Sun Fire V245 Server
 

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Goal

How to replace a V245 Crypto Card

Solution

*DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS*

WHAT SKILLS ARE REQUIRED:
No special skills required, Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) procedure

TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes

TASK COMPLEXITY: 0

*REMOVAL/REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS*

PROBLEM OVERVIEW:
Crypto Card Faulty

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
Customer should conduct an orderly software system shutdown
Power down System & disconnect Power Cords

WHAT ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED:

Follow standard ESD procedures to avoid Electrostatic Discharge

1. Power off the system.
Caution - The board must not receive any electrical power while adjusting the
jumper.
2. Remove the computer cover to get access to the jumper, which is located at the top
middle of the board.
3. Place the jumper on pins 0 and 1 of the jumper block.
Pins 0 and 1 are the pins closest to the top of the board. There are three sets of two
pins. Place the jumper on the 0 and 1 pin set.This is done for Zeroizing the Hardware card
Caution - The board does not function with the jumper on pins 0 and 1.Hardware Jumper Block Pins
4. Power on the system.
Caution - When you power on the system after adjusting the hardware jumper, all
firmware, key material, and configuration information is deleted. This process
returns the board to the factory state and places the board in Failsafe mode.
5. Power off the system.
6. Remove the jumper from pins 0 and 1 of the jumper block and store the jumper in
the original location.
Note - You can safely store the jumper on pins 3 and 5. This location does not affect
any operation of the board
7. Replace the Crypto card with working card
8. Power on the system.
9. Connect to the Sun Crypto Accelerator board with scamgr.
scamgr prompts you for a path to upgrade the firmware.
10. Type /opt/SUNWconn/cryptov2/firmware/sca6000fw as the path for
installing the firmware.
The firmware is automatically installed and you are logged out of scamgr.
11. Reconnect to Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 board with scamgr.
scamgr prompts you to either initialize the board with a new keystore, or initialize
the board to use an existing keystore.

OBTAIN CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE

WHAT ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO AN OPERATIONAL STATE:
Boot the system and start the application as per the sys admin procedure

PARTS NOTE:

https://support.oracle.com/handbook_private/Systems/SunFireV245/components.html#Communication

REFERENCE INFORMATION:
Service Manual.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19321-01/
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19088-01/

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