Hello All,
I am trying to change the hostid and ethernet address on the NVRAM on a Blade 100. However, the mkpl and mkp commands are not on in the OBP 4.0.x.
Are the new NVRAMS that are ordered online from SUN preprogrammed with a hostid and ethernet address? If not, what can I do to put them into the NVRAM?
Thanks for the help.
That editing function does not exist in any OBP 4.x or newer.
Sun deliberately removed the capability to edit the information.
The only way to change the HostID is to replace the IDPROM, and all that will accomplish is getting a new, unique, hostID.
The whole point of those identification strings is that they're unique.
One per system.
If your software license(s) are tied to a particular ID from an old server, then I suggest you go to the application vendor and have the licenses changed.That will probably be done for a fee.
Hello Kenneth,
<i>Are the new NVRAMS that are ordered online from SUN preprogrammed with a hostid and ethernet address?</i>
Yes, they are available preprogrammed, but keep two things in mind:
1. Price tag, you have to pay for this special service.
2. <u>Only in exchange</u> for the old NVRAM.
<i>...what can I do to put them into the NVRAM?</i>
I contacted the author of the NVRAM-FAQ, but never got an answer. It might be easier and probably less expensive if you get new software licence generated for the new HOSTID.
Sun and software manufacturers don't like if you change the HOSTID to (probably) break their licensing.
EDIT: Ask the moderator (Bill), he can roughly tell you how much it will cost. The parts in the System Handbook are w/o programming. The part for the Blade 150 is 525-1788.
Michael
The retail pricing from the ecommerce website Store.Sun.Com is all I currently have access to...
Kenneth: I sensed from your first information that you've already acquired one or more proms from Sun, so you're already current with pricing. As you've experienced, they don't arrive "blank".
If you choose to request a prom with custom ID from Sun, keep in mind that such a separate and additional service requires that a Sun field engineer hand carry the new prom and retrieve the previous one, verifying that they are identical ID's on old and new chips. That is the procedure; cannot be waived for security reasons.
That inflates the expense by a mandatory minimum charge fee for the field engineer (approx $US 400 ).
If I might ask, why change the prom?It cannot be for any T.O.D. issues because there is a $2 lithium battery on the systemboard of SB100 and SB150 systems.
Do you have the luxury of having another Sun Blade ?
If yes, then swap proms.If the symptom follows the chip, you have an answer.If the issue stays with the chassis, then replace the lithium battery.
If you don't have two Sun Blade systems, borrow the prom from the 440MHz Ultra-10 you're selling on your website.(you might have to separate it from its plastic carrier, for the experiment)
The later systemboards of the Ultra5/Ultra10 (e.g. 375-0079 and newer) end up using the same P# 100-6889 bare prom component as the SB100 and SB150 systems.There may be an additional plastic surround to the U-10 assembly, sometimes called its "carrier" that makes it easier ti remove and replace the item from its board socket.
