SUN BLADE 1500(red) and OBP 4.30.3

Hello.
I recently updated my OBP in sb1500 from 4.9.5 to 4.30.3 (#140686-01)
I did not expect a hardware incompatibility. My mistake - did not read the documentation.
Now try to match the correct memory.
With the original DIMMs # 370-6202-01 (PC2100R 512MB ECC CL2.5 - M312L6420ETS-CB0) I get the message:
Configuring system memory & CPU(s)
+.+
ERROR: CPU0 DIMM 0 SPD reports DIMM cycle time is less than 133 MHz
System configuration failed, powering off
Syst.
So I bought a 3th part faster memory of a similar type (PC3200R 512MB CL3 ECC - M312L6420EG0-CCC) but I get similar message:
Configuring system memory & CPU(s)
+.+
ERROR: CPU0 DIMM 0 SPD reports DIMM has unsupported CAS latency value
System configuration failed, powering off
Syst.
As i read in datasheets: in new memory supported CAS latency is 2,5 and 3.
In original it was 2 and 2,5.
So PC2700 is required and CL2 or CL2.5?
So what I have to pay attention to when selecting memory for this computer?
Do I require SPD 1.0, or it can be SPD 0.0?
Maybe someone has a working sb1500 with OBP, and can write memory model? I would be grateful.
Regards.

Hi!
My sb1500 red utilizes OBP 4.9.5 and 370-6201-01 memory modules (PC-2100R, 256MB, CL 2.0, ECC, M312L3223ETS-CA2). Maybe it help you a litte more ;)

Similar Messages

Solaris Installation on Sun Blade 1500

hi all,
I tried installing the Solaris for Sun Blade 1500 and after installation.The Xserver wont start .
It says unable to start the Xserver
Failed to initialise core devices
SUNWmouse ioctl on /dev/mouse
and failed to start Xserver on display:0
but i tried ssh -XCPY from a client and i could work with the gnome-session fully .
Do i need to upgrade or add some more packages from the DVD ?
and on some SUN BLADE 1500 machines ,i get this error when i tried to boot from cdrom
Unable to Read disk label
what can i do for the above problems .
thanks
taggy

If you feel comfortable with command-line interfaces, you could boot the cdrom from the "ok" prompt using the following command:
boot cdrom - install w
(note all the spaces around "-"), this little command will force the installer to use a CLI instead of the default X-installer...
7/M.

Problem with a DDI Device driver for Solaris 8 and 9 on a Sun-Blade-1500

The problem has to do with dma allocated memory and the little-endian format.
When I copy blocks bigger than 256 bytes to the dma memory, using a uiomove() or bcopy(), the data after the first 32 bytes is swapped around over 8 bytes.
The bcopy from a driver (stack) buffer into the dma virtual memory has the same affect.
So it has to do with the kernel dma allocated memory and the endianess.
When I set the byte order to big-endian inside the ddi_device_acc_attr the data seems to be alright, also with bigger transfer sizes.
My device however needs the little-endian format.
I have the same the same device driver running without any errors on a Sun Blade-150 Solaris 8 for a long time now.
Can somebody please advise me?
Data example,
test data: 0x00,0x01,0x02,?.
64, 128 or 256 bytes blocks:
000: 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 0F 0E 0D 0C 0B 0A 09 08
016: 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 1F 1E 1D 1C 1B 1A 19 18
032: 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 2F 2E 2D 2C 2B 2A 29 28
048: 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 3F 3E 3D 3C 3B 3A 39 38
064: 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 4F 4E 4D 4C 4B 4A 49 48
080: 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 5F 5E 5D 5C 5B 5A 59 58
096: 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 6F 6E 6D 6C 6B 6A 69 68
112: 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 7F 7E 7D 7C 7B 7A 79 78
512 or 1024 bytes blocks:
000: 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 0F 0E 0D 0C 0B 0A 09 08
016: 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 1F 1E 1D 1C 1B 1A 19 18
032: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F <----- ?
048: 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F <----- ?
064: 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F <----- ?
080: 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F <----- ?
096: 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F <----- ?
112: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F <----- ?
Code example, how I allocate the DMA (kernel) memory:
DDI_STRUCTURE_LE_ACC = Little Endian format
DDI_STRUCTURE_BE_ACC = Big Endian format
static struct ddi_device_acc_attr sse_dma_attr =
DDI_DEVICE_ATTR_V0, /* The version number of this structure */
DDI_STRUCTURE_LE_ACC, /* see above */
DDI_STRICTORDER_ACC, /* How CPU will reference data, default */
The dma definitions for allocating the DMA memory
static ddi_dma_attr_t dmaattr= {
DMA_ATTR_V0, /* version */
0, /* starting address for DVMA */
0xffffffff, /* end address for DVMA */
0xffffffff, /* max transfer count in one cookie */
0x1, /* address restrictive alignment, 1 = byte alignment */
0x7, /* burst sizes */
1, /* min number of byes */
0x00ffffff, /* max number of bytes device can transmit/receive */
0xffffffff, /* upper bound of the DMA engine's address */
1,
512,
0, /* DDI_DMA_FORCE_PHYSICAL doesn't work */
ddi_dma_alloc_handle()
if((ret=ddi_dma_alloc_handle(xsp->dip,
&dmaattr,
DDI_DMA_SLEEP,
NULL,
dmahandle_out)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_alloc_handle status = %d\n",
ret);
return(ret);
if((ret=ddi_dma_mem_alloc(*dmahandle_out,
(uint_t) size,
dma_acc_attr,
DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT,
DDI_DMA_SLEEP,
NULL,
(caddr_t *)&raw_kern_addr,
&real_len,
dma_acc_handle_out)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_mem_alloc status = %d\n",
ret);
ddi_dma_free_handle(dmahandle_out);
return(ret);
This will also init the PCI - IOMMU for
address translation.
if((ret=ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(*dmahandle_out,
NULL,
(caddr_t)raw_kern_addr,
real_len,
DDI_DMA_RDWR | DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT,
DDI_DMA_SLEEP,
NULL,
&dma_cookie,
&count)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle status = %d\n",
ret);
ddi_dma_mem_free(dma_acc_handle_out);
ddi_dma_free_handle(dmahandle_out);
return(ret);
if((ret=ddi_dma_sync(*dmahandle_out,
0,
real_len,
DDI_DMA_SYNC_FORDEV)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_sync status = %d\n", ret);
ddi_dma_unbind_handle(*dmahandle_out);
ddi_dma_mem_free(dma_acc_handle_out);
ddi_dma_free_handle(dmahandle_out);
return(ret);

