C H A P T E R 2 |
Starting and Setting Up Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems |
This chapter describes how to power on your system using the system controller command line interface (LOM prompt), how to set up the SC using the setupnetwork command, and how to boot the Solaris Operating System.
This chapter contains the following topics:
The major steps you must perform to power on and set up the system, are as follows:
1. Installing and cabling the hardware.
2. Applying external power to the hardware.
3. Setting the date and time for the system.
4. Setting the password for the SC.
5. Setting up system-specific parameters with the setupnetwork command.
6. Powering on all hardware with the poweron command.
7. If the Solaris Operating System is not pre-installed, installing it.
8. Booting the Solaris Operating System.
9. Installing the Lights Out Management packages from the Solaris Supplementary CD.
To Install and Cable the Hardware |
1. Connect a terminal to the System Controller board serial port (FIGURE 1-1).
2. Set up the terminal to use the same baud rate as the SC serial port (9600 8N1).
The serial port settings of the System Controller board are:
You can find more details in the Sun Fire E2900 System Installation Guide or the Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280 Systems Installation Guide.
The power (On/Standby) switch of the Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems system is a rocker type, momentary action switch. It controls only low voltage signals and no high voltage circuits pass through it.
Note - The power switch is not an On/Off switch, it is an On/Standby switch. It does not isolate the equipment. |
The following table describes the switch positions
Use the LOM setupsc command to prevent accidental operation of the On/Standby switch.
When all the power cables are connected and external circuit breakers are switched on, the system enters Standby mode. The Source A and Source B indicators are the only indicator LEDs to be illuminated on the system indicator board. The IB_SSC assembly Active LED is lit, but not visible from the front of the system.
Powering the system on from Standby mode can be achieved in either of two ways:
If the auto-boot? variable has been set in the OBP, the system will automatically boot into the Solaris Operating System.
To Power On Using the On/Standby Switch |
1. Check that power is applied to the system and that it is correctly in Standby mode.
The only indicator LEDs to be illuminated on the system indicator board are the Source A and Source B indicators. The IB_SSC assembly Active LED will also be illuminated, but not visible from the front of the system.
2. Momentarily press the On/Standby switch to the right.
The system will power on completely. The System Active indicator will be illuminated in addition to the Source A and Source B indicators. The system will execute the power on self tests (POST).
To Power On Using the LOM poweron Command |
The SC first powers on all the power supplies, followed by the fan tray. Finally the SC powers on the system boards. If the value of the OpenBoot PROM variable auto-boot? is true then the system also boots the Solaris Operating System.
Individual modules can also be powered on using the poweron command. For further details see the Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System Controller Command Reference Manual.
The System Active indicator is lit. The system will execute the power-on self-tests (POST).
Note - The poweron all command only powers on individual components; it does not boot the Solaris software. |
See the Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System Controller Command Reference Manual for a full description of the poweron command.
This can be achieved five ways:
Note - Ensure that the system is cleanly shut down before powering to Standby mode, otherwise data is at risk of being lost. |
To Use the Solaris shutdown Command |
The system powers off to Standby mode. The Source A and Source B indicators are the only indicator LEDs to be illuminated on the system indicator board. The IB_SSC assembly Active LED is lit, but not visible from the front of the system.
To Use the LOM shutdown Command |
Use the LOM shutdown command to perform a clean shutdown of the system followed by a power off of all modules and the system chassis to Standby mode.
Note - If the Solaris software is running, this command attempts to halt the system cleanly before powering down the system to Standby mode, and is the equivalent of the Solaris init 5 command. |
After Solaris has been stopped, the system powers off to standby mode. The Source A and Source B indicators are the only indicator LEDs to be illuminated on the system indicator board. The IB_SSC assembly Active LED is lit, but not visible from the front of the system.
See the Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System Controller Command Reference Manual for a full description of the LOM shutdown command.
To Use the shutdown Command With the On/Standby Switch |
Press the left side of the system On/Standby switch.
This initiates an orderly shutdown of the system into Standby mode. This is equivalent to issuing the shutdown command at the lom> prompt.
To Use the LOM poweroff Command |
Use the poweroff command when you wish to power off all modules and system chassis to Standby mode.
Answer yes only if you wish to forcibly power off the system regardless of the state of the Solaris system. Under normal operation, you should use the shutdown command.
2. Type y to continue or press Return to cancel the command.
The system powers off to Standby mode. The Source A and Source B indicators are the only indicator LEDs to be illuminated on the system indicator board. The IB_SSC assembly Active LED is lit, but not visible from the front of the system.
