Sun Ultra 5 hung at ok prompt.

Hi All,
I installed a fresh copy of solaris 8 on the ultra5, everything is working properly until,
i wanted to boot without keyboard, i went to the ok prompt and type 'setenv input-device ttyl'
thing started going wrong from here.
1. The system startup process:
boot device: disk:a file and args:
sunos release 5.8 version generic_108528-13 64bit
copyright.................................
from here the system hung, then i press 'Stop+a' for ok prompt.
ok prompt presented but it also hung at this point.
there is really nothing i can do now.
I tried using a serial cable to connect to all possible serial port but my hyperterminal shows nothing (keyboard unplugged).
Can someone advise me on this?

I got it working now. Need to flush the nvram by pressing 'stop+n'.

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{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi: [ID 727863 kern.warning] WARNING: [AFT1] WP event on CPU0, errID 0x000091eb.e4c47547{color}
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{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 AFSR.PSYND 0x0040(Score 95) AFSR.ETS 0x00 Fault_PC 0x4e3a98{color}
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{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 836849 kern.notice] {color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 ^Mpanic[cpu0]/thread=30001d205a0: {color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 401469 kern.notice] [AFT1] errID 0x000091eb.e4c47547 WP Error(s){color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 See previous message(s) for details{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 100000 kern.notice] {color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 723222 kern.notice] 000002a10091d6c0 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi:cpu_aflt_log+4e0 (2a10091d77e, 1, 10143958, 2a10091d908, 2a10091d7cb, 10143980){color}
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{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 %l4-7: 0000000000000001 00000000845d5bc0 0000000084407f7c 0000000000000000{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 723222 kern.notice] 000002a10091d910 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi:cpu_async_error+7dc (1, 1ffdbfffdd8, 800040, 0, 0, 0){color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 179002 kern.notice] %l0-3: 0000000000000000 0640000000800040 0000000000000000 0000000000800040{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 %l4-7: 000002a10091d9e0 000002a10091dba0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 100000 kern.notice]{color}
Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 672855 kern.notice] syncing file systems...
Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 733762 kern.notice] 6
Apr 15 21:20:11 server1 genunix: [ID 733762 kern.notice] 3
Apr 15 21:20:12 server1 genunix: [ID 904073 kern.notice] done
Apr 15 21:20:13 server1 genunix: [ID 353387 kern.notice] dumping to /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1, offset 107479040
Apr 15 21:20:24 server1 genunix: [ID 409368 kern.notice] ^M100% done: 13157 pages dumped, compression ratio 3.21,
Apr 15 21:20:24 server1 genunix: [ID 851671 kern.notice] dump succeeded
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] ^MSunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-09 64-bit
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 913631 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info] Ethernet address = 0:3:ba:c:c6:5e
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 unix: [ID 389951 kern.info] mem = 1048576K (0x40000000)
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 unix: [ID 930857 kern.info] avail mem = 1027547136
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 rootnex: [ID 466748 kern.info] root nexus = Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz)
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] pcipsy0 at root: UPA 0x1f 0x0
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pcipsy0 is /pci@1f,0
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 pcipsy: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci@1,1, simba0
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] simba0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 pcipsy: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci@1, simba1
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] simba1 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1
Apr 15 21:21:18 server1 simba: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: ide@3, uata0
Apr 15 21:21:18 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] uata0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3
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Apr 15 21:21:18 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] dad0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 dada: [ID 365881 kern.info] <ST320414A cyl 39533 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63>
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 uata: [ID 114370 kern.info] dad1 at pci1095,6460
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 uata: [ID 347839 kern.info] target 1 lun 0
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] dad1 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@1,0
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 dada: [ID 365881 kern.info] <Maxtor 6E040L0 cyl 19156 alt 2 hd 16 sec 255>
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 swapgeneric: [ID 308332 kern.info] root on /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk@0,0:a fstype ufs
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 simba: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: ebus@1, ebus0
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] power0 at ebus0: offset 14,724000
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] power0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/power@14,724000
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] su0 at ebus0: offset 14,3083f8
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] su0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/su@14,3083f8
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] su1 at ebus0: offset 14,3062f8
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] su1 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/su@14,3062f8
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] ffb0 at root: UPA 0x1e 0x0
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] ffb0 is /SUNW,ffb@1e,0
