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1. Extract the files cd var tmp zcat 108181 01 tar Z zcat 108145 10 tar Z tar xvf tar xvf Read the caution at the top of page 65 then install the Kernel Update patch cd 108181 01 installpatch cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib 105181 14 installpatch When prompted type yes to confirm the installation When installation of the patch is complete do not reboot 66 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 7 Install the Netra ft 1800 upgrade patch Netra ft 1800 patch installed cd var tmp 108145 10 installpatch When prompted type yes to confirm the installation Note The patch delivers an updated version of the Configuration Management System CMS To do this the patch installation process terminates the CMS daemon Do not attempt to use cmsconfig or other CMS utility until instructed to do so later in this installation procedure Reinstall QFE P 8 If you backed out the Sun QFE P patch 107778 as part of Step 3 patch you can now reinstall the patch m If the patch still resides in the var tmp directory type cd var tmp 107778 04 installpatch m If the patch no longer resides in the var tmp directory re install the patch as described in the Netra ft 1800 Software Release Notes part no 805 4527 13 67 Programmable Hardware Upgrade Note The upgrade utilities cannot be run if
2. from previous page Enable OSdog Update PROMs OSdog required v Power OFF Cycle Verify patch D installation Verify FPGA installation Verify PROM installation Disable OSdog UPGRADE PROMs OSDOG POWER RECYCLE VERIFICATION Patch D Installation 59 AN Prerequisites Caution Read all the instructions before attempting the installation procedure to ensure that you understand them and have everything required to hand The Netra ft 1800 upgrade software is supplied as a patch 108145 10 or whichever is the latest version In addition to this patch you will require the Kernel Update patch 105181 14 which is delivered as part of patch 108181 01 You can download both of these patches from SunSolve at http sunsolve sun com In order to upgrade the system successfully you must already have installed m The base system from the Netra ft 1800 Installation CD part no 704 6491 11 m The mandatory patches from the Netra ft 1800 Patch CD part no 704 6823 12 These patches are a 107369 16 or 17 Netra ft 1800 software patch m 106929 01 SunOs 5 6 usr uadmin patch and are also available from SunSolve Caution The mandatory patches listed above must be installed before you proceed with the upgrade In addition you may have also installed m 108065 03 Netra ft 1800 Bridge patch m 107926 04 Netra
3. Mirror volumes on another disk y n q default n Type n to exit 35 SunVTS The following procedure describes how to install the optional SunVTS diagnostic tools 1 Place the Supplement CD in the drive 2 Type the following commands cd cdrom s2_6_598 netra_ft_1800_suppcd Product pkgadd d SUNWvts SUNWvtsmn 36 Software for PCI Modules The following sections describe how to install the software for the PCI Modules supported in this release For further information on installing PCI modules refer to Chapter 4 Using the Configuration Management System CMS of the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide Part Number 805 4529 xx PCI Carrier with 8 Port Async Card Documentation Changes The following changes apply to the SunSAI P User s Guide Part Number 805 6947 10 when the card is used in a Netra ft 1800 system Page 1 Components The following items are shipped m SunSAI P card mounted in a hotplug PCI carrier m Connector assembly Pages 3 4 Installing the Board This section does not apply Refer to the Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide Part Number 805 4533 xx and the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide Part Number 805 4529 xx for details of how to install the PCI card carrier Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Pages 19 22 The following sections do not apply m Rebooting the System m Automatic Configuration m Manual Configuration Ins
4. OSdog a di ok setenv auto boot false ok reset all ok h 4 set conf osdog ok setenv auto boot true v To Reset the System with the FPGA Upgrades System 59 A full power cycle of the system is required in order for the FPGA power cycled upgrades to take effect a Type init 5 b You must now power cycle the system Press the black Standby button on each CAF Wait for 10 seconds Press the green On button on each CAF The system will boot up and come into sync 21 60 HDDs 61 located HDDs 62 noted Volume Manager Installation To Install the Sun StorEdge Volume Manager Software and Patches Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig Locate the HDD modules in the list You can press p to page down to see second and subsequent pages and pp to page up For each HDD module in the list a Enter the number next to the module The attributes of the module are displayed b Note the Disk attribute of the module This is a normal Solaris device name which you can note below HDDO HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 HDDS5 Side A DSKO A DSK1 A DSK2 A DSK3 A DSK4 A DSK5 A B HDD6 HDD7 HDD8 HDD9 HDD10 HDD11 B DSKO B DSK1 B DSK2 B DSK3 B DSK4 B DSK5 RMMs 63 noted c Press q to return to the list of modules For each RMM module in the list a Enter the number next to the module The attributes of the
5. Type the following commands cd cdrom atm_4 0_fcs Product pkgadd d When prompted type a11 to install all the SunATM packages Insert the Patch CD and type cd cdrom cd _patch_netra_ft1800 Patches 107845 02 installpatch cd eject For further information on using the SunATM card see the Sun ATM 4 0 Release Notes Part Number 805 6553 10 and the SunATM 4 0 Installation and User s Guide Part Number 805 6552 10 39 PCI Carrier with Quad Fast Ethernet Card Documentation Changes The following changes apply to the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide Part Number 805 1797 10 when the card is used in a Netra ft 1800 system Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter This chapter does not apply Refer to the Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide Part Number 805 4533 xx and the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide Part Number 805 4529 xx for details of how to install the PCI card carrier Chapter 3 Configuring the Driver Software The instructions for installing the Quad FastEthernet software are given in the procedure below v To Install the Quad FastEthernet Mandatory Patch The base QFE P driver is installed with the Netra ft 1800 base software The mandatory patch must be installed in order for the driver to function correctly Once you have booted from disk wait for the CMS to fully configure then 1 Download patch 107778 04 or a later version if available fr
6. press Return to move on to the next controller if there is one When you have completed the vxinstall procedure for all controllers on your system vxinstall displays a summary of the disks you have designated for initialization New Disk or encapsulation Encapsulate on each controller 6 A summary of your choices will be displayed 28 The following is a summary of your choices cOtodo Encapsulate Is this correct y n q default y Type y to confirm that it is correct vxinstall proceeds to encapsulate the disk listed with Encapsulate Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 7 You will now be asked if you want to shutdown and reboot the system I The system now must be shut down and rebooted in order to continue the reconfiguration Shutdown and reboot now y n q default n Type y to confirm vxinstall begins an immediate shutdown Note During the next one or more reboots you may be asked several times if you wish to continue an operation Press the Return key at all of these prompts to accept the default answer If you select a different answer from the default for any of these prompts or press q the initialization may fail When the vxinstall process is complete use the vxdiskadm utility to make a new disk a mirror of the boot disk for example make b dsk0 a mirror of a dsk0 and bring other disks under Volume Manager control
7. Enable the OSdog Go to OBP prompt Enable the OSdog E a J 45 46 47 48 49 To Enable or Disable the OSdog The OSdog functionality is enabled or disabled at boot time based on values stored in the motherboard EEPROM These can only be modified by an OBP command If you require the OSdog to be enabled proceed to Step 45 If you do not require the OSdog proceed to Step 48 To Enable the OSdog Type init 0 At the ok prompt type ok setenv auto boot false ok reset all ok 4f set conf osdog ok setenv auto boot true The OSdog is now permanently enabled Proceed to Step 50 To Disable the OSdog Type init 0 At the ok prompt type ok setenv auto boot false ok reset all ok 0 set conf osdog ok setenv auto boot true The OSdog is now permanently disabled 73 74 v To Reset the System with the Upgrades 50 A full power cycle of the system is required in order for the upgrades to take effect m If you are at the unix prompt type init 5 m If you are at the OBP prompt ignore this step and proceed with Step 51 System 51 Reset motherboard and side B using either of the following two power cycled methods m From the Remote Control Processor RCP enter the command BBoff Wait 10 seconds then enter the command BBon m Press the black standby power button on the side B bottom Control Alarms and Fans CAF
8. Y To Back Out the Kernel Update Kernel Update C 34 Backout the Kernel Update patch by entering the following at the patch backed command line out twice cd var sadm patch 105181 14 backoutpatch 105181 14 The following warning will be displayed WARNING usr sbin patchrm is being used to backout this patch Backoutpatch will be removed from Solaris patches in the next release of Solaris Checking installed packages and patches Backing out patch 105181 14 ERROR Patch number 105181 14 is not installed The backout script must therefore be executed a second time after which the patch will install correctly that is type 105181 14 backoutpatch 105181 14 82 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Y To Re install the OSdog Patch Perform this step only if the OSdog patch was backed out in step 31 otherwise proceed to Step 36 Osdog patch 35 Re install the OSdog patch i Il nets ee m If patch 107926 04 still resides in the var tmp directory type cd var tmp 107926 04 installpatch m If patch 107926 04 no longer resides in the var tmp directory download it from SunSolve at http sunsolve sun comand install it according to the instructions provided with the patch v To Re install the QFE Patch Perform this step only if the QFE patch was backed out in Step 31 on page 81 otherwise proceed to Step 37 QFE patch E
9. etc vfstab prevm echo mirror yes gt etc default vxassist mkdir p etc vx sbin echo sbin uadmin 2 1 stale gt etc vx sbin vxaltstale chmod x etc vx sbin vxaltstale ae FE FE SE Now edit the etc rc2 d S95vxvm recover file and make the following changes a Comment out the line vxrelocd root amp to enable the correct recovery behavior b Add a line usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms lib vxbootcheck amp to start the boot disk utility and enable boot disk detection Note You must repeat these modifications after system upgrades System rebooted a 69 Reboot the system 24 init 6 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 ta v To Set Up and Mirror the Boot Disks 1 Type vxinstall When prompted enter each of the three Volume Manager keys including spaces The vxinstall program then examines all controllers that it finds attached to the system and lists them Generating list of attached controllers Volume Manager Installation Menu VolumeManager Install The Volume Manager names disks on your system using the controller and disk number of the disk substituting them into the following pattern c lt controller gt t lt disk gt d lt disk gt If the Multipathing driver is installed on the system then for the disk devices with multiple access paths the controller number represents a
