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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers
Administration Guide
Part No. 820-3316-14
December 2010, Revision A

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  • Page 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide Part No. 820-3316-14 December 2010, Revision A...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2008, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. FUJITSU LIMITED provided technical input and review on portions of this material. Oracle and/or its affiliates and Fujitsu Limited each own or control intellectual property rights relating to products and technology described in this document, and such products, technology and this document are protected by copyright laws, patents, and other intellectual property laws and international treaties.
  • Page 3 Copyright © 2008, 2010, Oracle et/ou ses sociétés affiliées. Tous droits réservés. FUJITSU LIMITED a fourni et vérifié des données techniques de certaines parties de ce composant. Oracle et/ou ses sociétés affiliées et Fujitsu Limited détiennent et contrôlent chacune des droits de propriété intellectuelle relatifs aux produits et technologies décrits dans ce document.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface vii Communicating With the System 1 ILOM Overview 1 ▼ Log In to ILOM 2 ▼ Log In to the System Console 3 ▼ Display the ok Prompt 3 ▼ Display the ILOM ->Prompt 4 ▼ Use a Local Graphics Monitor 5 Performing Common Tasks 7 ▼...
  • Page 5 Clear a Fault 49 Managing Logical Domains Software 51 Logical Domains Software 51 Logical Domain Configurations 52 OpenBoot Configuration Variables 53 OpenBoot Configuration Variables on the SCC 53 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 6 Index 57 Contents...
  • Page 7 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 8: Preface

    Preface This administration guide is for experienced system administrators of Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers. The guide includes general descriptive information about the servers, and detailed instructions for configuring and administering the servers. To use the information in this document, you must have working knowledge of computer network concepts and terms, and advanced familiarity with the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS).

  • Page 9: Related Documentation

    Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server Getting 820-584 Printe Ships Started Started Guide (DC) with system Overview Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers 820-331 Online Overview Guide HTML viii Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 10: Documentation Feedback

    Documentation Feedback Submit comments about this document by clicking the Feedback[+] link at (http://docs.sun.com). Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide, part number 820-3316-14. Preface...
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  • Page 12: Communicating With The System

    Communicating With the System This section includes information on low-level communication with the system, using the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) tool andthe system console. “ILOM Overview” on page 1 ■ “Log In to ILOM” on page 2 ■ “Log In to the System Console”...

  • Page 13: Log In To Ilom

    Use is subject to license terms. -> You are now logged in to ILOM. Perform tasks as needed. Note – To provide optimum system security, change the default system password. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 14: Log In To The System Console

    Related Information “ILOM Overview” on page 1 ■ “Log In to the System Console” on page 3 ■ ▼ Log In to the System Console “Log In to ILOM” on page 2. To access the system console from ILOM, type: ->...

  • Page 15: Display The Ilom ->Prompt

    ▼ Display the ILOM ->Prompt ● Use one of the following ways to get to the ILOM -> prompt: From the system console, type the ILOM escape sequence (#.). ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 16: Use A Local Graphics Monitor

    Log in to ILOM directly from a device connected to the serial management port ■ or network management port. Log in to ILOM through an SSH connection. See “Log In to ILOM” on page ■ Related Information “ILOM Overview” on page 1 ■...
  • Page 17 Power button. You can now type system commands and view system messages using your local graphics monitor. Continue with your installation or diagnostic procedure, as needed. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 18: Performing Common Tasks

    Performing Common Tasks This section includes procedures for some common tasks performed on the servers. “Power On the System” on page 7 ■ “Power Off the System” on page 8 ■ “Reset the System” on page 9 ■ “Update the Firmware” on page 9 ■...

