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08-10-2011 12:34 PM
08-10-2011 12:34 PM
Solaris 10 on G7 blade server network notes
Mark wrote up a nice paper on what he had to do to get Solaris 10 Update 9 network controller working and connected.
Here is the process he used:
Installing Solaris 10 update 9 on HP BladeSystem G7 Blades
(Tips on getting your network to function)
This document presupposes that you are doing a fresh install of Solaris on a G7 blade. You can adapt these procedures to also work for a DL series server.
As you may be aware the Solaris version of the Emulex drivers provided with the Solaris installation media do not work correctly with the converged network adapter in the HP G7 blades. So to fix this inconvenience you will need to follow some form of the procedure outlined below.
Download the current Network Driver package from the hp.com website. The downloaded file will be a gzipped tar file SUNWemlxs-<version>-Solaris10-i386.tar.gz. Then do a fresh install of Solaris on the desired blade. You may optionally supply network information during the install or wait until you have updated the drivers before configuring the network.
If prior to doing the installation you bothered to unzip and un-tar the files in the driver package you downloaded from the HP web site. You will eventually find a SUNWemlxs.iso file. The ISO file is the traditional method of updating the drivers during an installation of Solaris. Unfortunately the drivers still won't work when installed this way, so don't bother to waste your time.
If you do choose to use the SUNWemlxs.iso CD to update the system it will provide you with the ability to enter the network information as part of the installation. To apply the driver disk during installation, choose option 5 from the initial menu and follow the instructions the on screen instructions. While you can enter the network information as part of the installation by using this method the network will remain non-functional until the drivers are manually installed per the following steps.
Simply boot the Solaris install CD and follow the prompts to do a default install. Once your install completes reboot the system and log in. Create an empty directory on the Solaris system and copy the SUNWemlxs-<version>-Solaris10-i386.tar.gz bundle into it via remote media, CDROM or USB-Key. Perform a gunzip on the driver bundle and then un-tar it. "cd" into the resulting directory. This directory will contain a subdirectory called emlxs. The emlxs directory will contain SUNWemlxs.iso, SUNWemlxu.pkg (the FCOE drivers), SUNWemlxs.pkg (the network drivers), a tar file that contains the one connect utility and a readme file. (WARNING some of the instructions in the readme file are incorrect since they were not intended for use against a new installation. Just ignore the readme file for now.)
If when you installed Solaris you configured the network (which now does not work) you will need to down interface(s) which you configured prior to replacing the drivers. You can do this with the following command...
ifconfig oce0 down (The emulex ethernet interfaces are named oce# where oce is the standard name for an emulex interface and # in the number of the interface.
Remove the Emulex drivers with the commands
pkgrm SUNWemlxs (this is the network driver)
pkgrm SUNWemlxu (this the FCOE driver)
Next “cd” to the directory where you unpacked the driver bundle and install the new drivers with the commands...
pkgadd -d SUNWemlxs.pkg
pkgadd -d SSUNWemlxu.pkg
Reboot the server to load the drivers (or manually load the drivers).
If you entered network information as part of the installation then when the system completes it's reboot you should have a working network.
If you did not configure the network as part of the installation once the system is back up you can configure your network interfaces. You have the choice of editing the appropriate files manually or the easier method is to run the command sys-unconfig. The sys-unconfig command erases all of the network information including hostname, routes etc. Then it reboots the system and steps you through the script that the install program uses to configure the network information. Simply follow the prompts to supply appropriate network information.
At this point you should a functioning network and the process is complete.
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09-02-2011 02:47 AM
09-02-2011 02:47 AM
Re: Solaris 10 on G7 blade server network notes
I have BL460cG7 with NC553i.
Installed Solaris 10 (9/10) and Recommended PatchCluster Aug2011.
Network statistics does not work. Becouse of that Veritas Cluser NIC agent can`t moinitor NIC.
root@server # dladm show-link -s
ipackets rbytes ierrors opackets obytes oerrors
oce0 0 0 0 0 0 0
root@server #
root@server # netstat -i
Name Mtu Net/Dest Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Queue
lo0 8232 loopback localhost 940164 0 940164 0 0 0
oce0 1500 server server 0 0 0 0 0 0
root@ora01 # netstat -i -I oce0 1
input oce0 output input (Total) output
packets errs packets errs colls packets errs packets errs colls
0 0 0 0 0 940195 0 940195 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
^C
root@server #
I tried NIC driver from Solaris Distributive (with patches 145954-06 145099-04 145097-03 ) and driver SUNWemlxs-2.55s-solaris10-i386 from HP.COM site.
How I can fix it ?