creating an eeprom.image file on UE10000 - Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000

Asset ID:	1-71-1001413.1
Update Date:	2012-07-30
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Solution 1001413.1 : creating an eeprom.image file on UE10000 - Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000

Applies to:

Sun Enterprise 10000 Server
All Platforms

Goal

Creating an eeprom.image file on UE10000 - Sun Ultra Enterprise[TM] 10000

Solution

Steps to Follow
Always backup eeprom.image files to tape or to a system other than the SSP.
(You may also want to keep extra copies of eeprom.image on the SSP's disk.)

The sys_id command in SSP3.5 can handle newly generated hostids.
Older version of SSP software require an SSP patch to sys_id. They are:

SSP Version 	Patch ID   Revision
3.4        110415     -01 or later
3.3        110414     -01 or later
3.2        110413     -01 or later

BACKUP the following directories:

$SSPVAR/.ssp_private/eeprom_save/        (this is the template directory)
$SSPVAR/etc/platform_name/domain_name/   (these are the working copy
directories, one for each domain.)

Where

"platform_name" is the name of the 10000 platform.
"domain_name" is the hostname of the 10000 domain. If you have multiple domains, you will have multiple directories (one for each domain) to backup.

To create an eeprom.image file:

1. Obtain hostid or serial number and key.

If you are recreating an eeprom.image file, these can be found in the materials which shipped with the system.
If you are creating an eeprom.image for a new domain or have lost your original documentation, contact SunService[SM] to get a new host_id/serial_no and key.
Each domain will have a unique serial number or hostid and key. For the first domain, you use the serial number and the key; for any additional domains, you use the hostid and the key.

2. cd to the eeprom template directory:

$SSPVAR/.ssp_private/eeprom_save

3. Use sys_id to create the new eeprom.image file:

sys_id -f eeprom.image.domain_name -k key {- s serial_no | -h host_id}

where
* "domain_name" is the host name for the domain.
* "key" is a 20 character string obtained from Sun, case is significant.
* "serial_no" is the serial number for the Starfire[TM] machine, use the serial number only for the first domain. Valid serial numbers are hex numbers in the range 0xA65000 to 0xA70FFF. Use the 0x to specify hex in the sys_id command line.

4. If this is a new domain, use domain_create(1M) to create the domain:

domain_create -d domain_name -b sys_boardlist -o OS_version -p platform_name

Where

"sys_boardlist" is a list of the boards that comprise the domain.
"OS_version" is the version of OS the domain will be running.

Domain_create will copy the eeprom.image to the working copy directory.

5. If you are recreating the eeprom.image for an existing domain, copy the
template file to the working copy directory:

cp $SSPVAR/.ssp_private/eeprom_save/eeprom.image. $SSPVAR/etc///eeprom.image

See sys_id(1M), domain_create(1M), and SSP User's Guide (805-0076) for more
info.

Product
Sun Enterprise 10000 Server

Internal Comments
For Internal Use Only

For details on the supported host-id's, check out bugid 4376375.
With the 5 digit platform serial number, the existing keys

NOTICE: If "new" keys are needed, please enlist the assistance

of a backline E10K engineer. The domain key creation website

is EOL'd. T. Duesler indicated as to date, it has been two years or

more since a new key was requested.

Previously Published As 15092

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