Nortel networks communication server large system installation and commissioning (458 pages)
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NN10364-301 Multimedia Communication Portfolio Multimedia Communication Server 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide MCS 5100 3.5 Standard December 2006...
Setting up rack to mount hardware ....... . 27 Connecting the Sun Fire V100 server to the layer-2 switch Connecting the Sun Fire V100 server to the MRV LX terminal server Installing and accessing the MRV LX-4000 series terminal server ..33 Powering on the servers .
Link to Latest Software Latest Documentation MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Takes you directly to the Nortel page for MCS 5100 software located at www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.js p?cscat=SOFTWARE&resetFilter=1&tranProduct=12 Nortel page for MCS 5100 documentation located at www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.js...
Nortel Solutions Center. In North America, call 1-800-4NORTEL (1-800-466-7835). Outside North America, go to the following web site to obtain the phone number for your region: www.nortel.com/callus MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
This document describes the installation of the 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris system. The 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris system must be connected to a 100-MB full-duplex Ethernet switch. The IP configuration consists of one public IP address. The following figures show the possible network configurations.
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Configure the pc you are using for management services with an IP address that is in the same subnet of the IP address range used for the Sun Fire V100. NN10364-301 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 6.0 December 2006...
UPS systems for maximum uptime. For power over Ethernet in the closet switches, Nortel Networks recommends use of the Ethernet Switch 460 Power Over LAN layer 2 Ethernet switches. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
• Italic type is used for emphasis, for special words, or for reference information; for example, "Log in as root." MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide You must... Press Escape then press 2. Use the arrow keys to move up or down.
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CD7 MCP Element Manager Console 15 minutes Oracle disks 1-6 Total (approximate) time for each server. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Table 2, Mapping of Kit NTVW01BD disks to Approximate time to install 45 minutes...
In this case, the free 50MB on drive C will not be used, but is required for the installation to complete successfully.) • CD-ROM drive: required MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
If a power outage occurs, bring the server for the Database Module into service before bringing the other servers into service. If other servers do not come up, restart the server for the Management Module. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
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— internal V.90 modem and AC power — software and documentation on CD-ROM • core servers: 2 Sun Fire V100 servers including — 1 550-MHz UltraSPARC IIi Processor with 512-KB On-Chip L2 Cache — 1-GB Memory — 2 40-GB 7200 RPM IDE Disk (second disk for mirroring) —...
• • • • Note: All MCS equipment is 19-inch rack mountable. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION WARNING Static electricity could be harmful to the servers. Mount Layer-2 switch. Mount the MRV LX terminal server.
Procedure 2 Connecting the V100 server to the layer-2 switch At the back of the Sun Fire V100 server, Connect the Sun Fire V100 server Net 0 and Net 1 ports to the layer-2 switch using Ethernet, cat-5 cables. Figure 5 Back view of Sun Fire V100 server...
Plug in the power cords at the back of the V100 server. Do not power up the server at this time. Connecting the Sun Fire V100 server to the MRV LX terminal server The MCS 5100 platform uses the Sun Fire V100 server medium configuration.
Procedure 5 Accessing the MRV LX terminal server At the browser address field, Type in the IP address of your MRV LX terminal server. The LX Series Configuration Console page appears, as shown. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
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Cache button and uncheck the Enable Caching checkbox. Click OK. This issue is fixed in JRE 1.4.2. Select Encrypted or Not Encrypted and then select Load. A login window appears. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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Superuser password system. You can now configure the unit at the GUI. Click on the menus on the left side of the window. For example, selecting Ports: Async opens the Async ports window. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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For details on using the IP Configuration Menu, refer to “Using the IP Configuration Menu” in the LX-Series Configuration Guide. For information on how to boot your unit from defaults, refer to “Booting from Defaults” in the LX-Series Configuration Guide. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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At the management pc, MRV Communications recommends that you change the default password for the user’s MRV LX terminal server before you put the unit on a network. For more information, refer to password defaults on page Use the following procedure to access the command line...
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Enter your username: admin [Enter] To change security at the prompt, type set priv [Enter] MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide password: prompt. The password will be displayed as asterisks. your NEW password: prompt. The password will be displayed as asterisks.
