Installed the latest released firmware patch 119244-03 to a Sunfire V880. Now the system is in a continuous loop. The error message can only be viewed via a RSC. There is no way to break the loop and the OBP password has been altered by this, thus no way going through this ideal unless there is ...

What does "syncing file systems..." do?At every boot, I see "syncing file systems..."However, prior to an unknown error condition where the system will not come up from a hard boot, the previous reboot was missing this statement: "syncing file systems.."What does this statement mean, and what ...

ohci0, fssnap0, winlock0, lockstat0

SUN Blade 100 (UltraSPARC-IIe)Memory size: 768MBSolaris 10 6/06Latest OPB 4.17.1 2005/04/11 Hi, I have a quick question, does anybody have actually changed the IDE drives for scsi drives and be able to 揵oot?from it?I tried 2 different SCSI cards, having hard drives attached to it works fine as ...

Greetings,I have some x4200's and v40z's, newly purchased, and am running w2k3 standard edition. the system only sees 4GB of RAM (they have 8GBs installed). I've looked at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283037/ and have added the /PAE switch but still only see 4GBs or RAM.Do i need to ...

hi, i have one" sun enterprise 250 " server not booting.There is no display and no error or beep sounds coming to diagnose.tell me the possible problems.

Hi Forum,my Ultra 20 came with a 250 GB disk, however, the disk layout which was installed by Sun is this:/dev/dsk/c1d0s0 13G10G3.3G76%/ /devices0K0K0K0%/devicesctfs 0K0K0K0%/system/contractproc ...

Hello All ,I'm wondering if the sun servers E6900 servers provide hot swap and plug-and-play capabilities through dynamic reconfiguration technology or it is just about High end servers such as E20/25Kand if No is there any other Technology which we can use instead really appreciate the help ...

I have been asked by the backup team to see if I can install a gig e interface card for backups on 4 e450's. Currently, the active interface is the primary one. The O/S ranges from solaris 6 to solaris 8.What gotchas could I be facing here? 2 e450s are clustered, the other 2 are ...

I have two harddrives with very similar specifications. The part numbers are different however. I was wondering if there was any difference that could cause problems if I were to interchange them. X5263AX5264AThanks,Dan

so, having 3 cpu across two boards, is this ideal... sounds odd to me, but according to sun, it's possible. any experiences?

I'm pretty new to admining sun boxes and due to new requirements I needed to learn all about ALOM and the net mgmt port. I got the port set up and it works via telnet with no problem. ALOM and I are good friends now. Well, what I've come to find is that in ALOM v1.2 (the documentation I found ...

I'm newbie in sun plattaform and I 've tried to add a new drive to make a image of actual disk (9.1Gb). I read old topics about this issue (How can I use my 160G disk, and others) and I wasn't able to use my Western Digital 80Gb (WDC WD800BB).When I use format command, it shows:0 - c0t0d0 ...

Current memory is PC 2100. I see that the specfications on sun.com have it listed as DDR333 which is PC2700.What modules wil work aside from PC2100

Hello All,I am trying to install the latest solaris 8 pacth cluster on a server, but its complaining that there is not enough space under /var. I did cleanup and gained some space but still it is not enough. Is there any way to install the cluster? Thanks.

Our V210 did not come with an optical drive, so we'll need to purchase one. There does not appear to be a connector for a drive in the chassis. If I purchase a drive (Option #X7410A, manuf. #370-5128) will that be sufficient or is there a backplane or connector that goes with it that I would ...

We have miltiple SPARCStation 5's that we'd like to stand up on end to tower config.Will this be an issue with these older systems?What problems would we experence if we did so.Thanks in advance.

Hi,I have a customer who requires a Sun desktop with the ability to attach to Sun's SDLT600 tap drive. According to all of the configuration docs and Webdesk, this is not supported with the Ultra 20/25. Does anyone know why or if there are any plans to support this in the near ...

Hello AllI have a Blade with a DVD and I can not boot from a Solaris 10 DVD for installation.I hat the same problem with the DVD on my ULTRA 60. by flashing the firm ware on the DVD I got the DVD to boot with the Solaris 10 installation DVD.But now I can not find the location for the firm ware ...

Dear GurusPlease let me know , if we can upgrade E250 memory from 1GB to 2GB and adding 100GB space.Our hardware vendor is suggesting to replace the server as this is an EOL ( End of Life ) Server and can't upgrade the memory or disk.Anybody have any clue?

I am new to sun administration and still in the process of system design. I need to perform maintenance on the servers through a terminal session from a windows server 2003 machine. Can anybody recommend a terminal application that would work well for this, and can I run this terminal session ...

Sun used to have a 2 page .pdf file that gave a brief hardware product overview of their servers and storage products. Does this still exist? Where can I find it?Thanks!Message was edited by: mittond

Hi!Our Rack have been locked out and we are unable to find the key for it. Is it possible to have a replcement key shipped? What are the requirements for this?Thanks much!><((?gt;

Hi guys, I am new to this forum and also a new user with the Ultra 20 WOrkstation.I am having difficulty running my DSL high speed internet on this machine using WIndows XP. I have all the connections with the modem set up properly and also am able to connect to the internet. The only thing I ...

Hi all,I'm getting an old Ultra 60 workstation from work, and I'd like to turn it into either a linux or solaris 10 server. I have lots of linux experience, but only on x86 and a little on PPC. I'm getting only the tower from work (no cables or peripherals at all), and I haven't a clue of ...

hello guys,would like to request help if there are any settings i need to enable for a netra t1 to detect the new hard disks that were added on a dell disk array. the netra t1 is able to detect scsi hds 1-3 but not the 8-11. have checked netra t1 manual and it says that it supports both narrow ...

