| Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2 User's Guide |    
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| Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2 User's Guide |
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| C H A P T E R 5 |
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Using the rscadm Utility |
The rscadm utility and its subcommands allow administration of Sun Remote System Control (RSC) from the host. You must log in to the server as root to use rscadm.
Installation places the rscadm utility in the following directory:
/usr/platform/platform-name/rsc/
You can obtain the string to use for platform-name using the Solaris command
uname -i. For example:
Set your path to the rscadm utility so that you can use the command rscadm.
Most rscadm subcommands are also available using the RSC command shell, but rscadm is convenient for:
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Note - You cannot use the rscadm utility, and you should not use RSC software, while SunVTS diagnostics are running. |
The rscadm utility uses the following subcommands.
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Displays a list of rscadm commands and brief descriptions for each |
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Note - On Sun Enterprise 250 servers, the rscadmsubcommands shownetwork, loghistory, and versionare not available. |
This subcommand prints out a basic Help message including a list of rscadm subcommands and a short description of each.
Use the date subcommand to show the current date and time. Use the -s option to synchronize RSC time to the server time. Supply a date with the subcommand to set RSC time to a time other than the server time.
See date [[mmdd]HHMM|mmddHHMM[cc]yy][.SS] for a description of date formats.
Use the set subcommand to set an RSC configuration variable. See RSC Configuration Variables for descriptions of these variables.
You can use the null string ("") to set a variable to null. To set a variable to a string that includes spaces or UNIX shell special characters, enclose the string in double quotes. For example:
Use the show subcommand to display the value of one or more RSC configuration variables. If you do not specify a variable, RSC displays all configuration variables. See RSC Configuration Variables for descriptions of these variables.
The shownetwork subcommand displays the current network configuration.
For example:
# shownetwork RSC network configuration is: IP Address: 129.149.2.6 Gateway Address: 129.149.2.7, 129.149.2.8 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 # |
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Note - The rscadmsubcommand shownetworkis not available on Sun Enterprise 250 servers. |
Use the loghistory subcommand to display the history of all events logged in the RSC event buffer. These events include server reset events and all RSC commands that change the state of the system. This will return the log entries in reverse order, with the newest messages first.
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Note - The rscadmsubcommand loghistoryis not available on Sun Enterprise 250 servers. |
This subcommand resets RSC immediately. To terminate all connections cleanly before the reset, use the -s option. If no argument is supplied, this subcommand performs a hard reset and drops all connections.
This subcommand supports downloading new firmware residing in file into RSC. If you specify boot, the contents of file will be installed in the boot section of RSC non-volatile memory. If you do not specify boot, the contents of file will be installed in the main firmware section of RSC non-volatile memory.
When the transfer completes, RSC resets itself. If the host keyswitch is in the Lock position, you cannot update RSC firmware, and an error message displays.
Use this subcommand to enter an event into the RSC event log. Use the -c option to also send an alert message that RSC forwards according to the alert configuration. The message is an ASCII string of no more than 80 characters. To use a string that includes spaces or UNIX shell special characters, enclose the string in double quotes.
See Appendix C for an example of a Perl script that uses this subcommand to send an alert.
Use this subcommand to change configuration of the RSC modem (or for Sun Enterprise 250 servers, the configuration of the modem connected to the RSC serial port). You can enter standard attention (AT) commands and see responses from the modem. At the beginning of a line, enter the escape character followed by a period to exit from this subcommand. By default, the escape character is tilde (~). For example:
# rscadm modem_setup AT <enter> OK ~. # |
The escape character for modem_setup is the same as the escape character used for the RSC shell console command, which is set using the escape_char configuration variable. See escape_char.
Reports the RSC version on the host (not available on Sun Enterprise 250 servers). An example of output returned by this command is:
# rscadm version RSC version v2.2 RSC Bootmon v2.0.0 RSC Firmware Version: v2.2.0 |
This command also has a -v switch. Using -v provides more information about RSC, as shown in the following example:
Same as the version -v command; available on all supported servers.
To administer user accounts from the host using rscadm, log in to the host as root and use the rscadm utility with the following subcommands:
This section offers further explanation of error messages received from the rscadm utility. The last 12 messages are usage error messages.
Passwords didn't match, try again
During execution of the userpassword subcommand, you enter the password twice. If passwords do not match, you are prompted to enter them again.
rscadm: all user slots are full
This error occurs if you try to add a user account when RSC already has the maximum number of accounts configured. RSC supports only 16 user accounts (4 on the Sun Enterprise 250 servers). You must delete an account before you can add another.
rscadm: command line too long
Check for an extremely long command line.
rscadm: command unknown
You used an invalid rscadm subcommand.
rscadm: could not connect to modem
During execution of the modem_setup subcommand, RSC could not connect to the RSC modem. Perhaps the modem is not connected or is currently being used by the paging subsystem.
rscadm: could not disconnect from modem
During execution of the modem_setup subcommand, RSC refused to disconnect from the modem.
rscadm: could not read date from RSC
An undefined error in RSC firmware occurred when trying to get the RSC date.
rscadm: could not send alert
During execution of the send_event subcommand, RSC firmware could not send an event.
rscadm: could not set date on RSC
RSC detected an internal error while trying to set the date.
rscadm: couldn't add user
RSC encountered an internal error when trying to add a user account. The RSC SEEPROM may be faulty.
