Tag Archives: SC

Fix Garbled Solaris Console

If ever you encounter a console with output such as below, it can be easily be remedied by fixing the /etc/ttydefs file.

ttymon: unable to find <console> in "/etc/ttydefs"
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
ü ×AÒNÉNG                                                                    ü
ü Ôèe ðroçráíó áîä äátá ótoreä oî tèió óùóteí áre liceîóeä to¬ or áre        ü
ü ðriöáte ðroðertù of¬ ÔÅÌUS áîä áre láwfõllù áöáiláâle oîlù to áõtèoriúeä   ü
ü õóeró for áððroöeä ðõrðoóeó.  Uîáõtèoriúeä ácceóó to áîù ðroçráí or äátá   ü
ü oî tèió óùóteí ió îot ðeríitteä¬
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
ü ×AÒNÉNG                                                                    ü
ü Ôèe ðroçráíó áîä äátá ótoreä oî tèió óùóteí áre liceîóeä to¬ or áre        ü
ü ðriöáte ðroðertù of¬ ÔÅÌUS áîä áre láwfõllù áöáiláâle oîlù to áõtèoriúeä   ü
ü õóeró for áððroöeä ðõrðoóeó.  Uîáõtèoriúeä ácceóó to áîù ðroçráí or äátá   ü
ü oî tèió óùóteí ió îot ðeríitte䬠áîä áîù õîáõtèoriúeä ácceóó âeùoîä tèió   ü
ü ðoiît íáù leáä to ðroóecõtioî áîä¯or äióciðliîárù áctioî.                  ü
ü Ôèió óùóteí íáù  âe íoîitoreä át áîù tiíe for oðerátioîál reáóoîó.         ü
ü Éf ùoõ áre îot áî áõtèoriúeä õóer¬ äo îot átteíðt to loç oî.               ü
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SÅÏS: Òeótoreä ótrrèeáä rðõt×AÒNÉNG: locëä: cáîîot coîtáct ótátä
(error ´©¬ coîtiîõiîç×AÒNÉNG: óöc_tli_ëcreáte:
xðrt_reçióter fáileä×AÒNÉNG: locëä: cáîîot coîtáct ótátä

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Clearing FMA faults on Oracle / Sun Fire T1000/T2000

After replacing a defective part on a Sun Fire T1000/T2000 boxes, we need to clear the FMA Faults. There are two ways that we can achieve this task – via the System Controller (SC) or Solaris OS. I usually prefer the path because there is no downtime required but there would be times that we need to do it on the OS side.

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Available Commands for Sun / Oracle ALOM

There are times that we really rely on the manual (man) pages when it comes to getting the right options for a certain command under UNIX boxes. But when it comes to Sun/Oracle Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) we can count on with the help command. Here are the commands that you can have with Sun/Oracle Advanced Lights Out Manager.

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