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Sun Fire™ 3800 - 6800
Quick Reference Guide
Sun Microsystems, Ltd
Citygate, Cross Street
Sale
Manchester
M33 7JF, UK
Brian Jackson, July 2005
Sun Confidential: Internal Only

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  • Page 1 Sun Fire™ 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide Sun Microsystems, Ltd Citygate, Cross Street Sale Manchester M33 7JF, UK Brian Jackson, July 2005 Sun Confidential: Internal Only...
  • Page 2 Sun and its licensors, if any. Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Sun Fire, and UltraSPARC III are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
  • Page 3 Le logiciel détenu par des tiers, et qui comprend la technologie relative aux polices de caractères, est protégé par un copyright et licencié par des fournisseurs de Sun. Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, Sun Fire, et UltraSPARC III sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays.
  • Page 4 Sun Confidential: Internal Only Please Recycle...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    System Controller failover..............37 Resetting the System Controller Board..........38 Maintenance Buses - I2C & FRU-ID ..........39 ID Board ....................40 Fan Trays and Blower Assemblies ............41 DC Power Distribution................42 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 6 Definitions of Segments and Domains..........78 Segments (also known as Partitions)........78 Domains..................78 Domain IDs ...................79 Segmenting the Platform ..............80 Recommendation ................80 Enabling Dual-Partition Mode..........80 Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800-6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 7 Displaying Domain Configuration Variables .......112 Changing System Configuration Variables......113 Device Aliases..................114 Change a Device Alias..............114 Auto-diagnosis Engine (ADE) Case Study........116 Re-assigning HostID/MAC Address........121 Re-setting component health status ........124 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 8 Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800-6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 9: Additional Resources

    James Hsiehs “Best Practice” blueprints http://www.sun.com/solutions/blueprints/0901/sunfireconfig.pdf http://www.sun.com/solutions/blueprints/1001/sunfire-admin.pdf http://www.sun.com/blueprints/1002/817-0080-10.pdf Peter Gonscherowskis & Tricia Wittsacks Auto Diagnosis blueprint http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0404/817-6212.pdf Sun Fire Quick Reference Guide, latest rev available at the following link http://sale-wts.uk/~brianja/ Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 10: Sun Fire 3800, 4800, 4810, And 6800 Platforms

    Memory figures on pages 11 - 14 assume 1GB DIMMs, which are only supported on 900MHz and faster system boards. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 11: Sun Fire 3800

    Four Fan Trays providing N+1 cooling redundancy. The Sun Fire Rack has N+1 AC input redundancy, assuming the customer has two separate supplies into his facility. (See page 45) Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 12: Sun Fire 4800

    Support for up to two domains in either one or two segments. Three power supplies providing N+1 DC power redundancy. Three Fan Trays providing N+1 cooling redundancy. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 13: Sun Fire 4810

    Support for up to two domains in either one or two segments. N+1 DC power redundancy using three power supplies, N+1 cooling redundancy using three Fan Trays, N+1 AC redundancy in the rack. (See page 45) Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 14: Sun Fire 6800

    (See page 45) There is N+1 DC power redundancy in each Power Grid. Four Fan Trays providing N+1 cooling redundancy. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 15: Conceptual Overview

    Refer to the Sun Fire Systems Site Planning Guide, part number 805-7365-xx: Dimensions, clearance requirements & weight Power requirements BTUs/hr & cooling requirements Power factor Connector type Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 16: System Board Asics

    DXs are like the tracks and the SDC is like the signal box; the SDC routes the data. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 17: System Boards, Physical

    Neither the CPU modules or the L2-SRAMs are field replacable. Mixing CPU speeds of 900MHz, 1050MHz and 1200MHz within a domain or platform is supported. 750MHz CPUs cannot be included in mixed-speed configurations. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 18: Cpu & Memory Configuration

