Dynamic reconfiguration of system resources enables you to reconfigure system components while the system is still running. Note that these packages are compressed with bzip2. Get solaris 8 system administrators reference now with oreilly online learning oreilly members experience live online training, plus books, videos, and. May 03, 2011 svm, solaris troubleshooting,sun cluster,root mirroring,soft partition,dns,nfs,file system issue hba cards in solaris 8, 9 and 10 tuesday, may 3, 2011 at 4. Get solaris 8 system administrators reference now with oreilly online learning. The correct method is to use the cfgadm command to unconfigure the device before. The sun storedge san foundation suite must be download and installed first. Enableconfigure fcalsan devices with cfgadm in solaris. Unconfiguring the board will prompt solaris to remove all processes from the cpus of the unconfigured boards and reschedule them on different cpus. Hello, i have a machine with solaris 8, and it has multiple interfaces that are connected to the same network which means they all have metric 0 1 hop to the default gateway.
Cleaning up the operating system device tree after removing. The solaris cfgadm command can be used to configure system devices. Nov 08, 2005 if it cannot, then solaris will never be able to see it. This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up until 1994 when it began to. This applies to solaris 8 and solaris 9 using the sun storedgetm san foundation kit sfk.
Mar 09, 2005 on solaris 10, with the san software builtin, however, im getting different behavior. Running the cfgadm command allows you to see your system devices and manage them. I bought a free solaris 8 binary license program from sun, it is intel architecture version. After the luns are unmapped using array management or the command line, solaris also displays the devices as either unusable or failing. It is the successor to sunos and was released initially in june of 1992. This daemon of capable of dynamically reconfiguring devices during boot process as well as in response to kernel event notifications. The cfgadm command can be used to view the system attachment points which are broadly defined as the location of certain hardware resources visible to solaris. These operations include displaying status, l, initiating testing, t, invoking configuration state changes, c, invoking hardware specific functions, x, and obtaining configuration administration help messages h. How to unconfigure and configure a cpumemory board. Verify that the device is disconnected before you connect it.
The device information that you supply, and that the cfgadm command displays, depends on your system configuration all of the procedures in this section require administrative privileges that are not generally granted to user accounts. This section describes various scsi hotplugging procedures that you can perform with the cfgadm command. Hi, can anyone tell me what does these two command do. In solaris, we can able to scan the luns without rebooting the host. To remove the device from the cfgadm database, run the following commands on the hba. Aug 24, 2010 fixing cfgadm errors without reboot august 24, 2010 by itmerlinllc if you are working on a new t2000 with qlogic hbas, you may see an insufficient condition message when trying to use cfgadm to configure them for the first batch of provisioned san storage. Topics are described for both sparc and x86 based systems, where appropriate.
Adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. The host is seeing the t3 controllers, but for the cfgadm configure command to complete, you must have luns mapped. Feb 25, 2011 the cfgadm command can be used to view the system attachment points which are broadly defined as the location of certain hardware resources visible to solaris. If you are trying to configure and unconfigure luns on a solaris host, you may be suprised to find that the default cfgadm al output doesnt display the luns on your system. Ads are annoying but they help continue reading solaris unix lun rescan with cfgadm. As an alternative, you can remove an entire set of paths from the host, as in the example cfgadm c unconfigure c0. Svm,solaris troubleshooting,sun cluster,root mirroring,soft partition,dns,nfs,file system issue hba cards in solaris 8, 9 and 10 tuesday, may 3, 2011 at 4. How to use cfgadm configure in solaris computer how to. Use the cfgadm command to display all the disks in the server.
Cleanup the device files for the removed device from dev directory. How to unconfigure and configure a cpumemory board using cfgadm on sun enterprise e6800e6900. The pci hardware specific library, usrlibcfgadmpci. How to make fibre channel luns available to oracle solaris. If you are using solaris 8 or 9, use the instructions for downloading and installing host bus adapter drivers to download the most recent sun driver. This feature has been available with the cfgadm command since the solaris 8 release.
