B1ackdeath

Showing HP disk array health inside Linux

2017-02-10T11:28:00.000-08:00

First you need to get the

hpssacli-1.50-4.0.x86_64.rpm

http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX_b6a6acb9762443b182280db805

Then you can run things like this

[root@01 ~]# hpssacli controller slot=0 physicaldrive all show

Smart Array P410i in Slot 0 (Embedded)

array A

physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:4 (port 1I:box 1:bay 4, SAS, 146 GB, Predictive Failure)
physicaldrive 2I:1:5 (port 2I:box 1:bay 5, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:6 (port 2I:box 1:bay 6, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:7 (port 2I:box 1:bay 7, SAS, 146 GB, Predictive Failure)
physicaldrive 2I:1:8 (port 2I:box 1:bay 8, SAS, 146 GB, Predictive Failure)

[root@01 ~]# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 logicaldrive all show status

logicaldrive 1 (546.8 GB, 1+0): OK

[root@01 ~]# hpssacli ctrl all show status

Smart Array P410i in Slot 0 (Embedded)

Controller Status: OK

firefox 3.6 on fedora 23

2015-11-11T16:17:00.001-08:00

I work on lots of legacy hardware that needs older browsers for ssl and plugins.

so I use a a old tarball of firefox 3.6 to get around most things.

#dnf install xulrunner-40.0-1.fc23.i686
#dnf install gtk2.i686

then

@WOPR1 firefox]$ su dracsucks
dracsucks@WOPR1 firefox]$ xhost +
dracsucks@WOPR1 firefox]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three)
[dracsucks@WOPR1 firefox]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/dracksucks/bin/firefox/ ./firefox-bin

(process:28971): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed

(firefox-bin:28971): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

(firefox-bin:28971): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

(firefox-bin:28971): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'gtk-go-back-ltr' for stock: Icon 'gtk-go-back-ltr' not present in theme

(firefox-bin:28971): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'gtk-go-forward-ltr' for stock: Icon 'gtk-go-forward-ltr' not present in theme

And boom

Update IBM System x3650 -[7979AC1]-

2015-11-11T16:03:00.000-08:00

yum install libXtst.i686 -y

BMC update

~]# yum install OpenIPMI ipmitool -y

~]# ./ibm_fw_bmc_ggbt59a_linux_i386.sh -s

IBM Flash Update Utility v1.167

Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

Initiating OpenIPMI connection

FULLFW.MOT:._................................_................................_____.......00:01 elapsed, 00:28 estimated remaining

................................................................................00:02 elapsed, 00:35 estimated remaining

................................................................................

00:44 elapsed, 00:01 estimated remaining

................................................................................00:44 elapsed, 00:00 estimated remaining

..................................

Rebooting BMC...

OEMDEF.CFG:BMC firmware flashed successfully

Bios update

~]# ./ibm_fw_bios_gge149a-1.19_linux_i386.sh -s

IBM Flash Update Utility v1.167

Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

Flash chipset: Macronix 29LV320B

0064000.FLS: 280000 [80000]

Erasing block 2f: 280000 - 28ffff

Erasing block 30: 290000 - 29ffff

Erasing block 31: 2a0000 - 2affff

Erasing block 32: 2b0000 - 2bffff

Erasing block 33: 2c0000 - 2cffff

Erasing block 34: 2d0000 - 2dffff

Erasing block 35: 2e0000 - 2effff

Erasing block 36: 2f0000 - 2fffff

Programming block 2f: 280000 - 28ffff

Programming block 30: 290000 - 29ffff

Programming block 31: 2a0000 - 2affff

Programming block 32: 2b0000 - 2bffff

Programming block 33: 2c0000 - 2cffff

Programming block 34: 2d0000 - 2dffff

Programming block 35: 2e0000 - 2effff

Programming block 36: 2f0000 - 2fffff

PXEROM.BIN: 260000 [14000]

Erasing block 2d: 260000 - 26ffff

Erasing block 2e: 270000 - 27ffff

Programming block 2d: 260000 - 26ffff

Programming block 2e: 270000 - 27ffff

CMOSDEF.BIN: 220000 [4000]

Erasing block 29: 220000 - 22ffff

Programming block 29: 220000 - 22ffff

Primary BIOS flashed successfully

apartment up time

2014-06-10T17:28:00.001-07:00

[root@freeze ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS : 1191.11
Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
CPU implementer : 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant : 0x2
CPU part : 0x131
CPU revision : 1

Hardware : Seagate FreeAgent DockStar
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000
[root@freeze ~]# uptime
20:27:20 up 533 days, 5:03, 1 user, load average: 1.08, 1.10, 1.16