10. 0 to disable B CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that B CPU is disabled then press q twice to return to the prompt Invoke the update program m If you entered 23 in Step 2 on page 63 enter the following at the command line cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ ft_1800 flash update 09 m If you entered 21 in Step 2 on page 63 enter the following at the command line cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ ft_1800 flash update 07 You will be asked if you wish to upgrade Answer y and then yes to upgrade A list of NVRAM variables will be displayed for you to note and reset later if different from the default values Note these for safety although it should not be necessary to use them You will be asked if you wish to continue Answer yes to continue The upgrade will proceed and the success or failure of the upgrade will be reported If the update fails note any error messages and contact Sun Enterprise Services 80 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Keep system up cmsconfig started B CPU re enabled System in sync QFE patch backed out LJ amp o LI 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 You will be asked Do you wish to halt the system now Answer no Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sb
11. Continue operation y n q default y y To continue the operation type y or press Return 31 12 You can now choose the group to which you want to add the disk J You can choose to add these disks to an existing disk group anew disk group or you can leave these disks available for use by future add or replacement operations To create a new disk group select a disk group name that does not yet exist To leave the disks available for future use specify a disk group name of none Which disk group lt group gt none list q default rootdg Press Return to add the disk to the default group rootdg 13 You can now choose a name for the disk Use default disk names for these disks y n q default y n Type n or Return to choose your own names or press y to use the default names 14 You can now decide whether you want the disks to be used as hot relocation spares Add disks as spare disks for rootdg y n q default n n Type n to indicate that the disk should not be used as a hot relocation spare 15 You will now be asked for confirmation The selected disks will be added to the disk group rootdg with disk names that you will specify interactively clt0do Continue with operation y n q default y y To continue with the operation type y or press Return 32 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 16 If
12. Examples 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 Command line variable replace with a real name or value Edit your login file Use 1s a to list all files 2 You have mail o s su Password Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide These are called class options You must be superuser to do this To delete a file type rm filename Shell Prompts TABLE P 2 Shell Prompts Shell C shell C shell superuser Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser Prompt machine_name machine_name iv Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Related Documentation TABLE P 3 Related Documentation Application Title PartNumber Hardware Netra ft 1800 Hardware Installation Guide 806 2869 10 Installation Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide 805 4533 10 User Guide Netra ft 1800 User s Guide 805 4529 10 Accessing Sun Documentation Online 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 Preface v vi Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 PART Patch C Installatio
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14. can type vxedit g rootdg set failing off root2disk If the force option is used for splitting the loser s Motherboard may end up marked as failed This is not a real failure The motherboard should be repaired as follows 1 Wait until the new system has completed its boot sequence 2 Log in 3 Use cmsconfig to check if the motherboard is marked failed If this is the case use cmsrepairfru to repair it See Step 19 on page 15 for details 4 Use cmsconfig to enable the repaired Motherboard The CMS will automatically enable all the modules depending on that Motherboard 50 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Troubleshooting In some cases when split mode operation do not behave as expected for example if the command splitinfo returns an error restarting the split daemon may cure the problem To restart the split daemon etc init d u4ftsplit stop splitinfo Fault Tolerant Ethernets This section is intended to supplement the information in Chapter 7 Fault Tolerant Network Subsystem of the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide The Ethernet subsystem employed on the Netra ft 1800 has been designed to be fault tolerant and consequently is managed a little differently from Ethernets on other Sun products The advantage of the fault tolerant Ethernet is that in the event of an Ethernet board failure a fast automatic switchover to a redundant board takes place T
15. continue Answer y and then yes to upgrade A list of NVRAM variables will be displayed for you to note and reset later if different from the default values Note these for safety although it should not be necessary to use them You will be asked if you wish to continue Answer yes to continue The upgrade will proceed and the success or failure of the upgrade will be reported If the update fails note any error messages and contact your Sun Microsystems representative You will be asked Do you wish to halt the system now Answer no 18 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 cmsconfig started A CPU re enabled System in sync B CPU disabled Update the PROM fe ea ee A CPU upgrade completed 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig Enter the item number for A CPU then select the Action item Press 1 to enable A CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that A CPU is enabled then press q twice to return to the prompt Wait for the system to come back into sync Enter the item number for B CPU then select the Action item Press 0 to disable B CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that B CPU is disabled then press q twi
16. follow the instructions in Step 7 on page 12 and Step 8 on page 13 11 7 Select Manual Layout when prompted for root disk layout Manual disk options and refer to your preparation notes on page 8 layout completed P your prep page 8 Caution To have space to save any system dumps that may subsequently occur select a separate var partition and make sure it is several hundred megabytes in size FIGURE 1 Example Disk Layout m The sizes given here are a suggested minimum m The size of the overlap partition will vary slightly depending on the manufacturer of the disk This value should not be altered m You must leave at least two free slices for Sun StorEdge Volume Manager that is the screen should show zero disk space allocated to these slices m It is recommended that the free slices are slices 3 and 4 as the Volume Manager uses these to record encapsulation information m Ensure that there is a minimum of 1 Mbyte of unallocated disk space that is the screen should show at least 1 Mbyte unused disk space m Ignore rounding errors and warnings concerning unused disk space 12 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Manual reboot selected Boot device set HDDs reengaged System rebooted Root passqword entered twice Energy saving LJ J DI J a 10 11 12 13 Choose to manually reboot the system after installation is complete Whe
17. ft 1800 OSdog patch If you installed the Sun QFE P patch 107778 as part of the existing installation it will be necessary to back out the patch see Step 3 on page 66 and then re install it see Step 8 on page 67 following the instructions in this document Instructions for installing the base system and mandatory patches are contained in the Netra ft 1800 Software Release Notes part no 805 4527 13 Caution You must follow precisely the installation instructions in this document The installation procedure for the patches involves special instructions Installing the patches incorrectly can leave your system unusable requiring a complete re installation of all software which can take up to four hours All operations must be performed at the OBP ok prompt or as root Netra ft 1800 release software occupies approximately 540 Mbytes of disk space 60 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Patch verified i Verifying the Prerequisites Before You Start If any of the following verifications fails consult Sun Enterprise Services General The system should be free from faults that is no red LEDs showing and running in sync see To Confirm the System is Running in Sync on page 65 To Verify Mandatory Patches Type showrev p grep 107369 The output should include Patch 107369 17 Obsoletes 106616 01 Requires Incompatibles Packages SUNWcsu SUNWft
18. multipath pseudo controller number For example if a disk has 2 paths from controllers c0 and cl then the Volume Manager displays only one of them such as c0 to represent both the controllers Some examples would be cOt0do first controller first target first disk clt0d0 second controller first target first disk clt1d0 second controller second target first disk The Volume Manager has detected the following controllers on your system CO Hit RETURN to continue Press Return to continue 25 Li Next vxinstall displays a brief introduction to the installation process Volume Manager Installation Menu VolumeManager Install You will now be asked if you wish to use Quick Installation or Custom Installation Custom Installation allows you to select how the Volume Manager will handle the installation of each disk attached to your system Quick Installation examines each disk attached to your system and attempts to create volumes to cover all disk partitions that might be used for file systems or for other similar purposes If you do not wish to use some disks with the Volume Manager or if you wish to reinitialize some disks use the Custom Installation option Otherwise we suggest that you use the Quick Installation option Hit RETURN to continue Press Return to continue vxinstall then displays a menu with the following options 1 Quick Installation 2 Custom Installation Display