  • Page 19: Power Off The System

    Ensure that all data is saved before entering this command. Related Information “Power On the System” on page 7 ■ “Reset the System” on page 9 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 20: Reset The System

    ▼ Reset the System It is not necessary to power the system off and on to perform a reset. ● To reset the system, from the Solaris prompt, type: # shutdown -g0 -i6 -y Related Information “Power Off the System” on page 8 ■...
  • Page 21 U-Boot 1.1.1 (May 23 2008 - 21:30:12) POST cpu PASSED POST ethernet PASSED Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 22 ## Booting image at fe080000 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP Checking all file systems... fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) Setting kernel variable ..done. Mounting local filesystems... Cleaning /tmp /var/run /var/lock. Identifying DOC Device Type(G3/G4/H3) ... Configuring network interfaces..Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1 Copyright 2007 Internet Systems Consortium All rights reserved.
  • Page 23 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 24: Managing Disks

    RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring) volumes using the Solaris OS raidctl utility. To configure and use RAID disk volumes on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers, you must install the appropriate patches. For the latest information on patches, see the product notes for your system.

  • Page 25: Creating Hardware Raid Volumes

    “Create a Hardware Mirrored Volume of the Default Boot Device” on page 19 ■ “Create a Hardware Striped Volume” on page 20 ■ “Configure a Hardware RAID Volume for the Solaris OS” on page 22 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 26: Create A Hardware Mirrored Volume

    ▼ Create a Hardware Mirrored Volume 1. Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name, using the raidctl command: # raidctl Controller: 1 Disk: 0.0.0 Disk: 0.1.0 Disk: 0.2.0 Disk: 0.3.0 Disk: 0.4.0 Disk: 0.5.0 Disk: 0.6.0 Disk: 0.7.0 “Disk Slot Numbers”...
  • Page 27 See the raidctl(1M) man page for additional details regarding volume and disk status. Note – The logical device names might appear differently on your system, depending on the number and type of add-on disk controllers installed. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 28 2. Type the following command: # raidctl -c primary secondary The creation of the RAID volume is interactive, by default. For example: # raidctl -c c1t0d0 c1t1d0 Creating RAID volume c1t0d0 will destroy all data on member disks, proceed (yes/no)? yes Volume c1t0d0 is created successfully! As an alternative, you can use the –f option to force the creation if you are sure of the member disks and sure that the data on both member disks can be lost.
  • Page 29 For more information about the raidctl utility, see the raidctl(1M) man page. Related Information “Disk Slot Numbers” on page 35 ■ “Delete a Hardware RAID Volume” on page 25 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 30: Create A Hardware Mirrored Volume Of The Default Boot Device

    ▼ Create a Hardware Mirrored Volume of the Default Boot Device Due to the volume initialization that occurs on the disk controller when a new volume is created, the volume must be configured and labeled using the format(1M) utility prior to use with the Solaris Operating System (see “Configure a Hardware RAID Volume for the Solaris OS”...

  • Page 31: Create A Hardware Striped Volume

    # raidctl Controller: 1 Disk: 0.0.0 Disk: 0.1.0 Disk: 0.2.0 Disk: 0.3.0 Disk: 0.4.0 Disk: 0.5.0 Disk: 0.6.0 Disk: 0.7.0 The preceding example indicates that no RAID volume exists. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 32 2. Type the following command: # raidctl -c –r 0 disk1 disk2 ... The creation of the RAID volume is interactive, by default. For example: # raidctl -c -r 0 c1t1d0 c1t2d0 c1t3d0 Creating RAID volume will destroy all data on spare space of member disks, proceed (yes/no)? yes May 16 16:33:30 wgs57-06 scsi: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0 (mpt0): May 16 16:33:30 wgs57-06...

  • Page 33: Configure A Hardware Raid Volume For The Solaris Os

    Solaris OS After a creating a RAID volume using raidctl, use format(1M) to configure and label the volume before attempting to use it in the Solaris Operating System. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 34 1. Start the format utility: # format The format utility might generate messages about corruption of the current label on the volume, which you are going to change. You can safely ignore these messages. 2. Select the disk name that represents the RAID volume that you have configured. In this example, c1t2d0 is the logical name of the volume.
  • Page 35 [disk formatted] 4. Use the partition command to partition, or slice, the volume according to your desired configuration. See the format(1M) man page for additional details. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 36: Delete A Hardware Raid Volume

    5. Write the new label to the disk using the label command format> label Ready to label disk, continue? yes 6. Verify that the new label has been written by printing the disk list using the disk command. format> disk AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0.
  • Page 37 In this example, the RAID volume is c1t0d0. Note – The logical device names might appear differently on your system, depending on the number and type of add-on disk controllers installed. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 38 3. To delete the volume, type the following command: # raidctl -d mirrored-volume For example: # raidctl -d c1t0d0 Deleting RAID volume c1t0d0 will destroy all data it contains, proceed (yes/no)? yes /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0 (mpt0): Volume 0 deleted. /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0 (mpt0): Physical disk 0 deleted. /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0 (mpt0): Physical disk 1 deleted.

