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vii Figures FIGURE 1-1 Switching Between ALOM System Controller and System Console 9

ix Tables TABLE 1-1 Pin Crossovers for Connecting the Server to a Terminal Server 5 TABLE 1-2 Ways of Accessing the ok Prompt 16 TABLE 1-3 OpenBoot Configuration Variables That Affect the System Console 17 TABLE 2-1 LED Behavior and Meaning 20 TABLE 2-2 LED Behaviors With Assigned Meanings 20 TABLE ...

xi Preface The Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide is written for experienced system administrators. This guide includes general descriptive information aboutthe Sun Blade™ T6300 server module and detailed instructions for configuring andadministering the server module. To use the inf...

xii Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information on basic UNIX ® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuringdevices. See the following for this information: ■ Software...

Preface xiii Typographic Conventions Related Documentation The documents listed as online are available at: http://www.sun.com/documentation/ Typeface * * The settings on your browser might differ from these settings. Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files,and directories; on-screen...

xiv Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Documentation, Support, and Training Third-Party Web Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in thisdocument. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content,adverti...

1 C H A P T E R 1 Configuring the System Console This chapter explains what the system console is, describes the different ways ofconfiguring it on your server, and helps you understand its relation to the systemcontroller. Topics covered in this chapter include: ■ “Communicating With the Server” on...

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 firmware-basedtests during system startup. After running those tests, you can enter specialcommands that affect the firmware and alter sys...

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 thesystem making the connection to your server. ■ For instructions on accessing the system console through a...

4 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ▼ To 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 i...

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 5 ▼ To Access The System Console Through a Terminal 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 pinoutsfor the serial port correspond with ...

6 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 For example, for a server connected to port 10000 on a terminal server whose IPaddress is 192.20.30.10, you would type: Accessing the System Console Through a TIPConnection Use this procedure to access the server system console by con...

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 7 Modifying the /etc/remote File This procedure might be necessary if you are accessing the server module using aTIP connection from a Sun system running an older version of the Solaris OSsoftware. You might also need to perform this procedure if the /etc/rem...

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 redirected the system console to TTYB and want to change the systemconsole setti...

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 9 Switching Between the ALOM SystemController and the System Console If the system console is directed to the virtual-console device (its defaultconfiguration), the serial port and the network management port provide access toboth the system console and the A...

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

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 defaultusername, admin, for subsequent access. After this initial configuration, you will be prompted to enter ...

12 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Reaching the sc> Prompt There are several ways to obtain the sc> prompt: ■ You can log in directly to the ALOM system controller from a device connected tothe serial port. See “Accessing the System Controller” on page 3 . ■ You...

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 13 ■ When a serious hardware problem develops while the system is running, theoperating system transitions smoothly to run level 0. ■ When you deliberately place the system under firmware control in order toexecute firmware-based commands. The last of these s...

14 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Gracefully shutting down the system prevents data loss, enables you to warn usersbeforehand, and causes minimal disruption. You can usually perform a gracefulshutdown, provided the Solaris OS is running and the hardware has not exper...

Chapter 1 Configuring the System Console 15 Using these commands results in the loss of all system coherence and stateinformation. A manual system reset could corrupt the server ’s file systems, althoughthe fsck command usually restores them. Use this method only when nothing else works. Caution – A...

16 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Caution – Forcing the server to the ok prompt suspends all application and operating system software. After you issue firmware commands and run firmware-based tests from the ok prompt, the system might not be able to resume where it ...

20 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Interpreting System LEDs The behavior of LEDs on your server conforms to the American National StandardsInstitute (ANSI) Status Indicator Standard (SIS). These standard LED behaviors aredescribed in TABLE 2-1 . The LEDs have assigned...

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 21 Controlling the Locator LED You control the Locator LED from the sc> prompt or by the Locator button on the front of the server module. ▼ To Turn On the Locator LED From the ALOM SystemController Command Prompt ● Type: ▼ To Turn Off the Locat...

22 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ▼ To Display the State of the Locator LED From the ALOMSystem Controller Command Prompt ● Type: Note – You do not need user permissions to use the setlocator and showlocator commands. Automatic System Recovery Automatic System Recove...

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 23 ▼ To 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 ...

24 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 ■ If a fatal error is detected by POST or OpenBoot Diagnostics, the system does notboot regardless of the settings of auto-boot? or auto-boot-on-error? . Fatal nonrecoverable errors include the following: ■ Any CPU failure ■ Any logi...

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 25 ■ “Unconfiguring and Reconfiguring Devices” on page 27 ■ “To Reconfigure a Device Manually” on page 27 ■ “Obtaining Automatic System Recovery Information” on page 26 Enabling and Disabling Automatic SystemRecovery The ASR feature is not activate...

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

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 27 Unconfiguring and ReconfiguringDevices To support a degraded boot capability, the ALOM firmware provides the disablecomponent command, which enables you to unconfigure system devices manually. This command flags the specified device as disabled ...

28 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 Note – The device identifiers are not case-sensitive. You can type them as uppercase or lowercase characters. You can use the ALOM enablecomponent command to reconfigure any device that you previously unconfigured with the disablecom...

Chapter 2 Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 29 Adding the –v option displays additional information, For more information about the showfaults command, refer to the Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM) CMT v1.3 Guide . Multipathing Software Multipathing software enables you to define and co...

30 Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide • April 2007 For information about VVM and its DMP feature, refer to the documentationprovided with the VERITAS Volume Manager software. For information about Sun StorageTek Traffic Manager, refer to your Solaris OSdocumentation. Storing FRU Info...

35 Index Symbols /etc/remote file, 6 modifying, 7 A Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) escape sequence (#.), 12multiple connections to, 11 ALOM commands disablecomponent , 27 enablecomponent , 27 alphanumeric terminal accessing system console from, 8setting baud rate, 8 auto-boot (OpenBoot configura...