EMC INQ utility

The Inquiry utility (INQ) is a command-line troubleshooting utility that displaysinformation on storage devices, typically Symmetrix. By default, INQreturns the device name, Symmetrix ID, Symmetrix LUN, and capacity. Thisutility will operate independently of any other EMC software. Use the INQUtility to collect system information to provide to EMC Global Servicesfor problem troubleshooting.
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fcinfo command missing in Solaris 10 3/05

fcinfo command appeared only from Solaris 10 u1  ( Solaris 10 1/06).
If you have it missing, that chances are you have the old Solaris 10 version.
bash-3.00# cat /etc/release                         Solaris 10 3/05 s10_74L2a SPARC           Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.                        Use is subject to license terms.                            Assembled 22 January 2005

fcinfo command is provided [...]

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Troubleshooting hardware problem in Solaris with Fault Management Tools

Solaris 10 comes with Solaris Fault management Facility which defines error messages in a well-defined and explicit format.
Below is a sample of such error message

Use fmdump to find error memory module
bash-3.00# fmdump -v -u cle6c844-8789-ed25-b8b2-cc507318a20f
TIME                 UUID                                 SUNW-MSG-ID
Aug 04 13:41:20.6073 bde3afe6-3bb8-c6a2-fbb2-822b0b879b50 SUN4U-8000-35
95%  fault.memory.bank
Problem in: mem:///unum=Slot,A:J8100,J8101,J8201,J8200
Affects: mem:///unum=Slot,A:J8100,J8101,J8201,J8200
FRU: mem:///unum=Slot,A:J8100,J8101,J8201,J8200
The FRU line declares the part which needs to be [...]

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Find Solaris Chasis Serial Number

Sneep provides a persistent, software-accessible Chassis Serial Number (CSN) for virtually all Sun Solaris hardware platforms. Sneep uses the system EEPROM for storage of the Chassis Serial Number and any other important user-defined data such as asset, contract, or location information. The presence of the software-accessible serial number and other service-related information can significantly simplify [...]

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Label multiple disks in Solaris

The following tricks shows you how to label multiple disks with the same disk geometry using prtvtoc and fmthard commands.
# for i in 3 4 5
> do
> prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 | fmthard -s – /dev/rdsk/c3t${i}d0s2
> done
fmthard: New volume table of contents now in place.fmthard: New volume table of contents now in place.fmthard: New volume table [...]

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