19. some circumstances these faults are spurious that is they are an manifestation of some other problem A utility called cmsrepairfru is included in the patch to mark modules repaired where the previous fault indication is known to be spurious Prior to installation of this patch previously faulty modules can be successfully enabled and used but once the system has been rebooted following the patch installation these modules will go to the enable_failed state This can result in little of the system being available It is therefore necessary to identify spuriously faulty modules before the system is rebooted The CMS will be disabled during patch installation until the reboot so the spuriously faulty modules must be identified before the patch is installed After patch installation run the utility cmsrepairfru on each module marked as faulty Refer to Using cmsrepairfru on page 44 for further details 8 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 HDDs disengaged System powered on and OBP prompt displayed Prevent auto boot on reset Operating Environment Installation Note It is recommended that you install Solaris on one hard disk only in order to optimize the performance of the Volume Manager To Install the Solaris Operating Environment and Netra ft 1800 Operating Software Disengage all the hard disk drive modules except the one in the location on which
20. the disk has been previously installed with Solaris or used under Volume Manager control you will be prompted as follows The following disk has a valid VTOC encapsulate this device You should answer n When asked if the disk should be initialized answer y 17 You can now enter a name for the disk Enter disk name for clt0d0 lt name gt q default disk01 root2disk Adding disk device clt0d0 to disk group rootdg with disk name root2disk Type root2disk vxdiskadm now confirms those disks that are being initialized and added to Volume Manager control with messages similar to the following Initializing device clt0d0 Adding disk device clt0d0 to disk group rootdg with disk name root2disk 18 At the following prompt type n to return to the vxdiskadm main menu J Add or initialize other disks y n q default n a 19 Select option 6 Mirror volumes on a disk from the vxdiskadm main menu 33 20 You will be asked for the name of the boot disk J Mirror volumes on a disk Menu VolumeManager Disk Mirror This operation can be used to mirror volumes on a disk These volumes can be mirrored onto another disk or onto any available disk space Volumes will not be mirrored if they are already mirrored Also volumes that are comprised of more than one subdisk will not be mirrored irroring volumes from the boot disk will produce a disk that can be used as an alter
21. Manual November 1999 To Verify PROM Firmware Levels PROM 1 For each CPUset type verified cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsfruinfo 1 x CPU i s EE_CPU_PROM_PARTNO EE_CPU_PROM DASH where x is A for A CPU or B for B CPU Record A CPU For both CPUsets the output should be PROM revision 2587354 07 Record B CPU or PROM revision 2587354 09 Both sides should be at the same revision level that is both 07 or both 09 Record 2 Check the PROM version by typing version prtconf V Record the version in the box In the following example OBP 3 7 23 0 1999 06 24 14 24 OBP 3 7 23 0 indicates version 23 The PROM should be version 21 for CPU PROM revision 07 or version 23 for CPU PROM revision 09 63 This page is intentionally blank 64 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Patch Installation This installation procedure including the two required reboots will take approximately ninety minutes Note There are special instructions for backing out this patch Refer to Backing Out Strategy on page 78 Caution Do not reboot at any stage of the installation process unless specifically requested to do so in this document In particular rebooting after step 6 and before step 7 has completed will render the system unusable To Confirm the System is Running in Sync Steps 10 29 and 43 r
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23. These operations restore both hostid0 and nodename0 to the system To Upgrade the Operating Environment The following information must be added to Section 11 3 Step 4 in the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide Once the new operating environment has been installed the splitd and icn configuration files must be edited as described in Section 11 1 1 It is important that the splitd conf is identical on both sides and that the config icn files on each side of the system are identical except for the lines that define the hostname to be used by each icn interface that is the lines that begin HOSTNAME These must reflect the name of each side as described in Section 11 4 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 v To Set up Fault Tolerant Networks Before Splitting The note at the top of page 11 6 of the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide should be read in the light of the following information It is important to ensure that two split sides do not claim identical hostnames for their network interfaces The method of achieving this depends on the whether Volume Manager is installed m If Volume Manager is not installed you must install the operating environment on the new side once you have create it using splitadm Take care to give a new nodename to the new side and to assign new hostnames to all the network interfaces m If Sun StorEdge Volume Manager is used you must prepare as follows before splitting a
24. Use cmsconfig to identify all the ft_network objects in the system b Identify the primary interface usually ft_network 0 This interface has an hostname identical to the nodename For this interface verify that its state is dual_redundant which means that both controllers are functioning c Identify any other ft_network interfaces For all of them use cmsconfig to set the controllerX_FRU and controllerX_Funct that will be owned by the new side to NULL The result will be an ft_network in a not_redundant state This will prevent the new side from bringing on line a network interface with a clashing hostname Restrictions on MBD Operations In a split system you must not disable the other side s motherboard Restrictions on Split and Merge After a split operation is issued the loser of the split goes through a complete reset then stops in the ok prompt Until this phase is completed you should not issue a merge command 49 Faulty Modules after Split As a result of a successful split operation the loser s boot disk module may end up marked as failed This is not a real failure You should simply repair it from the loser side by using the utility cmsrepairfru For example cmsrepairfru B DSKO In some cases if you are using Volume Manager you must also use the appropriate vxedit command on the boot disk of the losing side to clear the spurious failure For example to clear the spurious failure on B DSKO you
25. a showrev p grep 108145 The output should be Patch 108145 10 Obsoletes 108065 03 107926 03 107369 16 Requires 105181 14 Incompatibles Packages SUNWcsu SUNWftcar SUNWftcau SUNWcmscu SUNWcmsr SUNWcmsu SUNWcmsdf SUNWcrash SUNWftm SUNWftmur SUNWftmuu SUNWftutr SUNWftutu SUNWlogr SUNWlogu SUNWpnet SUNWspltr SUNWspltu SUNWtty 75 w To Verify FPGA Firmware Levels FPGA upgrade 55 For each motherboard type verified cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsfruinfo l x MBD i s EE_MBD_BRIDGE_FWARE_PARTNO EE_MBD_BRIDGE_FWARE_DASH where x is A for motherboard A or B for motherboard B For both motherboards the output should be 2587134 08 Both sides should be at the same revision level that is both 08 76 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 w To Verify PROM Firmware Levels PROM upgrade 56 For each CPUset type verified cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsfruinfo l x CPU i s EE CPU PROM PARTNO EE_CPU_PROM DASH where x is A for A CPU or B for B CPU For both CPUsets the output should be 2587354 10 Both sides should be at the same revision level that is both 10 57 Type prtconf V The output should be OBP 3 7 24 0 1999 06 24 14 24 The 24 indicates that the PROM level is 24 Backing Out Strategy The stages involved are as follows 1 B
26. ackout the PROM 2 Backout the QFE patch if installed 3 Backout the OSdog patch if installed 4 Backout the interim update patch D 5 Backout the kernel update 6 Re install the OSdog patch if required 7 Re install the QFE patch if required 8 Reboot the system w To Backout the PROM cmsconfig 1 Start cmsconfig started cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig 2 Enter the item number for A CPU then select the Action item 3 Press 0 to disable A CPU A CPU 4 Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu disabled Repeat until the display shows that A CPU is disabled then press q twice to exit from cmsconfig OSdog 5 Determine which patch you are reverting to by typing the installed Y N following at the command line patchadd p grep atch 107926 m If a line including the patch number 107926 is displayed circle Y in the box otherwise circle N 78 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 NVRAM variables noted B CPU upgrade completed Keep system up cmsconfig started DI J J 6 10 11 12 13 14 Invoke the update program m If you entered 23 in Step 2 on page 63 enter the following at the command line cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ ft_1800 flash update 09 m If you entered 21 in Step 2 on page 63 enter the
27. adm main menu 30 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 J J 10 The Add or Initialize Disks menu will be displayed Add or initialize disks Menu VolumeManager Disk AddDisks Use this operation to add one or more disks to a disk group You can add the selected disks to an existing disk group or to a new disk group that will be created as a part of the operation The selected disks may also be added to a disk group as spares The selected disks may also be initialized without adding them to a disk group leaving the disks available for use as replacement disks More than one disk or pattern may be entered at the prompt Here are some disk selection examples all all disks c3 c4t2 all disks on both controller 3 and controller 4 target 2 c3t4d0 a single disk Select disk devices to add lt pattern list gt all list q clt0do Type the name of the disk to be added to Volume Manager control In this example the disk c1t0d0 is added It is now under the control of Volume Manager and is available to be used as the mirror boot disk If you do not know the device name of the disk to be added type list at the prompt for a complete listing of available disks If you have followed this procedure as written only the boot disk and the disk you have just inserted will be present 11 You will be asked for confirmation Here are the disks selected Output format Device_Name clt0do
28. ame the boot disk Enter disk name for cOt0d0 lt name gt q default rootdisk Press Return to accept the default disk name rootdisk vxinstall now encapsulates your root file system as a volume along with your swap device and all other disk partitions found on your boot disk opt var and any other file systems on your boot disk are also encapsulated vxinstall now goes through each controller and asks you how to handle the disks contained on that controller vxinstall begins this process for each controller by identifying the controller and generating a list of its disks Generating list of attached disks on cl The Volume Manager has detected the following disks on controller clt0do Hit RETURN to continue Press Return to continue 27 J 5 The following prompt will appear a number of times Installation options for controller cl Menu VolumeManager Install Custom cl Install all disks as pre existing disks encapsulate Install all disks as new disks discards data on disks Install one disk at a time Leave these disks alone e UNE Display help about menu Display help about the menuing system q Exit from menus Select an operation to perform At each prompt type 4 to leave the disks alone No changes will be made to the disks and they will not be placed under Volume Manager control When all of the disks on the current controller have been named