[root@freeze ~]# uname -a
Linux freeze 3.4.2-3.fc17.armv5tel.kirkwood #1 Tue Jun 12 11:34:37 EDT 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux

imgODROID-U2 imgs

2014-02-23T11:43:00.002-08:00

Just a listing of odroidu2 imgs

Android

From http://forum.odroid.com

http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1322

http://oph.mdrjr.net/robroyhall/images/android/u2/

Couch potato img

Exynos-4412 BSP Android 4.0.4 Alpha-4.0 from http://com.odroid.com

http://com.odroid.com/sigong/nf_file_board/nfile_board_view.php?keyword=&tag=ODROID-U2&bid=144

Fedora

http://www.odroid.in/fedora-18/

Automation with odroidu2 and belkin WeMo

2014-02-23T11:41:00.001-08:00

So I have been having trouble going to be because I have been staying up to late watching Netflix or watching stuff on xbmc. What I ended up doing was setting up a rule on my belkin WeMo switch to kill the power at 1

am.

Home theater setup

2014-02-23T11:29:00.002-08:00

List of things in my setup

Living room

PANAMAX M4300-EX Home Theater Power Conditioner
LG Electronics NB3530A Sound Bar System

Xbox 360 4g with 1 32gb flash drive
Comcast DVR DCX3400-M

WD live plus
FirmwareFW Base: 1.05.04Device: WDLXTV_PLUSLatest version: 0.5.1.1Current version: 0.5.1.1

Android remote https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.osdmod.remote&hl=en

LG - 47" Class (44-9/10" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - 120Hz - HDTV Model: 47LS4500

Bed room

VIZIO 32" Class LED-LCD 720p 60Hz HDTV

Chromecast
Odroidu2 with android and xbmc

Android remote https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.leetzone.android.yatsewidgetfree&hl=en
Comcast Digital Transport Adapter DCI105COM1

Random system info gathering with kickstarts

2014-02-12T14:01:00.001-08:00

I started writing up little commands to get system info for when new hardware that comes in.

]# 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 : em1 Link detected: yes
Interface : em2 Link detected: no
Interface : em3 Link detected: no
Interface : em4 Link detected: no
Interface : p3p1 Link detected: no
Interface : p3p2 Link detected: no
Interface : p3p3 Link detected: no
Interface : p3p4 Link detected: no

01 ~]# for i in $(cat /proc/net/dev | grep ':' | cut -d ':' -f 1); do echo -e NIC : $i $(cat /sys/class/net/"$i"/address); done

NIC : lo 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : em1 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : em2 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : em3 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : em4 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : p3p1 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : p3p2 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : p3p3 00:00:00:00:00:00

NIC : p3p4 00:00:00:00:00:00

~]# service ipmi start

Starting ipmi drivers: [ OK ]

1 ~]# mac=$(ipmitool lan print | grep 'MAC Address' | cut -f 16 -d' ') && echo -e NIC : mgmt $mac

NIC : mgmt 00:00:00:00:00:00

01 ~]# dmidecode -t 1

# dmidecode 2.11

SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes

System Information

Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

Product Name: PowerEdge pony

Version: Not Specified

Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

UUID: xxxxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

Wake-up Type: Power Switch

SKU Number: Not Specified

Family: Not Specified

What I ended up doing was putting this in the end my post section at the bottom of my kickstarts so I can capture all this info.

%post --interpreter=/bin/bash
(
# Turn on bash debugging for more meaningful output in logfile
set -x

service ipmi start

for i in $(cat /proc/net/dev | grep ':' | cut -d ':' -f 1); do echo "Interface : $i" "  $(ethtool $i | grep Link)"; done >> /root/host-info.log
for i in $(cat /proc/net/dev | grep ':' | cut -d ':' -f 1); do echo -e NIC  : $i $(cat /sys/class/net/"$i"/address); done  >> /root/host-info.log
mac=$(ipmitool lan print | grep 'MAC Address' | cut -f 16 -d' ') && echo -e NIC : mgmt $mac >> /root/host-info.log
dmidecode -t 1 >> /root/host-info.log

) &> /root/ks_output.log
%end

HP 10.10 DVD Network boot

2013-10-26T06:55:00.001-07:00

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

2013-10-08T11:00:00.001-07:00

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

2013-09-03T12:01:00.000-07:00

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)

2013-07-26T17:37:00.002-07:00

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

2013-06-12T12:43:00.002-07:00

# 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

2013-06-04T14:37:00.003-07:00

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

2013-05-21T17:52:00.004-07:00

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

2013-05-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

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

How to get serial numbers from a sun box

2013-03-18T12:35:00.000-07:00

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

2013-03-14T10:43:00.002-07:00

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

2013-03-02T15:07:00.000-08:00

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

2013-03-02T15:03:00.001-08:00

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

2013-03-02T14:51:00.001-08:00

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

2013-02-28T12:24:00.001-08:00

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

2013-02-27T15:06:00.001-08:00

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

2013-02-19T11:11:00.000-08:00

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

2013-02-14T14:14:00.001-08:00

[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