rscadm: couldn't change password
RSC encountered an internal error when trying to change a user password. The RSC SEEPROM may be faulty.
rscadm: couldn't change permissions
RSC encountered an internal error when trying to change user permissions. The RSC SEEPROM may be faulty.
rscadm: couldn't create thread
During execution of the modem_setup subcommand, a thread create call failed.
rscadm: couldn't delete user
RSC encountered an internal error when trying to delete a user account. The RSC SEEPROM may be faulty.
rscadm: couldn't get information on user
RSC encountered an internal error when trying to access user information during a usershow subcommand. The RSC SEEPROM may be faulty.
rscadm: download failed, RSC reported erase error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC reported a hardware problem when trying to program the RSC EEPROM.
rscadm: download failed, RSC reported int_wp error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC reported a hardware problem when trying to program the RSC EEPROM.
rscadm: download failed, RSC reported range error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC reported a hardware problem when trying to program the RSC EEPROM.
rscadm: download failed, RSC reported verify error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC reported a hardware problem when trying to program the RSC EEPROM.
rscadm: download failed, RSC reported vpp error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC reported a hardware problem when trying to program the RSC EEPROM.
rscadm: download failed, RSC reported wp error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC reported a hardware problem when trying to program the RSC EEPROM.
rscadm: download rejected, keyswitch in secure mode?
You cannot execute the download subcommand when the server keyswitch is in the Lock position.
rscadm: either the RSC hardware was not detected or a lock file was found. Only one instance of rscadm can run at a given time.
rscadm: Error downloading file
An internal error occurred during execution of the download subcommand.
rscadm: ERROR, callback init failed
An internal error occurred during execution of the download subcommand.
rscadm: ERROR, passwords didn't match
During execution of the userpassword subcommand, you enter the password twice. If passwords do not match, you are prompted to enter them again. If they do not match again, the subcommand fails.
rscadm: ERROR, unable to set up message queue
An internal error occurred during execution of the download subcommand.
rscadm: event message can't exceed 80 characters
The message for the send_event subcommand cannot exceed 80 characters.
rscadm: file could not be opened
During execution of the download subcommand, the rscadm utility could not open the file specified on the command line.
rscadm: file not a valid s-record
During execution of the download subcommand, the file to download is not a valid s-record file.
rscadm: INTERNAL ERROR in set date
This is an internal rscadm software error.
rscadm: INTERNAL ERROR, overflow in callback
An internal error occurred during execution of the download subcommand.
rscadm: invalid variable
During execution of the set subcommand, you entered an invalid variable. See RSC Configuration Variables for correct values.
rscadm: invalid variable or value
During execution of the set subcommand, you entered an invalid variable or value. See RSC Configuration Variables for correct values.
rscadm: malformed password
You entered an invalid password. A valid password has between six and eight characters, at least two of which are alphabetic characters, and at least one of which is a numeric or special character.
rscadm: malformed username
You entered invalid characters in a username.
rscadm: maximum username length is - 16
The username you entered exceeded 16 characters; the maximum length for a username is 16 characters (for Sun Enterprise 250 servers, maximum length is eight characters).
rscadm: RSC did not respond during boot initialization
An internal error occurred during execution of the download subcommand.
rscadm: RSC failed to respond during download
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC did not enter boot mode correctly.
rscadm: RSC firmware not responding
RSC main firmware is not responding. Perhaps RSC is booting, main firmware is corrupt, or RSC has a hardware problem.
rscadm: RSC not responding to requests
The response expected from RSC was not sent. Check that RSC is working.
rscadm: RSC returned fatal error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC returned an undocumented error.
rscadm: RSC returned garbage
This error can occur in various situations; as stated.
rscadm: RSC returned unknown error
During execution of the download subcommand, RSC returned undocumented status (neither success nor failure).
rscadm: RSC returned wrong response
RSC returned an invalid response during a user* subcommand. This is considered an internal error in RSC or rscadm.
rscadm: RSC unable to free up memory
This message can occur in various situations. The rscadm utility was unable to free the received message from the RSC firmware.
rscadm: Unable to reset RSC hardware
During execution of the resetrsc subcommand, an attempt to hard reset RSC failed.
rscadm: unable to send data to RSC
RSC did not acknowledge data sent to it. Check that RSC is working.
rscadm: Unable to send modem data to RSC
RSC did not acknowledge data sent to it. Check that RSC is working.
rscadm: user already exists
The user you are trying to add already has an RSC account on this server.
rscadm: username did not start with letter or did not contain lowercase letter
You used an invalid username format when trying to add an RSC user account.
rscadm: username does not exist
The username you specified is not associated with an RSC account on this server.
This program MUST be run as root
USAGE: rscadm <command> [options]
For a list of subcommands, type rscadm help.
USAGE: rscadm date [-s] | [[mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[yyyy]][.SS]
Date parameters have the following ranges:
USAGE: rscadm download [boot] <file>
USAGE: rscadm loghistory
USAGE: rscadm resetrsc [-s]
USAGE: rscadm send_event [-c] "message"
USAGE: rscadm set <variable> <value>
USAGE: rscadm show [variable]
USAGE: rscadm shownetwork
USAGE: rscadm useradd <username>
USAGE: rscadm userdel <username>
USAGE: rscadm userpassword <username>
USAGE: rscadm userperm <username> [cuar]
USAGE: rscadm usershow [username]
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