  • Page 39: Hot-Plug A Mirrored Disk

    “Creating Hardware RAID Volumes” on page 14 ■ ▼ Hot-Plug a Mirrored Disk 1. Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name. “Disk Slot Numbers” on page Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 40 2. To confirm a failed disk, type the following command: # raidctl If the Disk Status is FAILED, then the drive can be removed and a new drive inserted. Upon insertion, the new disk should be GOOD and the volume should be SYNC.

  • Page 41: Hot-Plug A Nonmirrored Disk

    1. Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name. “Disk Slot Numbers” on page Ensure that no applications or processes are accessing the hard drive. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 42 2. Type the following command: # cfgadm –al For example: # cfgadm –al Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition scsi-bus connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t0d0 disk connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t1d0 disk connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t2d0 disk connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t3d0 disk connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t4d0 disk...
  • Page 43 Type the following command: # cfgadm -c unconfigure Ap-Id For example: # cfgadm -c unconfigure c1::dsk/c1t3d0 This example removes c1t3d0 from the device tree. The blue OK-to-Remove LED lights. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 44 4. Verify that the device has been removed from the device tree. Type the following command: # cfgadm -al Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition scsi-bus connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t0d0 disk connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t1d0 disk connected configured unknown c1::dsk/c1t2d0 disk connected configured unknown...
  • Page 45 Note that c1t3d0 is now listed as configured. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 46: Disk Slot Numbers

    Related Information “Disk Slot Numbers” on page 35 ■ “Hot-Plug a Mirrored Disk” on page 28 ■ Disk Slot Numbers To perform a disk hot-plug procedure, you must know the physical or logical device name for the drive that you want to install or remove. If your system encounters a disk error, often you can find messages about failing or failed disks in the system console.
  • Page 47 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 48: Managing Devices

    Managing Devices This section contains information about managing devices in the servers, and the multipathing software supported. “Unconfigure a Device Manually” on page 37 ■ “Reconfigure a Device Manually” on page 38 ■ “Devices and Device Identifiers” on page 38 ■...

  • Page 49: Reconfigure A Device Manually

    CMP (0-1) Riser (0-1) XAUI /SYS/MB/CMPn/RISERn/XAUIcard_number card (0-1) Network interfaces (0-3) /SYS/MB/NETnetwork_number PCIe root complex /SYS/MB/PCIE /SYS/MB/USBnumber USB ports (0-1, located on rear of chassis) /SYS/MB/CMPn/L2_BANKnumber CMP (0-1) Bank (0-7) /SYS/DVD Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 50: Sun Sparc Enterprise T5X40 Device Tree

    “Reconfigure a Device Manually” on page 38 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5x40 Device Tree The following table shows the correspondence of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 server devices to the Solaris Operating System device tree. Device (as Indicated on Chassis Label)

  • Page 51: Multipathing Software

    For the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 or T5220 servers, three different types of multipathing software are available: Solaris IP Network Multipathing software provides multipathing and ■ load-balancing capabilities for IP network interfaces. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 52 VERITAS Volume Manager (VVM) software includes a feature called Dynamic ■ Multipathing (DMP), which provides disk multipathing as well as disk load balancing to optimize I/O throughput. Sun StorageTek™ Traffic Manager is an architecture fully integrated within the ■ Solaris OS (beginning with the Solaris 8 release) that enables I/O devices to be accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a single instance of the I/O device.
  • Page 53 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 54: Handling Faults

    Handling Faults The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers provide many ways to find faults, including LEDs, ILOM and POST. For specific information about LEDs, and additional troubleshooting information, refer to the service manual for your server. “Discovering Faults” on page 43 ■...

