C H A P T E R 2 - Installing the Blade and Setting Up the System

C H A P T E R 2

Installing the Blade and Setting Up the System

This chapter describes how to install the hardware.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Installing the Hardware

Location of Ports

Serial Port Pin Numbers

Powering On Content Load Balancing Blades

Powering Off Content Load Balancing Blades

Replacing Your Sun Fire B10n Blade

Installing the Hardware

The instructions in this section are specific to installing the Sun Fire B10n blade into the Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis. However, you should still refer to the documentation that came with your system for more complete information.

To Install the Hardware

Note - To ensure adequate airflow, you must populate all 16 blade slots of the Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis with either blades or filler panels before you apply power to the system chassis. Do not leave any slot empty.

1. Remove the filler panel from an unpopulated slot in a Sun Fire B1600 Blade system chassis or other supported system.

Insert your finger in the pull recess located in lower portion of the filler panel lever and pull gently to disengage the locking mechanism (FIGURE 2-1).

FIGURE 2-1 The Filler Panel Locking Mechanism

Illustration depicting the filler panel locking mechanism

Caution - Pulling the blade lever will disengage it from the Sun Fire B1600 chassis and the blade will power off immediately. Please make sure that the blade is gracefully shutdown or powered off from the B1600 SC command line interface.

2. Pull the lever mechanism in a forward and upward motion, causing the filler panel lever to unlatch and eject the filler panel partially from the system chassis (FIGURE 2-2).

FIGURE 2-2 Disengaging the Blade-Locking Mechanism

Illustration depicting how to disengage the blade-locking mechanism

Illustration showing a hand pulling the lever mechanism in a forward and upward motion to disengage the blade-locking mechanism.

3. Pull the lever to remove the filler panel from the system chassis (FIGURE 2-3).

FIGURE 2-3 Removing the Filler Panel.

Illustration depicting how to remove the filler panel

4. If required, open the blade lever by inserting a finger in the pull recess located in lower portion of the blade lever and pull the lever mechanism in a forward and upward motion, causing the lever to unlatch (FIGURE 2-4).

FIGURE 2-4 Blade Locking Mechanism.

Illustration showing the pull recess located in the lower portion of the blade lever.

5. Align the Sun Fire B10n blade with an empty slot in the system chassis.

Ensure that the blade connector is facing towards the system chassis, with the hinge point of the lever mechanism uppermost, and support the bottom of the blade with your free hand while lifting the blade up to the system chassis (FIGURE 2-5).

FIGURE 2-5 Aligning and Inserting the Blade

Illustration depicting how to align and insert the blade into the system chassis

Illustration showing a hand aligning and inserting the blade into an empty slot in the system chassis.

6. Insert the Sun Fire B10n blade into the system.

Caution - Ensure that the blade engages with the system chassis guidance system. Failure to align the blade correctly can result in damage to the chassis midplane or the blade connection.

7. Gently push the blade into the slot until the blade latch ears, on top of the lever, are positioned in the chassis (FIGURE 2-6).

8. Complete the hardware installation by closing the blade lever fully, which engages the blade into the chassis slot (FIGURE 2-6).

The green LED flashes as the blade powers up, and glows steadily when the blade is up and running.

FIGURE 2-6 Closing the Blade Lever Mechanism

Illustration depicting how to close the blade lever mechanism

Illustration shows a hand closing the lever mechanism of a securely installed blade.

LED Displays

Use the LEDs on the individual system components to determine if the system is operating normally. Monitor LEDs routinely on the:

Power Supplies

Load balancing blades

The LEDs can be off, on, or flashing. When the fault LED is on (lit), this indicates that a fault has occurred in the component. A fault is any condition that is considered to be unacceptable for normal operation. When the fault LED is lit, you must take immediate action to clear the fault. You can only remove a hot-swappable component when the blue Removal OK LED is lit.

TABLE 2-1 lists the LED status codes for the following hot-swappable components:

Blades

Power Supply

TABLE 2-1 Blade and Power Supply Status Codes
Power (Green)	Fault (Amber)	OK to Remove (Blue)	Indication	Corrective Action
Off	Off	Off	Component not operating. Fault condition unknown.	You can remove a component from the system.
Off	On	Off	Component not operating. Fault condition present.	You cannot remove a component from the system.
Off	Off	On	Component not operating. No fault condition present.	You can remove a component from the system.
Off	On	On	Component not operating. Fault condition unknown.	You can remove a component from the system.
On	Off	Off	Normal component operation.	N/A
On	Off	On	Component not operating. No fault condition present.	You can remove a component from the system.
On	On	Off	Component operating. Fault condition present.	You cannot remove a component from the system.
On	On	On	Component operating. Fault condition present.	You can remove a component from the system.
Flashing	Off	Off	Component is powering up.	N/A

Location of Ports

All ports and are located at the back of the Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis. These connections are shown in FIGURE 2-7.

