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1. Q Scroll a 4 4 sya Lock Back Space Caps Lock Shift Control FIGURE 1 1 Power Key Location Sun Compact 1 Keyboard amp Power key FIGURE 1 2 Power Key Location Sun Type 5 Keyboard Chapter 1 Software Installation 3 4 5 Turn on the power to the system unit Press the power key on the keyboard For the power key location see FIGURE 1 1 on page 3 or FIGURE 1 2 If your SPARCstation Voyager system is operating properly your monitor displays a banner screen within 15 seconds after the system is turned on SPARCStation Voyager X 390250 Keyboard Present ROM Rev X XY XX MB memory installed Serial XXX Ethernet address X X YY Z A BB Host ID 72XXXXXX If you are doing an interactive installation press Stop a and follow the instructions under Interactive Installation on page 6 If you are doing an automatic installation you don t have to do anything else now At this point the installation process begins Automatic Installation All the files you will need for networked or nomadic operation are copied to your system TABLE 1 1 lists the pack
2. Yes when asked Will this system be connected to a network Later in the install process if the Custom Install Configuration screen is displayed be sure that the system type is standalone If the Custom Install Configuration screen does not appear your system will be configured as standalone Name Service Configuration A name service fulfills requests for global objects such as name to IP address mappings mail aliases and password entries NIS NIS and DNS are the most common name services for standalone networked systems For a non networked 39 standalone single system a set of files in the etc directory constitute the files name service Solaris 7 provides a configuration file etc nsswitch conf that directs name service accesses to the desired target name service Default The install process determines the appropriate name service configuration and generates a corresponding etc nsswitch conf file For a standalone networked system etc nsswitch conf is a copy of etc nsswitch nis for an NIS environment or etc nsswitch nisplus for an NIS environment This default configuration will work satisfactorily as long as your SPARCstation Voyager is connected to a network However when it is disconnected access to a name service will cause requesting processes to wait for a predetermined timeout period 30 seconds for NIS and 10 seconds for NIS while the name service client component tries to connect to the r
3. grep speckeysd If the resulting output does not list usr openwin bin speckeysd you should start it In a shell window type usr openwin bin speckeysd Recovering From a Hung System If your system does not respond to the mouse or keyboard perform the following steps If your system is on a network wait a few minutes before taking any action A slow response may be due to network problems or delays Check with your network administrator If the response is not due to the network go to the next step Press Stop a Hold both keys down at the same time Pressing Stop a or Break puts the system into the monitor command mode indicated by the ok prompt Note If you use a Wyse WY 50 DEC VT100 or compatible terminal as the console with your SPARCstation Voyager system unit press Break instead of Stop a Type sync Your file system will be saved ok sync Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 4 When Stop a or Break is not effective turn the power off using the power switch on the back panel of the system See FIGURE 2 3 The system power will turn off without the Suspend sequence When you turn the system on again the boot sequence will begin Your work will not be saved What To Do If Suspend Does Not Succeed If Suspend does not succeed an alert window will pop up and more information about the failure will be displayed in the console window Su
4. CHAPTER 6 Configuring for Point to Point Protocol Connections This chapter provides the information you need to set up your SPARCstation Voyager so that you can use PPP to create a network connection when you are not able to use an Ethernet connection It is assumed that you are familiar with basic system adminstration procedures and that you can use an editor to modify the configuration files If you feel uncomfortable doing this contact a system administrator for advice Configuring PPP The Solaris PPP daemon aspppd is started automatically at boot time if the etc asppp cf is present The file contains the configuration parameters for the PPP system You will need to edit or create this file before you can use PPP The following procedure with minor changes will create a configuration file that should work in most cases Obtain the following information a An IP address name that can be used for PPP If your SPARCstation Voyager is connected to the Ethernet then this will be a second and different IP address from the Ethernet IP address In the following example we use voyager a The IP address name for the remote PPP server you will be connecting to In the following example we use PPPserver 51 2 Add lines similar to the following to the etc inet hosts file 192 11 117 26 voyager 192 26 32 114 PPPserver Be sure you use the actual names and addresses you obtained in Step 1 3 Add li
5. Routing 43 NFS Mount Configuration 44 Using the Automounter 44 Using the Soft Mount Option 45 User Configuration 45 Creating a Local Home Environment 46 Managing Two Home Directories 46 Define the PATH Environment 46 Contents v vi Define the MANPATH Environment 47 sendmail Configuration 47 Remote Mail Host 47 Configuring the Remote Mail Host 48 Mail Aliases 48 Queue Limits 49 6 Configuring for Point to Point Protocol Connections Configuring PPP 51 Configuring the UUCP Dialing Facility 52 Initiating a Connection to the Remote PPP Server Terminating the Connection 56 Automatic Connections 56 Boot Issues 57 Other Issues 57 Additional Information 58 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 GURE 1 1 GURE 1 2 GURE 2 1 GURE 2 2 GURE 2 3 GURE 2 4 GURE 2 5 GURE 3 1 GURE 3 2 GURE 3 3 GURE 3 4 GURE 3 5 GURE 3 6 Figures Power Key Location Sun Compact 1 Keyboard 3 Power Key Location Sun Type 5 Keyboard 3 Power Key Location Sun Compact 1 Keyboard 13 Suspend Confirmation 13 Power Switch Location 17 Suspend Failed Example 19 Power Off Failure Window 20 The dtpower Icon 23 dt power Icons Indicating that the Battery is Charging 23 dt power Main Window for the SPARCstation Voyager 24 Setting a Screen Idle Time for a SPARCstation Voyager 26 Setting a Hard Disk Idle Time for a SPARCstation Voyager 27 Setting the AutoShutdown Timing for a SPARCstatio
6. September 1998 2 Click Apply at the bottom of the window In FIGURE 3 5 the previous setting Never has been changed to 60 minutes This hard disk will automatically power off after 60 minutes of inactivity that is no keystrokes or mouse activity dtpower Devices Idle time before turning off Screen Hard Disk System AutoShutdown between Idle time before AutoShutdown Suspend 3 mins 30 60 120 Never FIGURE 3 5 Setting a Hard Disk Idle Time for a SPARCstation Voyager If you have not selected Apply yet you can return to the previous settings by selecting Reset at the bottom of the window Chapter 3 Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems 27 The System Panel On the System panel you can specify the conditions when your system will shut down automatically while idle Note Be sure you have read all cautions on using Power Management software in Using Power Management and in release notes before changing the AutoShutdown settings AutoShutdown uses the Suspend feature to automatically power off your system When the system powers up again it will resume in the same state as when it was suspended Using the System panel of the dtpower window you can activate or deactivate the AutoShutdown feature and specify the following times a The number of minutes of idle time before AutoShutdown attempts to suspend the system m The Start and Finish times of the
7. also need a local etc passwd entry so you can log in to the machine when disconnected Chapter 5 Configuring for Disconnected Operation 45 Creating a Local Home Environment To create a local home environment use either admintool or useradd to specify a local etc passwd entry and a local home directory export home username is recommended If your site does not export a network etc passwd map through one of the name services the etc passwd entry and home directory will be the only one associated with your username This is the simplest user configuration However if there is a entry for you in a network etc passwd database i e one managed by NIS or NIS specify the same user and group id numbers UID and GID respectively for the local etc passwd entry as are specified in the network database but specify a different path name for the home directory Specify the same UID and GID so that your files are accessible to you whether or not you are logged into the SPARCstation Voyager or another machine and whether or not you are working in a local or remote directory Do not specify the same path for the local home directory as for the home directory in the network version of etc passwd because the network path is not accessible when the machine is disconnected Managing Two Home Directories When there are two home directories always work in the local home directory on the SPARCstation Voyager You may use the network home
8. is similar to what you need to do if you are using the Sun PCMCIA modem and connecting to a PPP server that is running the Solaris 7 PPP software 52 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 1 Obtain the following information m The peer system name for the remote PPP server In the following example we use PPPserver a The phone number for the PPP server In the following example we use 5551212 m The login name that you can use In the following example we use voyager m The password associated with the above login name In the following example we use Secret 2 Add a single line similar to the following to the etc uucp Systens file PPPserver Any PCMCIA 38400 5551212 P_ZERO r n c ogin voyager ssword Secret Be sure you enter the line as one line TABLE 6 1 Systems File Elements Element PPPserver Any PCMCIA 38400 5551212 P_ZERO r n c ogin voyager ssword Secret Definition This is the peer system name It is the same name you assigned to the peer_system_name keyword when you created the etc asppp cf file The number can be dialed at any time Use the PCMCIA device The modem computer speed The phone number for the PPP server No parity Send a carriage return and line feed character to the remote system Expect to see a string ending in ogin sent by the remote system The login name you us
