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greek_philosophizer@hotma
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 Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject:
RSC connection for an upgrade
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Is the RSC port useful for doing OS upgrades ?
It would seem like it might be but the documentation says it relies
upon installed software so it is not clear what it would be running
on between OS versions.
I am trying to determine the best way to do a long distance upgrade.
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Gary Mills
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject:
Re: RSC connection for an upgrade
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In <1152561512.285901.149980@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> "greek_philosophizer@hotmail.com" <greek_philosophizer@hotmail.com> writes:
| Quote: | Is the RSC port useful for doing OS upgrades ?
It would seem like it might be but the documentation says it relies
upon installed software so it is not clear what it would be running
on between OS versions.
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Yes, it's excellent for that purpose. It only requires the installed
software for its initial configuration. Once that's done, you have a
remote console and remote administration.
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-Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking- |
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brent.bolin@gmail.com
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject:
Re: RSC connection for an upgrade
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Gary Mills wrote:
| Quote: | In <1152561512.285901.149980@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> "greek_philosophizer@hotmail.com" <greek_philosophizer@hotmail.com> writes:
Is the RSC port useful for doing OS upgrades ?
It would seem like it might be but the documentation says it relies
upon installed software so it is not clear what it would be running
on between OS versions.
Yes, it's excellent for that purpose. It only requires the installed
software for its initial configuration. Once that's done, you have a
remote console and remote administration.
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-Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking-
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Recently had a system that would not go multiuser. Would get to the
point of -
Hit ctrl-d or enter root passwd
The system became unresponsive. The o/s eventually had to be
reinstalled.
The system had a serial console and that was where the
errors/no-response was being seen. The system had an rsc card in it
but it wasn't configured with an IP. The system had to be reloaded
locally.
Isn't there a bootable cd of some sort to accomplish this ? We wanted
the system to be reloaded remotely.
It is also my understanding the IP info is held in firmware.
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Gary Mills
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:
Re: RSC connection for an upgrade
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In <1153252336.824593.168280@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> "B...@gmail.com" <brent.bolin@gmail.com> writes:
| Quote: | Gary Mills wrote:
In <1152561512.285901.149980@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> "greek_philosophizer@hotmail.com" <greek_philosophizer@hotmail.com> writes:
It would seem like it might be but the documentation says it relies
upon installed software so it is not clear what it would be running
on between OS versions.
Yes, it's excellent for that purpose. It only requires the installed
software for its initial configuration. Once that's done, you have a
remote console and remote administration.
The system had a serial console and that was where the
errors/no-response was being seen. The system had an rsc card in it
but it wasn't configured with an IP. The system had to be reloaded
locally.
Isn't there a bootable cd of some sort to accomplish this ? We wanted
the system to be reloaded remotely.
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As far as I know, none of the Solaris CDs or DVDs have the RSC software
included in the boot image. That's what's required to configure the
RSC card. You could create your own, I suppose. You could also add it
to a network boot image. In either case, it has to be done in advance
of an incident that requires a remote console.
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-Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking- |
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