Note:
•
When using the KVM switch, and pressing the ESC key, the BIOS may
receive two ESC characters, and prompt to exit. Select CANCEL.
•
If you need to connect to the ILOM serial management port, then the baud
rate setting on Exadata Storage Servers is changed from the default ILOM
setting 9600 to 115200 baud, 8 bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit.
1.
Log in as the
root
user to the first Exadata Storage Server.
Note:
If you do not have the password for the
root
user, then contact Oracle Support
Services.
2.
Verify the SysSN label for the cell matches the
product_serial_number
value using
the following command:
#ipmitool sunoem cli "show /SYS product_serial_number"
Connected.Use ^ D to exit.
->show /SYS product_serial_number
/SYS
Properties:
product_serial_number =0937XFG03B
->Session closed
Disconnected
3.
Check the hardware and firmware using the following command:
# /opt/oracle.SupportTools/CheckHWnFWProfile
If output does not show success, then examine the output for mismatched
hardware or firmware and take steps to correct those as explained in next steps in
this section.
4.
Verify the disks on the server are visible and online using the following command.
The disks are numbered slot 0 to slot 11.
#cd /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli
#./MegaCli64 -Pdlist -aAll |grep "Slot \|Firmware"
Slot Number:0
Firmware state:Online, Spun Up
Slot Number:1
Firmware state:Online, Spun Up
Slot Number:2
Firmware state:Online, Spun Up
Slot Number:3
Firmware state:Online, Spun Up
Slot Number:4
Firmware state:Online, Spun Up
Slot Number:5
Firmware state:Online, Spun Up
Slot Number:6
Firmware state:Online, Spun Up
Slot Number:7
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