer to “Cabling” on page 13 for an illustration of the server back panel ports and a procedure for installing cables to your server . 2. Ins[...]

12 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 V erifying Operation of the Slide Rails and CMA Use this procedure to ensure that the sl ide-rails a n d CMA ar e operating correctl y . Note – T wo pe ople are r ecommend ed for this pr ocedur e: one to move the server in and out of the rack and one to observe [...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Ser ver Hardware 13 Cabling Attach cables to the back panel connectors of your server as re quired. See FIGURE 1-1 1 or FIGURE 1- 12 . FIGURE 1-11 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 Server Back Panel FIGURE 1-12 Sun Fire X4200/X4200 M2 Server Back Panel 1. If desired, connect a USB keyb oard cable to a USB connector . 2. If desired, c[...]

14 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 3. If desir ed, connect a video moni tor cable to the video connector . Note – Keyboard, mouse, and video ar e option al with an operating system that supports headless operation. Note – The system console supports only a scr een resolution of 1024 by 768 and [...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Ser ver Hardware 15 5. If desired, connect an RJ-45 serial po rt cable to the “SERIAL MGT” connect or . Note the following considerations for th e serial port and serial port cabling: ■ The default serial port speed is 9600 baud with no flow contr ol. ■ These servers use the sam e pinout as the RJ45 port on the RSC/[...]

16 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Powering On and Of f the Server Y ou have to apply only standby power to th e server at this point so that you can perform initial configuration o f the service processor . Procedur es for powering on to main power mode and for shutting down fr om main power mode [...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Ser ver Hardware 17 Powering On Main Power Mode ● T o power on main power for all server components: a. V erify that power cords have b een co nnected and that standby power is on . In standby power mode, the Power/OK LED on the front pa nel flashes. See FIGURE 1- 13 or FIGURE 1-14 . b. Use a ballpoint pen or other stylu [...]

18 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 ■ Emergency shutdown: Pr ess and hold the Power button for four seconds to force main power off and enter stan dby power mode. When main p ower is of f, the Power/OK LED on the front pa nel will begin flashing, indicating that the server is in stan dby power mod[...]

19 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up the Server Softwar e This chapter describes the tasks for initial setup of the server ’s service pr ocessor and Integrat ed Lights Out M anager™ so ftwar e . This chapter contains these topics: ■ “Introduction to the Integrated Lights Out Manager” on page 19 ■ “Connecting to the ILOM Service Processor” on pag[...]

20 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 ILOM consists of four components, three of which are on your host server and one that is on the client sys tem that accesses your host server . The four componen ts are as follows: ■ ILOM SP hardware. Y our server is equipped with a Graphics Redirect and Service[...]

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Ser v er Software 21 Connecting to the ILOM Service Pr ocessor There ar e two methods for connecting to th e ILOM SP to perform initial setup and configurat ion. Use the pr ocedure that you pr efer: ■ “Connecting to ILOM Using a Serial Connection” on pag e 21 ■ “Connecting to ILOM Using an Eth ernet Connection” [...]

22 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 4. Press Enter on the termi nal device to esta blish a connection between that terminal device and the ILOM SP . The SP eventually displays a login pr ompt, such as the following example: SUNSP 0003BA84D777 login: In this example logi n pr ompt: ■ The string SUN[...]

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Ser v er Software 23 C o n n e c t i n g t o I L O M U s i n g a n E t h e r n e t Connection T o access the full range of ILOM functionality such as the graphical user interface (GUI), you must connect a LAN to the Ethe rnet port and configure your Ethernet connection. ILOM supports Dyna mic Host Configura t ion Pr otocol [...]

24 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 a. Identify the MAC address of the I LOM SP from one of the following locations and write it down: ■ CLI commands. The SP has a serial port to which you can attach a terminal device. If you log in to the SP and type the CLI command show /SP/network , the SP disp[...]

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Ser v er Software 25 FIGURE 2-2 Opening a Session W ith an SSH Command-Line Interface ■ T o establish a connection to the ILOM SP web GUI, type the IP address of the ILOM SP in the browser locator box and pr ess Enter . For example, if the IP address for your ILOM SP was 129.144.0 2 .20, you would enter it as shown in FIG[...]