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[Enter] Define port:<select port from range 1-18> telnet newline filtering cr [Enter] Note: Type a range [1-18] for every port the Sun Fire V100 server is connected to. Define port for use with SMDI: Define port 19 telnet newline...
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3200. Note 2: Once the connection is established to the target host, the communication between the user and the component is treated exactly like a console connection. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
PuTTY title bar to access PuTTY’s pull-down menu. Mouse over the telnet command menu item to access additional drop-down menu options. Select Break to send the break command from the PuTTY session. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
Installing CD1 Approximate time estimate = 45 minutes Procedure 12 Installing CD1 At the management pc, Place CD1 in the CD-ROM drive. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION...
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It must be unique and follow your site’s address conventions. Enter the machine logical IP address. Example: 120.120.13.25 Press Esc+2 to continue. Subnets/System part of a subnet Accept the default Yes by pressing Esc+2 to continue. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
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2) 4 or 4+ Standard Configuration ********************************************** You will see the message Creating disk profile for standard <number of servers> server system. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION 45. The selection of the number depends Powering...
Note 2: The system will reboot and come up requesting that you insert MCS Base Platform System Software CD3. If you are not prompted for CD3, contact support. Installing CD3 Approximate time estimate = 90 minutes MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
You will see the following message: The Management server requires an external clock. Select External Clock for time source external to the Management server. Select Internal Clock for the Managment server MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
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IPMP failover reliability. Enter the address "0.0.0.0" to indicate list is complete, if entering less than six targets. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Machine Logical IP address of the database server Machine Logical IP address of the Management server...
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Enter ping target #1: 120.120.13.25 Enter ping target #2: 120.120.13.1 Enter ping target #3: 0.0.0.0 Note: Do NOT use this server's own IP address as a ping target. Press Enter after each IP address. The configuration information will come up as shown in the...
CD4 will eject from the CD-ROM drive when installed. If you are not prompted for CD5, contact support. Application servers (SIP Application Module, IPCM, Web Client Manager, Provisioning Module) Approximate time estimate = 15 minutes MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
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Note: 0.0.0.0 ends the ping target list. You will see the configuration summary appear as shown in the following figure: MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Machine Logical IP address of the database server Machine Logical IP address of the Management server...
B/Serial port) and change the passwords for the sysadmin, root, and nortel users. Change the passwords on the MgmtSvr/AcctMgr server after CD6 (not CD5). MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Installing Disk 6 for instructions. ATTENTION...
Log in as root from the console and type the following command: /etc/init.d/volmgt start When you finish mounting the additional disk(s), remember to disable the volume manager for better security. To disable it, use the following command: /etc/init.d/volmgt stop MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
Note: CD6 will eject from the CD-ROM when installed. After the reboot, log in (using the B/Serial port) and change the passwords for the sysadmin, root, and nortel users. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
Log in as root to the database server. Enter your <customer-specific password>. Insert Oracle 9.2.0.4 CD 1 into the CD-ROM drive on the server. cd [ space] /cdrom/cdrom0 [Enter] MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION ATTENTION...
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Accept the default of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]: [Enter] Removing Disk1,Disk2,Disk3,Disk4,Disk5,Disk6 from /IMS/ora_cds [Y]?: Y [Enter] MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Definition Enter There is only one Hostname of the hostname for a...
Password: <your new password> Execute the following command: dbdeploy.pl [Enter] Select the correct database load and press Enter. Is this a Replicated Database? Enter N for a non-redundant system. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
Procedure 22 Deploying and starting the Sysmgr At the management pc, Log into the management / accounting server: User name: nortel Password: <Enter your new password.> At the prompt, type mgmtdeploy.pl MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
The results of the meinit command should display three processes along with their process ids. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide [Y/N] above, the screen will display deployment NTme_pids...
From the main page, under Support, click on Keycode Retrieval. This will take you to the secure login page. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Procedure 25, Console, follow the procedure www.nortel.com...
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Figure 21 Keycode Retrieval System, Current Summary Select the server you want to enter MAC addresses for first, then click on Create. Enter the MAC addresses of the CORE servers and click on Add. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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You will see a summary page of your entries. If the information displayed is correct, click on Save. You will have completed registering your system. If the information is not correct, click on Cancel and begin again. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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Auth code applied to. In this case, the example shows one of the CORE MAC addresses. Select Add. The KRS automatically searches for and pulls up both MAC addresses associated with the CORE. Click on Continue. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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Figure 27 Keycode Retrieval System, Adding a MAC address Enter the authcode number for the feature you wish to enable into the Auth Code box. Use the system Authorization codes to build your license key file. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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This screen shows the current features enabled and the new features to be added to your server. In a new installation there are no features displayed. If the list is correct, click on Continue.
