How to remove and replace a Starcat MCPU / SLOT 1 dual socket CPU board.

Asset ID:	1-71-1497631.1
Update Date:	2016-01-20
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Solution 1497631.1 : How to remove and replace a Starcat MCPU / SLOT 1 dual socket CPU board.

Applies to:

Sun Fire 12K Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire E20K Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire E25K Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire 15K Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How to remove and replace a Starcat MCPU / SLOT 1 dual socket CPU board.

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CAP PROBLEM OVERVIEW: Slot 1 MCPU Board needs replacement

DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT SKILLS DOES THE ENGINEER NEED:(IS A SITE ENGINEER AVAILABLE?)

Starcat Training, Familiarity with SMS command set.

TIME ESTIMATE: 45 minutes

TASK COMPLEXITY: 2

FIELD ENGINEER INSTRUCTIONS

MCPU Board hosts the physical dual core MCPU Board, MaxCPU (18 ea)(into Expander, bottom) MCPU IO0 thru IO17

DR (Dynamic Reconfiguration) OR a domain outage will be required.

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

The customer should DR the MCPU board out of the domain.

The AP_ID for MCPU is the IO slot, i.e. "cfgadm -c disconnect IOx".

Then power off the MCPU board. If DR is not possible, the customer can shut the domain down using "setkeyswitch -d X off".

WHAT ACTION DOES THE ENGINEER NEED TO TAKE:

1: Note the positions of any cabling going into the PCI cards (SCSI, network, fibre, etc). Ensure each cable is labelled. Remove the cables.

2: Note the positions of any PCI cassettes. Remove each PCI cassette from the IO board to be replaced.

3: Remove the IO board

4: IMPORTANT: On the MAIN SC, wait for $SMSLOGGER/platform/messages to show a message stating that the board has been removed.

5: Insert replacement IO board

6: Perform level 32 POST using "setkeyswitch -d X -l 32 on"

OBTAIN CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE N/A

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

N/A

REFERENCE INFORMATION:

Service Manual: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19065-01/servers.e25k/index.html

TIME ESTIMATE: 45 minutes

Inclusive of POST.

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