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Administration Guide
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Part No. 819-4208-10
December 2005, Revision A
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  • Page 1 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 819-4208-10 December 2005, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
  • Page 2 Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, Californie 95054, Etats-Unis. Tous droits réservés. Sun Microsystems, Inc. a les droits de propriété intellectuels relatants à la technologie qui est décrit dans ce document. En particulier, et sans la limitation, ces droits de propriété...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface xiii Introduction 1–1 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Overview 1–2 1.1.1 Sun Fire V210 Server 1–2 1.1.2 Sun Fire V240 Server 1–3 1.1.3 Features 1–4 1.1.4 Preinstalled Software 1–4 1.1.5 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers—Comparison 1–5 Bezel Features 1–5...
  • Page 4 Removing a SCSI Hard Drive With Solaris Running 2–11 Removing and Replacing the DVD Drive 2–12 2.6.1 Removing the DVD Drive 2–13 2.6.2 Replacing the DVD Drive 2–13 Removing and Replacing a Power Supply Unit 2–14 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 5 2.7.1 Removing a Power Supply Unit 2–14 2.7.2 Replacing a Power Supply Unit 2–15 Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager 3–1 Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 3–2 3.1.1 Email Delivery Alerts 3–2 3.1.2 What ALOM Monitors 3–3 3.1.3 Automatic Server Restart 3–4 ALOM Management Ports 3–4 Setting the admin Password 3–5 Basic ALOM Functions 3–5...
  • Page 6 Command 6–13 6.6.2 probe-ide Command 6–14 6.6.3 show-devs Command 6–14 6.6.4 To Run OpenBoot Commands 6–16 Operating System Diagnostic Tools 6–17 6.7.1 Error and System Message Log Files 6–17 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 7 6.7.2 Solaris System Information Commands 6–17 6.7.2.1 prtconf command 6–18 6.7.2.2 prtdiag Command 6–19 6.7.2.3 prtfru Command 6–22 6.7.2.4 psrinfo Command 6–23 6.7.2.5 showrev Command 6–24 6.7.3 To Run Solaris System Information Commands 6–24 Recent Diagnostic Test Results 6–25 6.8.1 To View Recent Test Results 6–25 OpenBoot Configuration Variables 6–26 6.9.1...
  • Page 8 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 9 Opening the Bezel (Sun Fire V210 Server) 2–3 FIGURE 2-1 Opening The Bezel (Sun Fire V240 Server) 2–3 FIGURE 2-2 Inserting a System Configuration Card (Sun Fire V210 Server) 2–7 FIGURE 2-3 Installing a Hard Drive (Sun Fire V210 Server) 2–8 FIGURE 2-4 Removing a DVD-ROM Drive (Sun Fire V240 Server) 2–14...
  • Page 10 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 11 Tables Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers—Comparison 1–5 TABLE 1-1 Server Status Indicators 1–6 TABLE 1-2 On/Standby Switch Actions and Results 1–10 TABLE 1-3 Explanation of Power States 1–10 TABLE 1-4 Hard Drive Service Indicators 1–11 TABLE 1-5 OpenBoot PROM Configuration Parameters Stored on the System Configuration Card 1–12 TABLE 1-6 Keyswitch Position and Server Behaviors 1–16...
  • Page 12 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 13: Preface

    Preface The Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide is intended to be used by experienced system administrators. This guide contains general descriptive information about the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers and it includes detailed instructions on the various server administration tasks.

  • Page 14: How This Document Is Organized

    How This Document Is Organized Chapter 1 is an overview of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 server’s main features. Chapter 2 describes how to remove hardware components located behind the bezel. Chapter 3 describes basic Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager features and functions.

  • Page 15: Typographic Conventions

    Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine-name% C shell superuser machine-name# Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser ALOM shell sc> OpenBoot PROM shell Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning Examples The names of commands, files, Edit your.login file. AaBbCc123 and directories;...

