Hardware

You can display and change the default boot device on a SUN Sparc server from the eeprom console. List the bootable devices with the devalias command, ok devalias cdrom /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/disk@4,0:f net ...
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I needed to find out the type of fiber channel HBA cards installed in the Aix server. Here are the commands I used to find the information, Use the lsdev command to list the fiber channel cards (HBA) installed in the Aix server. Depending on the version of aix one or all of the...
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I tried uploading the Juniper 5GT screenOS file name ns5gt.6.2.0r2.0 via the WebUI interface. But it kept failing with the error message “File too big or empty”. I then had to upgrade the screenOS or firmware through the command line interface of CLI. I downloaded the TFTP server for Windows from Solar...
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Open the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Click on System – Storage – PERC 5/E Adapter (PCI Slot 1) – Connector 0 (RAID) – Enclosure – Physical Disks. This will display all the Disk Drives in the right window. Under the column Available RAID DISK Space, you should be able to determine if there is any unused disk....
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If you do not want to expose your server’s IP address to an external client you can use Network Address Tranalation (NAT) to hide it. For example if your servers IP address is 192.168.0.10 then you can publish it to an external client as 10.0.0.10. The reason you would do this is...
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The Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) communicates via the following ports: 22 Secure Shell, SSH 23 Telnet 80 http 443 https 161 SNMP 3668 Virtual Media Server 5900 Console Redirection 5901 Console Redirection If you have a firewall in between you and the server, ensure that you have the above ports opened.
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The default userid for the Dell remote access card (DRAC) is root and the password is calvin. The DRAC module makes the life of the server administrator easy, you can remotely power cycle the server as if you were standing next to it. You can do pretty much everything as if you were standing...
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When servicing unfamiliar AIX server one of the commands you will find very helpful is lspv. This will display all physical drives installed in the RS/6000 or pSeries server. lspv – list physical volumes, this will display the list of drives installed. hdisk0, hdisk1 etc.
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Here is how I configured a Cisco Pix 506E for remote access.  This is the runnig config, I changed the ip and other info for security reasons.   PIX Version 6.3(5) interface ethernet0 auto interface ethernet1 auto nameif ethernet0 outside security0 nameif ethernet1 inside security100 !— Define the privilege mode password enable password QveUAuiX encrypted !— the telnet password passwd QveUAui encrypted !— Define the...
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I was always a Cisco fan until I came across Netscreen firewall vpn routers. Netscreen was acquired by Juniper networks sometime ago. I was hired to work for a project for Sleep Country Canada, to implement a VPN infrastructure. I did not have a choice but learn how to configure the Netscreen firewall and...
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