9. jobs a a a a Tape activity As always saving everything before you suspend is a good practice How to Suspend Suspend and a subsequent resume typically require less than a minute Note When you resume the Lockscreen utility is in effect for security You need to type your password to gain access to the system You can perform suspend from several methods 12 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 eae F4 F5 Fe F7 F8 Fo Fio F11 F12 es Cro x 10 Syra Lock Back Space 2 Again Power Undo Copy Caps Lock Paste Shift Cut Control FIGURE 2 1 Power Key Location Sun Compact 1 Keyboard Suspend Method 1 Keyboard Press the power key on the keyboard The pop up confirmation window appears See FIGURE 2 2 Please confirm suspension of system state FIGURE 2 2 Suspend Confirmation Select Suspend Selecting Suspend will cause your computer to save your session to disk so that when you resume the system displays your work as you left it Turn off the power to all external units External units may include external drive units printers or other serial or parallel devices See the manual supplied with the external device for instructions Chapter2 System Power 13 Suspend Method 2 Keyboard 1 Press shi
10. period each day when AutoShutdown can occur When the Start and Finish times are identical AutoShutdown can occur at any time v To Set an Idle Time for AutoShutdown of the System 1 Start dtpower as superuser see Starting dtpower on page 22 2 Drag the Suspend slider to the number of minutes of idle time you want before the system will power down automatically If you want to completely deactivate the AutoShutdown feature select the Never setting at the far right of the slider Also you can type the number of minutes directly in the numerical box to the right of the slider 3 Select the Start time of the period each day when you want AutoShutdown of the system to be able to take place You can select the time in 15 minute increments through a menu that drops down from the button closest to the Start label Also you can type the Start time directly into the numerical box 28 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Click AM or PM for the Start time Select the Finish time of the period each day when you want AutoShutdown of the system to be able to take place You can select the time in 15 minute increments through a menu that drops down from the button closest to the Finish label The last setting on this menu is All Day which means AutoShutdown can occur at any time of day Also you can type the Finish time directly into the numerical box You can specify All Day this w
11. the far right position which is labeled Never Also you can set the time by typing the number of minutes directly into the box to the right of the slider Click Apply at the bottom of the window In FIGURE 3 4 the previous setting Never has been changed to 30 minutes Your screen will now automatically power off after 30 minutes of inactivity that is no keystrokes or mouse activity Chapter 3 Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems 25 dtpower Devices Idle time before turning off Screen 30 60 120 Never Hard Disk 4 mins System AutoShutdown between rs amp AM Le a AM inis 8 00 pe Idle time before AutoShutdown Suspend j mins 30 60 120 Never FIGURE 3 4 Setting a Screen Idle Time for a SPARCstation Voyager If you have not selected Apply yet you can return to the previous settings by selecting Reset at the bottom of the window v To Set an Idle Time for Your Hard Disk 1 Drag the Hard Disk slider of the Devices panel FIGURE 3 5 to set the length of idle time in minutes before your hard disk will automatically power off You can deactivate automatic control of power for your hard disk by dragging the hard disk slider to the far right position which is labeled Never Also you can set the time by typing the number of minutes directly into the box to the right of the slider 26 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide
12. to the required size for your partition This is required for the SPARCstation Voyager Suspend Resume Software 3 Install all the packages listed in TABLE 1 1 for full functionality of your machine 6 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Installing Software Packages After installing Solaris you will be logged in as root and OpenWindows will be running Now you can install the SPARCstation Voyager packages that are on the SPARC Vendors Additions CD using the following procedure Note The instructions in this chapter are only for reinstalling the Solaris version that was originally supplied with the SPARCstation Voyager hardware If you have upgraded this machine to use Solaris 2 6 you do not need to install software specific to this machine from another CD Make sure that File Manager is running Insert the SPARC Vendors Solaris Additions CD into the CD caddy Insert the caddy into the CD drive If there is a CD in the drive type eject in a shell window to remove the CD The File Manager CD Window is displayed in less than a minute The content of the CD is displayed in the window In the File Manager window double click the SMCC folder This folder opens showing you the contents of the SMCC directory Open a command window and if you are not already superuser become superuser using the su command example S su Password enter superuser password example Enter the
13. NS amp SUN microsystems Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 U Part No 805 5233 September 1998 Revision A Send comments about this document to docfeedback sun com 1998 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto California 94303 4900 U S A This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California UNIX is a registered trademark in the U S and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo SunSoft SunDocs SunExpress Ultra Ultra Enterprise AnswerBook SunDocs OpenBoot Solstice DiskSuite Solstice SYMON SPARCstation Voyager Open Windows and Solaris are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and other countries All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and other countries Products bearing SPARC tradem
14. P server 1 Bring up the interface with the ifconfig command ifconfig ipdptp0 up Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 2 Establish a default route with the route command route add default PPPserver 1 In the command PPPserver should be replaced by the actual name of the remote PPP server you are connecting to This is the same name that was used as the second address in the ifconfig command added to the etc asppp cf file 3 Initiate a connection with the ping command sping PPPserver 120 Again PPPserver is an example name and should be replaced with the actual name of your PPP server The above command specifies a timeout limit of 120 seconds If the ping command succeeds it will return the result PPPserver is alive If the ping command fails it will return the result no answer from PPPserver To determine how the connection is working watch the log file with the command tail f var adm log asppp log If the ping command failed it means that the ipdptp0 interface is not configured properly or is not up the route table is not configured properly or that the UUCP files are not configured properly If after checking the status of the interface with the ifconfig command and checking the route table with the net stat command you believe your UUCP files may be configured incorrectly inspect the var adm log asppp log file for clues You may also find it beneficia
15. SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Tip and the Sun PCMCIA Fax Data Modem The tip protocol has been configured to work with the optional Sun PCMCIA modem To use tip with your Sun PCMCIA modem you can connect to the modem by typing the device name For a modem in Slot 1 tip pml For a modem in Slot 2 tip pm2 After you type one of these commands you are connected to your modem After you connect you can type atcommands Refer to thePCMCIA 2 0 Fax Data Modem User s Manual for detailed at commands Chapter 4 Using a Networked SPARCstation Voyager Disconnected From the Network 37 38 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 CHAPTER 5 Configuring for Disconnected Operation This chapter describes the installation and configuration procedures that allow your SPARCstation Voyager to operate in nomadic mode The procedures assume a reasonably high level of Solaris system administration familiarity If you do not feel comfortable with the commands and procedures consider seeking the help or advice of a Solaris system administrator Installation When you install the Solaris software be sure to specify that your system is a standalone networked system This installation configuration allows you maximum flexibility providing the capability to operate your system connected to a network or disconnected as a standalone single system During the install process select
16. SPARCstation Voyager is designed to be easily transportable Unlike a deskbound machine the SPARCstation Voyager can be suspended and disconnected from the network to resume and operate as a standalone system without rebooting It can be suspended again transported and resumed back on the network To use your SPARCstation Voyager in nomadic mode you must first perform a few procedures to configure the system Preparing the System m For configuration instructions see Chapter 5 a For disconnected operation instructions see Basic Considerations for Disconnected Operation on page 34 a For PPP configuration instructions see Point to Point Protocol PPP on page 36 and see Chapter 6 m For other modem instructions see Terminal Emulators on page 36 33 Using the SPARCstation Voyager in Nomadic Mode Once you have configured it you can disconnect your SPARCstation Voyager by simply unplugging the Ethernet cable You can avoid reconfiguring and rebooting as you would in a deskbound system by configuring the Solaris 2 Edition II or later operating system environment in nomadic mode Refer to Chapter 6 for a detailed discussion of the procedures you need to perform after you install the operating system The nomadic operating mode allows SPARCstation Voyager to be connected to an IP network that provides ONC NFS NIS NIS etc and Internet services mail ftp rlogin etc and also to be disconnecte
