ÿþ<html> <head> <meta name="verify-v1" content="sahjMi6Chw9igao0v8TWTbylVehrrGn8oya5OJLcWOA=" > <meta name="description" content="unix solaris linux stuff to remember server storages jbod development"> <meta name="keywords" content="ALOM, alom, web site, backup, unix, solaris, linux, system, administration"> <meta name="site owner" content="Zarko Dudic [zarko@googlux.com]" /> <title> ALOM (on SPARC system) </title> </head> <body> <a href="index.htm"> Back to the main page </a><br> <h2><font color=blue> Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager system controller (ALOM SC) - only for SPARC system</font></h2> <pre> ALOM System Controller enables you to remotely manage and administer a server. It comes preinstalled on the machine, so as soon you plug in power cable, it works. Yes, it uses server's standby power, which enables you to remotely power off and on server (very useful when someone schedule power outage in remote office and you want gracefully to bring server down and after outage power it on). ALOM monitors hardware in the server, like CPU, RAM, Power supply, etc, and much more like Voltage and status of alarms. Of course, all this exercise assumes you configured ALOM's network parameters. Try to have dedicated management subnet for this. If you access ALOM and stay idle for 1 minute, it will switch to serial console. Or you can type <b>console</b> and reach serial console of remote system from your cube or home living room. sc> <b>console</b> To go back to ALOM type <b>#.</b> (pound and dot) <img src="alom.jpg"> This can be changed (if you really want) from ALOM with sc> <b>setsc sc_escapechars ##</b> (for example) <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> hostname console login: <font color=red>#.</font> ---> <i>switch from console to ALOM</i> Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Sun(tm) <font color=red>Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.5.4</font> (hostname) Please login: admin Please Enter password: ********** </pre></td></tr></table> <b>Cannot login to the ALOM</b>? Try <u>default password</u> which is the last 8 digits of the chassis serial number. Username is admin. Okay, I don t want to write much about this, since commands are intuitive and easy to understand (note: they may vary from different ALOM versions) So find about them by yourself and see what help offers you. <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> sc> <b>help</b> Available commands ------------------ poweron [-c] {FRU} poweroff [-y] [-f] removefru [-y] {FRU} reset [-y] [-x] [-c] break [-y] [-c] bootmode [normal|reset_nvram|diag|skip_diag|bootscript="string"] console [-f] consolehistory [-b lines|-e lines] [-g lines] [-v] [boot|run] showlogs [-b lines|-e lines] [-g lines] [-v] setlocator [on|off] showlocator showenvironment showfru showplatform [-v] showsc [-v] [param] shownetwork [-v] setsc [param] [value] setupsc showdate setdate [[mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[cc]yy][.SS] resetsc [-y] flashupdate [-s IPaddr -f pathname] [-v] setdefaults [-y] [-a] useradd <username> userdel [-y] <username> usershow [username] userpassword <username> userperm <username> [c][u][a][r] password showusers [-g lines] logout help [command] </pre></td></tr></table> I guess one of most used commands will be: <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> sc> <b>setsc set if_network true</b> sc> <b>setsc netsc_dhcp false</b> sc> <b>setsc netsc_ipaddr 192.168.etc.etc</b> sc> <b>setsc netsc_ipnetmask 255.255.255.etc</b> sc> <b>setsc netsc_ipgateway 192.168.etc.etc</b> sc> <b>resetsc</b> Are you sure you want to reset the SC [y/n]? y </pre></td></tr></table> <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> sc> <b>shownetwork</b> SC network configuration is: IP Address: 192.168.etc.etc Gateway address: 192.168.etc.etc Netmask: 255.255.255.etc Ethernet address: 00:14:4f:64:b2:6f </pre></td></tr></table> <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> sc> <b>showplatform</b> SUNW,Sun-Fire-v240 Domain Status ------ ------ hostname <font color=red>OS Running</font> </pre></td></tr></table> <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> sc> <b>showenvironment</b> =============== Environmental Status =============== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Temperatures (Temperatures in Celsius): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sensor Status Temp LowHard LowSoft LowWarn HighWarn HighSoft