29. at you understand them and have everything required to hand All operations must be performed at the OBP ok prompt or as root Netra ft 1800 release software occupies approximately 540 Mbytes of disk space Installation Summary Installation of the Netra ft 1800 software consists of the following steps 1 Operating environment installation m Solaris 2 6 Netra ft 1800 Operating Environment m Mandatory Netra ft 1800 patches a 107369 17 Netra ft 1800 software patch m 108065 03 Netra ft 1800 Bridge patch m 106929 01 SunOS 5 6 usr sbin uadmin patch m 107926 04 Netra ft 1800 OSdog patch 2 Hardware upgrade m CPUset PROMs m Motherboard FPGAs 3 Sun StorEdge Volume Manager SEVM and patch m 105463 07 Sun Enterprise Network Array SUNWvxvm patch 4 SunVTS installation 5 PCI card software and patches m 106955 01 Sun SAI P PCI patch m 106922 04 Sun HSI P PCI patch m 107845 02 Sun ATM P PCI patch m 107778 04 Sun Quad FastEthernet patch A check box is provided with each individual step so you can ensure that all the required steps have been completed successfully 6 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Before You Start Required Information You will need to establish the following information before you attempt to install the software Space is provided below for you to record these details m The system s IP address see your system administrator Led m A V
30. be prompted Type A to upgrade motherboard A or B to upgrade motherboard B then type yes to confirm When asked if you want to halt the system answer no The power cycle for the FPGA upgrades is performed later at Step 50 on page 74 Repeat Step 10 and Step 11 for the other motherboard Reboot the machine To Upgrade the PROMs You must disable each CPUset in turn in order to upgrade the remaining CPUset PROM Wait for the system to come back into sync following Step 13 This may take a few minutes To verify follow the procedure To Confirm the System is Running in Sync on page 65 69 15 cmsconfig started 16 17 A CPU disabled 18 Update the 19 PROM 20 NVRAM variables 21 noted 22 B CPU upgrade 23 completed Keep system up a 24 cmsconfig 25 started Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig Enter the item number for A CPU then select the Action item Press 0 to disable A CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that A CPU is disabled then press q twice to exit from cmsconfig Invoke the update program cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ft_1800 flash update 10 You will be asked if you wish to upgrade the PROMs Answer y and then yes to upgrade A list of NVRAM variables will be displayed for you to note and reset later if dif
31. car SUNWcmscu SUNWcmsr SUNWcmsu SUNWcmsdf SUNWftm SUNWftmuu SUNWftutr SUNWftutu SUNWpnet SUNWspltr SUNWspltu Patch 107369 16 Obsoletes 106616 01 Requires Incompatibles Packages SUNWftcar SUNWcmscu SUNWcmsr SUNWcmsu SUNWcmsdf SUNWftm SUNWftmuu SUNWftutr SUNWftutu SUNWpnet SUNWspltr SUNWspltu or Patch 107369 17 Obsoletes 106616 01 Requires Incompatibles Packages SUNWcsu SUNWftcar SUNWcmscu SUNWcmsr SUNWcmsu SUNWcmsdf SUNWftm SUNWftmuu SUNWftutr SUNWftutu SUNWpnet SUNWspltr SUNWspltu 61 or Patch 107369 16 Obsoletes 106616 01 Requires Incompatibles Packages SUNWftcar SUNWcmscu SUNWcmsr SUNWcmsu SUNWcmsdf SUNWftm SUNWftmuu SUNWftutr SUNWftutu SUNWpnet SUNWspltr SUNWspltu Patch 2 Type verified showrev p grep 106929 Patch 106929 01 Obsoletes Requires Incompatibles Packages SUNWcsr v To Verify FPGA Firmware Levels FPGA revision 1 For each motherboard type verified cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsfruinfo l x MBD i s EE_MBD_BRIDGE_FWARE_PARTNO EE_MBD_BRIDGE_FWARE_DASH where x is A for motherboard A or B for motherboard B Record A MBD For both motherboards the output should be FPGA revision 2587134 07 Record B MBD or FPGA revision 2587134 08 Both sides should be at the same revision level that is both 07 or both 08 62 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation
32. ce to return to the prompt Invoke the update program cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ ft_1800 flash update 09 You will be asked if you wish to continue Answer y and then yes to upgrade A list of NVRAM variables will be displayed for you to note and reset later if different from the default values Note these for safety although it should not be necessary to use them You will be asked if you wish to continue Answer yes to continue The upgrade will proceed and the success or failure of the upgrade will be reported If the update fails note any error messages and contact your Sun Microsystems representative 19 51 You will be asked Do you wish to halt the system now Keep system up Answer no cmsconfig 52 Start cmsconfig started cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig 53 Enter the item number for B CPU then select the Action item 54 Press 1 to enable B CPU B CPU 55 Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu re enabled Repeat until the display shows that B CPU is enabled then press q twice to return to the main menu Patch CD ejected a 56 Type cd eject to eject the Netra ft 1800 Patch CD 20 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 v To Enable the OSdog You must now enable the OSdog Go to the OBP oS 57 Take the system to the OBP ok prompt prompt Enable the 58 Tvpe
33. clear reported faults For example cmsrepairfru A PCI3 cmsrepairfru A MBD System rebooted a 20 Reboot the machine 15 Programmable Hardware Upgrade PROM version 21 Check the PROM version by typing checked prtconf V This results in the a display of the PROM version control information OBP 3 7 17 0 1999 04 01 16 36 The oBP 3 7 17 0 partof the line indicates version 17 If a CPUset does not have version 20 or later PROMs then it may be necessary to bring it up to this level first consult a field service engineer to arrange this Note The upgrade utilities cannot be run if the system was booted from a read only device such as a CD ROM or a network the system must be running from a writeable device such as a disk before this procedure can be performed In particular if the system has just been fully installed from CD ROM then it should be rebooted from disk before performing this procedure Patch CD still in C 22 Ensure the Netra ft 1800 Patch CD is still in the CD ROM drive drive 16 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 v To Upgrade the FPGAs 23 Ensure the system is running in sync refer to Step 11 on page 13 FPGA upgrade 24 Type utility installed cd cdrom cd_patch_netra_ft1800 Patches 108065 03 installpatch The FPGA upgrade utility will be delivered to the directory usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib FPGA
34. e prompt Invoke the update program cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ft_1800 flash update 10 You will be asked if you wish to upgrade the PROMs Answer y and then yes to upgrade A list of NVRAM variables will be displayed for you to note and reset later if different from the default values Note these for safety although it should not be necessary to use them You will be asked if you wish to continue Answer yes to continue The upgrade will proceed and the success or failure of the upgrade will be reported If the update fails note any error messages and contact your Sun Enterprise Services You will be asked Do you wish to halt the system now Answer no 71 39 cmsconfig started 40 41 B CPU 42 re enabled System in sync B 43 44 Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig Enter the item number for B CPU then select the Action item Press 1 to enable B CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that B CPU is enabled then press q twice to return to the main menu Wait for the system to come back into sync This may take a few minutes To verify follow the procedure To Confirm the System is Running in Sync on page 65 Type eeprom auto boot true 72 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Go to OBP prompt
35. equire you to verify that the system is running in sync or wait for the system to come back into sync To determine if the CPUsets are running in sync perform either of the following m Examine the amber LEDs labeled Diag on the front panel of each CPUset If they are running in sync the LEDs will flash exactly at the same time m Enter the following command cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms lib u4ftvmetl c If the CPUsets are running in sync the following message is displayed CPUsets running combined 65 Prerequisites verified Base software and patches installed Back out QFE P patch Patches downloaded Patch files extracted Kernel Update patch installed Le E Cy G o v 1 To Install the Patches Verify that all prerequisites have been met Refer to Verifying the Prerequisites Before You Start on page 60 through page 63 If step 1 is not satisfied contact Sun Enterprise Services to assist you in achieving the correct level of installation then repeat step 1 If you installed the Sun QFE P patch 107778 as part of Step 2 or in a previous installation you must backout the patch before proceeding Type cd var sadm patch 107778 04 backoutpatch 107778 04 Download patches 108181 01 and 108145 10 or the latest versions from the web site at SunSolve http sunsolve sun con Copy them into the subdirectory var tmp
36. et the hostname of the network interface control whether the interface is up or down and determine how much memory is reserved for communication icn objects can only be enabled if icn_system 0 is also enabled The initial value for the hostname attribute is read from the corresponding icn configuration file in etc furthermore if the hostname is changed in the CMS the modified value is written back to the appropriate configuration file Note that the reverse is not true that is if the configuration file in etc is modified this will not be noticed by the icn CMS object in fact the change to the configuration file will be lost when the object is disabled since at that time the hostname from the CMS object is copied back to the configuration file When initially enabled automatically via an enable on icn_system 0 the initial state of each icn object depends upon the existing system state If the matching icn configuration file CMS object icn 0 reads etc config icn0 and so on for the other instances contains a hostname then the icn object is automatically enabled and the interface plumbed and brought online If the configuration file does not contain a hostname then the icn instance automatically goes to the disabled state Once enabled a disable action unplumbs the network interface takes the necessary devices offline and goes to the disabled state A subsequent enable will bring the interface back online The hostna