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 unix: [ID 987524 kern.info] cpu0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi (upaid 0 impl 0x12 ver 0x91 clock 440 MHz)
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] se0 at ebus0: offset 14,400000
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] se0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/se@14,400000
Apr 15 21:21:22 server1 hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : PCI IO 2.0 (Rev Id = c1) Found
Apr 15 21:21:22 server1 simba: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: network@1,1, hme0
Apr 15 21:21:22 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] hme0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/network@1,1
Apr 15 21:21:25 server1 genunix: [ID 454863 kern.info] dump on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 size 512 MB
Apr 15 21:21:26 server1 hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Internal Transceiver Selected.
Apr 15 21:21:26 server1 hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Auto-Negotiated 100 Mbps Half-Duplex Link Up
Apr 15 21:22:36 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: devinfo0
Apr 15 21:22:36 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo@0
Apr 15 21:23:36 server1 named[184]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] starting. in.named BIND 8.2.2-P5 Wed Jan 15 04:35:48 PST 2003
Apr 15 21:23:36 server1 Generic Patch-5.8-January 2003
Apr 15 21:23:37 server1 named[221]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] Ready to answer queries.
Apr 15 21:23:37 server1 named[221]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] check_hints: A records for L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET class 1 do not match hint records
Apr 15 21:23:38 server1 savecore: [ID 570001 auth.error] reboot after panic: [AFT1] errID 0x000091eb.e4c47547 WP Error(s)
Apr 15 21:23:38 server1 See previous message(s) for details
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: tod0
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] tod0 is /pseudo/tod@0
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: vol0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] vol0 is /pseudo/vol@0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info] /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@1 (glm0):
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 Rev. 6 Symbios 53c875 found.
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info] /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@1 (glm0):
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 glm0 supports power management.
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 simba: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: scsi@1, glm0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] glm0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@1
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd0 at uata0: target 2 lun 0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/sd@2,0
Apr 15 21:24:02 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: fcode0
Apr 15 21:24:02 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fcode0 is /pseudo/fcode@0
Apr 15 21:24:06 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] fd0 at ebus0: offset 14,3023f0
Apr 15 21:24:06 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fd0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/fdthree@14,3023f0
Apr 15 21:24:26 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Apr 15 21:24:26 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
================================= *{color:#0000ff}DATOS DE DIAGNOSTICO{color}* ============================================
server1 ROOT [9] psrinfo -v
Status of processor 0 as of: 04/16/08 09:45:18
Processor has been on-line since 04/15/08 21:21:20.
The sparcv9 processor operates at 440 MHz,
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server1 ROOT [10]
server1 ROOT [9] uname -a
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server1 ROOT [19] /usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag -v
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz)
System clock frequency: 110 MHz
Memory size: 1024 Megabytes
========================= CPUs =========================
Run Ecache CPU CPU
Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask
0 0 0 440 2.0 12 9.1
========================= IO Cards =========================
Bus# Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 PCI-1 33 1 ebus
0 PCI-1 33 1 network-SUNW,hme
0 PCI-1 33 2 SUNW,m64B ATY,GT-C
0 PCI-1 33 3 ide-pci1095,646.1095.646.3
0 PCI-2 33 1 scsi-glm Symbios,53C875
Bus Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 UPA 110 30 FFB, Double Buffered SUNW,501-4788
No failures found in System
===========================
========================= HW Revisions =========================
ASIC Revisions:
Cheerio: ebus Rev 1
FFB Hardware Configuration:
Board rev: 2
FBC version: 0x3241906d
DAC: Brooktree 9070, version 1
3DRAM: Mitsubishi 130b, version 2
System PROM revisions:
OBP 3.29.0 2000/12/20 18:45 POST 3.1.0 2000/06/27 13:56
=== *{color:#0000ff}SECOND TEST{color}*
server1 ROOT [4] /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/prtdiag -v
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz)
System clock frequency: 110 MHz
Memory size: 1024 Megabytes
========================= CPUs =========================
Run Ecache CPU CPU
Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask
0 0 0 440 2.0 12 9.1
========================= IO Cards =========================
Bus# Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 PCI-1 33 1 ebus
0 PCI-1 33 1 network-SUNW,hme
0 PCI-1 33 2 SUNW,m64B ATY,GT-C
0 PCI-1 33 3 ide-pci1095,646.1095.646.3
0 PCI-2 33 1 scsi-glm Symbios,53C875
Bus Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 UPA 110 30 FFB, Double Buffered SUNW,501-4788
No failures found in System
===========================
========================= HW Revisions =========================
ASIC Revisions:
Cheerio: ebus Rev 1
FFB Hardware Configuration:
Board rev: 2
FBC version: 0x3241906d
DAC: Brooktree 9070, version 1
3DRAM: Mitsubishi 130b, version 2
System PROM revisions:
OBP 3.29.0 2000/12/20 18:45 POST 3.1.0 2000/06/27 13:56
============================================
I don't know exactly what is the origin of the problem, How to solver or how to prevent to avoid further problems. This is the first time I have had this Kind of problem on my Server SUN.
I appreciate greatly, any tip o help.
Jimmy

