sparc m10-series servers installation

FUJITSU CONFIDENTIAL

SPARC M10-Series Servers

Installation

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Objectives

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■ Perform an initial configuration of the service processor

■ Manage user accounts

■ View the platform environment and hardware configurations

■ Document the characteristics of a Physical Partition

■ Manage Capacity on Demand (CoD)

■ Allocate Building Blocks to a Physical Partition and power it on

■ Access the OpenBoot Prom (OBP) and boot the operating system

■ Run hardware tests to verify the system

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Additional Resources

■ Fujitsu Inc., SPARC M10 Systems Installation Guide, Part Number C120-E678EN, December 2012

■ http://eis/checklists/checklists.html

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Installation Tools

■ Phillips screwdriver (#2)

■ T15 Hexlobe Torx screwdriver

■ Stepladder

■ ESD mat and antistatic wrist strap

■ Lifter (hydraulic or mechanical jack)

■ System management terminal



Installation Procedures

■ Set XSCF user account and password

■ Configure the XSCF

■ Configure Physical Partitions

■ Add the CPU core activation key

■ Set the operating mode for the physical partition

■ Start the physical partition

■ Boot Oracle Solaris

■ Run hardware validation tests



Extended System Controller Facility (XSCF) Functions

The main functions provided by the XSCF or service processor are:

Security management

Remote server access

Configuration management

Platform monitoring

Server status reporting

Error detection

Capacity on Demand (CoD)

Resource management



SPARC M10-1 XSCF Serial Cable

Connect the serial cable supplied with the server from the serial port of the XSCF unit (A in the figure) to the system management terminal.



SPARC M10-1 XSCF LAN Cables

Connect LAN cables of Category 5 or more from the LAN port of the XSCF unit (B in the figure) to the network switch or hub.



SPARC M10-4/M10-4S Serial Cable

Connect the serial cable supplied with the cabinet from the serial port of the XSCF unit (A in the figure) to the system management terminal.



SPARC M10-4/M10-4S XSCF LAN Cables

Connect the LAN cables of Category 5 or more from the LAN port of the XSCF unit (B in the figure) to the network switch or hub.



Initial XSCF Login


login: default

Change the panel mode switch to Locked and press return… Omitted

Leave it in that position for at least 5 seconds.

Change the panel mode switch to Service and press return… Omitted

XSCF>


Create a new user account

■ adduser

■ password

■ setprivileges


Click here to view a video demonstration of the adduser process or press PLAY to continue.


XSCF command line navigation tips

Command line editing


Click here to view a video demonstration of navigation or press PLAY to continue.


Verify hardware configuration

■ showhardconf

■ showstatus


Click here to view a video demonstration of showhardconf & showstatus or press PLAY to continue.


View XSCF log messages

showlogs command:


■ Error log

■ Power log

■ Event log

■ Monitoring log

■ Temperature history

■ Console message log

■ Panic message log

■ IPL message log

Click here to view a video demonstration of showlogs or press PLAY to continue.


Configure autologout

setautologout

showautologout


Click here to view a video demonstration of setautologout & showautologout or press PLAY to continue.


Configure Networking for a single BB

■ Verify existing network routes

XSCF> showroute -a

XSCF> setroute -c del -n 0.0.0.0 -g <ip_of_gateway> xscf#0-lan#0

■ Verify the SSCP network

XSCF> showsscp

XSCF> setsscp

■ Configure Admin network 0:

XSCF> setnetwork bb#00-lan#0 -m 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.11

XSCF> setroute -c add -n 0.0.0.0 -m 0.0.0.0 -g 192.168.10.1 bb#00-lan#0

■ Configure Admin network 1, optional recommended for redundancy:



■ Set XSCF hostname and domain name:

XSCF> sethostname bb#00 scf0-hostname

XSCF> sethostname -d company.com

XSCF> applynetwork




Configure Networking for a single BB


Click here to view a video demonstration of setnetwork or press PLAY to continue.

Click here to view a video demonstration of sethostname or press PLAY to continue.


Configure Networking for 2 to 4 BBs with no Crossbar box

Configure Admin network 0:





XSCF> setnetwork lan#0 -m 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.10

Configure Admin network 1, optional recommended for redundancy:






Set hostnames and domain name:




XSCF> applynetwork




Configure Networking for 5 to 16 BBs with Crossbar boxes

Configure Admin network 0:

XSCF> setnetwork xbbox#80-lan#0 -m 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.11

XSCF> setroute -c add -n 0.0.0.0 -m 0.0.0.0 -g 192.168.10.1 xbbox#80-lan#0




Configure Admin network 1, optional recommended for redundancy:






Set hostnames and domain name:

XSCF> sethostname xbbox#80 scf0-hostname

XSCF> sethostname xbbox#81 scf1-hostname


XSCF> applynetwork




Configure XSCF time zone and date

List of time zones.

XSCF> settimezone -c settz -a

Set the time zone.

XSCF> settimezone -c settz -s US/Mountain

Set the date.

XSCF> setdate -s MMDDhhmmyyyy.ss

Reboot the XSCF.

XSCF> rebootxscf -a –y


Click here to view a video demonstration of rebootxscf or press PLAY to continue.