Note the location of the following ports:

10/100BASE-T network management cables

10/100/1000BASE-T data network cables

RS232 serial cables

FIGURE 2-7 External Cable Connections

Illustration depicting the external cable connections.

Caution - Do not connect a telephone jack connector to any RJ-45 port. This can damage the switch. Instead, use only twisted-pair cables with RJ-45 connectors that conform with FCC standards, or local national wiring or electrical regulations.

Note - Twisted-pair cables must not exceed 328 feet (100 meters).

Connecting to the 10/100/1000BASE-T Data Network Ports

FIGURE 2-8 The 10/100/1000BASE-T Data Network Ports.

Illustration depicting the 10/100/1000BASE-T data network ports.

Arranged as a 4x2 array, these RJ-45 ports provide the connection to the combined switch and service processor. Each port has integral green Link Present and Link Active LED indicators.

Note - The Link Present indicator is always on the left, regardless of the orientation of the RJ-45 port.

TABLE 2-2 10/100/1000BASE-T Data Network Port Pinouts
Pin 1	Pin 2	TRD0-
Pin 3	Pin 4	TRD2+
Pin 5	Pin 6	TRD1-
Pin 7	Pin 8	TRD3-
LED A	LED B	Link Active

Serial Port Pin Numbers

Viewing the Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis from the back, pin 1 of the RJ-45 serial port is on the left, and pin 8 is on the right.

Illustration depicting the Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis from the back, pin 1 of the RJ-45 serial port is on the left, and pin 8 is on the right. FIGURE 2-9 Serial Port Pin Numbers

TABLE 2-3 Serial Port Pinouts
Pin number on System Chassis	Signal
Pin 1	RTS
Pin 2	DTR
Pin 3	TXD
Pin 4	Signal Ground
Pin 5	Signal Ground
Pin 6	RXD
Pin 7	DSR
Pin 8	CTS

Powering On Content Load Balancing Blades

Note - To power on any content load balancing blade, you must have access to the system controller and r-level user permission. Refer to the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Administration Guide (817-4765-11) for information on system controller user permissions.

To power on a single blade, type:

sc> poweron Sn

Where S indicates the slot and n is the number of the slot containing the blade you want to power on. Valid slot numbers range from 0 to 15.

To power on more than one blade, specify each blade in a space-separated list as in the following example:

sc> poweron S6 S11

Or, if any of the blades is in a continuous range, you can specify the range. For example, to power on the blades in slot 6 and also the blades in slots 8 through 10, you would type the following:

sc> poweron S6 S[8-10]

Note - The Sun Fire B1600 system controller can be configured to automatically power on the blades. Please refer to the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Administration Guide (817-4765-11) for information on setting up this feature.

Use the showplatform command to verify the status of the B10n blade:

sc> showplatform

FRU       Status         Type

--------  -------------  ------------

S0        OK             SF B100s

S1        OK             SF B100s

S2        OK             SF B100s

S3        OK             SF B100s

S4        Not Present    ***

S5        Not Present    ***

S6        Not Present    ***

S7        Not Present    ***

S8        Not Present    ***

S9        Not Present    ***

S10       Not Present    ***

S11       Not Present    ***

S12       Not Present    ***

S13       Not Present    ***

S14       OK             SF B10n

S15       OK             SF B10n

SSC0      OK             SF B1600 SSC

SSC0/SC

SSC0/SWT

SSC1      Not Present    ***

SSC1/SC

SSC1/SWT

PS0       OK             SF B1600 PSU

PS1       OK             SF B1600 PSU

CH        OK             SF B1600

Domain    Status

--------  -------------------

S0        OS Running

S1        OS Running

S2        OS Running

S3        OS Running

S14       OS Running

S15       OS Running

SSC0/SWT  OS Running

SSC0/SC   OS Running (Active)

Note - Slots 14 and 15 show that the B10n blade is OK.

Powering Off Content Load Balancing Blades

Note - To power off any content load balancing blade, you must have access to the system controller and r-level user permission. Refer to the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Administration Guide for information on system controller user permissions.