Yup.
EOL in November 2002
Which means EOSL November 2007
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/U10/U10
Unless you've somehow maintained a service contract on that system,
by specific system serial number,
your best bet is to haunt an online auction site (such as Ebay),
and get a replacement cpu or cpus for shelf stock.
Your current OBP patch level is only down two patch levels,
but your kernel patch level is essentially "never patched".
If it were patched better it may have noticed the issue a lot sooner.
Expect to replace that cpu.

Urgent question about two monitors for Sun Ultra 40 M2

Hello,
I feel extremely unhappy to ask you the following.
I bought recently a Sun Utra 40 M2. I thought that with NVIDA Quadro FX1500 one could have two monitors as there are two DVI-D 's to connect with two monitors.
But today I heard from SUN support that Sun does not support two monitors under SUN Solaris 10. It is possible with Linux on this SUN Ultra 40, but not with Solaris, so it was told to me.
But: is this true? I still can not believe it.
with friendly greetings,

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I still can not believe it that Sun would arrange this.
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with friendly greetings,
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===
During POST, the BIOS outputs the error code to I/O port 80h. The workstation
motherboard is equipped with a two segment LED display that displays the current
value of port 80h.
===
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===
Phoenix trusted core(TM) server
copyright 1985 - 2004 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
all rights reserverd
Build Time: 12/19/05 09:46:08
sun ultra 40 workstation BIOS version 1.050
CPU Stepping = E4 2000MHz
MemClk = 200 MHz Tcl=3.0 Trcd = 3 Tras = 8 Trp=3
1023 M System RAM Passed
1024 K cache SRAM Passed
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS Shadowed
ATAPI CD-ROM: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ - 845S
Mouse initialized
Kernel Library version:03.00.00.04
Strong ROM Version:03.00
Build:_P
Event log messages, enter setup to view
ERROR
0280: Previous boot incomplete -
Default configuration used
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to setup
===
what can I do? is the motherboard faulty? How can I get it to boot from CD
and run a system diagnosis?
What mainboard is compatible? should I replace it with a newer mainboard + CPU + RAM?
Will it fit in the Sun Ultra 40 desktop tower?

Hi,
my Sun Ultra 40 will not boot, it is an AMD Opteron based machine, the cooling fans are spinning, but there is no msg to read on the monitor.
Occasionally I got it to boot, it ran for two weeks, but at next reboot it displays no signal to the video card.
I spotted this in the manual
===
During POST, the BIOS outputs the error code to I/O port 80h. The workstation
motherboard is equipped with a two segment LED display that displays the current
value of port 80h.
===
but I cannot get the glue in it, maybe because I have opteron AMD and this is targeted to sparc.
Last error msg I read was like this:
===
Phoenix trusted core(TM) server
copyright 1985 - 2004 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
all rights reserverd
Build Time: 12/19/05 09:46:08
sun ultra 40 workstation BIOS version 1.050
CPU Stepping = E4 2000MHz
MemClk = 200 MHz Tcl=3.0 Trcd = 3 Tras = 8 Trp=3
1023 M System RAM Passed
1024 K cache SRAM Passed
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS Shadowed
ATAPI CD-ROM: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ - 845S
Mouse initialized
Kernel Library version:03.00.00.04
Strong ROM Version:03.00
Build:_P
Event log messages, enter setup to view
ERROR
0280: Previous boot incomplete -
Default configuration used
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to setup
===
what can I do? is the motherboard faulty? How can I get it to boot from CD
and run a system diagnosis?
What mainboard is compatible? should I replace it with a newer mainboard + CPU + RAM?
Will it fit in the Sun Ultra 40 desktop tower?

