Starfire System Details Windows

The add-on Starfire components consist of the following Sun Management Center agent modules that are viewable from the Starfire System Details windows:

TABLE 5-1 Sun Management Center Agent Modules

Module Name	Details Window
Config Reader (Starfire Domain)	Starfire Domain
Config Reader (Starfire Platform)	Starfire Platform
SSP Status	SSP
Discovery Table	SSP

These modules provide Starfire hardware monitoring capability and provide information about the Starfire composite configuration. See Starfire Agent Modules for detailed information about the objects and properties provided by these modules.

This chapter provides details about the Starfire domain and platform information shown in the Details window. Three related chapters in the Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide provide general information about using the Sun Management Center Details window:

• Chapter 5, "Sun Management Center Software Main Console Window," shows you how to use the main Sun Management Center console window.
• Chapter 6, "Browser," shows you how to display the Details window from the main Sun Management Center console window.
• Chapter 13, "Details," shows you how to use the Details window.

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Starfire Domain Details Window

The Starfire domain Details window resembles the host Details window described in the Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide, except that additional information is shown by the Hardware tab.

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Note - If your Starfire domain Details window does not include a Hardware tab, Starfire support has not been installed correctly on your Sun Management Center server host. Confirm that the add-on Starfire components have been installed and set up, and that the Sun Management Center server process has been restarted following installation.

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The Hardware tab displays information provided by the Starfire domain Config Reader module. This module provides up-to-date information about the system boards and the components that reside on those boards including:

• Processors
• Memory
• Attached I/O devices

Only the system boards allocated to the Starfire domain are included in this information. Information about the hardware configuration of the entire platform can be viewed from the Starfire platform Details window. See Starfire Platform Details Window for more information.

Starfire Domain Configuration Resources

The Resources view of the Starfire domain Hardware tab provides information about the platform components of which this Starfire domain is a part, as well as summary information about domain hardware resources (FIGURE 5-1).

 FIGURE 5-1 Starfire Domain Information and Hardware Resource Summary

The Starfire Domain Information shown above includes these properties (TABLE 5-2):

TABLE 5-2 Starfire Domain Information

Property	Description
Starfire Platform Name	Name given to the platform during SSP software configuration.
SSP Hostname	Host name of the main SSP.
SSP IP Address	SSP IP address.
Total System Boards	Number of systems boards assigned to this Starfire domain.
System Board List	List of the system boards assigned to this Starfire domain.

The Starfire Domain Hardware Resources shown above includes these properties (TABLE 5-3):

TABLE 5-3 Starfire Domain Hardware Resources

Property	Description
Total Disks	Number of disks present in the system
Total Memory (MB)	Total memory, in megabytes
Total Processors	Number of processors. This includes all processors allocated to the domain, including processors not configured by POST.
Total Tape Devices	Number of tape devices present in the system

Interaction With Starfire Domain Devices

The Starfire domain Config Reader module periodically opens and immediately closes Starfire domain disk and tape devices to determine the physical presence of these devices. These actions may cause the following behavior:

• When devices have been configured into the system but are no longer physically attached or are turned off, the Starfire domain Config Reader module operation may be delayed while the device open call attempts to contact the missing device. This may lead to sluggish refreshing of the hardware configuration information or displaying the black star or "splat" icon on the Starfire domain Config Reader module. Resolve this problem by removing the entries for the missing devices in /dev/rdsk and /dev/rmt or reconfiguring the system devices; see drvconfig(1M).
• Dynamic Reconfiguration detach operations may occasionally fail, due to board devices being momentarily busy due to this Config Reader activity. In the rare event that a DR detach operation fails, retrying the detach operation is usually successful.

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Starfire Platform Details Window

The Sun Management Center Details window for a Starfire platform displays information about the entire platform hardware. This window includes the following tab buttons, which are explained in the Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide:

• Info
• Browser
• Alarms
• Hardware

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Note - If your Starfire platform Details window does not include each of these tab buttons, Starfire support has not been correctly installed on your Sun Management Center server host. Confirm that the add-on Starfire components have been installed and set up, and that the Sun Management Center server process has been restarted following installation.

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The Starfire platform is monitored by a Sun Management Center platform agent on the SSP. The platform agent is dedicated to this task, so you cannot load or unload agent modules from the Starfire platform Details window.

The Hardware tab displays information provided by the Starfire platform Config Reader module. This module provides up-to-date information about platform hardware, including:

• Voltage and temperature
• All boards
• Power supplies
• Fan trays
• Hardware errors encountered, such as recordstop, arbstop, and watchdog.

