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Sun Enterprise[tm] 420R Server: Repair Procedures

This section provides the most common repair procedures for the Enterprise 420R. The written procedures below are links to the Sun Enterprise 420R Server Service Manual (806-1080).

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CD-ROM Drive  
CPU Module
  • Tuning the ecache_scan_rate parameter of the Solaris cache scrubber provides improved Ecache parity error protection on non-mirrored SRAM UltraSPARC II-based systems (FIN I0755-1).
  • OS mapping versus physical location of CPU modules for E420R, E450, U80 and Netra t1400/t1405 systems may lead to incorrect module replacement (FIN I0749-1).
  • The current diagnostic procedure to identify the faulty CPU module from CPU Ecache parity errors is flawed (FIN I0570-3)
Disk Drive
 
Memory  
Memory Riser Assembly
  • See Memory Riser Assembly Damage Caution.
  • System initialization failures are sometimes being diagnosed incorrectly due to an improperly installed Memory Riser card (FIN I0607-1).
  • Failure to properly assemble the Memory Riser to the correct torque setting can cause intermittent memory related system problems (FIN I0537-2).
NVRAM/TOD Module
PCI Card
  • Ultra 80 system board based systems may panic at boot time with certain PCI Bus configurations (FIN I0665-1).
  • SunPCi II and SunPCi IIpro cards may not respond after rapid/successive power cycling (FCO A0186-1).
  • Any PCI card may not seat properly and will cause the PCI card not to be recognized by the system, rendering that PCI card inoperable (FCO A0168-1).
  • A host system using the 375-0040-01 or -02 FC100/P FC-AL PCI card to attach to FC-AL storage (StorEdge A5x00 and A3500) may experience loop errors, which may affect data access to that storage (FCO A0164-1).
  • Systems based on the PSYCHO chipset panic with a PCI bus error (SRDB 40602).
Power Distribution Board  
Power Supply
  • Improper service procedures with the E220R/E420R power supplies could result in system downtime. In addition, under certain circumstances, the hot swapping functionality for the redundant power supplies may fail (FIN I0666-1)
Removable Media Assembly (RMA) Backplane

System Board

Tape Drive
  • The peripheral D.C. power cable (530-2864-02) is too short to allow the tape drive to be connected to D.C. power (FCO A0166-1).
UltraSCSI Backplane


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