SUMMARY: How to configure Sun Ray clients with old firmware?

From: Michael A. Meystel <meystel_at_icompsol.com>
Date: Tue May 01 2007 - 13:30:21 EDT
Hello,

Many thanks to all who responded to my newbie Sun Ray config question!

-Mike

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Original question (paraphrased):

How can I get older Sun Ray 1 and 150 clients to upgrade their firmware? What
is a dedicated interconnect and how do I set one up?

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Respondents:
   - Tim Chipman ( tchipman (-at-) gmail.com )
   - Vikash Gupta ( vikashgupta (-at-) yahoo.com )
   - Richard Skelton ( Richard.Skelton (-at-) infineon.com )

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Summary:

A dedicated interconnect is a network segment that is not connected
to anything other than the Sun Ray server and Sun Ray clients, and
has no routing other than to the Sun Ray server.

I did wind up uninstalling SRSS and reinstalling it -- until I did
that, no amount of invocation of utadm would get the dedicated
interconnect to work properly. After I reinstalled, all of my clients
were able to get the new firmware and things are working great now.

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Tim Chipman ( tchipman (-at-) gmail.com )

- Dedicated interconnect means a private network structure

- In a configuration where the Sun Ray server has two NICs,
one NIC would need to be connected to a switch or hub that
has no route to the outside world and the only other devices
attached to this network segment are Sun Ray clients

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Vikash Gupta ( vikashgupta (-at-) yahoo.com )

We can setup you existing Sunray Server to act as
Firmware server also.
Please note down your current version of the SunRay
DTU F/W using the (STOP+S) key on DTU.

Required:
1.     one dedicated n/w for the firmware server interface
on your U-80 (I am taking hme0)
2.     SunRay F/W to be downloaded and put in
/var/tmp/firmware.

Steps:

1.     utadm -a hme0 (See below for the detail output)
2. utfwadm -A -
f /var/tmp/firmware/opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware -a -n hme0
3.     Connect your SunRay DTU to this hme0 interface thru
a cross cable or some HUB and just power ON,
you will see the SunRay DTU connect to DCHP server
running on U-80 ,do a f/w upgrade and then reboot.

Configuration:

1.     utadm -a hme0
### Configuring /etc/nsswitch.conf
### Configuring Service information for Sun Ray
### configuring eth1 interface at subnet 192.168.128.0
 Selected values for interface "hme0"
   host address:       192.168.128.1
   net mask:           255.255.255.0
   net address:        192.168.128.0
   host name:          blrsraysyn01-hme0
   net name:           SunRay-hme0
   first unit address: 192.168.128.16
   last unit address:  192.168.128.240
   auth server:        192.168.128.1
   firmware server:    192.168.128.1
   router:             192.168.128.1
   alternate servers:
 Accept as is? ([Y]/N):  
### successfully setup
"/etc/opt/SUNWut/net/hostname.eth1" file
### successfully setup "/etc/hosts" file
### successfully setup "/etc/opt/SUNWut/net/netmasks"
file
### successfully setup "/etc/opt/SUNWut/net/networks"
file
### finished install of "eth1" interface
### Configuring firmware version for Sun Ray
       All the units served by "blrsraysyn01" on the
192.168.128.0
       network interface, running firmware other than
version
       "3.0_51,REV=2004.11.10.16.18" will be upgraded
at their next power-on.

### Configuring Sun Ray Logging Functions

DHCP is not currently running, should I start it?
([Y]/N):  Y


[root@blrsraysyn01 firmware]# utfwadm -A -f
/var/tmp/firmware/opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware -a -n eth1
       All the units served by "blrsraysyn01" on the
192.168.128.0
       network interface, running firmware other than
version
       "kent.best31.200503301406" will be upgraded at
their next power-on.

### reinitialized DHCP daemon

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Richard Skelton ( Richard.Skelton (-at-) infineon.com )

Start over:
- remove SRSS
- read chapter 6 of the install guide
- get another switch, plug in the 150s and connect qfe0
of the server to this switch
- install SRSS
- reboot
- read chapter 7 of the install guide
- cd /opt/SUNWut/sbin
- ./utadm -a qfe0
- take all the defaults
- reboot
- turn on the Sun Ray 150s
- they should upgrade the firmware
- the reference guide describes the new icons
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