See also Shared Storage System Notes.

See also napp-it.

See also ZFS.

For large-memory systems, choose a larger boot drive because the swap and dump devices take up a lot of space by default.

http://technodrone.blogspot.com/2012/05/openindiana-installation-walkthrough.html

http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Using+OpenIndiana

• How to create network configuration profiles?
• How to configure VLANS?
• How to manipulate Zones?
• How to use ZFS shadow migration?

Solaris 11 Administrator Cheat Sheet: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/solaris-11-cheat-sheet-1556378.pdf

Solaris 11 Package Manager Cheat Sheet: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/ips-one-liners-032011-337775.pdf

A normal 'reboot' command does a fast reboot. This does a full reboot:

reboot -p

Download the CD image and burn it to a disc, or download the USB image and the 1G.header files, then:

cat /path/to/1G.header /path/to/oi-dev-151a7-text-x86.usb | dd bs=1024k of=/dev/sdx

http://blog.allanglesit.com/2012/07/solaris-11-permit-root-logins-locally-and-via-ssh/

Planning for Swap Space: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19963-01/html/821-1459/fsswap-31050.html

Adjusting the Sizes of Your ZFS Swap and Dump Devices: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19963-01/html/821-1448/ggrln.html

You only need a dump device if you need (and usually buy) help from OS devs, example from OmniTi. If so, you may need a larger rpool commensurate with your server's RAM size.

Estimate needed dump space (128GB RAM):

root@stor-01:/root# dumpadm -e
Estimated dump size: 61.5G

Query the current dump device size:

root@stor-01:/root# zfs get volsize rpool/dump
NAME        PROPERTY  VALUE    SOURCE
rpool/dump  volsize   17.7G    local

Change the dump volume size:

zfs get volsize rpool/dump

zfs set volsize=4G rpool/dump

Disable dump and delete the dump volume:

dumpadm -d none
zfs destroy rpool/dump

You can probably skip this section if you are configuring a storage server as the swap space is not pre-allocated.

Note the change in blocks allocated to swap:

swap -lh
swap -d /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap
zfs volsize=4G rpool/swap
swap -a /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap
swap -lh

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19963-01/html/820-6572/managepkgs.html

pkg publisher

pkg unset-publisher opensolaris.org

In addition to the base Operating System repositories, we also add some extra repos:

pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe
pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe-encumbered

http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Upgrading+OpenIndiana

Update the 'pkg' package manager:

pkg install package/pkg

You can then do a trial run image update:

pkg image-update -nv

Run it again without the 'n' flag to actually do the update. This will create a new boot environment.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/E21801/administer.html

beadm list                                    # list BE's
beadm rename <be-name> <new-be-name>          # rename a BE - can't rename active BE
beadm destroy <be-name>                       # delete a BE
beadm activate <be-name>                      # make another BE active on reboot

The 'n' switch is for trial runs. Omit the 'n' to update.

pkg install package/pkg

pkg update -vn

By default, you must log into OI as a regular user before using 'su' to gain 'root' access.

useradd -g staff -d /home/newuser -m -s /bin/bash -c "Full Name" newuser

Make 'newuser' an administrator (sudo privileges):

visudo

Check for errors:

pwck

https://blogs.oracle.com/observatory/en_US/entry/understading_rbac

Allow 'newuser' to 'su' to 'root':

usermod -R root newuser

Solaris 11 networking is significantly different from previous versions.

New tools supersede the older ipconfig and ndd tools:

• dladm
• ipadm
• Changes persist after reboot

Solaris 11 also supports network configuration profiles:

• The Automatic NCP uses DHCP
• The DefaultFixed NCP requires the network interfaces to be manually configured
• New tools:

Getting Started Guide for Solaris 11:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/s11-network-config-1632927.html

http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Static+IP

http://www.rainingpackets.com/configuring-static-ip-openindiana/

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19963-01/html/821-1458/gjwiq.html#gjgob%23scrolltoc

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/solaris-opensolaris-20/how-to-configure-network-with-solaris-221164/

dladm show-phys

dladm show-link

ipadm show-if [interface]

ipadm show-addr [addrobj]

ipadm create-addr -T address-type -a address/prefixlen addrobj

ipadm show-addrprop [-p property] [addrobj]

It seems the latest OI now has this driver and these steps are no longer necessary.

Determine the 'vendor' and 'device' id's that aren't being recognized by the 'ixgbe' driver, then add them to the list:

scanpci

grep ixgbe /etc/driver_aliases

update_drv -a -i "pci8086,1528" ixgbe

ifconfig -a plumb
ifconfig -a

modinfo|grep ixgbe

more /etc/path_to_inst | grep ixgbe

If you are using Napp-IT, use it for assigning IP addresses.

vi /etc/hostname.ixgbe0

10.1.10.5 netmask 255.255.255.0

vi /etc/hostname.ixgbe1

10.1.10.6 netmask 255.255.255.0

vi /etc/inet/hosts

10.1.10.5       10g-eth-1 
10.1.10.6       10g-eth-2

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19254-01/820-7895-11/cggfhffg.html

nano /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf

default_mtu             = 9000;

reboot

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19862-01/820-1606-12/jumbo_fms.html

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2012445

https://blogs.oracle.com/taylor22/entry/nfs_streaming_over_10_gbe

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19254-01/820-7895-11/cggfhffg.html

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1601960

• For optimal network speed, use high quality NICs such as Intel server NICs
• Jumbo frames helps for large data transfers, but it is slower for small data
  • For example a database that read/writes less than 8k chunks
• All devices using jumbo frames should run in their own VLAN
• Set the MTU to 9000

Your NIC may be identified as ixgbe0. If your identifier differs, substitute it appropriately in these commands.

