Sun Ultra 10 specifications

122 byte By sunsear26a at 2007-11-27 11:59:34
<p>Does anyone know the disk drive height limitation for Sun Ultra 10? What are disk drive interfaces supported by it?</p>

Sun Ultra 1 model 140E specifications

248 byte By sunsear26a at 2007-11-27 11:59:32
<p>Does anyone know the disk drive height limitation of Sun Ultra model 140E? What are the disk drive interfaces supported by it? I'm having a hard time looking for documents indicating Sun Ultra 1 model 140E's specifications and limitations.</p>

Hardware Address error/warning

257 byte By emmanuela at 2007-11-27 11:50:23
<p>anyone ever see this during a setup?</p><p>WARNING: Hardware address cc:cc:cc:dd:dd:dd trying to be our address 192.168.10.10</p><p>I'm setting up a T2000 and going through newtwork setup, but on boot up I get that error/warning.</p><p>any thoughts?</p>

Ultra 20 M2 modifications - Who tried what?

650 byte By RubinSimonsa at 2007-11-27 11:43:11
Hi All,Coming monday I get my Ultra 20 M2 (jay!) and I was wondering what kind of things people have tried upgrading/modifying. From the customer stories at the sun page I already saw that people have had great success with various nvidia graphics cards! I am specifically curious about* Other AM2 ...

XVR-2500 in V215

119 byte By joel.silversteina at 2007-11-27 11:42:02
<p>Does anyone know if the V215 server will support an XVR-2500 Graphics Card?</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Joel Silverstein</p>

DIMM 4 has single-bit error

235 byte By marty-boya at 2007-11-27 11:41:57
<p>This is an Warning message that got on the Embedded Lights Out manager of an X2200M2 server:</p><p>"DIMM 4 has single-bit error"</p><p>I also have a orange flashing light on front of the server.</p><p>What does it mean exactly ?</p>

Reset RSC password

361 byte By mpecha at 2007-11-27 11:41:14
hi,Sun Fire 280RForget password for RSC, No OS1. turn off server on which password is unknown. Plug cable to port A2. plug cable to port B on the second Sun Fire 280R. Exec 'tip hardwire'3. power up server. wait for blinking lamp and double press power button4. no console in the 'tip'.Whats ...

Cobalt Qube 3 - Protocol 47 (PPTP/VPN)

782 byte By gRobertsa at 2007-11-27 11:38:53
Hi all,We've just set up a Microsoft VPN internally on Windows 2003 SBS, and we need to allow access using the firewall.I have gone into the Port Forwarding page and set them to the correct path, and also I have gone into the Adaptive Firewall Utility, and enabled the PPTP and also set the custom ...

sparcengine axi motherboard P/N 501-4559

145 byte By 642fiddia at 2007-11-27 11:35:33
<p>I have the motherboard listed above. Can anyone tell me what systems this was used in and if it had any other part#'s associated with it?</p>

ilom or Alom cards on Sun fire v880 and E450

189 byte By koli_nirana at 2007-11-27 11:24:51
<p>Hi </p><p> Does anyone have information on the Service processor (ilom or the Alom card) on the sun fire v880 and E450 servers.....</p><p> If someone can help it would be great......</p>

adding ram on an ultra 10

293 byte By Aijaza at 2007-11-27 11:21:05
<p>hello there.</p><p>I have an ultra 10 with the following specs:</p><p>type:SUNW,ULTRA-5_10;sparc;sun4u</p><p>I would like to add more RAM to the system. Is there any documentation out there that details the various steps needed?</p><p>Lookin to hear from you,</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Aijaz</p>

E2900 problems

42470 byte By golfballa at 2007-11-27 11:15:31
Hello not too experienced with E2900, we have a problem, it will not bootAny help or advice how to progress would be appreciated also any indication as to what the problem may be.SB2 and SB4 have been disabled manually.Thanks in advanceConsole output LOMlom>lom>poweron/N0/PS0: powered on Fri Jul 20 ...

Sunfire V100 server

506 byte By vinuemmanuela at 2007-11-27 11:14:01
Hi All, I have experience installing x86 based system Linux and Solaris. I never installed Solaris on Sun servers, so I decided to explore Solaris on sun machines, I have purchased from Ebay a Sunfire V100 server with 512 MB RAM, CD Rom etc. Now I have the sun box without OS installed or unknown if ...

