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Sun Fire Midrange Server Maintenance :: [SM-340]
 
 
 
 
sun microsystems certified training   this course works with savings passes
 
code. SM-340   length. 3 days
type. Instructor-Led   partner. Sun Microsystems
price.
$2,250 :: $1,913 GSA GOV.
 
 
The Sun Fire Midrange Server Maintenance course provides students with the information needed to install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot the Sun Fire V1280/E2900, 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 midrange servers. Additionally, students remove and replace system components, and troubleshoot common hardware and firmware issues.
 
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who can benefit
  
 
Students who can benefit from this course are field engineers, senior service providers, senior systems engineers, system maintainers, and anyone responsible for self maintaining midrange networked database servers.

Note: This course is intended for students who maintain their own systems.

Maintenance you perform on your Sun systems might void your warranty or service contract with Sun.
 
prerequisites
  
 
To succeed fully in this course, students should have:

Knowledge of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and UNIX
Knowledge of network administration
Experience with system hardware replacement
Knowledge of Sun Management Center 3.0 software
Knowledge of using SunVTS in troubleshooting
Experience troubleshooting and maintaining workgroup and enterprise servers


 
skills gained
  
 
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Provide an overview of the product goals, customer roles, major system components; reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features; information resources; and troubleshooting tools for Sun Fire midrange servers
Set up and configure the system controller and navigate platform and domain shells
Perform common administrative and maintenance tasks at the platform and domain levels
Identify, describe, remove, and replace field-replaceable units (FRUs)
Troubleshoot common faults in Sun Fire midrange servers




 
course content details  
 


  Module 1 - Introducing the Sun Fire Midrange Servers

List the functional goals of the Sun Fire midrange server product line
Locate Sun Microsystems web sites containing important Sun Fire midrange server information
List the server models that comprise the Sun Fire midrange server product line
Identify the input and output (I/O) components that the Sun Fire Midrange servers support
Describe the key features of each Sun Fire midrange server model
Power on and off each Sun Fire midrange server




  Module 2 - Field-Replaceable Units

Describe the various administrative and service layers on the Sun Fire midrange server products
Describe the Sun Fire midrange server FRU strategy
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server system controller boards
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server system boards
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server I/O boards
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server Sun Fireplane switchboards
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server baseplane and centerplanes
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server AC and DC power distribution FRUs
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server fan tray assemblies
Locate and describe the function of the Sun Fire midrange server FrameManager
Locate and describe the function of the Sun StorEdge D240 media tray
Install and administer the console
Install the server in a rack configuration




  Module 3 - Platform Assessment and Management

Describe an overview of the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform administrative functions
Perform user maintenance and administrative functions using the Lights-Out Management (LOM) shell
Display and change system controller parameters by using LOM shell commands
Monitor the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server platform by using LOM shell commands
Power cycle the Sun Fire V1280/E2900 server with LOM shell commands and with the front panel power rocker switch
Identify the administrative and service tasks that you can perform with the platform shell
Identify the platform shell commands you can use to display system information, set up system parameters, and test system hardware
Describe three methods you can use to connect to the system controller shells
Describe how to navigate between shells on the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, and 6800/E6900 servers
Configure the platform and system controller by using the platform shell
Display and change system controller parameters by using the platform shell
Describe how to manage the system controller for reboot and failover operations
Describe how to use system controller commands to monitor platforms and domains
Describe how to power on and off the system components
Describe how to update the platform firmware
Describe the capability and effects of splitting the Sun Fire 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810, 6900/E6900 servers into segments and domains
Describe how to start, stop, and power-cycle domains
Describe how to perform device configuration with OpenBoot programmable read-only memory (PROM) to add or remove devices from a Sun Fire midrange server
Describe OpenBoot PROM capabilities
Describe how to use OpenBoot PROM to represent interconnected buses and their devices in a device tree
Describe how to map Sun Fire midrange server physical devices


  Module 4 - Troubleshooting the Sun Fire Midrange Servers

Describe the basic architecture of the Sun Fire server system
Describe the two levels of Sun Fireplane interconnect switches
Describe how the system boards provide CPU and memory resources to the operating system in Sun Fire midrange servers
Describe how Sun Fire midrange servers use PCI and cPCI I/O assemblies
Describe how the Sun Fireplane interconnect plane is the main system bus of the Sun Fire family of servers
Describe the different integrated service processors supported by the Sun Fire midrange server architecture
Describe the troubleshooting methodology for fault analysis and diagnosis of failed components
Describe the system tools available for gathering background information on Sun Fire midrange server problems
Describe the testing tools available for isolating faults in the Sun Fire midrange servers
Describe how Sun Fire midrange servers use parity to detect system interconnect errors
Describe how Sun Fire midrange server subsystems can use error correcting code (ECC) to recover from errors
Describe how console port error messages are reported to help isolate faulty components in the console bus hub (CBH)
Describe how Sun Fire midrange server environmental faults are reported
Describe the enhanced availability features implemented in the new firmware update 5.15.3
Describe how blacklisting is used to reconfigure Sun Fire midrange server hardware to avoid parts with errors
Describe how domain shell operating messages provide an aid to troubleshooting a system error in Sun Fire midrange servers
Recover from a hung domain



 
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