17. ages that are installed This procedure assumes that your network has been set up as described in the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide After the software is installed you will be prompted to create a root password After creating the root password start OpenWindows To start OpenWindows enter the following command usr openwin bin openwin TABLE 1 1 Packages Installed With Autolnstall Package or Cluster Description SUNWCreq Solaris required packages SUNWaudio Audio applications SUNWbnur Networking UUCP utilities Root support needed for PPP SUNWbnuu Networking UUCP utilities Usr support needed for PPP SUNWlpr LP print service Root SUNWlpu LP print service Usr Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 TABLE 1 1 Packages Installed With AutoInstall Continued Package or Cluster Description SUNWt1tk Tooltalk SUNWxilrt XIL Runtime Environment SUNWxildg XIL Loadable Pipeline Libraries SUNWxiler XIL English Localization SUNWxilow XIL Deskset Loadable Pipeline Drivers SUNWxwcft XWindows Common Fonts SUNWxwoft XWindows Optional Fonts SUNWxwplt XWindows Platform Software SUNWlibms SPARCompilers Bundled libms SUNWowrqd OpenWindows Required Core Package SUNWowoft OpenWindows Optional Fonts SUNWowbcp OpenWindows Binary Compatibility SUNWolaud OpenWindows Audio Tool SUNWoldcv OpenWindows Document Viewer SUNWoldst OpenWindows Desktop Tools SUNWoldte OpenWin
18. ample usr openwin bin dtpower amp v To start dtpower From the OpenWindows Menus Select Power Manager from the Workspace menu under the Programs option if you are using the default OpenWindows menu For more information on the Workspace menu refer to the Solaris User s Guide 22 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 The dtpower Icon If you have already run the dtpower program its icon may be displayed in one of the following ways m This dtpower icon appears when the SPARCstation Voyager is connected to a wall outlet that is operating on AC m One of these two dtpower icons appears when the SPARCstation Voyager is operating from a battery The first indicates how many minutes of operation remain before recharging is needed The second indicates that the battery is charging dtpower FIGURE 3 1 The dtpower Icon FIGURE 3 2 dtpower Icons Indicating that the Battery is Charging When you start up dtpower or double click on the dt power icon the main window is displayed as shown in FIGURE 3 3 Chapter 3 Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems 23 Devices Idle time before turning off Screen 60 120 Never Hard Disk E mins System AutoShutdown between Idle time before AutoShutdown Suspend F mins 60 120 Never FIGURE 3 3 dtpower Main Window for the SPARCstation Voyager In this window you can see the current settings for Po
19. apter 2 describes how to start up the system and how to halt or suspend use of the machine in a ways that makes it easy to resume your work later Preface xi Chapter 3 describes how to use Power Managenemt software that provides special features for the SPARCstation Voyager Chapter 4 describes how a SPARCstation Voyager user can be disconnected from the network and operated as a standalone system Chapter 5 describes how an administrator can prepare a network for remote use of a SPARCstation Voyager system Chapter 6 describes how to set up a PPP connection to link a SPARCstation Voyager system to a network xii Using UNIX Commands This document may not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices See one or more of the following for this information m Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals a AnswerBook online documentation for the Solaris software environment a Other software documentation that you received with your system Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Typographic Conventions TABLE P 1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning AaBbCc123 The names of commands files and directories on screen computer output AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted with on screen computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms words to be emphasized Comman
20. ard disk or the SPARCstation Voyager system to shut down automatically to reduce energy use This tool can be used with the OpenWindows and Common Desktop Environment CDE desktops Note If you are not using a SPARCstation Voyager dtpower will operate in different ways Refer to Using Power Management rather than this book for an explanation of using Power Management features on sun4m and sun4u desktop machines The dtpower program is integrated into the Power Management system for this nomadic computer For example if a SPARCstation Voyager is operating on battery power the system will automatically suspend when it is about to exhaust the battery charge regardless of what you have specified with the dtpower command A command line interface is also provided for a system administrator to change the system default settings For information on using the pmconfig program and the power conf file refer to Using Power Management To start using dtpower go to the next section Starting dtpower in this chapter 21 Starting dtpower Note In CDE the Power Management icon appears on the default desktop Start dtpower by using one of the following methods v To start dtpower Fom the Command Line 1 Become superuser by typing examples su Password root_password You must become superuser before you can modify any settings in the Power Management software 2 Start dtpower by typing ex
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22. as a router This is undesirable because other routers on the network will attempt to route network traffic through your system In addition to the performance impact on your system and the network it is possible to cause network routing failures that are difficult to detect and correct To avoid this establish an etc defaultrouter file that contains the name of one of the routers serving your network or subnetwork You can determine a candidate router by inspecting the route table with the net stat command while your system is connected to the network netstat r Routing Table Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface localhostlocalhostUH020100 slivanethr17a 11UGH00 singleethr17a 11UGH00 mtnviewethr17a 11UG09 net eng bbfddil17b 11UG03961 net15 067 nethr17a 11UG00 net17 007 ngoldigger engUG01291 net19 174 nfddil7b 11UG00 net17 083 nshunt 116U0G00 net21 244 nethr1l7a 11UG00 net18 148 nethr17a 11UG00 milpitasethrl7a 11UG042 net11 144 nvoyagerU237881le0 224 0 0 0voyagerU401le0 Chapter 5 Configuring for Disconnected Operation 43 Since most routes in the above example are directed through gateway ethr17a 11 choose ethr17a 11 as your default router by creating an etc defaultrouter file with that name in it The file should contain only the name of the selected default router as in ethrl7a 11 Note that when you configure your system to use a default router you sacrifice the dynamic rout
23. ay by entering a Finish time that is identical to the Start time Click AM or PM for the Finish time Click the Apply when the settings you want are all displayed If you want to reject the displayed settings select Reset and the currently active settings that is whatever settings were last put into effect by selecting Apply will be displayed in the window In FIGURE 3 6 the System panel is set for AutoShutdown of the system after 60 minutes of idle time between 7 30 pm and 9 00 am Chapter 3 Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems 29 dtpower Devices Idle time before turning off Screen 30 60 120 Never Hard Disk Eeten mins System AutoShutdown between Idle time before AutoShutdown Suspend 6 mins 30 60 120 Never FIGURE 3 6 Setting the AutoShutdown Timing for a SPARCstation Voyager 30 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Exiting dtpower Make sure you have clicked Apply if you want to activate any new settings you have made in this window v To Exit dtpower Click Quit at the bottom of the dtpower window This causes the window to disappear without a dtpower icon remaining on the screen Chapter 3 Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems 31 32 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 CHAPTER 4 Using a Networked SPARCstation Voyager Disconnected From the Network Your
24. custom install the operating system use Interactive Installation Arrange for Software Installation Provide your system administrator with the installation instructions and CDs that come with your software Your system administrator will normally perform the rest of the procedures in this chapter Software Installation Software installation consists of the following steps 1 Power on 2 Automatic or Interactive Solaris installation 3 Installation of SPARCstation Voyager Software Packages How to Turn the Power On Turning on your system for the first time is different from what will probably become your normal procedure You must be ready to install software and configure your machine 1 Plug the power cord into the AC input connector in the power supply and to the wall socket See the SPARCstation Voyager User s Guide for information on the different ways to configure the power source for your SPARCstation Voyager 2 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 2 Connect a CD drive to your system See the SPARCstation Voyager User s Guide for details 3 Insert the Solaris CD ROM into the CD ROM caddy and insert the caddy into the CD drive 4 Turn on the power to any external devices for example the Desktop Storage Module Refer to the documentation that comes with your drive for example the Desktop Storage Module Installation Guide Power key F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12