  • Page 16: Related Documentation

    Advanced Lights Out Manager Software 817-5481 User’s Guide Read Important Safety Information (816-7190) and the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Getting Started Guide (819-4206) before performing any of the procedures documented in this manual. The documents listed are available online at: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/...

  • Page 17: Sun Welcomes Your Comments

    Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. You can submit your comments by going to: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback: Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide, part number 819-4208-10 Preface xvii...
  • Page 18 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 19: Introduction

    C H A P T E R Introduction This chapter describes the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers and contains an overview of the following main features: Section 1.1, “Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Overview” on page 1-2 ■...

  • Page 20: Sun Fire V210 And V240 Servers Overview

    Sun Fire V210 Server FIGURE 1-1 1.1.1 Sun Fire V210 Server The Sun Fire V210 server is a commercial grade server in a 1U high package. It uses ® the UltraSPARC IIIi processor and can be configured with either one or two processors.

  • Page 21: Sun Fire V240 Server

    multimode port, one general purpose asynchronous serial port and one serial management port, and two independent USB hubs. I/O expansion is provided via one PCI card slot, supporting both 33 MHz and 66 MHz cards. Sun Fire V240 Server FIGURE 1-2 1.1.2 Sun Fire V240 Server The Sun Fire V240 server is a commercial grade server in a 2U high package.

  • Page 22: Features

    ■ 1.1.4 Preinstalled Software The Solaris 10 OS is preinstalled on the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers HDI. To identify which specific version of software is installed on your server, use the cat /etc/release command. When you power on your server for the first time you might be given the option to choose the version of Solaris OS you want installed.

  • Page 23: Sun Fire V210 And V240 Servers-Comparison

    For detailed service information about the servers, see: http://sunsolve.sun.com http://www.sun.com/hwdocs Search for The Sun System Handbook. Bezel Features The front bezel of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers contains the server status LEDs and a space for placing an identification label. Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 24: Server Status Indicators

    Indicator LED color LED State Meaning Activity Green The server is powered up and running the Solaris OS. Either power is not present, or Solaris OS is not running. Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 25: To Turn The Locator Led On

    Server Status Indicators TABLE 1-2 Indicator LED color LED State Meaning Service Yellow The server has detected a problem and Required requires the attention of service personnel. The server has no detected faults. Locator White Identifies the server from others in a rack. You can turn the Locator LED on and off either from the system console or the Sun Advanced Light Out Manager (ALOM) command–line interface (CLI).

  • Page 26: To Display Locator Led Status

    The front panel contains the following: On/Standby switch ■ Hard drive ■ DVD-ROM drive ■ System configuration card ■ keyswitch—Sun Fire V240 server ■ Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 27: On/Standby Switch

    Hard drive Keyswitch On/Standby switch System configuration card DVD-ROM drive Location of Front Panel Features (Sun Fire V240 Server) FIGURE 1-4 1.2.6 On/Standby Switch Access to the On/Standby switch is by opening the front bezel. The On/Standby switch controls only the power state of the server, it does not isolate the server from its electrical power source.

  • Page 28: Controlling Server Power States

    Controlling Server Power States For information on connecting the server to a power source and powering on the server, see the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Getting Started Guide (819-4206-10). For information on controlling server power using software see: http://docs.sun.com, and search for ALOM version 1.5.4 release notes.

  • Page 29: Hard Drives

    1.2.7 Hard Drives The Sun Fire V210 server has slots for up to two hard drives. The Sun Fire V240 server has slots for up to four. The slots accept any Sun LVD SCSI hard drive conforming to the 1-inch SCA-2 form factor.

