- OA Reboots
From a window on any other machine, issue the following
commands:
- telnet waimea and when prompted log in as teloper
- /etc/oareboot
Now wait. waimea takes about a couple of minutes to reboot
normally. If you are rebooting following a crash, it may take twice
as long or more, as it will have to boot once, run fsck and then
boot again.
- When waimea is back up, before restarting any NIRSPEC
software, have the swing tech or OA on the summit cycle power on the
SCSI-Fiber extender box connected to the NIRSPEC host computer
waimea. This box is in the Keck 2 computer room, in the
rack where waimea, probably sitting on top of or next to
waimea itself. This box is labelled "NIRSPEC TRANSPUTER"
on its side. There are several such boxes in this rack, so the summit
personnel needs to be sure to check the label when cycling power. The
power switch for this box is a rocker switch on the back end. HANDLE
THIS BOX CAREFULLY! THE SCSI CONNECTOR ON THE BACK IS NOT STRAIN-RELIEVED!
- Console Reboots
The next, more invasive, level of troubleshooting is a console
reboot. This should be attempted only if the OA reboot described
above has failed. To perform a console reboot, the swing tech or OA
on the summit must go into the K2 computer room and connect the
"roving" monitor (probably located on a small cart near the computer
rack) to the video output on the host computer waimea. The summit
person must then locate the keyboard attached to waimea and
issue the following commands:
and the computer should reboot itself automatically after that.
- When waimea is back up, before restarting any NIRSPEC
software, have the swing tech or OA on the summit cycle power on the
SCSI-Fiber extender box connected to the NIRSPEC host computer
waimea. This box is in the Keck 2 computer room, in the
rack where waimea, probably sitting on top of or next to
waimea itself. This box is labelled "NIRSPEC TRANSPUTER"
on its side. There are several such boxes in this rack, so the summit
personnel needs to be sure to check the label when cycling power. The
power switch for this box is a rocker switch on the back end. HANDLE
THIS BOX CAREFULLY! THE SCSI CONNECTOR ON THE BACK IS NOT STRAIN-RELIEVED!
- Hard Reboots
Hard reboots are accomplished by having the swing tech or OA on the
summit shut off power on the host computer waimea itself,
wait 30 seconds, and then restart power. Do this only as a last
resort! If at all possible, call the on-call software support
person for advice before proceeding with a hard reboot. Ask if there
are any other ways to reboot without cycling power, and ask also if
there are any precautions that should be taken before hard-booting if
it is necessary.
- When waimea is back up, before restarting any NIRSPEC
software, have the swing tech or OA on the summit cycle power on the
SCSI-Fiber extender box connected to the NIRSPEC host computer
waimea. This box is in the Keck 2 computer room, in the
rack where waimea, probably sitting on top of or next to
waimea itself. This box is labelled "NIRSPEC TRANSPUTER"
on its side. There are several such boxes in this rack, so the summit
personnel needs to be sure to check the label when cycling power. The
power switch for this box is a rocker switch on the back end. HANDLE
THIS BOX CAREFULLY! THE SCSI CONNECTOR ON THE BACK IS NOT STRAIN-RELIEVED!
- Always Do This After
Rebooting!
After the boot is complete and the server is restarted, in any window with a
waimea prompt, issue the following commands:
- m test2=1
- cp /tmp/TEMPFITS2 /tmp/TEMPSKY2
The first command takes a test SCAM frame, and the second command
copies it to the file that the guider camera server looks for to do
the "sky" subtraction. If this file /tmp/TEMPSKY2 is not
present, the camera server will fault and possibly crash.
Every reboot wipes the /tmp directory clean, so it is
necessary to do this immediately after a reboot to enable SCAM guiding
to work.