Sun Microsystems 440 manual Managing RAS Features and System Firmware

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C H A P T E R 2

Managing RAS Features and System Firmware

This chapter describes how to manage reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features and system firmware, including Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) system controller, automatic system recovery (ASR), and the hardware watchdog mechanism. In addition, this chapter describes how to unconfigure and reconfigure a device manually, and introduces multipathing software.

This chapter contains the following sections:

■“ALOM System Controller” on page 34

■“ALOM System Controller” on page 34

■“Logging In To the ALOM System Controller” on page 34

■“About the scadm Utility” on page 35

■“To View Environmental Information” on page 36

■“Controlling the Locator LED” on page 37

■“OpenBoot Emergency Procedures” on page 39

■“Automatic System Recovery” on page 41

■“Enabling and Disabling Automatic System Recovery” on page 44

■“To Disable Automatic System Recovery” on page 45

■“Obtaining Automatic System Recovery Information” on page 46

■“Unconfiguring and Reconfiguring Devices” on page 46

■“To Unconfigure a Device Manually” on page 46

■“To Reconfigure a Device Manually” on page 48

■“Enabling the Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and Its Options” on page 49

■“Multipathing Software” on page 50

Note – This chapter does not cover detailed troubleshooting and diagnostic procedures. For information about fault isolation and diagnostic procedures, refer to the Netra 440 Server Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide (817-3886-xx).

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Contents Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide Page Contents Managing RAS Features and System Firmware Managing Disk Volumes Iv Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Figures Vi Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Tables Viii Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August How This Book Is Organized PrefaceShell Prompts Using Unix CommandsRelated Documentation Typographic ConventionsSun Welcomes Your Comments Accessing Sun DocumentationThird-Party Web Sites Contacting Sun Technical SupportCommunicating With the System Configuring the System Console1Ways of Communicating With the System What the System Console Does Using the System ConsoleSerial MGT NET MGT Alom serial management port Alom network management port 3Alternative Console Ports Require Additional Configuration Alternative System Console ConfigurationAccessing the System Console Through a Graphics Monitor About the sc Prompt Reaching the sc Prompt OpenBoot ok PromptAccess Through Multiple Controller Sessions Reaching the ok Prompt L1-A Stop-A Keys or Break Key Alom System Controller break or console CommandGraceful Shutdown Manual System Reset Externally Initiated Reset XIRGetting to the ok Prompt For More InformationTo Get to the ok Prompt 2Ways of Accessing the ok PromptConsole # Using the Serial Management Port Accessing the System ControllerEstablish an Alom system controller session Activating the Network Management PortTo Use the Serial Management Port Log out of the Alom system controller session To verify the network settings, typeTo Activate the Network Management Port To Access The System Console Through a Terminal Server Accessing the System Console Through a Terminal Server3Pin Crossovers for Connecting to a Typical Terminal Server Open a terminal session on the connecting device, and type Power on the system Accessing the System Console Through a TIP ConnectionA shell tool window on the Sun system, type To Access the System Console Through the TIP ConnectionOk power-off To Modify the /etc/remote File If the number displayed by the uname -rcommand is less thanModifying the /etc/remote File Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Ok setenv input-device ttyb ok setenv output-device ttyb Look for the following output Verifying Serial Port Settings on TtybTo Verify the Serial Port Settings on Ttyb Open a shell tool window TypeFor more information, see Getting to the ok Prompt on To cause the changes to take effect, type Output-device Ttya Ttyb Screen Input-device Keyboard System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable SettingsNetra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Managing RAS Features and System Firmware Logging In To the Alom System Controller Alom System ControllerTo Log In To the Alom System Controller About the scadm UtilitySc showenvironment To View Environmental InformationTo turn on the Locator LED, do one of the following Controlling the Locator LEDTo turn off the Locator LED, do one of the following OpenBoot Emergency Procedures Stop-N Functionality To Restore OpenBoot Configuration DefaultsStop-A Functionality Stop-D Functionality Automatic System RecoveryTo reset the system, type the following command Stop-F FunctionalityAuto-Boot Options Error Handling Summary To Enable Automatic System Recovery Reset ScenariosAutomatic System Recovery User Commands Enabling and Disabling Automatic System RecoveryTo cause the parameter change to take effect, type To Disable Automatic System RecoveryTo cause the parameter changes to take effect, type To Unconfigure a Device Manually Unconfiguring and Reconfiguring DevicesObtaining Automatic System Recovery Information To determine full physical device paths, type To Reconfigure a Device Manually Enabling the Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and Its Options To Enable the Hardware Watchdog MechanismMultipathing Software Disk Volumes Managing Disk VolumesSun StorEdge Traffic Manager Volume Management SoftwareVeritas Dynamic Multipathing Managing Disk Volumes Disk Concatenation RAID TechnologyRAID 1 Disk Mirroring RAID 0 Disk StripingHot-Spares Hardware Disk MirroringRAID 5 Disk Striping With Parity C1t3d0 Devices/pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/sd@3,0 To Create a Hardware Disk MirrorFor example To Delete a Hardware Disk Mirror To delete the volume, type the following command To Perform a Mirrored Disk Hot-Plug Operation To confirm a failed disk, type the following commandTo Perform a Non-Mirrored Disk Hot-SwapOperation CD-ROM View the status of the Scsi devices# cfgadm -x removedevice c0dsk/c1t1d0 Remove the hard drive from the device treeVerify that the device has been removed from the device tree Configure the new hard driveVerify that the new hard drive is in the device tree OpenBoot Configuration Variables Baudrate, bits Appendix a OpenBoot Configuration Variables Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Alarm Relay Output Application Programming Interface Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Page Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Page Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Index SymbolsNetra 440 Server System Administration Guide August Asr-disable, 46 go Console, 11, 41 console -f, 9 poweroff, 12 poweron Uadmin 11 uname, 25 uname -r Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide August