HP 10.10 DVD Network boot

Here is my entry for my pxe menu

LABEL HP_FWDVD_10.10
MENU LABEL 6)  Automatic Firmware Update Version 10.10
KERNEL /hpcd/10v/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/hpcd/10v/hpfw-1010-initrd.img media=net rw root=/dev/ram0 d3bug ramdisk_size=782392 init=/bin/init loglevel=3 ide=nodma ide=noraid nopat pnpbios=off vga=791 splash=silent hp_fibre showopts noexec32=off numa=off nox2apic TYPE=AUTOMATIC iso1=nfs://IP/exports/hp/FW1010.iso iso1mnt=/mnt/bootdevice pci=bfsort


To fix the initrd

mkdir /tmp/initrd.fix
cd /tmp/initrd.fix
gunzip -c /data/kickstart/images/hpfw-1010/system/initrd.img | cpio -i
sed -i 's/NET_MODULES=.*$/NET_MODULES="e100 e1000 igb qlcnic tg3 bnx2 bnx2x"/' etc/initrd.functions
sed -i 's/dhcpcd -t 45/dhcpcd -L -t 30/' sbin/netconfig.sh
find . | cpio  --create --'format=newc'  | gzip > /data/kickstart/tftpboot/hpfw-1010-initrd.img


info from here 
 http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/ITRC-ProLiant-Deployment/PXE-Boot-Image-from-an-ISO/m-p/5681899#M9269




Here is a copy of the hpfw-1010-initrd.img patched

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21180906/HP/10.10/hpfw-1010-initrd.img

Random single user mode stuff

How to boot s390x in single user mode


Connected to server x.x.x.x

zPXE MENU
---------
** Error connecting to server: no profiles found **
1. Exit to CMS shell [IPL CMS]

Enter Choice -->
or press to boot from disk [DASD 2xxx]

Booting from DASD 2xxx...
00: zIPL v1.8.2-36.el6 interactive boot menu
00:
00:  0. default (2.6.32-131.39.1.el6.s390x)
00:
00:  1. 2.6.32-131.39.1.el6.s390x.debug
00:  2. 2.6.32-131.39.1.el6.s390x
00:  3. 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.s390x.debug
00:  4. linux-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.s390x
00:
00: Note: VM users please use '#cp vi vmsg '
00:


#cp vi vmsg  1 single       // should do the trick



How to boot ppc64 in single user mode

When grub is used this part is pretty simple.
But when yaboot is used its a little different


Config file read, 1024 bytes

Welcome
Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13 (Red Hat 1.3.13-14.el5)
Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
boot:


linux single  // should do the trick
                     // came across another time where selinux blew up . used enforcing=0



How to boot arm in single user mode

coming soon

Network boot HPS update cd

Here is what my working pxe entry looks like



LABEL HP_FWDVD_9.30
MENU LABEL 5)  Manual Firmware Update Version 9.30
KERNEL /hpcd/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/hpcd/initrd.img media=cdrom rw root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=815744 init=/bin/init loglevel=3 ide=nodma ide=noraid nopat pnpbios=off vga=791 splash=silent hp_fibre showopts noexec32=off numa=off nox2apic TYPE=MANUAL iso1=nfs://yourhost/exports/hp/FW930.iso iso1mnt=/mnt/bootdevice

Network speed tests in house -- (edited)

Server Seagate dockstar 1GB port hosting 1GB file via http

Download command
 wget --output-document=/dev/null http://host/disk.img

Clients

T510 fedora Wired


 HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

20% [===>  224,403,456 50.7MB/s  eta 16s


 T510 fedora wireless with airlink wireless N

 HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

 0% [             ] 4,665,175    869KB/s  eta 19m 42

OLPC using usb 10/100 linksys


HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

 0% [          ] 3,056,447    809KB/s  eta 22m 38s

Odroidu2 Wired (10/100 NIC)


HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

 5% [=======>    ] 63,779,235  11.2MB/s  eta 86s

Rpie Wired (10/100 NIC)

