Most Commonly used RSC commands (Cheat sheet)

Connecting console and logging out

RSC> console
RSC> logout

Use “~.” to come out of the OS login, back to RSC. In case the escape character ~. doesn’t work check for the escape character from OS :

# /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/rscadm show escape_char
escape_char=”#.”

If the console is busy fire either of the command from RSC and OS respectively :

RSC> resetrsc
# /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/rscadm resetrsc

User Administration

RSC> usershow  user_name                   --- shows characteristics of user
RSC> useradd user_name                     --- Add RSC user
RSC> userpassword user_name                --- Set/change user password
RSC> userdel user_name                     --- Delete a RSC user
RSC> userperm user_name                    --- Set authorization for a user
RSC> password                              --- changes your password

Poweron/Poweroff/Break/Reset Commands

RSC> poweron          --- Power on the server
RSC> poweroff         --- Power off the server
RSC> break            --- Sends break signal to OS
RSC>resetrsc          --- Resets RSC immediately
RSC>reset             --- resets server immediately

Network related Commands

To set RSC IP address from OS rscadm command

# ./rscadm set ip_mode config
# ./rscadm set ip_addr 192.168.1.10
# ./rscadm set ip_netmask 255.255.255.0
# ./rscadm set ip_gateway 192.168.1.1
# ./rscadm resetrsc

We can also use the rsc-config script ( # /usr/platform/`uname -i`/rsc/rsc-config ) to configure the IP address. To set the RSC IP address from RSC cli :

RSC> set ip_addr 192.168.1.10
RSC> set ip_netmask 255.255.255.0
RSC> set ip_gateway 192.168.1.1
RSC> resetrsc

Errors/logs capturing commands

RSC> help
RSC> showenvironment
RSC> consolehistory
RSC> consolehistory boot  -- most recent POST and boot messages
RSC> consolehistory run  ---> most recent data received fro server OS
RSC> loghistory
RSC> show
RSC> showsc

Other Commands

RSC> showlocator        --- shows locator LED status (V480 only)
RSC> setlocator         --- Turn the system locator LED on or off (V480 only)
RSC> shownetwork        --- shows current RSC network configuration
RSC> date               --- Display/set current date and time 
RSC> showdate           --- shows current date and time
RSC> version            --- Reports the RSC version

OS commands to manage RSC

Solaris rscadm subcommands: (path = # /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/rscadm)

help               --- Displays a list of rscadm commands
date               --- Displays/sets the current time and date
set                --- Sets a configuration variable
show               --- Displays configuration variables
shownetwork        --- Shows current RSC network configuration
loghistory         --- shows log history
resetrsc           --- Resets RSC immediately
useradd            --- Adds an RSC user account
userdel            --- Deletes an RSC user account
usershow           --- Shows characteristics of an RSC user account
userpassword       --- Sets/changes a user's password
userperm           --- Sets the authorization for a user
version            --- Reports the RSC version on the host
status             --- Same as the version -v command

OBP commands

ok> rsc-hard-reset      --- perform a hard RSC reset
ok> rsc-soft-reset      --- perform a soft RSC reset
ok> .rsc                --- displays RSC info

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