Booting up the Sun Sparc M3000 server. After logging into the XSCF console, power on the server. XSCF> poweron -d 0 DomainIDs to power on:00 Continue? [y|n] :y Switch to the server console. XSCF> console -d 0 Connect to DomainID…
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Creating RDM to LUN (SAN) mapping on VMware ESX 4, Vcenter.
In the past I have written articles about how to create a RDM to LUN disk mapping for VMware ESX 3. http://www.gamescheat.ca/2009/10/scripts-to-automate-the-process-of-identifying-and-compiling-an-rdm-to-lun-mapping-list-for-vmware-esx-30/ and http://www.gamescheat.ca/2009/10/how-to-identify-and-compile-an-rdm-to-lun-mapping-list-for-vmware-esx-30/ The procedure to identify the path for the RDM (raw disk mapping) to LUN (disk on…
Booting up Solaris 10 from a SAN replicated LUN on a different Sun SPARC server
The quickest way to recover from a total disaster is to have some sort of replication implemented. There are two different methods of real-time replication, hardware and software. My experiences with software replication such as Symantec Veritas Volume replicator for…
Changing the default boot device on a Sparc server
You can display and change the default boot device on a SUN Sparc server from the eeprom console. List the bootable devices with the devalias command, ok devalias cdrom /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/disk@4,0:f net /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/network@4 disk /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/disk@0 name aliases List the current boot…
How to list the type of fiber channel card and it’s WWN info in AIX
I needed to find out the type of fiber channel HBA cards installed in the Aix server. Here are the commands I used to find the information, Use the lsdev command to list the fiber channel cards (HBA) installed in…
How to upgrade or downgrade ScreenOS using either the WebUI or CLI
I tried uploading the Juniper 5GT screenOS file name ns5gt.6.2.0r2.0 via the WebUI interface. But it kept failing with the error message “File too big or empty”. I then had to upgrade the screenOS or firmware through the command line…
How to create a virtual disk with the Dell OpenManage Server Admnistrator.
Open the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Click on System – Storage – PERC 5/E Adapter (PCI Slot 1) – Connector 0 (RAID) – Enclosure – Physical Disks. This will display all the Disk Drives in the right window. Under the…
Configuring NAT on the Cisco PIX or ASA firewalls.
If you do not want to expose your server’s IP address to an external client you can use Network Address Tranalation (NAT) to hide it. For example if your servers IP address is 192.168.0.10 then you can publish it to…
TCP ports opened on firewall for Dell Remote Access Card – DRAC.
The Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) communicates via the following ports: 22 Secure Shell, SSH 23 Telnet 80 http 443 https 161 SNMP 3668 Virtual Media Server 5900 Console Redirection 5901 Console Redirection If you have a firewall in between…
Default Password for Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC)
The default userid for the Dell remote access card (DRAC) is root and the password is calvin. The DRAC module makes the life of the server administrator easy, you can remotely power cycle the server as if you were standing…