Reconditioned HP UX Server - How to connect


 
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Old 03-20-2010
Tools Reconditioned HP UX Server - How to connect

Hello,

I'm trying to setup a reconditioned HP UX server. The server is HP UX 11 (sorry i'm not at work at the mo so don't have exact version number). Here's what i'm trying to do, please tell me if I'm worng:

1. Connect management card (sometimes called the console?) to the network.
2. Look for a new device in the table on our DHCP server.
3. 'Telnet' to new device (i.e. the management card).
4. Set IP address of the main network card.
5. Connect main network card to the network
6. Power up the box
7. Log on, create users, install software etc.

I seem to be failing at step 2. The server has power. The network card on the 'console' flashes however there are no new devices within the table on my DHCP server.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I spent a fair while searching for a 'getting started' guide which covers installation but failed to find anything of use.

FYI, I've tried 3 different network cables so I'm pretty sure its not that.
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Old 03-21-2010
Can't tell you specifically what's wrong without being there crashing the machine. But here are some things I would suggest checking/trying.

1.) Verify that the console ports baud rate is correct, I've had instances where specific machine don't like 9600 or 115200 or whatever so nothing will show up.

2.) Try consoling in over serial instead, just incase the console card is broken.

3.) Run a cat5 cable to another machine that's not in production, do a tcpdump on the device that is connected to your UX box. Wait for the machine to try to DHCP and fail, grab the IP that it spits out and then telnet over to that machine. This will allow you to setup the nic and check to see if the console card is even registering as a device.
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Old 03-22-2010
Thank you for your advice dnbert. I found an old WYSE terminal which i connected to the console using a serial cable. It turns out that the console had a fixed IP address beginning with 143.. I've successfully changed the IP address and can now log onto the server over the network.
 
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