Sun RSC card in Blade 2000?

[stek]

I bought three Sun RSC cards, Sun part 501-5856, five quid each so no loss! I hoped to get them to work in my Sunblade 2000's, but no OS boot. Same with my old E450. I believe the Sunblade 2000 is the same fundamentally as the rack E280R which takes these cards so it should work.

System starts but no output via box itself, either serial or video - guess it's going to RSC automatically, but I;ve no idea and I've no idea if they r already setup with previous owner IPs, any ideas to reset it? Am I flogging a dead horse?

[s2budd]

Remote System Controller (RSC) - Install
Install and Configure RSC
1. From the Sun Solaris 8 Supplemental CD-ROM, add the RSC package called SUNWrsc
cd /cdrom/solaris8_202_suppcd/RSC_2.2/Product
pkgadd -d .
Select all packages
cd /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R/rsc
./rsc-config


User Setup
User Name = rscadm
User Permissions = cuar
Is this correct (y|n): y
This script will now update RSC, continue? (y|n): y
Updating flash, this takes a few minutes

Download completed successfully

RSC resetting (60 seconds): DONE
Setting up server to update RSC date on boot: DONE
Setting up server hostname: DONE
Setting up ethernet interface: DONE
Disabling RSC alert engine: DONE
Disabling modem interface: DONE
Adding user to RSC:

A valid password is between 6 and 8 characters, has at least two alphabetic characters, and at least one
numeric or special character. The password must differ from the user's login name and any reverse or
circular shift of that login name. Setting User Password Now ...
Password: <Enter a valid password>
Re-enter Password: <Repeat valid password>
User has been added to RSC

A RSC reset is required for some of the configuration variables
to take effect.
Reset RSC now (y|n): y
Resetting RSC (60 seconds):
DONE
Setting up RSC date: DONE
*******************************
RSC has been successfully setup
*******************************
Note: If "rscadm already a valid user" run:
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/rsc/rscadmin userpassword rscadm
This will prompt you for the password , key in the new password and rekey to confirm.



Now set the PROM settings
init 0
INIT: New run level: 0
The system is coming down. Please wait.
Set Prom settings
ok diag-out-console true
ok setenv input-device rsc-console
ok setenv output-device rsc-console
ok printenv (This will display the setting of the obp environment)
ok boot -r
NOTE: Ensure switch port setting is set to 10BTX locked
RSC Setup Complete
Console - RSC
It would be nice to add the possibility to send a "break" with "~#" (just like with "tip")
in console mode. For the moment, one needs three steps:
1) type ~. or #. to return to RSC mode,
2) type break to send a break
3) type console to return to console mode.
This is ennoying, and one might miss messages that appear on the console between step 1 and 2 (they
are available in the console history but that adds more steps to check).
/opt/rsc/bin/rsc Start the RSC console

Remote System Controller (RSC) - Commands
To connect to the RSC ports use something like: ananke-dc1-rsc
Use RSC user to connect the the RSC port and then console command to connect to the console.
poweron {FRU}
poweroff [-y] [-f]
removefru [-y] {FRU}
reset [-y] [-x]
break [-y]
bootmode [normal|reset_nvram|diag|skip_diag|bootscript="stri ng"]
console [-f] Connect to console
consolehistory [-b lines|-e lines] [-g lines] [-v] [boot|run]
showlogs [-b lines|-e lines] [-g lines] [-v]
setlocator [on|off]
showlocator
showenvironment
showfru
showplatform [-v]
showsc [-v] [param]
shownetwork [-v]
setsc [param] [value]
setupsc
showdate
setdate [[mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[cc]yy][.SS]
resetsc [-y]
flashupdate [-s IPaddr -f pathname] [-v]
setdefaults [-y] [-a]
useradd <username>
userdel [-y] <username>
usershow [username] List all defined users
userpassword <username>
userperm <username> [c][u][a][r]
password
showusers [-g lines] List users logged into RSC
logout exit RSC
help [command]

RSC User Maintenance
useradd admin Create new RSC user account
userperm admin cuar Set user access to all
userpassword admin Set user password


If problems with screen size when using RSC port and vi then use the /usr/openwin/bin/resize command to resize the window
It would be nice to add the possibility to send a "break" with "~#" (just like with "tip") in console mode. For the moment, one needs three steps:
1) type ~. or #. to return to RSC mode
2) type break to send a break
3) type console to return to console mode.
This is ennoying, and one might miss messages that appear on the console between step 1 and 2 (they
are available in the console history but that adds more steps to check).

[s2budd]

You could use a Cyclades serial terminal server setup instead.
They work very well for console access to a serial port .

[stek]

Thanks I have the pdf but I can't get any response from the system at all, the RSC packages are already (should have said that!), of course at that stage no worky cos card is not physically installed, so cannot set user/pass/ip and perms.

So, after that, install card, system starts but does not respond so cannot install/config anything at this stage.

I suspect either just not compatible, odd since SB2000 is a desktop version of the Sun E280R which takes the card, and the card also works in an E250, which isn't that different from an E450, the bigger brother - or the RSC is already setup with an IP config inconsistent with mine.

Anyone else?

[stek]

You could use a Cyclades serial terminal server setup instead.
They work very well for console access to a serial port .

Prefer the RSC since I can poweron/poweroff remotely, thereby saving the planet.

All this is for my massive four-node Sun Cluster, well weapon! Well it will be when the SB2500 arrives from SF, with a bitchin' 16gb of RAM-ola....

Zone-tastic!