Chapter 5 Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform For the First Time Using the Graphical User Interface

This chapter provides the procedures for using the OTP provisioning service graphical user interface on the external OTP installation server to install and configure Open Telecommunications Platform to your clustered OTP systems.

The following topics are discussed:

• Graphical User Interface Installation and Configuration Overview

• Open Telecommunications Platform Installation Prerequisites

• Preparing To Install OTP To New OTP Hosts

• Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Standalone OTP Host

• Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Clustered OTP System

Graphical User Interface Installation and Configuration Overview

The following figure provides a summary of the high-level tasks that you will perform as part of the GUI-based Open Telecommunications Platform installation and configuration processes.

The following diagram illustrates the sequence of the high-level tasks for site planning, installation and configuration of the Open Telecommunications Platform.

Figure 5–1 GUI-Based Open Telecommunications Platform Installation Task Flow

Open Telecommunications Platform Installation Prerequisites

The following prerequisites must be met before you can install the Open Telecommunications Platform using the external OTP installation server graphical user interface.

• The Solaris 10 Update 2 operating system and OSP plug-in must be installed and configured on the external OTP installation server as described in Setting Up the External OTP Installation Server.

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  External OTP installation server installation and configuration includes creating the OTP installation directory and installing the OTP services, OSP plug-in, and agents on the external OTP installation server,

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• All OTP hosts and storage devices must meet the minimum patch and firmware requirements as described in OTP System Hardware and Firmware Requirements.

• Solaris 10 Update 2 must be installed and configured on each new OTP host as described in Installing Solaris 10 Update 2 and the Remote Agent on the OTP Hosts.

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  OTP host post-operating system configuration procedures include installation of the service provisioning remote agent.

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• A naming service such as NIS, NIS+, or /etc/hosts must be set up and all host names and IP addresses must be set up on that naming service.

Preparing To Install OTP To New OTP Hosts

Before you can install OTP to new OTP hosts using the external OTP installation server, you must add each new OTP host to the external OTP installation server as described in the following procedure.

To Add Hosts to the External OTP Installation Server

Before you can install the Open Telecommunications Platform to the standalone OTP host or to the clustered OTP hosts, you must add each new OTP host to the host list on the external OTP installation server. Perform the following steps for each new OTP host.

Before You Begin

• The external OTP installation server must be set up and verified as described in Setting Up the External OTP Installation Server.

• The Solaris OS and the remote agent must be installed on all of the clustered OTP system hosts as described in Installing Solaris 10 Update 2 and the Remote Agent on the OTP Hosts.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click Host Setup in the left menu to display the Host Setup page:

   Figure 5–2 Host Setup page

   
   

3. Click hosts in the central menu to display the hosts page:

   Figure 5–3 Hosts Page

   
   

   1. In the host field, type the name of the new OTP host.

   2. (Optional) In the description field, type a description of the new OTP host.

   3. Click create.

   The host details edit page is displayed as shown in the next step.

4. Specify the host values on the details edit page:

   Figure 5–4 Host Edit Details Page

   
   

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   The above example of the host edit details page shows only the required fields at the top of the page.

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   1. Click include remote agent on this physical host

   2. Click the arrow to the right of the connection type field to display the drop-down list.

      Choose TCP/IP (unencrypted).

   3. In the ip address or name field, type either the IP address of the host or the host name.

   4. In the port field, type 7000.

   5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click save.

      The host is added to the hosts list on the external OTP installation server. The hosts list page is displayed.

   6. Click Host Setup.

   7. Click the name of the host you are setting up.

   8. Click Update remote agent.

   9. Check the box to the left of the host name, and then click prepare host...

      The host is prepared for provisioning.

Troubleshooting

Before adding a node to an existing cluster, ensure that the sponsoring node (first OTP host of the cluster) is added to the host list in the service provisioning service using this procedure.

Next Steps

Repeat this procedure for every host to which the Open Telecommunications Platform is to be installed. When you have finished adding all hosts to the external OTP installation server hosts list:

• If you are installing the Open Telecommunications Platform to a standalone OTP host, install the Open Telecommunications Platform as described in Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Standalone OTP Host.

• If you are installing Open Telecommunications Platform to a clustered OTP system, install the Open Telecommunications Platform as described in Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Clustered OTP System.

Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Standalone OTP Host

Graphical user interface installation and setup of the Open Telecommunications Platform on a standalone OTP host is comprised of the following procedures:

• To Set Up the OTP High Availability Framework

• To Set Up OTP System Management and Provisioning Services

• To Enable High Availability For the OTP Provisioning Service

Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions and the Standalone OTP Host Plan Worksheet for information needed during installation.

A standalone OTP host can be converted clustered OTP host as described in Converting a Standalone OTP Host to a Clustered OTP Host.