Does anyone have a 400 or 400 cpu for sale?

17 byte By kansukeea at 2007-11-27 11:08:21
<p>See above.</p>

Trouble installing Solaris 10 on Ultra 5!

1088 byte By kansukeea at 2007-11-27 10:52:44
Got this free U5 and just today I received a keyboard and mouse I had bought on eBay. So I went ahead and tried to install and didn't even know how to boot from CD (I am totally new to Sun hardware). So after googling a bit I have gotten as far as the point where after booting from CD and filling ...

Service LED (yellow one) is on, but no apparent errors

16076 byte By A.Skwara at 2007-11-27 10:49:24
Hello.For some time now, on two of my servers, the yellow Service LED is on. The servers are working fine, though.In the ALOM logs, I also don't find anything useful:winds01_sc> showlogs -vNOV 24 17:43:18 winds01: 00040029: "Host system has shut down."NOV 24 17:57:38 winds01: 0000000a: "Power ...

V240 over serial in ALOM Port

274 byte By gerald.dardena at 2007-11-27 10:45:15
<p>I have a V240 (2x1.5ghz) and I am trying to connect to it using the hyper terminal on Windows XP, but all I get is unrecognizable characters. I have my port set to COM 1 ( using a Cisco crossover cable), 9600-8-N-1 , and it connects, but the just spits out gibberish.</p>

Sun Enterprise 220R output issue :S

611 byte By grayfoxa at 2007-11-27 10:38:30
Hey this is my first sun server and im having a bit of a problem :/.I can't seem to get any output in hyperterminal from this sun 220R from any of the serial ports on the back.Just incase im doing something Very noob heres a picture of how I have it hooked up.It goes from the usb to serial ...

Got Ultra 5;what type of keyboard/mouse do I need?

439 byte By kansukeea at 2007-11-27 10:26:48
Hi everyone. I want to learn Solaris and I just happened to find somene who was giving away a like-new U5 workstation. My problem is that it does not have a keyboard or mouse and it does not have USB ports although it does have a serial and something that looks like a ps/2 port but has more pins. I ...

Using a 160GB Disk with Solaris 8

5421 byte By elbowza at 2007-11-27 10:18:46
Hello all:I am using an Ultra5 system with OBP 3.25.3, Solaris 8 [10/01]. I have a 160GB Seagate ST3160812A disk drive that I am trying to use as a second drive (primary slave).I have installed the drive on the primary channel as a slave and performed boot -r. The /dev and /devices directories ...

Compatibility question

195 byte By grayfoxa at 2007-11-27 10:08:07
Would a pci video card from a pc or mac be compatible with a sun enterprise 220R server ?.(Im assuming the mac one probably is since the mac uses open firmware and so does the sun.)

Adding New Disk to SUN V445 Running Solaris 10

351 byte By NewAdmina at 2007-11-27 10:05:25
Hello, We just received 2 new SUN V445's each containing 2 73GB drives. We also purchased an additional 6 drives for each unit to load them up to max. We have unboxed and loaded the drives in one unit and it seems to see the additional drives ok, however, I am stuck at getting them to be ...

I'm having a nightmare with V40z under RHEL 4 update 2!

1192 byte By mossymossa at 2007-11-27 10:03:29
Dear All,i have noticed that most of you trying to be very helpfull, i appreciated that really.I have to work with sun V40z in my company, RHEL 4 update 2 has to be installed in that machine. Problem: Installing RHEL AS V4 Update 2 on V40z results in very slow 2D graphics (e.g. just moving a ...

Ultra 20 Vista Audio Drivers

939 byte By Scrtcwlvla at 2007-11-27 10:00:12
When I installed Vista Ultimate onto my Sun Ultra 20 Workstation it did not have drivers for my audio controller (The default one on an Ultra 20 Workstation) nor could it find them. I went onto sun.com and searched for the ultra 20 drivers, I downloaded"Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools & ...

