This section provides tips (when available) for the
most common repair procedures for the Sun Fire T5220. The repair
procedures are provided in the following manual:
| Component |
Tips |
| Miscellaneous |
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Console behavior is inconsistent when a graphics device and keyboard are specified for console use.
This occurs when the OpenBoot variables 'input-device' and 'output-device' are set to anything other
than the default value of 'virtual-console'.
(FAB 1018990.1).
|
| PCI |
-
PCI Retainer Bar improvement on specific systems.
(FAB 1020282.1).
|
| Power Supplies |
-
FCO A0306-1: Some Sun Fire, SPARC Enterprise, and Sun Storage Systems using Power Supply Units within a certain date code
range may experience a Thermal Event upon PSU failure.(FAB 1020545.1).
-
FCO A0314-1: A small number of P/N 300-2105 D204 PSUs with specific serial numbers used in Sun Fire T5220/T5240 may be
susceptible to thermal events.(FAB 1191394.1).
|
| Removable Media |
-
First Issue: DVD Drive Read and Write Errors and/or media damage
possibly resulting in the DVD Drive being unusable at any level of system operation.
Second Issue: DVD Backplane connector damage may result from a missalignment between
the DVD Drive and backplane connector.
(FAB 1019082.1).
-
DVD does not align during installation of the DVD and can cause damage to the DVD and/or backlplane.
(FAB 1019599.1).
-
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5x20 and T5x40 PATA DVD won't Boot or Mount.
(FAB 1020828.1).
|
| System Board |
-
Replacing Motherboard in T5220 Plus or T5120 Plus requires workaround and/or firmware upgrade.
(FAB 1019881.1).
|
| System Firmware |
-
IBM DB2 database fails on T5120/T5220 with system firmware version 7.0.3.b due to dmmu fault addresses
not sign-extended.
(FAB 1019111.1).
|
| Power Distribution Board |
- If replacing a defective PDB, you must move the
bus bar to the new board and program the chassis serial number using the
setscn command. Reference the Service Manual.
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