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Goal

Creating an eeprom.image file on UE10000 - Sun Ultra Enterprise[TM] 10000

Fix

Steps to Follow
Always backup eeprom.image files to tape or to a system other than the SSP.
(You may also want to keep extra copies of eeprom.image on the SSP's disk.)

The sys_id command in SSP3.5 can handle newly generated hostids.
Older version of SSP software require an SSP patch to sys_id. They are:

SSP Version 	Patch ID   Revision
3.4        110415     -01 or later
3.3        110414     -01 or later
3.2        110413     -01 or later

BACKUP the following directories:

$SSPVAR/.ssp_private/eeprom_save/        (this is the template directory)
$SSPVAR/etc/platform_name/domain_name/   (these are the working copy
directories, one for each domain.)

Where

• "platform_name" is the name of the 10000 platform.
• "domain_name" is the hostname of the 10000 domain. If you have multiple domains, you will have multiple directories (one for each domain) to backup.

To create an eeprom.image file:

1. Obtain hostid or serial number and key.

• If you are recreating an eeprom.image file, these can be found in the materials which shipped with the system.
• If you are creating an eeprom.image for a new domain or have lost your original documentation, contact SunService[SM] to get a new host_id/serial_no and key.
• Each domain will have a unique serial number or hostid and key. For the first domain, you use the serial number and the key; for any additional domains, you use the hostid and the key.

2. cd to the eeprom template directory:

$SSPVAR/.ssp_private/eeprom_save

3. Use sys_id to create the new eeprom.image file:

sys_id -f eeprom.image.domain_name -k key {- s serial_no | -h host_id}

where
* "domain_name" is the host name for the domain.
* "key" is a 20 character string obtained from Sun, case is significant.
* "serial_no" is the serial number for the Starfire[TM] machine, use the serial number only for the first domain. Valid serial numbers are hex numbers in the range 0xA65000 to 0xA70FFF. Use the 0x to specify hex in the sys_id command line.

4. If this is a new domain, use domain_create(1M) to create the domain:

domain_create -d domain_name -b sys_boardlist -o OS_version -p platform_name

Where

• "sys_boardlist" is a list of the boards that comprise the domain.
• "OS_version" is the version of OS the domain will be running.

Domain_create will copy the eeprom.image to the working copy directory.

5. If you are recreating the eeprom.image for an existing domain, copy the
template file to the working copy directory:

cp $SSPVAR/.ssp_private/eeprom_save/eeprom.image. $SSPVAR/etc///eeprom.image 

See sys_id(1M), domain_create(1M), and SSP User's Guide (805-0076) for more
info.

Product
Sun Enterprise 10000 Server

Internal Comments
For Internal Use Only

For details on the supported host-id's, check out bugid 4376375.
With the 5 digit platform serial number, the existing keys

NOTICE: If "new" keys are needed, please enlist the assistance

of a backline E10K engineer. The domain key creation website

is EOL'd. T. Duesler indicated as to date, it has been two years or

more since a new key was requested.

Previously Published As 15092

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