Sun Fire V880 - V890 How to Replace a Faulty FC-AL Expansion Disk Backplane:ATR:917:3

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Update Date:	2016-01-20
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Solution 1309065.1 : Sun Fire V880 - V890 How to Replace a Faulty FC-AL Expansion Disk Backplane:ATR:917:3

Applies to:

Sun Fire V880 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later   [Release: N/A and later ]
Sun Fire V890 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
Sun Fire V880z Visualization Server - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

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Solution

DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS
- WHAT SKILLS DOES THE ENGINEER NEED:
Field training in Sun Fire V880/V890 Server

- TIME ESTIMATE: 50 min
- TASK COMPLEXITY: 3

FIELD ENGINEER INSTRUCTIONS:
- PROBLEM OVERVIEW:
Faulty Expansion Disk Backplane

- 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 should conduct an orderly software system shutdown.

- WHAT ACTION DOES THE ENGINEER NEED TO TAKE:
Removing the Backplane:

1. Ensure that the system is powered off.
2. Open and remove the side door.
3. Remove the disk drives from the upper half of the disk cage.
4. Remove the I/O Fan Tray
5. Disconnect the following cables:
- Base/expansion cable (P43 and P2) from the expansion backplane at connectors J0100 and J0801.
- Disk status flex circuit cables from the expansion backplane at connectors J01000 and J01001.
- I2C cable (P20) from the expansion backplane at connector J0800.
- FC-AL data cables (A and B) from the expansion backplane at connectors A(J0201) and B(J0200).
- FC-AL data cables (D and C) from the expansion backplane at connectors D(J01101) and C(J01100).
6. Remove the three Phillips screws and nylon washers securing the expansion backplane to the disk cage.
7. Remove the backplane from the system.
8. If you are not immediately replacing the expansion backplane, install an FC-AL backplane filler panel, if you have one, on the disk cage.
   a. Align the filler panel screw holes with the holes on the disk cage.
   b. Fasten the three Phillips screws that secure the filler panel to the backplane
10. If you are not immediately replacing the expansion FC-AL backplane, disconnect the base/expansion cable (P42) from connector P42/J7(DISKS) on the power distribution board and from connector J0801 on the base backplane.
11. If you are not immediately replacing the expansion FC-AL backplane, disconnect the FC-AL data cable (F and E) from connectors F(J0501) and E(J0500) on the base backplane.

Installing the Replacement Backplane:
1. After replacing reverse the order of fixing as mentioned in above points
2. Re-attach and close the side door
3. After installing an expansion backplane, power on the system and bring the system up to the ok prompt.
4. Allow the system to remain at the ok prompt for at least 10 minutes to ensure that the two backplanes are loaded with the same version of firmware.
5. After the required waiting period, boot the system to single-user mode.
6. To verify that the firmware synchronization process has successfully completed, type
     # luxadm display enclosure_name
7. Verify that each SSC100 processor displays an "O.K." status and that each displays the same firmware version in parentheses.
8. Once the firmware synchronization process is complete, you can restore the system to multi-user mode:
     # init 3
9. Be sure to run POST and OpenBoot Diagnostics tests to verify that the system functions correctly with the part(s) you have just installed.

OBTAIN CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE
- WHAT ACTION DOES THE CUSTOMER NEED TO TAKE TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO
AN OPERATIONAL STATE:
Restart software applications.

PARTS NOTE:

REFERENCE INFORMATION:

V880 http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19095-01/sfv880.srvr/index.html
V890 http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19095-01/sfv890.srvr/index.html

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