  • Page 55: Discover Faults Using Ilom

    The virtual keyswitch can be used to run full POST diagnostics without having to modify the diagnostic property settings. Note that POST diagnostics can take a significant amount of time to run at system reset. “Log In to ILOM” on page Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 56: Locate The System

    2. At the ILOM -> prompt, type: -> set /SYS keyswitch_state=diag The system is set to run full POST diagnostics on system reset. 3. To return to your normal diagnostic settings after running POST, type: -> set /SYS keyswitch_state=normal Related Information “Discover Faults Using ILOM”...

  • Page 57: Bypassing Minor Faults

    For more information about ASR, refer to the service manual for your server. Related Information “Enable ASR” on page 47 ■ “Disable ASR” on page 47 ■ “View Information on Components Affected by ASR” on page 48 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 58: Enable Asr

    ▼ Enable ASR 1. At the -> prompt, type: -> set /HOST/diag mode=normal -> set /HOST/diag level=max -> set /HOST/diag trigger=power-on-reset 2. At the ok prompt, type: ok setenv auto-boot true ok setenv auto-boot-on-error? true Note – For more information about OpenBoot configuration variables, refer to the service manual for your server.

  • Page 59: View Information On Components Affected By Asr

    “Enable ASR” on page 47 ■ “Disable ASR” on page 47 ■ “Unconfigure a Device Manually” on page 37 ■ “Reconfigure a Device Manually” on page 38 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 60: Clear A Fault

    ▼ Clear a Fault ● At the -> prompt, type: -> set /SYS/component clear_fault_action=true Setting clear_fault_action to true clears the fault at the component and all levels below it in the /SYS tree. Related Information “Discover Faults Using ILOM” on page 44 ■...
  • Page 61 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 62: Managing Logical Domains Software

    Managing Logical Domains Software Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers support the Logical Domains (LDoms) software that is used to create and manage logical domains. The software comprises LDoms-enabling code in the Solaris OS, LDoms-enabling code in System Firmware, and the Logical Domains Manager, which is the command-line interface. See your LDoms documentation for the latest information.

  • Page 63: Logical Domain Configurations

    ILOM set /HOST/bootmode config=configfile command to specify an LDoms boot configuration. For further information about /HOST/bootmode, see your server’s ILOM supplement. Related Information “Logical Domains Software” on page 51 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

  • Page 64: Openboot Configuration Variables

    OpenBoot Configuration Variables This section supplies information about variables storing configuration on the SCC. “OpenBoot Configuration Variables on the SCC” on page 53 ■ OpenBoot Configuration Variables on the SCC TABLE: OpenBoot Configuration Variables Stored on the System Configuration Card on page 53 describes the OpenBoot firmware configuration variables stored in non-volatile memory on the system.
  • Page 65 Firmware security password if security-password none security-mode is not none (never displayed). Do not set this directly. variable-name Number of incorrect security password security-#badlogins none attempts. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 66 OpenBoot Configuration Variables Stored on the System Configuration Card (Continued) TABLE: Variable Possible Values Default Value Description If true OpenBoot verbosity is set to diag-switch? true, false false maximum If false OpenBoot verbosity is set to minimum Command to execute following a system error-reset-recovery boot, sync, boot...
  • Page 67 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...
  • Page 68 Index Symbols device, reconfigure manually, 38 device, unconfigure manually, 37 -> commands set /SYS/LOCATE, 45 devices, managing, 37 show /SYS/LOCATE, 45 disk drives -> prompt LEDs about, 1 Activity, 34 OK-to-Remove, 32, 33 -> prompt logical device names, table, 35 ways to access, 4 disk slot number, reference, 35 disk slot numbers, 35...
  • Page 69 4 OpenBoot configuration variables described, table, 53 system console input-device, 5 log in, 3 output-device, 5 system, communicating with, 1 OpenBoot variables, 53 output-device (OpenBoot configuration variable), 5 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2010...

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