System Management Services (SMS) 1.2 Installation Guide and Release Notes

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Contents

Preface

Before You Read This Book

How This Book Is Organized

Using UNIX Commands

Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts

Related Documentation

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1. SMS 1.2 on the Sun Fire 15K Server Systems

Introduction

Preparing to Reinstall

Performing a Reinstallation

Preparing to Upgrade

Performing a Type 1 Installation

Performing a Type 2 Installation

Downloading SMS Software

To Download Software From the Web

To Download Software From a CD-ROM

Backing Up Your SMS Environment

To Backup Your SMS Environment

Type 1 Installation or Upgrade of the Solaris Operating Environment on the Spare SC

To Install or Upgrade the Solaris Operating Environment

Installing SMS Packages

To Install SMS Packages Using Web Start

To Manually Install the SMS Software Packages

Restoring Your SMS Configuration on the Spare SC

To Restore Your SMS Configuration

Configuring the MAN Network on the Spare SC

To Configure the Management Network (MAN) Using smsconfig(1M)

Type 2 Upgrade of the Solaris Operating Environment on the Spare SC

To Upgrade the Solaris Operating Environment

Switch Control to the Spare SC

To Switch Control to the Spare SC

Updating the Flash PROMs on the Spare SC and the System Boards

To Update the Flash PROMs

Reinstalling or Upgrading the Former Main SC

To Reinstall or Upgrade the Former Main SC

Type 1 Installation or Upgrade of the Solaris Operating Environment on the Former Main SC

To Install or Upgrade the Solaris Operating Environment

Installing SMS 1.2 Software on the Former Main SC

To Install SMS 1.2 Software

Restoring Your SMS Configuration on the Former Main SC

To Restore Your SMS Configuration

Configuring the MAN Network on the Former Main SC

To Configure the Management Network (MAN) Using smsconfig(1M)

Type 2 Upgrade of the Solaris Operating Environment on the Former Main SC

To Upgrade the Solaris Operating Environment

Reboot the Former Main SC

To Reboot the Former Main SC

Updating the Flash PROMs on the Former Main SC

To Update the Flash PROMs

Enabling Failover on the Main SC (SC1)

To Enable Failover

Adding Users to SMS

To Add Users to SMS Groups and Configure Directory Access

Creating a Domain

To Build a New Domain on the System Controller

To Activate the Domain

To Bring Up a Console for the Domain

Setting Up and Installing the Solaris Operating Environment for the Domain

To Set up the Network Install Server on the System Controller

To Set Up the Domain as an Install Client

To Install the Solaris Operating Environment on the Domain

To Set Up OpenBoot PROM Environment Variables for the Domain

Unconfigured Domains

To Configure Domain Networks

Patches

To Disable Failover

Installing Additional Software Packages

To Install Additional Software Packages

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

To Configure the NTP Packages

Stopping and Starting SMS

To Manually Stop and Restart SMS

Mounting the CD-ROM over NFS

To Share SMS Packages on the Spare SC to the Main SC

2. System Management Services 1.2 Release Notes

Known Limitations

General Issues

System Controller External Network Configuration

IPSec Configuration

Hardware

SMS Documentation Notes

Location

Documentation Errata

Man Pages

Fixed SMS 1.2 Bugs

setkeyswitch Returns Success on Failure (BugId 4430866)

Board Test Status Gets Lost After Failover (BugId 4431636)

Console Session Would Not Open (BugId 4447218)

dsmd May Leave Domain Off (BugId 4448476)

Strange Character in frad Messages (BugId 4466020)

SMS CLIs Must Revoke Privileges for Platsvc (BugId 4477169)

showdate Does Not Conform to the Privileges Table and man pages (BugId 4477357)

Usage Message for showcomponent Needs to Be Updated (BugId 4477464)

showkeyswitch Failed When Run with Platform Permissions (BugId 4477473)

esmd Gives Incorrect Power Information at Startup Time (BugId 4479317)

SMS Needs to Handle Lock Timeouts More Cleanly (BugId 4484180)

smsconnectsc Should Not Support "-q" Option.(BugId 4484857)

setkeyswitch on Should Provide Notification When Waiting to Start POST (BugId 4485413)

esmd Does Not Do a Graceful Domain Shutdown (BugId 4487091)

Duplicate Container Nodes in PICL FRU Tree After esmd Dies (BugId 4488053)

Domain Log Fills Up with Mailbox Messages (BugId 4488179)

xir Outputs Lock Error Messages (BugId 4488549)

Error Messages Before SC Has Become Main (BugId 4489856)

Sometimes the SC Cannot Become Main (BugId 4489958)

Relevant /etc Files Should Be Backed up with smsbackup (BugId 4490943)

dsmd Loops Trying to Clear Recordstop (BugId 4492052)

Periodic File Propagation Not Working (BugId 4496790)

ssd Should Log When SMS is Ready (BugId 4529989)

Failover Bugs

addboard Hangs After Interrupted by Failover (BugId 4459812)

Domain Dstop During SMS Start on Previous Spare SC (BugId 4469482)