  • Page 30: Dvd-Rom Drive

    1.2.8 DVD-ROM Drive The Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers contain a bay to accept an optional slimline ATAPI DVD-ROM drive. The bay is located on the front panel and is accessed by opening the bezel. For information on DVD-ROM drive installation, see Section 2.6, “Removing and...
  • Page 31 OpenBoot PROM Configuration Parameters Stored on the System TABLE 1-6 Configuration Card Parameter Default Description If true, operating system does not assert ttya-rts-dtr-off true RTS and DTR on TTYA port. If true, operating system ignores carrier- ttya-ignore-cd detect on TTYA port. Suppress all messages if true and diag- silent-mode? false...
  • Page 32 Identifies number and order in which PCI pcia-probe-list slots are probed. For additional information about OpenBoot PROM configuration parameters see: http://docs.sun.com Search for OpenBoot 4.x, then select Forth Word Reference. 1-14 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 33: Keyswitch

    1.2.10 Keyswitch The Sun Fire V240 server has a keyswitch that provides control over the following aspects of the server’s operation: Power state ■ Security level ■ Diagnostics level ■ Located behind the front bezel is a rotary switch with four positions, operated by a key supplied with the server.

  • Page 34: Table 1-7 Keyswitch Position And Server Behaviors

    Write-protect OpenBoot PROM/POST Flash PROM Disable suspension to OpenBoot PROM/Kadb Forced Standby Force server into Standby mode Disable On/Standby switch Disable remote power control Write-protect ALOM Flash PROM 1-16 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 35: Back Panel Features

    I/O Ports (Sun Fire V240 Server) FIGURE 1-9 1.3.1 I/O Ports The I/O ports on the rear of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers are arranged as shown in . For more information on the I/O ports, refer to FIGURE 1-8 FIGURE 1-9 the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Getting Started Guide (819-4206-10).

  • Page 36: Network Status Indicators

    For a summary of what the Network Link Status indicators mean, see TABLE 1-8 Network Link Indicators TABLE 1-8 LED color LED State Network Link Status Green Link is established. Blinking Link is transferring data. Link is not established. 1-18 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 37: Usb Ports

    1.3.5 Power Supply Unit The Sun Fire V210 server has one PSU and two associated status indicators. A summary of the function of the indicators is given in TABLE 1-10...

  • Page 38: System Prompts

    The Sun Fire V240 server has dual redundant PSUs. This server has an additional LED indicator which tells you when a power supply unit is ready to be removed with the server running. (The Sun Fire V210 server has a single PSU and does not support this function.)

  • Page 39: Figure 1-11 System Prompt Flow Diagram

    shows the relationship between the three prompts and how to change FIGURE 1-11 from one prompt to another. reset ALOM prompt sc> reset ALOM prompt sc> break console console OBP prompt boot Shutdown, halt, init 0 OBP prompt Solaris SU prompt console ALOM prompt sc>...
  • Page 40 1-22 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 41: Removing And Replacing Components

    C H A P T E R Removing and Replacing Components This chapter tells you how to remove and replace the components that are located behind the server’s front bezel. The procedures documented in this chapter do not require the attention of qualified service personnel. Caution –...

  • Page 42: Replaceable Components

    1. Ensure that you are properly grounded. Section 2.2.1, “Avoiding Electrostatic Discharge While Working on the Front Panel” on page 2-2. 2. Open the bezel by rotating it down on its hinges. Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 43: Figure 2-1 Opening The Bezel (Sun Fire V210 Server)

    Opening the Bezel (Sun Fire V210 Server) FIGURE 2-1 Opening The Bezel (Sun Fire V240 Server) FIGURE 2-2 Note – Always grip the bezel at both ends to open it. Do not attempt to open it using a single point of grip.

  • Page 44: Controlling Server Power

    This prevents anyone from accidentally powering off the system. b. Remove the system key from the keyswitch and store it in the clip on the back of the bezel. 7. Close the front bezel. Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 45: Powering Off-Using The On/Standby Switch

    2.3.2 Powering Off—Using the On/Standby Switch Note – Applications running on the Solaris OS can be adversely affected by a poorly executed system shutdown. Make sure you have gracefully shut down any applications before powering off the system. 1. Notify users that the system will be powered down. 2.