37. ferent from the default values Note these for safety although it should not be necessary to use them You will be asked if you wish to continue Answer yes to continue The upgrade will proceed and the success or failure of the upgrade will be reported If the update fails note any error messages and contact Sun Enterprise Services You will be asked Do you wish to halt the system now Answer no Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig 70 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 A CPU re enabled System in sync B CPU disabled Update the PROM DUU O A CPU upgrade completed Keep system up B 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Enter the item number for A CPU then select the Action item Press 1 to enable A CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that A CPU is enabled then press q to return to the cmsconfig menu Wait for the system to come back into sync This may take a few minutes To verify follow the procedure To Confirm the System is Running in Sync on page 65 Enter the item number for B CPU then select the Action item Press 0 to disable B CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that B CPU is disabled then press q twice to return to th
38. following at the command line cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ ft_1800 flash update 07 You will be asked if you wish to upgrade Answer y and then yes to upgrade A list of NVRAM variables will be displayed for you to note and reset later if different from the default values Note these for safety although it should not be necessary to use them You will be asked if you wish to continue Answer yes to continue The upgrade will proceed and the success or failure of the upgrade will be reported If the update fails note any error messages and contact Sun Enterprise Services You will be asked Do you wish to halt the system now Answer no Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig Enter the item number for A CPU then select the Action item Press 1 to enable A CPU 79 15 A CPU re enabled System in sync a 16 17 18 B CPU disabled PROM Update the a 20 21 22 23 A CPU upgrade 24 completed 19 Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that A CPU is enabled then press q to return to the cmsconfig menu Wait for the system to come back into sync This may take a few minutes To verify follow the procedure To Confirm the System is Running in Sync on page 65 Enter the item number for B CPU then select the Action item Press
39. g Table 9 3 on page 9 6 Reference Manual Manpages The following changes should be made m ttymuxadm 1M m AVAILABILITY should be SUNWtt ymx m On line 166 change B CAF to B CAF m ttymux 7d m AVAILABILITY should be SUNWttymx 86 Solaris Y2K Patch Compatibility The following Y2K patches currently available on SunSolve have been tested with this patch but are not included as part of the patch Patch Software Description 105210 22 SunOS 5 6 libc and watchmalloc 105800 05 SunOS 5 6 usr bin admintool 106193 03 SunOS 5 6 sysid unzip 106828 01 SunOS 5 6 usr bin date 107492 01 SunOS 5 6 runacct cannot update var adm acct sum log 105621 17 SunOS 5 6 libbsm and cron 105464 02 OpenWindows 3 6 Multiple xterm fixes 105566 07 CDE 1 2 Calendar manager 1 All patches tested at time of document delivery Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 CMS Control of the ICN Subsystem CMS control of the ICN subsystem is implemented via four new cmsdefs Two are simple device cmsdefs u4ftmbox and icnio that are visible in cmsconfig but have no user changeable attributes However they can provide information that may be useful in diagnosing problems The other two icn and icn_system constitute the user interface they are described in detail below There are two u4ftmbox objects four icnio objects four icn objects and one icn_system object icn_system This is the ma
40. he boot disk must have a valid mirror on the other disk m The mirror of the boot disk must be bootable m Exactly two disks must belong to the rootdg group the boot disk and its mirror All other disks must belong to other separate disk groups m Before you split the system you must remove from Volume Manager control all disks in disk groups other than rootdg which will belong to the new side System Identity Issues Since a Netra ft 1800 has the potential to be split two hostids are reserved for the platform In Combined Mode one of the two hostid is used When a new split side is created it is assigned the alternative hostid while the surviving side retains the hostid of the original combined system The same applies to the nodename When a new split side is created it must be assigned a nodename different from the nodename of the original combined system The two nodenames are specified in the line hostnames in splitd conf After merge the hostid and hostname of the resulting combined system coincide with the hostid and hostname of the winner of the merge operation Depending on the circumstances these hostid and hostname may or may not coincide with the hostid and hostname of the original combined system For example if the original combined system had identity hostid0 nodename0 and the final merged system has identity hostid1 nodenamel you can 47 48 Accept the new identity and take no action Restore the or
41. help about menu Display help about menuing system q Exit from menus Select an operation to perform 2 Select menu item 2 Custom Installation vxinstall will ask you a series of questions for each controller and disk it finds connected to your system When a default response is displayed in parentheses you can simply press Return to accept that default At any of the vxinstall prompts you can type q to abandon the initialization completely and then start again Note All disks are encapsulated or initialized according to your instructions at the end of the vxinstall procedure If you quit vxinstall before it enters its final phase of actually initializing or encapsulating the disks all disks will be left as they were before vxinstall started 26 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 I 3 Information about the boot disk will now be displayed The cOt0d0 disk is your Boot Disk You can not add it as a new disk If you encapsulate it you will make your root file system and other system areas on the Boot Disk into volumes This is required if you wish to mirror your root file system or system swap area Encapsulate Boot Disk y n q default n y Type y to proceed with encapsulation This example assumes your boot disk is named cOt0do Check that the name of the disk on which you installed the Netra ft 1800 software is displayed correctly You will be asked to n
42. his switchover is done in such as way as to preserve the original network connections to minimize any loss of service Physical Connections There are four default Ethernet ports on a Netra ft 1800 On the A CAF there are Net0 and Net1 These ports are referred to as a net0 and a net1 respectively Similarly on the B CAF there is a Net0 and a Net referred to as b net 0 and b net 1 Each of the CAF Ethernet ports has its own MAC address Other Ethernet ports can be added via PCI carriers containing either single or quadruple ports Such additional ports also have unique MAC addresses 51 52 Network Booting There is a limitation that network booting including JumpStart is only supported from a net 0 Hence to network boot a system a cable must be attached to A CAF Net0 and the boot server must be informed of the a net 0 MAC address This restriction is shared by other Sun products that also specify that network booting must be performed using the system base MAC address In split mode each side of the system can boot from Net0 on its CAF As there is only a single connection fault tolerant network booting is not supported Ethernet Port Configuration The way in which Ethernets are manipulated on a Netra ft 1800 is via the CMS by using cmsconfig This allows you to set up both single and redundant Ethernet interfaces You must specify name and IP address mappings in etc hosts for use by the CMS The CMS will automatically se
43. iginal nodename0 Restore the original host id0 Restore both the original host id0 and the original nodename0 Note Changing the hostid and nodename of the system can degrade or stop the functionality of some applications for example Volume Manager If the application has a critical role as for example Volume Manager changing hostid or nodename can completely stop the functionality of your system Consider also that changing the system s hostid nodename or both requires a reboot in order to become effective You are strongly advised to use secondary network interfaces to service client applications Such interfaces can simply be disabled on one side then transferred and enabled on the other side without implications for the system identity or the need for reboots m If Volume Manager is not used See the Solaris 2 4 System Administration Answerbook for instructions for changing the nodename To change the hostid the command u4ft_change_hostid must be used This command switches the hostid from the present one to the alternative one The change is not effective until the system is rebooted m If Volume Manager is used You can restore both the original hostid0 and the original nodename0 together but not either individually You must split the system again selecting the split winner as the side with nodenamel and hostid1 then merge the two sides again selecting the merge winner to be the side with nodename0 and hostido
44. in cmsconfig Enter the item number for B CPU then select the Action item Press 1 to enable B CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that B CPU is enabled then press q to return to the cmsconfig menu Wait for the system to come back into sync This may take a few minutes To verify follow the procedure To Confirm the System is Running in Sync on page 65 To Backout the OFE Patch The following step applies only if the QFE patch number 107778 was previously installed If the patch was not installed ignore this step and proceed to Step 32 Backout the QFE patch by entering the following at the command line cd var sadm patch 107778 04 backoutpatch 107778 04 To Backout the OSdog Patch The following step applies only if the OSdog patch number 107926 was previously installed in which case you will have circled Y following Step 5 on page 78 If you circled N ignore this step and proceed to Step 33 81 OSdog patch 32 Backout the OSdog patch by entering the following at the backed out command line cd var sadm patch 107926 04 backoutpatch 107926 04 Y To Backout the Interim Update Patch Netra ft 1800 a 33 Backout the Netra ft 1800 Interim Update patch by entering the Interim Update following at the command line patch backed out cd var sadm patch 108145 10 backoutpatch 108145 10
45. laced In order to detect a failure on the network for example a broken hub the two hme driver instances referenced by an ft_network object exchange test MAC packets By using the snoop utility to examine the traffic related to the ft_network it is possible to observe the controllers send a packet Ethertype BASE LLC 802 3 to each other every two seconds If the hme driver instances do not receive the test packets the frequency of the test packet transmission is increased to two per second If the packets are still not received the controller that experiences the problem requests a daemon to transmit a multicast packet addressed to 224 0 0 1 The daemon attempts to make this transmission a number of times If all attempts are unsuccessful the controller_in_use field of the ft_network object is alternated The test packet model assumes that the two controllers of an ft_network object are connected by means of broadcast media If this is not the case it is not possible to route test packets and the ft_network object assumes that the controller in use has failed and takes corrective action This can mean that the ft_network object can enter a cycle of switching the value of the controller_in_use field in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a working controller 54 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 part Il Patch D Installation Patch D Installation This document contains important release infor
