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prompt

about, 21
accessing with ALOM CMT

accessing with Break key, 22, 2 3
accessing with graceful system shutdown, 22
accessing with L1-A (Stop-A) keys, 22, 2 3
accessing with manual system reset, 22, 2 3
risks in using, 24
suspension of Solaris operating system, 24
ways to access, 22, 24

OK-to-Remove (disk drive LED), 63, 6 4
OpenBoot commands

probe-ide

probe-scsi-all

reset-all

set-defaults

showenv

OpenBoot configuration variables

auto-boot

input-device

system console settings, 26

OpenBoot emergency procedures

performing, 33
USB keyboard commands, 33

OpenBoot firmware

scenarios for control, 21

operating system software, suspending, 24

output-device

(OpenBoot configuration

variable), 16, 2 6

parity, 15
patch panel, terminal server connection, 11
PCI graphics card

configuring to access system console, 15
connecting graphics monitor to, 16
frame buffers, 16

physical device name (disk drive), 48

poweroff

(ALOM CMT command), 23

poweron

(ALOM CMT command), 23

probe-ide

(OpenBoot command), 23

probe-scsi

(OpenBoot command), 23

probe-scsi-all

(OpenBoot command), 23

RAID (redundant array of independent disks), 45
RAID 0 (striping), 46
RAID 1 (mirroring), 47

raidctl

(Solaris command), 49 to 61

reset

manual system, 23, 2 5
scenarios, 37

reset

(ALOM CMT command), 23

reset-all

(OpenBoot command), 16

run levels

explained, 21

prompt and, 21

sc>

commands

bootmode reset_nvram

console

reset

setlocator

sc>

prompt

about, 19, 27
accessing from network management port, 21
accessing from serial management port, 21
multiple sessions, 20
system console escape sequence (

), 21

system console, switching between, 18
ways to access, 21

SER MGT,

See

serial management port

serial management port (SER MGT)

acceptable console device connections, 5
as default communication port on initial

startup, 2

configuration parameters, 7
default system console configuration, 4, 6
using, 7

set-defaults

(OpenBoot command), 34

setenv

(OpenBoot command), 16

setlocator

(

sc>

command), 32

setsc

(ALOM CMT command), 9

setsc

(ALOM command), 9

Summary of Contents for SPARC Enterprise T2000

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Page 4: ... and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc SPARC64 is a trademark of SPARC International Inc used under license by Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc and ...

Page 5: ...Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilisées sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits portant les marques SPARC sont basés sur une architecture développée par Sun Microsystems Inc SPARC64 est une marques déposée de SPARC International Inc utilisée sous le permis par Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc et F...

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Page 7: ...he System Console Through a Graphics Monitor 7 Accessing the System Controller 7 Using the Serial Management Port 7 To Use the Serial Management Port 7 Activating the Network Management Port 8 To Activate the Network Management Port 9 Accessing the System Console Through a Terminal Server 10 To Access The System Console Through a Terminal Server 10 Accessing the System Console Through a Tip Connec...

Page 8: ...t 19 Access Through Multiple Controller Sessions 20 Reaching the sc Prompt 21 OpenBoot ok Prompt 21 Reaching the ok Prompt 22 Graceful Shutdown 22 ALOM CMT break or console Command 23 L1 A Stop A Keys or Break Key 23 Manual System Reset 23 For More Information 24 Getting to the ok Prompt 24 To Obtain the ok Prompt 25 System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings 26 2 Managing RAS Feature...

Page 9: ...ng and Disabling Automatic System Recovery 38 To Enable Automatic System Recovery 38 To Disable Automatic System Recovery 39 Obtaining Automatic System Recovery Information 39 Unconfiguring and Reconfiguring Devices 40 To Unconfigure a Device Manually 40 To Reconfigure a Device Manually 41 Displaying System Fault Information 41 To Display System Fault Information 42 Multipathing Software 42 For Mo...

Page 10: ... for Non RAID Disks 48 To Create a Hardware Mirrored Volume 49 To Create a Hardware Mirrored Volume of the Default Boot Device 52 To Create a Hardware Striped Volume 53 To Configure and Label a Hardware RAID Volume for Use in the Solaris Operating System 55 To Delete a Hardware RAID Volume 58 To Perform a Mirrored Disk Hot Plug Operation 60 To Perform a Nonmirrored Disk Hot Swap Operation 61 A Ope...