I am having the similar problem identified in this thread.
OS: Sun Solaris 10 01/06
Hardware: Sun Blade 2500
PCI Memory card.
Problem: When driver moves more then 40 bytes via PIO from a PCI device memory card, the long words are swapped starting at 40 byte transfer size and greater.
device memory description:
static ddi_device_acc_attr_t sdram_access_attr =
DDI_DEVICE_ATTR_V0, /* Boilerplate value */
DDI_STRUCTURE_LE_ACC,
DDI_STRICTORDER_ACC /* Don't reorder accesses */
The user application does a read call, which goes to xxread. xxread calls physio( xxstrategy, bp, dev, B_READ, xxminphys, uio );
In xxstrategy the transfer is done using
ddi_mem_rep_get8(ucb->ucb_sdram_accHndl,
(uint8_t*) kaddr,
(uint8_t*) raddr,
(size_t) bp->b_resid),
(uint_t) DDI_DEV_AUTOINCR );
PCI Device memory is loaded with incrementing address (8bit), 0,1,2... This is confirmed using a PCI Bus Analyzer.
A read of 36 bytes or less returns:
03 02 01 00 07 06 05 04 ...
A read of 40 bytes returns:
07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 ...
If I peek 1 byte at a time using ddi_get8(ucb->ucb_sdram_accHndl, ...) I get
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Why are the long words swapped starting at 40 byte transfer size and greater?

Smartcard and Sun Blade: How to use it

Hello,
We have received some Sun blade 100, with smartcard reader.
Does someone know how to program this reader ? I have found
include files in /usr/include name samrtcard.h and a directory
with the same name, but source code is a little bit fuzzy for me.
Someone has some example of hox to use this reader ?
Thank you

Apple Pay is US-only at this time.

[Sol 10 11/06 SPARC on Sun Blade 2500] Could not determine boot disk?

dear all,
I have a problem during installation of Solaris 10 11/06 Sparc on Sun Blade 2500. After I choosing "Initial Install" at "Select Upgrade or Initial Install" stage, appears the following error message :
"Note : Default install is not possible. Default boot disk could not be determined"
I have already concerned that the installation DVD is well burned, and the DVD-ROM is worked, but I'm not sure that the HD itself is well or defect. Could anyone tell me or figure out how would I do?

Most likely you have a disk problem. I think it may not have found a disk. If the install process left you in a shell, I would suggest using format, to see what it thinks. My guess it does not see any disks.
Another option from the ok prompt (also called OBP), is run probe-scsi or whatever the device type it. Check the options available at the ok prompt.

Dual Layer DVD reader for Sun Blade 2500?

Can anyone recommend a dual layer DVD reader that will work with the Sun Blade 2500 (Silver)? Either something to replace the built-in single layer reader or something that will work externally either via firewire or USB.
Thanks!

I haven't had occasion to use a dual-layer drive yet, but I've found that all the external and internal Sony drives I've ever happened to plug into my old 1500 worked great...

