I've got a Ultra 60 that my boss was nice enough to let me take home to play with. It has been running fine at my desk at work for several months. After getting it home, the Ultra 60 will no longer boot up. It gets to the point where it shows the banner, but no farther than that. I can get ...

I have a sunfire 280R machine, and I was wondering if RSC can be loaded onto it. The sunfire page says that it can, but the RSC page lists much newer models as system requirements for the software. Also can anyone tell me if the RSC provides a windowing environment for the machine (i've been ...

Hi everyone.With the risk of being flamed, I have a question regarding drivers for a Sun QUAD network card. I belive it is a X1034A card.The card is also marked with a label saying: *5015406096836* and a barcode. On another label it sais: QFEPCIIs there any chance in h**l that this card would ...

I'm trying to install solaris 10 on a x2100 with hw raid enabled but when solaris tries to install it doesn't detect the hdd's. is this normal? any tips and tricks to get it to run with hw raid is welcome.

Hi Folks,I just got a T2000 server, and have hooked it up (sort of).Right now, I'm running everythign through the serial console, which I've found to be pretty darn ineffective.I booted into solaris no problem, but I don't know how to get hte management network running.The first thing I did ...

I'm looking for the OBP updates, and all release notes for the updates, so that I can flash the two I have recently obtained and add the intervening release notes to the manual I printed out for the boards.Also, I'm looking for the OBP dropins compatible with the SPARCengine AXi.I've tried ...

I have three V440抯 now connected on the same network. I need to back up the data on each of these systems. I have one tape drive, a Quantum superloader3 with an ATO3 tape drive connected to one of the systems. I have in the past backed up data to a tape that resided on the same system the tape ...

Hi I have installed solaris 10 x86 in my pc having lg monitor standard monitor 2.54 celeron processor , installation was smooth with no problem , after booting iam not able to get gui it is out of range frenquency error in the monitor ,but iam able to work in cli will any body to how resolve it ...

Is there a way of getting an automatic "poweron" when power is applied (ie is typing or scripting "poweron" to sc the only way?)thanks

Hi all, I'm trying to install a Storedge A1000 under Win2000 server.Could anyone explain me the correct procedure?Thank you

Greetings all, I have had some strange behaivor from one of my servers during the weekend. During a few hours between i have had 3 reboots + 500Mb VMCORE.0 file related to the following message below (as found in /var/adm/messages). Has someone else here have had the same error or something ...

Hello,can you guys tell me if it possible to know which boards are installed on my 3500 without turning it off ?I have problems with serial ports and I'd like to buy a new clock board but I don't want to turn anything off....RegardsNick

I just picked this up for 80 bucks. I wanted to use it to do some learning on Solaris systems.At this point in time...I only know how to work with a system that is already up and running.That and I don't think this Netra is a normal server like I thought it would be. I have heard that I can ...

Hey everyone, I recently bought an Ultra 10 off of eBay and when I tried to boot it the power supply turned on and the fans spun but I wasn't getting any video... so out came the serial cables!After starting POST it gets about half way through (maybe?) and then just stops with a repeating ...

Has Sun outsourced their manufacturing to Dell? 3 of the 7 V210s we have received lately have non-functional LEDs on the front panel. All LEDs are off.The latest one, when I issue a "setlocator on" command from the SC> prompt, neither the front nor rear LEDs come on, and the "showlocator" ...

Call me sillyI am trying to work out what the acronym's refer to. Where can I find information on the above mentioned accreditations? I have tried searching for it on the internet but have found nothing. I am sure there is a simple answer to my queries but I am only new to the world of ...

AllI have an E4500, prtdiag below. I had two CPU boards replaced with ones that are 100MHz capable, but the system still runs at 84MHz.What is holding it back? Many thanks in advance.System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u 8-slot Sun Enterprise E4500/E5500System clock frequency: 84 ...

What is the fastest (or best, based on specs) graphics card that will work in my system?The Sun Handbook lists several that will work, but I had trouble finding a public consolidated list of graphics cards and their specifications. I'm particularly interested in a UPA compatible card. I ...

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Is it possible to upgrade a sun fire v280 box from 1GB to 2GB memory?Thanks

1.I got this during a "boot net".equesting Internet Address for 0:14:4f:f:3c:3eERROR: /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0,2/LSILogic,sas@2: Last Trap: FastInstruction Access MMU Miss[Exception handlers interrupted, please file a bug][type 'resume' to attempt a normal recovery]2.I noticed that there ...

I have an Ultra 2 at home to play with, 2 internal 9 GB disks, mostly full. It also has an SBUS SCSI card. So what are my choices to add some disk to this ? I would prefer not replacing what I have. Are there some reasonable external SCSI disks out there ? What do I look for ? ...

Hi, This have been an issue for a while. All my new Sun V490 delivery have the RSC password protected. However, noone knows the default passwd!RSC version 2.2.2 ()Please login: adminPlease Enter password:Any idea what is the default password?

Hello.How do I configure a Sun Fire v240 to automatically boot after a power failure? I cannot find any documentation about this.TIA Stephan

Hello,I have two Sun Fire V40 servers running Solaris 9 and Veritas Foundations Suite HA (VM, FS, CS). Approximately every 3.5 hours, the two servers each display the following message:Aug 12 14:27:08 cfs1 bge: [ID 801593 kern.notice] NOTICE: bge0: link up 1000Mbps Full-DuplexI also have ...

As an experiment, I put a 2-USB-port Iogear PCI card in my Ultra 10 (running Solaris 10) and plugged in a Verbatim "Store 'n' Go Pro" memory system once the system was up. Cfgadm lists it as usb-storage, connected, and configured. Rmformat finds it at /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 but I seem to be ...