Page 11: ...tween a Terminal Server and a SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server 11 FIGURE 1 4 Tip Connection Between a SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server and Another System 12 FIGURE 1 5 Separate System Console and System Controller Channels 18 FIGURE 2 1 LocatorButton on SPARC Enterprise T2000 Chassis 32 FIGURE 3 1 Graphical Representation of Disk Striping 47 FIGURE 3 2 Graphical Representation of Disk Mirroring 47 ...

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Page 13: ...the System Console 26 TABLE 2 1 LED Behavior and Meaning 30 TABLE 2 2 LED Behaviors with Assigned Meanings 30 TABLE 2 3 Virtual Keyswitch Setting for Reset Scenario 37 TABLE 2 4 ALOM CMT Variable Settings for Reset Scenario 37 TABLE 2 5 Device Identifiers and Devices 40 TABLE 3 1 Disk Slot Numbers Logical Device Names and Physical Device Names 49 TABLE A 1 OpenBoot Configuration Variables Stored o...

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Page 15: ...erating System Solaris OS Note For information about changing the hardware configuration of your server or about running diagnostics see the SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Service Manual C122 E377 FOR SAFE OPERATION This manual contains important information regarding the use and handling of this product Read this manual thoroughly Use the product according to the instructions and information avail...

Page 16: ...c system recovery ASR and multipathing software In addition the chapter describes how to unconfigure and reconfigure a device manually CHAPTER 3 Managing Disk Volumes Describes redundant array of independent disks RAID concepts and how to configure and manage RAID disk volumes using the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server s onboard serial attached SCSI SAS disk controller APPENDIX A OpenBoot Configurati...

Page 17: ... C120 H017 SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Getting Started Guide Information about where to find documentation to get your system installed and running quickly C120 E372 SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Overview Guide Provides an overview of the features of this server C120 E373 SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Installation Guide Detailed rackmounting cabling power on and configuring information C120 E376...

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Page 23: ...ole on page 18 ALOM CMT sc Prompt on page 19 OpenBoot ok Prompt on page 21 System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings on page 26 Note For information about changing the hardware configuration of your server or about running diagnostics see the service manual for your server Communicating With the System To install your system software or to diagnose problems you need some way to inter...

Page 24: ...roller on page 7 X X Accessing the System Console Through a Terminal Server on page 10 X X System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings on page 26 An alphanumeric terminal or similar device attached to the serial management port SER MGT X X Accessing the System Controller on page 7 X X Accessing the System Console Through an Alphanumeric Terminal on page 15 X X System Console OpenBoot C...

Page 25: ...ystem messages and accepts UNIX commands Using the System Console To use the system console you need to attach an input output device to the system Initially you might have to configure that hardware and load and configure appropriate software as well X Activating the Network Management Port on page 8 A local graphics monitor graphics accelerator card graphics monitor mouse and keyboard X Accessin...

Page 26: ...ut and output only by means of the system controller The system controller must be accessed either through the serial management port SER MGT or the network management port NET MGT By default the network management port is configured to retrieve network configuration using DHCP and to allow connections using SSH You can modify the network management port configuration after connecting to ALOM CMT ...

Page 27: ... line enables you to use windowing and operating system features on the system making the connection to the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server The serial management port is not a general purpose serial port If you want to use a general purpose serial port with your server to connect a serial printer for instance use the standard 9 pin serial port on the back panel of the SPARC Enterprise T2000 The Sola...

Page 28: ...uration system controller alerts and system console output appear interspersed in the same window After initial system installation you can redirect the system console to take its input from and send its output to a graphics card s port For the following reasons the best practice is to leave the console port in its default configuration In a default configuration the serial management and network ...

Page 29: ... diagnostics cannot display status and error messages to a local graphics monitor Accessing the System Controller The following sections describe ways of accessing the system controller Using the Serial Management Port This procedure assumes that the system console uses the serial management and network management ports the default configuration When you are accessing the system console using a de...

Page 30: ...ou may need to modify these settings for your network If you are unable to use DHCP and SSH on your network you must connect to the system controller using the serial management port to reconfigure the network management port See Using the Serial Management Port on page 7 Note There is no default password when connecting to the system controller for the first time using the serial management port ...

