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Goal

Solution

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Goal

How to Replace a Sun Fire X4100, X4100 M2, X4200, X4200 M2 XFP Card.

Solution

DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT SKILLS DOES THE FIELD ENGINEER/ADMINISTRATOR NEED:
No special skills required, Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) procedure

TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes

TASK COMPLEXITY: 0

FIELD ENGINEER/ADMINISTRATOR INSTRUCTIONS:

PROBLEM OVERVIEW: A Sun Fire X4100, X4100 M2, X4200, X4200 M2 XFP Card needs replacement

WHAT STATE SHOULD THE SYSTEM BE IN TO BE READY TO PERFORM THE RESOLUTION ACTIVITY? :

A data backup is not a pre-requisite but is a wise precaution.
The customer is not required to perform a system shutdown.

Engineer must confirm with the customer that it is understood that an ethernet connection running on the XFP will be stopped/interrupted or lost
A reboot mat be required to restore full functionality

WHAT ACTION DOES THE ENGINEER NEED TO TAKE:

An XFP is a hot replace FRU
A working ethernet connection running on the XFP will be broken

1. Remove fibre cable from XFP
2. Replace XFP
3. Refit fibre cable to XFP

WHAT ACTION DOES THE CUSTOMER NEED TO TAKE TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO AN OPERATIONAL STATE:

Check that link is up and functioning
Reboot may be required to fully repair the ethernet connection

PARTS NOTE:

REFERENCE INFORMATION:
Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Service Manual
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19121-01/

Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and X4200/X4200 M2 Servers Diagnostics Guide
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19121-01/

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