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Installation Guide for the SDMS™ Solaris DMI 2.0  Component Instrumentation

Introduction

The Solaris 7 x86 operating system is designed to run on single or multiple processors. It provides a command line interface environment and a graphical environment that incorporates many high level features. Refer to the Sun Microsystems web site, http://www.sun.com/docs for Solaris 7 x86 documentation and further details.

The SDMS Solaris DMI 2.0 Component Instrumentation (CI) is based on the Distributed Management Interface (DMI) 2.0 standard defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). It runs as a Solaris background process and reports asset and configuration information for the adapters and devices controlled by the SDMS Solaris symhisl device driver. 

The Management Information File (MIF) defines the information for the component that the CI is to report. The component information is divided into groups and each group is further divided into attributes. Any application can use the Application Interface of the DMI Service Layer to access this information.

IMPORTANT: You must install the Solaris Patch #107710-03 or later before installing the Solaris DMI CI Service.

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Features

The SDMS Solaris DMI CI Service provides these features:

  • Initial Release for Solaris 7 x86
  • SYMBIOS2.MIF based on the DMTF: Mass Storage Standard Group Definitions and DMTF Master MIF.

    This Management Information File (MIF) contains the following groups from the MASTER MIF:

ComponentID, SubComponent Software, Worldwide ID FRU, Storage Device, Storage Device Events, Storage Controller, Storage Controller Events, Bus Port, Fibre Channel Bus Port Extensions, Mass Storage Association, Mass Storage Association Events, Bus Port Association, Operational State, Network Adapter Hardware, Event Generation for Power Supply

Symbios Vendor Unique Groups, Symbios Event Polling, Symbios SMART Device, SAF-TE Processor, SAF-TE Controlled Fan, SAF-TE Controlled Power Supply, SAF-TE Controlled Slot, SAF-TE Controlled Temperature Sensor, Network Adapter 802 Port, Network Adapter Hardware Event Generation for Temperature Probe, Event Generation for Fans

  • Rescan mechanism that can generate the following events:

    EventGeneration Storage Devices => Storage Device Error
    EventGeneration Storage Controller => Storage Controller Error
    EventGeneration Mass Storage Association => New Object Detected
    EventGeneration Mass Storage Association => Existing Object Replaced

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Hardware Requirements

The component instrumentation hardware requirements are:

  • Intel Pentium-based system or faster
  • LSI Logic controllers and their associated host adapters, in conjunction with the SDMS Solaris 7 symhisl driver version 4.04 or later:

    -->LSI53C895A (LSI8953U)

    -->LSI53C896 (LSI22190, LSI21002, LSI22902)

    -->LSI53C1010 (LSI22903, LSI21040, LSI8955U, LSI21003)

  • SCSI storage devices that meet SCSI-2 compliance or greater

Note: All LSI Logic devices and host adapters have undergone a name change. They have transitioned from a SYM prefix to an LSI prefix. No name change has occurred for the SDMS Solaris 7 driver.

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Software Requirements

The component instrumentation software requirements are:

  • Solaris 7 x86 operating system or later
  • DMI 2.0 Service Provider installed with Solaris 7 x86 operating system
  • SDMS Solaris symhisl driver version 4.04 or later

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Installation Instructions for the Solaris DMI CI Service

To install the Solaris DMI CI:

  1. Log in as root user.
  1. Locate the Solaris DMI CI files on the SDMS Software Device Drivers and Utilities CD-ROM at:

{CD-ROM Mount Pt.}/drivers/8xx-1010/unixes/solaris/sol_dmi/2.0

  1. Copy the lsidmici.z file to the /tmp directory on your system by typing:

cp <PATH>/lsidmici.z /tmp/LSIdmici.Z

Note: Due to the differences in various file systems, the above destination file (lsidmici.z) may appear in a different case. Since Solaris is case sensitive, the target file must be typed as displayed in the above command in order to proceed with the following steps.

  1. Change to the /tmp directory and uncompress LSIdmici.Z by typing:

cd /tmp

uncompress LSIdmici.Z

  1. Run package add to install the CI service by typing:

pkgadd -d LSIdmici

Follow the message prompt to install the package.

  1. Change to the installed directory and run the setup file by typing:

cd /opt/LSIdmici

./setup

Setup moves the files to the correct system locations and starts the CI service. The setup script file only needs to run once. The CI service will automatically run once the system is started.

To remove the Solaris DMI CI service:

  1. Log in as root user.
  1. Stop the CI service and remove the files from the system locations by typing:

cd /opt/LSIdmici

./remove

  1. Run package remove to remove the CI service from the system by typing:

pkgrm LSIdmici

Follow the message prompt to remove the package.

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