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Retrieve Keycode page where you can view the features enabled for the server. From this page you will be able to download the keycode (see the figures below). MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Best Customer...
Enter the <SysMgr service logical IP address>. Example: 120.120.13.22 Click Next. Enter the System Management server port. Keep the default 11111. Click Next. Keep default destination folder. Click Next. Review settings before copying files. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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After you have selected the Update menu-item, an Update License key/Select License key File dialog box appears, as shown in MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Figure 32, Management Console Key. The System item on the file tree must be...
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Explorer window with a tree structure on the left, and a general information area on the right. Each folder on the management console tree is represented as a Network Element and each has a different functionality. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
Server Name The name that will appear from the management console. Location Optional field. Describes the physical location of the server. Latitude Optional field. Describes the latitudinal coordinates of the location of this server. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Example <servername> default default...
Enter a label (maximum six [6] characters) in the Service Component Name field at the bottom of the configuration window. The Service Component Name must be unique among all components. Example: acct1 MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide for information on how to add...
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Click Apply. The component will deploy. Wait until you see the dialog box indicating successful installation. The component will appear in the file tree. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Notes Configurable based on your system.
Enter a label (maximum six [6] characters) in the Service Component Name field at the bottom of the configuration window. The Service Component Name must be unique among all components. Example: AppSv1 MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide for information on how to add...
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Primary CAM Port Recovery CAM IP Address Recovery CAM Port File Rotation Size File Rotation Time Disk Monitor Major Threshold MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes register (initial registration authorization) invite (calls authenticated)
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The shaded rows indicate values that must be addressed by the installer. Table 8 In Memory Database tab (Sheet 1 of 2) Parameter Number of domains Update interval for domain information MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Notes Recommended value UDP=192.168.14.31:506 0:optional:name=sipLsc Conduit;TCP=192.168.1 4.31:5060:optional:name...
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Table 14 Server Properties tab (Sheet 1 of 2) Parameter Recommended value Service Public_Service_Address Parameter: Label Value: <machine logical IP address of the application server> MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value 120.120.13.25:5095:8 0:http Recommended value Notes 86400 Recommended value Notes...
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Sending Interval HeartBeat Timeout Discovery Period Active Pending Period HB Address checked Enabled MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes Notes App1 Server ID=1 App2 Server ID=2 Enter the machine logical IP of the application server you are working on.
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Click Apply. The component will deploy. Wait until you see the dialog box indicating successful installation. The component will appear in the file tree. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Notes Change default qfe0 to dmfe0...
Enter a label (maximum six [6] characters) in the Service Component Name field at the bottom of the configuration window. The Service Component Name must be unique among all components. Example: IPCM1 MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide for information on how to add...
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Connections Secondary Host <blank> Use the values from the table that follows to complete the UNIStim Base tab parameters. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Box is checked. Notes Leave blank Example default...
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Sync Time Period Click Apply. The component will deploy. Wait until you see the dialog box indicating successful installation. The component will appear in the file tree. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value 100000 1800...
Note: The UFTP BaseSoftware has no configuration items. Once the installer clicks Apply, the deployment of the UFTP BaseSoftware occurs immediately. Once the deployment is complete, UFTP will appear in the System Management Console file tree. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
Component Name field in the dialog box that appears. Example: Prov Note: The Provisioning Module will appear under the IPCMProvWCM components folder. Do not click Apply until you have finished configuring the component. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
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Audio RTP Port High Use SSL Keep Alive Ping Ping Time Out Timer Ping Interval Timer Connection Time Out Timer 360 MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes checked <machine logical IP address of the Web Client Manager>...
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The component will deploy. Wait until you see the dialog box indicating successful installation. The component will appear in the file tree. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes <machine logical IP Address of the Provisioning Module>...
