how to check out IP address used by system controller

[RedFox4AIX]

Hi All,

I have sun fire v1280 with a system controller, my question is how can I check out IP address used by system controller online? any command for that?

thanks!

Fox

 

[cndcadams]

RedFox4AIX;


These commands are executed at the lom prompt on the system controller, not in Solaris

shownetwork - Display System Controller (LOM) network settings and MAC addresses.

shownetwork [-v]

shownetwork -h

showsc - Display version and uptime information about the System Controller.

showsc [-v]

showsc -h

Thanks

CA

 

[RedFox4AIX]

Hi CA,

thanks for your reply. however that doesn't help in my situation. I am in an environment with about 800 solaris boxes belong to different clients, I don't see a document including all those information here and it is wasting time to check it out every time. I am wondering if we can check it out from solaris environment online not from LOM because if I can log on to sc I really don't care IP.

so my question should be if we have command to check it out from OS ?

thanks!

Fox

 

[KenCunningham]

Fox, is this not something you could put in a here script on your Solaris boxes, something like one would do to automate an ftp session?

 

[WhiteVolg]

RedFox. Is this circa rsc or sc generation. either way try an "rscadm help" or "scadm help". If the hardware is there it will respond with a list of rsc/sc commands which you can execute to get the ALOM info. For instance "scadm shownetwork". The binaries are usually in
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm
or if it's a rsc then they would most likely be in /usr/platform/`uname -i`/rsc/rscadm

 

[RedFox4AIX]

hi WhiteVolg,

Your information is awesome and cool. I can check out "man scadm", however I can't find the command in /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm . I can telnet to system controller and run commands like showlogs, showsc &, what package do I need to install to run scadm in OS?

Thanks!

Fox

 

[RedFox4AIX]

Hi,

I also found scadm in another box, but it is not excutable:

unixs166_UAT:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/scadm
/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/scadm: cannot execute
unixs166_UAT:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# ls -l /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/scadm
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root sys 45000 Jun 2 2003 /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/scadm

any idea?

Fox

 

[cndcadams]

RedFox4Aix;

This is an interesting issue you have. I have looked around trying to figure out this issue and it is frustrating me so I can imagine what it is doing to you. I have searched for information on packages to load for scadm but I can't seem to find the package names.

I have a v240 with dual boot environment solaris 9 and 10 and both have scadm that work.

Did you do a complete install with OEM support originally?
run more /var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER and let me know what it shows.

When I do a man scadm at the bottom it show SUNWkvm so I suppose this is the package needed to run scadm????

run pkginfo -l SUNWkvm and let me know if you have that package.

Thanks

CA

 

[cndcadams]

RedFox4aix;

This is very strange. I have a v210 that is showing similar issues as yours. I loaded solaris 9 full+OEM this morning, and it does have the SUNWkvm package but the scadm executable does not exist. I am going to load Solaris 10 overnight (I have a jumpstart server so it will be ready in the morning.) I will then check to see if scadm is available. I am wondering if scadm is part of the supplement cd which I don't have with me in the office.
I will bring it in tommorrow so I can check it.

I will keep you posted

CA

 

[cndcadams]

Redfox4aix;

My Solaris10 install finished already and /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm does exist and is executable.

I will reload solaris 9 tomorrow and see what was up.

Thanks

CA

 

[RedFox4AIX]

Hi CA,

Here is what shows in my box:

unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# uname -a
SunOS unixs278 5.8 Generic_117350-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# pkginfo -l SUNWkvm
PKGINST: SUNWkvm
NAME: Core Architecture, (Kvm)
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: sparc.sun4u
VERSION: 11.8.0,REV=2000.01.08.18.12
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: core software for a specific hardware platform group
PSTAMP: on28-patch20030602105305
INSTDATE: Aug 07 2005 00:57
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 244 installed pathnames
53 shared pathnames
58 directories
10 executables
3 setuid/setgid executables
1649 blocks used (approx)

unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# ls -l /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm
/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire/sbin/scadm: No such file or directory
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# ls -l /var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17 Mar 10 2003 /var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# file /var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER
/var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER: ascii text
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin# more /var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER
CLUSTER=SUNWCall
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin#


the SUNWkvm exist but scadm is not there, maybe I need to reload the package.

thanks!

Fox

 

[cndcadams]

RedFox4Aix;

Well my reinstall of Solaris 9 full+OEM does have scadm and it is exectuable.

from your post I see you are running Solaris 8 with cluster SUNWCall which is entire distribution minus additional OEM support.

Unfortunatley my solaris 8 jumpstart is version 2/02 and the v210/v240 systems require 12/02 release so I can't replicate exactly what you have.

What I am trying at this point is a install of solaris 9 cluster SUNWCall to see if that takes away my ability to run scadm.

