Sun SPARC Enterprise(R) T5120/5220, Replacing the Paddle Card [Video]

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Update Date:	2010-10-13
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Solution 1010060.1 : Sun SPARC Enterprise(R) T5120/5220, Replacing the Paddle Card [Video]

Applies to:

Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server
All Platforms

Goal

Replacing the Paddle Card

Video - Paddleboard Removal T5120 & T5220 (03:00)

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Solution

Power down the host system (using the front panel power button) or STOP or poweroff command from the SP's root/ILOM or SP's admin/ALOM command line interfaces, respectiely.
Unplug the system's power cord(s),

Remove the system's top cover.

Implement all the usual anti-static-discharge methods...

* Prepare an antistatic surface to set parts on during the removal, installation, or replacement process.

* Place ESD-sensitive components such as the printed circuit boards on an antistatic mat. The following items can be used as an antistatic mat:

o Antistatic bag used to wrap a Sun replacement part

o Sun ESD mat, part number 250-1088

o A disposable ESD mat (shipped with some replacement parts or optional system components)

* Attach an antistatic wrist strap.

When servicing or removing server components, attach an antistatic strap to your wrist and then to a metal area on the chassis.

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REMOVING THE PADDLE CARD

The paddle card assembly includes the top cover interlock switch.

1. Remove the motherboard assembly.

2. Remove the power distribution board.

3. Remove the fan power boards.

4. Remove th etwo No.2 Phillips screws securing the paddle card to the chassis.

5. Slide the paddle card back, away from its connector on the hard drive backplane.

6. Tilt the paddle card away from the side of the chassis and lift it up and out of the system.

7. Lift the paddle card up and out of the chassis.

8. Place the paddle card on anantistatic mat or in an Antistatic bag.

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INSTALLING THE PADDLE CARD

1. Lower the paddle card into the chassis. The paddle card fits over a series of mushroom standoffs in the chassis side wall.

2. Slide the paddle card forward to plug it into the hard drive backplane.

3. Secure the paddle card with two No.2 Phillips screws.

4. Install the fan power boards.

5. Install the power distribution board.

6. Install the motherboard assembly.

Replace the system's top cover. Plug in the system's power cord(s).

If the system administrator would like the Host powered-up, that can be done using the front panel power button or via a login to the SP's root or admin accounts and the appropriate START or poweron, respectively, may be used.

Product
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server

T5120, T5220, paddle card, VT
Previously Published As
91522

Change History
Date: 2009-11-19
User name: Dencho Kojucharov
Action: Updated
Comments: Currency check, audited by Dencho Kojucharov, Entry-Level SPARC Content Lead
Date: 2007-12-14
User Name: 71396
Action: Approved
Comment: Publishing
Version: 1
Date: 2007-12-14
User Name: 71396
Action: Created
Comment:
Version: 0

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