Page 31: ...e from the main SPARC Enterprise T2000 server IP address and is dedicated for use only with the ALOM CMT system controller To Activate the Network Management Port 1 Connect an Ethernet cable to the network management port 2 Log in to the ALOM CMT system controller through the serial management port For more information about connecting to the serial management port see Accessing the System Control...

Page 32: ...ccess The System Console Through a Terminal Server 1 Complete the physical connection from the serial management port to your terminal server The serial management port on the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server is a data terminal equipment DTE port The pinouts for the serial management port correspond with the pinouts for the RJ 45 ports on the Serial Interface Breakout Cable supplied by Cisco for use ...

Page 33: ...s on the terminal server you need to make a crossover cable that takes each pin on the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server serial management port to the corresponding pin in the terminal server s serial port TABLE 1 2 shows the crossovers that the cable must perform TABLE 1 2 Pin Crossovers for Connecting to a Typical Terminal Server SPARC Enterprise T2000 Serial Port RJ 45 Connector Pin Terminal Server...

Page 34: ...MGT to the serial port of another system FIGURE 1 4 FIGURE 1 4 Tip Connection Between a SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server and Another System To Access the System Console Through the Tip Connection 1 Connect the RJ 45 serial cable and if required the DB 9 or DB 25 adapter provided The cable and adapter connect between another system s serial port typically TTYB and the serial management port on the bac...

Page 35: ...m s serial port This connection is established and maintained even when the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server is completely powered off or just starting up Note Use a shell tool or a CDE terminal such as dtterm not a command tool Some Tip commands might not work properly in a command tool window Modifying the etc remote File This procedure might be necessary if you are accessing the SPARC Enterprise T...

Page 36: ...port B edit this entry by replacing dev term b with dev term a If the number displayed by the uname r command is less than 5 0 Check the etc remote file and add the following entry if it does not already exist Note If you intend to use the system s serial port A rather than serial port B edit this entry by replacing dev ttyb with dev ttya The etc remote file is now properly configured Continue est...

Page 37: ...eric terminal s power cord to an AC outlet 4 Set the alphanumeric terminal to receive 9600 baud 8 bits No parity 1 stop bit No handshake protocol Refer to the documentation accompanying your terminal for information about how to configure the terminal You can issue system commands and view system messages using the alphanumeric terminal Continue with your installation or diagnostic procedure as ne...

Page 38: ...itor s power cord to an AC outlet 4 Connect the USB keyboard cable to one USB port and the USB mouse cable to the other USB port on the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server back panel FIGURE 1 2 5 Get to the ok prompt For more information see Getting to the ok Prompt on page 24 6 Set OpenBoot configuration variables appropriately From the existing system console type Note There are many other system conf...

Page 39: ...wer button You can issue system commands and view system messages using your local graphics monitor Continue with your installation or diagnostic procedure as needed If you want to redirect the system console back to the serial management and network management ports see System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings on page 26 ...

Page 40: ...e interface the ALOM CMT prompt each on a separate channel see FIGURE 1 5 FIGURE 1 5 Separate System Console and System Controller Channels If the system console is configured to be accessible from the serial management and network management ports when you connect through one of these ports you can access either the ALOM CMT command line interface or the system console You can switch between the ...

Page 41: ...ommand at the sc prompt To reach the system controller from the system console Type the system controller escape sequence By default the escape sequence is Pound Period For more information about communicating with the system controller and system console see Communicating With the System on page 1 ALOM CMT sc Prompt on page 19 OpenBoot ok Prompt on page 21 Accessing the System Controller on page ...

Page 42: ...ial configuration you will be prompted to enter a user name and password every time you access the ALOM CMT system controller For more information see the following Getting to the ok Prompt on page 24 Switching Between the System Controller and the System Console on page 18 Access Through Multiple Controller Sessions Up to nine ALOM CMT sessions can be active concurrently one session through the s...

Page 43: ...esources Occasionally you might operate the system at run level 1 which is a single user administrative state However the lowest operational state is run level 0 At this state it is safe to turn off power to the system When a SPARC Enterprise T2000 server is at run level 0 the ok prompt appears This prompt indicates that the OpenBoot firmware is in control of the system There are a number of scena...

