Course Length

2 hours

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Languages

English  

Format

• Synchronized audio provided by an expert instructor
• Flash animations

 

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course include customer field engineers, customer administrators, and customer operators.  

Prerequisites

To fully succeed, students should have the following prerequisite skills:

• Experience in hardware troubleshooting
• Experience maintaining blade systems
• Experience using blade system management software

 

Skills Gained

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Explain how to interact with the server blade within its chassis environment
2. Locate and describe the function of the server blade components, and trace the logical data paths through the server blade
3. Describe the power layout and cooling paths of the server blade
4. Name and describe the functions of the system indicators for the server blade
5. Indicate which components are FRUs and CRUs
6. Explain the function of the SP management network
7. Install or replace the server blade, CPU, DIMM, HDD, and server blade battery
8. Configure the network management system
9. Perform basic hardware administrative procedures, including updating system software and firmware components
10. Identify the troubleshooting tools that can be used on the system, and use them to isolate a system error

 

Related Courses

Before:

• Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System on x86-Based Systems (SA-201-S10)
• Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System on x86 Based System (SA-203-S10)
• Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Installation, Administration and Troubleshooting (WET-5582)
• Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Installation, Administration, and Troubleshooting Assessment (WGS-PREX-5582)
• Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Administration Workshop (VC-ES-5582)
• Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Administration Workshop Assessment (WGS-PREX-ES-5582)

 

Course Content

Module 1 - Features and Architecture of the Sun Blade X6420 Server Module

• Explain how to interact with the server blade within its chassis environment
• Locate and describe the functions of the server blade components
• Trace the logical data paths through the server blade
• Describe the power layout and cooling paths of the server blade
• Name and describe the function of the system indicators for the server blade
• Indicate which components are field-replaceable units (FRUs) and customer-replaceable units (CRUs)
• Explain the function of the service processor (SP) management network

Module 2 - Installation of the Sun Blade X6420 Server Module

• Install or replace the server blade
• Install or replace the server blade CPU
• Install or replace the server blade DIMMs
• Install or replace the server blade SP board
• Install or replace the server blade battery
• Install or replace the server blade IDE Compact Flash Module

Module 3 - Configuration and Administration of the Sun Blade X6420 Server Module

• Configure the network management system
• Perform basic hardware administrative procedures
• Update the system software and firmware components

Module 4 - Troubleshooting of the Sun Blade X6420 Server Module

• Identify the troubleshooting tools that can be used on the system
• Isolate a system error using error messages and diagnostics

 
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