Help with Reviving a NETRA240 Pls?


 
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# 8  
Old 11-26-2018
Sun SC Cannot believe it has turned the system power on...

Dear Hicks,

Downloaded all the manuals about Netra, ALOM, etc. Very superficial, lightly touches on things. But still explained a few points like the DB9 serial port. That indeed was not intended to help with ALOM access. Just a regular serial port for after the OS boots, not a management port at all.

Now as I wrote I can start the leaf blower fan inside with just a "poweron" command. To start individual sub-components (FRUs), I tried " poweron {fru} " commands. For motherboard ı tried "poweron MB", "poweron MOTHERBOARD", and "poweron MB.SEEPROM", for SCSI disks I tried "poweron SCSI", "poweron ENC", "poweron ENC.SEEPROM", does not like these names, declares invalid. When I try "poweron PS1", or "removefru PS1", the SC does NOT declare these name are invalid but says they are NOT present! Smilie

Now this is fun indeed! ıf we have no Power Supplies present how the heck are we talking to you Mr. SC?

In summary I need to supply power to the DVD drive to boot anything. I looked inside the DVD bay, there indeed seems to be socket there intact. Since the HDD power light comes on and goes out, I think we just need the correct FRU name for the SCSI subsystem.

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# 9  
Old 11-26-2018
And here is a sample of my SC action logs below:

Code:
ALOM BOOTMON v1.5.4
ALOM Build Release: 008
Reset register: e0000000 EHRS ESRS LLRS


ALOM POST 1.0


TTYD - Internal Loopback Test, PASSED.

Memory Data Lines Test
Memory Data Lines Test, PASSED.

Memory Address Lines Test
  Slide address bits to test open address lines
  Test for shorted address lines
Memory Address Lines Test, PASSED.

Memory Parity Test
Memory Parity Test, PASSED.

Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test
Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test, PASSED.



Return to Boot Monitor for Handshake
ALOM POST 1.0
   Status = 00007fff

Returned from Boot Monitor and Handshake



Clearing Memory Cells
Memory Clean Complete


Loading the runtime image...
SC Alert: CRITICAL ALARM is set

SC Alert: SC System booted.


Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.5.4 ()



Full VxDiag Tests

BASIC TOD TEST
  Read the TOD Clock:        SAT JAN 01 00:00:14 2000
  Wait, 1 - 3 seconds
  Read the TOD Clock:        SAT JAN 01 00:00:16 2000
BASIC TOD TEST, PASSED

ETHERNET CPU LOOPBACK TEST
  50 BYTE PACKET   - a 0 in field of 1's.
  50 BYTE PACKET   - a 1 in field of 0's.
  900 BYTE PACKET  - pseudo-random data.
ETHERNET CPU LOOPBACK TEST, PASSED

Full VxDiag Tests - PASSED



    Status summary  -  Status = 7FFF

       VxDiag    -          -  PASSED
       POST      -          -  PASSED
       LOOPBACK  -          -  PASSED

       I2C       -          -  PASSED
       EPROM     -          -  PASSED
       FRU PROM  -          -  PASSED

       ETHERNET  -          -  PASSED
       MAIN CRC  -          -  PASSED
       BOOT CRC  -          -  PASSED

       TTYD      -          -  PASSED
       TTYC      -          -  PASSED
       MEMORY    -          -  PASSED
       MPC850    -          -  PASSED


sc>
sc> showlogs

Log entries since JAN 01 00:00:15
----------------------------------
JAN 01 00:00:15 : 00060021: "CRITICAL ALARM is set"
JAN 01 00:00:15 : 00060003: "SC System booted."
JAN 01 00:00:24 : 00060000: "SC Login: User admin Logged on."
sc> poweron
Warning: the poweron command is being ignored because the password for admin is not set.
Setting password for admin.
New password: *********

Re-enter new password: *********

sc> poweron
sc> showlogs

Log entries since JAN 01 00:00:15
----------------------------------
JAN 01 00:00:15 : 00060021: "CRITICAL ALARM is set"
JAN 01 00:00:15 : 00060003: "SC System booted."
JAN 01 00:00:24 : 00060000: "SC Login: User admin Logged on."
JAN 01 00:01:19 : 00040001: "SC Request to Power On Host."
sc> poweroff
Host system power is already off
sc>

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# 10  
Old 11-26-2018
I'm putting my thoughts in writing here. Unfortunately, I cannot derive a definitive answer from the information that you have provided so I just resort to a series of statements in the hope of it being helpful.