Also I ran a pkgrm of SUNWkvm and found out there are alot of programs that depend on SUNWkvm. I removed it anyways and then tried did a find on scadm and it does not exist at all. So I would say not to remove and reinstall it.

I will keep you posted on my latest test, I will also look around to see if I have another Solaris 8 release but I don't believe we do.

Thanks

CA

 

[kHz]

I had a flash archive of Solaris 8 2/02 that was running on a V480 and I was told to install the image on a V210. Well, it wouldn't boot, so I found what patches I needed and installed them in a finish script using Jumpstart.

Unfortunately I don't remember what patches were used.

 

[cndcadams]

RedFox4Aix;

Well the install solaris 9 cluster SUNWCall has scadm and it is executable.

Your permissions and user/group look fine for scadm on the V240.

If you cd /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin
then type scadm help what do you get?

you may need to run ./scadm help

Unfortunately I could not find another Solaris 8 release in the office and most of my personal copies are in storage so I can't easily get to it.

Also what is your OBP level
run OBP from OS?

Thanks

CA

 

[cndcadams]

Ignore the obp command, I dont't know where I got that. Run prtdiag -v and at the bottom it will give the OBP version.

Thanks

CA

 

[RedFox4AIX]

Hi CA,

Here is the OBP version:

System PROM revisions:
----------------------
OBP 5.18.0 09/20/04 21:21

thanks,
Fox

 

[RedFox4AIX]

Hi CA,

Also I found one box with scadm in different directory but failed to execute:
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin# ./scadm help

scadm: The SC hardware could not be initialized.


unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin# uname -i
SUNW,Sun-Fire
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin# ./prtdiag -v
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Fire 6800
System clock frequency: 150 MHz
Memory size: 49152 Megabytes

========================= CPUs ===============================================

CPU Run E$ CPU CPU
FRU Name ID MHz MB Impl. Mask
---------- ------- ---- ---- ------- ----
/N0/SB0/P0 0 1050 8.0 US-III+ 2.3
/N0/SB0/P1 1 1050 8.0 US-III+ 2.3

========================= Available Boards/Slots for Domain ==================

Power Fault HotPlug Board/Slot Board/Slot
FRU Name LED LED LED Condition Assigned
-------- ----- ----- ------- ---------- ----------
There are currently no Boards/Slots available to this Domain

========================= Hardware Failures ==================================
No Hardware failures found in System

========================= HW Revisions =======================================

System PROM revisions:
----------------------
OBP 5.18.0 09/20/04 21:21

IO ASIC revisions:
------------------
Port
FRU Name Model ID Status Version
----------- --------------- ---- ------ -------
/N0/IB6/P0 SUNW,schizo 24 ok 4

/N0/IB7/P0 SUNW,sgsbbc 26 ok 2
/N0/IB8/P0 SUNW,sgsbbc 28 ok 2
/N0/IB9/P0 SUNW,sgsbbc 30 ok 2
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin# uname -a
SunOS unixs278 5.8 Generic_117350-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire
unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin# pkginfo -l SUNWkvm
PKGINST: SUNWkvm
NAME: Core Architecture, (Kvm)
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: sparc.sun4u
VERSION: 11.8.0,REV=2000.01.08.18.12
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: core software for a specific hardware platform group
PSTAMP: on28-patch20030602105305
INSTDATE: Aug 07 2005 00:57
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 244 installed pathnames
53 shared pathnames
58 directories
10 executables
3 setuid/setgid executables
1649 blocks used (approx)

unixs278_PROD:/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin#

any idea ?

thanks!
Fox

 

[cndcadams]

KHZ;

The v480 does support solaris 8 2/02, but the v210/v240 do not (if you try to call Sun on this they would not help you, hope this is not a production box), when I try to do jumpstart it fails right away during boot, complains it can't find /kernel/sparcv9/unix. Unfortunately I don't have a v480 to do a flash from.

Anyways I appreciate your information, I will play around and see what I can do. I did notice also that the V480 needed some specific patches to Run 2/02 so maybe I can update my jumpstart image with those patches and give it another try.

Thanks

CA

 

[kHz]

It appears looking at my finish script the patches I applied on the V210 to allow it to run a V480 Sol 8 2/02 flash archive were:

# cat patch_order
111111-04
111310-01
108987-17
109885-20
108528-29

Maybe I also applied a patch cluster?. A 'uname -a' on my V480 shows 108528-21 and my V210 is 108528-29.

I really don't recall what exactly I did to get the V480 Sol 8 2/02 flash working on the V210. But those patches listed above were installed with a finish script during jumpstart, but I am not sure what I did to get a different kernel patch.

 

[cndcadams]

RedFox4Aix;

The prtdiag information you gave me is from a sunfire 6800,

what is the OBP from your v240?

Also if you telnet into the alom on the v240 what is the firmware version of that?
sc> showsc -v
mine is Advanced Lights Out Manager v1.5.3

thanks

CA