How to remove firefox 2 from solaris 10 sparc (Sun Blade 100)

I need to remove firefox 2 from a Sun Blade 100 running Solaris 10 ( s10s_u4wos_12b sparc ).
Mistakenly I installed firefox 3.6.14 unaware I had firefox 2 installed on the system.
Currently, firefox 3.6.14 crashes constantly (completely unstable) and adjustments to PATH variable do not seem to hold.
May I get help in removing both firefox 2 and firefox 3.6.14 and then a re-install of firefox 3.6.14?
Location of firefox 2 is /usr/bin/firefox
Location of firefox 3.6.14 is /opr/firefox
In advance, thanks for the help.

My guess is that you have already completed this upgrade, but in the event that you haven't I recommend that you use NFS to either mount a DVD from another server or else copy the OS DVD to a local drive on a server that has a DVD drive and then NFS mount the file system on the server you are trying to upgrade. I use NFS fairly often for upgrades and for patching. I have one server that has a file system that contains the source code from the installation DVD and another file system that contains the most current patch cluster.

Problem in installing solaris 10 in sun blade 1000

Dear all,
I am trying to install solaris 10 in sun blade 1000 and getting a problem that disk doesn't exist ......... After several tentatives, I understood that I need to format a harddrive as it is new. I formeted it with boot cdrom -s and the problem still persists.
I bought a 73g HDD and the machine recognize it as 68,38g .. is there any upgrade I need to perform for it
Could someone please help me to solve this problem
Thanks a lot for your help and reply ...

I have the same problem ..ubuntu installs fine
TIA
Dale

Sun Blade 150

Hi,
I'm having a Sun Blade 150 Workstation (quite old one). I'm having IDE CDROM & one USB CDROM. I'm having Solaris 5.8 installed on it. Now I want to upgrade it to Solaris 5.9 9/05.
First I tried to install it from the IDE CDROM by giving the command "boot cdrom" from OK prompt. It gave me error Can't find boot device.
Then I tried to boot from my USB CDROM again I get the same error.
I also tried combinations such as boot cdrom1/2 etc.
My USB CDROM works perfectly in Solaris 8, when I insert the cd it mounts properly.
What could be the problem while booting from USB CDROM?
I do not have any SCSI card/port to install a SCSI CDROM.
Any help would be great for me.
Thanks,
Pranay C. Tembhekar

Hello,
However I wonder that USB CDROM support is not there.
To use a device without a loaded operating system, the OBP (aka "BIOS", firmware) of your system must know how to handle this device. Either the device is directly supported by the OBP (OBP includes the firmware) or the firmware is integrated on the add-in board (e.g. Sun framebuffers, SCSI hba) in a ROM.
Attaching a USB keyboard/mouse to a non-USB system (with Mini-DIN connector) to an add-in USB adapter is possible, while the USB keyboard isn't functional at the OBP level, it works after loading the USB driver at the operating system level.
According to the Release Notes Solaris 10 1/06 supports multiple keyboards/mice.
Michael

How to install Linux on Sun Blade 2000

hi,all.
There is a sun blade 2000 workstation in our lab.And my teacher ask me to install a Linux OS instead of the Solaris8 which is preinstalled in this machine.This thing is very difficult to me,for I am not only a new to Linux,but also a totally freshman to Sun OS and its Hardware.
I have only installed a Fedora 11 in my x86 machine.But i dont know how the sparc architecture working and how to start my installation,even include how and where to boot from installation CD.
Please tell me what the step of installation and how to do.Furthemore,please recommend a Linux distribution suitable for the blade 2000.
Thank you very much.

If you never ever worked with Linux then Debian is not really the OS you want to choice first, don't get me wrong its very good, but i think Ubuntu which is based on it is more user friendly
Ubuntu has also a Sparc version and a forum for Sun Sparc users.
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=146
some issues related to the type of server you have : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588088
Then you have also the question if you want to install the server edition or the desktop version?
for example dapper server is available here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/dapper/daily/current/dapper-server-sparc.iso

Sun Ray Server Software and Sun Desktop Manager integration

Hello,
I have installed and configured SRSS and Desktop Manager..and they're working.
But... how to integrate them?...

Will the Sun Ray Server Software 1.2 for Workgroup
Servers work on a Sun Blade 100?Yes, it'll work. An SB100 won't support many
concurrent Sun Ray users but it'll be OK for a
handful of users doing normal (non-multimedia)
work. Put as much physical memory into the box
as you can afford, and remember to configure an
appropriate amount of swap.
OttoM.

