Archive for the ‘solaris tips’ Category
Flashing firmware on SunFire T2000
Not so long ago I had to flash firmware on SunFire T2000. It’s not a complicated thing. I need to do something with Service Controller and in the process I found out that there is no scadm utility on T2000. Why? I am not completely sure. Maybe someone can chime in. It’s probably because T2000 [...]
In: alom, openboot, solaris, solaris tips, sun hardware
Unable to access console login prompt from ALOM
Not so long ago, I logged into System Controller of SunFire T2000 running Solaris 10 and tried to access server’s console. For some reason, usual console command did not work. It simply did not return anything. I figured maybe something was stuck, so I reset System Controller and tried again. Again, I got nothing, which [...]
In: alom, openboot, smf, solaris, solaris tips, sun hardware
ZFS and swapping
ZFS is great. Obviously. Generally when I do a server I install system on UFS and then mirror disks with SVM. I keep data and apps on ZFS. That’s nice, especially if ZFS is on a SAN. If something happens with the server I can move ZFS pools to a different server, if necessary. The [...]
In: solaris, solaris tips, zfs
How to configure Solaris 10 to drive HP MSL 6000
I have done this a long time ago so there might be something missing as this comes from sketchy notes that I still have. The point of this exercise is to get Solaris 10 to use MSL 6000 fibre channel library for backups using HP Data Protector 5.5. I have done this on Sun Fire [...]
In: fibre channel, hp data protector, hp msl, solaris, solaris tips
Viewing and changing speed and duplex in Solaris
Depending on version of Solaris and the hardware it’s running on, you will either use ndd utility or use kstat or dladm commands to change speed and duplex. Remember that for example, e1000g driver will let you manipulate settings using dladm in Solaris 10, but you will not be able to do so using ndd. [...]
In: networking, solaris, solaris tips
