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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Before Starting Maintenance Work
    1.  1.1 Warning/Caution Indications
    2. Click 1.2 Labels
    3.  1.3 RFID Tag
    4.  1.4 Safety Precautions
    5.  1.5 Precautions on Static Electricity
    6.  1.6 Other Precautions
    7.  1.7 Emergency Power-Off
    8.  1.8 Tools Required for Maintenance
  3. Chapter 2 Understanding the System Units
    1. Click 2.1 Understanding the Names and Locations of the Units
    2. Click 2.2 Checking the Memory Configuration Rules
    3. Click 2.3 Understanding the OPNL Functions
    4. Click 2.4 Understanding the LED Indications
    5. Click 2.5 Understanding the Types of Cable
  4. Chapter 3 Understanding the Types of Maintenance
    1.  3.1 Types of Maintenance
    2. Click 3.2 Types of Maintenance Applicable to the SPARC M12-2
    3. Click 3.3 Types of Maintenance Applicable to the SPARC M12-2S (1BB Configuration)
    4. Click 3.4 Types of Maintenance Applicable to the SPARC M12-2S (Multiple-BB Configuration)
  5. Chapter 4 FRU Replacement Workflows
    1. Click 4.1 Active/Hot Replacement Workflows
    2. Click 4.2 Active/Cold Replacement Workflows
    3. Click 4.3 Inactive/Hot Replacement Workflows
    4. Click 4.4 Inactive/Cold Replacement Workflows
    5. Click 4.5 System-Stopped/Hot Replacement Workflows
    6. Click 4.6 System-Stopped/Cold Replacement Workflows
  6. Chapter 5 FRU Addition Workflows
    1. Click 5.1 Active/Hot Addition Workflows
    2. Click 5.2 Active/Cold Addition Workflows
    3. Click 5.3 Inactive/Hot Addition Workflows
    4. Click 5.4 Inactive/Cold Addition Workflows
    5. Click 5.5 System-Stopped/Hot Addition Workflows
    6. Click 5.6 System-Stopped/Cold Addition Workflows
  7. Chapter 6 FRU Removal Workflows
    1. Click 6.1 Active/Hot Removal Workflows
    2. Click 6.2 Active/Cold Removal Workflows
    3. Click 6.3 Inactive/Hot Removal Workflows
    4. Click 6.4 Inactive/Cold Removal Workflows
    5. Click 6.5 System-Stopped/Hot Removal Workflows
    6. Click 6.6 System-Stopped/Cold Removal Workflows
  8. Chapter 7 FRU Maintenance Precautions
    1.  7.1 Precautions for FRU Replacement
    2.  7.2 Precautions for FRU Expansion
    3.  7.3 Precautions for FRU Reduction
  9. Chapter 8 Preparation for Maintenance
    1. Click 8.1 Checking the System Configuration
    2. Click 8.2 Troubleshooting
  10. Chapter 9 Releasing FRUs From the System
    1. Click 9.1 Saving Setting Information
    2. Click 9.2 Checking the Operation Status and Resource Usage Status of Oracle Solaris
    3. Click 9.3 Releasing I/O Resources From a Logical Domain
    4. Click 9.4 Enabling the Removal of Hardware
    5. Click 9.5 Stopping the System
    6. Click 9.6 Releasing FRUs From the System
    7.  9.7 Removing the SPARC M12-2S
    8. Click 9.8 Accessing a FRU
  11. Chapter 10 Setting Up the System
    1. Click 10.1 Preparing Hardware
    2. Click 10.2 Restoring Setting Information
    3.  10.3 Adding the SPARC M12-2S to a Building Block Configuration
    4. Click 10.4 Incorporating a FRU Into the System
    5. Click 10.5 Diagnosing a Replacement FRU
    6. Click 10.6 Incorporating the SPARC M12-2S or an I/O Device Into the PPAR
    7. Click 10.7 Incorporating I/O Resources Into a Logical Domain
    8.  10.8 Powering on a Physical Partition
    9. Click 10.9 Starting the System
  12. Chapter 11 Maintaining the XSCF Unit
    1.  11.1 Maintenance Precautions
    2.  11.2 Location of the XSCFU