SUN Ultra-2 with Solaris 9 constantly self reboots

The Ultra-2 self reboots several times per day.
It is a kernel problem but I was unable to find a solution, so I hope that someone from this forum will help me.
The uname information is:
SunOS ermis 5.9 Generic_118558-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
The log information is:
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis SUNW,UltraSPARC: [ID 110026 kern.warning] WARNING: [AFT1] EDP event on CPU1 Data access at TL=0, errID 0x00000691.0326e08e
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis AFSR 0x00000000.00400100<EDP> AFAR 0xffffffff.ffffffff
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis AFSR.PSYND 0x0100(Score 95) AFSR.ETS 0x00 Fault_PC 0xfd6dbf38
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis UDBH 0x0000 UDBH.ESYND 0x00 UDBL 0x0000 UDBL.ESYND 0x00
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis SUNW,UltraSPARC: [ID 581146 kern.info] [AFT2] errID 0x00000691.0326e08e No error found in ecache (No fault PA available)
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis SUNW,UltraSPARC: [ID 542596 kern.info] [AFT3] errID 0x00000691.0326e08e Above Error is in User Mode
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis and is fatal: will reboot
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis unix: [ID 855177 kern.warning] WARNING: [AFT1] initiating reboot due to above error in pid 580 (httpd)
Oct 18 12:41:52 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: tod0
Oct 18 12:41:52 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] tod0 is /pseudo/tod@0
Oct 18 12:42:04 ermis syslogd: going down on signal 15
Oct 18 12:42:26 ermis genunix: [ID 672855 kern.notice] syncing file systems...
Oct 18 12:42:26 ermis genunix: [ID 904073 kern.notice] done
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] ^MSunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_118558-14 32-bit
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 943905 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis Use is subject to license terms.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis unix: [ID 349649 kern.info]
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis NOTICE: 64-bit OS installed, but the 32-bit OS is the default
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis for the processor(s) on this system.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis See boot(1M) for more information.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis Booting the 32-bit OS ...
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info] Ethernet address = 8:0:20:8f:82:a0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis unix: [ID 389951 kern.info] mem = 393216K (0x18000000)
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis unix: [ID 930857 kern.info] avail mem = 381861888
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis rootnex: [ID 466748 kern.info] root nexus = Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2 X UltraSPARC 200MHz)
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] sbus0 at root: UPA 0x1f 0x0 ...
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sbus0 is /sbus@1f,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info] /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000 (fas0):
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis rev 2.2 FEPS chip
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] fas0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xe offset 0x8800000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8810000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 4
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fas0 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd0 at fas0: target 0 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd0 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd1 at fas0: target 1 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd1 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@1,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd3 at fas0: target 3 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd3 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@3,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd6 at fas0: target 6 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd6 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@6,0
Oct 18 12:43:13 ermis swapgeneric: [ID 308332 kern.info] root on /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@1,0:a fstype ufs
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] zs0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xf offset 0x1100000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 12
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] zs0 is /sbus@1f,0/zs@f,1100000
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] zs1 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xf offset 0x1000000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 12
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] zs1 is /sbus@1f,0/zs@f,1000000
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] cgsix0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0x1 offset 0x0 SBus level 5 sparc9 ipl 9
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] cgsix0 is /sbus@1f,0/cgsix@1,0
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis cgsix: [ID 260993 kern.info] cgsix0: screen 1152x900, single buffered, 1M mappable, rev 11
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis unix: [ID 270833 kern.info] cpu0: UltraSPARC (portid 0 impl 0x10 ver 0x40 clock 200 MHz)
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis unix: [ID 270833 kern.info] cpu1: UltraSPARC (portid 1 impl 0x10 ver 0x40 clock 200 MHz)
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis unix: [ID 721127 kern.info] cpu 1 initialization complete - online
Oct 18 12:43:22 ermis hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Sbus (Rev Id = 22) Found
Oct 18 12:43:22 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] hme0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xe offset 0x8c00000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c02000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c04000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c06000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c07000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 6
Oct 18 12:43:22 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] hme0 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@e,8c00000
Oct 18 12:43:24 ermis genunix: [ID 454863 kern.info] dump on /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1 size 513 MB
Oct 18 12:43:26 ermis hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Internal Transceiver Selected.
Oct 18 12:43:26 ermis hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : 100 Mbps Full-Duplex Link Up
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: devinfo0
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo@0
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: laner0
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] laner0 is /pseudo/laner@0
Oct 18 12:43:43 ermis inetd[189]: [ID 965992 daemon.error] pop/tcp: unknown service
Oct 18 12:43:46 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: tod0
Oct 18 12:43:46 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] tod0 is /pseudo/tod@0
Oct 18 12:43:47 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Oct 18 12:43:47 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
Oct 18 12:43:55 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: vol0
Oct 18 12:43:55 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] vol0 is /pseudo/vol@0
Oct 18 12:44:04 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Oct 18 12:44:04 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0

