Sun Fire 15K Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) User Guide

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Contents

Preface

Before You Read This Book

How This Book Is Organized

Using UNIX Commands

Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts

Related Documentation

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

1. Restrictions on Using Sun Fire 15K Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR)

DR Limitations

2. Introduction to DR on the Sun Fire 15K Server

What Is DR?

Where You Execute DR Commands

Command Line Interface (CLI)

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Automatic DR

Enhanced System Availability

DR Concepts

Detachability

Quiescence

Suspend-Safe and Suspend-Unsafe Devices

Attachment Points

Conditions and States

DR Operations

Hot-Plug Hardware

Sun Fire 15K Domains

Component Types

DR on I/O Devices

Potential Problems With I/O Devices

Permanent and Non-permanent Memory

Target Memory Constraints

Correctable Memory Errors

An Illustration of DR Concepts

3. DR State and Condition Models

Board and Slot States and Conditions

Board Slot States

Board Occupant States

Board Conditions

Component States and Conditions

Component Slot States

Component Occupant States

Component Conditions

4. DR Operations and Software Components on the Domain

DR Operations

Before You Perform DR Operations

Connect Operation

Configure Operation

CPUs and Memory

I/O Boards

After the Configure Operation

Disconnect Operation

Unconfigure Operation

Non-permanent Memory

Permanent Memory

Software Components

Domain Configuration Server

DR Driver

Reconfiguration Coordination Manager

System Events Framework

5. DR User Interfaces on the Domain

DR Commands and Options on the Domain

State Change Functions

Availability Change Functions

Condition Change Functions

Options and Operands

6. DR Domain Procedures

Attachment Points

Displaying Board Status

Basic Status Display

Detailed Status Display

Removing a Board

To Remove a CPU/Memory Board

To Remove an I/O Board

Adding a Board

To Install a Board