26 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Configuring ILOM Using Static Ethernet Settings As an alternative to having your DHCP server assign an IP addr ess to your ILOM SP , you can also ass ign a static IP address to it. Y ou can do this by using the web GUI, by using the CLI over the network or se rial[...]

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Ser v er Software 27 FIGURE 2-4 Integrated Lights Out Manager Network Settings Page Configuring Static IP Addresses Using the CLI 1. Log into the CLI usin g SSH or by connecting to the serial port. T o e stablish a Secu re Shell (SSH) connect ion to the ILOM CLI, type the appropriate connection command in the SS H applicati[...]

28 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Configuring Static IP Addresses Using the BIOS Setup Utility 1. Enter the BIOS Setup utility by pressing the F2 key while the system i s booting up and performing the power-on self-test (POST). 2. When the BIOS Main menu screen is displayed, select Advanced . 3. F[...]

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Ser v er Software 29 Setting Up Platform Operating System and Driver Softwar e After configuring the ILOM SP with ne twork settings, you can configure the preinstal led Solaris 10 operating system, or install a supported Linux or W indows platform operating system an d drivers. ■ If you want to use the preinstalled Solari[...]

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31 CHAPTER 3 Configuring the Pr einstalled Solaris 10 Operating System This chapter explains the step s for configuring the Solaris ™ 10 Operating System (OS) that has been preinsta lled on your server . The fa ctory-installed version i s Solaris 10 6/06 or later . Befor e Y ou Begin Before you begin configuring the preinstalled OS, you need to d[...]

32 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Installation W orksheet Use the worksheet in TA B L E 1 to gather the inform ation you need to configure the preinstalled Solaris 10 OS. Y ou need to coll ect only the information that ap plies to your application. T ABLE 1 W orksheet for Install ation Information[...]

Chapter 3 Configuring the P reinstall ed Solaris 10 Oper ating System 33 Name service: if the system uses a name service, pro vide the following information. Name service Which name service should this syst em use? • N IS+ •N I S •D N S •L D A P •N o n e * Domain name Provide the name of the domain in which t he system resi d es . NIS+ an[...]

34 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Default route Do you want to specify a default ro ute IP address or let the Solaris in stallation pr ogram find one? The default route pr ovides a bridge that forwards traf fic between two phys ical networks. An IP address is a unique number that identifies each h[...]

Chapter 3 Configuring the P reinstall ed Solaris 10 Oper ating System 35 Selecting Y our Console Output Unlike with SP ARC ® systems, you will not see the output of the preinstalled Solaris 10 image through a monitor when you power on the server . Instead, the output of the preinstalled image is dir ected to a serial console . GRUB, the open sourc[...]

36 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 Configuring the Pr einstalled Solaris 10 Operating System Note – Before you perform this pr ocedure, you need to set up the service processor . If you have not done so, see “Before Y ou Begin” on page 31 . Use the information that you gathered in “Installa[...]

Chapter 3 Configuring the P reinstall ed Solaris 10 Oper ating System 37 ▼ T o Connect to the Server Using the Service Processor ’s IP Addr ess Note – This pr ocedure as sumes that you have connected the server to your network throug h an Ethernet cable. 1. If you have not already done so, det erm ine the service processor ’ s IP address: a[...]

38 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide • May 2007 The screens that are displa yed will vary , depe nding on the m ethod that you chose for assigning network info rmation to the server (DHCP or static IP address). After you have entered the system-configura tion information, the server completes the boot proces s [...]

Chapter 3 Configuring the P reinstall ed Solaris 10 Oper ating System 39 After you have entered the system-configura tion information, the server completes the boot process and di splays the Solaris login prompt. Solaris 10 User Documentation Y ou can access the various collections of the S olaris 10 OS use r documentation at: http://docs.sun.com/a[...]

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41 Index B back panel cable connectors 13 back panel illustration 13 C cable management assembly 7 cables 13 Cisco 72-3383-01 console cable 15 client-side secure shell 20 CMA assembly 7 connectors, back panel 13 D default serial port speed 15 driver updates vi E emergency shutdown 18 Ethernet connection to service processor 23 Ethernet ports 14 F f[...]

42 Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Ser vers Installation Guide • May 2007 P power powering off 17 powering on main power 17 powering on standby power 16 product upda tes vi R rack installation 2 remote console application 20 RJ45 port 15 S screen r esolution 14 serial connection to service processor 21 service processor configuring wit[...]