HighHard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MB.P0.T_CORE OK 56 -- -- -- 84 89 96 MB.P1.T_CORE OK 53 -- -- -- 84 89 96 MB.T_ENC OK 23 -6 -3 5 40 48 51 -------------------------------------- Front Status Panel: -------------------------------------- Keyswitch position: NORMAL -------------------------------------------------------- System Indicator Status: -------------------------------------------------------- MB.LOCATE MB.SERVICE MB.ACT -------------------------------------------------------- OFF OFF ON -------------------------------------------- System Disks: -------------------------------------------- Disk Status Service OK2RM -------------------------------------------- HDD0 OK OFF OFF HDD1 OK OFF OFF HDD2 NOT PRESENT OFF OFF HDD3 NOT PRESENT OFF OFF ---------------------------------------------------------- Fans (Speeds Revolution Per Minute): ---------------------------------------------------------- Sensor Status Speed Warn Low ---------------------------------------------------------- F0.RS OK 6490 -- 1000 F1.RS OK 6750 -- 1000 F2.RS OK 6553 -- 1000 MB.P0.F0.RS OK 16071 2000 2000 MB.P0.F1.RS OK 15697 2000 2000 MB.P1.F0.RS OK 15697 2000 2000 MB.P1.F1.RS OK 13235 2000 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Voltage sensors (in Volts): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sensor Status Voltage LowSoft LowWarn HighWarn HighSoft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MB.P0.V_CORE OK 1.46 -- 1.26 1.54 -- MB.P1.V_CORE OK 1.47 -- 1.26 1.54 -- MB.V_VTT OK 1.24 -- 1.17 1.43 -- MB.V_GBE_+2V5 OK 2.49 -- 2.25 2.75 -- MB.V_GBE_CORE OK 1.19 -- 1.08 1.32 -- MB.V_VCCTM OK 2.53 -- 2.25 2.75 -- MB.V_+2V5 OK 2.49 -- 2.34 2.86 -- MB.V_+1V5 OK 1.51 -- 1.35 1.65 -- MB.BAT.V_BAT OK 2.95 -- 2.70 -- -- -------------------------------------------- Power Supply Indicators: -------------------------------------------- Supply Active Service OK-to-Remove -------------------------------------------- PS0 ON OFF OFF PS1 ON OFF OFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Power Supplies: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supply Status Underspeed Overtemp Overvolt Undervolt Overcurrent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PS0 OK OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF PS1 OK OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ---------------------- Current sensors: ---------------------- Sensor Status ---------------------- MB.FF_SCSI OK </pre></td></tr></table> <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> sc> <b>usershow</b> Username Permissions Password admin cuar Assigned </pre></td></tr></table> <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> sc> <b>showfru</b> FRU_PROM at MB.SEEPROM Manufacturer Record Timestamp: THU NOV 23 02:06:23 UTC 2006 Description: FRUID,INSTR,M'BD,2X1.5GHZ,CPU,RoHS Manufacture Location: Shunde,China Sun Part No: 3753467 Sun Serial No: 1U0J7I Vendor JEDEC code: 3E5 Initial HW Dash Level: 01 Initial HW Rev Level: 50 Shortname: MOTHERBOARD Etc  etc  etc </pre></td></tr></table> <b>Prefer working from the OS?</b> For some platforms, like SunFire V240 and V440, ALOM can be configured from OS level using <b>scadm</b> utility. Unfortunately this is not supported on SunFire T2000. Examples: <table bgcolor=cccccc><tr><td><pre> /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm set if_network true</b> Enable Ethernet link integrity test: /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm set netsc_tpelinktest true</b> Enable backup of local user database (username, passwords, permissions) on system configuration card. /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm set sc_backupuserdata true</b> /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm set netsc_dhcp false</b> /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm set netsc_ipaddr 192.168.etc.etc</b> /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm set netsc_ipnetmask 255.255.255.etc</b> /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm set netsc_ipgateway 192.168.etc.etc</b> /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin/<b>scadm resetrsc</b> /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/sbin> ./<b>scadm shownetwork</b> IP Address: 192.168.etc.etc Gateway address: 192.168.etc.etc Netmask: 255.255.255.etc Ethernet address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 </pre></td></tr></table></pre> <a href="index.htm"> Back to the main page </a><br><br> </body> </html>