Hi,Something rather odd is happening with a X2100 i am playing with. I am trying to install Debian on this box but as soon as I get to the Language menu (the first menu in the install process) the keyboard stops responding.I suspected something wrong with the installer but I tested it on an ...

Hi,I've looked and I can't find conclusive information on several memory issues. I was wondering if someone could point me to documentation on the following issues:- what is the absolute MAXIMUM amount of RAM supported by the v440? (I've heard 16 Gigs and 32 Gigs)- if I've done memory ...

HiI have tried with lm-sensors and mbmon without any luck. It seems there are no hardware sensors to monitor temp and fan speeds ?Do i need to purchase the SMDC daughterboard to monitor theese items ? or can i monitor theese some other way ? - Tonny

Can anybody tell me that i can run any version of linux on SUN ENTERPRISE 250 server as i have two of them lying doing nothing and i want to utalize them for good and for the time being i want to install linux and use them in an on going project.plz if some can suggest me the linux distro i ...

Does this work in Solaris 10 installs?I've just enabled it and got the 'Bad PBR signal' error indicating it isn't supported! Steve

I am in the process of updating a V440 with 2*1.59Mhz CPUs installed.The OBP is 4.18.10 it was 4.16.6 until i upgraded as i thought this could help me out with the problem. The error message :Configuring system memory & CPU(s)ERROR: CPU0 DIMM 0 SPD reports DIMM has unsupported CAS latency ...

hi experts i recently bought a sunblade 1000 on ebay.and lo and behold it has no CD drive. Is this something thatI can just buy any cdrom drive and install it? Or do I need to buy a specific cd drive and install software etc to get it to work?Thanks so much!

Does anyone know about the following information? I can't find the info in the service manual.Internal drive bay interface (Fast SCSI, Fast Wide SCSI or SCA?)Internal drive bay height restriction (low profile, 1 inch?)External SCSI port interface (Fast SCSI, Fast Wide SCSI or SCA?)Another ...

We have sun box model E3500 with solaris 7 5/99.one of HDD fail and we could not found the same model, the latest HDD does not support solaris 7 5/99 ( for partitioning and format ). We tried to used solaris 7 11/99 for partitioning and formatting and its works but after we restore the original ...

I've been working on a V100, building it up as a Sol 10 jumpstart server. Having spent 2 days swapping the serial cable between it and a Netra t1, the V100 all of a sudden stopped showing any output. I can't get a LOM prompt at all, but it is still responsive to input (issuing 'poweron' ...

Does anyboby here knows how many flops are processed by a Ultra Sparc III Processor?or knows how to calculate it by means of commands. I've been looking for this answer.

Folks,How to change the name in 1280 LOM. I notice the default is noname.example.com. Thanks.

I bought an Ultra 20 about one year ago with the AMD Opteron 144 CPU. Is it possible to upgrade the CPU to another model in the same line? I was thinking of the 154 or 156. Any recommendations?Brennan

Hi there,we've bought an X2100 server with 80 GB SATA disk. After 2 weeks of working, the disk attached into the 1st disk bay was not recognized. We got another disk - with the same result: sometimes the BIOS recognizes it, sometimes not. The second bay is correct.What the hell is ...

Hello,We are planning to purchase X4200 servers; According to documentation, they use SAS drive, which are quite expensive. So is it possible to use SATA drives? I read somewhere that their interface is similar and SATA can work with SAS.ThanksSteve

Hi. I just unpacked a new Ultra 20, booted it up, set up the network and such (with pretty generic settings).I logged in as root, ran the update manager application, and installed everything it suggested. Many of them failed with cryptic error messages, but it seemed that some of the updates ...

Hi.Can anyone tell me how to make a copy of a V240 motherboard BIOS from the motherboard (e.g., query the MB and get it to return a copy of the BIOS?) How about the integrated NIC (or is this just controlled from the MB BIOS)?Thanks in advance.-QG

Hi,We just receieved a nice T1000 and tried to jumpstart it.Sadly, we got this:{0} ok boot net - installBoot device: /pci@7c0/pci@0/network@4 File and args: - install1000 Mbps FDX Link upRequesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:21:95:acRequesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:21:95:acRequesting ...

I have a netra x1. When I connect to it via LOM I see the following. How can I tell if its memory or if its the CPU or other. After much searching I have not found any troubleshooting ideas with this problem. LOMlite starting up.CPU type: H8/3437S, mode 3Ram-test: 2048 bytes OKInitialising i2c ...

Just got a new X2100 server and need to install fedora core 4 on it with dual-core operton 64bit processor.I have following the installation here ( http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3720-12/Chap2.h tml)and making sure that I setup the BIOS for linux instllation. But ...

Hi,I just added 4 gigs to my development v440. Previously, X was starting fine (this system is running Solaris 10 and starting dtlogin when I need it). The system was running fine.Now, the system is running fine with the additional memory except that dtlogin will not start./var/dt/Xerrors ...

Hi AllWe have a SunT2000 server.we have to connect it to SAN which HBA card will support this server.ThanksRPS

Hello,i'm trying to install a x4200 using windows 2003 sp1.Created the F6 floppy using the make floppy utility found on the drivers cd.during install, after the hardware config has been inspected, i see the f6 screen, hit f6 and finaly enter the additionail scsi drivers section.Press S to ...

Hi,Can you help me with the following problem please.I am getting a flashing attention LED after about 40 minutes of having the server up and running. It's a brand new box. The light continues to flash when the server is powered down. If I disconnect the server the light goes off and stays off ...