46. lerant pair need to be connected to the same hub not router so that MAC packets transmitted by either of the ports can be seen by the other This requirement results from the latent fault checking If there is no MAC level connection between the ports the controlling pnet device driver will assume that there is a network fault and attempt fault tolerant recovery steps Similarly connecting systems back to back via crossover cables will not work with the fault tolerant Ethernet because the latent fault checking packets will not be able to be exchanged between pairs of ports 53 Netmasks and Private Networks It is not possible to specify netmask information in the CMS Instead the CMS configures pnets using ifconfig pnetX netmask which retrieves the appropriate netmasks from etc netmasks or NIS as appropriate If private network address spaces are required RFC 1918 should be followed which recommends using addresses of the form of 192 160 0 0 Fault Checking in ft_network This section is intended to supplement the information in Chapter 7 Fault Tolerant Network Subsystem of the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide The failure of an Ethernet module or controller is normally detected by the hardened hme driver or by an iofixup event that is processed by the fault tolerant framework The removal of a cable is detected by the relevant transceiver which signals an error The transceiver can also detect when the cable is rep
47. mation for the software for the Netra ft 1800 Caution Read this document before attempting to install the system This document contains the following information m Prerequisites on page 60 Verifying the Prerequisites Before You Start on page 61 m Patch Installation on page 65 m Programmable Hardware Upgrade on page 68 m To Enable or Disable the OSdog on page 73 m To Reset the System with the Upgrades on page 74 m Verifying the Upgrade on page 75 m Backing Out Strategy on page 78 m Functionality Addendum on page 85 a Documentation Changes on page 85 a Solaris Y2K Patch Compatibility on page 86 m CMS Control of the ICN Subsystem on page 87 The flow chart on page 4 and continued on page 5 shows the procedure for installing the upgrade 57 START Pre requisites met QFE patch installed Set system to req d level Backout patch 107778 04 Yy vw Install patch Install patch 108181 01 108181 01 A E us Install patch Install patch 105181 14 105181 14 Install patch Install patch 108145 10 108145 10 Re install patch 107778 04 FPGA Y at 08 N Install FPGAs REBOOT _ PREREQUISITES Install Patch D INSTALL PATCH D UPGRADE FPGAs Continued on next page Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999
48. me attached to an interface cannot be changed while the interface is marked as up Memory size cannot be changed if the interface is up or down Individual icn interfaces can be reset by disabling and then enabling the appropriate icn object Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999
49. module are displayed b Note the Funct_0 attribute of the module 22 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 This is the device name of the CD ROM drive It is a normal Solaris device name If there is a second CD ROM drive in the module note the Funct_1 attribute This is the device name of the second CD ROM drive It is a normal Solaris device name Side RMM c Press q twice to exit cmsconfig You will need this information when you initialize the Volume Manager It can be useful for other purposes so you may wish to keep it Volume Manager 64 Insert the SEVM 2 5 CD into the drive and type installed cd cdrom sun_sevm_2_5_sparc Product pkgadd d When prompted select Heavy Install and opt for the AnswerBook home directory Volume Manager 65 Type CD ejected cd eject to eject the SEVM 2 5 CD Volume Manager 66 Insert the Netra ft 1800 Patch CD and type patches installed cd cdrom cd_patch_netra_ft1800 Patches 105463 07 installpatch cd cdrom cd_patch_netra_ft1800 Patches 106929 01 installpatch cd eject Se Se 23 67 Recovery process completed Recovery file 68 modified Sun support engineers can recover a system in the very rare event of serious system failure if you create a backup copy of vfstab and instruct the system in how to deal with stale boot plexes Type cp p etc vfstab
50. module to power off Wait ten seconds then press the green button to power on 52 Reset motherboard and side A using either of the following two methods m From the Remote Control Processor RCP enter the command AAoff Wait 10 seconds then enter the command AAon m Press the black standby power button on the side A top Control Alarms and Fans CAF module to power off Wait ten seconds then press the green button to power on The system will boot up and come into sync Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Verifying the Upgrade You can use the following instructions to verify that the patch installation procedure has been correctly applied If any of these verifications fail you should review the related steps in the procedure or consult Sun Enterprise Services w To Verify the Patch Installation 53 Type showrev p grep 105181 14 The output should be Patch 105181 14 Obsoletes 105214 01 105636 01 105776 01 106031 02 106308 01 Requires Incompatibles Packages SUNWkvm SUNWcsr SUNWcar SUNWhea Patch 108145 10 Obsoletes 108065 03 107926 03 107369 16 Requires 105181 14 Incompatibles Packages SUNWcsu SUNWftcar SUNWftcau SUNWcmscu SUNWcmsr SUNWcmsu SUNWcmsdf SUNWcrash SUNWftm SUNWftmur SUNWftmuu SUNWftutr SUNWftutu SUNWlogr SUNWlogu SUNWpnet SUNWspltr SUNWspltu SUNWttymx Patch installation 54 Type verified i
51. n Patch C Installation This document contains important release information for the software for the Netra ft 1800 Caution Read these Notes before attempting to install the system These Notes contain the following information m Erratum on page 4 m Electrical Supply Note on page 4 m Installation Media on page 5 m Software Installation on page 6 m Programmable Hardware Upgrade on page 16 m Volume Manager Installation on page 22 a SunVTS on page 36 m Software for PCI Modules on page 36 m CPUset Integration on page 41 m System Breaks on page 42 m Using Man Pages on page 43 m Using cmsrepairfru on page 44 m MAC Addresses on page 46 m Notes on Split Mode on page 47 m Fault Tolerant Ethernets on page 51 m Fault Checking in ft_network on page 54 Erratum The second note on page 43 of the Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide should read Note In NORWAY this equipment must only be installed in areas where equipotential bonding has been applied e g a telecommunication Central Office Electrical Supply Note Note The system will only power up if the input voltage is in the range 40 to 60 VDC 4 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Installation Media The Netra ft 1800 software is supplied on two or more CD ROMs Netra ft 1800 Installation CD Sun Pa
52. n installation has completed set the default boot device If you have installed the operating software on A DSKO type eeprom boot device a dsk0 diag device a dsk0 If you have installed the operating software on B DSKO type eeprom boot device b dsk0 diag device b dsk0 Re engage the HDD modules which you disengaged at the start of the installation procedure Reboot the system by typing reboot When requested enter a root password At the energy saving prompt type no to prevent the system shutting down then type y to confirm that the answer should be remembered 13 14 Wait for the system to boot up and come into sync Logon and check system is in sync When requested log on as root A few minutes after the system has rebooted to the system prompt the Sync LEDs on the CPUsets will illuminate and remain steadily lit indicating that the system is now running in synchronization Note Ignore warnings concerning interrupt level 4 If you do not have physical access to the system you can check if the system is in sync as follows a Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig b Select the item number for ft_core c Check that item 12 op_status shows as in_sync Upgrade only a 15 If you are upgrading an existing software installation follow the identify procedure given in this step otherwise proceed to Step 16 spuriou
53. nable it you can do the following 1 Edit kernel drv ttymux conf Change the line reading sm ctrla abort on 0 to read sm ctrla abort on 1 2 Save the file 3 Type the command sbin ttymuxadm b on s 42 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Using Man Pages To see the Netra ft 1800 man pages use the man command with the M option to specify the pathname of the installed man pages For example to see the cmsconfig 1M man page type man M opt SUNWftm man cmsconfig If you want to update the profile file for the system you are using you can add the following to the path list for the MANPATH variable opt SUNWftm man You can now use the man command without the M option For example man cmsconfig 43 Using cmsrepairfru Spuriously faulty modules should be identified using cmsfix xcmsfix or cmsconfig and examining the fault column Make a note of the locations of the spuriously faulty modules For instance using cmsfix or xcmsfix 44 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Using cmsconfig In both cases the faulty hard disk module is shown as being in location A DSK5 Before using cmsrepairfru you must set the environment variable CMSHOME to usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms For C shell users setenv CMSHOME usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms For K
54. nate boot disk Enter disk name lt disk gt list q rootdisk Type rootdisk 21 Now you can specify the disk to which you want to mirror You can choose to mirror volumes from disk rootdg onto any available disk space or you can choose to mirror onto a specific disk To mirror to a specific disk select the name of that disk To mirror to any available disk space select any Enter destination disk lt disk gt list q default any root2disk Type the target disk name This is the name of the disk you have just inserted and intend to use as the mirror Note Be sure always to specify the destination disk when you are creating an alternate root disk Otherwise the Volume Manager will select a disk to be the alternate root disk however your system may not be able to boot from that disk 34 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 g 22 You will now be asked for confirmation The requested operation is to mirror all volumes on disk rootdisk in disk group rootdg onto available disk space on disk root2disk NOTE This operation can take a long time to complete Continue with operation y n q default y Press Return to continue to make the mirror vxdiskadm displays the status of the mirroring operation Mirror volume rootvol Mirroring of disk rootdisk is complete 23 You will be asked if you want to repeat the process
