Sun Microsystems T6300 Bedienungsanleitung

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iii Contents Preface xi 1. Conf iguring the System Console 1 Communicating With the Server 1 What the System Console Does 2 What the ALOM System Controller Console Does 2 Using the System Console 2 Default System Console Connection Through the Serial Port and Network Management Ports 2 Accessing the System Controller 3 Using the Serial Port 3 ▼ T[...]

iv Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ▼ T o Access the System Console Through an Alphanumeric T erminal 8 Switching Between the ALOM System Controller and the System Console 9 ALOM sc> Prompt 10 Access Through Multiple Contr oller Sessions 1 1 Reaching the sc> Prompt 12 OpenBoot ok Prompt 12 Methods to Reach t[...]

Contents v Automatic System Recovery User Commands 24 Enabling and Disabling Automatic System Recovery 25 ▼ T o Enable Automatic System Recovery 25 ▼ T o Disable Automatic System Recovery 26 Obtaining Automatic System Recovery Information 26 ▼ T o Obtain ASR Information 26 Unconfiguring and Reconfiguring Devices 27 ▼ T o Unconfigure a Devic[...]

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vii Figur es FIGURE 1-1 Switching Between ALOM System Controller and System Console 9[...]

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ix T ables T ABLE 1-1 Pin Crossovers for Connecting the Server to a Terminal Server 5 T ABLE 1-2 Ways of Accessing the ok Prompt 16 T ABLE 1-3 OpenBoot Configuration Variables That Affect the System Console 17 T ABLE 2-1 LED Behavior and Meaning 20 T ABLE 2-2 LED Behaviors With Assigned Meanings 20 T ABLE 2-3 Virtual Keyswitch Setting for Reset Sce[...]

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xi Pr eface The Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide is written for experienced system administrators. This guide includes general descriptive information about the Sun Blade™ T6300 server module and detailed instructions for conf iguring and administering the server module. T o use the information in this guide, you must have worki[...]

xii Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information on basic UNIX ® commands and procedur es such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See the following for this information: ■ Software documentation that you received with your [...]

Preface xiii T ypographic Conventions Related Documentation The documents listed as online are available at: http://www.sun.com/documentation/ T ypeface * * The settings on your browser might differ from these settings. Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-scr een computer output Edit your .login file. Use ls[...]

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1 CHAPTER 1 Conf iguring the System Console This chapter explains what the system console is, describes the different ways of configuring it on your server , and helps you understand its relation to the system controller . T opics covered in this chapter include: ■ “Communicating W ith the Server” on page 1 ■ “Accessing the System Control[...]

2 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 What the System Console Does The system console displays status and error messages generated by firmwar e-based tests during system startup. After running those tests, you can enter special commands that affect the f irmware and alter system behavior . After the operating system is[...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 3 These constraints provide for secure access at the installation site. Using a TIP line enables you to use windowing and operating system features on the system making the connection to your server . ■ For instructions on accessing the system console thr ough a terminal server , see “Accessing the Syste[...]

4 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ▼ T o Use the Serial Port 1. Ensure that the serial port on your connecting device is set to the following parameters: ■ 9600 baud ■ 8 bits ■ No parity ■ 1 stop bit ■ No handshaking 2. Establish an ALOM system controller session. For instructions on how to use the ALOM [...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 5 ▼ T o Access The System Console Through a T erminal Server 1. Complete the physical connection from the serial port to your terminal server . The serial port on the server is a data terminal equipment (DTE) port. The pinouts for the serial port correspond with the pinouts for the RJ-45 ports on the seria[...]

6 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 For example, for a server connected to port 10000 on a terminal server whose IP address is 192.20.30.10, you would type: Accessing the System Console Thr ough a TIP Connection Use this procedur e to access the server system console by connecting the dongle serial port to the serial[...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 7 Modifying the /etc/remote File This procedur e might be necessary if you are accessing the server module using a TIP connection from a Sun system r unning an older version of the Solaris OS software. Y ou might also need to perform this procedure if the /etc/remote f ile on the Sun system has been altered [...]