X4100 M2 w/ RHEL 4.5 (4 Update 5) no network

632 byte By yangpata at 2007-11-27 9:50:34
I get no network access on a brand-new freshly installed server. I tried the Intel and NVidia ports (eth0-1 and eth2-3) and get a "Check cable" every time.Thinking it was a driver issue, I tried to retrieve updates from the Sun Installation Assistant 2.0.134 and get the same network not ...

ultra 10 problems

1072 byte By Dan458a at 2007-11-27 9:48:09
ok this is a add on from "ultra 10 not displaying anything on monitor" Ive got the problem down to being either the motherboard or the power unit.. Ive got it to this because when i managed to continue installing solaris 10 i recieved a post message saying:power on self test failed cause: ...

X6250 two or four socket two or four disk

432 byte By solaris9uka at 2007-11-27 9:42:41
I have been looking on sunsolve at the relatively new sunblade 6000 system and am a little confused on the X6250 page there is a picture of a blade with four processor sockets and two 2.5inch drive bays now all of the specs say that the x6250 has two CPU sockets and four drive bays. Which is it ...

Sun Fire X4600 - reset /SP and start /SYS commands fails

474 byte By edechauxa at 2007-11-27 9:33:00
Dear all,I have problems with the SP of a Sun Fire X4600 :reset -script /SP command fails with error reset: No such object valueandstart -script /SYS command fail with error start: Failed to start /SYSIs there a way to force a reboot of the SP without unpluging the power cord ?Ilom version is ...

maximum FC distance

148 byte By tomoooa at 2007-11-27 9:29:44
What is the maximum LC-LC cable distance between X4200 server (SG-XPCI1FC-QF4) and ST 6140 storage system directly attached. Any idea?

CPU operating temperature

146 byte By wiederkehrca at 2007-11-27 9:29:43
This should be easy:Where can I find CPU-Documentation, that specifies optimum and maximum CPU operating temperatures?Thanks!

Noisy V445

206 byte By son_ta at 2007-11-27 9:25:56
Just turned on and installed a SunFire V445 and it is SO LOUD!Does anyone know how I can turn down the FANS to reduce the noise (I suspect the fans are the culprit for the screeeetching here)?

Sun Fire X4100 - Serial redirection is very unstable.

782 byte By edechauxa at 2007-11-27 9:24:04
Dear all,I am having new troubles with X4100 hardware.I am setting up console serial redirection and it does not work properly. Here is what I am doing :- I set up the SP serial port speed to 115200 and commitpending to true.- I set up console redirection port speed accordingly in the BIOS.When ...

HP 9600 Series CD-Writer and Ultra 30

188 byte By jfalknora at 2007-11-27 9:21:25
Hello to all,How do I get an HP 9600 series CD-writer to be recognized by my UltraSparc 30?What should the Pin settings on the HP 9600 be?Thank you,James

E450 CPU Problem?

208 byte By Andry_Ha at 2007-11-27 9:20:22
Hi,I got a warning message: fail-Master Disable for UltraSPARC-II.And the output from prtdiag shows than one of the CPU has gone.Is this a CPU problem?Thank you.Andry

Ultra 20 fan control

392 byte By jlramireza at 2007-11-27 9:17:31
I am running a Ultra 20 M2 on SuSE linux and Windows Vista x64. The system fan revs at a higher rate on boot when booting either OS but revs down after a minute once in Windows Vista to a point you can barely tell it's on. When in SuSE (Enterprise Linux Desktop 10) the fan never revs down. Is ...

RSC-card factory default

321 byte By maica at 2007-11-27 9:14:08
Hello, I have a problem to get access to my Sunfire 280R with RSC. I磎 the new admin from the server and haven磘 got the passwort. Is it possible to reset the RSC-card to factory default? I have tried the reset jumper on the card. But it isn磘 an factory default. Best regards, ...

SunFire V210 Boot Issue

1348 byte By kcashiona at 2007-11-27 9:06:01
Hi All,I have been having a severe problem with one of our servers, our SunFire V210.It had some power issues with the PSU faulting and I have just replaced the power on it. However due to those issues, and some maintenance on it (software) a few times over the past six months it has had to be ...

