Tried to contact Suns service dept by phone and was on hold for close to six hours,do they anticipate a person to pay for such treatment?Does a service contract cover all machines or each individual machn eper person? Do they do anything for you if you can actually contact them?Message was ...

Hi all,I've got an Ultra 10/Sol9/440Mhz CPU/3.25OBP system that was working fine with a Creator 3D Series 3 (FFB2+) graphic card (PN: 501-4789) through its 13W3 connector with its PN: 530-2917 adapter and Sun monitor. Not having chance to use the sun monitor anymore, I physically uninstalled ...

for RAC requirements I have to configure this card to use the interface name of ce1 but I have tried changing slots and puting /etc/hostname.ce1 file out there but it fails .. it always comes up as ce0. my question is : How can I cofigure this card to come up as ce1 ? in the other box I had to ...

I've a SB1000 workstation with an SUN type 6 USB keyboard on Soaris10.the SHIFT key doesn't work. Please advise how to check keyboard configuration?

Hi all,I appreciate the soln to this might be "go get a support contract", butsuggestions short of that would be very welcome.One of our SunBlade 1000s fails on power-up with "Data Access Error". set-defaults, reset-all, setenv diag-switch? true -- these and others all result in a "Fast Data ...

Hello there,I am missing the key for the power switch on this unit we picked up second hand (probably on ebay). Anyway, i wondered if anyone knows of a bypass procedure to get me up and running?its just a box for a lab, so if I need to just solder 2 wires together and leave it at that, that's ...

Hi everyone,I have a ultra 5 that had a 270mhz cpu, it worked fine but was a bit slow.so I upgraded the cpu to a 400mhz. I put it back together and turned the machine on and the hardware turns on, lights come on etc but nothing ever shows up on the monitor. the caps lock comes on and goes off ...

Hi everyboy!I own a Blade 1000 with 1x600MHz CPU and tried today to update the old OBP 4.0 via serial console to the latest OBP (patch 118323-01) available.I followed the instructions given and received at the end the expected "Programming successful" message, however instead of resetting after ...

Hi everyone,I want to install Solaris 9 in a ultra 10 station, however when I entered the command "boot cdrom" to boot from solaris 9 cd. The machine prompted: "Firmware password:". I want to know what is this password? How can I get one? Or is there some way to detour it? many ...

I connect a USB barcode scanner to Blade 1500 that have attached a USB keyboard and mouse.The OS warn that "Multiple keyboards not supported"But if I connect the USB barcode scanner,and don't connect the USB keyboard and mouse.The USB barcode scanner work well.If I plug out the USB barcode ...

Does anyone know if OpenBSD/NetBSD has been ported to the X4100 M2?Thanks,Joejoe@via.net

I have purchased X4100 , I need to install windows2003 operating system through network.I have configured RIS server.Configuration files and the disposition step is as followstxtsetup.sif files:[SourceDisksFiles]lsi_sas.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1[HardwareIdsDatabase]PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0050 = ...

Okay, so I've not had a Sun Server to administer before (we just used desktops as servers) so I was unprepared for the results when I turned on our new V125 (nothing appeared to happen).After searching for some info, it appears that I need to use a serial console or connect the system to an ...

I recently have come into possesion of a Sun Enterprise 450 Ultra, a Sun Enterprise 3500, and two Storedge 5200(s). The company I work for (a straight by the books windows enterprise) recently took over a competitor that made use of Sun/Solaris, so they were getting thrown away. My conciense ...

Hi,I've set up my certificates already for my sun server 6.x. I can successfully connect to our LDAP based on my cert8 and key3-this works great. I'm trying to run another app, given to me from another developer, that I think only recognizes a .jks file to hold cert info.I was told I could ...

We just ordered a bunch of V440s. I notice this box has a hardware RAID1 capability, but can only mirror one drive.What's the performance of this hardware RAID1 vs SVM?If we can only mirror one pair of disks, it's hardly worth the bother, since for the sake of consistency I'd rather just use ...

