Preparing for Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation

Sun StorEdge A5x00 Packages

If you want to use the Sun StorEdge A5x00 module, you must install the SUNWluxop and SUNWluxox packages on the system where you install the Monitoring and Management of A5x00 and T3 Devices add-on. If you load the A5x00 module and the packages are not installed on the system, the Sun Management Center agent cannot run.

To check whether the packages are installed, type the command pkginfo SUNWluxop SUNWluxox. If the packages are installed, the following lines are displayed.

system      SUNWluxop      Sun Enterprise Network Array firmware and utilities
system      SUNWluxox      Sun Enterprise Network Array libraries (64-bit)

If you need either package, you can download the package from http://sunsolve.sun.com. Make sure that you download the latest revision. Use the pkgadd(1M) command to install the packages.

T3 Storage Devices

Before you install and set up the Sun Management Center T3 Add-on, you must modify the /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers files on the system where the Sun Management Center add-on Monitoring and Management of A5x00 and T3 Devices is to be installed.

The following procedure assumes that you have installed and configured the T3 storage device as described by the Sun StorEdge T3 Disk Tray Installation, Operation, and Service Manual.

When the /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers files have been updated on the machine where the Sun Management Center add-on Monitoring and Management of A5x00 and T3 Devices will be installed, you can proceed with installing and setting up the T3 add-on.

To Prepare a T3 Storage Device

1. Determine the IP address and ethernet address for each T3 storage device.

   Open a terminal window and type the command arp t3-device-name where t3-device-name is the name of the T3 storage device. For example:

   # arp T3-001 T3-001 (10.100.20.300) at 1:2:30:ab:ba:45 permanent published

   In the above example, 10.100.20.300 is the IP address, and 1:2:30:ab:ba:45 is the Ethernet address of the T3 storage device T3-001.

2. Repeat Step 1 for each T3 device on your network.

   When you have recorded the IP address, Ethernet address, and name for each T3 device, go to the next step.

3. Log in as root on the machine where you will install the Monitoring and Management of A5x00 and T3 Devices add-on.

   This machine should be the host from which you want to manage and monitor the StorEdge devices. The Monitoring and Management of A5x00 and T3 Devices add-on only requires core agent setup

4. Record each T3 IP address and name in the machine's /etc/hosts file.

   For example, assume that three T3 devices are attached to your network. Assume that you used the arp command to determine the IP address, and Ethernet address of each T3 device, and recorded the information as follows:

   storage-t3–1	172.16.100.10	0:20:f2:0:59:48
   storage-t3–2	172.16.100.11	0:20:f2:0:5f:40
   storage-t3–3	172.16.100.12	0:20:f2:0:7f:a8

   The entries in the machine's /etc/hosts file would then be as follows:

   172.16.100.10   storage-t3–1
   172.16.100.11   storage-t3–2
   172.16.100.12  storage-t3–3

5. Record each T3 storage device Ethernet address and name in the /etc/ethers file.

   Create the /etc/ethers file if the file does not already exist.

   Using the example given in Step 4, the entries in the machine's /etc/ethers file would then be as follows:

   0:20:f2:0:59:48   storage-t3–1
   0:20:f2:0:5f:40   storage-t3–2
   0:20:f2:0:7f:a8  storage-t3–3

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   Caution –

   If you include the domain name as part of the T3 device name, make sure the domain name is identical in both the /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers files. The entries are case sensitive.

   For example, if the /etc/hosts file contains the line 0:20:f2:0:59:48 storage-t3–1.sun.com. and the /etc/ethers files contains the line 0:20:f2:0:59:48 storage-t3–1.Sun.Com, then the T3 storage device cannot be set up using the Sun Management Center setup tools because the domain name case is different.

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