Monday, August 10, 2009

SUN OBP Commands


Sun SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) Open Boot Prompt Commands

  1. boot boot the OS into runlevel.
  2. boot cdrom booting from cdrom/dvd.
  3. boot -r boot in reconfiguration mode.
  4. boot -s boot in single user mode.
  5. printenv Display all configuration variables.
  6. setenv Set variable to value.
  7. devalias Display all defined aliases.
Some common configuration variables.
  1. auto-boot? Determine if solaris boots on power-on
  2. boot-device value disk or disk:a etc
  3. diag-level Determine the diagnostic level min,max etc.
Open Boot Commands.
  1. probe-scsi provide details of scsi devices.
  2. test-device test all devices self test method.
  3. watch-net test net devices and monitors for bad blocks.
  4. reset-all reset entire system.
  5. .speed show cpu speed and PCI bus speed.
  6. .version show OBP version.