Page 44: ... follows For step by step instructions see Getting to the ok Prompt on page 24 Note As a rule before suspending the operating system you should back up files warn users of the impending shutdown and halt the system in an orderly manner However it is not always possible to take such precautions especially if the system is malfunctioning Graceful Shutdown The preferred method of reaching the ok prom...

Page 45: ... that issuing certain OpenBoot commands like probe scsi probe scsi all or probe ide might hang the system Note These methods of reaching the ok prompt will only work if the system console has been redirected to the appropriate port For details see System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings on page 26 Manual System Reset Caution Forcing a manual system reset results in loss of system s...

Page 46: ...ave to reboot the system to get back to the operating system For More Information For more information about the OpenBoot firmware refer to the OpenBoot 4 x Command Reference Manual An online version of the manual is included with the OpenBoot Collection AnswerBook that ships with Solaris software Getting to the ok Prompt This procedure provides several ways of reaching the ok prompt The methods a...

Page 47: ...ectly to the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server press the Stop and A keys simultaneously or From an alphanumeric terminal configured to access the system console press the Break key Requires the OpenBoot configuration variable input device keyboard For more information see Ac cessing the System Console Through a Local Graphics Monitor on page 15 and System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settin...

Page 48: ...sm to direct its output to a graphics monitor The serial management port does not function as a standard serial connection If you want to connect a conventional serial device such as a printer to the system you must connect it to ttya not the serial management port It is important to note that the sc prompt and POST messages are only available through the serial management port and network managem...

Page 49: ...oot Emergency Procedures on page 33 Automatic System Recovery on page 35 Unconfiguring and Reconfiguring Devices on page 40 Displaying System Fault Information on page 41 Multipathing Software on page 42 Storing FRU Information on page 43 Note This chapter does not cover detailed troubleshooting and diagnostic procedures For information about fault isolation and diagnostic procedures refer to the ...

Page 50: ...nvironmental monitoring and control is handled by ALOM CMT on the ALOM CMT system controller The ALOM CMT command prompt sc provides you with a way of interacting with ALOM CMT For more information about the sc prompt see ALOM CMT sc Prompt on page 19 For instructions on connecting to the ALOM CMT system controller see Accessing the System Controller on page 7 Activating the Network Management Por...

Page 51: ...de and ALOM CMT guide for your server Caution In order to provide optimum system security best practice is to change the default system login name and password during initial setup Using the ALOM CMT system controller you can monitor the system turn the Locator LED on and off or perform maintenance tasks on the ALOM CMT system controller card itself For more information refer to the ALOM CMT guide...

Page 52: ... LED Behavior Meaning Off The condition represented by the color is not true Steady on The condition represented by the color is true Standby blink The system is functioning at a minimal level and ready to resume full function Slow blink Transitory activity or new activity represented by the color is taking place Fast blink Attention is required Feedback flash Activity is taking place commensurate...

Page 53: ...quired LED Steady On Steady State The amber indicator stays on until the service action is completed and the system returns to normal function Green Off Steady State Standby Blink Repeating sequence consisting of a brief 0 1 sec ON flash followed by a long OFF period 2 9 sec The system is running at a minimum level and is ready to be quickly revived to full function For example the System Activity...

Page 54: ...rompt type To turn off the Locator LED from the ALOM CMT command prompt type To display the state of the Locator LED from the ALOM CMT command prompt type Note You do not need user permissions to use the setlocator and showlocator commands sc setlocator on Locator LED is on sc setlocator off Locator LED is off sc showlocator Locator LED is on Locator Button USB Port3 USB Port 2 ...

Page 55: ...escribe how to perform the functions of the Stop commands on systems that use USB keyboards such as the SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server server These same functions are available through Advanced Lights Out Manager ALOM system controller software Stop A Functionality Stop A Abort key sequence works the same as it does on systems with standard keyboards except that it does not work during the first fe...

Page 56: ...onsole output as the system boots with default OpenBoot configuration variables switch to console mode 5 Type set defaults to discard any customized IDPROM values and to restore the default settings for all OpenBoot configuration variables Stop F Functionality The Stop F functionality is not available on systems with USB keyboards sc bootmode reset_nvram sc bootmode bootscript setenv auto boot fal...