25. d from the network and operated for extended periods of time with no network connection It is not possible to achieve this kind of connection flexibility without some constraints but they are minimal m The system will not be able to access all the data kept in distributed NIS NIS databases m The system will not be able to provide ONC or Internet services to other machines even when connected to a network Basic Considerations for Disconnected Operation After you have made your SPARCstation Voyager disconnectable you have to use it a little differently Creating and using a local home directory on your SPARCstation Voyager can make using your system in nomadic mode easier Refer to Creating a Local Home Environment on page 46 of Chapter 5 for instructions Always start OpenWindows from a shell whose current working directory is contained on the local SPARCstation Voyager file system such as your local home directory Otherwise when SPARCstation Voyager is disconnected OpenWindows stops functioning When you operate a SPARCstation Voyager disconnected from the network remote services are not available NIS and NIS databases such as hosts and NFS mounted directories cannot be accessed Refer to Name Service Configuration in Chapter 5 for a complete list Before you disconnect the system from the network 34 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 cd out of all NFS mounted direct
26. d line variable replace with a real name or value Shell Prompts TABLE P 2 Shell Prompts Examples Edit your login file Use ls a to list all files 2 You have mail ole a g Password Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide These are called class options You must be root to do this To delete a file type rm filename Shell Prompt C shell machine_name C shell superuser machine_name Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser Preface xiii Sun Documentation on the Web The docs sun com web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation on the Web You can browse the docs sun com archive or search for a specific book title or subject at http docs sun com Sun Welcomes Your Comments We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions You can email your comments to us at docfeedback sun com Please include the part number of your document in the subject line of your email message xiv Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 CHAPTER 1 Software Installation Preparing the System for Use Before you turn the system on for the first time prepare to install Solaris the software that ships with the system Note These instructions apply to installing or reinstalling the Solaris version that originally came with your SPARCstation Voyager machine For installing
27. directory as a backup location If that is not possible or desirable you will have to take precautions to insure that the two copies of the home directory do not get out of synchronization Define the PATH Environment Define the PATH environment variable so that it does not contain references to non local such as NFS mounted directories To assure that commonly accessed application programs and tools are always available install them in local directories designated by the PATH variable You can initiate infrequently referenced remote programs by specifying the full path name for the command You can access remote programs you use more frequently by creating symbolic links to them in local directories specified in the PATH variable or by creating shell aliases for them 46 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Define the MANPATH Environment A MANPATH environment variable if present should avoid references to non local directories sendmail Configuration Edit the sendmail files if you use more than one kind of mail user interface only if you are not exclusively using a nomadic mail tool The sendmail utility is the back end to most of the mail user interface programs such as mailtool and mailx and is responsible for sending mail to remote hosts using the Simple Mail Transport Protocol SMTP The sendmail utility is not affected when the network is disconnected Most local mail processing ca
28. dows Desktop Environment SUNWolimt OpenWindows Imagetool SUNWolrte OpenWindows Run Time Environment SUNWinst Install Software SUNWadmap System amp Network Admin Applications SUNadm w System amp Network Admin Framework SUNWloc System Localization SUNWdoc Documentation Tools SUNWapppr PPP IP Asynchronous PPP daemon configuration files SUNWapppu PPP IP Asynchronous PPP daemon and PPP login Service SUNWpppk PPP IP and IP dialup Device Drivers SUNWmfrun Motif Run Time package SUNWbcp Binary Compatibility SUNWscpr Source Compatibility Root Chapter 1 Software Installation 5 TABLE 1 1 Packages Installed With AutoInstall Continued Package or Cluster Description SUNWscpu Source Compatibility Usr SUNWLibC Shared C library SUNWLibCE C library required for Roam Interactive Installation Use this method of installation if Automatic Installation failed or if you want to use Interactive Installation We recommend that you use the following procedure 1 Use the Custom Install method See the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide for details Quick install may be the easiest option but the system requires some custom handling to use the SPARCstation Voyager Support Software 2 Use the following disk partitioning TABLE 1 2 Recommended Disk Partitioning Mount Point Size MBytes 292 swap 32 Note If you choose not to follow these partitioning guide lines then please make sure to add an extra 10 MBytes
29. e to log into the remote server It is sent to the remote server Expect to receive a string ending in ssword The password associated with the login name It is sent to the remote system Chapter 6 Configuring for Point to Point Protocol Connections 53 3 Add the following line to the etc uucp Devices file PCMCIA cua 0 38400 sun pcmcia The line specifies that the PCMCIA device is plugged into socket 1 runs at 38400 bps between the computer and the modem and is a Sun PCMCIA modem If you want to plug the Sun modem into socket 2 change cua 0 to cua 1 Add the following single line to the etc uucp Dialers file sun pemcia dA pT amp F2 r c OK r EATDT T r c CONNECT s14400 ARQ STTY crtscts Be sure the line is entered as a single line consisted of 82 characters This line describes the AT commands that are sent to the Sun PCMCIA modem to initialize it for PPP operation and to dial the phone number for the remote PPP server For a more detailed explanation of the contents of the UUCP configuration files see Appendix A of SunOS 5 3 Administering TCP IP and PPP 54 Initiating a Connection to the Remote PPP Server Before a connection can be established you must bring up the PPP interface specified in the etc asppp cf file ipdptp0 and establish a default route to the remote server The default route allows you to communicate with other hosts on the network connected to the remote PP
30. ember 1998 If you do not want connections to occur spontaneously you must turn off the PPP interface by marking it down with the ifconfig command sifconfig ipdptp down Remember to turn on the interface when you want connections to start again sifconfig ipdptp up Boot Issues After configuration PPP will be enabled automatically when the system boots If you use the NIS name service PPP will attempt to dial the remote PPP server when the NIS daemon ypbind is started If you do not want PPP to allow automatic connections change the ifconfig line inthe etc asppp cf file so the interface is marked down In the earlier example the line would appear as ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb Gypsy PPPserver private down After boot it is necessary to reestablish the default route using the route command route add default PPPserver 1 Other Issues If you want to connect your SPARCstation Voyager to Ethernet mark the PPP interface down and remove the default route before you plug in the Ethernet cable Otherwise your SPARCstation Voyager may act as a router o ifconfig ipdptp down route delete default PPPserver Chapter 6 Configuring for Point to Point Protocol Connections 57 Remember to replace the name PPPserver with the name of your PPP server Additional Information For more detailed information about PPP refer to SunOS 5 3 Administering TCP IP and PPP and the aspppd man page Refer to the
31. emote and inaccessible server Since some processes generate several accesses to a name service the aggregate wait time can be significant For example if you use 1s to display a long list of the contents of a local directory that contains four files owned by someone else whose user name is not in your local etc passwd file you will wait two minutes 4 files 1 non local name per file 30 seconds per NIS lookup of a non local name for the command to finish Configuring etc nsswitch By editing the etc nsswitch conf file you can avoid or minimize the occurrence of timeout delays If your facility does not make extensive use of the networked name services configure your system to use the files name service by copying etc nsswitch files to etc nsswitch conf 40 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 If your facility makes use of the networked name service create a hybrid configuration file such as the following one etc nsswitch conf An example file that could be copied to etc nsswitch conf This file configures the system to use the NIS name service sparingly and thus allows the system to operat ven when NIS isn t available passwd files group files hosts filesnis networks files protocols files rpc files ethers files netmasks files bootparams files publickey files netgroup files automount filesnis aliases files services files sendmailvars file
