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

3-6 Sun Fire X2250 Server Service Manual • April 2009
3.3.1 Testing the Hard Disk
1. From the main menu, choose Advanced Diagnostics Tests.
2. From the Advanced Diagnostics menu, choose Hard Disks.
3. From the Select Drive menu, choose the hard disk you are testing.
The Hard Disk Diagnostics window opens, showing both the information for the
hard disk you have selected and the Hard Disk Tests menu.
The Hard Disk Tests menu displays the following options:
■ Select Drive
■ Test Settings
■ Read Test
■ Read Verify Test
■ Non-Destructive Write Test
■ Destructive Write Test
■ Mechanics Stress Test
■ Internal Cache Test
■ View Error Log
■ Utilities Menu
■ Exit
The Media Test options include the Read Test, the Read Verify Test, the
Non-Destructive Write Test, and the Destructive Write Test. These tests are relevant
to testing the media associated with the hard drive hardware, such as the physical
disk.
Caution – Running the Destructive Write Test destroys any data that is on the disk.
The Device Test options include the Mechanics Stress Test and the Internal Cache
Test. These tests are relevant to testing non-media-related devices associated with the
hard drive hardware, such as the head and internal cache.
In addition to choosing any of these tests, you can also define several parameters of
the test.
You can change the parameters within the Test Settings option. Your options within
Test Settings include the following:
■ Media Test Settings
Enables you to select the test time duration, the percentage of the hard disk to
test, and the sectors to be tested on the hard disk.