Page 57: ...ed components and to restore system operation As long as the system is capable of operating without the failed component the ASR features enable the system to reboot automatically without operator intervention Note ASR is not activated until you enable it See Enabling and Disabling Automatic System Recovery on page 38 For more information about ASR refer to the service manual for your server Auto ...

Page 58: ... to boot if auto boot is true If only nonfatal errors are detected by POST or OpenBoot firmware the system attempts to boot if auto boot is true and auto boot on error is true Nonfatal errors include the following SAS subsystem failure In this case a working alternate path to the boot disk is required For more information see Multipathing Software on page 42 Ethernet interface failure USB interfac...

Page 59: ...al for your server Reset Scenarios Three ALOM CMT configuration variables diag_mode diag_level and diag_trigger control whether the system runs firmware diagnostics in response to system reset events The standard system reset protocol bypasses POST completely unless the virtual keyswitch or ALOM CMT variables and are set as follows The default settings for these variables are diag_mode normal diag...

Page 60: ... Enabling and Disabling Automatic System Recovery The automatic system recovery ASR feature is not activated until you enable it Enabling ASR requires changing configuration variables in ALOM CMT as well as OpenBoot To Enable Automatic System Recovery 1 At the sc prompt type 2 At the ok prompt type Note For more information about OpenBoot configuration variables refer to the service manual for you...

Page 61: ... you can also power cycle the system using the front panel Power button After you disable the automatic system recovery ASR feature it is not activated again until you re enable it Obtaining Automatic System Recovery Information Use the following procedure to retrieve information about the status of system components affected by automatic system recovery ASR At the sc prompt type In the showcompon...

Page 62: ...ied device as disabled by creating an entry in the ASR database Any device marked disabled whether manually or by the system s firmware diagnostics is removed from the system s machine description prior to the hand off to other layers of system firmware such as OpenBoot PROM To Unconfigure a Device Manually At the sc prompt type Where the asr key is one of the device identifiers from TABLE 2 5 Not...

Page 63: ... CMT software lets you display current valid system faults The showfaults command displays the fault ID the faulted FRU device and the fault message to standard output The showfaults command also displays POST results For example Adding the v option displays the time IOBD PCIEb PCI E leaf B pci 7c0 TTYA DB9 Serial Port MB CMP0 CHchannel_number Rrank_number Ddimm_number DIMMS sc enablecomponent asr...

Page 64: ...rs connected to the same dual ported storage array For the SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server three different types of multipathing software are available Solaris IP Network Multipathing software provides multipathing and load balancing capabilities for IP network interfaces VERITAS Volume Manager VVM software includes a feature called Dynamic Multipathing DMP which provides disk multipathing as well a...

Page 65: ...its DMP feature refer to the documentation provided with the VERITAS Volume Manager software For information about Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager refer to your Solaris OS documentation Storing FRU Information To Store Information in Available FRU PROMs At the sc prompt type setfru c data ...

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Page 67: ...46 Hardware Raid Operations on page 48 Requirements To configure and use RAID disk volumes on the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server you must install the appropriate patches For the latest information on patches for the SPARC Enterprise T2000 server see the latest product notes for your system Installation procedures for patches are included in text README files that accompany the patches Disk Volumes ...

Page 68: ...stem on page 55 or the format 1M man page for further details Volume migration relocating all RAID volume disk members from one SPARC Enterprise T2000 chassis to another is not supported If this operation must be performed please contact your service provider RAID Technology RAID technology allows for the construction of a logical volume made up of several physical disks in order to provide data r...

Page 69: ... disks Under certain workloads particularly some write or mixed read write workloads I O operations complete faster because the I O operations are being handled in a round robin fashion with each sequential block being written to each member disk in turn Integrated Mirror Volumes RAID 1 Disk mirroring RAID 1 is a technique that uses data redundancy two complete copies of all data stored on two sep...

Page 70: ...iping using the Solaris OS raidctl utility A hardware RAID volume created under the raidctl utility behaves slightly differently than one created using volume management software Under a software volume each device has its own entry in the virtual device tree and read write operations are performed to both virtual devices Under hardware RAID volumes only one device appears in the device tree Membe...

