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Goal

Solution

References

Applies to:

Goal

 Configure Solaris to allow snapshot data collection over the ethernet/usb internal interconnect for ILOM without a configured network management interface.

Solution

ILOM provides a mechanism to gather a snapshot which contains diagnostic data useful for support services, which usually means that gathering a snapshot is not possible when there is no network connection to the SP.

ILOM 3.0.12 with Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.2 or with Solaris 11 provides support for the USB over Ethernet interconnect (usbecm), providing an internal connection between the host and the SP.

Using this interconnect makes it possible to gather a snapshot even when the SP is not on an external network.

Solaris 10

Install Oracle Hardware Management Pack (Oracle HMP)

Please refer to the Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation for installation and configuration information.

Configure ilom interconnect

     /usr/sbin/ilomconfig enable interconnect

Then verify the interconnect is correctly configured;

     /usr/sbin/ilomconfig list interconnect

     Interconnect
     ============
     State: enabled
     Type: USB Ethernet
     SP Interconnect IP Address: 169.254.182.76
     Host Interconnect IP Address: 169.254.182.77
     Interconnect Netmask: 255.255.255.0
     SP Interconnect MAC Address: 02:21:28:57:47:16
     Host Interconnect MAC Address: 02:21:28:57:47:17

Remove the bundled s10 ipmitool packages

     pkgrm SUNWipmi
     pkgrm SUNWipmir

Install HMP ipmitool

     pkgadd -d . {HMP_packages}/ipmitool

Confirm the ipmitool version is 1.8.10.4;

     /usr/bin/ipmitool -V
     ipmitool version 1.8.10.4



Solaris 11

The ethernet over USB interconnect is configured by default with Solaris 11, use the following command to confirm it is enabled;

     /usr/sbin/ilomconfig list interconnect

     Interconnect
     ============
     State: enabled
     Type: USB Ethernet
     SP Interconnect IP Address: 169.254.182.76
     Host Interconnect IP Address: 169.254.182.77
     Interconnect Netmask: 255.255.255.0
     SP Interconnect MAC Address: 02:21:28:57:47:16
     Host Interconnect MAC Address: 02:21:28:57:47:17

Download the latest Oracle Hardware Management Pack for Solaris 11 from the Oracle Support Portal

     My Oracle Support Portal > Patches & Updates > Product or Family search > "Oracle Hardware Management Pack"

Install the version of ipmitool bundled with Oracle HMP, for example;

     pkg install -g file:///{oracle-hmp-2.2.3b location}/oracle-hmp-2.2.3b-SunOS-5.11.p5p hmp-ipmitool

The default install location is under /opt/ipmitool/sbin/ipmitool and does not require removal of the Solaris bundled version of ipmitool.

Confirm the ipmitool version is 1.8.10.4;

     /opt/ipmitool/sbin/ipmitool -V
     ipmitool version 1.8.10.4


Running snapshot using ipmitool

Solaris 10

Connect to the Service Processor;

/opt/bin/ipmitool sunoem cli

Alternatively ssh to the Service Processor over the internal ethusb interconnect;

ssh root@169.254.182.76

Start the snapshot collection;

set /SP/diag/snapshot dump_uri=sftp://{user}@169.254.182.77/{path}

Solaris 11

Connect to the Service Processor;

/opt/ipmitool/sbin/ipmitool sunoem cli

Alternatively ssh to the Service Processor over the internal ethusb interconnect;

ssh root@169.254.182.76

Start the snapshot collection;

set /SP/diag/snapshot dump_uri=sftp://{user}@169.254.182.77/{path}

To confirm snapshot is in progress from the Solaris host;

     ipmitool sunoem cli "show /SP/diag/snapshot"

     Connected. Use ^D to exit.
     -> show /SP/diag/snapshot

      /SP/diag/snapshot
         Targets:

         Properties:
             dataset = normal
             dump_uri = (Cannot show property)
             encrypt_output = false
             result = Running

         Commands:
             cd
             set
             show

     -> Session closed
     Disconnected

And once complete;

     ipmitool sunoem cli "show /SP/diag/snapshot"

     Connected. Use ^D to exit.
     -> show /SP/diag/snapshot

      /SP/diag/snapshot
         Targets:

         Properties:
             dataset = normal
             dump_uri = (Cannot show property)
             encrypt_output = false
             result = Collecting data into sftp://root:*****@169.254.182.77/var/tmp/t4-2_10.163.227.202_2013-01-08T15-12-54.zip
     Snapshot Complete.
     Done.


         Commands:
             cd
             set
             show

     -> Session closed
     Disconnected

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