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Preface

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 configuring and administering the server module. To use the information in this guide, you must have working knowledge of computer network concepts and terms and advanced familiarity with the Solaris™ Operating System (Solaris OS).

How This Book Is Organized

This guide is divided into the following chapters:

■Chapter 1 describes the system console and how to access it.

■Chapter 2 describes the tools used to configure system firmware, including Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) CMT system controller environmental monitoring, Automatic System Recovery (ASR), and multipathing software. In addition, this chapter describes how to unconfigure and reconfigure a device manually.

■Appendix A provides a list of all OpenBoot™ configuration variables, and a short description of each.

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Contents Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide Please Recycle Contents Managing RAS Features and System Firmware OpenBoot Configuration Variables Vi Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide April Figures Page Tables Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide April How This Book Is Organized PrefaceShell Prompts Using Unix CommandsRelated Documentation Typographic ConventionsSun Welcomes Your Comments Documentation, Support, and TrainingThird-Party Web Sites Communicating With the Server Configuring the System ConsoleWhat the Alom System Controller Console Does Using the System ConsoleWhat the System Console Does Using the Serial Port Accessing the System ControllerEstablish an Alom system controller session Accessing the System Console Through a Terminal ServerTo Use the Serial Port Activating the Network Management PortOpen a terminal session on the connecting device, and type To Access The System Console Through a Terminal ServerA shell tool window on the Sun system, type Accessing the System Console Through a TIP ConnectionTo Access the System Console Through a TIP Connection To Modify the /etc/remote File If the number displayed by the uname -rcommand is less thanModifying the /etc/remote File Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide April Network management or Serial management port Alom sc Prompt Access Through Multiple Controller Sessions Reaching the sc Prompt OpenBoot ok PromptGraceful Shutdown Methods to Reach the ok PromptL1-A Stop-A Keys or Break Key Alom System Controller break or console CommandManual System Reset Obtaining the ok Prompt For More Information About OpenBoot FirmwareTo Obtain the ok Prompt 2Ways of Accessing the ok PromptSystem Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide April Managing RAS Features and System Firmware 1LED Behavior and Meaning Interpreting System LEDsType Controlling the Locator LEDAutoBoot Options Automatic System RecoverySet the switches by typing Error Handling SummaryTo Enable an Automatic Degraded Boot Automatic System Recovery User Commands Reset ScenariosAt the ok prompt, type Enabling and Disabling Automatic System RecoveryTo Enable Automatic System Recovery At the sc prompt, typeTo Obtain ASR Information Obtaining Automatic System Recovery InformationTo Disable Automatic System Recovery To Reconfigure a Device Manually Unconfiguring and Reconfiguring DevicesTo Unconfigure a Device Manually To Display System Fault Information Displaying System Fault InformationFor More Information on Multipathing Software Multipathing SoftwareAt the sc prompt type Storing FRU InformationTo Store Information in Available FRU PROMs OpenBoot Configuration Variables Variable-name Appendix a OpenBoot Configuration Variables Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide April Index SymbolsProbe-ide, 14 probe-scsi, 14 probe-scsi-all, 14 showenv Setlocator sc command Sun Blade T6300 Server Module Administration Guide April