Boot The Oracle Solaris Operating System - Oracle SPARC Enterprise M3000 Getting Started Manual

d. Push the Power button (
The server starts and begins a self-diagnosis. Confirm that no error messages are displayed on the
administration console during the boot process.
e. Confirm that the POWER LED (
f. Confirm that ok prompt is displayed on the domain console.
The ok prompt is displayed after the self-diagnosis completes.
g. Press the Enter key, and then press the "#" and "."(period) keys.
This switches you from the domain console to the XSCF Shell.
h. From the XSCF Shell, execute the fmdump command or showlogs command, and confirm that no
errors are found.
2. Connect the system control network to a LAN port (see
an Ethernet cable.
3. Verify the hardware configuration by using the following commands on the administration console
connected to the system control network.
Command
showhardconf
showhardconf -u
probe-scsi-all
show-devs
To switch from the XSCF console to the ok prompt, enter the console -d 0 command. To switch from the
ok prompt to the XSCF console, press the enter key, and then press the "#" and "." (period) keys.
4. Install additional hardware or peripheral devices. If not needed, proceed to the
For details on how to add optional devices, such as additional memory or an additional PCIe card, see the
SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Service Manual. To add an additional storage device or other peripheral
device, see the manual supplied with the device.
5. The following steps will connect the domain to the user network. If you isolate the domain from the
network, proceed to the
The user network is a network which enables users to access the domain.
a. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to a GbE port (for the OS) (see
the server.
You can connect the Ethernet cable to a GbE port (for the OS) or to the LAN port on a LAN card mounted
in a PCIe slot (see
b. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the customer's network environment.

▼ Boot the Oracle Solaris Operating System

1. The following steps will boot the Oracle Solaris Operating System.
The Oracle Solaris OS is preinstalled in the slot 0 of the hard disk drives.
) on the operator panel to power on the server.
) on the operator panel is turned on.
Prompt Description
XSCF Shell All the components installed in the server and their statuses are displayed.
Confirm that no asterisk (*) is displayed in front of any FRUs.
XSCF Shell Check the number of FRUs mounted on the server against the "PRODUCT
TEST RECORD" that came with the server.
ok Prompt Confirm that the CD-RW/DVD-RW drive unit and hard disk drive
installed in the server are recognized.
ok Prompt Confirm that each installed PCIe card is recognized.
Step 1.
, #2).
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, #4) on the rear panel of the server with
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Step 5.
, #5) on the rear panel of
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