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Update Date:	2012-05-11
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Solution 1350671.1 : Sun Fire X4540 Training and Knowledge

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Reason: Migration of Panacea Content

Applies to:

Sun Fire X4540 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This document contains the X4540 Training and Knowledge page.

Details

Documentation Overview Patches/Firmware Product Issues Training/Knowledge SSH X86 Home

Knowledge:

Solaris OS Device Information for X4540:

How To:

Accessing service mode on ILOM 3.x and later platforms Doc ID 1019946.1
ILOM Service Processor sunservice commands Doc ID 1004226.1
How to get into ILOM 3.x Escalation Mode on the SP were you can run servicetool.
Serial number changes after FRU replacement on X86 and T-series servers

Tech Tips:

When using SunVTS disktest, use 256KB for Media Transfer Size. See <SunBug: 6548088>

Disk Info:

Boot Disk Locations
Solaris Device Names (factory default or jumpstart with no USB storage devices at install time)
Solaris Device Names (one USB storage device at install time)
Solaris Device Names (two USB storage devices at install time)

Images and Diagrams:

LSI version info viewed from LCU
LSI upgrade via SIA
Known benign LSI Firmware Issue
Location of MAC address label on chassis rear
Also the TOI contains several product images

Service Labels:

SC Label (on top of the system controller)
Service Label (on top of chassis)
Thumper to Thor Migration Label (rear)
Thumper to Thor Migration Label (front)

Other:

Key Differences between x4500 and x4540
CF Support Note <SunBug: 6580680> and <SunBug: 6634410>
x64 DIMM Replacement Policy

ZFS Links:

ZFS Best Practices (Solaris Internals)
ZFS FAQ (OpenSolaris)
ZFS RAID recommendations: space, performance, and MTTDL by Richard Elling
Mean Time to Data Loss (MTTDL) by Richard Elling
ZFS, Copies, and Data Protection by Richard Elling
Community Group ZFS
Recipe for a ZFS RAID-Z Storage Pool on Sun Fire X4540 by Tim Thomas
Sun Fire X4540 Disk Planner by Tim Thomas

Microsoft Window Resources:

Best practices for using dynamic disks on Windows Server 2003-based computers (Microsoft KB 816307)
Dynamic Disks and Volumes Technical Reference (Microsoft TechNet link)

SunWIN Docs:

514600 Performance of a Sun Fire X4540 as a File Server using Solaris CIFS
543736 Performance of a Sun Fire X4540 as a File Server using SAMBA

Training:

TOI Material:

Thumper/Thor TSC TOI presented in Dec 2008 (12Mb file)
Eng TOI Material from June 18 2008, see table below.

Subject	Presenter
SIA Thor SW 1.0	Ranjan
SP, Add'l HW, FRU, and more	Christopher
Thor BIOS TOI	Darren & Dan
Thor Error Handling Gen 1.0	Hamid
Thor Solaris TOI	Dana M
Thor Technical TOI (hardware)	Richard

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