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1. Choose the IP mode according to the services available in the network rarp config or to configure the port for failover standby The default for ENET1 is rarp the default for ENET2 is none that is no services are available on this port You must reset the server for the changes to take effect Set the IP address of the specified Ethernet port The default is 0 0 0 0 This command is only used if the ipmode is set to config You must reset the server for the changes to take effect Set the IP netmask of the specified Ethernet port The default is 0 0 0 0 This command is only used if the ipmode is set to config You must reset the server for the changes to take effect Chapter 3 Administering Your System 37 Command Type Configuration Other PMS daemon control TABLE 3 1 Command setipgateway b port_num addr sethostname hostname setservicemode truelfalse pmsd start p port_num e server_admin_state d pmsd stop p port_num pmsd slotaddressset s slot_num i ip_addr pmsd operset s slot_num all o maint_configl oper_configl graceful_reboot pmsd infoshow s slot_num all pmsd historyshow s slot_num all pmsd recoveryoperset s slot_numlall opclrstlrstpclpdlrb pmsd recoveryautooperset s slot_num all opclrstlrstpclpdl rb a startup_delay failure power onloff r retries p reset power cycle delay pmsd recoveryautoinfoshow s slot_numlall Permis
2. name I0O 5 autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled name I0O 4 autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled name I10 3 autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled name I0 2 autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled name CPU autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled name hotswap mode type string items 1 dev non value full m Ifyou see value basic underneath the default hotswap mode line then all of the I O slots in the Netra CT server have been set to basic hot swap You should see value disabled for every I O slot in the system in this situation m If you see value full underneath the default hotswap mode line then at least one of the I O slots in the Netra CT server has been set to full hot swap You must look at the entries for individual I O slots to determine if they have been set to basic or full hot swap mode in this situation Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 a If you see value enabled underneath an autoconfig line then that slot is set to full hot swap a If yousee value disabled underneath an autoconfig line then that slot is set to basic hot swap v To List Attachment Point IDs for I O Slots e As root on the server enter the command cfgadm For a Netra CT 810 server t
3. MOH is an application that runs on the alarm card the host CPU and satellite CPUs It monitors the field replaceable units FRUs in your system Software Required The MOH application requires the Solaris 9 or Solaris 8 2 02 operating environment and additional Netra CT platform specific Solaris patches that contain packages shown in TABLE 2 4 TABLE 2 4 Solaris Packages for the MOH Application Package Description SUNW2 jdrt Java Runtime Java Dynamic Management Kit JDMK package SUNWctmgx Netra CT management agent package SUNWctac Alarm card firmware package that includes the Netra CT management agent Download the Solaris patch updates from the web site http www sunsolve sun com Install the patch updates using the pat chadd command After these packages are installed they reside in the default installation directory opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 bin Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 25 26 The Netra High Availability Suite may be used to provide enhanced services for customer high availability applications It is required to use certain monitoring capabilities of the MOH application such as monitoring nfs and tftp daemons The Netra HA Suite is ordered and shipped separately from the Netra CT server The MOH application is always started on the alarm card the application requires a configuration file to be started on the Solaris operating environment on the CPU boards The MOH Configuration File T
4. and FIGURE 3 2 shows the LEDs on the system status panel for the Netra CT 410 server Chapter 3 Administering Your System 51 Netra CT810 FIGURE 3 1 System Status Panel Netra CT 810 Server TABLE 3 3 describes the system status panel LEDs for the Netra CT 810 server TABLE 3 3 System Status Panel LEDs for the Netra CT 810 Server LED HDD 0 HDD 1 Slot 1 Slots 2 7 Slot 8 SCB FAN 1 FAN 2 RMM PDU 1 PDU 2 PSU 1 PSU 2 LEDs Available Power and Okay to Remove Power and Okay to Remove Power and Okay to Remove Power and Okay to Remove Power and Okay to Remove Power and Fault Power and Fault Power and Fault Power and Okay to Remove Power and Fault DC only Power and Fault DC only Power and Okay to Remove Power and Okay to Remove Component Upper hard disk drive Lower hard disk drive Host CPU board installed in slot 1 1 0 boards or satellite CPU boards installed in slots 2 7 Alarm card installed in slot 8 System controller board behind the system status panel Upper fan tray behind the system status panel Lower fan tray behind the system status panel Removable media module Left power distribution unit behind the server Right power distribution unit behind the server Left power supply unit Right power supply unit 52 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 FIGURE 3 2 System Status Panel Netra CT 410 Server TABLE 3 4 describes the system status panel LEDs fo
5. monitor the system and provide status messages Refer to the Netra CT Server Software Developer s Guide for information on writing applications to interface with the MOH application Additional Troubleshooting Information For additional troubleshooting information refer to the Netra CT Server Service Manual Chapter 3 Administering Your System 57 58 Hot Swap on the Netra CT Server Most FRUs in the Netra CT system are hot swappable Hot swap a key feature of the PICMG standard means that a CompactPCI board that meets the PICMG standard can be reliably inserted into or extracted from a powered and operating CompactPCI platform without affecting the other functions of the platform The Netra CT system hot swap modes are shown in TABLE 3 8 TABLE 3 8 Netra CT System Hot Swap Modes Type of Hot Swap Description Basic The hardware connection disconnection process is performed automatically by the hardware while the software connection process requires user assistance through the cfgadm 1M command Full Both the hardware and the software connection process are performed automatically High Availability High availability hot swap provides the ability to control the hardware connection process This provides a higher degree of control than just indicating insertion and extraction of a board The hardware connection process is controlled by software on high availability systems such as the Netra CT server The Netra
6. that is no services are available on this port You must reset the alarm card for the changes to take effect Any one of the Ethernet ports can be configured for failover To do this set the IP mode to standby on one port and set the IP mode to rarp or config on the other port If the port configured for rarp or config fails the network traffic will be switched over to the port configured for standby For example hostname cli gt setipmode b 1 rarp hostname cli gt setipmode b 2 standby hostname cli gt reset ac 8 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 In this example ENET2 is set to standby If ENETI fails all network traffic is switched over to ENET2 m Set the IP address hostname cli gt setipaddr b port_num addr Set the IP address of the specified Ethernet port The default is 0 0 0 0 This command is only used if the ipmode is set to config You must reset the alarm card for the changes to take effect m Set the IP netmask hostname cli gt setipnetmask b port_num addr Set the IP netmask of the specified Ethernet port The default is 0 0 0 0 This command is only used if the ipmode is set to config You must reset the alarm card for the changes to take effect m Set the IP gateway hostname cli gt setipgateway b port_num addr Set the IP gateway of Ethernet port 1 The default is 0 0 0 0 You must reset the alarm card for the changes to take effect Setting
7. 14 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 a Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to go through a graceful soft power down wait for the system power LED to go off b Push the locking mechanism on the power supplies up unlocked to power down wait for the green LEDs on the power supplies to go off then push the locking mechanism on the power supplies down locked to power up Note on the Netra CT 810 server push the locking mechanism on both power supplies up and then down at the same time c Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to power on the server Configuring a Chassis Slot for a Board You can specify the type of board that is allowed in a given chassis slot using the alarm card CLI The slot usage information is used by the MOH application to audit board insertions and prevent misconfigurations You can also specify the boot device for the slot that is the path to the device the board in the slot will boot from When the board is powered on the FRU boot device information overwrites the entry in the OpenBoot PROM boot device NVRAM configuration variable on that board The chassis slot information can be changed at any time if desired using the alarm card CLI By default slots are configured to accept any cPCI FRU unless you specifically set an allowable plug in for a specific slot The exceptions are for a Netra CT 810 server the a
8. CONTREFA ON cf Adobe PostScript Contents Preface xi Introduction 1 Overview of Netra CT Server Software 1 System Administration Tasks 3 Configuring Your System 5 Accessing the Alarm Card 6 Configuring the Alarm Card Serial Ports 6 Configuring the Alarm Card Ethernet Ports 8 Setting Up User Accounts on the Alarm Card 9 Username Restrictions 10 Password Restrictions 10 Specifying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information 11 Specifying the Netra CT Server Functional Configuration 14 Configuring a Chassis Slot fora Board 15 Configuring the MCNet Interface 17 Choosing the IP Address for the MCNet 17 Checking the MCNet Configuration for the Solaris Environment 19 Checking the MCNet Configuration on the Alarm Card 20 Specifying Other FRU ID Information 20 Displaying Netra CT Server FRUID Information 21 Configuring the CPU Boards 25 Enabling the Managed Object Hierarchy Application 25 Software Required 25 The MOH Configuration File 26 Enabling the Processor Management Service Application 29 Stopping and Restarting the PMS Daemon on the Alarm Card 30 Setting the IP Address for the Alarm Card to Control CPU Boards 32 Administering Your System 33 Using the Alarm Card Command Line Interface 33 CLI Commands 34 Security Provided 39 Updating the Alarm Card Flash Images 40 Setting the Date and Time on the Alarm Card 42 Running Scripts on the Alarm Card 43 Using Scripting 43 Scripting Limitations 43 Administering the CPU Boards 44 Bootin
9. PMS probe to manage the state of nodes you must start that probe instead of the Netra HA Suite probe started by default To do this replace the Netra HA Suite probe startup script with the Netra CT server PMS startup script The Netra HA Suite probe startup script is installed by default in etc opt SUNWcgha init d nhprobe The Netra CT server PMS probe startup script is installed by default in opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 bin ctprobed The Netra CT PMS probe brings together the PMS partner list and the Netra HA Suite master and vice master cluster Refer to the pms API man pages for more information on partner lists the man pages are installed by default in opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 man Refer to the Netra HA Suite documentation for more information on this application Monitoring Your System This section describes various ways to monitor your system Command line Interface Information The alarm card CLI provides many commands to display system status Refer to the alarm card CLI commands in the section Using the Alarm Card Command Line Interface on page 33 in particular the show commands to view system status LED Information The system status panel is a module designed to give feedback on the status of the key components within the Netra CT server The system status panel has one set of LEDs for each component within that particular server FIGURE 3 1 shows the LEDs on the system status panel for the Netra CT 810 server