I notice from one of your screen captures that the system date is 1/1/2000. Is the backup battery on the mobo dead? Has this hardware been idle for ages?

Did you have to login to the SC before it would let you do anything? userid/passwd combination? If the hardware has lost all its memory due to a dead battery then the userid/passwd combination to use will be admin/changeme or root/changeme.

This warning implies that your poweron command is not being executed due to no valid SC login:
Quote:
Warning: the poweron command is being ignored because the password for admin is not set.
The 'poweron' command turns on the whole main processor. AFAIR, there are no individual power commands for individual components. However, if your 'poweron' command is not executing then there is no surprise that the DVD is dead. If 'poweron' is doing its job then perhaps the DVD is faulty? Remove it and test on other hardware.

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# 11  
Old 11-27-2018
Is it Battery or Is it Jumpers?

Dear Mr. Hicks,

Thanks again for your smart electronics probing from afar. Smilie Yes you are right, the coin battery is most probably dead. I bought this from a government surplus liquadator from Ankara, it should have been sitting somewhere for long. Its a 2006 model, I think. Battery must also be 12 years old. Seller did promise to change any parts if necessary. That we have in pocket, but he is just 400 miles from here. Smilie The battery holder seems a little delicate, I did try to take that out when it first arrived. I will have to take that out somehow now that it is relevant.

When I first entered SC, yes there was no password. But I can set a password, after that it does allow me to use the "poweron". That command again starts the main air blower inside. But then "poweroff" does respond with a "power is already off". If changing that battery doesn't solve the issue, we can try loading an OS through the 2 USB slots hopefully.

Another idea is to check the jumpers on the motherboard, IMHO. I found the table for it in the manuals. I will photo their current setup for you to inspect, in any case.

BTW, just received the "High Noon" book about McNealy from your country, the good old UK. A University of Derby discard in perfect condition. I just love reading self-promotion volumes of silicon valley boys paid for their personal advertisements. Smilie Just gobbled up Dr. David Yen's book, named "Under the Sun: My 20 years in Sun Micro.." the previous night in one long sitting. That was heady. This old clunky machine stimulates the unsatisfied electronics engineer in me, whether works or not. My favorite classes were Digital Design and Computer Architecture, both using wonderful books of Morris Mano (photocopies of course) when I was in Istanbul Tech. Baah, the good ole days man... Smilie

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# 12  
Old 11-27-2018
Hi,

Just a quick bit of info, the server will only run Solaris up to and including Solaris 10 1/13 - it will not run 11 as the SPARC IIIi processor is not supported by the OS.

It's why my v250's at home are still at Solaris 10.

Regards

Gull04
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# 13  
Old 11-27-2018
Thanks Gull04. Smilie Good to save the time beforehand, and good to know I didn't burn that Solaris 10 for Sparc DVD for nothing. Will stay with that. Expecting an XVR-100 graphics card which has drivers for it built into Solaris 10, right?
# 14  
Old 11-27-2018
Hi ozsavran,

Yes the drivers are bundled in Solaris 10 - in 8 and 9 it was a package that had to be added, the packages that you should need are;

Code:
SUNWpfbcf Sun XVR-100 Graphics Configuration Software
SUNWpfbx Sun XVR-100 Graphics System Software Device Driver (64-bit)
SUNWpfbw Sun XVR-100 Graphics Window System Support
SUNWpfbmn Sun XVR-100 Graphics Manual Pages

You also need to install the card in a 66Mhz PCI slot for the best performance.

I think the V240 will support 2 or 4 of the cards.

Regards

Gull04
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