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Chapter 3

Installing RSC Software



Sun Remote System Control software is installed as two separate components:

Both the client and server components may be installed on the same Sun Enterprise 250 server, if desired.

You can download RSC software from the Sun Enterprise 250 Web site or install it directly from the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement CD or the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD.

Installing Software for the Solaris Operating Environment

To install Sun Remote System Control software from the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement CD, follow the instructions in the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement Roadmap, provided with the CD. To install from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD, follow the instructions in the Sun Hardware Platform Guide, provided with the CD.

To download Sun Remote System Control software from the Web, follow the instructions at the Sun Enterprise 250 Web site:

http://sunsolve2.Sun.COM/sunsolve/E250/

After downloading the files from the Web, use the cd command to change to the directory where you stored the downloaded files, and enter the following command as root:

# sh RSC.sh  

This command executes the RSC installation script. If you are logged in to a Sun Enterprise 250 server, the installation script displays the following screen:

Welcome to the SUN Remote System Control software installation utility  
You may install:  
1. The SUNWrscu package to enable the Remote System Control hardware on this Sun Enterprise 250  
2. The SUNWrscj package to allow this Solaris system to control a Remote System Control device of a Sun Enterprise 250  
3. Both of the above  
Enter 1, 2 or 3 for one of the above choices, or q to exit this script without installing anything:  

To install server software, enter 1. To install client software only, for controlling other Sun Enterprise 250 servers that have RSC software installed, enter 2. To install both the server and client software, enter 3.

If you are not logged in to a Sun Enterprise 250 server, the script displays the following screen:

Welcome to the SUN Remote System Control software installation utility  
This machine is not a Sun Enterprise 250, so you may install:  
1. The SUNWrscj package to allow this Solaris system to control a Remote System Control device of a Sun Enterprise 250  
Enter 1 to install the package, or q to exit this script without installing anything:  

Enter 1 to install the client software (the RSC Java application).

After the RSC Java application is installed on a Solaris client, it resides in the directory /opt/rsc by default.

Note - To run the RSC GUI Java application on a Solaris client machine, the client machine must have the Java Development Kit for Solaris version 1.1.6 or a subsequent compatible version installed. This software is included in the base Solaris 7 operating environment and the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement CD, and can be installed along with the RSC software from the CD. The required version for the Solaris 2.6 operating environment is available from the following location:

http://www.sun.com/solaris/java/

Running the Server Configuration Script

After you have installed RSC software on the server and decided how you want to configure RSC, run the configuration script:

# /usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/rsc-config  

The following prompts will appear on your screen. Some prompts may not appear, depending on choices you make. To respond to the prompts for Step 3 through Step 43, refer to the information you wrote down following the instructions in Chapter 2.

Prompts relating to enabling the Ethernet port, serial port, and alerts include a skip (s) option. This option is useful only if you run the script again after initial configuration, to change selected options of the RSC configuration. When you choose skip when running the script after initial configuration, configuration for that option will not change. If you choose skip and that option has not been previously set, RSC uses the default setting (shown in brackets).

  1. Continue with RSC setup (y|n):

    Enter y or yes to continue; enter n or no to abort configuration.
  2. Set RSC date/time now (y|n|?) [y]:

    Entering y or yes sets RSC date and time to the server's date and time (recommended).
  3. Server Hostname [server-name]:

  4. Edit customer info field (y|n|?) [n]:

  5. Customer Info (<= 8 char):

  6. Enable RSC Ethernet Interface (y|n|s|?) [n]:

  7. RSC IP Mode (config|dhcp|?) [dhcp]:

  8. RSC IP Address:

  9. RSC IP Netmask [255.255.255.0]:

  10. RSC IP Gateway:

  11. Enable RSC Alerts (y|n|s|?) [n]:

  12. Enable Email Alerts (y|n) [n]:

  13. SMTP Server's IP address:

  14. Set Up Backup SMTP Server (y|n) [n]:

  15. SMTP Backup Server's IP address:

  16. Email address:

  17. Enable Pager Alerts (y|n) [n]:

  18. Pager 1 Number (#|?):

  19. Pager 1 Modem Init String (<= 15 chars) [none]:

  20. Pager 1 Account Password (<= 6 chars) [none]:

  21. Pager 1 baud rate (300|1200|2400|4800|9600) [300]:

  22. Pager 1 data bits (7|8) [7]:

  23. Pager 1 parity (even|odd|none) [even]:

  24. Pager 1 stop bits (1|2) [1]:

  25. Set Up Pager 2 Number (y|n) [n]:

  26. Pager 2 Number (#|?):

  27. Pager 2 Modem Init String (<= 15 chars) [none]:

  28. Pager 2 Account Password (<= 6 chars) [none]:

  29. Pager 2 baud rate (300|1200|2400|4800|9600) [300]:

  30. Pager 2 data bits (7|8) [7]:

  31. Pager 2 parity (even|odd|none) [even]:

  32. Pager 2 stop bits (1|2) [1]:

  33. Enable RSC Modem Interface (y|n|s|?) [n]:

  34. Enable PPP over modem (y|n) [n]:

  35. PPP Local IP Address [dynamic]:

  36. PPP Remote IP Address [dynamic]:

  37. Serial port baud rate (9600|19200|38400|57600|115200) [9600]:

  38. Serial port data bits (7|8) [8]:

  39. Serial port parity (even|odd|none) [none]:

  40. Serial port stop bits (1|2) [1]:

  41. Set Up RSC User Account (y|n|?) [y]:

  42. Username:

  43. User Permissions (c,u,a,r|none|?) [cuar]:

    See Sun Remote System Control (RSC) User's Guide for a description of user permissions. Because this will be the only RSC user account until you add more accounts, you should choose the default, cuar.

Completing Server Configuration

Next, the configuration script displays a summary for each section of the procedure, and asks whether it is correct. For each section, respond y or yes to confirm your choices, or respond n or no to revisit that section of the configuration procedure.

When you have confirmed all sections, the configuration procedure updates the RSC flash PROM.

Caution - It takes a few minutes to update the RSC flash PROM. Do not interrupt this process by aborting the configuration procedure or removing system power. If the update is interrupted, you must restart the configuration script, and it must complete successfully, before RSC can function properly.

After setting up RSC as you specified, the configuration procedure prompts you for the password for the user account, if you chose to create a user account. Then it prompts you to repeat the password.

Finally, the procedure asks if you want to reset RSC. A reset is required before Ethernet configuration takes effect. This completes RSC server software configuration.

Redirecting the Console to RSC

After RSC software is installed and configured, the system console is still available as on any normal Sun machine. To enable RSC as the system console device instead, you must log in to the server and enter the following commands at the ok prompt:

ok diag-output-to rsc  
ok setenv input-device rsc  
ok setenv output-device rsc  

These commands take effect after the next server reset. At any time, you can use the following commands to remove RSC as the default console:

ok diag-output-to ttya  
ok setenv input-device keyboard  
ok setenv output-device screen  

These commands take effect after the next server reset.

Installing Client Software for the Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT Operating Environment

To install RSC client software on a Windows-based system, load the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement CD or the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD into the system's CD-ROM drive. The InstallShield application starts automatically, prompts you for a directory name, and installs the RSC executable in the location that you specify.

If you download RSC software from the Web, run the file SunRsc.exe to start the InstallShield application and install the RSC client software.

Note - If you do not specify an installation directory, the RSC client software is installed in the directory C:\Program Files\Sunw\Remote System Control by default.


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