See the Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System Controller Command Reference Manual for a full description of the poweroff command.
To Use the poweroff Command With the On/Standby Switch |
Use this method only if you wish to forcibly power off the system regardless of the state of the Solaris system. Under normal operation you should send the shutdown command either from the lom> prompt or from the On/Standby switch (see To Use the shutdown Command With the On/Standby Switch).
Press the left side of the On/Standby switch and hold it for at least four seconds.
The system powers off to Standby mode. The Source A and Source B indicators are the only indicator LEDs to be illuminated on the system indicator board. The IB_SSC assembly Active LED is lit, but not visible from the front of the system.
You will see the following output on the system controller serial port connection:
After powering on, you must set up your system using the SC setdate and setupnetwork commands described in this chapter.
This section contains the following topics:
To Set the Date and Time |
If your time zone area is using daylight or summer time, this is set automatically.
Set the date, time, and time zone for the system by using the setdate command at the LOM prompt:
The following example shows setting the time zone to Pacific Standard Time (PST) using the offset from Greenwich mean time (GMT), date, and time to Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at 18 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds.
If Solaris software is running, use the Solaris date command instead.
For more information on the setdate command, see the Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System Controller Command Reference Manual.
To Set Up the Password |
1. At the LOM prompt, type the SC password command.
2. At the Enter new password: prompt, type your password.
3. At the Enter new password again: prompt, re-type your password.
In the event that your password has been lost or forgotten, contact Sun Service for advice.
To Configure Network Parameters |
The Sun Fire entry-level midrange system can be administered from the SC LOM prompt and from the Solaris software. There are two ways to access the LOM Console connection:
At the LOM prompt, type setupnetwork
Note - If you press the Return key after each question, the current value will not be changed. |
See the Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange System Controller Command Reference Manual for full details of the setupnetwork command. CODE EXAMPLE 2-2 shows an example of the setupnetwork command.
Use the information in CODE EXAMPLE 2-2 as a guide for the information you need to enter for each parameter value entry.
To use LOM commands you must install the Lights Out Management 2.0 packages (SUNWlomu, SUNWlomr and SUNWlomm) from the Solaris Supplementary CD.
To Install and Boot the Solaris Operating System |
For detailed instructions on how you can access the LOM prompt, see Chapter 3.
2. To power on the system, type poweron
Depending on the setting of the OpenBoot PROM auto-boot? parameter, the system attempts to boot the Solaris OS or remains at the OpenBoot PROM ok prompt. The default setting is true,which attempts to initiate a boot into the Solaris OS. If the setting of auto-boot? is false or there is no bootable Solaris image installed, then you get the OpenBoot PROM ok prompt.
3. If necessary, install the Solaris Operating System.
See your installation documentation, which is available with your Solaris Operating System release.
At the ok prompt, boot the Solaris Operating System by typing the OpenBoot PROM boot command:
For the optional device parameter, see the OpenBoot PROM devalias command, which displays the predefined aliases.
After the Solaris Operating System is booted, the login: prompt is displayed.
There are three LOM packages needed on a Sun Fire entry-level midrange system available on the Solaris Supplementary CD.
To Install the LOM Drivers |
To Install the LOM Manual Pages |
The reset command resets the system in the event of a system hang or hardware problem. If the Solaris OS is running then you will be prompted to confirm this action:
To Forcibly Reset the System |
lom>reset This will abruptly terminate Solaris. Do you want to continue? [no] y NOTICE: XIR on CPU 3 |
By default, reset uses XIR (externally initiated reset) to reset the CPU processors in the system. The externally initiated reset forces control of the processors into the OpenBoot PROM and begins the OpenBoot PROM error reset recovery actions. The error reset recovery actions preserve most of the Solaris states to allow the collection of data need for debugging the hardware and software, including a Solaris Operating System core file. After saving the debug information, if the value of the OpenBoot PROM variable auto-boot? is true, the system boots the Solaris OS. The OpenBoot PROM error reset recovery actions are controlled by setting the OpenBoot PROM error-reset-recovery configuration variable.
reset is prevented in Standby mode, and the message reset not allowed, domain A keyswitch is set to off is displayed.
The reset -a command is equivalent to the OpenBoot PROM reset-all word.
To Reset the System Controller |
Use the resetsc command to reset the SC. This can be used in the event of a hardware or software problem causing the system controller application to malfunction.
This causes the SC to reset, executes the SC POST level specified using the setupsc command, and restarts the LOM software.
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