55. o 36 Re install the QFE patch re installed m If the patch still resides in the var tmp directory enter cd var tmp 107778 04 installpatch m If the patch no longer resides in the var tmp directory re install the patch as described in the Netra ft 1800 Software Release Notes part no 805 4527 13 37 Finally reboot the system init 6 83 This page is intentionally blank 84 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Functionality Addendum This Addendum contains details of documentation changes and functional additions since the last update Documentation Changes User s Guide The following changes should be made to the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide m Section 9 2 1 Console Subsystem on page 9 5 All references to sm should be replaced with ft_serial m Table 9 2 Console Subsystem Fields on page 9 5 Field Values description Serial multiplexer porto NULL A CAF_console portl NULL A CAF_modem port2 NULL B CAF_console port3 NULL B CAF_modem redundancy The redundancy level of the system mode_of_use The file system device used to access the subsystem ports_in_use List of ports in use 85 m Table 9 3 Console Subsystem States on page 9 6 Add an extra state as follows State Means not_known The subsystem cannot determine its level of redundancy this is an error state m Delete the paragraph followin
56. of a failure of the primary hme the pnet will automatically promote the secondary hme to be the primary to avoid loss of service If a secondary hme fails then the primary hme is unaffected The primaryship of a pnet can be altered in an ft_network by changing the value of the preferred_controller attribute using cmsconfig CMS and Boot Time When a system boots up the CMS will automatically configure any network interfaces It will look for files like etc hostname pnet0 which were created earlier The CMS carries out all the pnet interface connection using ifconfig and prior to entry to multiuser mode all Ethernet interfaces specified in the CMS will be configured and up Latent Fault Checking In order to exercise both Ethernet boards in a fault tolerant pnet each board sends a packet to its companion every two seconds If a packet is missed this period is reduced to once a second in an attempt to quickly pin down the fault If the fault goes away because it was congestion on the network the pnet returns to normal If however the problem persists the primary in the pnet requests that a system daemon called pnetd sends a multicast packet 224 0 0 1 using ping The pnetd daemon switches the primaryship with each packet and if it sends 50 packets packets without response emit a message on the console The pnet device driver will then re attempt the cross pings and the whole cycle repeats Cabling Restrictions Both ports in a fault to
57. of how to install the PCI card carrier Chapter 3 Software Installation The instructions for installing the HSI P software are given in the procedure below v To Install the HSI P Software Once you have booted from disk wait for the CMS to fully configure then 1 Place the Supplement CD in the drive 2 Type the following commands cd cdrom s2_6_598_netra_ft_1800_suppcd Product pkgadd d SUNWhsip SUNWhsipu SUNWhsipm cd eject 3 Insert the Patch CD and type cd cdrom cd_patch_netra_ft1800 Patches 106922 04 installpatch cd eject 4 Disable the PCI CMS objects for the HSI P card s then re enable them 38 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 PCI Carrier with ATM Card Documentation Changes The following changes apply to the SunATM Installation and User s Guide Part Number 805 6522 10 when the card is used in a Netra ft 1800 system Chapter 3 Software Installation The instructions for installing the ATM software are given in the procedure below Chapter 4 Section 4 1 2 Required Patches This section which describes patches required when operating under different operating environments does not apply a_dozerocopy is automatically set to zero when SunATM is run on the Netra ft 1800 To Install the SunATM Software Once you have booted from disk wait for the CMS to configure fully then Place the SunATM CD in the drive
58. olume Manager License Key obtainable using the License Key Request Card Sun part no 806 0926 11 which you can find in the System box m The terminal type you will be using for the installation pO m The required subnet mask for your site a m The name service for example NIS or NIS see your system administrator Patch C Installation 7 m The partition layout you require refer to Before You Start on page 7 and FIGURE 1 on page 12 Slice Size Kbytes swap overlap opt var You must ensure that the initial layout that you specify while you install the operating environment meets the following requirements m There must be only one swap partition with a minimum size of 512 Mbytes and a maximum size of 1 99 Gbytes m There must be two unused partitions for use by Volume Manager The disk layout screen should not show any space allocated to these partitions m There must be 1 Mbyte that is not assigned to any partition That is the disk layout screen must show 1 Mbyte of free space There must be a var partition with a minimum size of 500 Mbytes m The boot disk cannot extend beyond one physical disk That is the file systems required for boot must all be contained in one disk Upgrading an Existing Installation Installation of the mandatory Netra ft 1800 patch changes the behavior of the CMS with regard to modules which have a pre existing fault In
59. om SunSolve and copy it to the target machine to var tmp 2 Type cd var tmp zcat 107778 04 tar Z tar xvf cd 107778 04 installpatch 3 Disable the PCI CMS objects for the Quad FastEthernet card s then re enable them 40 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 CPUset Integration In order to reduce the time during final CPUset integration in which the system is not performing system services stop dead time it is necessary to alter the default setting using cmsconfig Start cmsconfig Select the ft_core sub system Select pri_stop_time_msecs menu item 4 Select 200 menu item 1 Quit from cmsconfig From now on the system will use the lower value to achieve the lowest possible stop dead time during final CPUset integration Note Although 200 mS is selected it is still not possible to achieve that time However it does play a significant role in deciding at what point to start final integration To Enable a Failed CAF Following a Merge If the CAF fails to enable after a merge operation do the following Use cmsconfig to disable the failed CAF If the error has been propagated to the corresponding motherboard run cmsrepairfru to repair the motherboard and then re enable it Re enable the CAF 41 System Breaks On the Netra ft 1800 the ability to break into a locked system with A A is disabled To e
60. orn and Bourne shell users CMSHOME usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms export CMSHOME Run cmsrepairfru on each module marked as faulty before the system is rebooted For example cmsrepairfru A DSK5 cmsrepairfru A MBD 45 MAC Addresses Note that each machine has 68 contiguous MAC addresses reserved The MAC addresses are used as follows address sysbase 0 sysbasetl sysbaset2 sysbase 33 sysbase 34 sysbase 35 sysbase 36 sysbase 67 who uses it a net0 hme3 a netl hme2 pne tO combined or on side A of split machine pnet31 combined or on side A of split machine b netO hmel b netl hme0 pnet0 on side B of split machine pnet31 on side B of split machine You should also set your NIS ethers map set up as follows base 3 base 34 base 35 base 36 base 37 46 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Notes on Split Mode Restrictions on Volume Manager for Split Mode If Volume Manager is installed the following restrictions apply for split mode m The boot disk cannot extend beyond one physical disk the swap root usr etc opt file systems must be contained in one disk See for example the suggested disk layout in Step 7 on page 12 m The boot disk must be encapsulated m The boot disk must be mirrored The two disks must reside in different disk chassis m Each plex on t
61. rt no 704 6491 11 containing Solaris and the Netra ft 1800 specific software refer to To Install the Solaris Operating Environment and Netra ft 1800 Operating Software on page 9 Netra ft 1800 Supplement CD Sun Part no 704 6573 11 containing SunVTS SunSAI P and SunHSI P Sun StorEdge Volume Manager SEVM 2 5 Sun Part no 704 5967 10 SunATM P Installation CD Sun Part no 704 6442 10 containing the SunATM P software Optionally a Patch CD Sun Part no 704 6823 12 containing 107369 17 Netra ft 1800 software patch 108065 03 Netra ft 1800 Bridge patch 106955 01 Sun SAI P PCI patch 106922 04 Sun HSI P PCI patch 107845 02 Sun ATM P PCI patch 106929 01 SunOS 5 6 usr sbin uadmin patch 105463 07 Sun Enterprise Network Array SUNWvxvm patch If this CD is not present it will be necessary to download the patches from the SunSolve web site at http sunsolve sun com There are two other patches which can be downloaded from the SunSolve website m 107778 04 Sun Quad FastEthernet patch m 107926 04 Netra ft 1800 OSdog patch installation procedure for the patches involves special instructions Installing the 1 Caution You must follow the installation instructions in this document The patches incorrectly can leave your system in an unusable state Patch C Installation 5 Software Installation Caution Read all the instructions before attempting the installation procedure to ensure th
62. s upgraded 25 Type on one side cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib fwupdate fpga 258 7134 08 You will be prompted WARNING This firmware update can only be performed on 1 The side which is executing this update utility 2 The other side if its cpuset is powered off 3 Either side if running in sync Please enter the side of the system that you want to update A or B Type A to upgrade motherboard A or B to upgrade motherboard B then type yes to confirm Keep system up 26 When asked if you want to halt the system answer no FPGAs upgraded 27 Repeat Step 25 and Step 26 for the other motherboard on other side 17 cmsconfig 28 started 29 30 A CPU disabled a 31 Update the 32 PROM 33 NVRAM variables 34 noted 35 B CPU upgrade 36 completed Keep system up a 37 To Upgrade the PROMs You must disable each CPUset in turn in order to upgrade the remaining CPUset PROM Start cmsconfig cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig Enter the item number for A CPU then select the Action item Press 0 to disable A CPU Wait for a few seconds then press Return to redisplay the menu Repeat until the display shows that A CPU is disabled then press q twice to exit from cmsconfig Invoke the update program cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib netra_ ft_1800 flash update 09 You will be asked if you wish to
63. sation la copie la distribution et la d compilation Aucune partie de ce produit ou document ne peut tre reproduite sous aucune forme par quelque moyen 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 La notice suivante est applicable a Netscape Communicator Copyright 1995 Netscape Communications Corporation All rights reserved Sun Sun Microsystems le logo Sun AnswerBook Java le logo Jave Coffee Cup Netra netra ft 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