10. Up User Accounts on the Alarm Card User accounts are set up using the alarm card command line interface The default user account is netract and the password is sunclil This account is set to full authorization permissions This account can not be deleted however you should change the password on this account for security purposes before your Netra CT server is operational The alarm card supports 16 accounts with passwords Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 9 v To Set Up a User Account 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Add a user hostname cli gt useradd username 3 Add a password for that user hostname cli gt userpassword username By default new accounts are created with read only permission Permission levels can be changed using the userperm command refer to CLI Commands on page 34 for more information about permissions and the userperm command Username Restrictions The username field has a maximum length of 16 characters it must contain at least one lowercase alphabetic character and the first character must be alphabetic Valid characters for username include Alphabetic characters Numeric characters Period Underscore _ Hyphen Password Restrictions Passwords have the following restrictions m They must contain at least six characters but not more than eight characters only the first eight characters are considered if the password is longer than eight characters They must
11. cPCI slots m The MCNet configuration a default exists m System location information customer data information and user label information there are no defaults these are optional entries Some of this information is used by the MOH application to audit board insertions and prevent misconfigurations and to display information some is used by the MCNet interface The format of the information to be specified is hostname cli gt set fru fru_target fru_instance fru_field value Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 11 FRU ID information can be displayed using the CLI showfru command see Displaying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information on page 21 for more information TABLE 2 1 shows the FRU ID information that can be specified with the CLI set fru command TABLE 2 1 FRU ID Information Specified Using the set fru Command FRU Target FRU Instance FRU Field Value Description midplane midplane midplane midplane midplane midplane slot 1 Drawer_Cfg 1 MCNetIPSubnet 1 MCNetIPSubnetMask 1 Location 1 Cust_Data 1 User_Label 1to7 Acceptable_Fru_Types 1or2 IP subnet address hexadecimal IP subnet mask hexadecimal text description text description text description vendor partnumber 12 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Set the Netra CT functional configuration to 1 satellite only or 2 hosted or mixed Specify the IP subn
12. from a host or satellite CPU board in the same system as the alarm card As an example using the scripting feature you can write a script to configure an Ethernet port on the alarm card and then check to be sure it is configured the way you want This sample script runs the version command and the setipmode setipaddr showipmode and showipaddr commands for Ethernet port 2 on the alarm card rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress version rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress setipmode b 2 config rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress setipaddr b 2 addr rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress showipmode b 2 rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress showipaddr b 2 The script includes the rsh command the alarm card MCNet IP address and the CLI command s to run For information on the MCNet IP address refer to Configuring the MCNet Interface on page 17 for information on the CLI commands refer to TABLE 3 1 Scripting Limitations All the alarm card CLI commands in TABLE 3 1 are supported in a script except for the following interactive commands userpassword password console break and consolerestart For security reasons you must be a root user on a host or satellite CPU board in the same system as the alarm card The commands can be run only over the MCNet interface Chapter 3 Administering Your System 43 v To Run a Script on the Alarm Card 1 Log in to the server 2 Create a script rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress CLI_command rsh alar
13. fru fru_target fru_instance fru_field value Refer to TABLE 2 1 for allowable information for each variable For example if you want to set chassis slot 5 to boot from a device on the network enter the following hostname cli gt setfru slot 5 Boot _ Devices boot_device_list where boot_device_list is the alias es specifying the boot devices limit is 25 bytes for example disk net 4 Completely power off and on the system a Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to go through a graceful soft power down wait for the system power LED to go off b Push the locking mechanism on the power supplies up unlocked to power down wait for the green LEDs on the power supplies to go off then push the locking mechanism on the power supplies down locked to power up Note on the Netra CT 810 server push the locking mechanism on both power supplies up and then down at the same time 16 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 c Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to power on the server Configuring the MCNet Interface MCNet provides a communication channel over the cPCI midplane It can be used to communicate between the alarm card the host CPU board and satellite CPU boards It appears as any other generic Ethernet port in the Solaris operating environment MCNet is configured by default on Solaris host CPU and satellite CPUs and on th
14. on the alarm card the front ports are disabled on a rear access system Configuring the Alarm Card Serial Ports The alarm card has two serial ports COM1 and COM2 COM1 is configured for the console you can not change this port You can configure COM2 using the following CLI commands setserialmode setserialbaud setserialparity setserialstop setserialhwhandshake You must be logged in to the alarm card with a user account that has full permissions When you specify the port number port_num use 2 to reference serial port COM2 6 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 v To Configure the Alarm Card Serial Ports m Set the serial mode hostname cli gt setserialmode b port num tty none Set the mode of the specified serial port to tty or none The default for COM2 is none that is no services are available on this port m Set the serial baud rate hostname cli gt setserialbaud b port num baudrate Set the baud rate of the specified serial port Valid values are 1200 4800 9600 19200 38400 and 56000 The default is 9600 m Set the serial parity hostname cli gt setserialparity b port_num none odd even Set the parity bit of the specified serial port Valid values are none odd or even The default is odd m Set the serial stop bit hostname cli gt setserialstop b port_num none odd even Set the stop bit of the specified serial port Valid values are 1 or 2 The defa
15. sion a Alarm Card Command Line Interface Commands Continued Description Set the IP gateway of Ethernet port 1 The default is 0 0 0 0 You must reset the server for the changes to take effect Set the hostname to be used in the CLI prompt The default is net ract The maximum length is 32 characters Set the alarm card to allow or disallow flash updates Refer to Updating the Alarm Card Flash Images on page 40 for more information Start PMS on the alarm card Stop PMS on the alarm card Set the IP address for the alarm card to control and monitor a CPU board Enable automatic recovery of a CPU board Print PMS system information Print a log of PMS system events and time stamps Manually recover a board in case of fault Automatically recover a board in case of fault Print the configuration information affected by the recoveryautooperset command 38 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Command Type TABLE 3 1 Command pmsd hwoperset s slot_numlall o powerdown powerup reset mon_enable mon_disable f pmsd hwinfoshow s slot_num all pmsd hwhistoryshow s slot_num all pmsd osoperset s slot_num all o reboot mon_enablel mon_disable f pmsd osinfoshow s slot_num all pmsd oshistoryshow s slot_num all pmsd appoperset s slot_numlall o force_offlinel vote_activel force_active pmsd appinfoshow s slot_num all pmsd apphistory
16. 8 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 The pmsd hwinfoshow s slot_num al1l command can be used to print PMS system information on the hardware state monitoring status and alarm status whether an alarm was generated The pmsd hwhistoryshow s slot_num all command can be used to print a short log one line descriptions of messages pertaining to changes in the hardware s operations The log is printed to the ChorusOS operating environment Operating System Operations The pmsd osopersest s slot_num a1l1 command performs operations on the operating system The operations can only be performed in maintenance mode unless the optional f parameter is used You specify the operation to be performed on the specified slot by using the option o with the parameters reboot reboot the operating system mon_enable enable health monitoring of the operating system or mon_disable disable health monitoring of the operating system The optional f parameter can be used to perform the operation even if applications are in the active state The pmsd osinfoshow s slot_num all command can be used to print PMS system information on the operating system state monitoring status and alarm status whether an alarm was generated The pmsd oshistoryshow s slot_num al1 command can be used to print a short log one line descriptions of messages pertaining to changes in the operating system s operations The log is printed to th
17. CT system is configured for full hot swap by default You can change the mode of the slot for the CPU boards and I O boards to basic or full hot swap using the cfgadm 1M command You might want to change the hot swap state of a slot to basic for example if you need to insert or remove a third party I O board that does not have full hot swap support Note that whenever you reboot or power your system on and off the hot swap states revert back to the default full hot swap state for all I O slots Complete information on hot swapping FRUs is contained in the Netra CT Server Service Manual 1 Exceptions include the single power supply and the single hard disk drive in the Netra CT 410 server a single or lone remaining power supply and a single or lone remaining hard disk drive in the Netra CT 810 server and the power distribution units Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 How High Availability Hot Swap Works By default the Netra CT server is configured to accept any cPCI FRU unless you specifically set an allowable plug in for a specific slot Refer to Configuring a Chassis Slot for a Board on page 15 for more information When a board is inserted into the Netra CT server the alarm card checks the midplane FRU ID information for allowable FRUs for that slot then checks the inserted board s FRU ID to make sure the board is allowed in the particular slot If the board is allowed in the slot the alarm car
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19. OM firmware checks with the alarm card for a boot device for that slot if one exists the alarm card sends it to the OpenBoot PROM firmware which overwrites the NVRAM boot device variable with the new information If you use a DHCP server for downloading software to satellite CPUs you must configure the DHCP server to add certain information including the system s midplane Sun part number 7 bytes the system s midplane Sun serial number 6 bytes and the board s geographical address slot number 1 byte These form the 14 byte client ID Refer to Displaying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information on page 21 for information on using the showfru command to display the Sun part number and serial number For information on how to configure the DHCP server refer to the Netra HA Suite documentation on reliable DHCP boot Using the PMS Application for Recovery and Control of CPU Boards This section describes specifying recovery operations and controlling CPU boards through the alarm card PMS CLI commands Recovery Configuration of a CPU Board From the Alarm Card You specify the recovery configuration of a CPU board by using the command pmsd operset s slot_num al11 a single slot number or all slots in the Netra CT system containing a CPU board and the recovery mode disabled or enabled for the specified slot s The recovery configuration can be maintenance mode disabled or operational mode enabled Maintenance mode mean
