Best Practice for system board replacement on Sun Fire[TM] T2000 [Video]

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Update Date:	2010-10-06
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Solution 1019257.1 : Best Practice for system board replacement on Sun Fire[TM] T2000 [Video]

Applies to:

Sun Fire T2000 Server
All Platforms

Goal

Description
This document describes the Sun Fire T2000 System Board replacement requirements and will assist the user to select the correct part number when replacing the system board.
Available for this topic, a Video Tutorial; Brief how-to video tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions answering Sun's most frequently asked questions. View the video answer and/or follow the detailed instructions below.

Video - T2000 System Board Replacement (5:00)

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Solution

Steps to Follow

The non-RoHS system boards and RoHS system boards on Sun Fire T2000 are NOT compatible (interchangeable), so a non-RoHS system board can NOT be replaced by a RoHS-compliant system board and vice versa.
1. When replacing the T2000 system board (motherboard), make sure that you are using the correct FRU part number. The part number of the system board can be determined by visual inspection of the part# label on the motherboard or by using the SC command showfru (for details refer to How to determine motherboard part number on Sun Fire T2000)

Example with 'showfru' procedure (in case it is not possible to check ).
Note: You'll need to be connected and login to the SC before using the 'showfru' command.

sc> showfru MB/SEEPROM

SEGMENT: SD
/ManR
/ManR/UNIX_Timestamp32:      FRI JAN 19 18:43:27 2007
/ManR/Description:           ASSY,Sun-Fire-T2000,CPU Board
/ManR/Manufacture Location:  Sriracha,Chonburi,Thailand
/ManR/Sun Part No:           5017501
/ManR/Sun Serial No:         PC0TTT
/ManR/Vendor:                Celestica
/ManR/Initial HW Dash Level: 01
/ManR/Initial HW Rev Level:  52
/ManR/Shortname:             T2000_MB
/SpecPartNo:                 885-0691-01

SEGMENT: FL

/Configured_LevelR
/Configured_LevelR/UNIX_Timestamp32:     FRI JAN 19 18:43:27 2007
/Configured_LevelR/Sun_Part_No:          5411454       <==== this is the correct FRU
/Configured_LevelR/Configured_Serial_No: P808FP
/Configured_LevelR/HW_Dash_Level:        01

In this example, 501-7501 is the generic part number common to all RoHS T2000 motherboards (4, 6 or 8 cores):


/ManR/Sun Part No:  5017501

The correct FRU Part Number is found after the generic one, 541-1454 in this case:/Configured_LevelR/Sun_Part_No: 5411454

2. Use the FRU part number determined in step 1 and the Sun System Handbook (SSH), to verify the type of the system board (RoHS vs non-RoHS) that needs to be replaced.

For the above example, the SSH shows that this is the RoHS version of the FRU part number for :

541-1454: 8-Core 1.0GHz System Board, RoHS:YL

For comparison, the FRU part number of the non-RoHS version of this 8-core 1.0GHz board is:

541-0570: 8-Core, UltraSPARC T1, 1.0GHz System Board

References:

Sun System Handbook links for T2000:

- for Sun Fire T2000 systems (non-RoHS)

- for Sun Fire T2000 systems (RoHS)

Internal Comments
The systemboard replacement procedure is provided in the latest version
of the Sun Fire T2000 Service Manual (pn 819-2548)
Sun Fire T2000, system board, motherboard, replacement, showfru

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