V240 cannot set admin password.

After installing a new motherboard in a V240 system, I started up the system.

It got to the SC> prompt. Now any command such as console -f

or resetsc gives me an error saying that the admin password is not set and to set it.

So I enter a password and reconfirm it.

But then when I try any other command again, it does the same thing "admin password is not set, to set it now"

I think the password I enter is valid as it contains letters and numbers and is long enough. It also doesn't tell me that its not valid. After confirming the password, the system waits for about 2 seconds and then goes back to the sc> prompt.

anybody know what the problem could be?

[710 byte] By [chromatech] at [2007-11-26 11:00:39]
# 1
The ALOM can be configured to have users, password and four different levels of permissions, can you provide more details on your configuration. Also by any chance are you Sun FE or partner FE?
mlennon at 2007-7-7 3:14:19 > top of Java-index,Sun Hardware,Servers - General Discussion...
# 2

After switching the SCC card, I was able to set the admin password and use commands in the sc> such as poweroff/poweron.

However when I do poweron, the system says something like 'hard disk failure' for all the disks.

I don't understand why its doing this. After rebooting the machine, again i was having problem.

It got to a login prompt. I entered 'admin' but the password previously set doesn't work. I don't know anymore if its hardware or software issue.

There are no users created in the sc> because I was unable to because of the initial problem I had were the password would be accepted but wouldn't work.

This is a brand new motherboard just installed so everything is fresh (default).

lukasz9000 at 2007-7-7 3:14:19 > top of Java-index,Sun Hardware,Servers - General Discussion...
# 3
I had the same problem...note:you do not want to mix RoHS hardware with non-RoHS hardware, you can get the problem your having...Also, you might try upgrading FW on sc>
ready2gorod at 2007-7-7 3:14:20 > top of Java-index,Sun Hardware,Servers - General Discussion...