32. en que ce soit sans l autorisation pr alable et crite de Sun et de ses bailleurs de licence s il y en a Le logiciel d tenu par des tiers et qui comprend la technologie relative aux polices de caract res est prot g par un copyright et licenci par des fournisseurs de Sun Des parties de ce produit pourront tre d riv es des syst mes Berkeley BSD licenci s par l Universit de Californie UNIX est une marque d pos e aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays et licenci e exclusivement par X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems le logo Sun SunSoft SunDocs SunExpress Ultra Ultra Enterprise AnswerBook SunDocs OpenBoot Solstice DiskSuite Solstice SYMON SPARCstation Voyager Open Windows et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es ou marques de service de Sun Microsystems Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilis es sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits portant les marques SPARC sont bas s sur une architecture d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc L interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et Sun a t d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc pour ses utilisateurs et licenci s Sun reconna t les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le d veloppement du concept des interfaces d utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l indu
33. es that support SPARCstation Voyager All of the packages except for SUNWdiagv are included in the Voyager Software User Cluster If you have a problem with your workstation you can use the SUNWdiagv package to isolate the problem This package is not automatically installed on your workstation TABLE 1 3 SPARCstation Voyager Packages Size blocks Name Description 2 Battery Module header This package contains the battery module file header file 15 Battery Streams module This package contains the interface software for the battery 562 Suspend Resume This package contains the software that package suspends operation of the workstation by saving the system state to nonvolatile storage This software also resumes operation of the workstation by restoring the previous system state 200 SPARCstation Voyager This package contains the SPARCstation online diagnostic test Voyager specific SunDiag tests 8 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 TABLE 1 3 Size Package Name blocks SUNWird 31 SUNWirdh 2 SUNWpmc 14 SUNWpmch 2 SUNWpcmci 346 SUNWpcmcu 34 SUNWpcmmn 36 SUNWpcmem 128 SUNWpcser 132 SUNWpmow 234 SUNWpmr 3 SUNWpmu 68 SUNWpmman 52 SUNWvygmn 6 Name Infrared device driver Infrared device header file Power Management chip driver Power Management chip driver header files PCMCIA kernel software PCMCIA user software PCMCIA man pages PCMCIA memory card driver PCMCIA
34. following commands at the prompt example cd cdrom sol_2_4 hw1194_smcc example swmtool d pwd c swm The Software Manager window is displayed The display shows Voyager Software 1 0 Double click on the icon for the Voyager Software 1 0 cluster The SPARCstation Voyager clusters and packages are listed Click the icon for the Voyager Software User Cluster This highlights the item indicating that it is selected Chapter 1 Software Installation 7 Package Name SUNWbt ryh SUNWbttry SUNWcpr SUNWdiagv 9 10 11 Click Begin Installation The Software Manager Command Input Output pop up window is displayed showing all package installation messages If anything goes wrong it will ask you a question in this window The installation process should take about 4 to 5 minutes You will hear some disk and speaker noise When the installation is complete the message Re initialize list of install software is displayed at the bottom of the window It then displays Click select on software to mark for installation Quit Software Manager Exit OpenWindows When you start OpenWindows again the special keys daemon will automatically start This daemon recognizes the power key and the brightness keys on the keyboard Note If you do not exit OpenWindows you can start the daemon with the command usr openwin bin speckeysd Package Descriptions TABLE 1 3 lists the packag
35. ft and the power key on the keyboard See FIGURE 2 1 on page 13 for the location of the power key A sequence begins suspend in which the system state is saved to disk before the power goes off When you press the power key again resume the resulting display will be as you left it when you turned the power off 2 Turn off the power to all external units External units may include external drive units printers or other serial or parallel devices See the manual supplied with the external device for instructions Workspace Utilities Suspend You can suspend your system using the Workspace Utilities menu 1 Place your cursor in the workspace and hold down the menu button The Workspace menu will appear 2 Select Utilities with the menu button 3 Select the Suspend menu option The Suspend confirmation window will pop up See FIGURE 2 2 4 Select Suspend The system state is saved to disk It will resume as you left it when you press the power key again 5 Turn off the power to all external units External units may include external drive units printers or other serial or parallel devices See the manual supplied with the external device for instructions Shell Command Suspend You can use a shell command to suspend The window system does not have to be running for the shell command suspend to work At the prompt type tempest usr openwin bin sys suspend The Suspend confirmation window wi
36. ft it If you halted the system it will boot Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Troubleshooting This section describes the following What to do if power on does not succeed What to do if the power key does not suspend the system How to recover from a hung system a a a a What to do if suspend does not succeed What To Do If Power On Does Not Succeed If you do not see the banner screen within 10 to 15 seconds after you turn on the power Check the power LED at the front of the system to see if it is lit Make sure the AC power cord is securely attached to both the power supply and the AC wall outlet Be sure the AC wall outlet has power Check to see that the keyboard cables are firmly connected Try pressing the power key again You should hear a beep as the machine comes on If the machine does not come on try pressing the power switch on the rear panel See FIGURE 2 3 Power switch gt lt gt ol NT ISDN TE A a be Q 2 eee e o OO telel oC 2 633 FIGURE 2 3 Power Switch Location If the power still does not come on call your Sun sales office or a service provider Chapter 2 System Power 17 18 If the Power Key Does Not Suspend the System Use a shell window to check that the key processing daemon is present Type ps eaf
37. h level protocols such as TCP IP PPP and high speed full duplex modems allow sophisticated services and applications such as NFS rlogin ftp and remote X11 clients to run over public switched telephone networks PSTN You activate a PPP connection when you execute any command that causes a message to be put onto the network Typically this happens when you change to a remote directory in an NFS file system rlogin to a remote machine copy a remote file either by rcp or ftp or do any other operation that involves a remote system Refer to Chapter 6 for more information about PPP configuration Terminal Emulators A terminal emulator is a software representation of a physical terminal such as a Wyse or Televideo terminal that allows the SPARCstation Voyager to connect to a remote machine in the same way as a real terminal connects As with a real terminal you will only be able to log in to a remote computer and interact with it through a typically 25 line by 80 character interface and you won t be able to display graphics or use any of the OpenWindows graphical user interface tools Solaris 7 includes two terminal emulators tip and cu See the respective man pages for further information on how to use these emulators There are also public domain and third party terminal emulators that will work on Solaris Some of these have more features than tip and cu and may be easier for novice Solaris users to operate 36 Platform Notes
38. ilhost is the name of the mail host you defined earlier for example user cosmos Note Do not use the actual word mailhost in the host part of the address since that can cause your mail to be misdirected 48 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 You may address your mail to user domain if your site uses DNS e g jsmith eng or jsmith some com Sometimes when an alias cannot be expanded the mail is delivered to the local machine This usually occurs because the cache in sendmail becomes unsynchronized with the actual configuration of the system It may not happen very often or even at all but occasionally it is a good idea to inspect the var mail directory for lost mail Queue Limits As stated earlier the default maximum time that an undelivered mail message is queued is three days If your system is disconnected for longer than three days mail will be returned to the sender You can change the maximum queue time by changing the following lines in the etc mail sendmail cf file from return queued mail after this long OT3d return queued mail after this long OT999d In this example mail will be queued for 999 days before being returned to the sender See the sendmail man page for a more complete explanation of the values for the queued mail timeout parameter Chapter 5 Configuring for Disconnected Operation 49 50 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998
39. ing capability that Solaris provides If you don t want to do this edit the etc init d inetinit file Change the test for routerhood to always fail in etc init d inetinit change if Snumifs gt 2 o Snumptptifs gt 0 o f etc gateways then to if bin false then Never be a router Note The disadvantage of this method is that your system can receive Routing Information Packets RIP across a PPP connection which limits the available bandwidth NFS Mount Configuration The NFS and mount protocols allow your machine to access remote networked file systems in the same way that you access local file systems If you attempt to access a remote file when your SPARCstation Voyager is not connected to a network however your machine may appear to stop Using the Automounter To minimize remote access attempts always use the automounter aut omountd Mounting NFS files exclusively with the automounter insures that remote files are mounted properly and that they are unmounted when not in use typically five minutes after the last access 44 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Do not mount file systems with the mount command or by including a mount request in the etc vfstab file Using the Soft Mount Option NFS mounts are hard by default which means that if the file system server fails to respond the client i e the SPARCstation Voyager con
