Posts Tagged ‘sun’

Configuring Sun Directory SSL Token for Automatic Startup

cd /<server-root>/alias
cat > slapd-`hostname`-pin.txt << EOF
Internal (Software) Token:SomeToken
EOF
Posted: March 28th, 2011
Categories: directory services, ldap, os, solaris
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Sun Solaris 10 Release with Month & Year

Sun Solaris 10 has been around for over four years now. Over this period of time, Sun has released several updates for Solaris 10. It is often confusing to decipher which release “update” is tied to the “month & year” of Solaris 10. Below is a paragraph detailing the Solaris 10 Updates and their month/year.

  1. Solaris 10 – Update 1 – 1/06
  2. Solaris 10 – Update 2 – 6/06
  3. Solaris 10 – Update 3 – 11/06
  4. Solaris 10 – Update 4 – 08/07
  5. Solaris 10 – Update 5 – 05/08
  6. Solaris 10 – Update 6 – 10/08
  7. Solaris 10 – Update 7 – 05/09
  8. Solaris 10 – Update 8 – 10/09

Type `cat /etc/release` to figure out which OS release the server is currently running.

Remember, applying the latest patch cluster set to Solaris does not mean Solaris now has new features included with the latest OS release.

For example, if you want the newest features in Solaris 10 Update 8, you will need to install Solaris 10 Update 8 not install the latest patch cluster set on your currently running Solaris 10 Update 3 server.

Posted: March 5th, 2010
Categories: os, solaris
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Enabling the Write Cache on Sun Hardware with raidctl

raidctl -p "wp=on"
Posted: December 22nd, 2009
Categories: os, servers, solaris, sun
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Presenting Sun Disks using cfgadm

After creating a new RAID1 volume using raidctl. The disks on the box can be presented to devfs/devices via the cfgadm command.

cfgadm -c configure c0
echo | format
Posted: December 7th, 2009
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Activating or Presenting Sun LSI Internal RAID Volume

The Sun LSI Internal SCSI RAID controllers are managed via the raidctl utility. The Solaris OS loads the mpt driver to manage the devices attached to the LSI Internal RAID controllers.
When moving the physical disks and associated raid volumes on the disk to another system. The volume must to be activated on the target system.
Steps taken via OBP to activate the volume (Example using T5220):

setenv auto-boot? false
reset-all
show-disks
select /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0 (T5220)
show-volumes
0 activate-volume
reset-all
Posted: December 3rd, 2009
Categories: servers, sun
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Updating Sun T5220 System Controller Firmware

Run the flashfirmware utility from Sun to update the system controller firmware. The firmware utility can be downloaded from http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=4705863e Once you have installed the utility and the downloaded the patch. Here’s the output of what happens next.

sc&gt; flashupdate -s 127.0.0.1
NOTE: A flashupdate takes about 6 minutes to load a new file.
Some commands are disabled until the file load is complete.
The SC must be reset to complete the upgrade.
Are you sure you want to load the specified file (y/n)? y
Using the following information for flash update
image file:     /coredump/ILOM_flash.pkg
sector_size:    0x20000
image_start:    0x0
flash_start:    0xfe0000
header_offset:  0x0
flash_size:     0x1000000
.................................................................................................
Operation succeeded
New firmware images were loaded. Reset the SC to complete the upgrade.
sc&gt; resetsc -y
Performing hard reset on the SC
 
mount -F nfs HOST:/vol/VOL /mnt
cd /mnt
cp -R /mnt/v1.0.0/Patches/firmware/T5220/139439-05 /var/tmp/.
cd /var/tmp/139439-05
./sysfwdownload Sun_System_Firmware-7_2_4_e-SPARC_Enterprise_T5120+T5220.pkg
(WAIT till 100%...
.......... (6%).......... (13%).......... (20%).......... (27%).......... (34%).......... (41%).......... (48%).......... (55%).......... (62%).......... (69%).......... (76%).......... (83%).......... (90%).......... (97%).... (100%)
Download completed successfully.
cd /var/tmp
rm -rf 139439-05
poweroff
#.
create /SP/users/admin role=Administrator cli_mode=alom
exit
login as admin
showkeyswitch
setkeyswitch -y normal
flashupdate -s 127.0.0.1
NOTE: A flashupdate takes about 6 minutes to load a new file.
Some commands are disabled until the file load is complete.
The SC must be reset to complete the upgrade.
Are you sure you want to load the specified file (y/n)? y
Using the following information for flash update
image file:     /coredump/ILOM_flash.pkg
sector_size:    0x20000
image_start:    0x0
flash_start:    0xfe0000
header_offset:  0x0
flash_size:     0x1000000
......
(WAIT...)
resetsc
Posted: October 8th, 2009
Categories: servers, sun
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Useful Sun XSCF Commands

setprivileges USERNAME platadm domainadm@0-1 platop domainop@0-1 useradm
showhardconf
showstatus
showlogs error
poweron -y -d 0
console -y -d 0
 
Reconfigure from scratch:
setupplatform
 
Reconfigure specific settings:
shownetwork -a
sethostname xscf#0 XSCF_CONSOLE_HOSTNAME
setnetwork lan#0 -m 255.255.255.0 XSCF.IP.ADDR.HERE
setroute -c add -n 0.0.0.0 -m 0.0.0.0 -g XSCF.GW.ADDR.HERE xscf#0-lan#0
setnameserver -c del -a
setnameserver -c add XSCF.DW.ADDR.HERE
sethostname -d SUB.DOMAIN.COM
setntp -c del -a
setntp -c add XSCF.NTP.SERVER1.HERE XSCF.NTP.SERVER2.HERE
setssh -q -y -c enable
setsmtp
setemailreport
applynetwork
shownetwork -a
rebootxscf
 
Set Diag Levels
showdomainmode -d 0
setdomainmode -d 0 -m diag=none
setdomainmode -y -d 0 -m autoboot=on
 
M4000 XSCF - Adding user:
Turn key to locked
Connect via serisl
Type default at login: prompt
Press return
Turn key from locked to service
Press return
Turn key from service to locked
Press return
( Note: Once default is entered, there is a 60 second timeout )
adduser someadmin
password someadmin
setprivileges someadmin domainop@0-1 domainmgr@0-1 domainadm@0-1 platop platadm useradm auditop auditadm fieldeng
showuser someadmin
 
M4000 XSCF - Network console:
sethostname xscf#0 host
sethostname -d sub.domain.com
setnetwork xscf#0-lan#0 -m 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.10
setroute -c add -n 0.0.0.0 -g 10.10.10.1 xscf#0-lan#0
applynetwork -y
setssh -c enable -y
rebootxscf -y
 
console -d 0 -y
sendbreak -d 0 -y
Posted: October 6th, 2009
Categories: servers, sun
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