This section provides the most common repair procedures for the
Sun Fire 280R. The following links are located in the 
Sun
Fire 280R Server Service Manual (806-4807).
| Component |
Tips |
| CPU Module |
- Service procedures for replacement of early-release UltraSPARC[tm]
III modules with pre-fetch pipeline problems (FIN I0658-1).
- Guidelines for understanding and diagnosing UltraSPARC III Level 2
(L2) SRAM Cache Memory Errors (FIN I0887-1).
|
| Disk Drive |
-
Improved firmware for Seagate 10K.6 disk drives will reduce the incidence of unexpected outages due to a spindle motor issue (FIN I1136-1).
- Fujitsu 73GB HDD will not be recognized during a 'boot net' operation
on Sun Blade 2000 or Sun Fire 280R platforms (FIN I0963-1).
- Power management issue causes loss of access to internal fiber channel
disks on the Sun Blade 1000/2000, Sun Fire V880, V480, and 280R (FIN
I0888-1).
- Seagate ST336605FC 36GB and ST373405FC 73G drives could be susceptible
to label corruption (FIN I0816-1).
- Seagate Cheetah 7 146GB FC-AL and 73 GB FC-AL disk drives
may experience higher than expected failure rates due to
spindle motor failure (FCO A0256-1).
- Error installing Solaris on ST318304 FC-AL disk drives: Could not
create Solaris disk label (VTOC) (Problem article 1005941.1).
- Recovering from a failed FCAL boot disk (Problem article 1008580.1).
- Veritas Volume Manager 3.X - Procedure to Replace Internal Disks controlled by VxVM or not in Sun Fire[TM] 280R, V480 and V880 Systems
(How To article 1003122.1).
- Correcting device paths when replacing fiber boot disks after a ufsrestore
(Infodoc 1003103.1).
|
| Disk Drive (Hot-Plug Operation) |
- Power management issue causes loss of access to internal fiber channel
disks on the Sun Blade 1000/2000, Sun Fire V880, V480, and 280R (FIN
I0888-1).
- Veritas Volume Manager 3.X - Procedure to Replace Internal Disks controlled by VxVM or not in Sun Fire[TM] 280R, V480 and V880 Systems (How To article 1003122.1).
- Correcting device paths when replacing fiber boot disks after a ufsrestore
(Infodoc 1003103.1).
|
| Memory |
- Best Practices Guide for Memory Errors for diagnosing UltraSPARC III
memory errors now available (FIN I1018-1).
- New 256MB and 512MB LC1 DIMMs are now available ONLY for the Sun Blade
1000/2000 and Sun Fire 280R platforms (FIN I0883-1).
- Diagnosing Main Memory errors versus L2SRAM errors on UltraSPARC III
and UltraSPARC III Cu systems (FIN I0954-1).
- On certain Sun Systems a small number of 512MB and 1GB Micron DIMMs may experience premature failures with Uncorrectable Memory Error (UE) messages. (FAB 1000920.1) (formerly FCO A0285-1)
- A sub-population of DIMMs that shipped between 2001 and 2002
on the below platforms are showing significantly lower
reliability than expected (FCO A0253-1).
- Systems containing 256MB Samsung B-die DIMMs, having a module date
code between 0115 and 0127 (built between weeks 15 and 27 of 2001),
may experience Uncorrectable Memory Errors (UE). This can lead to System
Panics (FCO A0223-1).
|
| PCI Card |
-
UltraSPARC III systems may panic due to a conflict
between the Schizo 2.4 ASIC and the GigaSwift Ethernet PCI Card
(FIN I0874-1).
-
SunPCi II and SunPCi IIpro cards may not respond
after rapid/successive power cycling (FCO A0186-1).
|
| Power Distribution Board |
- Power supplies in position PS0 and PS1 of a very small number of Sun Fire
280R systems may have cracked connectors, resulting in loss of power
from that power supply (FIN I0992-1).
|
| Power Supply |
- Power supplies in position PS0 and PS1 of a very small number of Sun Fire
280R systems may have cracked connectors, resulting in loss of power
from that power supply (FIN I0992-1).
|
| System Board |
- UltraSPARC III and III+ based platforms could be susceptible to UCC
errors that may cause system panics (FIN I0856-1).
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