8 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Note – If you intend to use the Sun system’s serial port A rather than serial port B, edit this entry by replacing /dev/ttyb with /dev/ttya . If you have redir ected the system console to TTYB and want to change the system console settings back to use the serial port and networ[...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 9 Switching Between the ALOM System Contr oller and the System Console If the system console is directed to the virtual-console device (its default configuration), the serial port and the network management port provide access to both the system console and the ALOM system controller (see FIGURE 1- 1 ). FIGU[...]

10 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 The prompt displayed on the terminal or shell tool indicates which channel you are accessing: ■ The # or % prompt indicates that you ar e at the system console and that the Solaris OS is running. ■ The ok prompt indicates that you ar e at the system console and that the server[...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 11 Note – When you access the ALOM system controller for the first time and you issue an administrative command, you must create a password for the default username, admin, for subsequent access. After this initial configuration, you will be prompted to enter a user name and passwor d every time you access[...]

12 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Reaching the sc> Pr ompt There ar e several ways to obtain the sc> prompt: ■ Y ou can log in directly to the ALOM system controller fr om a device connected to the serial port. See “Accessing the System Controller” on page 3 . ■ Y ou can log in directly to the ALOM s[...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 13 ■ When a serious hardwar e problem develops while the system is running, the operating system transitions smoothly to run level 0. ■ When you deliberately place the system under firmwar e control in or der to execute firmwar e-based commands. The last of these scenarios most often concerns you as an a[...]

14 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Gracefully shutting down the system prevents data loss, enables you to warn users beforehand, and causes minimal disruption. Y ou can usually perform a graceful shutdown, provided the Solaris OS is running and the har dware has not experienced serious failure. ALOM System Controll[...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 15 Using these commands results in the loss of all system coherence and state information. A manual system reset could corrupt the server ’s f ile systems, although the fsck command usually restor es them. Use this method only when nothing else works. Caution – Accessing the ok prompt suspends the Solari[...]

16 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Caution – Forcing the server to the ok pr ompt suspends all application and operating system software. After you issue f irmware commands and run f irmware- based tests from the ok pr ompt, the system might not be able to resume where it left off. If at all possible, back up sys[...]

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 17 System Console OpenBoot Conf iguration V ariable Settings Certain OpenBoot configuration variables contr ol from wher e system console input is taken and to where its output is dir ected. The table below shows how to set these variables in order to use the serial port and network management port. Note –[...]

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19 CHAPTER 2 Managing RAS Featur es and System Firmwar e This chapter describes how to manage reliability , availability , and serviceability (RAS) features and system f irmware, including the Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) system controller, and Automatic System Recovery (ASR). In addition, this chapter describes how to unconfigure and r e[...]

20 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Interpr eting System LEDs The behavior of LEDs on your server conforms to the American National Standar ds Institute (ANSI) Status Indicator Standard (SIS). These standard LED behaviors ar e described in T ABLE 2-1 . The LEDs have assigned meanings, described in T ABLE 2-2 . T ABL[...]

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 21 Contr olling the Locator LED Y ou control the Locator LED from the sc> pr ompt or by the Locator button on the front of the server module. ▼ T o T urn On the Locator LED From the ALOM System Controller Command Pr ompt ● T ype: ▼ T o T urn Off the Locator LED From the ALOM System Contro[...]

22 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ▼ T o Display the State of the Locator LED Fr om the ALOM System Controller Command Pr ompt ● T ype: Note – Y ou do not need user permissions to use the setlocator and showlocator commands. Automatic System Recovery Automatic System Recovery functionality enables the system [...]

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 23 ▼ T o Enable an Automatic Degraded Boot ● Set the switches by typing: Note – The default setting for auto-boot-on-error? is false . The system will not attempt a degraded boot unless you change this setting to true . In addition, the system will not attempt a degraded boot in r esponse to[...]

