How to reset iLOM root password on Sun/Oracle X server
Posted on November 17th, 2011
if you’ve lost root password on Sun/Oracle X server, you can recovery it using ipmitool. This was tested on Sun X4600 M2, Solaris 10 installed.
# ipmitool user list 1 ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg Channel Priv Limit 1 false false true NO ACCESS 2 root false false true ADMINISTRATOR 12 radproxy true true true OPERATOR 13 ilomint true true true ADMINISTRATOR 14 ldapproxy true true true OPERATOR 15 pamproxy-admin true true true ADMINISTRATOR 16 pamproxy-oper true true true OPERATOR # ipmitool user set password 2 new-password
Now you can login using new-password.
$ ssh root@ilom Password: <new-password> Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager Version 2.0.2.5 Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. ->
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Using QLA2460 adapter with Solaris 9 on SF4800 server
Posted on July 20th, 2011
You are required to install Sun SAN 4.4.x package (Oracle patch 10297699) in order to get it working. This is the requirement for Solaris 8 and 9. Solaris 10 has bundled SAN software
Otherwise you will not be able to see it using luxadm or load qlc driver.
For more info refer to Solaris[TM] 8 & 9 (not for Solaris[TM] 10) Fibre Channel/SAN storage access configuration guidelines [ID 1006118.1] provided by support.oracle.com
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Connecting SL500 Library robot to emulex HBA port
Posted on October 25th, 2010
I was managed to setup netbackup server using Sun Enterprise 5120 and SL500 library. The problem was that the robot connection became broken after server reboot and I have to power cycle the library to get the robot appear again. After doing some investigation it was revealed that the robot connection is unstable due to automatic configuration of FC link with Emulex adapter port.
The port instance the robot connected to is 2. We configure the port to force loop topology and 2Gb/s port speed by specifying parameters in emulex driver configuration file /kernel/drv/emlxs.conf
emlxs2-topology=4; emlxs2-link-speed=2
After reboot we got library connected and not loosing link.
Solaris version:
SunOS backup-machine 5.10 Generic_139555-08 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5120
and FC port
HBA Port WWN: 10000000c978d630
OS Device Name: /dev/cfg/c4
Manufacturer: Emulex
Model: LPe11002-S
Firmware Version: 2.80a4 (Z3F2.80A4)
FCode/BIOS Version: Boot:5.03a0 Fcode:3.01a1
Serial Number: 0999BG0-08350000K2
Driver Name: emlxs
Driver Version: 2.31t (2009.04.05.14.10)
Type: L-port
State: online
Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb 4Gb
Current Speed: 2Gb
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Monitoring server overheat with ipmitool
Posted on June 22nd, 2010
Recently I was faced with sudden night Sun x4600 server shutdown. Investigation reveals that there was an conditioning failure and machine goes down on its own. I dig into logs and found that the shutdown was initiated by server’s system controller. Excerpt from the log follows:
System ACPI Power State : sys.acpi : S5/G2: soft-off Power Supply : ps1.pwrok : State Deasserted Power Supply : ps3.pwrok : State Deasserted Power Supply : ps2.pwrok : State Deasserted Temperature : p2.t_amb : Upper Non-recoverable going high : reading 46 > threshold 45 degrees C Hot removal of /SYS/PS0 Entity Presence : ps0.prsnt : Device Absent Processor : p0.cardfail : State Asserted Temperature : p0.t_amb : Upper Critical going high : reading 39 > threshold 38 degrees C Processor : p3.cardfail : State Asserted Temperature : p3.t_amb : Upper Critical going high : reading 39 > threshold 38 degrees C Processor : p1.cardfail : State Asserted Temperature : p1.t_amb : Upper Critical going high : reading 39 > threshold 38 degrees C Processor : p2.cardfail : State Asserted Temperature : p2.t_amb : Upper Critical going high : reading 39 > threshold 38 degrees C
This nagios plugin for monitoring server overheat with ipmi will get me informed about that kind of event in the future and eliminate unexpected downtime.
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How to find serial number of sun servers remotely
Posted on May 7th, 2010
On Sun Mx000
from the xscf prompt issue
showhardconf
On Sun Fire 4800/6800
from the SC platform shell issue
showplatform -v
For Sun X machines. Example x4600-M2
Login to SC and then
-> cd SYS
/SYS
-> show product_serial_number
Properties:
product_serial_number = 0239AX1238
Commands:
cd
reset
set
show
start
stop
-> pwd
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XSCF crib
Posted on March 9th, 2010
Basic XSCF commands.
Power on domain.
poweron -d 0 # poweron domain 0
connect to domain console
console -d 0 To escape press #.
View operator panel switch posision.
XSCF> showhardconf
SPARC Enterprise M4000;
+ Serial:BCF0840036; Operator_Panel_Switch:Locked;
--- more outout skipped ----To send a break signal
XSCF>sendbreak -d 0 Send break signal to DomainID 0?[y|n] :y
Change secure domain setting denying domain to ignore break signal.
XSCF> showdomainmode -d 0 Host-ID :85021570 Diagnostic Level :min Secure Mode :on Autoboot :on CPU Mode :auto XSCF> setdomainmode -d 0 -m secure=off Diagnostic Level :min -> - Secure Mode :on -> off Autoboot :on -> - CPU Mode :auto -> - The specified modes will be changed. Continue? [y|n] :y configured. Diagnostic Level :min Secure Mode :off (host watchdog: unavailable Break-signal:receive) Autoboot :on (autoboot:on) CPU Mode :auto
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