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 2% [==>   ] 29,108,451  6.22M/s  eta 2m 31s


Readynas Wired (GB NIC)

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 0% [>     ] 8,814,592   1.79M/s  eta 9m 33s 


Netgear Stora Wired (GB NIC)

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

17% [===========>     ] 192,380,928 39.7M/s  eta 22s


wdlive wifi airlink wireless N ( went from 200k to 800K)
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 1% [>         ] 13,298,607   569K/s  eta 32m 31s

wdlive hard wire (cat 6 cable)
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

 1% [                                       ] 11,470,775  1.08M/s  eta 15m 31s

What did all this tell me. That  my wifi card on airlink wireless N sucks, and that I need to tweak my wifi settings a lot. Another note the wdlive box has terrible network performance

Showing All nics with link using bash

 # for i in $(cat /proc/net/dev | grep ':' | cut -d ':' -f 1); do echo "Interface : $i" "  $(ethtool $i | grep Link)"; done
Interface : lo          Link detected: yes
Interface : virbr0-nic          Link detected: no
Interface : virbr0      Link detected: no
Interface : em1         Link detected: no
Interface : wlan0       Link detected: yes

tf101 usb battery

A while back I got this "Rechargeable Laptop Battery" from a brookstone outlet a few months ago for about 35$. Not bad since its 145.

http://www.brookstone.com/U2O-Battery-Laptop

So here is what I did to it to make it work for my tf101. The pictures are pretty self explanatory

Download a script and run it and log output

Run on box a

ssh root@carebears-hv-01.pony.com "wget http://unicorn.com/test " -O - | sh - 2>&1 | tee log_file.txt"

File on box b "unicorn"

##cat test
#!/bin/sh

echo "this is a test"

output on box c "carebears"

# cat log_file.txt
this is a test

Look its magic

ppc64 lpar vios stuff

 Vios stuff

shows state of lpars

lssyscfg -r lpar -F lpar_id,name,state


activate lpars
chsysstate -o on -b norm -r lpar -n name

find out the name of the managed system
 lssyscfg -r sys -F name

Change the name of a managed system
chsyscfg -r sys -m Server-8406-xx-SNxxxxx -i "new_name=xxxx-xxxxx-xx-01"


 ppc64 lpar vios nic settings

remove bad settings

$ oem_setup_env
# ifconfig enX down detach
# rmdev -dl enX
# rmdev -dl entX
# rm dev -dl etX
# cfgmgr


find out your cards

 $ lsdev | head -n 28


show your mapping to sea nics

$ lsmap -net -all


mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent4 -default ent4 -defaultid 1


mkvdev -sea ent1 -vadapter ent5 -default ent5 -defaultid 123

chdev -dev ent0 -attr state=up -restoreroute


Use smit to start dhcp on the nic



get macs


entstat en3

How to get serial numbers from a sun box

How to get serial numbers from a sun box

bash-3.2# smbios -t SMB_TYPE_SYSTEM
ID    SIZE TYPE
1     159  SMB_TYPE_SYSTEM (system information)
  Manufacturer: Sun Microsystems
  Product: Sun -----
  Version:                                
  Serial Number:xxxx                    
  UUID: ff200008-ffff-ffff-ffff-xxxxxxxxx
  Wake-Up Event: 0x6 (power switch)
  SKU Number: xxxxxxxxx        
  Family: Sun ---

Another good command 

prtdiag -v

dns and dhcp loops of death

 dhcp loop fun

for i in {1..2};do  index=$(($i+28-1)); echo -e "\t\thost war-vm-$i.super.mega.ultra.pony.com {\n\t\t\thardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:$index;\n\t\t\tfixed-address war-vm-$i.super.mega.ultra.pony.com;\n\t\t}"; done

Give you this sexy output


host war-vm-1.super.mega.ultra.pony.com {
                        hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:28;
                        fixed-address war-vm-1.super.mega.ultra.pony.com;
                }
                host war-vm-2.super.mega.ultra.pony.com {
                        hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:29;
                        fixed-address war-vm-2.super.mega.ultra.pony.com;
                }

dns fun

if you want to generate entry's from war-vm-1 to 60 but your ip dose not start at 1.
its time do have your dns server do some math


super.mega.ultra.pony.com

 $GENERATE       7-67    war-vm-\${-6,0} A 66.66.66.$

66.66.66

$GENERATE       7-67   $       PTR     war-vm-\${-6,0}.super.mega.ultra.pony.com.