Both the Starfire platform and Starfire domain Config Reader modules provide information about the system board configuration. This duplicated information may cause the Starfire domain and platform Details window to report duplicate alarms for a single condition. This enables you to see alarms quickly, regardless of which Details window you are watching.

The Starfire platform Config Reader module does not provide configuration information for the I/O devices attached to the platform. To see this information, open a Starfire domain Details window for each domain whose I/O devices you want to check.

Determining the Complete Platform Configuration

The complete Starfire platform hardware configuration cannot be determined from the SSP alone. The Starfire platform Config Reader module queries the Starfire domain Config Reader module for the following system board information:

• Memory configuration
• I/O configuration
• Processor details
• Components which failed power-on self-test (POST)

If the platform Config Reader cannot access the Starfire domain Config Reader information, the detailed configuration for a system board assigned to that Starfire domain is unknown.

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Caution - The Starfire platform Config Reader accesses Starfire domain information using SNMP. If you use the Attribute Editor to change the security attributes of the Starfire domain Config Reader module and exclude access by the "public" SNMP community, the platform Config Reader module is unable to access any Starfire domain configuration information.

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Once the detailed system board configuration is determined, this information is available from the Starfire platform Details window even if the Starfire domain Config Reader is inaccessible. All hardware components whose configuration is unknown are clearly marked.

The system board configuration information gathered from the Starfire domain is cached and time-stamped so you can determine how current it is. This information is periodically checked and updated when it has changed. It is discarded whenever either of these events occurs:

• System board is physically removed from the Starfire platform.
• Starfire platform agent is stopped.

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Note - There may be a delay of a few minutes before the Starfire platform Config Reader module is updated with the most current Starfire domain information.

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Starfire Platform Configuration Resources

The Resources view of the Starfire platform Hardware tab provides information about the hosts associated with this Starfire platform and a summary of the platform's hardware configuration (FIGURE 5-2).

 FIGURE 5-2 Starfire Platform Information and Hardware Resource Summary

The Starfire Platform Information table includes these properties (TABLE 5-4):

TABLE 5-4 Starfire Platform Information

Property	Description
Platform Name	Name given to the platform during SSP software configuration
SSP Status	Status, either main or spare, of the SSP associated with this platform topology object
SSP Hostname	Host name of the SSP associated with this platform topology object
Alternate SSP	Host name of the alternate SSP for this platform, if one is configured
Total Starfire Domains	Number of Starfire domains configured for this platform
Starfire Domain Names	List of the domains configured on this Starfire platform

The Starfire Platform Hardware Resources table includes these properties (TABLE 5-5):

TABLE 5-5 Starfire Platform Hardware Resources:

Property	Description
Total System Boards	Number of system boards
Total Processors	Number of processors
Total Control Boards	Number of control boards
Total Centerplane Boards	Number of centerplane boards
Total Centerplane Support Boards	Number of centerplane support boards
Total Fan Trays	Number of fan trays
Total 48V Power Supplies	Number of power supplies
Total I/O Cabinets	Number of I/O cabinets

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Starfire Physical and Logical Views

In the Starfire domain physical view, the chassis picture has some grayed-out areas rather than the photo-realistic image shown in the Starfire platform physical view (FIGURE 5-3). This difference reminds you that only Starfire domain system board information is available from the Starfire domain.

 FIGURE 5-3 Physical Views of a Starfire Domain and a Starfire Platform

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Note - Display the Starfire platform physical view if you want more information about the entire platform.

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The Starfire platform physical view "watermarks" the system board memory and I/O modules whose presence is unknown with a question mark indicator (FIGURE 5-4).

 FIGURE 5-4 Unknown Module With Question Mark Indicator

The physical and logical view highlight components that have open alarms but, when displayed, the physical and logical view property detail information does not identify which property is currently in an alarm state. Many Starfire components are characterized by multiple properties that have rules and potential alarms. To determine which component properties have open alarms, examine the Alarm or Browser tab of the Details window.

The physical view shows only components that are visible in the platform chassis. For example, centerplane boards and I/O devices are not shown in the physical view. To view information on these devices, examine the logical view or browser displays.

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SSP Details Window

No changes specific to Starfire servers have been made to the SSP Details window. Two additional local application modules, SSP Status and Discovery Table, are configured for loading into the SSP agent during Starfire platform setup. These modules display the main or spare status of the SSP and provide Starfire composite information.

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Note - If the SSP status module and Discovery Table are not loaded, perform Starfire platform setup again.

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