Sun Fire Midrange Systems

Status commands | Platform commands | Domain commands | COD commands | Keyswitch commands | Summary commands

The Sun Fire midrange server consist of the E6900/6800/4810/4800/3800 system.

Platform The collection of resources such as power supplies, the centreplane and fans that are not for the exclusive use of a domain
Segment (partition) A group of Sun FirePlane switches (repeater boards) that are used together to provide comms between CPU/Memory and I/O assemblies in the same domain
Domain Instance of the Sun O/S using its own CPU/Memory and I/O.
System controller Is an embedded ssytem that confgiures and monitors the platform. Like the SSP to a E10K chassis.

The SC offers a CLI interface to the domains and the platform.

Repeater boards are used to connect the CPU/Mmeory of a domain to the I/O assemblies

System
Boards required per partition
Total number of boards per system
E6900 and E6800
2
 4 - RP0, RP1, RP2, RP3
E4900 and E4800
1
 2 - RP0, RP2
E4810
1
 2 - RP0, RP2
E3800
n/a
 Equivalent of two repeater boards (RP0, RP2) are built into an active centerplane

Maximum number of partitions and domains per system

 
E6900 and E6800
E4900/4810/4800/3800
Number of partitions
1 or 2
1 or 2
Number of active domains in dual-partition mode
up to 4(A,B,C,D)
up to 2(A, C)
Number of active domains in single-partition mode
up to 2(A, B)
up to 2 (A, B)

System Controllers

The platform can support upto to system controllers (used for failover). There are three methods to connect toa system controller:

The platform shell administors the platform, the domains shell is were you can adiminstors the domains. There could be four domain shells. each domain has a virtual keyswitch which has five settings off, standby, on , diag and secure.

Hardware architecture

Maximum CPU/Mmeory boards
System
Max number of CPU/Memory boards
Max number of CPUs
E6900 and E6800
6
24
E4900 and E4800
3
12
E4810
3
12
E3800
2
8

Maximum I/O Assemblies
System Max I/O Assemblies Number of PCI slots per assembly
E6900 and E6800 4

8 slots (6 full length and 2 short length)
4 slots Compact PCI

E4900 and E4800 2 8 slots (6 full length and 2 short length)
4 slots Compact PCI
E4810 2 8 slots (6 full length and 2 short length)
4 slots Compact PCI
E3800 2 6 slots Compact PCI

Minimum and redundant power supply requirements
System # of power grids per system minimum # of power supplies in each power grid Total # of supplies in each grid (including redundant PS)
E6900 and E6800 2 2 (grid0) 3
E6900 and E6800   2 (grid1) 3
E4810 1 2 (grid0) 3
E4900 and E4800 1 2 (grid0) 3
E3800 1 2 (grid0) 3

Repeater board assignment (E6900 and E6800)
Partition mode Repeater boards Domains
Single partition RP0, RP1, RP2, RP3 A, B
Dual partition RP0, RP1 A, B
Dual partition RP2, RP3 C, D

Componets that accessible for the platform (E6900 and E6800)
Device description Device name
Power grids GRID0, GRID1
Power supplies PS0, PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5
CPU/Memory boards SB0, SB1, SB2, SB3, SB4, SB5
I/O assemblies IB6, IB7, IB8, IB9

Repeater boards

 RP0, RP1, RP2, RP3
ID/Source board ID0
Fan trays FT0, FT1, FT2, FT3
System controller SSC0, SSC1

Partitioning

The sun fire servers can be partitioned in either single mode or dual mode. In single domains A and B are available in dual mode domains A, B, C and D are available. The default setting are detailed below, however system boards can be moved from one domain to another and long as a domain has one system and i/o board.

Single partition


Dual partition

Accessing the System Controller

To setup the system controller interface use the setupplatform command, here you can setup the IP address of the network ports. Then to access the port use either ssh or telnet.
You can by pass the main menu by using the the port number for the domain:

Port Number  
5000 Platform shell
5001 Domain A
5002 Domain B
5003 Domain C
5004 Domain D

Navigate between platform shell and a domain console

schostname:SC>console -d <domain_ID>
connected to Domain A
Domain Shell for domain A
OK> or login:

Go from a domain console to a domain shell #.
domain shell to a domain console schostname:D> resume
set the domain to be active schostname:D> setkeyswitch on
turn of the active domain schostname:D> setkeyswitch off
disconnect from a platform or a domain shell schostname:D> disconnect

System Power on and Setup

The following steps need to be taken to setup a domain

It would be wise to setup the following before you begin: DNS, Loghost, System controllers.

To power on the Power grids:

  1. Acces the system controller
  2. connect to the platform shell
  3. Power on the grid or grids
    4. schostname:SC> poweron grid0 grid1 (for E4900/4810/4800/3800 these is only one grid)

To setup the platform time/date and configure the platform parameters you use the setupplatform command

To setup the domain time/date and configure the domain parameters you use the setupdomain command

To create a second domain you delete systems boards and i/o assemblies from existing domains then add them to the new domains:

    schostname:SC> deleteboard sb<n> ib<n>
    schostname:SC> addboard -d <domain> sb<n> ib<n>

You will again need to set up the domain time/date and parameters using the setupdomain command and remember to backup the configuration using the dumpconfig command.

If setting up three domains then the partition has to be in dual mode use the setupplatform command to configure the partition mode to dual.

To startup a domain connect into the domains shell and use the setkeyswitch on command.

