How to enable/configure Sun[TM] Remote System Control (RSC) Ethernet Access with Permanent IP Address

Asset ID:	1-71-1009561.1
Update Date:	2012-07-30
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Solution Type Technical Instruction Sure

Solution 1009561.1 : How to enable/configure Sun[TM] Remote System Control (RSC) Ethernet Access with Permanent IP Address

Applies to:

Sun Fire V480 Server
Sun Fire V490 Server
Sun Fire V880 Server
Sun Fire V890 Server
Sun Enterprise 250 Server
All Platforms

Goal

The Sun[TM] Remote System Control (RSC) card allows remote access to the system, independent of Solaris[TM], through the serial or Ethernet interface. The RSC is typicaly configured using the rsc-config script. If the Ethernet port was not configured at that time, the following procedure can be used to set up the Ethernet interface with a permanently assigned IP address.

Solution

Connect/login through the RSC's serial port.

rsc> shownetwork
RSC network configuration is:
Ethernet is disabled. <-- current status is disabled

rsc> show
mail_enabled: false
ip_mode: none <--------- valid values = {none | dhcp | config}
ppp_enabled: false
tpe_link_test: true
serial_baud: 9600
serial_parity: none
serial_stop: 1
serial_data: 8
customerinfo:
ip_addr: 0.0.0.0 <---- not used if ip_mode is not "config"
ip_netmask: 0.0.0.0 <---- not used if ip_mode is not "config"
ip_gateway: 0.0.0.0 <---- not used if ip_mode is not "config"
mailhost:
mailuser:
ppp_local_ip_addr: 0.0.0.0
ppp_remote_ip_addr: 0.0.0.0
hostname:
escape_char: ~

rsc> set ip_mode config
rsc> set ip_addr 10.12.9.95
rsc> set ip_netmask 255.255.255.0
rsc> set ip_gateway 10.12.9.1
rsc> set hostname myv490rsc <---- (optional but highly recommended in multiple system environments)

rsc> show
mail_enabled: false
ip_mode: config <---------------- set but not yet active
ppp_enabled: false
tpe_link_test: true
serial_baud: 9600
serial_parity: none
serial_stop: 1
serial_data: 8
customerinfo:
ip_addr: 10.12.9.95
ip_netmask: 255.255.255.0
ip_gateway: 10.12.9.1
mailhost:
mailuser:
ppp_local_ip_addr: 0.0.0.0
ppp_remote_ip_addr: 0.0.0.0
hostname: myv490rsc
escape_char: ~

rsc> resetrsc
Are you sure you want to reboot RSC (Yes/No)? yes
User Requested RSC Shutdown
Welcome to RSC bootmon v2.2.2

:
: Boot messages deleted, log in again...
:

rsc> shownetwork
RSC network configuration is:
IP Address: 10.12.9.95
Gateway address: 10.12.9.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:4d:9e:89

References

<NOTE:1011888.1> - How to set up and disable the RSC console on Sun Fire[TM] 280R, V480, V490, V880, V890 and V880z servers.

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