Using USB thumbdrive on M10

Asset ID:	1-71-1921098.1
Update Date:	2018-04-18
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Solution Type Technical Instruction Sure

Solution 1921098.1 : Using USB thumbdrive on M10

Applies to:

Fujitsu M10-1 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Fujitsu M10-4 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Fujitsu M10-4S - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Provide some basic examples of using a USB thumbdrive with Solaris on an M10 machine

Solution

Once Solaris is up, simply plug in the USB thumbdrive into either the front (port 1) or rear (port 0) USB ports. Not the USB port on the XSCFU.

See attached pictures for USB port locations.

You can then check disk usage using the df -kl command. You should see something like this below:

root@m10-4s-ppar0:~# df -k
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
...
....
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2:1 15713272 373176 15340096 3% /media/RootThumbDrive

.........

You can verify the thumbdrive is mounted by typing this:

root@m10-4s-ppar0:~# eject -l

/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2:1 rmdisk,rmdisk0,RootThumbDrive,/media/RootThumbDrive

Use the eject command before removing the thumbdrive:

root@m10-4s-ppar0:~$ eject -l
/dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2:1 rmdisk,rmdisk0,RootThumbDrive,/media/RootThumbDrive
root@m10-4s-ppar0:~$ eject rmdisk0
rmdisk0 /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2:1 unmounted
root@m10-4s-b-ppar0:~$ eject -l
/dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2:1 rmdisk,rmdisk0,RootThumbDrive

PATH_TO_INST Info

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Reloaded fresh OS with no usb thimbdrive installed

With OS running, I inserted the usb thimbdrive NOTE: Two lines get automatically added to path_to_inst after insert.

root@m10-4s-ppar0:/etc# grep -i usb path_to_inst
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1" 0 "ehci"
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2" 0 "hubd"
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@1" 0 "scsa2usb" <---- Line ADDED after insertion
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@1/disk@0,0" 4 "sd" <---- Line ADDED after insertion
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4" 0 "ohci"

After moving the thumbdrive from front (port 1) to rear (port 0) a few times I saw additional lines were added to path_to_inst
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root@m10-4s-ppar0:/etc# grep usb path_to_inst
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1" 0 "ehci"
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2" 0 "hubd"
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2/storage@1" 1 "scsa2usb" <--- Line ADDED
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2/storage@1/disk@0,0" 5 "sd" <--- Line ADDED
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@1" 0 "scsa2usb"
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@1/disk@0,0" 4 "sd"
"/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4" 0 "ohci"

Power cycle with no usb thumbdrive inserted
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ok show-devs
....
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2

inserted thumbdrive in front (port 1) and reset-all
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ok show-devs
....
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2/storage@1
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2/storage@1/dis

inserted thumbdrive in rear (port 0) and reset-all
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ok show-devs
.....
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/hub@2
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@1
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@1/disk

root@m10-4s-ppar0:~# rmformat
Looking for devices...
     1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@1/disk@0,0
        Connected Device: Corsair Flash Voyager    1100
        Device Type: Removable
        Bus: USB
        Size: 15.4 GB
        Label: <None>
        Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.

modinfo | grep -i usb After USB thumbdrive has been hot inserted
100 7ba4e000 141a8 54   1 ehci (USB EHCI Driver)
101 7ba62000 34900   -   1 usba (USBA: USB Architecture 2.0 1.66)
103 7baa4000   f508 155   1 ohci (USB OpenHCI Driver)
128 7bed3dd0    330 84   1 hubd (USB Hub Driver)
267 7b220000   8e08 206   1 scsa2usb (SCSA to USB Driver) <<--- Dynamically loaded upon thumbdrive insertion

For more information see these docs:

External USB-DVD Drive User Guide IO-PRJ/12/0067

System Operation and Administration Guide C120-E679-08EN - Section 4.5 Connecting an external DVD drive

References

<NOTE:1553734.1> - Fujitsu M10-1/M10-4/M10-4S Servers: Booting from an External DVD

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