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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Before Starting Maintenance Work
    1.  1.1 Warning/Caution Indications
    2.  1.2 Labels/Tags
    3.  1.3 Safety Precautions
    4.  1.4 Notes Regarding Static Electricity
    5.  1.5 Other Precautions
    6.  1.6 Emergency Power Off
    7. Click 1.7 Important Information About the XCP Firmware
  3. Chapter 2 Understanding the PCI Expansion Unit Components
    1.  2.1 Identifying the Names and Locations of Components
    2. Click 2.2 Checking the Status With the LEDs
  4. Chapter 3 Types of Maintenance
    1.  3.1 Maintenance Types of the PCI Expansion Unit
    2.  3.2 Types of Maintenance for the Link Card
    3. Click 3.3 Types of Maintenance for the PCIe Card
  5. Chapter 4 Preparation and Precautions for Maintenance
    1. Click 4.1 Troubleshooting
    2. Click 4.2 Precautions for Maintenance
  6. Chapter 5 Preparations Required for Maintenance
    1.  5.1 Preparing Tools Required for Maintenance
    2.  5.2 Checking the PCI Expansion Unit Requiring Maintenance and the Destination Physical Partition
    3.  5.3 Checking the Firmware Version of the PCI Expansion Unit
    4. Click 5.4 Checking the Operating Condition and Resource Usage Status
    5. Click 5.5 Releasing the Link Card or PCIe Card From the System
    6.  5.6 Stopping the FRU Requiring Maintenance
    7. Click 5.7 Accessing a FRU
  7. Chapter 6 Understanding the Preparations for Restoring the System
    1. Click 6.1 Restoring the Chassis of the PCI Expansion Unit
    2.  6.2 Supplying Power to the FRU Requiring Maintenance
    3. Click 6.3 Mounting a Link Card or PCIe Card on the System
    4. Click 6.4 Restoring the Logical Domain to the Status It Had Before Maintenance
    5.  6.5 Turning Off the CHECK LED (Locator) of the PCI Expansion Unit
    6. Click 6.6 Updating the Firmware of the PCI Expansion Unit
  8. Chapter 7 Maintenance Flow
    1. Click 7.1 FRU Replacement Workflow for the PCI Expansion Unit
    2. Click 7.2 FRU Addition Workflow for the PCI Expansion Unit
    3. Click 7.3 FRU Removal Workflow for the PCI Expansion Unit
    4. Click 7.4 Link Card Maintenance Workflow
  9. Chapter 8 Maintaining the PCI Express Cards
    1.  8.1 Before Maintaining a PCI Express Card
    2.  8.2 Configuration of the PCIe Cards
    3. Click 8.3 Removing a PCI Express Card
    4. Click 8.4 Installing a PCI Express Card
  10. Chapter 9 Maintaining the Link Board
    1.  9.1 Before Maintaining the Link Board
    2.  9.2 Configuration of the Link Board
    3. Click 9.3 Removing the Link Board
    4. Click 9.4 Installing the Link Board
  11. Chapter 10 Maintaining the Link Cards
    1.  10.1 Before Maintaining a Link Card
    2.  10.2 Configuration of a Link Card
    3.  10.3 Removing a Link Card
    4.  10.4 Installing a Link Card
  12. Chapter 11 Maintaining the Link Cables
    1.  11.1 Before Maintaining a Link Cable
    2.  11.2 Configuration of the Link Cable Connection Ports
    3.  11.3 Removing a Link Cable
    4.  11.4 Installing a Link Cable
  13. Chapter 12 Maintaining the Management Cable
    1.  12.1 Before Maintaining the Management Cable
    2.  12.2 Configuration of the Management Cable Connection Port
    3.  12.3 Removing the Management Cable
    4.  12.4 Installing the Management Cable
  14. Chapter 13 Maintaining the Power Supply Units
    1.  13.1 Before Maintaining a Power Supply Unit
    2.  13.2 Configuration of the Power Supply Units
    3.  13.3 Removing a Power Supply Unit
    4.  13.4 Installing a Power Supply Unit
  15. Chapter 14 Maintaining the Fan Units
    1.  14.1 Before Maintaining a Fan Unit
    2.  14.2 Configuration of the Fan Units
    3. Click 14.3 Removing a Fan Unit
    4. Click 14.4 Installing a Fan Unit
  16. Chapter 15 Maintaining the PCI Tray
    1.  15.1 Before Maintaining the PCI Tray
    2.  15.2 Configuration of the PCI Tray
    3. Click 15.3 Removing the PCI Tray
    4. Click 15.4 Installing the PCI Tray
  17. Chapter 16 Maintaining the I/O Board
    1.  16.1 Before Maintaining the I/O Board
    2.  16.2 Configuration of the I/O Board
    3. Click 16.3 Removing the I/O Board
    4. Click 16.4 Installing the I/O Board
  18. Chapter 17 Maintaining the Fan Backplane
    1.  17.1 Before Maintaining the Fan Backplane
    2.  17.2 Fan Backplane Location
    3. Click 17.3 Removing the Fan Backplane
    4. Click 17.4 Installing the Fan Backplane
  19. Appendix A Component List
  20. Appendix B Component Specifications
    1.  B.1 PCI Express Card
    2.  B.2 Link Board
    3.  B.3 Power Supply Unit
    4.  B.4 Fan Unit
    5.  B.5 PCI Tray
    6.  B.6 I/O Board
    7.  B.7 Fan Backplane
  21. Appendix C Problems During Firmware Update