  • Page 46: Swapping A System Configuration Card Between Servers

    4. Insert the system configuration card from the old server into the new one. 5. Replace the cable tie on the new system. 6. Power on the new system. Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 47: Removing And Replacing Hard Drives

    Cable tie System configuration card Inserting a System Configuration Card (Sun Fire V210 Server) FIGURE 2-3 Removing and Replacing Hard Drives Caution – The server and hard drives contain electronic parts that are extremely sensitive to static electricity. Wear a grounded antistatic wrist strap when you carry out this procedure.

  • Page 48: Replacing A Hard Drive

    Caution – The server and hard drives contain electronic parts that are extremely sensitive to static electricity. Wear a grounded antistatic wrist strap when you carry out this procedure. Installing a Hard Drive (Sun Fire V210 Server) FIGURE 2-4 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 49: Installing A Scsi Hard Drive With Solaris Running

    1. Slide the catch on the front of the hard disk to the right. This releases a handle on the front of the hard drive. The lever must be open before you insert the hard drive. If it is not, the hard drive does not engage with the server correctly.
  • Page 50 The disk is now available to be mounted for operation. 2-10 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 51: Removing A Scsi Hard Drive With Solaris Running

    2.5.4 Removing a SCSI Hard Drive With Solaris Running If you are removing a hard drive while the operating system is still running, you must remove the drive logically from the operating system before removing it physically. Follow the instructions in this section, then remove the hard drive physically by following the instructions in Section 2.5.1, “Removing a Hard Drive”...

  • Page 52: Removing And Replacing The Dvd Drive

    The DVD drive is not hot-swappable. The server must be powered down, and the power cable removed from the back panel, before you remove or install a DVD drive. 2-12 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 53: Removing The Dvd Drive

    Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser Klasse 1 Caution – Follow the instructions in this section carefully. The DVD-ROM drive contains a laser device. Do not attempt to open the DVD-ROM drive’s enclosure or remove a DVD-ROM drive using any procedures other than those contained in this section.

  • Page 54: Removing And Replacing A Power Supply Unit

    The Sun Fire V240 server has dual-redundant power supplies. You can swap one power supply while the other is still running. The Sun Fire V210 server has a single power supply. Swapping it requires the attention of qualified service personnel. Refer to the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Service Manual (819-4207-10).

  • Page 55: Replacing A Power Supply Unit

    Where x is the power supply unit identifier, 0 or 1. When the blue ok to remove LED lights on the back of the power supply unit, remove it. 2. Pull down on the PSU lever. 3. Withdraw the PSU from the server’s chassis. 2.7.2 Replacing a Power Supply Unit 1.
  • Page 56 2-16 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 57: Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager

    C H A P T E R Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager This chapter gives an overview of the Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) software. The chapter contains: Section 3.1, “Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM)” on page 3-2 ■...

  • Page 58: Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (Alom)

    Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) Both the Sun Fire V210 server and the Sun Fire V240 server are shipped with Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.5.4 or a subsequently compatible version of ALOM software preinstalled. The system console is directed to ALOM by default and is configured to show server console information on startup.

  • Page 59: What Alom Monitors

    Note – When a mail alert occurs and the mail host is unable to communicate with the network’s naming service (for example, NIS), ALOM stops generating and logging messages. 3.1.2 What ALOM Monitors The ALOM circuitry uses standby power from the server. This means that: ALOM is active as soon as the server is connected to a power source, and until ■...

  • Page 60: Automatic Server Restart

    3.1.3 Automatic Server Restart Note – Automatic Server Restart is not the same as Automatic System Recovery (ASR), which the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers also support. For additional information about Automatic System Recovery see, Section 6.11, “Automatic System Recovery”...

  • Page 61: Setting The Admin Password

    Another serial port—labeled 10101— is available for general purpose serial data transfer. This port uses a DB-9 connector. In addition, the server has one 10BASE-T Ethernet management domain interface, labelled NET MGT. To use this port, ALOM configuration is required. Note –...