Hi,Can anybody give me a breif explaination about the following errorswhich capatured by Sun Fire E25K System Controller:Nov 7 08:16:36 2006 E25K-ORADR-sc0 hwad[11914]: [112320621355893934396 ERR I2cComm.cc 410] I2c read time out - bus: 10,address: 21Nov 7 08:16:36 2006 E25K-ORADR-sc0 ...

Dear professional,Does 64-bit dual-core Intel Xeon 3.0GHz 1333 FSB processor w/ 4M cashe faster then 900MHz UltraSPARC-III w/8MB external cache?Thanks a lot!

Is possible to install RedHat on x4100 server using only serial MGT (console) without grafic interface ?

I am trying to connect a terminal to a V240 via the ttyb (10101) port, the port directly above the "Serial Mgmt" port.I added the following line to the /etc/inittab file:c1:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -h -p "`uname -n` login: " -T sun -d /dev/ttyb -l console -m ldterm,ttcompatThe ttymon ...

Hi guys,I am planning to buy the ultra 20 m2 workstation to work with Mathematica 5.2. on Solaris 10.The ultra 20 m2 is not in the list of certified systems to run the mathematica-software: http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/platforms/certified.html(e.g. the java w2100 workstation is ...

We are using Sun v40z machines with built in LSI RAID controller (RAID level 1). I was wondering about the performance of RAID on these machines. Our application does a lot of I/O (mainly random and sequential reads). Since we are using a RAID-1 system with two disks, I expect the performance ...

Is there a command, script or program available that will tell me what PCI boards, disks, memory, etc are installed in my server?

Hi All,I have been monitoring the temperature of my Netra T1 system using "lom -t" from Solaris 8. I am little bit confused about the warning and panic levels. Here is the output from "lom -t":#lom -tSystem Temperature Sensors: 1Enclosure 26 degC : warning 67 degC : shutdown 72 degCSystem ...

Haii am trying to install java system application server 8.2 in my machine and during that process its asking for LIVE DNS ip.so what is live dns ip and can't we create run time environment with out live dns ip.thanx

Hi, I have two Sun Fire v20 servers. On both, I installed 10Gb Ethernet PCI-X cards with Intel CB82597EX PCIX MAC controller and optical transceiver duplex LC Model No. 871879, XG-Base-SR. I have Suse Linux 9.3 (x86_64) OS with 2.6.11.4-21.9-smp kernel on both of them.ethtool shows ...

Hi, I am trying to size a system. We need to the KTPMCs statistics for the machine. I cannot find these stats anywhere. HELP!! The suggested machine is a :- Hardwarev440UltraSPARC III Cu processor2 @ 1.5 GHzMemory 4 GB10000 RPM Ultra 3 SCSI LVD2 @ 140 GBdisk drive64-Bit PCI slot1 @ 66 MHzSystem ...

Just booted up a new M2. Got a red line over the sound icon gnome desktop bottom right. I ran dmesg and grepped for audio and nothing came up. I ran a untility from sun that servers for device drivers. It noted that the nvidia sound driver is not part of Solaris 10. I am confused? The whole ...

HiI got a SparcStation 20 with dual cpu. It has a disk with solaris 5.7 on it, but I don't know the root password so I decided to install a newer version of solaris or bsd.When I load a CD, and run boot cdrom from OBP, it tries to find the CD drive as sd@6 while the drive is at sd@2. Booting ...

Hello ppl,Just a couple of questions on the Ultra10 systems as i'm new to them, bare with me, k.1, Tryed to gain access to the bios using F2 but no luck, can anyone help?2, Is the bios firmware, is that right..? and where to get upgrades if needed?3, I need to install new HDD's to the ...

I have an X4600 with 4 internal disks. Using the LSI-configuration utility I am able to create mirrors or stripes. However, I can't figure out how to create a stripe from two mirrors. That is, first I want to create two mirrors and then to stripe the mirrors.Ey饀n

Hi, Ihave a serious problem that, I have to install my old 32 bit Solaris 2.5 onto Sun blade 2500 machineIs this possible?if this is not possible, is there an alternative for this?Ay suggestions?

