Hardware

Hi,
I just want to get to the bottom of this. Anyone else who experiences problems with ALOM/RSC/ILOM/LOM email alerts please post here!

I have done an audit of all my systems and found the following:

T5220 with latest firmware:
Sun System Firmware 7.2.0 2008/12/11 17:58

Host flash versions:
Hypervisor 1.7.0 2008/12/11 13:38
OBP 4.30.0 2008/12/11 12:15
POST 4.30.0 2008/12/11 12:43

Mail alerts work fine here

T2000 with latest firmware:

Sun-Fire-T2000 System Firmware 6.7.0 2008/12/11 14:54
Host flash versions:
OBP 4.30.0 2008/12/11 12:15
Hypervisor 1.7.0 2008/12/11 13:43
POST 4.30.0 2008/12/11 12:41

Mail alerts do not work. Sun advises me to
change my Production mail server to allow
broken sender header "rsc-alert@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".

This is not good enough.


V240 with ALOM 1.6.8:
Mail alerts work fine.

V490 with RSC 2.2.2:
sc> showsc
RSC Version: 2.2.2
RSC Bootmon version: 2.2.2
RSC Firmware version: 2.2.2

Email alerts work fine!!!!

V490 with RSC 2.2.3:
rsc> showsc
RSC Version: 2.2.3
RSC Bootmon version: 2.2.2
RSC Firmware version: 2.2.3

Email alerts do not work.

So we have a case where Sun RSC is broken from RSC 2.2.3 onwards.
We have a case where the ALOM on a V240 works perfectly but the T2000 is totally b0rked and
Sun is not interested in fixing it.

So can anyone concur with my findings? Do we sort of get together and request
en-masse to get these fixed?

It would seem the programming of the SC/ALOM/ILOM/RSC are all inconsistent.
Some of them are well behaved. Some are configured in such a way I would
fail anyone submitting such work as homework etc.

I honestly believe if a service such as an RSC is setup to send email,
it should do it in a method that ensures as little risk of non-delivery
as possible, such as being able to set a hostname/domain for the sender.

As is indicated above, it appears the precedent is set for the technology
to be able to do so, but there is an inconsistent approach to this in the
Sun shop where the RSC/LOM etc are developed.

So while we're at it, how about Sun standardising the RSC across
their product line so we only have to use and support one interface?!


rachel

Edited by: virag064 on Feb 1, 2009 3:32 PM