Connecting HDTV to SUN BLADE 150

I have a SUN Blade 150 workstation with the onboard video (PGX64)....can I connect this to my HDTV. Both have a standard VGA connector....but not sure about the resolution. According to SUN's documentation 1920X1080 is supported, but is says the standard is SUN....does this make a difference. So will and HDTV work with the SUN Blade 150?

I would expect the PGX64 to work with this display. To see the resolutions that the card and monitor it is connected to are capable of, run the following commands:
/usr/sbin/fbconfig -prconf
/usr/sbin/fbconfig -res \?

Serial management view in sun blade 2500

Hi friends,
Please help me out to solve the following problem i have sun blade 2500. I want to view the full POST test in hyperterminal screen of windows. I tried connecting the cables to establish connction to view. But i didn't able to see the POST in hyperterminal screen . It is blank while i start the sun blade2500.I used the 25 pin to 9 pin cable and also ethernet type to 9 pin cable
what should i do

Hello,
make sure that
- this is a null-modem cable
- you use serial A (console port) of the Blade 2500
- the parameters on your Windows PC are 9600/8/N/1
If you remove the keyboard from the Blade 2500, input/output is forced to the serial console.
Michael

Uninstall SUN JDK 1.6_14 and install SUN JDK 1.6_18 for Weblogic

My GridControl server has all of a sudden gone wild in consuming 100% of the cpu. The process was java.exe in the Middleware folder. Somebody suggested to verify the JDK and I indeed have an older version than the one recommended.
Does anybody know where it is documented on how to uninstall and then reinstall SUN JDK 1.6_18 and have Weblogic still work afterward? (Win 2008 32 bit)
I'd hate to reinstall the entire Gridcontrol 11g because I have the wrong jdk.
Thanks.

Hi,
Uninstalling SUN JDK 1.6_14 from your Box is optional step....Most of the Servers are flexible enough ...they provide us the facility to change the JDK at any point of time...Without reinstalling the Product from the scrap....
You can directly install SUN JDK 1.6_18 in your WebLogic Server Box. Then you need to make a small change in the *"<DOMAIN_HOME>\bin\setDomainEnv.cmd"* file ...to change the JAVA_HOME variable value...That's all.
Next time whenever you will start your WebLogic Servers it will pick up the SUN JDK 1.6_18 version only.
I am pasting few lines from *"setDomainEnv.cmd"*
@REM *************************************************************************
set WL_HOME=C:\bea103\wlserver_10.3
for %%i in ("%WL_HOME%") do set WL_HOME=%%~fsi
set BEA_JAVA_HOME=C:\bea103\jrockit_160_05
set SUN_JAVA_HOME=C:\all_Jdks\JDK 1.6_18
set JAVA_OPTIONS=%JAVA_OPTIONS% -Dwhat.is.your.name=Jay_SenSharma
if "%JAVA_VENDOR%"=="BEA" (
 set JAVA_HOME=%BEA_JAVA_HOME%
) else (
 if "%JAVA_VENDOR%"=="Sun" (
 set JAVA_HOME=%SUN_JAVA_HOME%
 ) else (
 set JAVA_VENDOR=Sun
 set JAVA_HOME=C:\bea103\jdk160_05
@REM We need to reset the value of JAVA_HOME to get it shortened AND
@REM we can not shorten it above because immediate variable expansion will blank it
set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME%
Thanks
Jay SenSharma
http://weblogic-wonders.com/weblogic (WebLogic Wonders Are here)

Reset sun blade 1000 firmware password

I tried resetting firmware password successfully on sun blade 100 ;
By removing the nvram chip and got the ok prompt
later "set-defaults" ; ""setenv security-mode none" commands succesfully
removed the firmware password on sun blade 100
But when I tried the same on sun blade 1000 ; its accepting the new "senenv security-mode none" and confirming back. while I reboot the system its again asking for the firmware password. Tried resetting jumpers; No help.
Could some of you help me in fixing this issue.
Thanks in advance.
-/Raja G

Hello,
I tried resetting firmware password successfully on sun blade 100 ;
By removing the nvram chip and got the ok prompt
later "set-defaults" ; ""setenv security-mode none" commands succesfully removed the firmware password on sun blade 100
Don't tell fairy tales ! Without the NVRAM, your setting can't be stored. If you start without the NVRAM chip, then while the system is still powered on, re-inserted the NVRAM and finally used setenv security-mode none, this might work.
The Blade 1000 has a switch that prevents operation without a closed side-panel. If you close this switch with a piece of paper, the above procedure might work too.
In case the security-mode ist just set to command and the boot-device doesn't contain the WWN, it might be possible to use a disk with a known root password and a file /reconfigure.
The only fix without risking to damage the system, is to order a new IDPROM (SEEPROM).
Michael
Fixed wrong path for reconfigure file
Message was edited by:
MAALATFT

SUN BLADE 1500(red) and OBP 4.30.3

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for