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23. a810 hostname cli gt setfru midplane 1 MCNetIPSubnetMask Oxffffff00 3 Completely power off and on the system a Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to go through a graceful soft power down wait for the system power LED to go off b Push the locking mechanism on the power supplies up unlocked to power down wait for the green LEDs on the power supplies to go off then push the locking mechanism on the power supplies down locked to power up Note on the Netra CT 810 server push the locking mechanism on both power supplies up and then down at the same time c Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to power on the server 18 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Checking the MCNet Configuration for the Solaris Environment After you boot the Solaris operating environment you can check to see that MCNet has been configured by using the ifconfig a command You should see output for the mcnO interface similar to the following ifconfig a eri0 flags 10000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 1 inet 192 16 ether 8 0 2 100 flags 10 index 2 inet 127 0 0 1 netmask ff000000 mcn0O flags 10000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 3 inet 192 168 16 1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192 168 16 255 ether 8 0 20 a9 4d l1ld 207 64 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192 168 207 255 a9 4d 1
24. anagement application that monitors and manages MOH the field replaceable units FRUs in your system It provides support for high availability services and applications Processor Management Management application that provides support for Service PMS high availability services and applications such as the Netra High Availability HA Suite Firmware OpenBoot PROM firmware Firmware on the host and satellite CPU boards that Network Support Boot control firmware BCF Baseboard Management Controller BMC firmware System Management Controller SMC firmware MCNet controls booting It includes diagnostics Firmware on the alarm card that performs power on self test POST and controls booting of the alarm card software Baseboard Management Controller firmware enables communication over the Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI controller on the alarm card System Management Controller firmware enables communication over the IPMI controller on CPU boards MCNet is a communication channel over the cPCI midplane It can be used to communicate between the alarm card the host CPU board and any MCNet capable satellite CPU boards for exchanging system management information Note The Netra High Availability HA Suite may be used to provide enhanced services for customer high availability applications It is required to use certain monitoring capabilities of the MOH application such as monitoring nfs and tf
25. and mead Management applications running on oak and elm can read get information from MOH but they cannot write set information Management applications running on robin can read get and write set information from MOH The ACL file can be stored anywhere on your system When you start the MOH application and you want to use an ACL file you created you specify the complete path to the file Refer to the JOMK documentation http www sun com documentation for more information on ACL file format v To Enable the Managed Object Hierarchy on the CPU Boards 1 Log in to the server Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 27 28 2 Verify that the Solaris packages SUNW2jdrt SUNWctmgx and SUNWctac are installed pkginfo 1 SUNW2jdrt SUNWctmgx SUNWctac PKGINST SUNW2jdrt Create a configuration file in the format of a JDMK ACL configuration file Refer to the section The MOH Configuration File on page 26 for information on the configuration file and format As root start the MOH application cd opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 bin cmgtx cmgtx start option If you installed the Solaris patches in a directory other than the default directory specify that path instead Options that can be specified with cmgtx start when you start the MOH application include TABLE 2 5 cmgtx Options Option Description rmiport portnum Specify the Remote Method Invocation RMI port number The de
26. ard in one Netra CT system to another CPU board in another Netra CT system The MOH and PMS applications integrate with these Netra HA Suite foundation services reliable NFS reliable DHCP boot server and CGTP Carrier Grade Transport Protocol providing IP packet services The MOH application has to manage these services for example monitoring the nfs and t ftp daemons It does this through the node manager agent NMA For example if there is an NFS failure the MOH application will detect this failure The points of interaction between the Netra CT server software and the Netra HA Suite are m MOH software modules interact with the Netra HA Suite process monitor daemon PMD and NMA m MOH I O interfaces interact with the Netra HA Suite NMA and CGTP m PMS interacts with the Netra HA Suite probe v To Integrate the Netra High Availability Suite and the Netra CT Server Applications After you have installed the Netra HA Suite you may want to make the following customization for the Netra CT server 50 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 1 If you want to change the Netra HA Suite services that are started by default configure the Process Monitor Daemon PMD to start those services The Netra HA Suite starts RNFS RDHCP and CGTP by default You may want to start fewer or more services Refer to the Netra HA Suite documentation for more information on how to do this 2 If you want the Netra CT server
27. arting stopping and controlling the PMS daemon on the alarm card Refer to Enabling the Processor Management Service Application on page 29 and to Using the PMS Application for Recovery and Control of CPU Boards on page 45 for more information Add a user account The default user account is netract The alarm card supports 16 accounts Delete a user account Show user accounts Set or change the password of a specified user account Set or change the permission levels for a specified user account Log out of the current session Change the existing password Flash update the alarm card software where cmsw represents the chassis management software bcfw represents the boot control firmware bmcfw represents the BMC firmware rpdf represents the system configuration repository and scdf initializes the system configuration variables to their defaults Refer to Updating the Alarm Card Flash Images on page 40 for more information Display a list of supported commands Display the CLI version Set the current date The primary boot device for the alarm card is always the flash In case of flash failure the secondary boot device is used The default is rarp Display the secondary boot mode 36 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Command Type Configuration serial ports Configuration Ethernet ports TABLE 3 1 Command setntpserver addr none setfru h targe
28. ay to Remove LED 0 FIGURE 3 3 Power and Okay to Remove LEDs Green Power LED FIGURE 3 4 Power and Fault LEDs Amber Fault LED m TABLE 3 5 gives the LED states and meanings for any CompactPCI board installed in a slot in the Netra CT 810 server or Netra CT 410 server m TABLE 3 6 gives the LED states and meanings for any component other than a CompactPCI board that has the green Power and amber Okay to Remove LEDs m TABLE 3 7 gives the LED states and meanings for any component other than a CompactPCI board that has the green Power and amber Fault LEDs TABLE 3 5 CompactPCI Board LED States and Meanings Amber Green Okay to Power Remove LED state LED state Meaning Action Off Off The slot is empty or the system If there is a board installed in this slot then one of thinks that the slot is empty the following components is faulty because the system didn t detect e the board installed in the slot the board when it was inserted the alarm card e the system controller board Remove and replace the failed component to clear this state Blinking Off The board is coming up or going Do not remove the board in this state down On Off The board is up and running Do not remove the board in this state 54 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 TABLE 3 5 CompactPCI Board LED States and Meanings Continued Amber Green Okay to Power Remove LED state LED state Meaning Action Off On Th
29. contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special character alphabetic characters can be both uppercase and lowercase They must differ from the user s login name and any reverse or circular shift of that login name for comparison purposes uppercase and lowercase letters are equivalent 10 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 m The new password must differ from the old by at least three characters for comparison purposes uppercase and lowercase letters are equivalent Specifying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information A field replaceable unit FRU is a module or component that can typically be replaced in its entirety as part of a field service repair operation The Netra CT system FRUs include Host CPU board Alarm card System controller board SCB Power supply 1 Power supply 2 only on the Netra CT 810 server Fan tray 1 Fan tray 2 Satellite CPU boards 1 0 boards Midplane All FRUs contain FRU ID identification information that includes FRU manufacturing and configuration data This information can be displayed through the alarm card CLI see TABLE 2 3 In addition you enter certain FRU ID information through the alarm card CLI that is stored in the midplane This information includes m The functional configuration of the system there is no default m Allowable plug in boards a default exists and boot devices a default exists in OpenBoot PROM for the
30. covery configuration and alarm status for the recovery configuration The pmsd historyshow s slot_num all command can be used to print a recovery configuration message log The log is printed to the ChorusOS operating environment Detailed Recovery of a Board in Case of Fault You can perform detailed manual recovery operations on a board or instruct PMS to perform detailed automatic recovery operations on a board using the CLI The operations are performed across the hardware the operating system and the applications 46 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 For manual recovery use the pmsd recoveryoperset s slot_num all command This command can only be run when the board is in maintenance mode offline You specify the recovery operation to be performed on the specified slot by using the option o with the parameters pc power cycle rst reset rstpc reset then power cycle pd power down or rb reboot For automatic recovery use the recoveryautooperset s slot_num all command This command instructs PMS what to do in response to a fault when the board is in operational mode active You specify the automatic recovery operation to be performed on the specified slot by using the option o with the parameters pc power cycle rst reset rstpc reset then power cycle pd power down or rb reboot Optional parameters for automatic recovery include d startup_delay the time in deciseco
31. d 0849 lt UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 Ooo oa To test for actual communication use the ping s command You should see output similar to the following ping s 192 168 16 3 PING 192 168 13 3 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192 168 16 3 icmp_seq 0 time 1 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 16 3 icmp_seq 1 time 0 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 16 3 icmp_seq 2 time 0 ms 192 168 16 3 PING statistics 14 packets transmitted 14 packets received 0 packet loss round trip ms min avg max 0 0 1 Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 19 Checking the MCNet Configuration on the Alarm Card After you configure the MCNet interface you can check to see that it has been configured by using the CLI shownetwork command You should see output similar to the following hostname cli gt shownetwork Netract network configuration is ethernet ports ip_addr 192 168 207 130 ip_netmask Oxffffff00 mac_address 00 03 ba 13 c4 dd ip_addr 192 168 13 8 ip_netmask OxffffffoO0 mac_address 00 03 ba 13 c4 dd hostname cli gt Specifying Other FRU ID Information You can use the FRU fields Location Cust_Data and User_Label to enter any customer specific information about your system These are optional entries by default there is no information stored in these fields Information entered in the Location field is displayed through the MOH application You might want to use the Location FRU field t