Configure XSCF Name Service and NTP

Name Server

XSCF> setnameserver -c del -a

XSCF> setnameserver -c add 10.20.50.1 10.20.60.1

NTP

XSCF> setntp -c del -a

XSCF> setntp -c add 10.20.30.1 10.20.40.1




Configure Network access

Telnet

XSCF> settelnet -c enable

XSCF> showtelnet

SSH

XSCF> setssh –c enable

XSCF> showssh

HTTPS

XSCF> sethttps -c selfsign US Colorado Denver Oracle OU M10-4S-23-

xyz-BB0 [email protected]

Enter passphrase: cangetin

Verifying -

Enter passphrase: cangetin

XSCF> sethttps -c enable

XSCF> showhttps




Configure email report

Specify Mail server information

XSCF> setsmtp

Mail Server []: <ip_address_of_mail_server>

Port [25]:

Authentication Mechanism [none]:

Reply Address []: [email protected]

Enable Mail server reporting

XSCF> setemailreport

Enable E-Mail Reporting? [no]: yes

E-mail Recipient Address []: [email protected]

Do you want to send a test mail now [no]? Yes




Audit Logs

XSCF auditing commands:

showaudit

setaudit

viewaudit


Click here to view a video demonstration of audit or press PLAY to continue.

Click here to view a video demonstration of viewaudit or press PLAY to continue.


Configure for temperature limits and fan speeds

■ Set the altitude

XSCF> setaltitude -s altitude=1000

In this example, the altitude is set to 1000 meters above sea level.




XSCF firmware version

Check XSCF firmware revision

XSCF> version -c xcp

XSCF#0 (Active )

BB#00-XSCF#0 (Master)

XCP0 (Current): 2031

XCP1 (Reserve): 2031

BB#01-XSCF#0 (Standby)

XCP0 (Current): 2031

XCP1 (Reserve): 2031




Locate new XSCF firmware

Support site URL:

https://support.oracle.com

Extract the firmware.

# unzip p15868518_20xx_Generic.zip.

Result of extraction:

BBXCP20xx.tar.gz




Stage and apply the XSCF firmware

Downloading XSCF firmware from an http Server

XSCF> getflashimage http://imageserver/images/BBXCP20xx .tar.gz

Downloading XSCF firmware from an FTP Server

XSCF> getflashimage ftp://imageserver/images/BBXCP20xx .tar.gz

Downloading XSCF firmware from a USB drive

XSCF> getflashimage file:///media/usb_msd/images/BBXCP20xx.tar.gz

Update the firmware

XSCF> flashupdate -c update -m xcp -s 20xx

Watch console for:

XCP update has been completed




Allocation Capacity on Demand (CoD) Licenses

Install license key

XSCF> addcodactivation <core activation key>

Above Key will be added, Continue?[y|n]: y

Verify the number of permits installed

XSCF> showcod

Assign the licenses

XSCF> setcod -p 0 -s cpu 192

Verify 192 cores are assigned

XSCF> showcod




Verify assigned PSBs

Check the current PPARs

XSCF> showboards –a

Unassign any PSB that is not assigned to PPAR 0.

XSCF> deleteboard -c unassign 01-0 02-0 03-0


Click here to view a video demonstration of showboards or press PLAY to continue.


Partition Component List (PCL)

The setpcl command:

XSCF> setpcl -p 0 -a 0=00-0 1=01-0 2=02-0 3=03-0

setpcl options:

-p ppar_id

-a lsb=psb


Click here to view a video demonstration of setpcl or press PLAY to continue.


The addboard command

addboard command options:

configure

assign

reserve

XSCF> addboard -c assign -p 0 00-0 01-0 02-0 03-0


Click here to view a video demonstration of addboard or press PLAY to continue.


Controlling the Physical Partition (PPAR)

The setpparmode command:

POST Diagnostic level

XSCF> setpparmode -y -p 0 -m diag=max

Messaging

XSCF> setpparmode -y -p 0 -m message=max

Power-saving

XSCF> setpparmode -p 0 -m elastic=off –y

Break Signal

XSCF> setpparmode -p 0 -m break_signal=off




Powering on a PPAR

XSCF> poweron -p 0 -y

PPAR-IDs to power on:00

Continue? [y|n]:y

00:Powering on

*Note*

This command only issues the instruction to power-on.

The result of the instruction can be checked by the "showlogs power".

XSCF> poweron -a

PPAR-IDs to power on:00,01,02,03

Continue? [y|n]:y

00:Powering on

01:Powering on

02:Powering on

03:Powering on

*Note*

This command only issues the instruction to power-on.

The result of the instruction can be checked by the "showlogs power".




Powering on a PPAR


Click here to view a video demonstration of poweron or press PLAY to continue.


Connecting to the PPAR using the console command

The console command:

XSCF> console -p 0 -y

Console contents may be logged.

Connect to PPAR-ID 0?[y|n] :y


Click here to view a video demonstration of console or press PLAY to continue.


OpenBoot Prom

Probe for disks

ok probe-scsi-all

View device aliases

ok devalias

View environmental variables

ok printenv

View devices

ok show-devs

Boot Oracle Solaris

ok boot




OpenBoot Prom


Click here to view a video demonstration of obp or press PLAY to continue.

Click here to view a video demonstration of boot or press PLAY to continue.


Oracle Validation Test Suite

Start Oracle VTS

cd /usr/sunvts/bin

TTY mode:

./startsunvts -t

GUI mode:

./startsunvts –b


Click here to view a video demonstration of Oracle VTS or press PLAY to continue.

PROPERTIES

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User may attempt quiz: Unlimited times


Summary

■ Perform an initial configuration of the service processor

■ Manage user accounts

■ View the platform environment and hardware configurations

■ Document the characteristics of a Physical Partition

■ Manage Capacity on Demand (CoD)

■ Allocate Building Blocks to a Physical Partition and power it on

■ Access the OpenBoot Prom (OBP) and boot the operating system

■ Run hardware tests to verify the system


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sparc m10-series servers installation

Documents

fujitsu limited login

fujitsu limited press

xscf serial cable

xscf unit b

s xscf lan cables

xscf user account

lan port

serial port