    DIMM 1, bank 0 DIMM 1, bank 1 processor 0 DIMM 0, bank 0 DIMM 0, bank 1 processor 3 processor 2 Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 19 L2 is the back of all 4 DIMMS of the physical bank B0 L1 is the front of all 4 DIMMS of the physical bank B1 L3 is the back of all 4 DIMMS of the physical bank B1 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 20 ---> CPU P2 J15400 2 0 1 J15401 2 1 1 J15300 2 0 0 J15301 2 1 0 Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 21: System Boards Summary

    System board layout is clearly marked on the cabinets. However, remember that in the F6800, the System boards are numbered non-sequentially from left to right: SB0 SB2 SB4 SB1 SB3 SB5 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 22: I/O Board Asics

    (AR) and data switch (DX) ASICs, which connects to the level 2 switches. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 23: Pci I/O Physical

    33/66 MHz slot with a 33 MHz card unless absolutely necessary. Note also that due to the power regulator on the I/O board, only short PCI cards can be fitted in slot 0 & 1. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 24: Cpci I/O Physical

    F6800 Four IB6 IB7 IB8 IB9 Rear F4810 IB6 IB8 Front F4800 IB6 IB8 Rear F3800 IB6 IB8 Front Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 25: Sun Fireplane Switch Boards

    RP2, RP3, RP0, RP1 Rear F4810 RP0, RP2 Front F4800 RP0, RP2 Rear F3800 The equivalent of two Sun Fireplane Centerplane switch boards are integrated into the active centerplane Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 26: How It All Bolts Together

    Note: The address “bus” is broadcast based, to ensure cache coherency. The data crossbar is packet-switched; the DX asics provide the connections and the SDC sets up the routing. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 27: System Controller Boards

    Note – With firmware 5.11.x and 5.12.x the console arbitration was limited; SSC0 was always the main and SSC1 was always the spare. Starting with 5.13.x firmware, either SC can be the main Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 28: Nvram, Nvci & Sc Flashproms

    It also maintains information for four domains in an NVCI chip Use the dumpconfig command to save the contents as <scname>.tod and <scname>.nvci Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 29: System Controller Clock Circuit

    A platform only needs one system controller. The other is there to provide a redundant clock source to the platform, and to facilitate system controller failover. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 30: Firmware Features

    Note – Refer to the System Controller Command Reference Manual and Platform Administration Manual shipped with firmware patch 112494-0x, in which the new and modified commands are documented. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 31: Firmware Features

    Platform Administration Manual shipped with firmware patch 112883-0x, in which the new and modified commands are documented. Further assistance on COD 2.0 can be obtained from the following URL: http://sale-wts.uk/~brianja/cod.html Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 32: Firmware Features

    Note – Refer to the System Controller Command Reference Manual and Platform Administration Manual shipped with firmware patch 112884-0x, in which the new and modified commands are documented. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 33: Firmware Features

    Note – Refer to the System Controller Command Reference Manual and Platform Administration Manual shipped with firmware patch 114523-0x, in which the new and modified commands are documented. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 34: Firmware Features

    Note – Refer to the System Controller Command Reference Manual and Platform Administration Manual shipped with firmware patch 114524-0x, in which the new and modified commands are documented. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 35: Firmware Features

    Note – Refer to InfoDoc 79833 Understanding and Troubleshooting VCMON & CSTH-LITE errors for more information. You may also wish to refer to the Predictive Fault Monitoring in Sun Fire Servers blueprint, available at http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0405/819-2261.pdf Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 36: Service Mode

    Do not leave service mode enabled, once you have run the tests and/or gathered the error information. Type service to exit. 4800a-sc0:SC[service]> service 4800a-sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 37: System Controller Failover

    Jun 10 14:19:00 sc1-4800a Platform.SC: Chassis is in dual partition mode. Jun 10 14:19:20 sc1-4800a Platform.SC: Main System Controller Jun 10 14:19:20 sc1-4800a Platform.SC: SC Failover: disabled sc1-4800a:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 38: Resetting The System Controller Board

    If you must press the reset button, take down any active domains first. Status LED definition is as per the System Boards. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 39: Maintenance Buses - I2C & Fru-Id

    FRU had a hardware fault. This information is for operations use only (board repair centers). The only way to extract this information is by using specially designed utilities that are not available in the field. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 40: Id Board