Running cfgadm with the al option will list these attachment points. Scsi hotplugging with the cfgadm command oracle solaris. Now after running metadettach for submirrors on that disk, i want to unconfigure the faulty disk using cfgadm c uncofigure commandand then put new one and configure that. The book covers a range of oracle solaris system administration topics related to managing removable media, disks and devices and file systems. How to remove a failed disk using luxadm and cfgadm the. Using cfgadm to display luns on solaris hosts prefetch. This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up until. Thunderbird and firefox are labeled for solaris 8 and 10, but the solaris 8 packages should also work on solaris 9. If you are using the solaris 9 or solaris 8 401 min releases, you can download and install the.
The device information that you supply, and that the cfgadm command. Now after running metadettach for submirrors on that disk, i want to unconfigure the faulty disk using cfgadm c uncofigure command. A security vulnerability with fibre channel protocol driver fcp7d and devices file system devfs7fs in solaris 10 may allow a local unprivileged user to cause commands such as cfgadm 1m or format1m to hang when run, or cause the system as a whole to hang. How to rescan new luns added in linux, hpux, aix, solaris. Lets see how we can rescan the sanfc luns on solaris 1011 hosts. This chapter provides a quick reference to the contents of this book by functional grouping. Oct, 20 the cfgadm command provides configuration administration operations on dynamically reconfigurable hardware resources. Product solaris 10 operating system bug id 6526639 date of resolved release 29nov2007 impact. Hp storageworks mpxio for sun solaris application notes. While devfsadmd 1m updates the device information, the necessary information for cfgadm is locked by devfsadm. Os package and patch updates sparc t42 server oracle docs. The reconfiguration coordination manager is the framework that manages the dynamic removal of system components. Once that is installed and the host is rebooted, do not be sad that you still cannot see your san. Nightwish the kinslayer zfs is one of the those technologies out there that really kicks some serious ass.
Below are the operations that can be performed on a scsi deviceconnect a scsi controlleradd a scsi device to a scsi busreplace an scsi disk on a scsi controller remove a scsi device connect a scsi controller step 1. Installing a sun adapter and driver on a sun host system. A security vulnerability with fibre channel protocol driver fcp7d and devices file system devfs7fs in solaris 10 may allow a local unprivileged user to cause commands such as cfgadm1m or format1m to hang when run, or cause the system as a whole to hang. Oreilly members experience live online training, plus books, videos, and. Example 8 configuring an occupant at an attachment point. Here are some additional resources for oracle solaris.
Mar 19, 2015 below are the operations that can be performed on a scsi deviceconnect a scsi controlleradd a scsi device to a scsi busreplace an scsi disk on a scsi controller remove a scsi device connect a scsi controller step 1. The practical, taskoriented reference to every key solaris 8 command, from ab2admin to zic. If it cannot, then solaris will never be able to see it. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The essential resource for every solaris 8 sysadmin, web professional, developer, and power user. Introductionthe solaris 8 system administrators reference is your complete alphabetic reference to all of the manual pages in section 1m of the online reference documentation for the solaris 8 release. Oct, 20 the pci hardware specific library, usrlib cfgadm pci. Cleaning up the operating system device tree after. This will include san hbas and luns, usb devices, internal disks such as sata etc. Aix reference for sun solaris administrators ibm redbooks. If you are working on a new t2000 with qlogic hbas, you may see an insufficient condition message when trying to use cfgadm to configure them for the first batch of provisioned san storage.
Log in to your solaris system with root privileges. Reading over what cfgadm does, much of this is done automatically on linuxrhel for example, hardware additions are automatically made available for the system to use. The solaris 10 package will not work for solaris 9. If youre a solaris user, sysadmin, or developer, you know how tough it is to rely on the man pages when you need fast answers. Repeat step 2 to verify that the luns have been removed. Im running a smartosbased zfs nas, with a bunch of sata disks directly connected to the logic board no fancy disk controller backplane or anything. Sata controller and port multiplier device ports are represented by attachment points in the device tree.