    3.  11.3 Before Maintenance on the XSCFU
    4.  11.4 Removing the XSCFU
    5. Click 11.5 Switching an SD Card
    6.  11.6 Installing the XSCFU
    7.  11.7 Checking the XCP Firmware Version
    8.  11.8 Checking the XCP Firmware Version (Building Block Configuration)
  13. Chapter 12 Maintaining PCIe Cards
    1.  12.1 Locations of PCIe Cards
    2.  12.2 Before Maintenance on a PCIe Card
    3. Click 12.3 Removing a PCIe Card
    4. Click 12.4 Installing a PCIe Card
  14. Chapter 13 Maintaining the Power Supply Units
    1.  13.1 Locations of PSUs
    2.  13.2 Before Maintenance on a PSU
    3.  13.3 Removing a PSU
    4.  13.4 Installing a PSU
  15. Chapter 14 Maintaining the Fan Units and Fan Backplane Unit
    1.  14.1 Locations of the FANUs and FANBPU
    2.  14.2 Before Maintenance on a FANU or the FANBPU
    3. Click 14.3 Removing a FANU or the FANBPU
    4. Click 14.4 Installing a FANU or the FANBPU
  16. Chapter 15 Maintaining Internal Storage
    1.  15.1 Locations of HDDs/SSDs
    2.  15.2 Before Maintenance on an HDD/SSD
    3. Click 15.3 Removing an HDD/SSD or Filler Unit
    4. Click 15.4 Installing an HDD/SSD or Filler Unit
  17. Chapter 16 Maintaining the HDD Backplane Unit and Operation Panel
    1.  16.1 Locations of the HDDBPU and OPNL
    2.  16.2 Before Maintenance on the HDDBPU and OPNL
    3. Click 16.3 Removing the HDDBPU or OPNL
    4. Click 16.4 Installing the HDDBPU or OPNL
  18. Chapter 17 Maintaining the CPU Memory Unit and Memory
    1.  17.1 Maintenance Precautions
    2.  17.2 Locations of the CMU and Memory
    3.  17.3 Before Maintenance on the CMU and Memory
    4. Click 17.4 Removing the CMU or Memory
    5. Click 17.5 Installing the CMU and Memory
  19. Chapter 18 Maintaining the Backplane Unit and PSU Backplane Unit
    1.  18.1 Maintenance Precautions
    2.  18.2 Locations of the BPU and PSUBP
    3.  18.3 Before Maintenance on the BPU and PSUBP
    4. Click 18.4 Removing the BPU and PSUBP
    5. Click 18.5 Installing the BPU and PSUBP
  20. Chapter 19 Maintaining the Crossbar Cable
    1.  19.1 Ports for Crossbar Cable Connection
    2.  19.2 Before Maintenance on the Crossbar Cable
    3.  19.3 Removing the Crossbar Cable
    4.  19.4 Installing the Crossbar Cable
  21. Chapter 20 Maintaining the Crossbar Unit
    1.  20.1 Locations of the XBU
    2.  20.2 Before Maintenance on an XBU
    3.  20.3 Removing an XBU
    4.  20.4 Installing an XBU
  22. Chapter 21 Maintaining the XSCF DUAL Control Cable
    1.  21.1 XSCF DUAL Control Port
    2.  21.2 Before Maintenance on the XSCF DUAL Control Cable
    3.  21.3 Removing the XSCF DUAL Control Cable
    4.  21.4 Installing the XSCF DUAL Control Cable
  23. Chapter 22 Maintaining the XSCF BB Control Cable
    1.  22.1 XSCF BB Control Port
    2.  22.2 Before Maintenance on the XSCF BB Control Cable
    3.  22.3 Removing the XSCF BB Control Cable
    4.  22.4 Installing the XSCF BB Control Cable
  24. Appendix A Lists of Cable Connections in a Building Block Configuration
  25. Appendix B External Interface Specifications
    1. Click B.1 Serial Port
    2.  B.2 USB Port
    3.  B.3 SAS Port
    4.  B.4 RESET Switch
  26. Appendix C Removing the Lithium Battery
    1.  C.1 Location of the Lithium Battery
    2.  C.2 Removing the Lithium Battery

3.1 Types of Maintenance


3.1 Types of Maintenance
The types of FRU maintenance are classified according to the operation status of the physical partition (PPAR) and the hot/cold status of the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S.