    Domain C ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff ffffffff Domain D ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff ffffffff SSC0 08:00:20:d8:86:25 80d88625 SSC1 08:00:20:d8:86:26 80d88626 System Serial Number: 105M2ED0 sc0-4800:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 41: Fan Trays And Blower Assemblies

    Remove the upper left blower assemblies and FT3 (rear) when viewing the system from the rear, FT1. The platform cools with the remaining three blower assemblies, FT0, FT2, and FT3. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 42: Dc Power Distribution

    PS0, PS1, PS2 56VDC 300-1441 F4800 PS0, PS1, PS2 56VDC 300-1460 F4810 PS0, PS1, PS2 56VDC 300-1459 F6800 PS0–PS5 56VDC 300-1459 Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 43: Dc Power Distribution, Sun Fire 6800

    Power Grid 1 consists of power supplies PS3, PS4, and PS5. You must have a minimum of two power supplies for each power grid. (Grid1) (Grid0) (Grid1) (Grid0) (Grid1) (Grid0) Front View Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 44: System Leds

    Removal OK (amber) You can safely remove the You must not remove the component under component under hot-pluggable conditions. hot-pluggable conditions. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 45: Ac Power Distribution

    The F4800 platform has three direct 200 to 240VAC inputs to the chassis. Note – On the F6800 platform: The front RTU powers grid0 The rear RTU powers grid1 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 46: Rtu/Rts Connectors & Indicators

    The relay is de-energized and undocked. Right Amber The module has a fault. The module does not have a fault. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 47: Installing The Administration Console

    The ethernet cable goes into the connector marked TP-> Directly connect to the F3800 and F4800 system controllers by the splitter cable provided. Serial port B is used by the framemanager. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 48: Accessing The Platform Shell

    Your admin workstation must be running Solaris 9 or above. Note that you can ssh in from a PC if it has a win32 SSH client installed. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 49: Rsa & Dsa Authentication

    RSA over DSA. This is not configurable. Future releases of Solaris will introduce HostKeyAlgorithms, which will allow access using the DSA Host key on the system controller. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 50: Regenerating Ssh Host Keys Using Ssh-Keygen

    Offending key is entry 1 in /home/brianja/.ssh/known_hosts RSA host key for 6800b-sc0 has changed and you have requested strict checking. chronos% Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 51: Introducing Platform Management

    RTOS and start the ScApp. If successful you will be in the platform shell. Hardware Reset... @(#) SYSTEM CONTROLLER(SC) POST 38 2003/11/18 21:21 PSR = 0x044010e5 PCR = 0x04004000 Memory size = 32MB Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 52 2 for domain B console Type 3 for domain C console Type 4 for domain D console Input: 0 6800b-sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 53: Configuring The Platform

    The system controller does not have permanent storage. It stores errors, warnings, modifications, and other messages that are server- specific logging information in a circular queue. To enhance accountability, messages are sent to a log host. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 54 However, the scope of the command is different depending on whether you execute the command from a platform shell or domain shell. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 55: Managing Platform Time-Of-Day (Tod)

    You can set the system controller TOD using rdate. The host must be a valid system name, and the system must support rdate requests: 6800b-sc0:SC> setdate -r 172.16.40.5 Tue Aug 10 15:34:20 BST 2004 6800b-sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 56: Configuring An Sntp Server For The System Controllers

    Using device /dev/eri (promiscuous mode) sc1-4800a -> inst-ws client (Thu Feb 7 06:28:16 2036) inst-ws -> sc1-4800a server (Fri May 10 09:08:20 2002) Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 57: Setupplatform

    Idle connection timeout (in minutes; 0 means no timeout) [0]: Loghosts -------- Loghost []: 172.16.40.5 Log Facility [local0]: SNTP ---- SNTP server []: 172.16.40.5 SNMP ------------------------------------- Platform Description [Sun Fire 6800]: Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 58: Rebooting The System Controller

    Rebooting the system controller noname.example.com:SC> reboot Are you sure you want to reboot the system controller now? [no] yes Software Reset Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 59: Setting Up The Loghost