  • Page 62: To Switch To The Alom Prompt

    If another user is logged on and has write capability, you will see the following message after issuing the console command: sc> Console session already in use. [view mode] To take console write capability away from another user, type: console -f sc> Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 63: To Set The Serial Port Speed Back To The Default

    3.4.3 To Set the Serial Port Speed Back to the Default ● Type the following: sc> bootmode reset-nvram sc> reset 3.4.4 scadm resetrsc Command If two users are running ALOM at the same time and one user issues the scadm resetrsc command for Solaris OS while the other user is updating ALOM firmware using either the scadm download command or the ALOM shell command flashupdate, the firmware could become corrupted and cause ALOM to...
  • Page 64 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 65: Sun Management Center

    C H A P T E R Sun Management Center This chapter describes SunMC. The chapter contains the sections: Section 4.1, “Sun Management Center” on page 4-2 ■ Section 4.2, “Hardware Diagnostic Suite” on page 4-4 ■...

  • Page 66: Sun Management Center

    The system being monitored must be up and running, and you need to install all the proper software components on various systems in your network. Sun Management Center lets you monitor the following on the Sun Fire V210 and V240 Server server (...

  • Page 67: Other Sun Management Center Features

    The monitor components present the collected data to you in a standard format. Sun Management Center software provides both a standalone Java application and a Web browser-based interface. The Java interface affords physical and logical views of the system for highly-intuitable monitoring. 4.1.2 Other Sun Management Center Features Sun Management Center software provides you with additional tools, which can...

  • Page 68: Using Sun Management Center

    Examples might include questionable disk drives or memory modules on a server that has ample or redundant disk and memory resources. Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 69: Requirements For Using Hardware Diagnostic Suite

    In cases like these, the Hardware Diagnostic Suite runs unobtrusively until it identifies the source of the problem. The machine under test can be kept in production mode until and unless it must be shut down for repair. If the faulty part is hot-pluggable or hot-swappable, the entire diagnose-and-repair cycle can be completed with minimal impact to system users.
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  • Page 71: Sunvts

    C H A P T E R SunVTS This chapter contains information about SunVTS.

  • Page 72: Sunvts

    If your site uses Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism security, you must have Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism client and server software installed on your network and configured properly in both Solaris and SunVTS software. If your Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 73: Using Sunvts

    site does not use Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism security, do not choose the Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism option during SunVTS software installation. If you enable the wrong security scheme during installation, or if you improperly configure the security scheme you choose, you may find yourself unable to run SunVTS tests.

  • Page 74: To Find Out Whether Sunvts Is Installed

    5.1.4 Installing SunVTS By default, SunVTS is not installed on the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers. However, it is available on the software supplement CD supplied with the Solaris OS. For information about downloading it from this CD, refer to the Sun Hardware Platform Guide for the release of the Solaris OS you are using.

  • Page 75: Viewing Sunvts Documentation

    5.1.5 Viewing SunVTS Documentation SunVTS documents are included on the Software Supplement CD that is part of each Solaris Media Kit release and is also accessible at http://docs.sun.com. For further information, you can also consult the following SunVTS documents: SunVTS User’s Guide describes how to install, configure, and run the SunVTS ■...
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  • Page 77: Diagnostics

    C H A P T E R Diagnostics This chapter describes the diagnostics tools available to the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers. The chapter contains the sections: Section 6.1, “Overview of Diagnostic Tools” on page 6-2 ■ Section 6.3, “Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager” on page 6-3 ■...

  • Page 78: Overview Of Diagnostic Tools

    Overview of Diagnostic Tools Sun provides a range of diagnostic tools for use with the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers. These diagnostic tools are summarized in TABLE 6-1 Summary of Diagnostic Tools TABLE 6-1 Remote Diagnostic Tool Type What It Does...

  • Page 79: Status Indicators

    1-6. Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager Both the Sun Fire V210 server and the Sun Fire V240 server are shipped with Sun™ Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) pre-installed. ALOM enables you to monitor and control your server through a serial connection (using the SERIAL MGT port), or Ethernet connection (using the NET MGT port).