Stereo Fun with Sony MEX BT2700

About 5 months ago I installed my Sony MEXBT2700  in my 2011 Nissan Altima. And its working great. However I lost my steering wheel controls. So I just ordered the Axxess Metra ASWC-1 Universal Steering Wheel Control Interface which is listed compatible with my car. Unfortunately it is not so sent it back. Maybe I'll look for another product another time.

UPS on Netgear ReadyNas Duo

On the Netgear ReadyNas Duo you can add a UPS to prevent data loss.
But how do you manage that with out being present or able to login to your ready nas.
With the cli of course. First you have to setup the webui to handle the connection.
To do this you must login to the readynas
Click System
   >> Power
  >>> Under UPS Configuration you can select Enable network monitoring of attached UPS

      >>> Now you can enter your Ip of the host you want to check the ups status.

Here is what the output looks like

~]# upsc UPS@172.x.x.x

battery.charge: 100

battery.chemistry: PbAc

battery.runtime: 1688

battery.voltage: 27.6

driver.name: hidups

driver.parameter.lowbatt_pct: 0

driver.version: 2.0.5

ups.mfr: APC

ups.model: Back-UPS XS 1500 LCD

ups.serial: JB0648006890  

ups.status: OL

take your battery.runtime and / 49 and you get your time in mins

so mine is 

$ bcalc 1688/49

34.4489

34 mins of run time 

hmc clean up things

show disk stats
monhmc -r disk -n 0


Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2             16121184   8686268   6616004  57% /
udev                   1036752       132   1036620   1% /dev
/dev/sda3              6040320   1775564   3957916  31% /var
/dev/sda7              8056524    158620   7488652   3% /dump
/dev/sda8             32297564    203056  30453872   1% /extra


Zero out
chhmcfs -o f -d 0

Watch for /var filling up past 50%

If /var ever fills up past 50% you will have trouble logging in via the web or ssh .

synergyc fun over ssh

Client side

 synergyc -f localhost
 ssh -f -N -L localhost:24800:host_server:24800 host_server

Server Side

 cat /etc/synergy.conf
 section: screens
 t520:
 t420:
 end
 section: aliases
 t420:
 t420s
 t520:
 t520.local
 end
 section: links
 t520:
 down = t420
 t420:
 up = t520
 end
 section: options
 screenSaverSync = false

 synergys -f --config /etc/synergy.conf

About my system

 APEVIA X-Superalien ATXA6SW-BL/500 Blue Aluminum Server Computer Case
 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
ASUS Striker II Formula LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor BX80562Q6600
Rosewill RCX-Z775-EX 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
2 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5
nvidia geforce 9800 GTX

using screen as serial terminal

screen -L /dev/ttyUSB0115200 cs8

• /dev/ttySX:
• baud_rate: 300 1200 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200
• cs8 or cs7: eight (or seven) bits per byte.
• ixon or -ixon: software flow-control (CTRL-S/CTRL-Q) sending data.
• ixoff or -ixoff: software flow-control receiving
• istrip or -istrip: Clear (or keep) the eight bit in each received byte.

Example connecting to power pc 

screen -L /dev/ttyUSB0 19200 vt100

UPS on NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo

[root@fedora-arm ~]# upsc UPS@172.x.x.x
battery.charge: 100
battery.chemistry: PbAc
battery.runtime: 1036
battery.voltage: 27.2
driver.name: hidups
driver.parameter.lowbatt_pct: 0
driver.version: 2.0.5
ups.mfr: APC
ups.model: Back-UPS XS 1500 LCD
ups.serial: JB0648006890
ups.status: OL