32. d CLI set fru command can be displayed using the showfru command Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 21 TABLE 2 3 shows the FRU ID information that can be displayed with the CLI showfru command Use the FRU field to specify the information you want TABLE 2 3 FRU ID Information Displayed Using the showfru Command FRU FRU Target Instance FRU Field Description midplane 1 Sun_Part_No Display the part number for the midplane midplane 1 Sun_Serial_No Display the serial number for the midplane midplane 1 Drawer_Cfg Display the functional configuration satellite hosted or mixed for this system midplane 1 MCNetIPSubnet Display the MCNet IP subnet address in hexadecimal format for this system midplane 1 MCNetIPSubnetMask Display the MCNet IP subnet mask in hexadecimal format for this system midplane 1 Vendor_Name Display the vendor name for the midplane midplane 1 Fru_Shortname Display the FRU short name for the midplane midplane 1 Initial HW_Dash_ Level Display the initial hardware dash level of the midplane midplane 1 Initial_HW_Rev_Level Display the initial hardware revision level of the midplane midplane 1 Location Display any customer supplied text specified for the Location of this system midplane 1 User_Label Display any customer supplied text for this field midplane 1 Cust_Data Display any customer supplied text for this field slot 1 to 8 Sun_Part_No Display the part number for the board in a particular slot slo
33. d Using the setfru Command 12 Netra CT Server Functional Configurations 14 FRU ID Information Displayed Using the showfru Command 22 Solaris Packages for the MOH Application 25 cmgtx Options 28 Alarm Card Command Line Interface Commands 34 Alarm Card Flash Options 40 System Status Panel LEDs for the Netra CT 810 Server 52 System Status Panel LEDs for the Netra CT 410 Server 53 CompactPCI Board LED States and Meanings 54 Meanings of Power and Okay to Remove LEDs 55 Meanings of Power and Fault LEDs 56 Netra CT System Hot Swap Modes 58 x Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Preface The Netra CT Server System Administration Guide contains configuration and administration information for system administrators of the Netra CT 810 and 410 servers This manual assumes you are familiar with UNIX commands and networks How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 contains an introduction to the Netra CT software Chapter 2 contains information on configuring your system Chapter 3 describes how to administer your system xi Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning AaBbCc123 The names of commands files and directories on screen computer output AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted with on screen computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms words to be emphasized Replace command line variables with real names or values The settings on your browser might differ fr
34. d powers up the board If the board is not allowed in the slot the alarm card does not enable power to the slot If a host or satellite CPU board is in use that is has applications currently running the alarm card CLI power commands such as poweron or powerof f will not work for that CPU board Hot Swap With Boards That Don t Support Full Hot Swap You might want to change the hot swap state of a slot from full to basic if you need to insert or remove a third party I O board that does not have full hot swap support To determine the current hot swap state of a slot you use the prt conf 1M command To enable or disable a type of hot swap on a slot you use the cfgadm 1M command For many cfgadm commands you must know the attachment point ID for the I O slot that you will be working on Chapter 3 Administering Your System 59 60 v To Determine the Current Hot Swap State of a Slot e As root on the server enter the command prtconf v P For a Netra CT 810 server the output is similar to the following cphsc instance 0 System properties name instance type int items 1 value 00000000 name default hotswap mode type string items 1 value full Driver properties name AL 8 autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled name 10 7 autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled name I0O 6 autoconfig type string items 1 dev non value enabled
35. ddr for the specified port b port_num number 34 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Command Type Power control CPU control TABLE 3 1 Command showipnetmask b port_num showipgateway b port_num showdate showntpserver u howfru target instance field showhostname poweroff cpu_node poweron cpu_node powersupply n on off console cpu_node break cpu_node consolerestart reset h cpu_node x cpu_node ac host p cpu_node setpanicdump cpu_node Permis sion Alarm Card Command Line Interface Commands Continued Description Display the value of ip_netmask for the specified port number Display the value of ip_gateway for the specified port number Display the system date Display the IP address of the NTP server Display FRU ID information Refer to Displaying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information on page 21 for more information Display the value of the hostname used in the CLI prompt Power off the specified CPU node slot where cpu_node can be 1 to 8 ona Netra CT 810 or 1 to5 on a Netra CT 410 if no node is specified power off the whole system Power on the specified CPU node slot where cpu_node can be 1 to 8 ona Netra CT 810 or 1 to5 on a Netra CT 410 if no node is specified power on the whole system Switch on or off the specified power supply unit Enter console mode and connect to the specified CPU node where c
36. delay f failure power on off r retries p reset power cycle delay where slot_num can be a slot number from 1 to 8 and a11 specifies all slots containing CPU boards For example to instruct PMS to automatically reboot slot 5 after a fault enter the following hostname cli gt pmsd recoveryautooperset s 5 o rb Printing PMS Automatic Recovery Information The pmsd recoveryautoinfoshow s slot_num all1 command can be used to print information showing the configuration information affected by the recoveryautooperset command Monitoring and Controlling a CPU Board s Resources From the Alarm Card PMS normally performs operations on a board s hardware the operating system and applications You can specify that PMS performs one of these rather than all Hardware Operations The pmsd hwopersest s slot_num a1l1 command performs operations on the hardware The operations can only be performed in maintenance mode unless the optional f parameter is used You specify the operation to be performed on the specified slot by using the option o with the parameters powerdown set the hardware to the power off state powerup set the hardware to the power on state reset reset the hardware mon_enable enable health monitoring of the hardware or mon_disable disable health monitoring of the hardware The optional f parameter can be used to perform the operation even if applications are in the active state 4
37. e alarm card MCNet is used by the MOH and PMS applications Choosing the IP Address for the MCNet The IP address of the MCNet interfaces on the CPU boards is formed as follows the midplane FRU ID field MCNet IPSubnet contains the value IP_subnet_address slot_number The default IP subnet address is 0xc0a80d 192 168 13 and the default IP subnet mask is Oxffffff00 255 255 255 0 When you power on the Netra CT server and if you have not made any changes for the MCNet interface in the midplane FRU ID the IP address of a board installed in slot 2 will be configured to 192 168 13 2 if you then move that board to slot 4 the IP address for that board will be configured to 192 168 13 4 The IP address of the MCNet interface on the alarm card is always the midplane FRU ID field MCNet IPSubnet value IP_subnet_address 8 This is the case for the alarm card in the Netra CT 810 server and in the Netra CT 410 server v To Configure the MCNet Interface 1 Log in to the alarm card Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 17 2 Set the FRU ID for the MCNet interface hostname cli gt set fru fru_target fru_instance fru_field value Refer to TABLE 2 1 for allowable information for each variable You must set both the MCNet IP subnet address and the subnet mask in hexadecimal format For example to set the subnet address to 192 168 16 and the subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 enter the following hostname cli gt setfru midplane 1 MCNetIPSubnet 0xc0
38. e ChorusOS operating environment Application Operations The pmsd appopersest s slot_num al1 command performs operations on the applications You specify the operation to be performed on the specified slot by using the option o with the parameters force_offline force the applications to an offline state vote active move the group of applications to the active state only if all of the applications agree to be moved or force_active force the applications to the active state The pmsd appinfoshow s slot_num all command can be used to print PMS system information on the applications state and alarm status whether an alarm was generated The pmsd apphistoryshow s slot_num al1 command can be used to print a short log one line descriptions of messages pertaining to changes in the applications operations The log is printed to the ChorusOS operating environment Chapter 3 Administering Your System 49 Printing Other PMS Information The pmsd version command prints the current version of pmsd The pmsd usage command prints a synopsis of the pmsd commands Using the Netra High Availability Suite With the Netra CT Server Applications The Netra High Availability HA Suite software provides enhanced services for customer high availability applications When installed it runs on the host and satellite CPU boards The Netra HA Suite provides reliable redundant services across CPU boards you can fail over from one CPU bo
39. e board is powered off You can remove the board in this state Blinking On The board is powered on but it Wait several seconds to see if the green Power LED is offline for some reason for stops blinking If it does not stop blinking after example a fault was detected on several seconds enter cfgadm al and verify that the board the board is in the unconfigured and disconnected state then perform the necessary action depending on the board e Alarm card You can remove the alarm card in this state e All other boards Power off the slot through the alarm card software then remove the board On On The board is powered on and is Deactivate the board using one of the following in use but a fault has been detected on the board methods e Use the cfgadm f c unconfigure command to deactivate the board Note that in some cases this may cause the system to panic depending on the nature of the board hardware or software e Halt the system and power off the slot through the alarm card software then remove the board The green Power LED will then give status information e If the green Power LED goes off then you can remove the board e If the green Power LED remains on then you must halt the system and power off the slot through the alarm card software TABLE 3 6 Meanings of Power and Okay to Remove LEDs Power LED Okay to Remove LED el LED State On Solid Component is installed and Component is Okay to Rem
40. e exists in persistent storage m Whether to reset persistent storage to the default values on the alarm card default is to use existing persistent storage You specify the port number for pmsd using the parameter port_num You specify the state in which to start pmsd using the parameter server_admin_state This parameter may be set to force_unavail force pmsd to start in the unavailable state force_avail force pmsd to start in the available state or vote_avail start pmsd in the available state but only if all conditions have been met to make it available if all the conditions have not been met pmsd will not become available You specify whether to reset persistent storage to the default values on the alarm card using the d option Data in persistent storage remains across reboots or power on and off cycles If you do not specify d pmsd is started using its existing persistent storage configuration if you specify d the persistent storage configuration is reset to the defaults for pmsd The d option would typically be specified only to perform a bulk reset of persistent storage To Manually Stop the Processor Management Service on the Alarm Card Log in to the alarm card Stop the PMS daemon with the stop command hostname cli gt pmsd stop p port_num where port_num is the port number to stop pmsd on The default is port 10300 To Manually Start the Processor Management Service on the Alarm Card L
