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.)

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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>

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 ...

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 ...

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>

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 ...

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 ...

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>

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>

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>

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 ...

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 ...

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>

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>

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 ...

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>

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>

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>