64. 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 industrie 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 Od ke Ca Adobe PostScript Preface This manual contains instructions for installing upgrade patch 107368 17 patch C and 108145 10 patch D on a Netra ft 1800 How This Book Is Organized This manual is arranged in two parts Each part includes tests to determine the current status of the Netra ft 1800 and full instructions for installing the relevant patch Part I describes how to install patch 107368 17 Part II describes how to install patch 108145 10 Typographic Conventions TABLE P 1 Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning
65. sly faulty modules a Set the environment variable CMSHOME to lusr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms For C shell users setenv CMSHOME usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms For Korn and Bourne shell users CMSHOME usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms export CMSHOME b Start cmsconfig 14 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 c Using the instructions given in the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide Chapter 4 Using the Configuration Management System identify the spuriously faulty modules and write down their locations for later reference Installation CD 16 Eject the installation CD by typing ejected cd eject Patch CD 17 Insert the Netra ft 1800 Patch CD Sun Part no 704 6823 12 inserted Install the Netra ft 1800 software patch by typing cd cdrom cd_patch_netra_ft1800 Patches 107369 17 installpatch patch latest version downloaded from SunSolve This is a mandatory Install OSdog a 18 Install the Netra ft 1800 OSdog patch number 107926 04 or the patch Copy the patch to var tmp then type cd var tmp zcat 107926 04 tar Z tar xvf cd 107926 04 installpatch Spurious faults on spuriously faulty modules run cmsrepairfru on each cleared module marked as faulty refer to Step 15 on page 14 If this is a new installation go to Step 20 Upgrade only a 19 If you are installing an upgrade and need to
66. ster CMS object for the icn subsystem Its only visible user operations are enable and disable Its task is to provide overall control of the subsystem icn_system 0 can only be enabled if the system is split when the system is combined it remains in the disabled state unless an explicit enable is requested in which case it will go to the enable_failed state setting the info field to System is not split Under normal operation the act of enabling and disabling icn_system 0 is automatically undertaken by u4ftsplitd and thus no user intervention should be required Enabling icn_system 0 automatically brings the u4ftmbox objects online and then enables the individual icn objects in that order Disabling icn_system 0 disables the icn objects and takes the u4ftmbox objects offline again in that order If the u4ftmbox objects fail to come online icn_system goes enable_failedand does not proceed to perform any actions on the icn objects They will then normally appear to be in state not_present icn_system 0 effectively encompasses the functionality of the existing icn control scripts icn init and icn terminate and can be used interchangeably with them A complete reset of the icn system can be accomplished by executing a disable followed by an enable on icn_system 0 Functionality Addendum 87 88 Len Each icn object controls a single icn network connection It can be enabled and disabled and also supports attributes that s
67. t unpredictable behavior during boot up There will be a pause of a few seconds before the system responds after each of these commands Re enable c Type auto boot on reset ok setenv auto boot true to re enable auto boot on reset 10 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 Booted from CD ROM Solaris installation started a bl 5 Place the Netra ft 1800 Installation CD ROM part no 704 6491 11 in the CD ROM drive Boot from a cdrom if the CD ROM is in A RMM at the top of the system or b cdrom if the CD ROM is in B RMM at the bottom of the system Type ok boot a cdrom0 if you inserted the CD in the CD ROM drive on side A or ok boot b cdrom0 if you inserted the CD in the CD ROM drive on side B The Target LED on one CPUset will flash and the Diag LED on the other CPUset will flash Wait for booting to complete The Netra ft 1800 software installation program will then start Follow the instructions on the screen to install the Solaris operating environment referring to the Solaris installation documentation accompanying the installation CD but note the following m Refer throughout to your preparation notes in Required Information on page 7 m It is recommended that you select Entire Distribution OEM Support when prompted for Installation Options m When prompted for root disk layout options
68. t up any other files it needs The CMS uses objects called ft_networks to model Ethernet interfaces An ft_network can have either a single non fault tolerant implementation or a dual redundant implementation You can specify which Ethernet ports are to be associated with which ft_network Implementation Details On servers with non fault tolerant Ethernets there is an Ethernet driver such as hme which is configured into network interfaces with ifconfig On the Netra ft 1800 there is a hardened version of the hme device driver which supports hot plugging although this is not used directly There is instead a multiplexing device driver called pnet which is used to link either one or two hme instances If two hme instances are linked in the pnet then the pnet is fault tolerant It is the pnet device driver that is configured by ifconfig to produce Ethernet interfaces These steps are managed by the CMS and do not require direct user invention Primary and Secondary Instances Although a pnet can have two physical Ethernets boards each with a connection port only one of the ports is used to transmit data to the network at large This active hme is termed the primary while the other is termed the secondary The primary instance in a pnet takes on the MAC address of the pnet This means that the active instance in the pnet always uses the same MAC address Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 In the event
69. the system was booted from a read only device such as a CD ROM or a network the system must be running from a writable device such as a disk before this procedure can be performed In particular if the system has just been fully installed from CD ROM it should be rebooted from disk before performing this procedure Note If the FPGAs were upgraded using version 08 of the upgrade utility during the base software patch installation in Step 2 it is not necessary to repeat the procedure If you are not sure of the firmware version proceed to the next step Step 9 otherwise you can proceed directly to the PROM upgrade at Step 13 v To Upgrade the FPGAs The following procedure upgrades both motherboard A and motherboard B System in sync 9 Ensure the system is running in sync by following the procedure To Confirm the System is Running in Sync on page 65 68 Netra ft 1800 Upgrade Path Software Installation Manual November 1999 10 FPGAs upgraded on one side Keep system up 11 FPGAs upgraded 12 on other side System rebooted a 13 System in sync a 14 WARNING This firmware update can only be performed on 1 The side which is executing this update utility 2 The other side if its cpuset is powered off 3 Either side if running in sync Please enter the side of the system that you want to update A or B Type cd usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT lib fwupdate fpga 258 7134 08 You will
70. tructions for installing the SunSAI P software are given in the procedure below Page 22 Creating New Devices The device driver will support up to 16 SunSAI P adapters To Install the SunSAI P Software Once you have booted from disk wait for the CMS to fully configure then Place the Supplement CD in the drive Type the following commands cd cdrom s2_6_598_netra_ft_1800_suppcd Product pkgadd d SUNWsaip SUNWsaipu cd eject Insert the Patch CD and type cd cdrom cd_patch_netra_ft1800 Patches 106955 01 installpatch cd eject It is recommended that you run the card in non interrupt mode However if you want to enable interrupt mode wait for the prompt then type the following command etc opt SUNWconn bin saipconfig Disable the PCI CMS objects for the SAI P card s then re enable them For further information on using the SunSAI P card see the SunSAI P User s Guide Part Number 805 6947 10 and the SunSAI P Release Notes Part Number 805 6948 10 37 PCI Carrier with High Speed Serial Interface Card Documentation Changes The following changes apply to the SunHSI P User s Guide Part Number 805 6943 10 when the card is used in a Netra ft 1800 system Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter does not apply Refer to the Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide Part Number 805 4533 xx and the Netra ft 1800 User s Guide Part Number 805 4529 xx for details
71. v To Add the Root Disk Mirror 1 Insert the HDD module physically a Insert the HDD module in an empty HDD slot in the opposite disk chassis to the root disk Note the location of the disk from the label next to its slot on the chassis b When the lever engages with the chassis raise it to push the module fully home c Move the slide in the lever into the engaged position 2 Start cmsconfig usr platform SUNW Ultra 4FT SUNWcms sbin cmsconfig 3 Include a new HDD module i HDD 4 Configure the HDD module a Enter the number next to the module 29 b Enter the item number for the location attribute c Select the location of the disk by entering the corresponding item number 5 Enable the disk a Enter the item number for the action attribute cmsconfig displays the possible values for the act ion attribute b Select enable by entering the corresponding item number c Press t to return to the top level menu 6 Press q to exit cmsconfig 7 Check that the disk you have chosen to be the root disk mirror is visible to the Volume Manager vxdisk list If the disk is not present in the resulting list type vxdctl enable 8 Identify the disk to be used as the mirror and note its location from the label next to its slot on the chassis Start vxdiskadm vxdiskadm 9 Select menu item 1 Add or initialize one or more disks from the vxdisk
72. you wish to install the operating environment Refer to the Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation You do not need to remove the modules from their slots completely This is the only way to ensure that the operating system is installed entirely on one known disk this is a requirement for Sun StorEdge Volume Manager to function in a predictable manner If the system is powered down power on the system and wait for the OBP ok prompt to be displayed Refer to the Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide Chapter 4 Powering On the System If the system boots into an existing version of the software type init 0 to go to the OBP prompt Type ok setenv auto boot false to prevent the system auto booting when a reset is issued 4 Disable OSdog OSdog disabled OSdog is not supported in the unpatched base release of the Netra ft 1800 software The patch to support OSdog is installed later in Step 18 on page 15 You must disable it before you install the Netra ft 1800 software 704 6491 11 a Check the PROM version installed on the system by typing ok version b If the PROM version is 21 or earlier at the ok prompt type ok reset all ok 0 set conf osdog a ok 0 set conf osdog b ok reset all If the PROM version is 22 or later type ok reset all ok 0 set conf osdog ok reset all 1 Caution The reset all commands are required to preven

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