Sun Sparc commands to power on and boot up the server.
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 …
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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 …
Read MoreBooting 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 …
Read MoreChanging 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 …
Read MoreHow 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 …
Read MoreHow 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 …
Read MoreHow 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 …
Read MoreConfiguring 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 …
Read MoreTCP 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 …
Read MoreDefault 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 …
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