  • Page 80: Post Diagnostics

    If diag-level is set to menus, a menu of all the tests executed at power up is displayed. POST diagnostic and error message reports are displayed on a console. Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 81: To Start Post Diagnostics-Method 1

    6.4.1 To Start POST Diagnostics—Method 1 There are two methods for starting POST diagnostics. In the following procedures both methods are described. 1. Go to the ok prompt. 2. Type: ok setenv diag-switch? true 3. Type: ok setenv diag-level value Where value is either min or max depending on the desired range coverage.

  • Page 82: Controlling Post Diagnostics

    TABLE 6-2 important and useful of these variables. You can find instructions for changing OpenBoot configuration variables in Section 6.9, “OpenBoot Configuration Variables” on page 6-26. Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 83: Table 6-2 Openboot Configuration Variables

    OpenBoot Configuration Variables TABLE 6-2 OpenBoot Configuration Variable Description and Keywords Determines whether the operating system automatically starts up. Default is true. auto-boot • true – Operating system automatically starts once firmware tests finish. • false – System remains at ok prompt until you type boot. Determines the level or type of diagnostics executed.

  • Page 84: Openboot Diagnostics

    1. Type: ok setenv diag-switch? true ok setenv diag-level max ok setenv auto-boot? false ok reset-all 2. Type: ok obdiag This command displays the OpenBoot Diagnostics menu. See TABLE 6-3 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 85: Controlling Openboot Diagnostics Tests

    Sample obdiag menu TABLE 6-3 obdiag 1 flashprom@2,0 2 i2c@0,320 3 ide@d 4 network@2 5 network@2,1 6 rtc@0,70 7 scsi@2 8 scsi@2,1 9 serial@0,2e8 10 serial@0,3f8 11 usb@a 12 usb@b Commands: test test-all except help what setenv set-default exit diag-passes=1 diag-level=max test-args=subtests, verbose Note –...

  • Page 86: Test And Test-All Commands

    For example: ok test /pci@x,y/SUNW,qlc@2 Knowing how to construct an appropriate hardware device path requires precise knowledge of the hardware architecture of the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers. 6-10 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 87: What Openboot Diagnostics Error Messages Tell You

    Tip – Use the show-devs command to list the hardware device paths. To customize an individual test, you can use test-args as follows: ok test /usb@1,3:test-args={verbose,debug} This affects only the current test without changing the value of the test-args OpenBoot configuration variable. You can test all the devices in the device tree with the test-all command: ok test-all If you specify a path argument to test-all, then only the specified device and its...
  • Page 88 To change the system defaults and the diagnostics settings after initial boot, refer to the OpenBoot PROM Enhancements for Diagnostic Operation (817-6957). You can view or print this document by going to: http://www.sun.com/documentation 6-12 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 89: Openboot Commands

    OpenBoot Commands OpenBoot commands are commands you type from the ok prompt. OpenBoot commands which can provide useful diagnostic information are: probe-scsi ■ ■ probe-ide show-devs ■ 6.6.1 probe-scsi Command The probe-scsi command is used to diagnose problems with SCSI devices. Caution –...

  • Page 90: Probe-Ide Command

    The following code example shows sample output from the show-devs command. show-devs Command Output CODE EXAMPLE 6-4 ok show devs /pci@1d, 700000 /pci@1c,600000 /pci@1e,600000 /pci@1f,700000 /memory-controller@1,0 /SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIIi@1,0 /memory-controller@0,0 6-14 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 91 show-devs Command Output (Continued) CODE EXAMPLE 6-4 /SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIIi@0,0 /virtual-memory /memory@m0,0 /aliases /options /openprom /chosen /packages /pci@1d,700000/network@2,1 /pci@1d,700000/network@2 /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2,1 /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2 /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2,1/tape /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2,1/disk /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/tape /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/disk /pci@1e,600000/ide@d /pci@1e,600000/usb@a /pci@1e,600000/pmu@6 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7 /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/disk /pci@1e,600000/pmu@6/gpio@80000000,8a /pci@1e,600000/pmu@6/i2c@0,0 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/rmc-comm@0,3e8 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/serial@0,2e8 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/serial@0,3f8 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/power@0,800 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/i2c@0,320 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/rtc@0,70 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/flashprom@2,0 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/i2c@0,320/gpio@0,70 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/i2c@0,320/gpio@0,88 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/i2c@0,320/gpio@0,68 /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/i2c@0,320/gpio@0,4a /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/i2c@0,320/gpio@0,46...