Hello,
I don't think it is a kernel problem but a h/ware problem.
CPU 1 reported an ecache (sram) data parity event,
the fault handling code in 5.9 can't do anything about the
error as it is in a page belonging to a user process so it reboots the box.
The no error found in ecache means that either the
fault handling code displaced the error from the cache or there
wasn't one and you had a transient transport error between the
cache and the cpu.
I would engage your h/ware support vendor to work out what h/ware component is broken as these things are quite complex, but the score of 95 would (to a h/ware novice like me) point to cpu 1 being the culprit - but check with an expert.
tim

Basic networking - getting a Sun Ultra 10 on my home network

Hello,
I have a Sun Ultra 10 at home running Solaris 8.
I am trying to teach myself a bit about networking so I thought I would try to get the box online. I am having little success. Hopefully someone will tell me where I'm going wrong. Here's what I've done:
- Created /etc/hostname.hme0 with entry "mymachine" (without the quotes)
- Edited /etc/hosts so that its contents are:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.110 mymachine loghost
My documentation states that the fully qualified domain name should appear on the second of the above 2 lines, but I don't have a "mycompany.com" type domain thing, so I'm not sure what I should put, if anything?
- verified that /etc/nodename contains the single line:
mymachine
- created /etc/defaultrouter with sinlge line entry:
192.168.0.1
This is the IP of my broadband router.
When I rebooted the machine, an ifconfig -a reported an IP of 127.0.0.1 against hme0. That seemed odd (given that I put the IP in the hosts file) so I ran:
ifconfig hme0 plumb
ifconfig hme0 192.168.1.110 up
and ifconfig -a then reported that the IP of hme0 was 192.168.0.1.
However, I cannot ping 192.168.0.1. I get "ICMP Host Unreachable from gateway 192.168.1.110 for icmp 192.168.1.110 to 192.168.0.1".
I think it is quite likely that my problem is hardware. I have a network cable running from the network port on my Ultra 10 to port 3 on my 4 port hub (I've tried 1,2, and 3). Port 4 is the Normal/Uplink. I have a cable running from a port on my broadband router to port 4 on the hub. The port is set to "Normal" rather than Uplink. The Rx light flashes on port 4 - but not on port 3.
I'd be extremely grateful for any pointers on this!
Regards,
Paul

I changed the IP on my Solaris box to 192.168.0.110 and all was well. Well, I can get onto the internet now, and can see my Windows boxes from my Solaris box, but oddly I can't see (using ping) my Solaris box from my Windows box.

Prom Security on Sun Ultra 10 Workstation

Just purchase a Sun Ultra 10 Workstation from my company. When I took the system home, it would boot with the follow sequence:
Boot Device: disk File and args:
SUNOS Release 5.7 Version Generic_106541_09 64-bit [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
Copyright(c) 1983-1999, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
configuring network interface: hme0
Hostname: skywalker
The system is coming up. Please wait
checking ufs file systems
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7: is stable
NIS domaniname is nexen.com
starting routing daemon
starting rpc services: rpcbind keyserv jpbind done.
WARNING: Time out waiting for NIS to come up.
The system locks and thats all she wrote. I have tried using STOP-A commands with no luck. It looks like the Prom Security must be enabled because the documentation specifies that these commands will not work if prom security is enabled.
Attempted to install Solaris 8 and other that this initial CD lights indicating that a cd was loaded, I cannot get beyond this.
Is there any suggestions on what to do next to get the system up and running or just to get Solaris 8 to start load, anyone????

You already posted this question, approximately 10 days ago,
[http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5394403|http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5394403]
and have responses to your inquiry.
Keep in mind that you'll get no output to any screen until you connect a Sun-branded keyboard-and-mouse kit. Do NOT force a PS/2 keyboard into the systemboard port else you'll damage it.
That screen must also be capable of displaying Sun's default resolution of 1152x900 at a vertical refresh of 60Hz. If the monitor cannot do that, it will commonly stay black.
Stay with your original forum thread. This "duplicate" will likely get deleted as being a double-post.