I know how to do lun rescan under linux using echo command. If the disk is multipathed, run the above command on the 2nd path as well. Firefox 352 and thunderbird 352 are available for opensolaris and solaris 10. If you are using solaris 8 or 9, follow the instructions in downloading and installing a host bus adapter driver to download the latest sun driver for your adapter. Removing drives with cfgadm newer sun kit has a feature where when you unconfigure an internal drive for removal a blue light comes on indicating the device is ready for removal. Determining oracle solaris 11 os package update version. Sata devices that are connected and configured on the system are shown as attachment point name extension. Downloading hba driver packages and patches for solaris 8 and 9 for sparc. This comes is very useful for displaying the status of the devices.
Sata hotplugging with the cfgadm command oracle solaris. Check out the observatory blog for oracle solaris tips and tricks. I want to know, is cfgadm not included in the package. In solaris, if i unplug a couple disks while the machine is running, some functions that check every disk will take awhile because it has to wait for the timeout. To scan new fc luns, just execute the below commands. I must do a reconfiguration reboot to get the storage array to see my new server, and after it is zoned and luns are mapped, i am able to do a cfgadm as above and it sees the luns. To get a complete list of devices and their status use the cfgadm command as follows. The hardware resources of an occupant in the configured state are represented by normal solaris data structures and thus some or all of those hardware resources can be in use by solaris. The device management in solaris is enhanced by using the devfsadmd daemon with solaris 7 release 1199 and newer major versions like solaris 8. After i installed it, i found i can not use cfgadm, it gave me message. This book is for anyone responsible for administering one or more systems that run the oracle solaris 11 release. This is quite useful when you are performing break fix to a remote location, so that the engineers know which drive to pull.
Using cfgadm to display luns on solaris hosts if you are trying to configure and unconfigure luns on a solaris host, you may be suprised to find that the default cfgadm al output doesnt display the luns on your system. Solaris 10 commad line guide adding new disk azizs blog. Im not sure what more i can say generally about this without a writing a tutorial on scsi and fibre channel, which is not appropriate here. To see luns use the cfgadm command as follows open the terminal or login using ssh as root. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a.
If you do see this, you can use the following commands to fix. Solaris is a unix based operating system created by sun microsystems now purchased by oracle in 2010. Finding hdd serial number in solaris its all bullshit. Oct 06, 2009 the host is seeing the t3 controllers, but for the cfgadm configure command to complete, you must have luns mapped. With solaris 8 or 9, the occupant status will be displayed as above in a san environment. Solaris unix lun rescan with cfgadm command last updated february 17, 2009 in categories networking, solaris unix, storage, troubleshooting i know how to do lun rescan under linux using echo command.
The picld daemon notifies the system about the disk removal. Solaris unix lun rescan with cfgadm command nixcraft. Check your mapping on the t3 and verify the luns are seen correctly on the solaris host via the following command. How to unconfigure and configure a cpumemory board using cfgadm. If you are using solaris 10, you can skip this step because the san software is included in the operating system. The changes are shown in the fibre channel target groups panel in figure 8. Learn more with oracle solaris 11 training and support. This section describes the solaris tm system administration and maintenance utilities and is for system and network administrators. A security vulnerability resulting from solaris 10 fcp7d. These procedures use specific devices as examples to illustrate how to use the cfgadm command to hotplug scsi components. How do i rescan lun under solaris unix operating systems.
Hi, one of 2 local disks on v480 running solaris 10 and svm failed. Huawei san storage host connectivity guide for solaris huawei. Note you can remove a device from up to eight paths individually, as in the example command cfgadm c unconfigure c01111, c12222, c33333, and so on. Rcm script overview solaris 8 system administration.
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