Alom

Hi,

How to set ip address on eth0 for access ssh from ALOM? Is it possible? Now i cannot access it because don't have VGA.

I keep try to access using ssh. Please guide me.

Thanks.

MZainal,

Take a look at Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.6 Administration Guide - Chapter 3: Configuring ALOM, there are sections on how to configure the NET MGT port either manually or with DHCP.

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I already set it. Is it possible access OS Solaris via ALOM? Or need to use eth0?

You can access the system console with the console command, as detailed in Chapter 4 of the same document: Common ALOM Tasks.

How to access OS without vga card? I not see any vga out put on T2000.

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From console:

{0} ok help
Enter 'help command-name' or 'help category-name' for more help
(Use ONLY the first word of a category description)
Examples:  help select   -or-   help line
    Main categories are:
Breakpoints (debugging)
Repeated loops
Defining new commands
Numeric output
Radix (number base conversions)
Arithmetic
Memory access
Line editor
System and boot configuration parameters
Select I/O devices
eject devices
Power on reset
Diag (diagnostic routines)
Resume execution
File download and boot
nvramrc (making new commands permanent)

How check ip address on eth0?

There is no eth0 on a T2000 running Solaris, this is a Linux terminology. The standard network interfaces are NETMGT and NET0 to NET4. Which one are you talking about?

In any case, your OS is either suspended or not booted according to your last reply so there is no way to access it (yet).

Run "go" or "boot" from the "ok" prompt to either resume or boot the OS.

Seem the server not have OS. How to do fresh install?

How do you assert it has no OS?

There are several ways to install one. The simpler would be to record a CD (or a DVD if your T2000 has a DVD reader) with a Solaris OS image then to boot the installation media.

From console:

{0} ok boot
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
ERROR: boot-read fail
Boot device: rootmirror  File and args:
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
ERROR: boot-read fail


Can't open boot device

{0} ok

What report these commands?

devalias
printenv

Here the output:

{0} ok devalias
rootmirror               /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@1,0:a
rootdisk                 /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@0,0:a
ttya                     /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/isa@2/serial@0,3f8
nvram                    /virtual-devices/nvram@3
net3                     /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0,1
net2                     /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0
net1                     /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0,1
net0                     /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0
net                      /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0
ide                      /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@8
cdrom                    /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@8/cdrom@0,0:f
disk3                    /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@3
disk2                    /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@2
disk1                    /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@1
disk0                    /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@0
disk                     /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@0
scsi                     /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0
virtual-console          /virtual-devices/console@1
name                     aliases
{0} ok printenv
Variable Name           Value                          Default Value

ttya-rts-dtr-off        false                          false
ttya-ignore-cd          true                           true
keyboard-layout
reboot-command
security-mode           none                           No default
security-password                                      No default
security-#badlogins     0                              No default
verbosity               min                            min
pci-mem64?              false                          false
diag-switch?            false                          false
local-mac-address?      true                           true
fcode-debug?            false                          false
scsi-initiator-id       7                              7
oem-logo                                               No default
oem-logo?               false                          false
oem-banner                                             No default
oem-banner?             false                          false
ansi-terminal?          true                           true
screen-#columns         80                             80
screen-#rows            34                             34
ttya-mode               9600,8,n,1,-                   9600,8,n,1,-
output-device           virtual-console                virtual-console
input-device            virtual-console                virtual-console
auto-boot-on-error?     false                          false
load-base               16384                          16384
auto-boot?              false                          true
network-boot-arguments
boot-command            boot                           boot
boot-file
boot-device             rootdisk rootmirror            disk net
multipath-boot?         false                          false
boot-device-index       0                              0
use-nvramrc?            true                           false
nvramrc                 devalias rootdisk /pci@7 ...
error-reset-recovery    boot                           boot
{0} ok

Not familiar with solaris.

Well, technically, this is not yet Solaris. That's the OpenBoot PROM (kind of BIOS).

Booting a CD or DVD would be the next step.

How to install without display? Still confused..

You just do a text install from the ALOM.

{0} ok boot - install
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
ERROR: boot-read fail
Boot device: /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@1,0:a  File and args: - install
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
ERROR: boot-read fail


Can't open boot device

{0} ok

I already insert the dvd.

That should be

boot cdrom

I saw corrupt error message come out. When page install come out, it's like hanging there. Cannot press Esc or Enter.