41. et address for the MCNet The default is 0xc0a80d 192 168 13 Specify the IP subnet mask for the MCNet The default is Oxfffff 00 255 255 255 0 A description of the location for example the number on the chassis label of the Netra CT system This description is used in the MOH application The text can be up to 80 characters in length Any customer supplied information The text can be up to 80 characters in length Any customer supplied information The text can be up to 10 characters in length First specify the chassis slot number to be configured where the FRU Instance can be 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 for a Netra CT 810 and 2 3 4 or 5 for a Netra CT 410 Slots are numbered starting from the left Second specify the allowable plug in board s for that slot where the value is the vendor name and part number separated by a colon of the board Use the showfru command to display this information Multiple boards may be specified separated by a semi colon The default is to allow all cPCI boards FRU Target slot slot fan ps scb TABLE 2 1 FRU Instance FRU Field 1to7 Boot_Devices 1to7 Cust_Data 1or2 Cust_Data 1or2 Cust_Data 1 Cust_Data Value boot_device_ list text description text description text description text description FRU ID Information Specified Using the set fru Command Continued Description First specify the chassis slot number to be configured whe
42. etra CT Server FRU ID Information Specifying the Netra CT Server Functional Configuration Configuring a Chassis Slot for a Board Configuring the MCNet Interface Specifying Other FRU ID Information Displaying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information Configuring the CPU Boards Enabling the Managed Object Hierarchy Application Enabling the Processor Management Service Application Accessing the Alarm Card When you initially access the alarm card you must do so over serial port COM1 console using an ASCII terminal or the tip program When you first access the alarm card log in with the default user account of netract and the password sunclil This account is set to full authorization permissions This account can not be deleted however you should change the password on this account for security purposes before your Netra CT server is operational The next sections provide information on configuring the alarm card serial and Ethernet ports and setting up user accounts and passwords using the alarm card command line interface For more information on using the alarm card command line interface refer to Chapter 3 After you configure the serial and Ethernet ports you can access and configure the alarm card over m The Ethernet port using telnet m The serial port console using an ASCII terminal or the tip program If you have a rear access Netra CT server to use the console a cable should be connected to the rear serial port
43. evision level of the system controller board 1 Cust_Data Display any customer supplied text for this field for the system controller board v To Display FRU ID Information 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Enter the showfru command hostname cli gt showfru fru_target fru_instance fru_field Refer to TABLE 2 3 for allowable information for each variable For example if you want to display the part number FRU ID information for fan tray 1 enter the following hostname cli gt showfru fan 1 Sun Part _ No Use the FRU target slot to display information for the alarm card the CPU boards and the I O boards the FRU slot instance can be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 for a Netra CT 810 and 1 2 3 4 or 5 for a Netra CT 410 slots are numbered starting from the left For example to display part number FRU ID information for the alarm card in a Netra CT 810 server enter the following hostname cli gt showfru slot 8 Sun Part No 24 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Configuring the CPU Boards You should verify that you can log in to the CPU boards Any Solaris configuration needed for your environment should be done such as modifying OpenBoot PROM variables Refer to the Solaris documentation the OpenBoot PROM documentation or to the specific CPU board documentation if you need additional information Enabling the Managed Object Hierarchy Application The Managed Object Hierarchy
44. fault is 1099 snmpport portnum Specify the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP port number The default is 9161 snmpacl filename Specify the SNMP ACL file to be used The full path to filename must be specified showversion Print the system version number The MOH application starts and reads the configuration file using one of these methods in this order a If the command cmgtx start snmpacl filename is used MOH uses the specified file as the ACL file b If the variable jdmk acl file has been set setenv jdmk acl file filename MOH uses the value of that variable as the ACL file when the command cmgtx start is used Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 c If the file opt SUNWjdmk jdmk4 2 1 2 etc conf jdmk acl exists MOH uses that file as the ACL file when the command cmgtx start is used If the ACL cannot be determined after these steps SNMP applications will have read write access and MOH will send the coldStart trap to the local host only Once MOH is running it interfaces with your SNMP or RMI application to discover network elements monitor the system and provide status messages Refer to the Netra CT Server Software Developer s Guide for information on writing applications to interface with the MOH application Enabling the Processor Management Service Application The Processor Management Service PMS is a management application that provides support for high availabil
45. g Satellite CPU Boards 44 Using the PMS Application for Recovery and Control of CPU Boards 45 Recovery Configuration of a CPU Board From the Alarm Card 45 Detailed Recovery of a Board in Case of Fault 46 Monitoring and Controlling a CPU Board s Resources From the Alarm Card 48 Using the Netra High Availability Suite With the Netra CT Server Applications 50 Monitoring Your System 51 Command line Interface Information 51 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 LED Information 51 The MOH Application 57 Additional Troubleshooting Information 57 Hot Swap on the Netra CT Server 58 How High Availability Hot Swap Works 59 Hot Swap With Boards That Don t Support Full Hot Swap 59 Index 63 Contents v vi Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 GURE 1 1 GURE 3 1 GURE 3 2 GURE 3 3 GURE 3 4 Figures Logical Representation of Software and the Hardware Interfaces in a Netra CT Server System Status Panel Netra CT 810 Server System Status Panel Netra CT 410 Server Power and Okay to Remove LEDs 54 Power and FaultLEDs 54 52 53 3 vii viii Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 TABLE 1 1 TABLE 2 1 TABLE 2 2 TABLE 2 3 TABLE 2 4 TABLE 2 5 TABLE 3 1 TABLE 3 2 TABLE 3 3 TABLE 3 4 TABLE 3 5 TABLE 3 6 TABLE 3 7 TABLE 3 8 Tables Netra CT Server Software for System Administrators 1 FRU ID Information Specifie
46. he MOH application requires a configuration file that contains a Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP access control list ACL The file lists m The SNMP management applications that can access the information maintained by the MOH The control is based on the IP address and the community of the host on which the management application is running Access can be either read write or read only m The hosts that can receive SNMP traps or event notifications There are several types of SNMP traps MOH uses the ACL file to determine where to send coldStart initial traps A coldStart trap is sent to the system when MOH starts For other types of traps or notifications such as hardware status changes MOH maintains a table which specifies where traps should be sent The format of this file is specified in the JOMK documentation An ACL file template that is part of the JOMK package is installed by default in opt SUNWjdmk jdmk4 2 1 2 etc conf template acl Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 An example of a configuration file is acl communities trees access read only managers oak elm communities birds access read writ managers robin trap trap community lakes hosts michigan mead In this example oak elm robin michigan and mead are hostnames If this is the ACL file specified when the MOH starts a coldStart trap will be sent to michigan
47. he alarm card CLI works with the MOH and PMS applications and supports Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP and Remote Method Invocation RMI interfaces MOH provides the SNMP and RMI interfaces to manage the system and send out events and alerts CLI provides an overlapping subset of commands with MOH and also provides commands for the alarm card itself sending out events and alerts is not a function of the CLI This chapter contains the following sections Using the Alarm Card Command Line Interface Updating the Alarm Card Flash Images Setting the Date and Time on the Alarm Card Administering the CPU Boards Using the PMS Application for Recovery and Control of CPU Boards Using the Netra High Availability Suite With the Netra CT Server Applications Monitoring Your System Hot Swap on the Netra CT Server Using the Alarm Card Command Line Interface The alarm card command line interface provides commands to control power of the system control the CPU nodes administer the system show status and set configuration variables See Accessing the Alarm Card on page 6 for information on how to access the alarm card 33 CLI Commands TABLE 3 1 lists the alarm card command line interface commands by type command name default permission required to use the command and command description A h option with a command indicates that help is available for that command Default permission levels are c console permissi
48. he output is similar to the following Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition AL 8 mcd fhs connected configured ok CPU bridge fhs connected configured ok 10 2 stpcipci fhs connected configured ok 10 3 unknown empty unconfigured unknown 10 4 stpcipci fhs connected configured ok 10 5 unknown empty unconfigured unknown 10 6 unknown empty unconfigured unknown 10 7 unknown empty unconfigured unknown where the attachment point ID is shown in the first column of the readout for example the attachment point ID for I O slot 2 in a Netra CT 810 server would be 10 2 For a Netra CT 410 server the output is similar to the following Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition AL 1 mcd fhs connected configured ok CPU bridge fhs connected configured ok 10 2 unknown empty unconfigured unknown 10 4 stpcipci fhs connected configured ok 10 5 stpcipci fhs connected configured ok where the attachment point ID is shown in the first column of the readout for example the attachment point ID for I O slot 4 in a Netra CT 410 server would be IO 4 Chapter 3 Administering Your System 61 v To Disable Full Hot Swap and Enable Basic Hot Swap e As root on the server enter the command cfgadm x disable_autoconfig ap_id where ap_id is the attachment point ID in the server that you want to have basic hot swap enabled on v To Re Enable Full Hot Swap e As root on the server enter the command cfgadm x enable autoc
49. how to do this Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 29 v To Start or Stop the PMS Application on a CPU Board 1 Log in as root to the server that has the Solaris patches installed see Software Required on page 25 2 Create a Solaris script to start stop and restart PMS as follows sbin sh Start stop restart processes required for PMS case S1 in start opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 bin pmsd start ii stop opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 bin pmsd stop restart opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 bin pmsd stop bin pmsd start Oo echo Usage 0 start stop restart esac exit 0 3 Save the script to a file 4 Start stop or restart the PMS application by typing one of the following m filename start m filename stop m filename restart where filename is the name of the file in which you saved the script Stopping and Restarting the PMS Daemon on the Alarm Card The PMS daemon pmsd starts automatically on the alarm card However you can manually stop and restart the PMS daemon on the alarm card specifying these optional parameters 30 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 m The port number pmsd listens on for servicing clients default is port 10300 m The state pmsd will be started in available or unavailable default is to start in the unavailable state unless a previous and different operating stat
