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Old 07-14-2013
System reboot shows blank screen

we are using sun solaris sunfire v445, yesterday improperly shutdown the server
and now while restart the system show a screen which is blank and the hard disc drive indicator light is also not glowing.
# 2  
Old 07-14-2013
Screen? Do you mean: nothing printed when you login to ALOM?
If there is not a single alive sign, remove power cords for 30 seconds.
# 3  
Old 07-14-2013
ya i removed the power cord and open the machine and cleaned the memory.
again the same, showing a abstract color on the screen.

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when i press the start button and waited for 5 mins the a screen with abstract color will be shown. after that nothing will be shown.
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Old 07-14-2013
Please explain what your "screen" is! A (defective) graphics card?
Do you know what I mean with ALOM?

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Old 07-14-2013
Plug in the serial connection located usually at the back of the machine, then check ALOM.
If you know the IP address of the machine if it is static then try pinging it, if alive then telnet or ssh into it.
That might give some clues...
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Old 07-15-2013
actually day before yesterday the machine was done emergency shutsdown by pressing the power button reason the monitor display was not clear means it shows the graphic interface with some grains but server was working fine and application also woriking.After that when i started the machine started and all the indicator lights are ok in the front panel the "ok"( light green) is blinking but the hard drive lights are not signaling, only while starting the ,machine by pressig the power button those light will give green signal and go away. The screen I mean to say monitor, after starting the machine it takes 5 mins then some grains with diffferent colors showing on the monitor.nothing other than that. no welcome screen i am able see.I am new to solaris machine so i am not getting what u mean ALOM and serial connection.hope now u got some more info , thanks for your replies if any suggestion much appriciated.
# 7  
Old 07-15-2013
Then you have definitely a broken graphics card!
The rest of the system might work nevertheless, you should try ping|ssh|telnet access over the Ethernet LAN!
Get a new graphics card, and also get used to ALOM!
ALOM has a direct serial connector (9600, 8, 1, xon/xoff) and an Ethernet connector. From ALOM you get console access: you see what the system is doing at boot time, and after successful Solaris boot it goes to a (non-graphical) Solaris login. Google for: V445 ALOM serial connector
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