To Exchange Server Blades Within a Chassis (N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, System Administration Guide)

N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, System Administration Guide

To Exchange Server Blades Within a Chassis

The following scenario describes the exchange of two server blades within a chassis.

Caution –

In this procedure, the order in which tasks are performed is important, otherwise a conflict may occur if the server blade removed from the chassis is still in the CPDB. Ensure that you delete the server blade first from its current slot, then add it to the new one. See the example following the steps for details.

Before You Begin

Before physically removing server blades, execute the removefru blade command from the power controller. See the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis documentation for details on how to use this command.

All server blades to be deleted must be in FREE or NEW state. You can change device states by executing the device command. See the delete man page for details on how to use that command.

Steps

When prompted to either type q for exiting or the line number for the recommended action, type the line number.

When prompted whether to delete the device, type y.

You are prompted to confirm the deletion.

Type y again.

Example 2–5 Sample Action for Exchanging Server Blades in a Chassis

Recommended actions: 
                Recommended 
#  Cause        Action     Identification       Conflicting IDs 
-- -----------  ------- ----------------------- --------------- 
0: CONFLICT      DELETE 50114 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50110 
1: CONFLICT      ADD    50110 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50114 
2: CONFLICT      ADD    50114 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50110 
3: CONFLICT      DELETE 50110 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50114 
* = action has been run 
Enter line number from above or q for quit: 0 
DELETE device 50114 (MAC address 00:03:BA:26:91:F5)? [y/n] y
/opt/terraspring/sbin/device -d 50114 
Are you sure to delete (y/n)? y 
Deleted device 50114 

Recommended actions: 
                Recommended 
#  Cause        Action     Identification               Conflicting IDs 
-- -----------  ------- ----------------------- --------------- 
0: CONFLICT     *DELETE 50114 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50110 
1: CONFLICT      ADD    50110 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50114 
2: CONFLICT      ADD    50114 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50110 
3: CONFLICT      DELETE 50110 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50114 
* = action has been run 
Enter line number from above or q for quit: 3 
DELETE device 50110 (Identification 00:03:BA:26:91:AD)? [y/n] y
/opt/terraspring/sbin/device -d 50114 
Are you sure to delete (y/n)? y
Deleted device 50110 

Recommended actions: 
                Recommended 
#  Cause        Action     Identification               Conflicting IDs 
-- -----------  ------- ----------------------- --------------- 
0: CONFLICT     *DELETE 50114 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50110 
1: CONFLICT      ADD    50110 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50114 
2: CONFLICT      ADD    50114 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50110 
3: CONFLICT     *DELETE 50110 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50114 
* = action has been run 
Enter line number from above or q for quit: 1 
ADD device 50110 (Identification=00:03:BA:26:91:F5)? [y/n] y 
Adding device 50110 by running /var/tmp/add.withtype.50110: 
<segment> 
,device-type name="sun-b1600-shelf" parent="bls" desc="Sun B1600 Shelf"> 
</device-type>
 
... 
Processing WML file /var/tmp/add.withtype.50110... 
File '/var/tmp/add.withtype.50110' processed successfully 

Recommended actions: 
                Recommended 
#  Cause        Action     Identification       Conflicting IDs 
-- -----------  ------- ----------------------- --------------- 
0: CONFLICT     *DELETE 50114 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50110 
1: CONFLICT     *ADD    50110 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50114 
2: CONFLICT      ADD    50114 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50110 
3: CONFLICT     *DELETE 50110 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50114 
* = action has been run 
Enter line number from above or q for quit: 2 
ADD device 50114 (Identification=00:03:BA:26:91:AD)? [y/n] y
Adding device 50114 by running /var/tmp/add.withtype.50114: 
<segment> 
,device-type name="sun-b1600-shelf" parent="bls" desc="Sun B1600 Shelf">
</device-type>
 
... 
Processing WML file /var/tmp/add.withtype.50114... 
File '/var/tmp/add.withtype.50114' processed successfully

Recommended actions: 
                Recommended 
#  Cause        Action     Identification               Conflicting IDs 
-- -----------  ------- ----------------------- --------------- 
0: CONFLICT     *DELETE 50114 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50110 
1: CONFLICT     *ADD    50110 00:03:BA:26:91:F5 50114 
2: CONFLICT     *ADD    50114 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50110 
3: CONFLICT     *DELETE 50110 00:03:BA:26:91:AD 50114 
* = action has been run 
Enter line number from above or q for quit: q 
What do you want to do next: 
#1. Re-sync the current SFB1600 device with its saved state. 
#2. Synchronize another SFB1600 device with its saved state. 
#3. Exit. 
Make selection (1-3): 3 
[root@idb1:2]#