Re: Sun Fire V215 ALOM troubles

[Paolo Vincenzo Olivo <vins%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On 25/06/05 11:49AM, Steve Rikli wrote:
> 
> Couple things to try:
> 
> - instead of supplying a password to the ALOM login prompt, just hit
>   [Enter]
> 
> - while the default ALOM login is "admin' (at least for SPARC SunFires
>   AFAIK), JIC try "root" too; "changeme", empty etc. passwords as before

Tried with root, and several possible combinations, but none worked
unfortunately.

> - try the serial console (probably labeled "SER TTYB" or similar on the
>   rear panel) directly rather than accessing the ALOM; this is kind of
>   a longshot, but maybe they redirected the serial console and you can
>   interrupt or send-brk to get OFW OK prompt from there

I really hoped to get some output on serial but got nothing. Serial
connection works fine at 9600 baud rate (tested: Netra X1, Blade 100).
I also tried to force it to boot from a Solaris 10 CD, by unplugging the
2 hard-drives, but still have no console output (tried on SER MGMT and 
SER TTYB), and still can't get to an ok prompt. 
I do not even see the spinning slash while it presumably boots the
HDD/CD (just a ALOM notification saying that the host system has started).

> It's been many (!!) years since I laid hands on SunFire kit, maybe
> this reference will be useful for basic stuff:
> 
> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19088-01/v215.srvr/

Thank you for this!

> If I were really stuck, I might try creating a sysdisk offline, replacing
> the current (presumably Solaris) disk so you can at least access the
> system that way. Maybe save the Solaris disk for later "surgery".

I may try, but since booting from CD didn't work (though I can't be 100%
sure it actually booted from CD) I fear that this won't either.

Regards,
Paolo