  • Page 92: To Run Openboot Commands

    How you do this depends on the system’s condition. If possible, you should warn users before you shut the system down. 2. Type the appropriate command at the console prompt. 6-16 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 93: Operating System Diagnostic Tools

    6.7.2 Solaris System Information Commands The following Solaris commands display data that you can use when assessing the condition of a Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers server: prtconf ■ ■ prtdiag prtfru ■...

  • Page 94: Prtconf Command

    #1 ... The prtconf command’s -p option produces output similar to the OpenBoot show-devs command. This output lists only those devices compiled by the system firmware. 6-18 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 95: Prtdiag Command

    6.7.2.2 prtdiag Command The prtdiag command displays a table of diagnostic information that summarizes the status of system components. The display format used by the prtdiag command can vary depending on what version of the Solaris OS is running on your system.
  • Page 96 Interleave Factor Contains ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 512MB GroupID 0 0x1000000000 512MB GroupID 0 Memory Module Groups: -------------------------------------------------- ControllerID GroupID Labels -------------------------------------------------- MB/P0/B0/D0,MB/P0/B0/D1 Memory Module Groups: -------------------------------------------------- ControllerID GroupID Labels -------------------------------------------------- MB/P1/B0/D0,MB/P1/B0/D1 6-20 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 97 In addition to the information in , prtdiag with the verbose CODE EXAMPLE 6-6 option (-v) reports on front panel status, disk status, fan status, power supplies, hardware revisions, and system temperatures. prtdiag Verbose Output CODE EXAMPLE 6-7 System Temperatures (Celsius): ------------------------------- Device Temperature...

  • Page 98: Prtfru Command

    6.7.2.3 prtfru Command The Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers maintain a hierarchical list of all field-replacable units (FRUs) in the system, as well as specific information about various FRUs. The prtfru command can display this hierarchical list, as well as data contained in the serial electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory (SEEPROM) devices located on many FRUs.

  • Page 99: Psrinfo Command

    prtfru -c Command Output CODE EXAMPLE 6-11 # prtfru -c /frutree/chassis/MB?Label=MB/system-board (container) SEGMENT: SD /SpecPartNo: 885-0092-02 /ManR /ManR/UNIX_Timestamp32: Wednesday April 10 11:34:49 BST 2002 /ManR/Fru_Description: FRUID,INSTR,M’BD,0CPU,0MB,ENXU /ManR/Manufacture_Loc: HsinChu, Taiwan /ManR/Sun_Part_No: 3753107 /ManR/Sun_Serial_No: abcdef /ManR/Vendor_Name: Mitac International /ManR/Initial_HW_Dash_Level: 02 /ManR/Initial_HW_Rev_Level: 01 Data displayed by the prtfru command varies depending on the type of FRU.

  • Page 100: Showrev Command

    1. Decide on the of system information you want to display. For more information, see “Solaris System Information Commands” on page 2. Type the appropriate command at a console prompt. for a summary of the commands. TABLE 6-5 6-24 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 101: Recent Diagnostic Test Results

    Using Solaris Information Display Commands TABLE 6-5 Command What It Displays What to Type Notes System configuration — prtconf /usr/sbin/prtconf information Diagnostic and configuration Use the -v option for prtdiag /usr/platform/sun4u/sb information additional detail. in/prtdiag FRU hierarchy and SEEPROM Use the -l option to display prtfru /usr/sbin/prtfru memory contents...