40. ked 39 O OpenWindows 21 P PCMCIA modem PPP 36 modem installing 37 using tip 37 Point to Point Protocol 51 activating 36 power unsuccessful power on 17 power off halting the operating system 15 Suspend 12 power on key power key 3 13 power key 3 Resume 11 16 unsuccessful 17 PPP boot 57 configuration 51 connection automatic 56 connection initiating 54 connection terminating 56 hosts file asppp cf file 52 router 57 see Point to Point Protocol 36 systems files table 53 UUCP 52 Q Quit button 24 31 R Reset button 24 Resume power on 11 16 security Lockscreen 12 S screen idle time 25 serial port A 10 serial port B 10 serial port configuration 10 shutdown automatic 28 software reinstallation 10 software installation 60 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 solaris 1 Solaris Auto Install packages 4 CD ROM 3 SPARCstation Voyager systems 21 standalone networked 1 non networked 2 Suspend keyboard methods 14 power off 11 shell command 14 troubleshooting 19 when to use activities 12 workspace utilities 14 system configuration changing 15 System panel 28 T terminal emulators with the PCMCIA modem 36 tip using tip with PCMCIA 37 troubleshooting 17 U using Power Management 21 V Voyager SPARCstations and Power Management 21 Index 61 62 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software G
41. l to seek the advice of a system administrator familiar with the Solaris 7 PPP system Chapter 6 Configuring for Point to Point Protocol Connections 55 Terminating the Connection Normally the PPP connection will terminate automatically when the PPP daemon notices the line has been idle for a period longer than the period specified by the inactivity_timeout keyword in the etc asppp cf file If you want to terminate the connection earlier you must send the SIGHUP signal to the aspppd daemon Find the process ID for aspppd with the ps and grep commands ps e grep aspppd A result similar to the following will appear 73 0 02 aspppd The 73 is the process ID number of aspppd Send the SIGHUP signal with the kill command kill HUP 73 The PPP connection is terminated 56 Automatic Connections Solaris 7 PPP will automatically connect to the PPP server whenever a process on the SPARCstation Voyager generates an IP datagram for delivery to a host on the remote network The first access can take several minutes to complete because PPP dials the remote system logs in and sets up the correct routing configuration To avoid additional delays due to a command backing off because it does not receive an immediate reply from the remote end of the connection establish the connection first by executing a simple command such as ping Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide Sept
42. ll appear See FIGURE 2 2 If the window system is not running the command will execute without the confirmation window 14 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 1 Select Suspend The computer will save your activities to disk When you press the power key again the display will appear just as you left it 2 Turn off the power to all external units External units may include external drive units printers or other serial or parallel devices See the manual supplied with the external device for instructions Halting the Operating System Caution You must halt the operating system in an orderly manner Do not turn off the system by disconnecting the AC plug or pulling the battery out Doing so can cause damage to your operating system Any data you have not saved will be lost Sometimes you must halt the operating system and turn the system off You must halt the operating system and turn off the power to Change the system configuration Remove or install a part such as a memory card inside the system unit Remove or install an external drive unit or monitor Install a PCMCIA card in a slot previously occupied by a PCMCIA card of a different type Install reinstall or upgrade the operating system m When your system is hung frozen you will not be able to halt the operating system you must turn the power off Changing the System Configuration When you change the system configuration fo
43. ll stop processing commands You can leave them alone or terminate them Few sessions will persist over long periods of disconnection While all OpenWindows deskset applications will survive across network transitions from connected to disconnected states some of them may not operate as well while disconnected Occasionally other problems occur if the Ethernet interface le0 is not left UP at disconnection If the interface is DOWN you cannot open Calendar Manager nor can you invoke admintool The solution to these problems is to bring the interface UP using ifconfig See the man page for information on how to manipulate the state of the interface Chapter 4 Using a Networked SPARCstation Voyager Disconnected From the Network 35 Modem Connections You can attach a PCMCIA or an external modem to SPARCstation Voyager and use it to create a data connection to another computer that can be accessed through a terminal emulator program such as tip or cu or by using the PPP serial line networking facility Point to Point Protocol PPP The Point to Point Protocol PPP provides IP networking capability over serial line interfaces like those provided by modems You can think of PPP as a slow speed analog of Ethernet Just as two computers can be networked by an Ethernet cable they can be networked by modems and PPP In both cases the machines communicate with each other using peer to peer or client server applications that run over hig
44. n 1 Get your machine ready by inserting the Solaris CD ROM into the CD ROM caddy and insert the caddy into the CD drive 2 As superuser in a shell enter the following commands touch autoinstall sync reboot 3 Follow the instruction under Automatic Installation on page 4 For Interactive Installation Follow the instructions under Interactive Installation on page 6 Serial Port Configuration External devices must be connected to serial port A on the back panel of the SPARCstation Voyager system unit Although the SPARCstation Voyager unit contains a serial port B the port is a dedicated battery communications channel not available for other configuration purposes 10 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 CHAPTER 2 System Power Your SPARCstation Voyager has a new timesaving feature for turning the power off and on The new feature Suspend Resume is provided with your system Without Suspend Resume you must exit your applications halt your operating system and turn off the power When you turn the power on again the system must go through the normal boot sequence taking at least a few minutes before you can restart your applications and bring up your files With the SPARCstation Voyager when you suspend you save all the activities current on your workstation and turn the power off in one command When you resume the power comes on and the
45. n Voyager 30 Figures vii viii Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 TABLE P 1 TABLE P 2 TABLE 1 1 TABLE 1 2 TABLE 1 3 TABLE 6 1 Tables Typographic Conventions xiii Shell Prompts xiii Packages Installed With Autolnstall Recommended Disk Partitioning 6 SPARCstation Voyager Packages 8 Systems File Elements 53 4 Tables ix x Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Preface This book the Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide explains how to use the SPARCstation Voyager computer with software provided with the Solaris 7 release that is specific to this computer This book is intended for the user of a SPARCstation Voyager and for a system and network administrator supporting users of that workstation Who Should Use This Book If you are a SPARCstation Voyager user the manuals provided with your workstation contain comparable information about using software with your system Refer to this manual to find how to use your system with the latest release of Solaris software If you are an administrator supporting users of the SPARCstation Voyager this manual provides you with software information you may need even if you do not have a SPARCstation Voyager and its documentation set at hand How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 is an overview of how to install Solaris software on a SPARCstation Voyager system Ch
46. n still be accomplished The front end mail user interface programs will still operate and can still read delete copy and move mail messages in the system s inbox var mail username as well as in any local mail folders You cannot of course send mail or receive it from remote systems With minor changes to a few files outgoing mail can be composed and sent from a user interface program and sendmail will queue the mail until the network connection is established or until a queue timeout period the default is three days is exceeded but only if the full address of the recipient can be determined either because the original mail contains the full address or because it contains a mail alias that can be expanded to the full address Remote Mail Host A remote mail host is another host through which sendmail routes all outgoing mail When your system is connected to the network mail will take an extra hop to the mail host before it is delivered When your system is disconnected a remote mail host provides automatic queueing of new mail messages until the network is reconnected This means you can still compose and send mail messages when disconnected The messages will be delivered to the remote mail host shortly after reconnection Chapter 5 Configuring for Disconnected Operation 47 Configuring the Remote Mail Host To configure a remote mail host in etc inet hosts append the word mailhost to an entry that specifies a permane
