Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Software Setup Guide
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Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis Software Setup Guide
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1. Preparing to Configure the System Chassis
1.2 The Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis
1.4 Software for the Blade System Chassis
1.4.1 Active and Standby System Controllers
1.4.3 Sun Fire B100s Server Blades (SPARC Solaris)
1.4.4 Sun Fire B100x and B200x Server Blades (Linux and Solaris x86)
1.4.5 Content Load Balancing Blade
1.5 The Roles of the System Controllers, Switches, and Server Blades
1.5.1 The Role of the System Controllers
1.5.3 The Role of the Server Blades
1.6 Before You Configure the Software
1.7 IP Information Required for the Chassis
1.8 Using a DHCP Server to Provide the SSC IP Addresses Automatically
1.8.1 Configuring the SSCs with "Consistent" IP Addresses
1.8.2 Configuring the SSCs with Dynamic IP Addresses
1.8.3 Finding out the Chassis's IP Addresses to Enable You to Use Telnet
1.8.4 Accessing the System Controller Using Telnet
1.9 Returning to the sc> Prompt From a Switch or Blade Console
2. Setting the Passwords, Date, and Time on the SSCs
2.1 Logging into the System Controller, Setting a Password, and Setting the Time
2.2 Logging into the Switch as the Default User and Setting the Passwords
3. Installing a Chassis into a Simple Network
3.1 Taking Advantage of Having Two Switches in the System Chassis
3.1.1 Finding Out the MAC Addresses of Each Blade's Two Ethernet Interfaces
3.2 Preparing the Network Environment Using DHCP
3.3 Preparing the Network Environment With Static IP Addresses and Host Names
3.4 Configuring the System Controllers and Switches
3.4.1 Setting up the System Controllers
3.4.2 Viewing the Configuration of the System Controller
3.4.3 Setting up the Switches in SSC0 and SSC1
4. Setting Up Server Blades and Performing Initial Diagnostics
4.1 Booting and Powering On Server Blades
4.1.1 Booting SPARC Solaris B100s Blades
4.1.2 Booting Linux or Solaris x86 B100x or B200x Blades for the First Time
4.2 Using Power-on Self-test (POST) Diagnostics on B100s Blades
4.2.1 Controlling the Amount of Diagnostic Testing
4.2.2 Overriding the Blade's Diagnostic Settings From the System Controller
4.2.3 Running POST Diagnostics
4.3 Using OpenBoot Diagnostics (obdiag) on SPARC Solaris Blades
4.4 Using Other OpenBoot PROM Commands on SPARC Solaris Blades
4.5 Using SunVTS on SPARC Solaris Blades
4.5.1 Finding Out If SunVTS is Installed
5. Installing a Chassis Containing B100s Blades into Separated Data and Management Networks
5.1 Taking Advantage of Having Two Switches in the System Chassis
5.2 Preparing the Network Environment Using DHCP
5.3 Preparing the Network Environment Using Static IP Addresses
5.4 Configuring the System Controllers and Switches
5.5 Setting up SPARC Solaris Server Blades Using IPMP for Network Resiliency
5.5.1 Configuring the Solaris Server Blade
6. Adding Blade Management and VLAN Tagging for SPARC Solaris Blades
6.2 Preparing the Network Environment
6.3 Configuring the System Controller and Switches
6.3.1 Adding the Server Blades to the Management VLAN on the Switches in SSC0 and SSC1
6.4 Setting up the SPARC Solaris Blades Using IPMP for Network Resiliency (VLAN Tagging)
6.4.1 Configuring the Server Blade (VLAN Tagging)
7. Sample Switch Configurations for Multiple Tenants
7.2 Scenario A: Three Different Tenants With Their Own Blades and Data Ports
7.2.1 Creating and Naming All the VLANs
7.2.2 Allocating the Management Port (NETMGT) to Each Tenant
7.2.3 Allocating Server Blade Ports to Each Tenant
7.2.4 Allocating Data Network Ports to Each Tenant
7.2.5 Turning Off Spanning Tree
7.2.6 Saving the Switch Settings and Copying the Configuration to the Second Switch
7.3 Scenario B: Two Tenants With Eight Blades Each and Four Shared Data Ports
7.3.1 Creating and Naming All the VLANs
7.3.2 Allocating the Management Port (NETMGT) to Each Tenant
7.3.3 Allocating Server Blade Ports to Each Tenant
7.3.4 Sharing the Data Network Ports Between Tenants
8. Separating Blades Using VLANs Hidden From the External Network
8.2 Using Dedicated VLANs for Each Blade
8.3 Dedicating Each Uplink Port to a Particular Blade
A. Useful Tasks You Will Need to Perform on the Switches
A.1 Navigating the Command Prompts
A.2 Exiting the Command-line Interface
A.2.1 Exiting From the Switch to the System Controller
A.2.2 Exiting to the Switch's Login Prompt
A.3 Accessing the Web-based Graphical User Interface
A.4 Viewing Online Help for the Switch CLI
A.5 Restoring the Switch to its Factory Default State
A.7 Setting the IP address, Netmask, and Default Gateway
A.9 Saving Your Switch Settings
A.10 Copying the Configuration of the First Switch to the Second
A.10.1 Setting up a TFTP Server
A.10.2 Transferring the Switch Configuration File
A.11 Using Aggregated Links for Resilience and Performance
A.12 Enabling Secure Management of Blades
A.13 Setting Up a Named User on the Switch
A.13.1 Understanding Why the Switch Needs to be Told That a Password is Not Encrypted
A.13.2 The Default User Names and Passwords for the Switch
A.14 Viewing Information About the Switch and its Configuration
A.14.1 Checking the IP Address and VLAN Id
A.14.2 Checking the VLAN Configuration
A.14.3 Finding Out Who is Logged On
A.14.4 Inspecting the Current or Startup Configuration
A.14.5 Finding Out Firmware Version Numbers
A.14.6 Viewing MAC Address and General System Information
B. Setting up DHCP to Configure the IP Addresses for Solaris Blades
B.1 Network Install Server Tasks
C. Setting Up Solaris Blades Using Web Start Flash Archives
C.1 Using Web Start Flash Archives to Speed up Blade Configuration
C.1.1 Creating the Web Start Flash Archive
C.1.2 Installing an Archived Blade Image Onto Other Blades
C.1.3 Increasing the Performance of the Web Start Flash Archive Installation
D.1 Power Commands for the Entire Chassis
D.2 Power Commands for the System Controllers
D.3 Power Commands for the Server Blades
D.4 Reset Commands for the System Controllers, Switches, and Blades
D.6 System Controller Configuration Commands
D.7 Commands Relating to the Switches and Blades
D.8 Commands for Administering User Accounts
E. The Active and Standby System Controllers
E.1 The Events That Cause a Failover
E.2 The Activities of the Standby System Controller
E.3 Limitations of the Failover Relationship Between the Two System Controllers
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