Servers User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers RCI User’s Guide
- Preface
- Contents
- Figures
- CHAPTER 1 RCI Overview
- CHAPTER 2 Setup of the RCI for Operation
- 2.1 Overview of RCI Setup
- 2.2 RCI Setup for Initial Installation
- 2.2.1 RCI setup flow
- 2.2.2 Confirming RCI initialization
- . To confirm RCI initialization:
- 2.2.3 Connecting RCI cables
- 2.2.4 Making an RCI address setting
- . To specify an RCI address:
- . To confirm an RCI address:
- 2.2.5 Making an RCI construction setting
- . To make an RCI construction setting:
- . To confirm an RCI construction setting:
- 2.3 RCI Setup for Addition of an RCI I/O Unit
- 2.4 RCI Setup for Addition of an RCI Base Cabinet
- 2.4.1 RCI setup flow
- 2.4.2 Confirming RCI initialization
- . To confirm RCI initialization:
- 2.4.3 Connecting an RCI cable
- 2.4.4 Making an RCI address setting
- . To specify an RCI address:
- . To confirm the specified RCI address:
- 2.4.5 Making an RCI expansion setting
- . To make an RCI expansion setting:
- . To confirm an RCI expansion setting:
- 2.5 RCI Setup for Replacement of an RCI I/O Unit
- 2.6 RCI Setup for Replacement of an RCI Base Cabinet
- 2.6.1 RCI setup flow
- 2.6.2 Replacing an RCI host
- 2.6.3 Confirming RCI initialization
- . To confirm RCI initialization:
- 2.6.4 Connecting an RCI cable
- 2.6.5 Making an RCI address setting
- . To specify an RCI address:
- . To confirm the specified RCI address:
- 2.6.6 Making an RCI replacement setting
- . To make an RCI replacement setting:
- . To confirm an RCI replacement setting:
- CHAPTER 3 Command Reference
- CHAPTER 4 Error Status
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CHAPTER 1 RCI Overview
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This chapter gives an overview of the Remote Cabinet Interface (RCI).
1.1 RCI Features
The RCI is a device control interface used for connections of I/O units to an RCI host.
In this manual, a base cabinet and an I/O unit that support the RCI are referred to as an
RCI host and an RCI I/O unit (Note), respectively. Furthermore, RCI hosts and RCI
I/O units are generally referred to as RCI units.
Note: RCI I/O unit might be described as RCI-IO unit.
While multiple RCI units consisting of an RCI host, another RCI host, and RCI I/O
units are connected through the RCI, the RCI controls power supply to all these RCI
units together and performs other controls on the RCI I/O units.
By using RCI cables to connect RCI units and RCI setting commands, the following
RCI functions can be used:
z Connecting and controlling RCI I/O units
z Asynchronous RCI monitoring (Note) of RCI hosts in a cluster environment
Note: Asynchronous RCI monitoring is a function that immediately detects the
panic state in any of the nodes that compose a cluster. The asynchronous
monitoring enables the cluster to quickly recover from a failure in a
monitored node.
Note: When the RCI network is used, adequate consideration of security is
necessary for LAN connections of domains.