Server User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Sun Fire™ X2250 Server Service Manual
- Contents
- Preface
- Sun Fire X2250 Server Overview
- Troubleshooting
- Performing Diagnostics
- 3.1 Pc-Check Diagnostics Overview
- 3.2 System Information Menu Options
- 3.3 Advanced Diagnostics Tests Menu Options
- 3.4 Immediate Burn-in Testing
- 3.5 Deferred Burn-in Testing
- 3.6 Create Diagnostic Partition Option
- 3.6.1 Removing Existing Partitions From a Hard Disk
- 3.6.2 Adding a Diagnostic Partition to the First Bootable Disk
- 3.6.3 Creating a Log File on the Diagnostic Partition
- 3.6.4 Accessing the Diagnostic Partition on a Red Hat Linux System
- 3.6.5 Accessing the Diagnostic Partition on the Solaris 10 Operating System
- 3.6.6 Accessing the Diagnostic Partition on the Windows Server 2003 Operating System
- 3.7 Show Results Summary
- 3.8 Print Results Report
- 3.9 About Pc-Check
- 3.10 Exit to DOS
- Maintaining the Sun Fire X2250 Server
- 4.1 Tools and Supplies Needed
- 4.2 Installation Precautions
- 4.3 Powering Off the Server and Removing the Cover
- 4.4 Locations of Server Components
- 4.5 Component Replacement Procedures
- 4.5.1 Replacing the I/O Board
- 4.5.2 Replacing the PCIe Card and Riser Assembly
- 4.5.3 Replacing a Hard Disk Drive and Carrier
- 4.5.4 Replacing an HDD Backplane Assembly
- 4.5.5 Removing and Installing the ODD Drive Assembly
- 4.5.6 Replacing the Air Duct
- 4.5.7 Replacing the Power Supply
- 4.5.8 Replacing the Single Fan Module
- 4.5.9 Replacing the Dual Blower Module
- 4.5.10 Replacing Memory Modules
- 4.5.11 Replacing the System Battery
- 4.5.12 Replacing a CPU and Heatsink
- 4.5.13 Installing a New CPU
- 4.5.14 Replacing Cables
- 4.5.15 Motherboard
- System Specifications
- Using the Tools & Drivers CD
- Installing the Server Into a Rack With Optional Slide Rails
- C.1 Disassembling the Slide Rails Before Installation
- C.2 Installing the Mounting Brackets Onto the Server
- C.3 Attaching the Slide-Rail Assemblies to the Rack
- C.4 Installing the Server Into the Slide-Rail Assemblies
- C.5 Installing the Cable Management Assembly
- C.6 Verifying Operation of the Slide Rails and CMA
- Index

1-2 Sun Fire X2250 Server Service Manual • April 2009
1.1 Features
TABLE 1-1 lists the system’s key components.
1.2 Operating System and Software
This section describes the operating system and additional software that is supported
for the Sun Fire X2250 server.
TABLE 1-1 Sun Fire X2250 Server Features
Component Description
CPUs • Two dual-core Intel® Xeon series 5200 processors or two quad-core
Intel Xeon series 5400 processors
• Processor frequencies: 2 GHz and faster
• Up to 12 MB level 2 cache
Memory • Eight DIMM slots
• Each DIMM socket can support a 2 GB or 4 GB (667 MHz)
fully-buffered DIMM module, or 2 GB or 4 GB (800 MHz)
fully-buffered DIMM module
• Up to 32 GB total memory supported
Media storage Optional DVD-ROM or DVD-RW
Hard disk drives • Up to two optional hot-pluggable SATA disk drives: 250 GB, 500
GB, or 1 TB @ 7200 rpm
• Up to 2 TB maximum supported
Power supply 500W PSU 80% high-efficiency
Network I/O Two 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports
PCI I/O PCI Express riser card with one 16-lane slot
or one 16-lane slot or one
16-lane slot, supporting low-profile, half-length PCI-Express (PCIe)
cards up to 25W
Other I/O • Five USB 2.0 connectors: two on the back panel, two on the front
panel, and one internal
• Onboard 2D/3D graphics controller with HD15 connector
• One serial RS-232 port with RJ-45 connector
System management Onboard IPMI 2.0 compliant service processor with Integrated Lights
Out Manager (ILOM)










