How to clear selective settings of the Sun Fire[TM] system controller

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Solution 1007833.1 : How to clear selective settings of the Sun Fire[TM] system controller

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Description
This document describes a way to selectively clear settings of the Sun Fire[TM] system controller and specifies which settings may be cleared in this way.

This method allows clearing of erroneous settings for some parameters without clearing the whole configuration.

Steps to Follow
There are many situations when a system administrator or support engineer needs to clear a parameter setting on the system controller.

The most straightforward way to do this it to use setdefaults command but this command will clear the entire configuration of the system controller and it is not always convenient. There is a way to clear selective settings without clearing the whole configuration.

In order to clear particular parameter of the system controller type a dash (-) as a response for a relevant question of setupplatform or setupdomain command.

kremlin-sc0:SC> showplatform -p network

The system controller is configured to be on a network.
Network settings: static
Hostname: kremlin-sc0
IP Address: 129.145.23.230
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 129.145.23.250
DNS Domain: example.org
Primary DNS Server: 129.145.23.50
Secondary DNS Server: 129.145.24.50
Connection type: telnet
Idle connection timeout : No timeout
kremlin-sc0:SC>
kremlin-sc0:SC> setupplatform -p network

Network Configuration
---------------------
Is the system controller on a network? [yes]:
Use DHCP or static network settings? [static]:
Hostname [kremlin-sc0]:
IP Address [129.145.23.230]:
Netmask [255.255.255.0]:
Gateway [129.145.23.250]:
DNS Domain [example.org]: -
Primary DNS Server [129.145.23.50]: -
Secondary DNS Server [129.145.24.50]: -

To enable remote access to the system controller, select "ssh" or "telnet".

Connection type (ssh, telnet, none) [telnet]:

Rebooting the SC is required for changes in the above network settings to take  effect.

Idle connection timeout (in minutes; 0 means no timeout) [0]:

kremlin-sc0:SC>
kremlin-sc0:SC> showplatform -p network

The system controller is configured to be on a network.
Network settings: static
Hostname: kremlin-sc0
IP Address: 129.145.23.230
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 129.145.23.250
DNS Domain:
Primary DNS Server:
Secondary DNS Server:
Connection type: telnet
Idle connection timeout : No timeout
kremlin-sc0:SC>

For system controllers of Sun Fire[TM] 3800-6800/E4900/E6900 servers the following parameters may be cleared selectively in this way:

Default Gateway
DNS Domain
Primary DNS Server
Secondary DNS Server
Log Host
Log Facility
SNTP Server
Logical IP
SNMP Platform Description
SNMP Platform Contact
SNMP Platform Location
SNMP Domain Description
SNMP Domain Contact
SNMP Trap Host
SNMP Public Community String
SNMP Private Community String
Hardware ACLs

Product
Sun Fire E6900 Server
Sun Fire E4900 Server
Sun Fire 6800 Server
Sun Fire 4810 Server
Sun Fire 4800 Server
Sun Fire 3800 Server

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Date: 2006-01-25
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