Have you ever reboot your server from remote (telnet/ssh/cde) and it won’t go up?
And then you must came to freezing server room and connect to server serial port or console (if it have one) to see what went wrong?
If you happen to have this situation and don’t want to get through it again and RSC is a must for you.
RSC can connect to SUN Fire Firmware below OS level (the famous OK Prompt). That not the only RSC capability, RSC can do this:
– Show server environmental status.
– Access a console that includes all UNIX console functions.
– Send a break to put the server into debug mode.
– Control the diagnostics level for a server reboot.
– Reset the server on demand. When the system is not responding, you can issue a cold reset to bring the server back online.
RSC is usually use for Sun Fire Low End Series (V480, V490, V880 & V890), because the Mid-End/High-End already have System Controller for doing such things.
To install RSC, get your Solaris Software Supplement CD and install from RSC_2.2.2 directory. You must install minimum these three packages:
bash-2.03$ pkginfo |grep rsc
system SUNWrsc Remote System Control
system SUNWrscd Remote System Control User Guide
system SUNWrscj Remote System Control GUI
Just do the usual ‘pkgadd -d . <package name>’ at RSC_2.2.2 source directory.
After that, you must configure the RSC. You can use ‘/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-880/rsc/rsc-config’. Setup your RSC according to your need. You can activate the Ethernet, Modem or Serial. Usually people activate Ethernet and Serial. This action also setup user for accessing RSC. Then configuration will update to flash and resetting the RSC.
IF you something like this below it means you finally configured RSC on your server.
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RSC has been successfully setup
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To configure RSC after the setup, for example: add user or change IP, you can use ‘rscadm’ command. Please see my previous post about where you can find ‘rscadm’.
USAGE: rscadm <command> [options]
For a list of commands, type “rscadm help”
rscadm – COMMANDS SUPPORTED
help, date, set, show, resetrsc, download, send_event, modem_setup,
useradd, userdel, usershow, userpassword, userperm, shownetwork,
loghistory, version
rscadm – COMMAND DETAILS
rscadm help => this message
rscadm date [-s] | [[mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[cc]yy][.SS] => print or set date
rscadm set <variable> <value> => set variable to value
rscadm show [variable] => show variable(s)
rscadm resetrsc [-s] => reset RSC (-s soft reset)
rscadm download [boot] <file> => program firmware or [boot] monitor
rscadm send_event [-c] “message” => send message as event (-c CRITICAL)
rscadm modem_setup => connect to modem port
rscadm useradd <username> => add RSC user account
rscadm userdel <username> => delete RSC user account
rscadm usershow [username] => show user details
rscadm userpassword <username> => set user password
rscadm userperm <username> [cuar] => set user permissions
rscadm shownetwork => show network configuration
rscadm loghistory => show RSC event log
rscadm version => show RSC version
Now, get connect the RSC Ethernet port to your LAN/WAN switch, and you won’t have to go to server room anymore.
July 3, 2007 at 4:50 pm
You have missed out the commands to re-direct the local console to the RSC card…
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redirect console
from ok
ok> setenv diag-out-console true (default – false)
ok> setenv input-device rsc-console (default keyboard)
ok> setenv output-device rsc-console (default screen)
or from solaris
#eeprom diag-out-console=true
#eeprom input-device=rsc-console
#eeprom output-device=rsc-console
#init 6
October 17, 2008 at 2:28 pm
dear guys,
What we will do if we install new OS and RSC still there We just redirect the console ..But how can we restore the file path i.e
/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-490/rsc.
I can redirect but can’t see this rsc path ?
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July 20, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Hi there,
How can i connect to RSC via SSH, not telnet.
Rgards
February 12, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Hi,after connect to RSC
rsc> console
Console session already in use.
rsc> restrsc
afer rset rsc, i cannot go to OK prompt, how can i connet to console?
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RSC Alert: Host System has Reset
Software Reset
Enabling system bus……. Done
Initializing CPUs……… Done
Initializing boot memory.. Done
Initializing OpenBoot
Probing system devices
Probing I/O buses
RSC Alert: Host System has Reset
Software Reset
Enabling system bus……. Done
Initializing CPUs……… Done
Initializing boot memory.. Done
Initializing OpenBoot
Probing system devices
Probing I/O buses
RSC Alert: Host System has Reset
Software Reset
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Initializing CPUs……… Done
Initializing boot memory.. Done
Initializing OpenBoot
Probing system devices
Probing I/O buses
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