Hi,We are planning on buying a load of T2000 systems, but we are wondering what the recommended java version is we should run.Most of our apps run on java 1.4.2 and we would like to know if java 1.4.2 knows about chip multithreading and if it can handle that.Does anyone know anything about this ...

Does anyone know if it is possible to put PXES (a linux thin client distro) onto a SunRay terminal 1? I'd like to use the 2X ThingClientServer PXES edition if possible.

Hi,There is a need for us to run two instance of Solaris in SunFire Server.Because we need to install Domino Servers in a Single Hardware.The hardware consist of Eight Processors.How to allocate the resource in such a way that the Domino Server should take 4 Processor and other application ...

I installed RHEL 4 ( kernel version 2.6.9-5.EL ) on a Sun Fire V40z server ( 2 * dual core CPUs).Two kernels appear on the GRUB menu, the 2.6.9-5.EL and the 2.6.9-5.smpEL.If the first run, no problem at all, but I can see only one CPU in the /proc/cpuinfo file. If I boot from the latter, the ...

Is there a quick and easy way to remove all virtual sites without having to do a full restore?

Hello there,There is a problem with Sun Ultra 20 (Model 148). Here is the problem details,Operating system : Windows Xp, Linux ( Red Hat )& solaris 10 Multiboot.After installing Os, & audio driver , I have attached speakers In front panel as well as Back Panel Audio Port. But in my ...

Can anyone please shed some lite on this error we keep receiving.... the usb port seems to work fine but it keeps giving a system error, please advise, thank you.Testing /pci@9,700000/usb@1,3Subtest usb-pci-reg-testSubtest usb-ohci-hccnt-sft-rst-test>> The Control register content is ...

Hello,I have got a Ultra I creator 3D workstation and i try to install linux on it. I have connected a scsi dvd drive but i can't boot from the linux dvd.when i run "boot cdrom'the computer returns on reboot : Boot device: /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@6,0:f File and args:Evaluating: boot ...

Hello all,An annoying problem with a brand new Sun Fire X2100 M2 server.At power on, the fans come on full speed (sounds like a jet). The normal behaviour is to slow down to an idle speed, within about 15 seconds, but I believe because of the hardware monitoring being disabled (sensor readings ...

I have gone through the documentation for Netra 240 and StorEdge 3510 and I can find Maximum operating DC Current for these two but this is for severe conditions. I need to find operating current under normal conditions.Help shall be appreciated.

With a USB mouse, there is a distinct stutter, typically around HD reads or writes. I've tried everything ...mutliple OS, SCSI and IDE HD, and resetting the bios confiuguration. Can anyone help!!!!!!!!! This is driving me crazy.

Tried to add 1GB of memory (removed from a second, working, Ultra 80) but the additional memory seems not to be recognized by OBP. I tried both banks 2 first and then both banks 1. Since it still boots, and shows 1GB, presumably the riser is mated properly, and undamaged.OBP: 3.23 Version 0 ...

There is no sound from my Ultra 20 which is running Windows XP. I don'tknow if this is a hardware problem (needs sound card) or a softwarecompatibility issue with Windows. I do get an error message sayingsound device not detected, although when I do a diagnostic, all audiodevices seem to be ...

Hello,We just had a 4 Sun Ultra 30's donated to our department. I want to install solaris 10 on at least one of them. I'm not really sure where to begin, as I am new to Sun workstations. When I start up one the workstations, I get a message "drive not ready, can't read disk label". It then ...

Hi,I just got 5 new X2100 M2 servers. One of the nice features of our X4200 is the ability to mount a CDROM or iso image from your workstation on the server using the builtin ip-kvm. The X2100 M2 should be able to do this too according to the manual, however I am unable to see the CD on the ...

Hi Guys,i recently reinstalled a couple of Cobalt Raq4 for web services.Everything works fine until i install an actual apache server.-> The server display looks fine after booting with my hostname and ip address.I just deactivate the preinstalled service called "httpd" and create a new ...

Can I use a 6GB SCSI on a Sun Fire V240?Thanks!

Hi!Just want to know if I can install a 6-GB hard drive to my SunFire V240. I tried browsing thru the net looking for any reference saying it's OK to install hard drives with storage capacity lower than 36 GB.