Our Ultra 5 still runs Solaris 2.6. What's the easiest way to upgrade this box (hardware and OS), without having to re-install all apps? We're looking at used V280s, but I figure they will not run Solaris 2.6, so an upgrade is needed. Should I first upgrade to 8 or 9 on the Ultra 5, and then ...

Hello,we run some X4100/X4200 servers. I want to monitor temperatures via ILOM's snmp interface. Unfortunately I get all kind of information with snmpwalk like sensor typ, hysteresis, unit, .... except the current sensor readings. Did anybody succeed in reporting temperatur sensor readings via ...

Hi All,We have a problem of updating our firmware from the version 5.15.2 to the version 5.20.1 on Sun Fire 4800. We have our firmware downloaded on Sun Blade 150 workstation and we ran the command from this workstation. The problem occur when we ran the command flashupdate through the ftp url ...

Hello,My w2100z shutdowns everytime i try to boot it. I had a similar problem with w1100z and was able to take care of it by updating the BIOS.But with 2100z, it shutsdown even before it boots from the cd. Any idea how make it run long enough to boot from the cd?here is the link to where the ...

Is it possible to run 4 independent monitors with Sun Ultra 40 and Linux RedHat WS?

Hello everyone!I've just received a message from a client telling me that he sent me a password protected ZIP file by e-mail, which I've never received. He then tried to send it to himself (to another e-mail address), but didn't receive that one either.Neither the sender nor the receiver got ...

Hi everyone!I've tried to install a subdomain consisting of a single number only. Unfortunately, the DNS only allowed it with a www. in front of it.This is how it goes:domain name: 21gigawatt.chhow I was able to set the subdomain: www.1.21gigawatt.ch (works!)how I want it to look as well: ...

I have many Sun Ultra-5 units in production. Another unit has recently failed and the symptoms are always the same.(a) No output on the display. (b) A RED State Exception loop (see example below) output to serial Port-A.RED State Exception TT=0000.0000.0000TL=0000.0000.0000.0005 ...

We have a sunfire 880 server with T3 , but we get below message in syslog as below ,what's this message means? this message happened several monthes.help and thanksT3_1:/:<4>more syslogAug 06 04:48:18 SNXT[1]: N: u1ctr Complete CDB: 0x12 0x1 0x80 0x0 0x10 0x0 Aug 06 04:49:19 SNXT[1]: N: ...

I'm trying to get the networkcards working on a x2100 with Redhat 7.3 for a customer that needs this specific distro. I found on the opensolaris site that the bge is a broadcom & the nge an nvidia. But what type wasn't detailed.Could anyone please tell me wich type or maybe point me to ...

I have a sun usb keyboard and I'd like to use it on my Ultra 10. Can I plug it in the usb pci card I installed then the regular sun mouse in the regular spot?

I am new to Sun systems and am trying to boot a Sun v120 that has no drives of any kind, no keyboard and no monitor. I am using LOM port A and Windows Hyperterminal. When I try port B I get not screen output. On A it boots to a screen with no prompt but I can get to the LOM prompt by typing # ...

I have an Ultra 5 - the original Sun monitor failed.The original Sun monitor had a 13W3 male connector which was connected to a 13W3 female to HD15 male cable (11 pin).I purchased a flat panel Acer, VGA (15 pin) monitor to replace the Sun monitor.The Ultra 5 does not play well with the new ...

I've been wanting for the past year to turn my qube 3 into a server that runs some sort of forum. I have not been successful at all in finding anything. I did come across the vBulletin forums which is what I would like to run on a qube 3. I'm just not sure how to go about it and if its even ...

I have a V120 which will not get past the Core Memory Test. I have tried installing a different 256MB DIMM card into all 4 slots to no avail. The system recognizes when and in which slot the card is installed, but I am getting the same error message. Any recomendations would be ...

Hi,my client pc OS is NT4,but the application is using JRE1.4,can JRE1.4 work in such low end OS.

Hi, I have one sparcstation 20 with one CPU supersparc II (75 MHZ), not interne disk but with 2 UltraSCSI and solaris 2.5.1. Sometime, the station boot well with no problem. But when I want to do action (access to one file for example) the system reboot with the message :==========Copyright(c) ...

Hi, whenever I try to use Realplayer 10 to stream audio the application gets very slow and/or freezes. This also happens when I try to play an mp3 in a local directory. I do get audio though. I suspect some sound card problem. Can anyone help?Realplayer 10.0.8.805 (gold)RH4U4Sun Ultra 20 (dual ...

Can some one help me to confirm that I can connect a SCSI LTO tape drive (SG-CTAPLTO2V-R)with a X2200 or X2100 using the following card SG-XPCIE2SCSIU320Zcombination should be possible reading this webpage http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2200/storage.jspbut if I read the details about ...

Hi,I don't have access to a T-1000 so I hope someone out here can help me.I need to know how long it takes for a T-1000 to reboot?

I have a 280R that now crashes whenever I disconnect the null modem cable from the serial A console port. This is a new behavior. This did not occur approx. 3 weeks ago when I installed Solaris 10 6/06. The server has been running until last week when I noticed it was down (could not be pinged ...

I am about to get a new Prom chip for my Blade 100 after the previous one get fubared. Can I just put it in or is there something special I should know?

HI , Is any one can help me to identifing this erroe ocure when i m install solaries 9 on my ultra 10 workstation , when i am start installation on my ultra 10 system ,Warining: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@2,0 (dad1)corrupt lable - wrong magic number.thanks.

Hi, I am new to Sun (Solaris and Sun Hardware), and have been given a few servers to play with (E250's and E450's) and I do not have the necessary DB25 to RJ45 adapter for terminal access. I have ordered some DB25 to RJ45 shell kits so I can build my own connectors but before I do it, I was ...