50. ity services and applications such as the Netra High Availability Suite It provides both local and remote monitoring and control of a cluster of CPU boards This section describes m Starting and stopping the PMS application on CPU boards m Stopping and restarting the PMS application on the alarm card the application starts automatically but can be restarted manually with various options m Setting the IP address by which the alarm card monitors and controls a CPU board in a particular slot You use the alarm card PMS CLI commands to control PMS services such as fault detection notification and fault recovery This administration is described in Using the PMS Application for Recovery and Control of CPU Boards on page 45 You can also use the PMS API to configure partner lists tables of alarm card and CPU board information relating to connectivity and addressing the alarm card and the CPU boards in a partner list must be in the same system Refer to the pms API man pages installed by default in opt SUNWnet ract mgmt2 0 man for more information on partner lists Note If you installed the Netra High Availability Suite and you want the Netra CT server PMS probe to manage the state of nodes you must start the Netra CT server PMS probe script in place of the Netra High Availability Suite probe script Refer to Using the Netra High Availability Suite With the Netra CT Server Applications on page 50 for information on
51. larm card must be in slot 8 and the host CPU must be in slot 1 for a Netra CT 410 server the alarm card must be in slot 1 and the host CPU must be in slot 3 To set allowable plug ins for a particular slot you need the vendor name and the part number of the board This FRU ID information can be displayed using the CLI showfru command see Displaying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information on page 21 for more information v To Configure a Chassis Slot for a Board 1 Log in to the alarm card Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 15 2 Set the acceptable FRUs for the slot hostname cli gt setfru fru_target fru_instance fru_field value Refer to TABLE 2 1 for allowable information for each variable For example if you want to set chassis slot 5 to allow only a Sun Microsystems vendor 003E particular CPU board part number 595 5769 03 enter the following hostname cli gt setfru slot 5 Acceptable Fru Types 003E 595 5769 03 Multiple boards can be specified for one slot Separate the boards with a semi colon You can also use the asterisk as a wild card in the part number to allow multiple boards For example if you want to set chassis slot 4 to allow only boards from three particular vendors with multiple board part numbers from one vendor enter the following hostname cli gt setfru slot 4 Acceptable Fru_Types 003E 595 5 0004 1234 5678 1 0001 8796541 02 3 Set the boot device for the slot hostname cli gt set
52. m_card_MCNet_ipaddress CLI_command rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress CLI_command rsh alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress CLI_command where alarm_card_MCNet_ipaddress is the MCNet IP address of the alarm card and CLI_command is the CLI command you want to run 3 Save the script to a file 4 As root run the script path filename where path is the path to the script and filename is the name of the script Before executing the commands in the script the alarm card verifies that the commands are being run by a root user on a host or satellite CPU board in the same system as the alarm card and that the commands have been received over the MCNet Administering the CPU Boards This section contains information on booting satellite CPU boards Booting Satellite CPU Boards Satellite CPUs can boot from a local disk connected using a PMC SCSI card or over the network By default the OpenBoot PROM NVRAM boot device configuration variable is set to disk net disk being an alias for the path to the local disk and net being an alias for the path of the primary network You can set the boot device for satellite 44 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 CPUs through the alarm card CLI set fru command Refer to Configuring a Chassis Slot for a Board on page 15 for more information on using the set fru command to specify a boot device for a board When the alarm card powers on a board in a slot the OpenBoot PR
53. mission levels alarm card 34 PMC card 44 PMS application 2 3 29 to 31 45 to 50 POST 2 power on off server 13 21 Processor Management Service application see PMS application prtconf command 59 R recovery CPU boards 45 to 48 RMI 29 S satellite CPU board 2 3 12 14 15 25 27 30 44 45 58 59 scripts alarm card 43 to 44 security 39 43 serial ports 6 slot 12 15 to 17 59 to 62 SMC firmware 2 3 SNMP 26 29 Solaris operating environment 1 3 25 system status panel 51 T telnet 6 tip program 6 U user account 3 6 9 V variables system configuration 33 40 64 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002
54. nds between a fault occurrence and the start of a recovery operation default is 0 deciseconds failure power off on whether a power down operation will occur if the recovery operation fails on specifies power down will occur and off specifies that power down will not occur the default is off r retries the number of times a recovery operation can occur and fail before it is terminated the default is one try and p reset power cycle delay the time in deciseconds to be waited between the reset and power cycle portions of the recovery operation before a failed reset is declared and the power cycle portion of the operation starts default is 0 deciseconds To Manually Recover a Board Log in to the alarm card Perform manual recovery operations on a board with the recoveryoperset command hostname cli gt pmsd recoveryoperset s slot numlall o pc rst rstpc pd rb where slot_num can be a slot number from 1 to 8 and a11 specifies all slots containing CPU boards For example to instruct PMS to reboot slot 5 after a fault enter the following hostname cli gt pmsd recoveryoperset s 5 o rb Chapter 3 Administering Your System 47 v To Automatically Recover a Board 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Perform automatic manual recovery operations on a board with the recoveryoperset command hostname cli gt pmsd recoveryautooperset s slot numlall o pe rst rstpc pd rb d startup_
55. o enter specific physical location information for your system For example you might enter the number on the chassis label to indicate the location of the system v To Specify Other FRU ID Information 1 Log in to the alarm card 20 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 2 Specify other FRU ID information for the Netra CT server hostname cli gt set fru fru_target fru_instance fru_field value Refer to TABLE 2 1 for allowable information for each variable For example if you want to set the location information to reflect a chassis label that reads 12345 10 20 enter the following hostname cli gt setfru midplane 1 Location 12345 10 20 3 Completely power off and on the system a Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to go through a graceful soft power down wait for the system power LED to go off b Push the locking mechanism on the power supplies up unlocked to power down wait for the green LEDs on the power supplies to go off then push the locking mechanism on the power supplies down locked to power up Note on the Netra CT 810 server push the locking mechanism on both power supplies up and then down at the same time c Press the system power button on the system status panel and release it to power on the server Displaying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information FRU ID information entered during the manufacturing process and through the alarm car
56. og in to the alarm card Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 31 2 Start the PMS daemon with the start command hostname cli gt pmsd start pport num e server_admin_state d where port_num is the port number for pmsd to listen on server_admin_state can be force_unavail force_avail or vote_avail and d resets the persistent storage to the defaults for pmsd Setting the IP Address for the Alarm Card to Control CPU Boards The pmsd slotaddressset command is used to set the IP address by which the alarm card controls and monitors a CPU board in a particular slot The command establishes the connection between pmsd running on the alarm card and pmsd running on a CPU board The alarm card and the CPU board must be in the same system You specify the slot number of the CPU board and the IP address to be configured The default IP address for all slots is 0 0 0 0 therefore control is initially disabled v To Set the IP Address for the Alarm Card to Control CPU Boards 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Set the IP address with the slotaddressset command hostname cli gt pmsd slotaddressset s slot_num i ip_addr where slot_num can be a slot number from 1 to 8 and ip_addr is the IP address to be configured 32 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 CHAPTER 3 Administering Your System You administer your system using the alarm card command line interface and through the MOH application T
57. om these settings Shell Prompts Shell Examples Edit your login file Use 1s a to list all files 2 You have mail su Password Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide These are called class options You must be superuser to do this To delete a file type rm filename Prompt C shell C shell superuser Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser machine name machine name xii Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Related Documentation The Netra CT server documentation is listed in the following table Title Part Number Netra CT Server Start Here 816 2479 Netra CT Server Product Overview 816 2480 Netra CT Server Installation Guide 816 2481 Netra CT Server Service Manual 816 2482 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide 816 2483 Netra CT Server Safety and Compliance Manual 816 2484 Netra CT Server Software Developer s Guide 816 2486 Netra CT Server Product Note 816 2488 You might want to refer to documentation on the following products for additional information the Solaris operating environment the ChorusOS environment OpenBoot PROM firmware the Netra High Availabilty HA Suite and the Netra CP2140 CompactPCI board Accessing Sun Documentation Online You can view print or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation including localized versions at http www sun com documentation Sun Welcomes You
58. on authorized to connect to other server console u user administration permission authorized to use commands that can add delete and change permission of users a administration permission authorized to change the state of the CLI configuration variables r reset poweron poweroff permissions authorized to reset poweron and poweroff any of the CPU boards blank permission not required The permission level for a user can be changed with the userperm command TABLE 3 1 Alarm Card Command Line Interface Commands Command Permis Type Command sion Description Status showenvironment Display a summary of current environmental information such as fan and power supply status shownetwork Display the current network configuration of the alarm card showserialmode Display the value of serial_mode for the specified b port_num port number showserialbaud Display the value of serial_baud for the specified b port_num port number showserialparity Display the value of serial_parity for the b port_num specified port number showserialstop Display the value of serial_stop for the specified b port_num port number showserialdata Display the value of serial_data for the specified b port_num port number showserialhwhandshake Display the value of serial_hwhandshake for the b port_num specified port number showipmode Display the value of ip_mode for the specified port b port_num number showipaddr Display the value of ip_a
59. onfig ap_id where ap_id is the attachment point ID in the server that you want to have full hot swap enabled on 62 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Index A ACL file 26 alarm card accessing 6 and PMS application 29 to 32 45 to 50 command line interface 1 3 33 to 39 console 6 35 39 date and time 42 description of 2 3 Ethernet ports 8 flashing 40 permission levels 34 scripts 43 to 44 serial ports 6 user account 6 9 to 11 B BCF firmware 2 3 40 BMC firmware 2 3 40 boot device 13 36 44 C cfgadm command 59 ChorusOS operating environment 1 3 40 cluster 51 command line interface 1 3 33 to 39 console 6 35 39 cPCI bus 2 3 CPU board 2 3 12 14 15 25 27 30 44 45 58 59 D date and time 42 DHCP 45 50 documentation xiii E Ethernet ports 8 17 F failover Ethernet ports 8 flash alarm card 36 40 FRU ID 11 to 24 59 FRU system 11 H host CPU board 2 3 12 14 15 25 27 30 44 45 58 59 hot swap 58 to 62 l 1 0 board 3 12 14 15 58 59 63 IPMI 2 3 J JDMK 26 L LEDs 51 to 56 M Managed Object Hierarchy application see MOH application MCNet 2 3 17 to 20 43 MOH application 2 3 25 to 29 N Netra High Availability Suite 2 50 to 51 NES 50 NTP 42 O OpenBoot PROM firmware 2 3 13 15 25 44 P panic dump 35 partner list 29 51 password 6 10 patches Solaris 25 per