1.7.2 Notes on Using the Direct I/O Function


1.7.2 Notes on Using the Direct I/O Function
  1. [SPARC M12-2/M12-2S/M10-4/M10-4S]
    Suppose that one of the following operations with the setpciboxdio command is performed with the condition that the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S is used, XCP 2044 or later is used on the SPARC M10-4, or XCP 2050 or later is used on the SPARC M10-4S. Then, the logical domain configuration of the physical partition will return to the factory-default state the next time the control domain starts. Also, the OpenBoot PROM environment variables of the control domain may be initialized.
    - Changing the enable/disable setting of the direct I/O function for the PCI expansion unit

    - Adding/Removing/Replacing a PCI expansion unit in a PCI slot of a SPARC M12/M10 system chassis where the direct I/O function for the PCI expansion unit is enabled

    You can execute the setpciboxdio command regardless of whether there is a PCI expansion unit. Before doing so, save the logical domain configuration information from Oracle Solaris to an XML file. Also, write down the setting information for the OpenBoot PROM environment variables of the control domain to reconfigure them at any time.
  1. Table 1-4 indicates what information may need to be saved/restored when changing the enable/disable setting of the direct I/O function for the PCI expansion unit by executing the setpciboxdio command.
Table 1-4  Required Operations for Switching the Enable/Disable Setting of the Direct I/O Function
PCI Expansion Unit Configuration Current Domain Configuration Rebuilding Oracle VM Server for SPARC Configuration Reconfiguring OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables
No factory-default
(Control domain only)		 Not required Not required
No With logical domains other than control domain Required (XML file) Required (*1)
Yes factory-default
(Control domain only)		 Not required Not required
Yes With logical domains other than control domain Required (XML file) Required (*1)
*1 This is not required in XCP 2230 or later or the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S.
  1. Table 1-5 indicates what information may need to be saved/restored when adding/removing/replacing a PCI expansion unit in a PCI slot in the SPARC M12/M10 system chassis where the direct I/O function for the PCI expansion unit is enabled. Here, the setpciboxdio command has been executed to enable the function.
Note - In PCI expansion unit maintenance using the PCI hot plug (PHP) function, the direct I/O function is disabled, so the above information does not need to be saved/restored.
Table 1-5  Required Operations for the Addition/Removal/Replacement of a PCI Expansion Unit in a PCI Slot in the SPARC M12/M10 System Chassis Where the Direct I/O Function is Enabled
Maintenance Environment Current Domain Configuration Rebuilding Oracle VM Server for SPARC Configuration Reconfiguring OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables
Addition/Removal with PPAR stopped factory-default
(Control domain only)		 Not required Not required
With logical domains other than control domain
 Required (XML file) Required (*2)
Replacement of faulty PCI expansion unit (*1) with PPAR stopped factory-default
(Control domain only)		 Not required Not required
With logical domains other than control domain
 Required (XML file) Required (*2)
Replacement of normal PCI expansion unit (*1) with PPAR stopped factory-default
(Control domain only)		 Not required Not required
With logical domains other than control domain
 Not required Not required
*1 This includes even the replacement of a link card, link cable, management cable, and link board.
*2 This is not required in XCP 2230 or later or the SPARC M12-2/M12-2S.
Note - Execute the ldm list-constraints -x command to save to an XML file, and execute the ldm init-system -i command to restore from an XML file. To display the OpenBoot PROM environment variables, execute the printenv command from the ok prompt. For a detailed procedure, see "1.7.3 How to Save/Restore the Logical Domain Configuration Information and the OpenBoot PROM Environment Variable."

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