Status Commands
  Shell Command
Platform status platform showplatform -p status
List boards (display state, status domain info) platform showboards
List the ACL (boards) platform showplatform -p acls
list the HostID/MAC addresses platform showplatform -p hostid
list all componets platform showcomponent
Display error information platform showerrorbuffer
Display system controller failover state platform showfailover -v
Display the platform messages platform showlogs
Display the firmware revision on boards platform showboards -p version
Display the system controller revision, status and clock failover info. platform showsc -v
Display environmental status (temp, voltages, etc) platform showenvironment
Displayn the domain configuration parameters platform showdomain -v
Display the platform configuration parameters platform showplatform -v

Platform Commands

Add a boards to the ACL list setupplatform -p acls
swap the HostID/MAC address between to domains

setupplatform -p hostid

HostID/MAC Adress Swap
-----------------------------------------
Domains to swap HostID/MAC address [A, B, C, D]: b
Domains to swap HostID/MAC address with [A, B, C, D]: d
commit to swap? [no]: y

Restore the HostID/MAC addresses setupplatform -p hostid -m auto
Enable SSH on the platform (asked to complete some questions) setupplatform -p network
   
set password for a domain password -d <domain>
   
Backup the platform and domain settings dumpconfig
Restore the platform and domain settings restoreconfig
   
turn on power grids poweron grid0 grid1
turn off power grids poweroff grid0 grid1
power off the system controller poweroff SSC0 or SCC1
power on a system controller poweron SSC0 or SCC1
   
Assign a board to a domain addboard -d <domain> sb<n> ib<n>
Remove a board from a domain deleteboard -d <domain> sb<n> ib<n>
update firmware on a board flashupdate -c <source board> <destination board>
   
Disable system controller failover setfailover off
enable system controller failover setfailover on
force a system controller failover setfailover force

Domain Commands
setup a loghost for a domain

setupdomain -p loghost

Loghosts
------------------
Loghost [ ]: 192.168.0.1
Log facility for Domain A: local1

   
disconnect form a domain disconnect
   
turn off a domain setkeyswitch off
turn on a domain setkeyswitch on
   
List available boards for a domain showboards -a
List the ACL (boards) showdomain -p acls
Assign a board to a domain addboard sb<n> ib<n>
Remove a board from a domain deleteboard sb<n> ib<n>
test a system board (no i/o bard testing) testboard sb<n>
   
display loghost for a domain showdomain -p loghost
reset a hung domain reset

Capacity on Demand (platform shell) -d <domain>
Add a COD license addcodlicense <license-signature>
delete a COD license deletecodlicense <license-signature>
display all COD licenses showcodlicense
display all COD licenses (raw format) showcodlicense -r
Enables or disables instant access CPU's and allocates domain COD RTU licenses setupplatform -p cod
Enables or disables instant access CPUS's setupplatform -p cod <headroom-number>
Reserves a specific quantity of COD RTU licenses for a particulr domain setupplatform -p cod -d <domain> <RTU-number>
Display the COD licenses showplatform -p cod
View COD usage by resource showcodusage -p resource
View COD usage by domain showcodusage -p domains -v
View COD usage by resource and domain showcodusage -v
Display infomation about COD events showlogs
Display the status of COD RTU license reservations for the domain (domain shell) showdomain

Keyswitch commands
Turn domain on (power on system and i/o boards) setkeyswitch off
Turn domain off (power off system and i/o boards) setkeyswitch on
Turn the systems and i/o boards on setkeyswitch standby
Turn on POST diagnosics setkeyswitch diag
Ignored the break and reset commands setkeyswitch secure

Command Summary
Command Description
Platform shell
Domain shell
addboard assigns a board to a domain
X
X
addcodlicense Adds capacity on demand
X
break sends a break signal to the domain console
X
connections Displays connections to the system controller to a domain
X
X
console Connects to a domain from the platform
X
deleteboard Unassigns a board from a domain
X
X
deletecodlicense Removes a COD license
X
disablecomponet replaced with setls
X
X
disconnect Disconnect the current connection
X
X
dumpconfig saves the platform and domain configurations
X
enablecomponet replaced with setls
X
X
flashupdate updates firmware
X
help provides help pages
X
X
history Shows the command history with date and time stamps
X
X
password sets the shell password
X
X
poweroff powers off componets
X
X
poweron powers on componets
X
X
reboot Reboots the system controller
X
reset Resets the domain in the domain shell
X
restartssh Restarts SSh server
X
restoreconfig Restores the platform and domain configurations
X
resume Exits the domain shell and resumes access to the domain console
X
setdate sets the date and the time
X
X
setdefaults sets the configuration to default values
X
X
setescape sets the escape sequence
X
setfailover Changes the state of the system controller failover
X
setkeyswitch Sets the keyswitch position
X
X
setls Sets the component location status
X
X
setupdomain Configures the domain
X
setupplatform Configure the platform
X
showboards Displays the assignment info and status for all the components in the system
X
X
showcodlicenses Display the COD licenses
X
showcodusage Displays the current usage stats for COD resources
X
X
showcomponent shows the state of a component
X
X
showdate Shows the date and time
X
X
showdomain Display the configuration and status of the domain
X
showenvironment Shows fans, power and voltage details
X
X
showerrorbuffer Shows the contents of the error buffer
X
showescape Displays the escape sequence
X
X
showfailover Displays system controller and clock failover status
X
showfru Display the field replaceable units
X
showkeyswitch Display the keyswitch position
X
X
showlogs Displays the logs
X
X
showplatform Displays the configuration and information for the platform and status of the domains
X
showresetstate Shows CPU's after a reset or a RED MODE trap
X
showsc shows the system controller version and update
X
ssh-keygen Generates SSH host keys and displays hosts key fingerprint on the system controller
X
testboard Tests the CPU/Memory board
X
X