Weblogic server Principal error

358 byte By sasi2103 at 2007-11-26 8:28:16
Hi all,I searched and searched and of course searched again in google and i didn't find any answer for my problem. The problem is what that means when i using weblogic server?<Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Cannot get the server version, the request was from an ...

CPU install

402 byte By jma at 2007-11-26 8:31:36
I have installed a new CPU board in a v480 but the system does not recognize it. Both CPU boards are 900mHz and I have upgraded the firmware to 4.17.1. The system tries to boot but after the only indications I get are a solid maintenance light and a flashing locator light. After waiting for ...

SunFire V440 power supply failures

968 byte By freireis at 2007-11-26 8:32:04
We have a SunFire V440 server in our shop that has gone through two power supplies in a year. The last was replaced within the last month. Now the amber light is on again for the same power supply (only seems to affect this server and power supply PS1). I have verified that all power cables are ...

SunFire V250 RAM Upgrade

787 byte By robert_appleby at 2007-11-26 8:32:22
Hi,I have a SunFire V250 and it shipped with 2GB RAM. I have purchased and addition 2GB RAM and am going to install it.I have 2 processors in this machine.There are two RAM banks 0 & 1.Bank 0 has slots 0, 1, 2 & 3Bank 1 has slots 4, 5, 6 & 7I noticed when I opened the box, the ...

unable to change permissions of a folder

601 byte By munna624 at 2007-11-26 8:32:34
Hi,i had created a folder with root login. and imported 10gb data.By default the permissions are owner: root rwxgroup:other r-xother r-xNow when i try to change the permsisson of the group to write, i am getting this error:The permissions for the specified folder cannot be changed.The specified ...

Sunfire V20z...general questions about VRM's, CPU's, and memory speed

683 byte By chuddy117 at 2007-11-26 8:34:29
I've got a Sun V20z that i'd like to get going, but have a few questions. I've only got 1 memory VRM for the server, and 2 CPU VRM's. Can I run a single CPU until I find another VRM for the board? I was looking at going with an Opteron 248. Also, I've got about sixteen 1GB PC2100 sticks of ...

Count of socketed T1 CPUs?

410 byte By mcooper7290 at 2007-11-26 8:35:34
How do I determine via some software means the number of physical, socketed T1 CPUs present in a system such as the T1000? Our application needs this count for licensing purposes. All our existing methods result in each CPU core being counted.Is there any data in OBP that can be used?Is there ...

Which V480 Prom Update to Install

192 byte By ecocubi at 2007-11-26 8:37:42
Does anyone know which V480 Flash PROM update should be installed? The Sun system hanbook web page for the V480 is showing three updates. Do all in order or just install the latest one?

e450 startup

308 byte By ymtoni3 at 2007-11-26 8:39:03
I have an e450 I acquired this winter from NASA in Cleveland Ohio....my intention is to sell it....it powers up fine, but the message on the screen says bad magic number, with images of blck diamonds on the screen, this is my first sun machine, so I'm not that familiar with the OS ...

SFv120 - tip /dev/ttya into it produces output, but can't type

444 byte By Claw at 2007-11-26 8:39:26
Hi,This sounds elementary but I can't figure it out and the brain isn't functioning well at 1:20am.I've got a v120 that did not have a console on it, so I connected a cable from a v880's serial to the serial A/LOM port on the v120.I'm getting text displayed when I tip to it (tip -9600 ...

V210 ALOM telnet crashes frequently

676 byte By wsanders at 2007-11-26 8:40:29
We have a couple of V210s in production, on one we lose telnet about once every two weeks and have to do a "scadm resetsc". Telnet does not respond, but the IP address is pingable. The other acts strangely, it sometimes does not echo the username on login, drops packets, etc;Please login: ...

ILOM - backslash becomes # in Windows

496 byte By CooLix at 2007-11-26 8:41:57
Hi all,I wonder if anyone can help me. I believe there is a bug report for this issue, but I don't seem to be able to access it.The problem I have is that when I build or control a x4100/4200 via the Java Console on the ILOM, the backslash doesn't if I control Windows via the console. The ...

Question on capacity on demand

400 byte By haleh at 2007-11-26 8:42:12
HI All ,We planning to migrate and consolidate our servers to a E25k .Wondering by using capacity on demand option , if we can setup a domain with one uniboard fully activated with four CPU and another CPU board with only 2 CPU and its corresponding memory turn on which give you a total of six ...