60. ove You configured can remove the component from the system if necessary On Flashing Component is installed but is Not applicable unconfigured or is going through the configuration process Chapter 3 Administering Your System 55 56 TABLE 3 6 Meanings of Power and Okay to Remove LEDs Continued Power LED D Okay to Remove LED eU LED State Off Component was not recognized by Component is not Okay to Remove the system or is not installed in the Do not remove the component while slot the system is running TABLE 3 7 Meanings of Power and Fault LEDs Power LED D Fault LED Ym LED State On Solid Component is installed and Component has failed Replace the configured component On Flashing Component is installed but is Not applicable lunconfigured or is going through the configuration process Off Component was not recognized by Component is functioning properly the system or is not installed in the slot There is also a green system power LED and power on off button located on the system status panel When the system is off the system power LED will be unlit Pressing the system power button when the system is off will start the power up sequence Once the system is completely powered up the system power LED remains on When the system is powered on pressing the system power button for less than 4 seconds will start the orderly power down sequence in a manner that no
61. persistent operating system data structures are corrupted indicated by a blinking LED In the orderly power down applications in service may be abnormally terminated and no further services will be invoked by the CPU Once the CPU has reached a quiescent state run level 0 as if init 0 had been invoked then the power supply s will turn off indicated by the LED changing from a blinking state to the off state If the button is held down for 4 seconds or longer the power supply s are turned off without any intervention of the CPU that is the emergency power down sequence occurs Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 The MOH Application The MOH collects information about individual field replaceable units FRUs in your system and monitors their operational status MOH can also monitor certain daemons for example if you installed the Netra High Availability Suite MOH monitors daemons through that application Starting and Stopping MOH If you installed the Solaris patches for MOH in a directory other than the default directory specify that path instead You must start the MOH application as root cd opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 bin cmgtx cmgtx start option Refer to TABLE 2 5 for the options available with cmgtx start cd opt SUNWnetract mgmt2 0 bin cmgtx cmgtx stop Once MOH is running it interfaces with your SNMP or RMI application to discover network elements
62. pu_node can be 1 to 8 on a Netra CT 810 or 1 to 5 on a Netra CT 410 Put the server in debug mode where cpu_node can be 1 to 8 on a Netra CT 810 or 1 to 5 on a Netra CT 410 Set the current console and boot log to be the original console and boot log Reset reboot a specified server where cpu_node can be 1 to 8 on a Netra CT 810 or 1 to 5 on a Netra CT 410 ac is the alarm card host is the host CPU board reset cpu_node produces a soft reset reboots the operating system reset x produces a hard reset reboots the board reset p forces the CPU board to panic dump Set whether a panic dump is generated when a CPU node is reset Chapter 3 Administering Your System 35 Command Type Administra tion TABLE 3 1 Command setescapechar value showhealth b cpu_node pmsd help useradd h username userdel h username usershow h username userpassword h username userperm h username clulalr logout password h flashupdate d cmsw lbcfw bmcfw rpdf scdf f path help version setdate h mmddHHMMccyy setsecondaryboot h rarp showsecondaryboot Permis sion a Alarm Card Command Line Interface Commands Continued Description Set the escape character to end a console session The default is a tilde Show the healthy information of a CPU node where cpu_node can be 1 to 8 ona Netra CT 810 or 1 to5 on a Netra CT 410 Display help information on st
63. r Comments Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can email your comments to Sun at Preface xiii docfeedback sun com Please include the part number 816 2483 10 of your document in the subject line of your email xiv Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 CHAPTER 1 Introduction This chapter includes the following sections m Overview of Netra CT Server Software m System Administration Tasks Overview of Netra CT Server Software The Netra CT server software can be categorized as follows m Operating environments and applications m Firmware m Network support The software is described in TABLE 1 1 and represented logically with the hardware in FIGURE 1 1 TABLE 1 1 Netra CT Server Software for System Administrators Category Name Description Operating Solaris operating The Solaris operating environment runs on the host and Environments and environment satellite CPU boards It is installed by the user Applications ChorusOS operating The ChorusOS operating environment runs on the alarm environment card It manages the Netra CT server that is most components connected to the midplane It is factory installed Command line Interface The CLI is the primary user interface to the alarm card CLI TABLE 1 1 Netra CT Server Software for System Administrators Continued Category Name Description Managed Object Hierarchy M
64. r the Netra CT 810 server TABLE 3 4 System Status Panel LEDs for the Netra CT 410 Server LED LEDs Available Component Slot 1 Power and Okay to Remove Alarm card installed in slot 1 Slot 2 Power and Okay to Remove 1 0 board or satellite CPU board installed in slot 2 Slot 3 Power and Okay to Remove Host CPU board installed in slot 3 Slot 4 and 5 Power and Okay to Remove 1 0 boards or satellite CPU boards installed in slot 4 and 5 HDD 0 Power and Okay to Remove Hard disk drive SCB Power and Fault System controller board behind the system status panel FAN 1 Power and Fault Upper fan tray behind the system status panel FAN 2 Power and Fault Lower fan tray behind the system status panel FTC Power and Fault Host CPU front transition card or host CPU front termination board PDU 1 Power and Fault DC only Power distribution unit behind the server PSU 1 Power and Okay to Remove Power supply Each major component in the Netra CT 810 server or Netra CT 410 server has a set of LEDs on the system status panel that gives the status on that particular component Each component has either the green Power and the amber Okay to Remove LEDs FIGURE 3 3 or the green Power and amber Fault LEDs FIGURE 3 4 Note that the components in the Netra CT servers all have the green Power LED and they have either the amber Okay to Remove LED or the amber Fault LED but not both Chapter 3 Administering Your System 53 Green Power LED Amber Ok
65. re the FRU Instance can be 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 for a Netra CT 810 and 2 3 4 or 5 for a Netra CT 410 Slots are numbered starting from the left Second specify the alias es listing the devices the board in this slot will boot from When the board in this slot is powered up this FRU information overwrites the entry in the OpenBoot PROM boot device NVRAM configuration variable First specify the chassis slot number to be configured where the FRU Instance can be 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 for a Netra CT 810 and 2 3 4 or 5 for a Netra CT 410 Slots are numbered starting from the left Second specify any customer supplied information The text can be up to 80 characters in length Any customer supplied information The text can be up to 80 characters in length Any customer supplied information The text can be up to 80 characters in length Any customer supplied information The text can be up to 80 characters in length Changes to FRU fields through the CLI set fru command require you to completely power the system off and on for the changes to take effect It is recommended that you enter all necessary FRU ID information then power the system off and on Note You must have the host CPU board the alarm card and the system controller board installed in the Netra CT server before powering it on The system will not power on properly if all of these components are not installed The next several sections de
66. rectory filename where the software to use in the flash is installed After you update rpdf the alarm card resets itself If you do not update rpdf you must reset the alarm card manually v To Update an Individual Alarm Card Flash Image 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Set the servicemode to true and reset the alarm card by entering the following commands hostname cli gt setservicemode true hostname cli gt reset ac 3 Relog in flash update an alarm card image and complete the process by entering the following commands hostname cli gt flashupdate d option hostname cli gt setservicemode false hostname cli gt reset ac where option can be cmsw f path bcfw f path bmcfw f path or scdf and path is nfs nfs server ip address directory filename where the software to use in the flash is installed Note that if you want to update rpdf you must set the servicemode to false before using the flashupdate command and the alarm card will reset itself after finishing the rpdf update Chapter 3 Administering Your System 41 42 Setting the Date and Time on the Alarm Card The alarm card does not support battery backup time of day because battery life cannot be monitored to predict end of life and drift in system clocks can be common To provide a consistent system time set the date and time on the alarm card using one of these methods m Manually using the CLI setdate command The date and time must be rese
67. s the alarm card s automatic recovery of a CPU board is disabled and PMS applications are started in an offline state so that you can use manual maintenance operations Operational mode means the alarm card s automatic recovery of a CPU board is enabled the alarm card will recover the CPU board in the event of a monitoring fault and start PMS in an active state Chapter 3 Administering Your System 45 The mode is stored in persistent storage You specify the operation to be performed on the specified slot by using the option o with the parameter maint_config set the hardware operating system and applications into maintenance mode or oper_config set the hardware operating system and applications into operational mode or graceful_reboot bring the applications offline if needed and then reboot the operating system v To Specify the Recovery Configuration of a CPU Board 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Configure the automatic recovery mode with the operset command hostname cli gt pmsd operset s slot_num all o maint_config oper_config gracefulreboot where slot_num can be a slot number from 1 to 8 and a11 specifies all slots containing CPU boards For example to make PMS recovery operational for the entire Netra CT server enter hostname cli gt pmsd operset s all o oper_config Printing PMS Recovery Configuration Information The pmsd infoshow s slot_num all command can be used to print the re
68. scribe the configurations you can set by entering FRU ID information Chapter 2 Configuring Your System Specifying the Netra CT Server Functional Configuration Netra CT server base configurations of front or rear access with diskful or diskless access are set at the factory Each of these base configurations supports any one of the functional configurations shown in TABLE 2 2 TABLE 2 2 Netra CT Server Functional Configurations Configuration Description Hosted Host CPU board and I O boards Satellite Host CPU board and satellite CPU boards Mixed Host CPU board satellite CPU boards and I O boards There is no default functional configuration on the Netra CT server you set the functional configuration using the alarm card CLI The functional configuration information is used by the MOH application to audit board insertions and prevent misconfigurations The functional configuration can be changed at any time if desired using the alarm card CLI v To Specify the Netra CT Server Functional Configuration 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Set the functional configuration for the Netra CT server hostname cli gt set fru fru_target fru_instance fru_field value Refer to TABLE 2 1 for allowable information for each variable For example if you want to set the functional configuration to hosted enter the following hostname cli gt setfru midplane 1 Drawer Cfg 2 3 Completely power off and on the system