Classification by physical partition (PPAR) operation status
The types of maintenance have the following three classifications according to the operation status of the physical partition (PPAR) to which the FRU requiring maintenance belongs:
  1. Active maintenance
    Maintenance is performed on a FRU while the physical partition to which the FRU belongs is operating.
  2. Inactive maintenance
    Maintenance is performed on a FRU while the physical partition to which the FRU belongs is stopped.
    Inactive maintenance applies to a system with two or more partitions in a multiple-BB configuration only.
    Therefore, regarding the SPARC M12-2 and also the SPARC M12-2S with the 1BB configuration, the type of maintenance performed with the physical partition stopped is system-stopped maintenance, not inactive maintenance.
  3. System-Stopped maintenance
    Maintenance is performed with all physical partitions stopped.
Classification by the hot/cold status of the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S
Maintenance is classified into the following two types according to the hot/cold status of the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S that has the FRU requiring maintenance mounted in it:
  1. Hot maintenance
    Maintenance is performed when the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S that has the FRU requiring maintenance mounted in it is in the hot state.
  2. Cold maintenance
    Maintenance is performed when the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S that has the FRU requiring maintenance mounted in it is in the cold state.
By combining the above classifications, the six types of maintenance shown in Table 3-2 are available for the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S.
Table 3-2  Types of Maintenance
PPAR Operation Status Hot/Cold Status of SPARC M12 Chassis
With Mounted FRU Requiring Maintenance		 Type of Maintenance
The PPAR to which the FRU requiring maintenance belongs is operating. Hot Active/Hot maintenance
Cold Active/Cold maintenance
The PPAR to which the FRU requiring maintenance belongs is stopped. Hot Inactive/Hot maintenance
Cold Inactive/Cold maintenance
All PPARs in the system are stopped. Hot System-Stopped/Hot maintenance
Cold System-Stopped/Cold maintenance
Use the maintenance menu when performing maintenance work.
However, system-stopped/cold maintenance has the following two types of maintenance work:
  1. Maintenance using the maintenance menu when only the SPARC M12-2S requiring maintenance is in the cold state
  2. Maintenance without using the maintenance menu when every SPARC M12-2/M12-2S is in the cold state
Table 3-3 lists the characteristics of each type of maintenance viewed from three aspects: system availability, the time required for maintenance, and the difficulty level of maintenance work.
Table 3-3  Characteristics of Each Type of Maintenance
Type of Maintenance System Availability Time Required for Maintenance Difficulty Level of Maintenance Work
Active/Hot maintenance Higher Shorter Higher
Active/Cold maintenance | | |
Inactive/Hot maintenance | | |
Inactive/Cold maintenance | | |
System-Stopped/Hot maintenance | | |
System-Stopped/Cold maintenance Lower Longer Lower
Table 3-4 shows the applicability of each type of maintenance according to the model and system configuration.
Table 3-4  Applicability of Types of Maintenance by Model/Configuration
-: Not applicable
Model or Configuration Active Maintenance Inactive Maintenance System-Stopped Maintenance
Hot Cold Hot Cold Hot Cold
SPARC M12-2 OK - - - OK OK
SPARC M12-2S (1 BB configuration) OK - - - OK OK
SPARC M12-2S (multiple-BB configuration) OK OK OK OK OK OK
However, the types of maintenance actually applicable are narrowed down depending on the FRU requiring maintenance and the purpose of maintenance (replacement, expansion, or reduction). For details, see the section below corresponding to your model and configuration:

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