    The solution is to use a syslog parsing tool. An example is sclogger. With sclogger, all the messages get mapped to a common facility, and sclogger splits the messages into appropriate files. Load the parsing tools from http://pts-americas.west/esg/msg/techinfo/platform/sun_fire/tools/ Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 60: Powering On And Powering Off System Components

    Powering on the power supplies automatically powers on the fan trays. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 61: Firmware Upgrades

    Firmware is available from sunsolve, in the form of a patch. Refer to http://pts-americas.west/esg/msg/techinfo/platform/sun_fire/firmware-matrix/ for patch numbers and supported revisions Use showboards -p version (or showboards -p proms) & showsc to show the revision of your firmware. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 62 Version build: 14.1 Version String: 5.18.0 RTOS version: 41 SC POST diag level: off Clock source is: 75MHz sc1-4800c:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 63: Flashupdate

    Systemboards values are: System board sb0 to sb5 I/O assembly ib6 to ib9 <domain> is the letter A, B, C, or D flashupdate -u is not recommended. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 64: Ftp Server Setup

    # verify you are root /usr/bin/id | grep -w ’uid=0’ >/dev/null 2>&1 and finishes... #fi #chown root ${ftphome}/pub #chmod 1755 ${ftphome}/pub Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 65: Ftp Server Setup At Solaris 9

    Archive: 114524-02.zip creating: 114524-02/ inflating: 114524-02/Sun_Fire_Entry Level_Midrange_Sys_Admin_Guide.pdf inflating: 114524-02/Sun_Fire_Entry-Level_Midrange_SC_Comm_Ref_Manual.pdf inflating: 114524-02/copyright inflating: 114524-02/lw8cpu.flash inflating: 114524-02/lw8pci.flash inflating: 114524-02/sgcpu.flash inflating: 114524-02/sgiowci.flash inflating: 114524-02/sgiowci_sp.flash inflating: 114524-02/sgpci.flash inflating: 114524-02/sgrtos.flash inflating: 114524-02/sgsc.flash Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 66: Flashupdate - Command Examples

    Adding 2854 symbols for standalone. Flashupdate Connecting to v4m-5o.uk.sun.com... Transferring sgrtos.flash via FTP : 688144 Comparing image and flash... Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 67 Feb 16 14:39:42 6800b-sc1 Platform.SC: Clock Source: 75MHz Feb 16 14:40:14 6800b-sc1 Platform.SC: Spare System Controller Feb 16 14:40:15 6800b-sc1 Platform.SC: Starting telnet server ... Feb 16 14:40:15 6800b-sc1 Platform.SC: SC Failover: disabled Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 68 Software Reset... @(#) SYSTEM CONTROLLER(SC) POST 19 2001/08/08 14:42 PSR = 0x044010e5 PCR = 0x04004000 Basic sanity checks done. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 69 MAC address is 0:3:ba:7:37:7c Hostname: 6800b-sc0 Address: 192.77.43.96 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Attached TCP/IP interface to eri unit 0 Attaching interface lo0...done Gateway: 192.77.43.220 interrupt: 100 Mbps half duplex link up Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 70 Note – Run setupplatform to enter the sntp server name and add a logical hostname or IP address. Make sure SC failover is enabled. Check with the showfailover command. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 71: Replacing An Sc In A Single Sc Configuration

    There is no method of powering off any components, since there is no access to the platform shell. The only option is to turn off the keyswitch on the rack. Replace the system controller, using anti-static procedures at all times. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 72 A console Type for domain B console Type for domain C console Type for domain D console Input: 0 6800b-sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 73: Replacing An Sc In A Dual Sc Platform (5.13.X & Above)

    SC Failover: enabled and active. sc1-6800:SC> Caution – When replacing SSC0, you must replace it with an SC at firmware revision 5.13.x or above. Refer to FIN I0850-1 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 74: Managing Shell Passwords

    To set a password for the platform, type the following: sc0-4800a:SC> password Enter new password: xxyyzz Enter new password again: xxyyzz Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 75: Overriding Shell Passwords

