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;
 
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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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Configuring XSCF on Sun M4k server

Posted on February 26th, 2010

This a procedure for configuring XSCF system controller on Sun Mx000 servers. To start, connect to
xscf with serial connection.

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Finding network interfaces on Sun Fire server using kstat

Posted on January 28th, 2010

This little script shows which interfaces are up, connection speed and full device path
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Determining I/O board number from the full device path on Sun Fire 4800

Posted on January 26th, 2010

We need to determine I/O boards in which “ce” interfaces are plugged in.

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SunFire 4800 poweroff sequence

Posted on January 25th, 2010

Use the following procedure to completely power off Sun Fire 4800 rack.

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Monitoring Sun A1000 Array with nagios and nrpe

Posted on January 21st, 2010

I’ve got legacy Sun E3500 system with Sun A1000 array. It runs Solaris 8. This is how this array could be monitored using nagios NMS.
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