Page 71: ... server s on board SAS controller can configure as many as two RAID volumes Prior to volume creation ensure that the member disks are available and that there are not two volumes already created TABLE 3 1 Disk Slot Numbers Logical Device Names and Physical Device Names Disk Slot Number Logical Device Name1 1 The logical device names might appear differently on your system depending on the number a...

Page 72: ...oth disks are lost in an IM volume The Disk Status column displays the status of each physical disk Each member disk might be OK indicating that it is online and functioning properly or it might be FAILED MISSING or otherwise OFFLINE indicating that the disk has hardware or configuration issues that need to be addressed For example an IM with a secondary disk that has been removed from the chassis...

Page 73: ...y drive in this case c0t1d0 disappears from the Solaris device tree 3 To check the status of a RAID mirror type the following command The preceding example indicates that the RAID mirror is still re synchronizing with the backup drive raidctl c primary secondary raidctl c c0t0d0 c0t1d0 Creating RAID volume c0t0d0 will destroy all data on member disks proceed yes no yes Volume c0t0d0 created raidct...

Page 74: ...re Mirrored Volume of the Default Boot Device Due to the volume initialization that occurs on the disk controller when a new volume is created the volume must be configured and labeled using the format 1M utility prior to use with the Solaris Operating System see To Configure and Label a Hardware RAID Volume for Use in the Solaris Operating System on page 55 Because of this limitation raidctl 1M b...

Page 75: ...ystem using any supported method The hardware RAID volume c0t0d0 appears as a disk to the Solaris installation program Note The logical device names might appear differently on your system depending on the number and type of add on disk controllers installed To Create a Hardware Striped Volume 1 Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name See Disk Sl...

Page 76: ... by default For example When you create a RAID striped volume the other member drives in this case c0t2d0 and c0t3d0 disappear from the Solaris device tree As an alternative you can use the f option to force the creation if you are sure of the member disks and sure that the data on all other member disks can be lost For example raidctl No RAID volumes found raidctl c r 0 disk1 disk2 raidctl c r 0 ...

Page 77: ...t can be used to increase write performance in some scenarios For more information about the raidctl utility see the raidctl 1M man page To Configure and Label a Hardware RAID Volume for Use in the Solaris Operating System After a creating a RAID volume using raidctl use format 1M to configure and label the volume before attempting to use it in the Solaris operating system 1 Start the format utili...

Page 78: ...lt 2 hd 24 sec 424 pci 780 pci 0 pci 9 scsi 0 sd 2 0 Specify disk enter its number 2 selecting c0t2d0 disk formatted FORMAT MENU disk select a disk type select define a disk type partition select define a partition table current describe the current disk format format and analyze the disk fdisk run the fdisk program repair repair a defective sector label write label to the disk analyze surface ana...

Page 79: ...ndicating it is an LSILOGIC LogicalVolume format type AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES 0 Auto configure 1 DEFAULT 2 SUN72G 3 SUN72G 4 other Specify disk type enter its number 3 0 c0t2d0 configured with capacity of 68 23GB LSILOGIC LogicalVolume 3000 cyl 69866 alt 2 hd 16 sec 128 selecting c0t2d0 disk formatted format label Ready to label disk continue yes format disk AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS 0 c0t0d0 SUN72G...

Page 80: ... RAID Volume 1 Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name See Disk Slot Numbers Logical Device Names and Physical Device Names on page 49 2 Determine the name of the RAID volume type In this example the RAID volume is c0t1d0 Note The logical device names might appear differently on your system depending on the number and type of add on disk controll...

Page 81: ... option to force the deletion if you are sure that you no longer need the IS volume or the data it contains For example 4 To confirm that you have deleted the RAID array type the following command For example For more information see the raidctl 1M man page raidctl d mirrored volume raidctl d c0t0d0 RAID Volume c0t0d0 deleted raidctl d c0t0d0 Deleting volume c0t0d0 will destroy all data it contain...

Page 82: ...G For example This example indicates that the disk mirror has degraded due to a failure in disk c0t2d0 Note The logical device names might appear differently on your system depending on the number and type of add on disk controllers installed 3 Remove the hard drive as described in the SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Service Manual There is no need to issue a software command to bring the drive offl...