    Feb 23 14:49:31 sc0 Platform.SC: Stopping all services on this SC Feb 23 14:49:31 sc0 Platform.SC: All services on this SC have been stopped. Software Reset... @(#) SYSTEM CONTROLLER(SC) POST 38 2003/11/18 21:21. Platform Shell noname.example.com:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 76: Environmental And Platform Monitoring

    The explorer option “scextended” gathers much of this data. Run this on the loghost workstation. /opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer -w default,scextended,fru Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 77: Segments And Domains

    OpenBoot PROM OpenBoot PROM OpenBoot PROM Domain shell A Domain shell B Domain shell C Domain shell D (SC) (SC) (SC) (SC) Platform shell (system controller) Platform hardware Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 78: Definitions Of Segments And Domains

    Sun Fireplane Switch boards to establish a "snoopy" coherent system. Domains share the Sun Fireplane switch boards in their segments. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 79: Domain Ids

    A, B, C, D Below is an example of an F6800 platform configured with four domains RP0/RP1 RP2/RP3 domain A domain B domain C domain D Segment 0 Segment 1 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 80: Segmenting The Platform

    Jun 10 15:30:09 6800a-sc1 Platform.SC: Moving RP3 to partition 1 Jun 10 15:30:09 6800a-sc1 Platform.SC: Chassis is in dual partition mode. 6800a-sc1:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 81: Assigning Boards To Domains

    Not tested Isolated /N0/IB8 PCI I/O Board Assigned Not tested A PCI I/O Board Available Not tested Isolated 6800b-sc0:SC> addboard -d C sb1 sb3 ib7 ib9 6800b-sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 82 We have seen domain A on a 6800 with odd numbered sb/ib’s and domain C with even numbered sb/ib’s. Make sure you understand the issues when setting up segments & domains. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 83: Setupdomain

    Public Community String [C-public]: Private Community String [C-private]: sc0-4800a:C> Additional resources – The following references provide additional details: Platform Administration manual and System Controller Command Reference Manual Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 84: Showdomain

    ACLs ---- ACL for Domain C: SB0 SB2 SB4 IB6 IB8 PROC RTUs reserved for domain C: 0 sc0-4800a:C> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 85: Domain Access Control List (Acl)

    ACL for Domain B: SB0 SB2 SB4 IB6 IB8 ACL for Domain C: SB1 SB3 SB5 IB7 IB9 ACL for Domain D: SB1 SB3 SB5 IB7 IB9 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 86: Backup And Restore A System Controller

    Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 87: Restoreconfig Command

    In case the data retrieved are encrypted, user will be prompted to enter the password for decryption. -f -- specify a URL to restore from Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 88: Example - Relative & Absolute Pathnames

    Use an absolute pathname as below. sc0-4800a:SC> restoreconfig -f ftp://beej:abc123@172.16.40.5//SunFire/dumps Refer to page 72 for an example of the restoreconfig command. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 89: Starting And Stopping A Domain

    To display the virtual keyswitch state, use the showkeyswitch command. 6800b-sc0:SC> showkeyswitch Domain A keyswitch is: on Domain B keyswitch is: off Domain C keyswitch is: standby Domain D keyswitch is: off 6800b-sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 90: Starting The Domain - Example

    {/N0/SB4/P1} Running Basic CPU {/N0/SB4/P2} @(#) lpost 5.16.0 2003/12/24 09:54 {/N0/SB4/P2} Copyright 2001-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 91 {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: W-Cache Initialization {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: W-Cache SnoopTAGS Test {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: P-Cache RAM Test {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: W-Cache Initialization {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: P-Cache RAM Test {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: P-Cache TAGS Test Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 92 {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: Map LPOST to local space {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: Map LPOST to local space {/N0/SB4/P0} Running FPU Tests {/N0/SB4/P1} Running FPU Tests Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 93 {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: Memory MARCH C- {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: Memory Alternating Multiple Access Selection {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: Memory Alternating Multiple Access Selection {/N0/SB4/P0} Running Ecache Functional {/N0/SB4/P1} Running Ecache Functional {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: E-Cache Functional Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 94 {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: SOFTINT Register and Interrupt Test {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: CPU Tick and Tick Compare Registers Test {/N0/SB4/P1} Subtest: CPU Tick and Tick Compare Registers Test Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 95 All rights reserved. {/N0/SB4/P0} Use is subject to license terms. {/N0/SB4/P0} Subtest: PCI IO Controller Register Initialization for aid 0x1c {/N0/SB4/P0} Running PCI IO Controller Functional Tests Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 96 All CPUs saturate /SB4/P0’s memory controller {/N0/SB4/P1} All CPUs saturate /SB4/P1’s memory controller {/N0/SB4/P1} All CPUs saturate /SB4/P0’s memory controller Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 97: Show-Post-Results & Probe-Scsi-All

