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Sun SPARC® Enterprise M5000 Server: Repair Procedures

This section provides tips (when available) for the most common repair procedures for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server. The repair procedures are provided in the following manual:

Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual (819-2210).

The following table provides tips associated with each component.

Component Tips
DC Converters
  • Some Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 X-options and FRUs may have loose DC to DC converters (DDC). Reference FAB 1019211.1.
Ethernet
  • Small number of Northstar Dual GBE -03 cards may fail on certain systems due to defective voltage mux. Reference FAB 1000525.1.
  • Northstar Dual GBE -02 cards do not support Solaris netboot on SPARC systems. Reference FAB 1000141.1.
I/O
  • Sun External I/O Expansion Unit Fiber Optic Link Card fails after 500 power-on days. Reference FAB 1019624.1.
Miscellaneous
  • Systems not updated to Solaris 10 08/07 and XCP 1061 will not be able to take advantage of certain platform features, may experience potential performance issues, may experience "disk full" related reboots on their eXtended System Control Facility Unit (XSCF) which can lead to XSCF replacement, and may not benefit from bug fixes included in the newer release of software. Reference FAB 1018991.1.

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