24 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ■ If a fatal error is detected by POST or OpenBoot Diagnostics, the system does not boot regar dless of the settings of auto-boot? or auto-boot-on-error? . Fatal nonrecoverable err ors include the following: ■ Any CPU failure ■ Any logical memory bank failure ■ Flash RAM c[...]

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 25 ■ “Unconfiguring and Reconf iguring Devices” on page 27 ■ “T o Reconfigur e a Device Manually” on page 27 ■ “Obtaining Automatic System Recovery Information” on page 26 Enabling and Disabling Automatic System Recovery The ASR feature is not activated until you enable it. Enabl[...]

26 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ▼ T o Disable Automatic System Recovery 1. At the ok prompt, type: 2. T o cause the parameter changes to take effect, type: The system permanently stores the parameter change. Note – T o store parameter changes, you can also power cycle the system using the front panel Power b[...]

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 27 Unconf iguring and Reconfiguring Devices T o support a degraded boot capability , the ALOM firmware pr ovides the disablecomponent command, which enables you to unconfigure system devices manually . This command flags the specified device as disabled by cr eating an entry in the ASR database. ?[...]

28 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Note – The device identifiers ar e not case-sensitive. Y ou can type them as uppercase or lowercase characters. Y ou can use the ALOM enablecomponent command to reconf igure any device that you previously unconf igured with the disablecomponent command. Displaying System Fault I[...]

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 29 Adding the –v option displays additional information, For more information about the showfaults command, r efer to the Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM) CMT v1.3 Guide . Multipathing Softwar e Multipathing software enables you to define and contr ol redundant physical paths to I/O devices[...]

30 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 For information about VVM and its DMP feature, refer to the documentation provided with the VERIT AS V olume Manager software. For information about Sun StorageT ek T raff ic Manager , refer to your Solaris OS documentation. Storing FRU Information The setfru command enables you t[...]

31 APPENDIX A OpenBoot Conf iguration V ariables T ABLE A-1 describes the OpenBoot firmwar e configuration variables stored in non- volatile memory on the system. The OpenBoot configuration variables ar e printed here in the or der in which they appear when you issue the showenv command. T ABLE A-1 OpenBoot Configuration V ariables Stored on the Sy[...]

32 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,- Serial management port (baud rate, bits, parity , stop, handshake). The serial management port only works at the default values. output-device virtual- console, ttya virtual- console Power-on output device. input-device virtual- console, ttya vi[...]

Appendix A OpenBoot Configuration V ariables 33 diag-switch? true, false false If true : • OpenBoot verbosity is set to maximum. • After a boot r equest, boot diag-file from diag-device . If false : • OpenBoot verbosity is set to minimum. • After a boot r equest, boot boot-file from boot-device . error-reset-recovery boot, sync, none boot C[...]

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35 Index Symbols /etc/remote file, 6 modifying, 7 A Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) escape sequence (#.), 12 multiple connections to, 1 1 ALOM commands disablecomponent ,2 7 enablecomponent ,2 7 alphanumeric terminal accessing system console from, 8 setting baud rate, 8 auto-boot (OpenBoot configuration variable), 12, 22 Automatic System Recov[...]

36 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • Apr il 2007 input-device (OpenBoot configuration variable), 17 K keyboard sequences L1-A, 13, 1 4, 16 L L1-A keyboard sequence, 13, 14, 1 6 LEDs Locator (system status LED), 21 system, interpreting, 20 Locator (system status LED) controlling, 21 controlling fr om sc> prompt, 21 , 22 M ma[...]

Index 37 as default communication port on initial startup, 1 configuration parameters, 4 using, 3 SERIAL MGT , See serial management port setlocator ( sc> command), 21 showenv (OpenBoot command), 31 shutdown (Solaris command), 13, 1 6 Solaris commands fsck ,1 5 init , 13, 16 shutdown , 13, 16 tip ,6 uadmin ,1 3 uname ,7 uname -r ,7 suspending t[...]

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