    17 - Status = Pass, Type: CPU/Memory E-cache: 8 MB R-freq: 900 MHz A-freq: 900 MHz port 18 - Status = On blacklist, Type: CPU/Memory agent status = On blacklist N0/SB4/P2/B0/L0 On blacklist Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 98 {10} ok printenv boot-device boot-device disk (disk diskifp diskglm diskc net) {10} ok devalias disk disk /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@0,0 {10} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 99: Resetting A Hung Domain

    Do you want to continue? [no] yes NOTICE: XIR on CPU 6 debugger entered. {6} ok 6800b-sc0:A> showresetstate -v -f ftp://v4m-5o.uk.sun.com/pub Created: ftp://v4m-5o.uk.sun.com/pub/6800b-domA.resetstate.040129120648 6800b-sc0:A> resume {6} ok sync panic[cpu6]/thread=2a10000bd40: sync initiated Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 100: Connection Refused, Console Busy

    Domain A 4 chronos.UK.Sun.COM Jan 23 15:32 Platform 6800b-sc0:SC> disconnect 3 6800b-sc0:SC> console a Connected to Domain A {4} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 101: Navigating Between Shells

    ~# command sequence to move from the Solaris Operating Environment (or OpenBoot PROM) to the system controller domain shell. Refer to SRDB 45687 for assistance on break sequences. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 102: Escape Sequence

    (#), enclose the string in double quotes. (for example, "#.") -h -- display this help message 6800b-sc0:SC> setescape "#." 6800b-sc0:SC> showescape 6800b-sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 103: Sun Fire Device Tree

    Sun Fire Device Tree Sun Fire Device Tree Many Sun Microsystems™ documents refer to the slots connected to the schizos as pci@1, pci@2, pci@3 This is misleading. This will only be the case for certain cards (e.g. qfe, sunswift) A PCI Single FC Host Adapter in slot 0, for example, will be qlc@1.
  • Page 104 /failsafe (serial) /virtual-memory (virtual-memory) /memory@0,0 (memory) /packages /packages/SUNW,builtin-drivers /packages/obp-tftp /packages/terminal-emulator /packages/disk-label /packages/deblocker /chosen /options /aliases /openprom /openprom/client-services {2} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 105: Sun Fire Physical Device Mapping

    AID for an MMU is the same as its processor AID but with a different offset. The offset is 0 for processors and 400000 for memory. Device tree entries for a CPU and associated memory is: Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 106: Processor/Memory Controller Aids (Hex In Brackets)

    PCI controller – Determines which I/O device drive to use. Device instance – Specifies device referencing, which is used by the kernel. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 107: Schizo Aids (Hex In Brackets)

    31 (1f) Schizo PCI Bus Offset Bus A - offset 600000 - Provides 66/33 MHz PCI bus Bus B - offset 700000 - Provides 33 MHz PCI bus Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 108: Eight-Slot Pci I/O Assembly Slot Assignments

    Logical layout as above, physical layout as below Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Handle LEDs Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 109: Six-Slot Cpci I/O Assembly Slot Assignments

    (Slot 4) pci@2 (Slot 5) Logical layout as above, physical layout as below LEDs Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 110: Four-Slot Cpci I/O Assembly Slot Assignments

    (Slot 0) pci@1 (Slot 1) pci@1 (Slot 2) pci@1 (Slot 3) Logical layout as above, physical layout as below LEDs Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 111: Setdefaults