Management Network Bugs

smsconfig Does Not Work Properly with IPv6 Addresses (BugID 4411113)

smsconfig Allows Mixed IPv4 and IPv6 (BugID 4411819)

smsconfig Should Set Appropriate OS Variables (BugId 4434696)

mand Does Not Work With IPv6 Addresses (BugId 4486879)

SMS 1.2 Software Bugs/RFEs

setkeyswitch Hangs After Control-c (BugId 4349640)

esmd Warnings and Errors Do Not Appear in Associated Domain Logs (BugId 4382784)

kmd Does Not Delete Security Associations on the Domain (BugId 4403149)

Socket Error When Using the I2 Net (BugId 4472333)

dsmd Should Checkpoint ASR Steps (BugId 4477381)

rcfgadm Fails After a Failover That Occurred During DR (BugId 4478467)

esmd Shouldn't Log hPCI Cassette Removal and Insertion Messages During Power On and Off (BugId 4483155)

mld Leaks 8K When 8 Domains Brought Up in Parallel to OS (BugId 4497251)

dsmd Should Increase POST Level for Next Run If ASR Boot Fails in OBP (BugId 4513721)

dsmd Is Slow to Pick Up Domain Nodename on SMS Startup (BugId 4514742)

The SC Rack ID is Not Displayed (BugId 4515072)

Frame Manager LEDs are Not Being Used to Signal Problems (BugId 4515074)

hwad Errors Appear During setkeyswitch off(BugId 4524488)

rcfgadm Exits With an Error When -o unassign is Used and the SB is Not in the Available Component List (BugId 4530028)

Error Message About Max Number of Connected Consoles (BugId 4530492)

Power Gives the Wrong Status for SC0 (spare) (BugId 4533114)

dsmd Recovery State Sometimes Lost After Core Dump (BugId 4533133)

smsconnectsc Does Not Connect to Other SC If Powered Off (BugId 4533385)

esmd Uses the Wrong Thresholds for WCI Temps, So it Will Not Shut Them Off in Time (BugId 4533897)

Comment in kmd_policy.cf is Misleading (BugId 4545879)

disablecomponent and enablecomponent Man Pages Do Not Contain wPCI Support for Paroli Modules (BugId 4546763)

esmd Fails to Power Off a Paroli When One of its Voltages is Out of Range (BugId 4548844)

SMS1.2 Shouldn't Restore to 1.1 When MAN.cf file Contains Incompatibilities (BugId 4554667)

Clocks Are Not Set Properly When the Main SC is Powered off During failover (BugId 4554753)

crontab Entries Contain the Wrong Command Path (BugId 4586065)

Rebooting a Domain Can Result in a Panic (BugId 4587418)

dsmd Holds the tmd Lock of a Thread That Doesn't Exist Anymore (BugId 4587746)

console(1m) man page list of -e escape characters is wrong (BugId 4592909)

hwad Core Dumps After a Lock Timeout (BugId 4593197)

pcd is Not Being Propagated to the Spare SC(BugId 4614577)

If You Degrade CP to CSB Associated With Spare and Failover, DARB Interrupt Will Break (BugId 4616931)

Domain Failed to Get to OK Prompt, Due to dxs(BugId 4617560)

showplatform Returns the Wrong Code When Successful(BugId 4618917)

Domains Fail POST Several Times When dsmd Recovers From Platform Power Failure (BugId 4619655)

showplatform(1m) man page missing "Domain Down" in Status List (BugID 4620748)

esmd Can Decrease Fan Speeds Even Though it Has Detected a Hot Sensor (BugId 4620872)

smsconfig Man Page Options for Adding and Removing Users are Incomplete (BugId 4626077)

cmdsync Commands Do Not Work When Failover Disabled (BugId 4626440)

addboard Returns EACCES Error When -c assign Invoked as Platadmn (BugId 4627926)

fomd (main) Can Use 90% of CPU Time (BugId 4628484)

osdTimeDeltas Missing From fomd_sys_datasync.cf (BugId 4628978)

dsmd Can Hold a Lock During 18 Domain Boot (BugId 4629474)

"Attach Ready" State of System Boards Must Be Cleared When No Domains are Active (BugId 4629480)

SMS Software Will Not Start After Upgrade From SMS1.1 (BugId 4632095)

smsbackup Will Only Accept Absolute Path Names (BugId 4633179)

Management Network (MAN) Bugs

MAN Driver Error Message During Net Install (BugId 4368815)

MAN Driver Configuration Function Should Live in sysidtool Framework (BugId 4469050)

Domain MAN Configuration Problem When Booted with Another Domain's Boot Disk (BugId 4482112)

MAN I1 Network IP Address of an Installed Domain Using smsconfig -m Does Not Reflect Changes on the Domain (BugId 4484851)

Delay in I1 Networking Coming Up After Failover (BugId 4627984)

Fixed Other Bugs

Volume Manager (BugId 4355643)

Memory Bug (BugId 4457384)

NTP On the Domain Does Not Sync with the SC (BugId 4467470)

IPMP Fail eri1 Path Group (BugId 4469112)

Other Bugs

IP_RPUT_DLPI Error (BugId 4419505)

ohci Driver Does Not Receive SOF Interrupts (BugId 4485012)