How to Boot a Cluster Node in Non-Cluster Mode

You can boot a node so that the node does not participate in the cluster membership, that is, in non-cluster mode. Non-cluster mode is useful when installing the cluster software or performing certain administrative procedures, such as patching a node.

1. Become superuser on the cluster node to be started in non-cluster mode.

2. Shut down the node by using the scswitch and shutdown commands.

   # scswitch -S -h node # shutdown -g0 -y -i0

3. Verify that the node is at the ok prompt.

4. Boot the node in non-cluster mode by using the boot(1M) command with the -x option.

   ok boot -x

   Messages appear on the node's console stating that the node is not part of the cluster.

Example—Booting a Cluster Node in Non-Cluster Mode

The following example shows the console output when shutting down node phys-schost-1 then restarting the node in non-cluster mode. The -g0 option sets the grace period to zero, -y provides an automatic yes response to the confirmation question, and -i0 invokes run level 0 (zero). Shutdown messages for this node appear on the consoles of other nodes in the cluster.

# scswitch -S -h phys-schost-1
# shutdown -g0 -y -i0
May 2 10:08:46 phys-schost-1 cl_runtime: WARNING: CMM monitoring disabled.
phys-schost-1# 
...
rg_name = schost-sa-1 ...
offline node = phys-schost-2 ...
num of node = 0 ...
phys-schost-1# 
INIT: New run level: 0
The system is coming down.  Please wait.
System services are now being stopped.
Print services stopped.
syslogd: going down on signal 15
...
The system is down.
syncing file systems... done
WARNING: node 1 is being shut down.
Program terminated

ok boot -x
...
Not booting as part of cluster
...
The system is ready.
phys-schost-1 console login: