Sun SPARC[TM] Enterprise M3000, M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000: The Output of XSCF's command showdomainstatus May Cause Confusion.

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Update Date:	2017-11-08
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Solution 1376822.1 : Sun SPARC[TM] Enterprise M3000, M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000: The Output of XSCF's command showdomainstatus May Cause Confusion.

Applies to:

Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000-32 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000-64 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

The "showdomainstatus -a" command on XSCF displays different states even though both domains are at the ok> prompt:

XSCF> showdomainstatus -a
DID         Domain Status
00          OpenBoot Execution Completed
01          Booting/OpenBoot PROM prompt
02          -
03          -

Solution

These are the correct states: domain 0 is powered off and on, while domain 01 was brought down from the O.S.

XSCF> showdomainstatus -a
DID         Domain Status
00          OpenBoot Execution Completed    <--- Domain powered off and then on, or "reset-all" performed while at ok prompt
01          Booting/OpenBoot PROM prompt    <--- Domain brought down with init 0 etc...
02          -
03          -

Man pages of the showdomainstatus command adds some details:

Initialization Phase: OpenBoot PROM initialization is in progress.
OpenBoot Execution Completed: The system is in the OpenBoot PROM (ok prompt) state.
Booting/OpenBoot PROM prompt: The Oracle Solaris OS is booting. Or due to the domain shutdown or reboot, the system is in the OpenBoot PROM running state or is suspended in the OpenBoot PROM (ok prompt) state.
Running: The Oracle Solaris OS is running

Check man pages directly for further domain states description.

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Keywords: showdomainstatus Mx000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 M9000-32 M9000-64 OpenBoot Execution Completed Booting/OpenBoot PROM prompt

Internal Section

This Doc has been created from SR 3-4851227481

Some tests results on M5000 platform available here.

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