47. nes similar to the following lines to the etc asppp cf file ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb voyager PPPserver private up path interface ipdptp0 peer _system_name PPPserver inactivity_timeout 300 debug_level 5 Again use the actual names you obtained in Step 1 You can leave out the inactivity_timeout line if you want to use the default timeout of 120 seconds The above specifies a timeout of 300 seconds You can also leave out the debug_level line or change its value depending on the how much information you want reported in the var adm log asppp 1log file See the PPP man page aspppd the ifconfig man page and the relevant chapters in SunOS 5 3 Administering TCP IP and PPP for a more thorough discussion of the contents of the etc asppp cf file Configuring the UUCP Dialing Facility Solaris PPP uses the UUCP dialing facility to create a connection with the remote dial in PPP server Parameters specific to the modem and the remote server are defined in the UUCP configuration files etc uucp System etc uucp Devices and etc uucp Dialers You will have to add entries to these files to describe the Sun PCMCIA modem to specify the phone number for the PPP server and to specify the login name and password that your SPARCstation Voyager will use to connect to the server It is not possible to provide a detailed procedure for editing the UUCP configuration files that will work in all cases However the following procedure
48. ntly networked host The mail host can be any host that is always available to the core network that the SPARCstation Voyager is usually connected to See the last line in CODE EXAMPLE 5 1 on page 42 for an example specification of a mail host Mail Aliases The sendmail utility uses the name service aliases map to expand a mail alias into a fully specified address If mail is sent to a username but that name cannot be found in the aliases database the mail is delivered to the local machine if username can be found in the etc passwd file or it is returned to the sender with a User Unknown error message When disconnected from the network or when the alias map is only present in the files name service as recommended earlier you must specify mail recipient names to assure delivery For convenience you may enter aliases for the people or mail lists you frequently send mail to in the etc mail aliases file amy amy travails andrew andrew telco com bob bob roberts therally clark clark phonebooth deskset deskset thehous jim jim cosmos lyn lynda flanders melissa mfields home nomadics nomadics server Corp our staff myboss hismachine susan susan ct amber com trish trussell bambus COM It is not necessary to remember or otherwise determine the fully specified name for people or mail lists who are not listed in the etc mail aliases file You can send mail to them by addressing it to user mailhost where ma
49. or upgrading to a later version of Solaris follow the general installation instructions for that later Solaris release For those releases use this chapter only as a guide to selecting the combination of software that will be useful on this machine A new mode of operation is possible on the SPARCstation Voyager You can configure it to run alternately connected to and disconnected from the network in nomadic mode If you want to use this mode read Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 The two chapters describe additional steps to take after you install Solaris that will enable nomadic operation After you decide whether you want to enhance your machine with the nomadic configuration you need to decide what configuration to select when the Solaris installation program prompts you Deciding What Configuration You Need m Standalone networked preinstalled system Standalone means you have an internal disk with software Networked means you can communicate with other machines over a LAN Choose this Solaris option if you want to configure for the nomadic mode a Single system a standalone non networked preinstalled system Deciding on the Installation Method a Automatic Installation It is recommended that you use Automatic Installation This method ensures that all the files you will need for networked or nomadic operation are copied to your system a Interactive Installation If for any reason the Automatic Installation failed or you want to
50. ories Terminate any remote login sessions such as rlogin telnet or ftp Terminate any remote clients that display windows on the local Xsun X11 server Wait about five minutes for the automounter to unmount all directories you cd d out of in Step 1 Or as root type unmountall F nfs If you cannot follow the above disconnection guidelines you are late for a meeting and you want to pull the plug for example the system will continue to operate Minor inconveniences may occur For example it is possible to be in a working directory that is contained on a remote file system or to execute a command such as 1s or cd that accesses a remote file system If this happens the command you executed will appear to stop and not return and probably the shell that you executed it in will not process further commands If you do not want to wait for the system to notice the error and recover by itself it could take a long time you can terminate the command by typing Control c for example or change the working directory back to the home directory If necessary quit the window in which the command or shell is running Any client server application with a remote component will not continue to work when the network is disconnected Those that are stopped may fail when the network is reconnected or if they are touched although it is usually safe to iconize them Any remote login sessions in effect at the time of disconnection wi
51. r example to add or remove an internal part such as a memory card or an external part such as a CD ROM or replace a PCMCIA card with one of a different type you must halt the operating system and turn the power off A configuration change requires you to reboot the system after adding or removing items You will need to use the boot r command to reconfigure the system Shutting the System Down To halt the system you must first become superuser Chapter2 System Power 15 1 Type su tempest su The system will ask you for a password Type your superuser password A screen will appear with a sign Type init 0 init 0 screen messages ok After the ok prompt appears you can turn the system off Press Shift and the power key to turn the system off Rebooting After a Configuration Change After you add a device to your SPARCstation Voyager you must reboot in a particular way After the system comes up type boot r to reconfigure the system 16 1 2 How To Turn the Power Back On Note If you are powering on your system for the first time follow the instructions in How to Turn the Power On on page 2 Turn on the power for any external devices Press the power key on the keyboard If you used any of the Suspend methods to turn the system off your system will Resume with the Lockscreen utility After you type your password the system will Resume at the point that you le
52. relevant man pages for more information on the commands used to administer the PPP interface and the system routing table 58 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Index A Apply button 24 AutoShutdown 28 B battery icon 23 C CDE 21 22 Common Desktop Environment 21 configuration changing 15 rebooting boot r 16 D defaults 22 Devices panel 25 disconnected mode 1 Disconnected operation 39 dtpower command 22 E exiting dtpower 31 F fax modem installing 37 H halting the operating system when to use 15 hard disk idle time for SPARCstation Voyager 26 Help button 25 hung system recovering from 18 l icons 23 installation Additions CD 7 automatic 2 4 10 disk partitioning 6 interactive 2 4 6 reinstall 10 SPARC Vendors Additions 7 steps 2 Voyager Software User Cluster 7 modem PCMCIA fax modem Index 59 installing 37 Point to Point Protocol 36 terminal emulators 36 N nomadic 1 operation 34 nomadic mode 33 configuration network 42 configuration user home directory 45 configuration usr passwd local 45 disconnect operations 34 disconnected from the network 34 hosts file 42 installation configuration 39 mail aliases 48 name service 39 40 NFS mount configuration automounter 44 vfstab 44 nsswitch configuring 40 PPP 43 defaultrouter file 43 quick disconnection 35 sendmail 47 standalone networ
53. s This configuration instructs the system to use the NIS name service only when a host name is not found in etc inet hosts or when the automounter cannot find an automount map file in the etc directory All other name service lookups are satisfied by the files name service as defined by the corresponding files in the etc directory You may find that you can configure etc nsswitch conf ina better way for your specific site s network configuration Feel free to experiment with the contents of etc nsswitch conf or add entries to the specific service files on your system until it meets your needs Note If you are running NIS you can prevent timeouts from occurring by stopping and starting NIS binding services i e ypbind when you disconnect and reconnect the SPARCstation Voyager from and to the network However the user is the one who must stop and start the binding services at each disconnection and reconnection The process may not be worth the trouble Chapter 5 Configuring for Disconnected Operation 41 Network Configuration Installing your system as a standalone networked system assures that most network configuration has been done by the install process You can improve the ability of the SPARCstation Voyager to operate in nomadic mode by adding frequently accessed remote host names to the local hosts database and by preventing your machine from acting as a router Hostname to IP Address Mapping Because
54. serial card driver Power Management GUI Power Management config file and rc script Power Management binaries Power Management man pages SPARCstation Voyager man pages SPARCstation Voyager Packages Continued Description This package contains the driver for the infrared communications devices that allows the workstation to interface with other infrared devices This package contains the infrared device header files This package contains the interface software for the power management chip that handles power management for internal devices This package contains the header files for the Power Management Chip Driver This package contains the PCMCIA kernel nexus and adapter driver This package contains the PCMCIA user daemon This package contains the PCMCIA man pages PCMCIA memory card driver support PCMCIA Serial Card Driver support This package contains the Graphical User Interface software tool for Power Management This package contains the configuration files and run control script for power management This package contains the Power Management system daemon This package contains the Man Pages for the Power Management software This package contains the Man Pages for operating the SPARCstation Voyager system Chapter 1 Software Installation 9 Software Reinstallation You can reinstall with either automatic or interactive installation For Automatic Installatio
