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Operating Systems Solaris V240 no OBP or console available Post 302906166 by hicksd8 on Tuesday 17th of June 2014 05:12:22 PM

06-17-2014

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Right, let me explain some of the basic hardware architecture here. Sorry, if you already know this but you really must understand this correctly.

First there is a Linux appliance called the System Controller (SC>) integrated underneath the full Sun hardware. The SC's job is to assist you, the Sysadmin, to manage the system. The SC is a separate machine to the main system (although integrated in the box).

When you plug in the mains power the SC will boot and you should see that output.

IF THE SC IS CONFIGURED TO, it will power up the main processor(s) but otherwise it won't. So power on the SC doesn't mean that the whole machine is powered up.

Can you login to the SC? Do you know the password?

If you can login to the SC then you can ask the SC to power up the main box by giving the command:

Code:

SC> poweron

After that is you switch to the console output:

Code:

SC> console

you should be able to see the main machine boot.

Try the first 'poweron' command and watch the front of the box for lights and the noise level (if it's not in a noisey machine room). Or get someone else stand in front of the box when you hit the return key. There should be an immediate response.

Post back the result.

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poweroff

HALT(8) 							       halt								   HALT(8)

NAME

       halt, poweroff, reboot - Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

SYNOPSIS

       halt [OPTIONS...]

       poweroff [OPTIONS...]

       reboot [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

       halt, poweroff, reboot may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the machine.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       --help
	   Prints a short help text and exits.

       --halt
	   Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

       -p, --poweroff
	   Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

       --reboot
	   Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

       -f, --force
	   Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do not contact the init system.

       -w, --wtmp-only
	   Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually halt, power-off, reboot.

       -d, --no-wtmp
	   Do not write wtmp shutdown entry.

       --no-wall
	   Do not send wall message before halt, power-off, reboot.

EXIT STATUS

       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

NOTES

       These are legacy commands available for compatibility only.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemctl(1), shutdown(8), wall(1)

systemd 208																   HALT(8)