Enable Jumbo Frames using this command:

ndd -set /dev/ixgbe0 accept-jumbo 1

Set the MTU on the adapter to 9000 using this command:

ifconfig ixgbe0 mtu 9000

ipadm set-ifprop mtu 9000

You can test the settings by pinging to and from the machine with 9000 byte packets.

To test from a remote client, run this command:

ping -s 9000 IP_of_Solaris_machine

To test from the Solaris machine, run this command:

ping -s IP_of_another_machine 9000 4

List services:

svcs

After making configuration file changes:

svcadm refresh <servicename>

If services show as 'maintenance' rather than 'online', there is probably a configuration error.

Configure NTP:

cp /etc/inet/ntp.client /etc/inet/ntp.conf

vi /etc/inet/ntp.conf

server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.us.pool.ntp.org
server 2.us.pool.ntp.org
server 3.us.pool.ntp.org

Set the time and enable the NTP daemon:

ntpdate pool.ntp.org

svcadm enable ntp

NTP takes a while to get synchronized. Check the status (on localhost) like this:

ntpq -p

http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/2.1+Post-installation

http://darkstar-solaris.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/zfs-root-mirror.html

List all disks and ZFS pools:

format
<ctrl-C>

cfgadm -s "select=type(disk)"

zpool status rpool

In the following example:

• c5t2d0 is the initial installation drive
• c5t3d0 is the new disk we want to become the mirror
• p0 is entire disk

Create one large partition:

pfexec fdisk -B c5t3d0p0

Set up SMI label with same partitioning as original boot disk:

pfexec prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c5t2d0s2 | pfexec fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c5t3d0s2

Add the second drive to the rpool:

pfexec zpool attach -f rpool c5t2d0s0 c5t3d0s0

Do not continue until the resilver is finished.

Check resilver progress:

zpool status -v rpool

Make the mirror drive bootable:

pfexec installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c5t3d0s0

To boot to the second drive, select it in the BIOS as the first boot device.

reboot -p

• Poweroff
• Reboot

1. vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   1. change permitrootlogin to yes
2. vi /etc/default/login
   1. change line: CONSOLE =/dev/login|console (Comment it out may be better)
3. usermod -K type=normal root
4. reboot

1. Create Solaris parition with format/fdisk on second disk (c3t10d0)
2. copy volumes from disk 0 to disk 1
   1. prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s0 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c3t1d0s0
3. Add second drive to rpool by attaching drive 0 and 1
   1. Zpool attach -f rpool c3t0d0s0 c3t1d0s0
4. Check status: zpool status rpool

1. If no ip addresses exist in ifconfig -a edit /etc/hosts and make sure you have an entry for static ip and hostname.
2. svcadm disable svc:/network/physical:nwam
3. svcadm enable svc:/network/physical:default
4. dladm show-phys

1. dladm rename-link oldname Net.1
2. ipadm create-addr -T static -a 192.168.10.7/24 Net.1/v4
   1. route -p add default 192.168.10.254
3. check for dns server info:
   1. cat /etc/resolv.conf
   2. add our dns with vi if its missing: nameserver 192.168.10.10
4. Check that we are configured to use files and dns for resolution:
   1. cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
   2. vi /etc/nsswitch.conf
      1. put files dns for hosts, ipnodes, and networks.

dladm set-linkprop -p mtu=9000 InterfaceName

Similar terms: NIC Bonding, NIC Teaming

dladm show-link
dladm create-aggr -l Net.LACP.1 -l Net.LACP.2 Net.Team.1
ipadm create-addr -T static -a 192.168.100.7/24 Net.Team.1
dladm modify-aggr -L active -T short Net.Team.1
dladm modify-aggr -P L2 Net.Team.1

Configure cisco to use mode “active”

zpool create tank mirror disk1 disk2
zpool add tank mirror disk3 disk4
zpool add tank mirror disk5 disk6 #etc...

zpool add tank cache disk1
zpool add tank cache disk2

zfs set sync=disabled tank
zfs get sync

svcadm enable svc:/system/stmf:default
zpool list #will tell you capacity, substitute capacity in next line, its currently 20G
zfs create -V 20G tank/ISCSI.tank
sbdadm create-lu /dev/zvol/rdsk/tank/ISCSI.tank
sbdadm list-lu
stmfadm add-view #LUN Name/Number
pkg install -v SUNWiscsit
svcadm enable -r svc:/network/iscsi/target:default
itadm create-target

wget -O - www.napp-it.org/nappit | perl

1. Check what updates are available:

   pfexec pkg image-update -nv

2. apply updates if any are available:

   pfexec pkg image-update -v