To Set Up the OTP High Availability Framework

The OTP high availability framework must be set up on the standalone OTP host.

Before You Begin

• The external OTP installation server must be set up and verified as described in To Install the OTP Services, Agent, and Plug-ins on the External OTP Installation Server.

• The Solaris OS and the remote agent must be installed on all of the clustered OTP system hosts as described in Installing Solaris 10 Update 2 and the Remote Agent on the OTP Hosts.

• The standalone OTP host must be added to the external OTP installation server as described in To Add Hosts to the External OTP Installation Server.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 1. OTP High Availability Framework: Install and Configure

   The edit availability plan page appears.

   Figure 5–5 Edit Availability Plan Page

   
   

4. Click run.

   The Availability Plan Variables page appears.

   Figure 5–6 Availability Plan Variables Page

   
   

   Scroll the page down to view the variables:

   Figure 5–7 Availability Plan Variables Page: Variables

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Standalone OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process:

   • Installs required Solaris OS patches

   • Installs the OTP high availability framework

   • Configures the standalone OTP host

   • Reboots the standalone OTP host

   • Verifies the OTP high availability framework configuration

Next Steps

Set up the system management and provisioning services on the standalone OTP host as described in the following procedure.

To Set Up OTP System Management and Provisioning Services

Before You Begin

The OTP high availability framework must be set up on the standalone OTP host as described in the previous procedure.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 2. OTP System Management and Provisioning Service: Install and Configure.

   The edit System Management and Application Provisioning plan page appears.

4. Click run.

   The Availability Plan Variables page appears. Scroll the page down to display the variables

   Figure 5–8 System Management and Application Provisioning Plan Variables Page

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Standalone OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process:

   • Installs the Web console

   • Applies patches required by the Open Telecommunications Platform

   • Installs the system management service

   • Installs the service provisioning service

   • Installs Java patches

   When the provisioning process completes, click done.

Next Steps

Enable high availability on the standalone OTP host as described in the following procedure.

To Enable High Availability For the OTP Provisioning Service

Before You Begin

OTP System management and provisioning services must be set up on the standalone OTP host as described in the previous procedure.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 3. OTP High Availability for Provisioning Service: Enable .

   The edit High Availability plan page appears.

4. Click run.

   The High Availability Plan Variables page appears.

   Figure 5–9 High Availability Plan Variables Page

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Standalone OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process installs and enables the application provisioning service high availability agent.

   When the provisioning process completes, click done.

6. Log in as root to the standalone OTP host and restart the remote agent.

   Type /etc/init.d/n1spsagent restart to restart the remote agent. If the remote agent is not restarted, then the service provisioning service on the standalone OTP host will not work properly.

   This completes installation of the Open Telecommunications Platform on a standalone OTP host.

Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Clustered OTP System

Graphical user interface installation and setup of the Open Telecommunications Platform on a clustered OTP system is comprised of the following steps:

• To Set Up the OTP High Availability Framework on the First OTP Host

• To Set Up the OTP High Availability Framework on the Additional OTP Hosts

• To Set Up OTP System Management and Provisioning Services on the First OTP Host

• To Set Up OTP System Management and Provisioning Services on the Additional OTP Hosts

• To Enable High Availability for the OTP Provisioning Service on the First OTP Host

Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions and the Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet for information needed during installation.

To Set Up the OTP High Availability Framework on the First OTP Host

Availability services must first be set up on the first OTP host in your clustered OTP system.

Before You Begin

• The first OTP host must be connected to shared storage

• The external OTP installation server must be set up and verified as described in To Install the OTP Services, Agent, and Plug-ins on the External OTP Installation Server

• The Solaris OS and the remote agent must be installed on all of thenew OTP hosts as described in Installing Solaris 10 Update 2 and the Remote Agent on the OTP Hosts

• All hosts in the clustered OTP system must be added to the external OTP installation server hosts list as described in To Add Hosts to the External OTP Installation Server

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 1. OTP High Availability Framework on First Host: Install and Configure.

   The edit availability plan page appears.

   Figure 5–10 Clustered OTP Host Edit Availability Plan Page: System Management Server

   
   

4. Click run.

   The Availability Plan Variables page appears. Scroll the page down to view the variables:

   Figure 5–11 Clustered OTP Host Availability Plan Variables Page: System Management Server Variables

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process:

   • Installs required Solaris OS patches

   • Installs the OTP high availability framework

   • Configures the first OTP host

   • Reboots the first OTP host

   • Verifies the first OTP host configuration

Next Steps

Set up availability services on the additional OTP hosts as described in the next procedure.

To Set Up the OTP High Availability Framework on the Additional OTP Hosts

The OTP high availability framework must be set up on each host in your clustered OTP system. Perform the following steps on each host.