Note - All the various options in this section can be used on the same command line except for the -r and -s commands: these two are alternatives to each other.

Powering Off With an Orderly Shutdown of the Operating System

The poweroff command attempts to shut down the operating system on a blade or blades in an orderly fashion. The command also prompts you to confirm that you intend to shutdown the blade or blades you have specified.

To power off a single blade, type:

sc> poweroff Sn

Where n is the number of the slot containing the blade you want to power off.

Forcing the Power Off

The poweroff command attempts to shutdown the operating system on a blade in an orderly fashion. If this orderly shutdown fails on a particular blade, the poweroff command will not continue to power off the blade.

To force the blade to power off even if an orderly shutdown has failed, include the -f option on the command line, as in the following example:

sc> poweroff -f Sn

Where n is the number of the slot containing the blade you want to power off.

Powering Off a Load Balancing Blade Without Requiring the Confirmation Prompt

When you run the poweroff command to power off a blade, you are prompted to confirm that you intend to power off the blade you have specified.

To avoid receiving the confirmation prompt when you use the poweroff command, include the -y option on the command line.

For example:

sc> poweroff -y Sn

Where n is the number of the slot containing the blade you want to power off.

Powering a Load Balancing Blade Down to Standby Mode

There are two ways to power a blade down to standby mode. You can use either the standbyfru command or the poweroff command.

To power down a blade or blades to standby mode using the poweroff command, type:

sc> poweroff -s Sn

Are you sure you want to power off FRU S5 (y/n)?: y

S5: Poweroff sequence started.

Sep 19 23:09:05: MINOR: S5: Powered off.

Sep 19 23:09:05: MINOR: S5: Active LED state changed to SLOW FLASHING

Where n is the number of the slot containing the blade you want to power down. When a blade is in standby mode, the system service processor continues to monitor its operational state.

Note - You cannot use the -s option on the same command line as the -r option.

To power down a blade to standby mode using the standbyfru command, type:

sc> standbyfru Sn

Where n is the number of the slot containing the blade you want to power down. When a blade is in standby mode, the system service processor will continue to monitor its operational state.

To power down more than one blade to standby mode, specify each blade in a space-separated list, as in the following example:

sc> standbyfru S6 S11

Powering Off a Content Load Balancing Blade to Remove It

To power down a blade or blades for removal, type:

sc> poweroff -r Sn

Where n is the number of the slot containing the blade you want to power down. When a blade is powered off for removal, the OK to Remove LED is lit.

Note - You cannot use the -s option on the same command line as the -r option.

Replacing Your Sun Fire B10n Blade

The upgraded Sun Fire B10n blade has the following features:

1. The 1.0 BSC firmware

2. Two B10n boot images--version 1.0.1 and 1.1. The default boot image is 1.1.

3. The B10n bootrom, version 1.1.

To Export the Configuration From the Old Board

1. Go to the /RFA0 directory.

puma{admin}# cd /RFA0

2. Archive the CONFIG directory:

puma{admin}# tar lbconfig.tar CONFIG

3. Export the configuration archive file:

puma{admin}# export lbconfig.tar

The FTP server address: <ftp_server_ip>

The source directory path: type [cr] to use current directory:

	(null) source path, using current directory

	The source file name: lbconfig.tar

	The destination directory path: <path_on_ftp_server>

The destination file name: lbconfig.tar

	The user name: <user_name_for_ftp_server>

The user password: <user_password_for_ftp_server>

export file succeed!

To Import the Configuration to the Upgraded Board

1. Power off the old board and remove it from the chassis.

2. Install the upgraded board.

The board comes up with an empty configuration with the B10n 1.1 application image running.

3. Configure the network interface. Optionally, configure the management VLAN (if applicable).

4. Go to the /RFA0 directory:

puma{admin}# cd /RFA0

5. Import the 1.0 or 1.1 configuration:

puma{admin}# import filename

	The FTP server address: <ftp_server_ip>

The source directory path: <path_on_ftp_server>

The source file name: lbconfig.tar

	The destination directory path:

	(null) path, using current directory...

	The destination file name: lbconfig.tar

	The user name: <user_name_for_ftp_server>

The user password: <user_password_for_ftp_server>

import file succeed!

6. Unarchive the configuration file.

puma{admin}# tar xvf lbconfig.tar

7. Reboot the B10n blade to get the imported configuration:

puma{admin}# reboot

Note - To run traffic with B10n 1.3.5 application image, the blade server module has to be updated to version 1.3.5.