Sun Fire X4100 - Remote Control via ilom not working

792 byte By edechauxa at 2007-11-27 8:58:18
Dear allI am having troubles with the Remote Control feature integrated in the Sun Fire X4100 ilom.When I click on the "Launch Redirection" button nothing happens. I just have the "Analyzing configuration" text but nothing more.I have tried in both 8bit and 16bit modes with same result. I also ...

Netra T1 AC200 PROM update for wanboot?

179 byte By gmd_bnppa at 2007-11-27 8:52:29
Hi,Is there any PROM update available for Netra T1 AC200 which include the wanboot feature as we can found in 119234-01 for Sun Fire V210/V240?ThanksSC

ultra25 always shutdown by itself

336 byte By whitelightera at 2007-11-27 8:49:01
hi,i have new ultra25 (no keyboard+no mouse). i connected it via console --ttya port. i have installed solaris 9 with latest recommended patch. problem is, the machine always shutdown or halt after 1 day.i dont see any errors at /var/adm/messages. i have also disable power.conf. ...

Solaris Utility Environment. (SUE)

191 byte By icttech_01a at 2007-11-27 8:43:28
Anyone know where i can download the SUE disk for OPB and firmware updates? ive had a good look around and dont know how to source this. Any help appreciated. Many Thanks, Paul.

ultra 10 not displaying anything on monitor

251 byte By Dan458a at 2007-11-27 8:43:06
i tried installing solaris 10 on my ultra 10 i got to disk number 5 and the installation stopped so i turned off the system, then turned it back on now my monitor wont display the startup screen. Is the motherboard broke or is it somthing else?

Sun Fire x4100 M2 no video output

357 byte By zdravko_bga at 2007-11-27 8:42:33
Hi all, First when this server was started everything was fine. He started, the video was running. After the configuration of ILOM from BIOS menu, the server was rebooted. After that he never shown anything on the display. Serial interface is working , the ILOM doesn't redirect to KVM. Can ...

Detect hardware error string

235 byte By sonylwca at 2007-11-27 8:28:56
Hi folks, I am trying to gather some string patterns that indicate hardware error in /var/adm/messages? like scsi error, memory/cpu etc.Do you know if Sun have this string database that is available to us?Dk

SunPCI II 34 Pin Connector

288 byte By casper30214a at 2007-11-27 8:28:24
Help.....does anyone know the use for the 34 pin connector at J13 on the Chimera card? It looks like an IDE connector, or even a floppy drive connector. I am reluctant to use it until I know it's purpose. Also, where can I pick up a user's manual for the card? Thanks in advance.

Resetting default password on X4200 ILOM

198 byte By ppercivala at 2007-11-27 8:26:08
Have acquired an existing X4200 and the root password on the ILOM is unknown. How can I change back to default password (changeme) for the root userid so I can control.thanks,PP

Unable to connect to a Sunfire 280R

794 byte By urban_insighta at 2007-11-27 8:19:25
Disclaimer: Know little about Sun.We are a windows and Linux shop and got an old Sun server to evaluate. Funny thing, I can't find any information online on how to get into it.I've read: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-4806-10.pdfpages 64ish, and I understand the ...

reset sun blade 1000 firmware password

583 byte By RajaGovindana at 2007-11-27 8:16:15
I tried resetting firmware password successfully on sun blade 100 ;By removing the nvram chip and got the ok promptlater "set-defaults" ; ""setenv security-mode none" commands succesfully removed the firmware password on sun blade 100But when I tried the same on sun blade 1000 ; its accepting ...

SUN 5500 ALOM

492 byte By RHjavaa at 2007-11-27 8:16:10
Hello everybody,Here we have a Sun Enterprise 5500 system on which I tested to run scadm. I found two files:/sbin/platform.../Sun-Fire-V240/../scadm/sbin/platform.../Sun-Fire-V250/../scadmand when I run each I get back this error:scadm: The sc hardware could not be initialized. Please tell ...

Choppy Mouse Cursor Motion...

970 byte By bthornton84a at 2007-11-27 8:09:44
This is in regards to my Ultra 80 with XVR-1000 video running OpenSolaris. The mouse and keyboard are both Type 6.The mouse cursor motion on my machine is not smooth at all--it seems like it updates at 10 fps or something. The resolution is fine (i.e. if I move the mouse slowly enough, I can ...