69. scription cmsw U bcfw U bmcfw U rpdf U pdates the chassis management software which includes the Chorus operating system the MOH application and the PMS application pdates the boot control firmware pdates the BMC firmware pdates the system configuration repository which contains information used internally by the CLI in the flash reinitializes it to a default minimum and resets the alarm card scdf Initializes the system configuration variables for example the serial port variables to the defaults There is no required sequence for flashing the alarm card although the following order is recommended cmsw bcfw bmcfw and rpdf You can update individual images if you want v To Update All the Alarm Card Flash Images 1 Log in to the alarm card 2 Set the servicemode to true and reset the alarm card by entering the following commands hostname cli gt setservicemode true hostname cli gt reset ac 40 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 3 Relog in flash update all the alarm card images and complete the process by entering the following commands hostname cli gt flashupdate d cmsw f path hostname cli gt flashupdate d bcfw f path hostname cli gt flashupdate d bmcfw f path hostname cli gt flashupdate d scdf hostname cli gt setservicemode false hostname cli gt flashupdate d rpdf f path where path is nfs nfs server ip address di
70. show s slot_num all pmsd version pmsd usage Permis sion a Alarm Card Command Line Interface Commands Continued Description Perform operations on a CPU board hardware Print PMS system information on the hardware Print a log of PMS hardware events and time stamps Perform operations on a CPU board operating system Print PMS system information on the operating system Print a log of PMS operating system events and time stamps Perform operations on a CPU board applications Print PMS system information on the applications Print a log of PMS application events and time stamps Print the PMS version Print a synopsis of the pmsd commands Information on configuring alarm card ports setting up user accounts specifying FRU ID information and starting the PMS daemon using the alarm card CLI is provided in Chapter 2 The PMS daemon commands are described in Using the PMS Application for Recovery and Control of CPU Boards on page 45 Security Provided A remote command line session or a console session automatically disconnects after 10 minutes of inactivity Chapter 3 Administering Your System 39 Security is also provided through the permission levels and passwords set for each account Updating the Alarm Card Flash Images You can update the alarm card flash images over the network TABLE 3 2 shows the alarm card flash options TABLE 3 2 Alarm Card Flash Options Option De
71. stration typically includes installation configuration and administration tasks Solaris administration on the Netra CT server including adding Solaris user accounts is performed by logging into the host or satellite CPU board Netra CT server administration is performed by logging into the alarm card and using the alarm card command line interface The alarm card can be used as the single point of entry in the Netra CT system for configuration and administration purposes Chapter 1 Introduction 3 System administration tasks are described in the following chapters 4 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 CHAPTER 2 Configuring Your System This chapter assumes you have already installed the Solaris operating environment and the required patches on your Netra CT system You configure the Netra CT system primarily through the alarm card command line interface CLI The alarm card CLI enables system level configuration administration and management that includes the CPU nodes I O boards the alarm card power supplies and fan trays The alarm card CLI interface can be used both locally and remotely You configure the alarm card first then the CPU boards then the system wide applications This chapter includes the following sections Accessing the Alarm Card Configuring the Alarm Card Serial Ports Configuring the Alarm Card Ethernet Ports Setting Up User Accounts on the Alarm Card Specifying N
72. t after any power cycle m Configuring the alarm card to be an NTP client using the CLI setntpserver command The Network Time Protocol NTP provides the correct timestamp for all systems on a network by synchronizing the clocks of all the systems A Solaris server called xntp sets and maintains the timestamp The NTP server must be on the same subnet as the alarm card Refer to the online man pages for the xntpd ntpq and ntpdate commands for more information about NTP v To Set the Alarm Card Date and Time Manually hostname cli gt setdate mmddHHMMccyy where mm is the current month dd is the current day of the month HH is the current hour of the day MM is the current minutes past the hour cc is the current century minus one and yy is the current year v To Set the Alarm Card Date and Time as an NTP Client hostname cli gt setntpserver addr where addr is the IP address of the NTP server The NTP server must be on the same subnet as the alarm card Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 Running Scripts on the Alarm Card This section describes the Netra CT server alarm card scripting feature Using Scripting Normally the alarm card cannot execute batch commands The alarm card scripting feature allows you to write scripts to execute alarm card CLI commands in batch mode on the alarm card similar to using scripting in the Solaris operating environment You run the scripts
73. t 1 to 8 Sun_Serial_No Display the serial number for the board in a particular slot slot 1 to 8 Acceptable_Fru_Types Display the allowable plug in boards for a particular slot slot 1 to 8 Boot_Devices Display the boot devices for a particular slot slot 1 to 8 Vendor_Name Display the vendor name for the board in a particular slot slot 1 to 8 Fru_Shortname Display the FRU short name for the board in a particular slot slot 1 to 8 Initial_HW_Dash_Level Display the initial hardware dash level of the board in a particular slot 22 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 FRU Target slot slot fan fan fan fan fan fan fan ps ps ps ps ps ps ps scb scb scb scb TABLE 2 3 FRU Instance 1to8 1to8 1 or 2 lor 2 lor2 1 or2 lor2 lor2 1or2 1 or2 lor2 lor2 1or2 1or2 1or2 1or2 FRU Field Initial HW_Rev_Level Cust_Data Sun_Part_No Sun_Serial_No Vendor_Name Fru_Shortname Initial HW_Dash_Level Initial HW_Rev_Level Cust_Data Sun_Part_No Sun_Serial_No Vendor_Name Fru_Shortname Initial HW_Dash_Level Initial HW_Rev_Level Cust_Data Sun_Part_No Sun_Serial_No Vendor_Name Fru_Shortname FRU ID Information Displayed Using the showfru Command Continued Description Display the initial hardware revision level of the board in a particular slot Display any customer supplied text for this field for
74. t instance field value setserialmode b port_num tty none setserialbaud b port_num baudrate setserialparity b port_num none odd even setserialstop b port_num 1 2 setserialdata b port_num 718 setserialhwhandshake b port_num true false setipmode b port_num rarp config standby none setipaddr b port_num addr setipnetmask b port_num mask Permis sion a Alarm Card Command Line Interface Commands Continued Description Configure the alarm card to be an NTP client The NTP server IP address must be on the same subnet as the alarm card The default is none Set FRU ID information Refer to Specifying Netra CT Server FRU ID Information on page 11 for more information Set the mode of the specified serial port to tty or none The default for COM2 is none that is no services are available on this port Set the baud rate of the specified serial port The default is 9600 Valid values are 1200 4800 9600 19200 38400 56000 Set the parity bit of the specified serial port Valid values are none odd or even The default is odd Set the stop bit of the specified serial port Valid values are 1 or 2 The default is 1 Set the number of data bits of the specified serial port Valid values are 7 or 8 The default is 7 Set the hardware handshake of the specified serial port Valid values are true or false The default is false Set the IP mode of the specified Ethernet port
75. the board in a particular slot Display the part number for fan tray 1 or 2 Display the serial number for fan tray 1 or 2 Display the vendor name for fan tray 1 or 2 Display the FRU short name for fan tray 1 or 2 Display the initial hardware dash level of fan tray 1 or 2 Display the initial hardware revision level of fan tray 1 or 2 Display any customer supplied text for this field for fan tray 1 or 2 Display the part number for power supply unit 1 or 2 Display the serial number for power supply unit 1 or 2 Display the vendor name for power supply unit 1 or 2 Display the FRU short name for power supply unit 1 or 2 Display the initial hardware dash level of power supply unit 1 or 2 Display the initial hardware revision level of power supply unit 1 or 2 Display any customer supplied text for this field for power supply unit 1 or 2 Display the part number for the system controller board Display the serial number for the system controller board Display the vendor name for the system controller board Display the FRU short name for the system controller board Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 23 FRU Target scb scb scb TABLE 2 3 FRU ID Information Displayed Using the showfru Command Continued FRU Instance FRU Field Description 1 Initial HW_Dash_ Level Display the initial hardware dash level of the system controller board 1 Initial HW_Rev_Level Display the initial hardware r
76. tp daemons When installed it runs on the host and satellite CPU boards The Netra HA Suite is ordered and shipped separately from the Netra CT server In the Netra CT server the alarm card manages most of the components connected to the midplane The host CPU board accepts and owns peripherals such as I O boards or disks it runs user applications and distributes tasks within a system In a Netra CT server each CPU board including satellite and host CPU boards runs its own copy of the Solaris operating environment and each is therefore considered a server the alarm card plus the CPU boards and the other system FRUs make up a system There can be several systems in one chassis The hardware interfaces include the Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI the CompactPCI cPCI bus and the PCI interface PCI i f on the alarm card host CPU boards and satellite CPU boards 2 Netra CT Server System Administration Guide October 2002 External data network LAN Satellite CPU Host CPU Alarm Card MOH MOH CLI PMS PMS MOH PMS Solaris Solaris A So ChorusOS OBP OBP PCI iff PCI iff PCI iff y lt gt cPCI bus IPMI MCNet FIGURE 1 1 Logical Representation of Software and the Hardware Interfaces in a Netra CT Server System Administration Tasks Netra CT server system admini
77. ult is 1 m Set the serial data bit number hostname cli gt setserialdata b port num 7 8 Set the number of data bits of the specified serial port Valid values are 7 or 8 The default is 8 m Set the serial hardware handshake hostname cli gt setserialhwhandshake b port_num true false Set the hardware handshake of the specified serial port Valid values are t rue or false The default is false Chapter 2 Configuring Your System 7 Configuring the Alarm Card Ethernet Ports The alarm card has two Ethernet ports ENET1 and ENET2 You configure these ports using the following CLI commands m setipmode m setipaddr m setipnetmask m setipgateway You must be logged in to the alarm card with a user account that has full permissions When you specify the port number port_num use 1 or 2 depending on which port you are referencing Any one of the Ethernet ports can be configured for failover to the other port Refer to Set the IP mode below for instructions You must reset the alarm card for any changes to take effect v To Configure the Alarm Card Ethernet Ports m Set the IP mode hostname cli gt setipmode b port_num rarp config standby none Set the IP mode of the specified Ethernet port Choose the IP mode according to the services available in the network rarp or config or to configure the port for failover standby The default for ENET1 is rarp the default for ENET2 is none

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