    Use is subject to license terms. SmartFirmware, Copyright (C) 1996-2001. All rights reserved. 16384 MB memory installed, Serial #50804601. Ethernet address 0:3:ba:7:37:79, Host ID: 83073779. {2} ok set-defaults {2} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 112: Nvram Domain Configuration Variables

    (false) oem-banner oem-banner? false (false) security-mode none (none) security-password security-#badlogins hardware-revision last-hardware-update #power-cycles diag-switch? true (false) {2} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 113: Changing System Configuration Variables

    The devalias Command Check out the device aliases: {2} ok devalias disk disk /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@0,0 {2} ok devalias cdrom cdrom /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@6,0:f {2} ok devalias net /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,hme {2} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 114: Device Aliases

    First, check out the disk path: {2} ok show-disks a) /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/SUNW,ifp@3/ssd b) /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd q) NO SELECTION Enter Selection, q to quit: q {2} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 115 /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@6,0:f disk /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@0,0 disk0 /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@0,0 disk1 /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@1,0 disk2 /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@2,0 disk3 /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@3,0 disk4 /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@4,0 disk5 /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@5,0 def-cn /sgcn diskifp /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/SUNW,ifp@1/ssd@0,0 diskglm /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/scsi@2/disk@0,0 scsi /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@1/SUNW,hme {2} ok Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 116: Auto-Diagnosis Engine (Ade) Case Study

    FRU-List-Count: 2; FRU-PN: 5014953; FRU-SN: 001494; FRU-LOC: RP0 FRU-PN: 5014362; FRU-SN: 012675; FRU-LOC: /N0/SB4 Recommended-Action: Service action required {/N0/SB2/P0} Unpopulated {/N0/SB2/P1} Unpopulated Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 117 {/N0/SB2/P3} Passed {/N0/SB4/P0} Unpopulated {/N0/SB4/P1} Unpopulated {/N0/SB4/P2} Passed {/N0/SB4/P3} Passed Testing IO Boards ... Loading the test table from board IB6 PROM 0 ... {/N0/IB6/P0} Passed {/N0/IB6/P1} Passed Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 118 Note – After Auto restoration, the domain has come up with no errors. I would be not, however, be happy to bring this domain into production without further analysis. Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 119 AccAdrPErr [16:16] : 0x1 accumulated address parity errors ErrorData[2] Date: Fri May 02 14:51:44 GMT+01:00 2003 Device: /partition0/domain0/SB0/ar0 ErrorID: 0x10421009 Register: SafariPortError9[0x290] : 0x00000001 AdrPErr [00:00] : 0x1 Address parity error ErrorData[3] Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 120 Date: Fri May 02 14:53:04 GMT+01:00 2003 Device: /partition0/domain0/SB4/ar0 ErrorID: 0x10421009 Register: SafariPortError9[0x290] : 0x00000001 AdrPErr [00:00] : 0x1 Address parity error Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 121: Re-Assigning Hostid/Mac Address

    ----- ------ ------ SSC0 On System Controller Main Passed SSC1 On System Controller Spare On Sun Fire 4800 Centerplane On A153 Power Supply On A153 Power Supply Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 122 Not tested C /N0/IB8 Off PCI I/O Board Assigned Not tested C sc0:SC> setupplatform -p hostid HostID/MAC Address Swap ----------------------- Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 123 Note – At a convenient time for the customer, take down domain C, replace RP0 and re-assign everything to domain A> Make the platform single segment again, swap the MAC addresses back and bring up domain A. Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

  • Page 124: Re-Setting Component Health Status

    -s ok -r "see case 3221876" -c sb4 sc0:SC[service]> showchs -b Component Status --------------- -------- sc0:SC[service]> service sc0:SC> Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 125 Auto-diagnosis Engine (ADE) Case Study Sun Confidential: Internal Only SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...
  • Page 126 Auto-diagnosis Engine (ADE) Case Study Sun Confidential: Internal Only Sun Fire 3800 - 6800 Quick Reference Guide SunService Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Services...

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