How to Replace an Oracle Server X6-2M SAS Cable

Asset ID:	1-71-2218738.1
Update Date:	2017-02-20
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Solution 2218738.1 : How to Replace an Oracle Server X6-2M SAS Cable

Applies to:

Oracle Server X6-2M - Version All Versions and later
Netra Modular System - Version All Versions and later
x86_64

Goal

How to Remove and Replace an Oracle Server X6-2M SAS Cable in the Netra Modular System

Solution

CAP PROBLEM OVERVIEW: Internal SAS cable Replacement

DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT SKILLS DOES THE ENGINEER NEED:
Oracle Server X6-2 Training.
Netra Modular System Training

TIME ESTIMATE: 60 minutes

TASK COMPLEXITY: 1

FIELD ENGINEER INSTRUCTIONS

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

Oracle Server X6-2M Differences

The Oracle Server X6-2M is a customized modular version of the Oracle Server X6-2.
These are the Oracle Server X6-2M differences for the Netra Modular System:

- Thumb-pull levers for removing a node from the system replace the green hot-swap levers.
- After you push the Power button, the green Power/OK LED begins flashing to indicate hot-swap is initiated. See Oracle Server X6-2M LEDs.
- FBA provides plug-and-play capability, eliminating the cabling process. This feature is the most significant physical difference between the servers.
- Serial console is not available because the serial port is used by the modular system to detect the node's presence. Access to the SP is through the network (NET_MGT) port through a switch in the FMM.
- The node power supply is not a CRU-serviceable item.
- The BIOS is customized.
- Some Oracle ILOM functions are either not available or have restrictions.
- A factory configuration containing an Oracle Quad 10Gb Ethernet Adapter is available.
- The DVD drive is not available.

Note - Because the nodes are identical in their serviceable components (DIMMs, hard drives, batteries, and fans) to the Oracle Server X6-2, the procedures for servicing these Oracle Server X6-2M components are mostly the same. The key difference is that some FRUs can be accessed only by removing the FBA. In the Oracle Server X6-2 Service Manual a distinction is made about CRUs that can be serviced without turning off power. This distinction does not apply to nodes used in the modular system. Any service on a node requires that the node be completely powered off and removed from the system to a clean, antistatic workbench.

The Oracle ILOM on a node in the modular system supports all the standard Oracle ILOM interfaces that are described in the Oracle ILOM documentation.

If the system is still up and functioning, the customer should perform an orderly and graceful shutdown of applications and OS. Then power off the server and remove the node from the system.
A data backup is not a prerequisite but is a wise precaution.

WHAT ACTION DOES THE ENGINEER NEED TO TAKE:

Note - If you pull a node out a few inches, you must wait at least 5 seconds before reinserting the node. Failing to wait might cause the node not to power on.

Prepare the server for service.

1. Stop all applications that are running or scheduled to run within the service period.
2. If the node is not responding, remove it from the modular system without powering it down.
3. If the node is responding, gracefully power down the node by pressing and quickly releasing the Power button on the front panel.
4. The green OK LED begins to flash, indicating that the node power-down sequence has completed.

Removing the SAS cable

1. When the node has powered off, removed it from the system to a clean, antistatic workbench.
2. Attach an anti-static wrist strap.
3. Remove the top cover
4. Remove all of the server fan modules
5. To disconnect each SAS cable from the disk backplane, press the latch on the cable connectors and pull the connectors out
6. Disconnect the SAS cables and the super capacitor cable from the internal host bus adapter (HBA)
a. Remove the PCIe riser from PCIe slot 3 and 4
b. On the under side of the HBA card, press the SAS cable connector latches and then pull out the connectors
c. On the under side of the HBA card, grasp the super capacitor connector and pull it out
7. Disconnect the super capacitor cable from the super capacitor
8. Carefully remove the SAS cables and the super capacitor cable from the server

Install the SAS cable

1. Carefully guide SAS cables and the super capacitor cable along the side of the chassis
2. Connect the super capacitor cable to the super capacitor
3. Connect the SAS cables the super capacitor cable to the internal HBA card
4. Install the SAS cables into the disk backplane
5. Install the PCIe riser with the internal HBA card into PCIe slot 3
6. Install all of the server fan modules
7. Install the server top cover
8. Close the server fan door
9. Return the server to the normal rack position
10. Reinsert the node into the frame.
11. Power on the server

OBTAIN CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE

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

Boot up system and verify full functionality

REFERENCE INFORMATION:

Oracle Server X5-2 Documentation:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E41059_01/index.html
Oracle Server X6-2 Documentation:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E62159_01/index.html

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