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4.6.13 Using Remote Storage From Oracle Solaris


4.6.13 Using Remote Storage From Oracle Solaris
This section describes examples of using remote storage.
The descriptions of the following two examples pertain to the SPARC M10-1:
- Installing Oracle Solaris

- Switching media
Installing Oracle Solaris
As described below, this example installs Oracle Solaris in the SPARC M10-1 control domain.
  1. Execute the console command from the XSCF shell to switch to the control domain console that is at the ok prompt.
    The following example shows switching to the control domain console of physical partition#0.
XSCF> console -p 0
  1. Install Oracle Solaris from the target media in the CD/DVD drive.
    The following example shows a check of the currently set device aliases and the specification of a checked device alias. If the alias number is omitted, the smaller LSB number is used from storage.
{0} ok devalias
{0} ok boot rcdrom
  1. The following example shows a specified device path.
{0} ok boot /pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/usb@4,1/storage@3/disk@0
Note - For details on the device paths of SPARC M12/M10 models, see "Appendix A Lists of SPARC M12/M10 System Device Paths." For details on device aliases, see "Appendix J Lists of DVD Drive Aliases."
Switching Media
The procedure described here executes the eject command from Oracle Solaris to switch the media of the CD/DVD drive or ISO image used with remote storage.
Note - To switch media, execute the eject command from Oracle Solaris. Remote storage does not support media switching that uses the Eject button on the CD/DVD drive of a terminal. If media is switched using the Eject button, changes in data size may not be recognized, and a warning message may be output. In this case, execute the eject command first. Then, in XSCF Remote Storage Server, you need to click the [Run] button again.
  1. Execute the console command from the XSCF shell to switch to the control domain console where Oracle Solaris is operating.
    The following example shows switching to the control domain console of physical partition#0.
XSCF> console -p 0
  1. Use the eject command to remove the target media.
    With the eject command, you can display device names and a corresponding list of nicknames by specifying an option. The following example shows the -l option specified in the eject command, when using Oracle Solaris 11.
# eject -l
/dev/dsk/c4t0d0s2 cdrom,cdrom0,cd,cd0,DISC-LABEL,/media/DISC-LABEL
  1. The following example shows the specified /media on the remote storage device.
# eject /media/DISC-LABEL
  1. When performed, this operation displays the [Information] screen for XSCF Remote Storage Server as shown in Figure 4-21. Click the [OK] button to return to the [XSCF Remote Storage Server] screen.
Figure 4-21  [Information] Screen
Figure 4-21  [Information] Screen
  1. Each line of Status, Selected media, and XSCF IP Address at the top of the [XSCF Remote Storage Server] screen is refreshed as shown below. For the meanings of Status, see "4.6.11 Status of XSCF Remote Storage Server."
    Status Ejected

    Selected media None

    XCP IP Address None
Note - For details on the device paths and device aliases of each SPARC M12/M10 model, see "Appendix A Lists of SPARC M12/M10 System Device Paths" and "Appendix J Lists of DVD Drive Aliases," respectively.
  1. Switch the media in the CD/DVD drive, or reselect the ISO image.
  2. Click the [Refresh] button on the [XSCF Remote Storage Server] screen, and select the CD/DVD drive.
    Clicking the [Refresh] button will refresh the System drives information on the screen. The Selected media information on the screen is refreshed when a CD/DVD drive is selected again.
  1. Each line of Status, Selected media, and XSCF IP Address at the top of the [XSCF Remote Storage Server] screen is refreshed as shown below.
    Status Ejected

    Selected media Selected media path

    XCP IP Address None
  1. Click the [Run] button on the [XSCF Remote Storage Server] screen.
    This operation allows the use of the target media of the terminal used with remote storage.
  1. Each line of Status, Selected media, and XSCF IP Address at the top of the [XSCF Remote Storage Server] screen is refreshed as shown below.
    Status Connected

    Selected media Selected media path

    XCP IP Address Physical IP address of specified XSCF-LAN
Note - To switch media at the ok prompt, perform the following procedure.

2. Switch the media in the CD/DVD drive, or reselect the ISO image.