Sun Ultra 10 with SunStorEDGE A1000/D1000 unable to setup

I realise this covers old ground but I have not been able to trace a uitable resolvement and would be grateful for assistance.
I have a Sun Ultra 10 with 256MB RAM and 440GHz cpu.. It has a pci Adaptec 2944UW HVD SCSI interface card. The storage system is a tray of eight scsi 72GB disks housed in a D1000 case. NetBSD reported it as an A1000 SunStorEDGE at sd0 having 16 targets and 8 luns. However NetBSD did not have a readily available controller to setup the raid system so I installed an alternative. I presume the case is a reused old case housing an A1000 unit.
I tried to format the drives directly but they are not lists as devices such as ct1sd1 etc. and so this is not possible.
I have installed Sun Solaris 10 but could not communicate and reported inability to use rdriver and rdnexus and after reading a number of reports that driver hooks had been removed from the kernel in Solaris 10 I have installed Solaris 9.
On both occasions I installed a number of RAID Manager 6.1.1 control packs, namely SUNWosafw, osar, osau, osamn and vtsse direct from my CD here.
I commanded dr_hotadd.sh to take up the challenge but it failed to communicate.
I added a number of Rdac amendments to rparams in /etc/osa but this did not resolve the issue.
I have tried to call probe-scsi-all after doing a reset-all from the OBP but this fails to report anything. I presume this is because the unit is connected by the interface card rather than a direct scsi disk.
dmesg pipe grep scsi reports:
unknown scsi sd0 at uata0 target 2 lun 0
I would be very grateful fr guidance to resolve this connection so that I can create a suitable filestore.
Thanks
c

blackfoot wrote:
I realise this covers old ground but I have not been able to trace a uitable resolvement and would be grateful for assistance.
I have a Sun Ultra 10 with 256MB RAM and 440GHz cpu.. It has a pci Adaptec 2944UW HVD SCSI interface card. The storage system is a tray of eight scsi 72GB disks housed in a D1000 case. NetBSD reported it as an A1000 SunStorEDGE at sd0 having 16 targets and 8 luns. However NetBSD did not have a readily available controller to setup the raid system so I installed an alternative. I presume the case is a reused old case housing an A1000 unit.If it's really an A1000, you won't have access to the drives. You'll only see exposed LUNS from the raid controller. Do you have a dial in the rear with a scsi address? That will be the address that the A1000 will respond on. In addition, the A1000 has only one pair of SCSI ports. The D1000 has two pair and doesn't have the scsi adress dial (because each of the disks in the chassis respond on their own addresses). Instead you have some DIP switches to change the addressing behavior.
I tried to format the drives directly but they are not lists as devices such as ct1sd1 etc. and so this is not possible.
I have installed Sun Solaris 10 but could not communicate and reported inability to use rdriver and rdnexus and after reading a number of reports that driver hooks had been removed from the kernel in Solaris 10 I have installed Solaris 9.That's fine. You can ignore them. Neither the A1000 nor D1000 require those drivers. You should still be able to use 'rm6' or the CLI tools to interact with an A1000.
On both occasions I installed a number of RAID Manager 6.1.1 control packs, namely SUNWosafw, osar, osau, osamn and vtsse direct from my CD here.
I commanded dr_hotadd.sh to take up the challenge but it failed to communicate.
I added a number of Rdac amendments to rparams in /etc/osa but this did not resolve the issue.
I have tried to call probe-scsi-all after doing a reset-all from the OBP but this fails to report anything. I presume this is because the unit is connected by the interface card rather than a direct scsi disk.If the controller doesn't support the OBP environment, then yes, you won't see anything then.
dmesg pipe grep scsi reports:
unknown scsi sd0 at uata0 target 2 lun 0So that might be a single LUN from an A1000 controller. If the selector switch in the back is set to '2', then it's even more likely.
Darren

Installation of Solaris on an old Sun Ultra 2

I have acquired an old Sun Ultra 2 and would like to install Solaris on it. One slight problem I have is that there is no floppy or CD drives. The only drive I have attached to the device is a tape drive, and I don't have solaris tape media. Could anyone offer a suggestion as to how I can install Solaris on this machine. Thanks in Advance

Do you have a disk drive inside Sun Ultra 2?.
If yes, you can do a network installation from another system (like
linux or another Solaris box). The Solaris media are available
from Sun web site.
Juan Antonio

Sun Ultra 5 hung at ok prompt.

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