Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 User Guide

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Contents

Preface

How This Book Is Organized

Before You Read This Book

Using UNIX Commands

Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts

SSP Command Syntax

Related Documentation

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

1. Introduction to the SSP

SSP Features

System Architecture

SSP User Environment

To Begin Using the SSP

SSP 3.5 Window

To Display an SSP Window Locally in the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)

To Display an SSP Window Remotely

SSP Console Window

To Display an SSP Console Window Locally with CDE

Network Console Window

Hostview

2. Hostview

To Start Up Hostview From a Remote Login Session

To Start Up Hostview From the Workspace Menu Locally on the SSP

To Start Up Hostview Under CDE From the Front Panel

Hostview Main Window

Selecting Items in the Main Window

Main Window Menu Bar

Help Window

Main Window Buttons

Main Window Processor Symbols

Hostview Resources

Hostview Performance Considerations

SSP Log Files

To View a messages File From Within Hostview

3. Domain Administration

Domain Configuration Requirements

To Create Domains From Within Hostview

To Create Domains From the Command Line

To Recreate the eeprom.image File

To Remove Domains From Within Hostview

To Remove Domains From the Command Line

To Bring up a Domain From Within Hostview

To Bring up a Domain From the Command Line

To Obtain Domain Status From Within Hostview

To Shut Down a Domain

To Rename Domains From Within Hostview

To Rename Domains From the Command Line

To Change the Version of the Operating System for a Domain From the Command Line

4. netcon and netcontool

Using netcon(1M)

To Start netcon(1M) From the Command Line

To Start netcon(1M) From the CDE Front Panel

To Start netcon(1M) From the CDE Workspace Menu

To Exit From a netcon(1M) Window

Using netcontool(1M)

To Display a netcontool(1M) Window From the Command Line

To Display a netcontool(1M) Window From the CDE Front Panel

To Display a netcontool(1M) Window From the CDE Workspace Menu

To Display the netcontool(1M) Window From Hostview

To Configure the netcontool(1M) Window

netcon(1M) Communications

netcon(1M) Message Logging

5. Power Administration

To Power Components On or Off From Within Hostview

To Power System Boards On and Off From the Command Line

To Monitor Power Levels in Hostview

To Recover From Power Failure

6. Thermal Conditions Administration

To Monitor Thermal Conditions From Within Hostview

To Monitor Fans From Within Hostview

7. Blacklist Administration

To Blacklist Components From Within Hostview

To Blacklist Processors From Within Hostview

To Clear the Blacklist File From Within Hostview

8. SSP Failover

Required Main and Spare SSP Architecture

Maintaining a Dual SSP Configuration

Maintaining a Single SSP Configuration

How Automatic Failover Works

SSP Failover Situations

SSP Failover State Changes

Controlling Automatic SSP Failover

To Disable SSP Failover

To Enable SSP Failover

To Force a Failover to the Spare SSP

To Modify the Memory or Disk Space Threshold in the ssp_resource File

Obtaining Failover Status Information

Managing Data Synchronization

To Add a File to the Data Propagation List

To Remove a File From the Data Propagation List

To Remove the Data Propagation List

To Push a File to the Spare SSP

To Synchronize SSP Configuration Files Between the Main and the Spare SSP

To Reduce the Size of the Data Synchronization Backup File

Obtaining Data Synchronization Information

Performing Command Synchronization

Preparing User Commands for Automatic Restart

To Prepare a User Command for Restart

Preparing User Scripts for Automatic Recovery

To Create a Command Synchronization Descriptor

To Specify a Command Synchronization Marker Point

To Remove a Command Synchronization Descriptor

Obtaining Command Synchronization Information

Example Script with Synchronization Commands

Recovering After an SSP Failover

9. Dual Control Board Handling

Control Board Executive

Primary Control Board

Control Board Server

Control Board Executive Image and Port Specification Files

Automatic Failover to the Spare Control Board

Managing Control Board Failover

To Disable Control Board Failover

To Enable Control Board Failover

To Force a Complete Control Board Failover

Obtaining Control Board Failover Information

After Control Board Failover

10. SSP Internals

Startup Flow

Sun Enterprise 10000 Client/Server Architecture

SSP Daemons

Event Detector Daemon

Control Board Server

File Access Daemon

Failover Daemon

Failover Detection Points

Description of Failover Detection Points

Data Synchronization Daemon

OpenBoot PROM

obp_helper Daemon

download_helper File

POST

Environment Variables

A. Miscellaneous SSP Procedures

Changing the SSP Name

To Rename the SSP

Deconfiguring a Domain

To Deconfigure a Host

Deconfiguring the SSP

To Deconfigure the SSP

Glossary