Page 83: ...rmation see the raidctl 1M man page To Perform a Nonmirrored Disk Hot Swap Operation 1 Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name See Disk Slot Numbers Logical Device Names and Physical Device Names on page 49 Ensure that no applications or processes are accessing the hard drive raidctl raidctl RAID Volume RAID RAID Disk Volume Type Status Disk Stat...

Page 84: ... Receptacle Occupant Condition c0 scsi bus connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t0d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t1d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t2d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t3d0 disk connected configured unknown c1 scsi bus connected configured unknown c1 dsk c1t0d0 CD ROM connected configured unknown usb0 1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb0 2 u...

Page 85: ...T2000 server but the following step avoids this warning message altogether 3 Remove the hard drive from the device tree To remove the hard drive from the device tree type the following command For example This example removes c0t3d0 from the device tree The blue OK to Remove LED lights cfgadm x remove_device c0 dsk c0t1d0 Removing SCSI device devices pci 1f 4000 scsi 3 sd 1 0 This operation will s...

Page 86: ...en Activity LED flashes as the new disk at c1t3d0 is added to the device tree cfgadm al Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition c0 scsi bus connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t0d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t1d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t2d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t3d0 unavailable connected configured unknown c1 scsi bus connected unconfigu...

Page 87: ... c0 dsk c0t1d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t2d0 disk connected configured unknown c0 dsk c0t3d0 disk connected configured unknown c1 scsi bus connected configured unknown c1 dsk c1t0d0 CD ROM connected configured unknown usb0 1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb0 2 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb1 1 1 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb1 1 2 unknown empty unconfigured ok usb1 1 3 unk...

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Page 89: ...debug true false false If true include name fields for plug in device FCodes scsi initiator id 0 15 7 SCSI ID of the Serial Attached SCSI controller oem logo true false false If true use custom OEM logo otherwise use the server manufacturer s logo oem banner true false false If true use custom OEM banner ansi terminal true false true If true enable ANSI terminal emulation screen columns 0 n 80 Set...

Page 90: ...ue If true boot automatically after power on or reset boot command variable name boot Action following a boot command use nvramrc true false false If true execute commands in NVRAMRC during server startup nvramrc variable name none Command script to execute if use nvramrc is true security mode none command full none Firmware security level security password variable name none Firmware security pas...

Page 91: ...t arguments protocol key value none Arguments to be used by the PROM for network booting Defaults to an empty string network boot arguments can be used to specify the boot protocol RARP DHCP to be used and a range of system knowledge to be used in the process For further information see the eeprom 1M man page or your Solaris Reference Manual TABLE A 1 OpenBoot Configuration Variables Stored on the...

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Page 93: ... automatic system recovery ASR about 35 commands 38 disabling 39 enabling 38 obtaining recovery information 39 B bootmode reset_nvram sc command 34 break ALOM CMT command 23 Break key alphanumeric terminal 25 C cables keyboard and mouse 16 cfgadm Solaris command 62 cfgadm install_device Solaris command cautions against using 63 cfgadm remove_device Solaris command cautions against using 63 Cisco A...

Page 94: ...t 15 H halt gracefully advantages of 22 25 hardware disk mirror about 48 hot plug operation 60 hardware disk mirrored volume checking the status of 51 hardware disk stripe about 46 hardware disk striped volume checking the status of 55 hardware disk striping about 46 hot plug operation nonmirrored disk drive 61 on hardware disk mirror 60 I init Solaris command 22 25 input device OpenBoot configura...

Page 95: ...itor to 16 frame buffers 16 physical device name disk drive 48 poweroff ALOM CMT command 23 poweron ALOM CMT command 23 probe ide OpenBoot command 23 probe scsi OpenBoot command 23 probe scsi all OpenBoot command 23 R RAID redundant array of independent disks 45 RAID 0 striping 46 RAID 1 mirroring 47 raidctl Solaris command 49 to 61 reset manual system 23 25 scenarios 37 reset ALOM CMT command 23 ...

Page 96: ...erver 2 10 accessing with tip connection 12 alphanumeric terminal connection 2 15 alternate configurations 6 configuring local graphics monitor to access 15 connection using graphics monitor 7 default configuration explained 2 4 6 default connections 4 6 defined 1 Ethernet attachment through network management port 2 graphics monitor connection 3 7 multiple view sessions 20 sc prompt switching bet...

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