Failover Board on 6900

92 byte By haleh at 2007-11-26 8:42:16
Hi ,I'm wondering if we can have board failover on E9600 series Thanks

ERROR: CPU RED-State Exception Reset Recovery

23221 byte By ggoudie2 at 2007-11-26 8:42:31
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 are these devices? ( for a sunfire 280r )

42 byte By ccurobert at 2007-11-26 8:45:22
ohci0, fssnap0, winlock0, lockstat0

x4200 and v40z, w2k3 standard, >4GB RAM

362 byte By J.o.S. at 2007-11-26 8:46:03
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 ...

boting problem

167 byte By unixbooks at 2007-11-26 8:47:37
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.

Dynamic reconfiguration

335 byte By haleh at 2007-11-26 8:48:09
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 ...

Gig E interface on an e450

463 byte By mikep_vt90 at 2007-11-26 8:48:23
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 ...

Sun Hardrive Part number difference

254 byte By dnovembre at 2007-11-26 8:50:49
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

is a 3-way possible on an E4500 machine

132 byte By atm2000 at 2007-11-26 8:53:01
so, having 3 cpu across two boards, is this ideal... sounds odd to me, but according to sun, it's possible. any experiences?

SSH to ALOM instead of telnet?

1803 byte By arghm8y at 2007-11-26 8:54:01
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 ...

Not enough space under /var to install soalris 8 patch cluster - help?

277 byte By chicki at 2007-11-26 8:55:19
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.

CD/DVD-ROM drive needed for V210 server

314 byte By mbedell at 2007-11-26 8:55:21
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 ...

Sun Enterprise 250 Server; memory upgrade

285 byte By Krishna_Sun_Forums at 2007-11-26 8:58:20
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?

net management port use

430 byte By JDP at 2007-11-26 8:59:31
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 ...

H/W Product Overview

227 byte By mittond at 2007-11-26 8:59:32
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

new hard disk not detected on openboot

699 byte By ningning at 2007-11-26 9:02:31
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 ...

Fire X2100 keyboard issue under Debian

549 byte By David_RT at 2007-11-26 9:02:33
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 ...

Sun Fire v440 RAM Upgrade & Configuration

1025 byte By philforrest at 2007-11-26 9:02:50
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 ...

x2100 and cpu / fan monitoring

277 byte By tonnyj at 2007-11-26 9:03:08
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

Linux on SUN ENTERPRISE 250 SERVER

328 byte By mzeeshanfahd at 2007-11-26 9:03:23
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 ...

V440 Memory - CAS latency error with 4GB kits

471 byte By sun_team at 2007-11-26 9:05:13
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 ...

sunblade 1000?

293 byte By goochable at 2007-11-26 9:06:09
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!

HDD issues

542 byte By sdspsc at 2007-11-26 9:06:27
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 ...

V100 - No LOM/console output

505 byte By ian.glennon at 2007-11-26 9:06:56
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' ...

LOM name change

107 byte By lesstime at 2007-11-26 9:07:26
Folks,How to change the name in 1280 LOM. I notice the default is noname.example.com. Thanks.

X2100 SATA issues

307 byte By lberes at 2007-11-26 9:08:14
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 ...

X4200 server, is it possible to use SATA drives instead of SAS drives

277 byte By Sapsteven at 2007-11-26 9:08:21
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

How to make backup copy of BIOS

275 byte By QueenGeek at 2007-11-26 9:09:45
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

T1000 - ERROR: /pci@7c0/pci@0/network@4: Last Trap: Division by Zero

945 byte By kcornwell at 2007-11-26 9:10:06
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 ...

netra x1

2094 byte By mage2 at 2007-11-26 9:10:53
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 ...

Sun Fire v440 RAM Upgrade now can't start X server

1980 byte By philforrest at 2007-11-26 9:11:35
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 ...

Sun T2000

138 byte By RajeshPS at 2007-11-26 9:11:54
Hi AllWe have a SunT2000 server.we have to connect it to SAN which HBA card will support this server.ThanksRPS

x4200 windows server 2003 sp1 install

570 byte By j.cats at 2007-11-26 9:12:06
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 ...

x2100 Service LED Flashing

591 byte By james.young at 2007-11-26 9:12:38
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 ...

Sunfire 280R and Remote System Control (RSC)

471 byte By kaki.tsang at 2007-11-26 9:13:16
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 ...

Windows drivers for SUN Quad PCI card

399 byte By JohanCh at 2007-11-26 9:13:55
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 ...

x2100 & HW raid

222 byte By zleeper at 2007-11-26 9:14:07
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.