Sun Fire Midrange Systems Platform Administration Manual
Firmware Release 5.16.0
817-2971-10
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System Controller Tasks Completed at System Power-On
To Set Up or Reconfigure the Domains in Your System
To Set Up Domains With Component Redundancy in Sun Fire E6900 and 6800 Systems
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
System Controller Clock Failover
System Controller Failover Recovery
Error Diagnosis and Domain Recovery
Unattended Power Failure Recovery
System Controller Reboot Recovery
System Controller Error Logging
Sun Management Center Software for Sun Fire Midrange Systems
2. Accessing the System Controller
Establishing Connections to the SC
Establishing Serial Connections to the SC
To Initiate a Serial Connection With tip
To Initiate a Serial Connection Using the Serial Port
Establishing Remote Connections to the SC
To Initiate a Remote Connection With SSH
To Initiate a Remote Connection With TELNET
To Bypass the SC Main Menu When Using TELNET
To Select Destinations From the SC Main Menu
To Navigate Between The Platform Shell And a Domain
To Go From a Domain Console To a Domain Shell
To Go From a Domain Shell To a Domain Console
Terminating Connections to the SC
To Terminate a Serial Connection With tip
To Terminate a Remote Connection
To Install and Cable the Hardware
To Set Up Additional Services Before System Power On
Setting the Platform Date and Time
To Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone for the Platform
To Set a Password for the Platform
To Configure Platform Parameters
To Set the Date and Time for Domain A
To Set a Password for Domain A
To Configure Domain-Specific Parameters
Saving the Current Configuration to a Server
To Use dumpconfig to Save Platform and Domain Configurations
Installing and Booting the Solaris Operating Environment
To Install and Boot the Solaris Operating Environment
4. Creating and Starting Multiple Domains
To Create a Third Domain on a Sun Fire E6900 or 6800 System
Powering Off and On the System
Assigning and Unassigning Boards
To Unassign a Board From a Domain
Swapping Domain HostID/MAC Addresses
To Swap the HostID/MAC Address Between Two Domains
To Restore the HostID/MAC Address Swapped Between Domains
Saving and Restoring Configurations
Using the restoreconfig Command
Securing the System Controller
Guidelines for Securing the SC
Selecting a Remote Connection Type
Configuring the Platform Loghost
Using the SNMP Protocol Default Configuration
Setting the SNTP Protocol Configuration
Defining the Platform Password
Defining Hardware Access Control Lists (ACLs)
To Define Hardware Access Control Lists
Rebooting the SC to Implement Settings
Defining Passwords for the Domains
Configuring Domain SNMP Information
Configuring the Virtual Keyswitch for Each Domain
Additional Security Considerations
Special Key Sequences for RTOS Shell Access
Solaris Operating Environment Security
7. Automatic Diagnosis and Recovery
Automatic Diagnosis and Recovery Overview
Automatic Recovery of Hung Domains
Obtaining Auto-Diagnosis and Domain Recovery Information
Reviewing Auto-Diagnosis Event Messages
Reviewing Additional Error Information
What Triggers an Automatic Failover
What Happens During a Failover
Conditions That Affect Your SC Failover Configuration
To Perform a Manual SC Failover
To Obtain Failover Status Information
Recovering After an SC Failover
To Recover After an SC Failover Occurs
Instant Access CPUs as Hot-Spares
To Obtain and Add a COD RTU License Key to the COD License Database
To Delete a COD License Key From the COD License Database
To Review COD License Information
To Enable or Disable Instant Access CPUs and Reserve Domain RTU Licenses
To Identify COD CPU/Memory Boards
To View COD Usage by Resource and Domain
11. Removing and Replacing Boards
CPU/Memory Boards and I/O Assemblies
To Remove and Replace a System Board
To Unassign a Board From a Domain or Disable a System Board
To Hot-Swap a CPU/Memory Board Using DR
To Hot-Swap an I/O Assembly Using DR
To Remove and Replace a PCI Card
To Remove and Replace a CompactPCI Card
To Remove and Replace a Repeater Board
To Remove and Replace the System Controller Board in a Single SC Configuration
To Remove and Replace a System Controller Board in a Redundant SC Configuration
To Remove and Replace an ID Board and Centerplane
Capturing and Collecting System Information
Platform, Domain, and System Messages
Platform and Domain Status Information From System Controller Commands
Diagnostic and System Configuration Information From Solaris Operating Environment Commands
Recovering from a Repeater Board Failure
To Determine an I/O Physical Slot Number Using an I/O Device Path
B. Setting Up an HTTP or FTP Server: Examples
Setting Up the Firmware Server
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