On Monday 09 February 2004 11:51 am in comp.sys.sun.hardware andy thomas
wrote:


>
> Thanks for the warning. I've powered it off a few times using the OBP
> power-off command but I'd better stop doing it. One thing puzzles me about
> this server - what is the LCD display for? It shows a graphic of the
> server with a flashing downward pointing arrow beneath it pointing at
> what I assume is the internal ambient temperature (16 deg C). The buttons
> to the right of the LCD just rotate the image from portrait to landcsape
> mode & vice-versa. Or does the LCD start working when the disk cage is
> connected and populated with drives?

The E150 was originally supplied with software on a floppy disk which
allowed network configuration and a few OBP commands to be done from
the LCD display. This minimal console removed the need for a serial
console or keyboard/screen to bring the machine up to the point
where it could be remotely administered via telnet.
All very clever, but support for this fell by the wayside (somewhere
around Solaris 2.4 ??) so now you just have a nifty thermometer with
some useless buttons to poke.

The Enterprise 150 and the similar Netra i were nice machines which
were later replaced by the E250 and E450. One model, the E150 NFS
even came with a built-in UPS. If you have one of these you will
need to replace the batteries by now.

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