  • Page 102: Openboot Configuration Variables

    To Set OpenBoot Configuration Variables 1. Halt the server to reach the ok prompt. 2. To set or change the value of an OpenBoot configuration variable, use the setenv command: 6-26 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 103: Additional Diagnostic Tests For Specific Devices

    ok setenv diag-level max diag-level = To set OpenBoot configuration variables that accept multiple keywords, separate keywords with a space. Note – Keywords for the OpenBoot configuration variable test-args must be separated by commas. 6.10 Additional Diagnostic Tests for Specific Devices 6.10.1 Using the probe-scsi Command to Confirm...

  • Page 104: Using Probe-Ide Command To Confirm That The Dvd Or Cd-Rom Drive Is Connected

    Removable ATAPI Model: DV-28E-B Device 1 ( Primary Slave ) Not Present Device 2 ( Secondary Master ) Not Present Device 3 ( Secondary Slave ) Not Present 6-28 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 105: Using Watch-Net And Watch-Net-All Commands To Check The Network Connections

    6.10.3 Using watch-net and watch-net-all Commands to Check the Network Connections The watch-net diagnostics test monitors Ethernet packets on the primary network interface. The watch-net-all diagnostics test monitors Ethernet packets on the primary network interface and on any additional network interfaces connected to the system board.

  • Page 106: Automatic System Recovery

    6.11 Automatic System Recovery Note – Automatic System Recovery (ASR) is not the same as Automatic Server Restart, which the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers also support. For additional information about Automatic Server Restart see Section 3.1.3, “Automatic Server Restart”...

  • Page 107: Auto-Boot Options

    6.11.1 Auto-Boot Options The auto-boot? setting controls whether or not the firmware automatically boots the operating system after each reset. The default setting is true. The auto-boot-on-error? setting controls whether the system attempts a degraded boot when a subsystem failure is detected. Both the auto-boot? and auto-boot-on-error? settings must be set to true to enable an automatic degraded boot.

  • Page 108: Reset Scenarios

    2. Set the diag-trigger variable to power-on-reset, error-reset, or user- reset. For example, type: ok setenv diag-trigger user-reset 3.Type: ok setenv auto-boot? true ok setenv auto-boot-on-error? true 4.Type: 6-32 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 109: To Disable Asr

    ok reset-all The system permanently stores the parameter changes and boots automatically if the OpenBoot variable auto-boot? is set to true (its default value). Note – To store parameter changes, you can also power-cycle the system using the front panel Power switch. 6.11.5 To Disable ASR 1.
  • Page 110 6-34 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 111 Index Symbols Command>probe-scsi, probe-scsi-all, 6-27 OpenBoot Diagnostics, 6-8 /var/adm/messages file, 6-17 POST, 6-4 SunVTS, 5-3 watch-net and watch-net-all, 6-29 agents, Sun Management Center, 4-2 diag-script variable, 6-7 auto-boot? variable, 6-7 diag-switch?, 6-4 diag-switch? variable, 6-7 disk drive BIST, See built-in self-test caution, 2-4 BMC Patrol, See third-party monitoring tools built-in self-test...
  • Page 112 6-10 prtfru, 6-22 test command, 6-10 psrinfo, 6-23 test-all command, 6-11 showrev, 6-24 OpenBoot PROM parameters stress testing, See also exercising the system, 5-2 Index-2 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 113 Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism, 5-2 Sun Management Center, tracking systems informally with, 4-3 SunVTS, exercising the system with, 5-2 system configuration card, 6-4 system control switch Diagnostics position, 2-4 Locked position, 2-4 Normal position, 2-4 system memory determining amount of, 6-18 test command (OpenBoot Diagnostics tests), 6-10 test-all command (OpenBoot Diagnostics tests), 6-11...
  • Page 114 Index-4 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005...

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