Before You Begin

The OTP high availability framework must be set up on the First OTP Host as described in the previous procedure.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully-qualifed name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 2. OTP High Availability Framework on Additional Hosts: Install and Configure.

   The edit availability plan page appears.

   Figure 5–12 Clustered OTP Hosts Edit Availability Plan Page

   
   

4. Click run.

   The Availability Plan Variables page appears. Scroll the page down to view the variables:

   Figure 5–13 Clustered OTP Hosts Availability Plan Variables Page

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process:

   • Installs required Solaris OS patches

   • Installs the OTP high availability framework

   • Configures the clustered OTP host

   • Reboots the clustered OTP host

   • Verifies the clustered OTP host configuration

6. If you chose no for Quorum Auto Configuration on a two-host cluster, you must manually select and configure the quorum disk as described in To Configure the Quorum Disk on a Two-Host Cluster.

Next Steps

• Create the shared storage on the clustered OTP system as described in To Create Shared Storage on the Clustered OTP System.

• When you have completed setting up shared storage, set up the system management and provisioning services as described in the next procedure.

To Set Up OTP System Management and Provisioning Services on the First OTP Host

Before You Begin

Shared storage must be set up on the first OTP host as described in the previous procedure.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 3. OTP System Management and Provisioning Services on First Host: Install and Configure.

   The edit System Management and Application Provisioning plan page appears.

4. Click run.

   The System Management and Application Provisioning Plan Variables page appears. Scroll the page down to display the variables

   Figure 5–14 Clustered OTP Host System Management and Application Provisioning Plan Variables Page: First OTP Host

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process:

   • Installs the Web console

   • Applies patches required by the Open Telecommunications Platform

   • Installs the system management agent

   • Installs the system management service

   • Installs the service provisioning service

   • Installs Java patches

   When the provisioning process completes, click done.

To Set Up OTP System Management and Provisioning Services on the Additional OTP Hosts

Before You Begin

System management and provisioning services must be set up on the first OTP host as described in the previous procedure.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 4. OTP System Management and Provisioning Service on Additional Hosts: Install and Configure.

   The edit System Management and Application Provisioning plan page appears.

4. Click run.

   The System Management and Application Provisioning Plan Variables page appears. Scroll the page down to display the variables

   Figure 5–15 Clustered OTP Host System Management and Application Provisioning Plan Variables Page: Additional OTP Host

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet for this OTP host. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process:

   • Installs the Web console

   • Applies patches required by the Open Telecommunications Platform

   • Installs the system management agent

   • Installs the system management service

   • Installs the service provisioning service

   • Installs Java patches

   When the provisioning process completes, click done.

Next Steps

Repeat this procedure for the next OTP host in your clustered OTP system.

When you have finished setting up system management and provisioning services on all OTP hosts, enable high availability on the first OTP host as described in the next procedure.

To Enable High Availability for the OTP Provisioning Service on the First OTP Host

Before You Begin

System management and provisioning services must be set up on the additional OTP hosts as described in the previous procedure.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully-qualifed name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 5. OTP High Availability for Provisioning Service on First Host: Enable beneath Multi Cluster Setup in the central menu.

   The edit High Availability plan page appears.

4. Click run.

   The High Availability Plan Variables page appears. Scroll the page down to display the variables

   Figure 5–16 Clustered OTP Host High Availability Plan Variables Page: First OTP Host

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process installs and enables the application provisioning service high availability agent.

   When the provisioning process completes, click done.

6. Log in as root on the first OTP host and restart the remote agent.

   Type /etc/init.d/n1spsagent restart to restart the remote agent. If the remote agent is not restarted, then the service provisioning service on the first OTP host will not work properly.

7. Configure and enable fail-over.

   1. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scrgadm -c -g otp-system-rg -y RG_system=false to set the system property for the otp-system-rg resource group to false.

   2. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -F -g otp-system-rg to take the remote group offline.

   3. Type the following commands in the sequence shown to disable cluster resources.

      /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -n -j otp-spsms-rs

      /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -n -j otp-spsra-rs

      /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -n -j otp-sps-hastorage-plus

      /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -n -j otp-lhn

   4. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -u -g otp-system-rg to put the remote group into the unmanaged state.

   5. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scrgadm -c -j otp-spsra-rs -x Stop_signal="15" to change the Stop_signal property of the remote agent resource to 15.

   6. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scrgadm -c -j otp-spsms-rs -x Stop_signal="15" to change the Stop_signal property of the management service resource to 15.

   7. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -o -g otp-system-rg to put the remote group into the managed state.

   8. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scswitch -Z -g otp-system-rg to bring the remote group back online.

   9. Type /usr/cluster/bin/scrgadm -c -g otp-system-rg -y RG_system=true to set the system property for the otp-system-rg resource group to true.

   This completes the Open Telecommunications Platform graphical user interface installation process for a clustered OTP system.