Instructions to set up the Network Share Volume and Diagnostics from a Solaris[TM] system

Asset ID:	1-71-1007825.1
Update Date:	2012-07-30
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Solution 1007825.1 : Instructions to set up the Network Share Volume and Diagnostics from a Solaris[TM] system

Applies to:

Sun Fire V20z Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire V40z Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire V20z Compute Grid Rack System - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms
***Checked for relevance on 16-May-2012***

Goal

The following instructions describe how to setup the NSV (Network Share Volume) and run diagnostics from an NFS (Network File System) server.

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Description

The NFS server can be any server that supports NFS and is connected to the same network as the Service Processor. The SP (Service Processor) will NFS mount the shared file system from the designated NFS server. The NSV packages can be obtained from the CD that was included with the server, or from My Oracle Support.

Steps to Follow
The following are the NSV Packages:

nsv_V2.1.0.x.zip: SP and platform diagnostics with some support for the SP.
nsv-redhat_V2.1.0.x.zip: Red Hat packages.
nsv-solaris9_V2.1.0.x.zip: Solaris[TM] 9 packages.
nsv-suse_V2.1.0.x.zip: Suse Packages.

Step 1. On the NFS server, copy the NSV packages to the /mnt/nsv/ directory and extract(unzip) all the files in this directory. The following directories should have been created:

/mnt/nsv/diags
/mnt/nsv/logs
/mnt/nsv/snmp
/mnt/nsv/spupdate

Note: If you will be running the diagnostics, you must set permissions to the following directories:

nfserver# chmod 777 /mnt/nsv/diags/<NSV_version_number>/scripts
nfsserver# chmod -R 755 /mnt/nsv/diags/<NSV_version_number>/mppc

Step 2. Start the NFS share of the directory by doing the following:

nfserver# cd /usr/lib/nfs :Directory of the NFS binaries.

nfserver# ./mountd :Mount daemon is the RPC server that answers requests for NFS access information and file system mount requests

nfserver# ./nfsd :The daemon that handles client file system requests.

nfserver# share /mnt/nsv :Shares the /mnt/nsv file system.

nfserver# share :Command to show what file systems are being shared.

Example:

 - 	/mnt/nsv	rw	??

Step 3. Mount the /mnt/nsv filesystem to the Service Processor.

Log onto the SP.

 nfserver# ssh -l <username> <SP-IP address>

Mount the /mnt/nsv filesystem to the SP.

 localhost# sp add mount -r <NFS-server-IP-address>:/mnt/nsv -l /mnt

Step 4. Confirm that the remote file system is mounted.

 localhost# sp get mounts

Step 5. You can now run the diags commands from the service processor to run diagnostics on the platform. Please reference the Sun Fire[TM] V20z and Sun Fire[TM] V40z Servers User Guide for more details.

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