Enter a label (maximum six [6] characters) in the Service Component Name field at the bottom of the configuration window. The Service Component Name must be unique among all components. Example: WCM1 MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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Table 33 Web Client Manager tab (Sheet 1 of 2) Parameter WCM Socket Server Active WCM Socket Server Host WCM Socket Server Port MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Notes Replace each instance of 0.0.0.0 in the...
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Click Apply. The component will deploy. Wait until you see the dialog box indicating successful installation. The component will appear in the file tree. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended Value Notes <machine logical IP database server>...
Enter a label (maximum six [6] characters) in the Service Component Name field at the bottom of the configuration window. The Service Component Name must be unique among all components. Example: Oramn1 MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Negative going threshold value Gauged Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Negative going threshold hysteresis MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value 9161 <either the word "localhost" or the machine logical IP address of the...
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(min) Monitor functions: Active Monitor functions: Component name Monitor functions: Polling interval (min) Monitor functions: Active Monitor functions: Component name MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value MINOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR unchecked BlockGetRate checked...
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Click Apply. The component will deploy. Wait until you see the dialog box indicating successful installation. The component will appear in the file tree. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes 9161 <either the word "localhost"...
Enter a label (maximum six [6] characters) in the Service Component Name field at the bottom of the configuration window. The Service Component Name must be unique among all components. Example: iPIMon MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
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Positive going threshold hysteresis 2 Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Capacity or max value Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Capacity or max hysteresis MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes Example default default default default default default...
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Capacity or max value Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Capacity or max hysteresis Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Alarm Severity on Negative going threshold MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes NONE Example default default default default default...
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Maximum Rate Alarm Severity on Upper Limit OverRun Alarm Severity on Lower Limit UnderRun Usage state affected Component Monitoring: Class name MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes NONE WARNING MINOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR unchecked com.nortelnetworks.i...
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Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Alarm Severity on Upper Limit OverRun Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Alarm Severity on Lower Limit UnderRun MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes NONE WARNING MINOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR Example...
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Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Alarm Severity on Positive going threshold 2 Component Monitoring: Threshold monitors: Alarm Severity on Maximum Rate MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes NONE WARNING MINOR MAJOR Example default default...
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Click Apply. Wait for the component to appear in server list. The iPlanet Monitor is installed on the same server as the Provisioning Module. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Recommended value Notes iPlanet Operation Trap checked...
1500 index 3 inet 120.120.13.21 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 120.120.13.255 groupname imspub Look for the entry that starts with ‘dmfe0.’ The parameters that follow show the IP address, subnet mask, and whether the MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide inet 120.120.13.22 netmask ffffff00...
‘UP.’ This example output shows that dmfe0 is assigned to IP address 120.120.13.23, its subnet mask is ffffff00 which translates to 255.255.255.0, and the interface is UP (active). MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide inet 120.120.13.25 netmask ffffff00...
These errors could include statements such as ‘error’, ‘failed’, and so on. If any error condition is encountered, do not continue. Contact support immediately. The imssipdb deployment is successful when the Server1’s dbdeploy.pl script reports ‘deployed successfully.’ MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide ATTENTION...
Upload the pcclient.jnlp to /IMS/web/data/web/webapps/prov/pcclient.jnlp c Upload the unzipped code resource files to /IMS/web/data/web/webapps/prov/pcclientclode. It is possible to perform steps 1 - 4 directly on the Provisioning servers without FTP. MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide...
MgmtSvr/AcctMgr machines as described earlier in this document. Then re-install the Oracle CDs as described earlier in this document. Once you have completed the Oracle installation, you can unconfigure MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide (Procedure 46, Reloading IP addresses after...
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The system is now ready to re-configure. You can type poweroff at the ok prompt if you wish to power the machine off. To reconfigure the server at this point, if you are at the boot prompt {ok}, enter the boot command. If you are not at the boot prompt, power on the server.
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You will need to provide the Machine Logical IP Address of each server. If running simplex mode, provide the same address twice. Press the Enter Key to Continue -- MCS 2-server Sun Fire V100 Solaris Installation and Commissioning Guide Networked DHCP Primary Network Interface Hostname (You may have to backspace over the word "unknown"...
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Execute the following steps before deploying any components. To set the SysMgr and AcctMgr Service Logical IP addresses, a Log in as root to the Management server and type in the NN10364-301 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 6.0 December 2006 in the instructions for installing the DBSvr1 or...
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