SUN M4000 ALOM

SUN's M4000 server has a new management interface called XSCF. It's different from the usual "sc" of some low-end servers.


Logon to ALOM of Sun M4000:

# ssh or
username: eis-installer or your_username
password: password


To connect to console:

XSCF> console -d 0

If somebody is already using the console, you can force connect

XSCF> console -d 0 -f

To go back to XSCF prompt:

type "#." (without the quotes)

To reset the server/domain:

XSCF> reset -d 0 por [resets domain 0]
XSCF> reset -d 0 xir [resets domain 0 with XIR reset]

To send break:

XSCF> sendbreak -d 0

To reboot XSCF system:

XSCF> rebootxscf


Other commands below:


XSCF> showstatus
XSCF> showversion -c xcp -v [shows xcp firmware, version, openboot prom version
XSCF> showenvironment
XSCF> showenvironment temp
XSCF> showenvironment volt
XSCF> showhardconf
XSCF> showdcl -va [check domain id...]
XSCF> showdomainstatus -a
XSCF> showboards -a
XSCF> poweron -a [powers up all domains]
XSCF> poweroff -a [powers off all domains]
XSCF> poweron -d 0 [powers on domain 0]
XSCF> poweroff -d 0 [powers off domain 0]
XSCF> poweroff -f -d 0 [forces a power off domain 0]
XSCF> sendbreak -d 0 [sends break command to domain 0]
XSCF> setautologout -s 60 [sets autologout to 60 minutes]
XSCF> showautologout
XSCF> shownetwork -a
XSCF> setnetwork xscf#0-lan#0 -m 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.5
XSCF> sethostname xscf#0 fire-xscf
XSCF> sethostname -h host.org
XSCF> setroute -h host.org
XSCF> setnameserver 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.3
XSCF> setroute -c add -n 10.10.10.1 -m 255.255.255.0 xscf#0-lan#0

To add 2 additional memory boards:

XSCF> addboard -c assign -d 0 00-2
XSCF> addboard -c assign -d 1 00-3

XSCF> showboards -va