55. spend failed Device error during suspend For a more detailed error message look in the console Do you wish to power off FIGURE 2 4 Suspend Failed Example v If Suspend Does Not Succeed Do the Following 1 Select Cancel If you have not already saved your work do so now 2 Look in the Console window for more information You may be able to take corrective action 3 Try Suspend again m If Suspend succeeds the system will save your activities and the system will power off m If Suspend does not succeed the alert will pop up again Caution Save your work if you have not already done so 4 Select Power Off Your work will not be saved When you power on again the system will reboot Chapter2 System Power 19 v If Power Off Fails Do the Following Power off failed This system cannot be powered off by software FIGURE 2 5 Power Off Failure Window 1 Select Continue 2 Save your work if you haven t already done so 3 Turn the power off after halting the system See Changing the System Configuration on page 15 and Steps 2 through 4 of Recovering From a Hung System on page 18 20 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 CHAPTER 3 Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems This chapter explains how to use the dt power program to activate or turn off power management features and to specify when you want the screen h
56. strie de l informatique Sun d tient une licence non exclusive de Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci s de Sun qui mettent en place l interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences crites de Sun CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE EN L ETAT ET AUCUNE GARANTIE EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE N EST ACCORDEE Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE L APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU LE FAIT QU ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S APPLIQUERAIT PAS DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU eo a Ka Adobe PostScript Contents Preface xi Software Installation 1 Preparing the System for Use 1 Deciding What Configuration You Need 1 Deciding on the Installation Method 2 Arrange for Software Installation 2 Software Installation 2 How to Turn the Power On 2 Automatic Installation 4 Interactive Installation 6 Installing Software Packages 7 Package Descriptions 8 Software Reinstallation 10 For Automatic Installation 10 For Interactive Installation 10 Serial Port Configuration 10 System Power 11 Suspending Your System 12 Contents iii What to Consider Before Suspending 12 How to Suspend 12 Suspend Method 1 Keyboard 13 Suspend Method 2 Keyboard 14 Workspace Utilities Suspend 14 Shell Command Suspend 14 Halting the Opera
57. system displays your work at exactly the point where you left it in a very short time Suspend Resume works with Power Manager to suspend your system automatically For information on how to set Power Manager for your individual needs refer to Using Power Management in the Solaris 7 User Collection on the Solaris 7 Documenation CD SPARCstation Voyager consumes no power during suspension You can leave the system suspended for an indefinite length of time without losing data Note If you are turning your system on for the first time be sure to read Preparing the System for Use on page 1 This chapter tells you When and how to use suspend and resume to turn the power off When and how to halt the operating system and turn the power off How to turn the power back on a a a a Troubleshooting 11 Suspending Your System Usually Suspend is the best way to shut the power off The Suspend Resume feature is perfect for when you want to Transport the system Change the power source to a battery or power supply Unplug the system unit power cord a a a m Shut the system off to conserve energy If you need to shut the power off for other reasons see Halting the Operating System on page 15 What to Consider Before Suspending A few considerations apply to suspending the system You must wait for the following operations to complete before you initiate suspend Audio activity Floppy disk activity Print
58. the system won t always have access to the NIS NIS DNS databases hostname to IP address mapping requested by programs such as sendmail and PPP aspppd may fail when the system is disconnected if the local etc inet hosts file does not contain a requested entry Adding frequently accessed remote host names to the etc inet hosts file will minimize such failures CODE EXAMPLE 5 1 Internet Host Table Internet host table 127 0 0 1localhost loghost 224 0 0 0multicast ip This machine 192 9 10 5voyager Frequently accessed hosts 192 9 11 113sparctreker 192 9 11 126parhelion 192 9 20 30datehost 192 9 60 81applserver 192 9 7 81cosmos mailhost Note You may prefer to use admintool to edit the etc init hosts file 42 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 Generally you won t have to put more than a dozen or so map entries in the etc inet hosts file After initially populating the file with entries that you think you ll need you can then add entries as you discover them usually because a command fails producing a message such as unknown host zargon IP Forwarding and Network Routing If you plan to use PPP to create a wide area network connection over telephone lines it may be necessary to disable IP forwarding IP forwarding is enabled at boot time when the system detects more than one interface i e Ethernet and PPP In this case the system will also be configured
59. ting System 15 Changing the System Configuration 15 Shutting the System Down 15 Rebooting After a Configuration Change 16 How To Turn the Power Back On 16 Troubleshooting 17 What To Do If Power On Does Not Succeed 17 If the Power Key Does Not Suspend the System 18 Recovering From a Hung System 18 What To Do If Suspend Does Not Succeed 19 If Suspend Does Not Succeed Do the Following 19 v If Power Off Fails Do the Following 20 3 Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems 21 Starting dtpower 22 v Tostart dtpower Fom the Command Line 22 v To start dtpower From the OpenWindows Menus 22 The dtpower Icon 23 The Devices Panel 25 v To Set an Idle Time for Your Screen 25 v To Set an Idle Time for Your Hard Disk 26 The System Panel 28 iv Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 v To Set an Idle Time for AutoShutdown of the System 28 Exiting dtpower 31 v ToExitdtpower 31 Using a Networked SPARCstation Voyager Disconnected From the Network 33 Preparing the System 33 Using the SPARCstation Voyager in Nomadic Mode 34 Basic Considerations for Disconnected Operation 34 Modem Connections 36 Point to Point Protocol PPP 36 Terminal Emulators 36 Tip and the Sun PCMCIA Fax Data Modem 37 Configuring for Disconnected Operation 39 Installation 39 Name Service Configuration 39 Default 40 Configuring etc nsswitch 40 Network Configuration 42 Hostname to IP Address Mapping 42 IP Forwarding and Network
60. tinues to retry the request until it receives a response or until the retry limit 10 000 is the default is exceeded If your system is disconnected then a process that is using a remote file system will appear to stop until the retry limit is reached You can avoid this problem by declaring that file systems are to be soft mounted Specify the soft option in the etc auto_master file as follows master map for automounter auto_master net hosts nosuid soft homeauto_home soft If you experience reliability problems traceable to soft mounts you can consider not specifying the soft option However you may become more prone to system stoppages if you accidently access a remote file while disconnected To minimize this problem be sure you specify the mount option intr so that you can interrupt mount operations Refer to the mount_nfs man page for more information about NFS mount options Note Even if you specify soft mounts when you are disconnected an NFS mount request may still take a very long time to fail if you have specified replicated mount paths in the automounter configuration file If the hosts associated with those mount paths are not defined in the etc inet hosts file even more time elapses To avoid this problem do not specify replicated mount paths User Configuration While disconnected do not access remote file systems they are not available This means that you should have a local home directory You
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62. wer Management features You also can change the settings as described in the procedures in this chapter FIGURE 3 3 indicates the default settings for Power Management on a SPARCstation Voyager The buttons at the bottom of this window have the following effects a Apply puts into effect all the settings currently displayed in the window m Reset changes all the settings back to the state they were when Apply was previously selected or to the machine s default values if this is the first time dtpower has been run Reset however will not return to earlier values if you have already selected Apply m Quit dismisses the dtpower window no icon remains on the screen Any settings that were not put into effect with the Apply button will be lost 24 Platform Notes SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide September 1998 m Help displays information about using the dtpower window To reduce this main window to an icon again select Close from the window bar The Devices Panel You can use the Devices panel of the dtpower window to specify whether you want the screen or hard disk to turn off after a specified number of minutes of idle time for each device To Set an Idle Time for Your Screen Drag the Screen slider of the Devices panel FIGURE 3 4 to set the length of idle time in minutes before your screen will automatically power off You can deactivate automatic control of power for your screen by dragging the screen slider to

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