Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course include Customer Support Engineers (Self-maintainers) and Customer Administrators and Operators.
Prerequisites
- Experience with hardware maintenance of blade systems
- UNIX command user skills
- System management command skills
Skills Gained
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Locate and describe the function of the server blade components
- Trace the logical data paths through the server blade
- Describe the power layout and cooling paths of the server blade
- Name and describe the functions of the system indicators for the server blade
- Identify, install, and replace the field replaceable units (FRUs) and customer replaceable units (CRUs)
- Update system software and firmware components
- Identify the troubleshooting tools that can be used to isolate system errors
Course Content
Module 1 - Features and Architecture of the Sun Blade X8450 Server Module
- Explain how to interact with the server blade within its chassis environment
- Locate and describe the functions of the server blade components
- Trace the logical data paths through the server blade
- Describe the power layout and coolingpaths of the server blade
- Name and describe the functions of the server blade's system indicators
- Indicate which components are field replaceable units (FRUs) and customer replaceable units (CRUs)
Module 2 - Installation of the Sun Blade X8450 Server Module
- Install or replace the server blade
- Install or replace the server blade CPU
- Install or replace a server blade dual inline memory module (DIMM)
- Install or replace the server blade real-time clock (RTC) battery
- Install or replace the server blade hard disk drive (HDD)
Module 3 - Configuration and Administration of the Sun Blade X8450 Server Module
- Configure access to the the network management system
- Perform basic hardware administrative procedures
- Update system software and firmware components
Module 4 - Troubleshooting of the Sun Blade X8450 Server Module
- Identify the troubleshooting tools that can be used on the system
- Isolate a system error using error messages and diagnostics




