Hi,

I have a V240 that is currently in "bare metal" state (no OS),
that I can't get a console connection on.

I earlier had problems even getting into the ALOM because I had
set of buggered cables, but now I can get in.

However, once I break into the ALOM, when I issue the console
command, it just hangs and I never get an eeprom/ok> monitor.

I get the message "Enter #. to return to ALOM" but that is
all. "console -f" doesn't work either. I can press the enter
key all day and the cursor goes nowhere. I can issue "#." and
get back to the sc> prompt and so on but not console.

I am at a complete loss what to do next. If anyone can help me,
that would be useful! I checked all the SRDB's and infodocs regarding
V240 ALOM and none of them helped - not even the one that mentioned
setting some variable from 1 to 0 and so on.

Can someone please help me?!

Thanks....


rachel

rachel polanskis wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a V240 that is currently in "bare metal" state (no OS),
> that I can't get a console connection on.
>
> I earlier had problems even getting into the ALOM because I had
> set of buggered cables, but now I can get in.
>
> However, once I break into the ALOM, when I issue the console
> command, it just hangs and I never get an eeprom/ok> monitor.
>
> I get the message "Enter #. to return to ALOM" but that is
> all. "console -f" doesn't work either. I can press the enter
> key all day and the cursor goes nowhere. I can issue "#." and
> get back to the sc> prompt and so on but not console.
>
> I am at a complete loss what to do next. If anyone can help me,
> that would be useful! I checked all the SRDB's and infodocs regarding
> V240 ALOM and none of them helped - not even the one that mentioned
> setting some variable from 1 to 0 and so on.
>
> Can someone please help me?!
>
> Thanks....
>
> rachel

poweron ?

John Howells

rachel polanskis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a V240 that is currently in "bare metal" state (no OS),
> that I can't get a console connection on.
>
> I earlier had problems even getting into the ALOM because I had
> set of buggered cables, but now I can get in.
>
> However, once I break into the ALOM, when I issue the console
> command, it just hangs and I never get an eeprom/ok> monitor.
>
> I get the message "Enter #. to return to ALOM" but that is
> all. "console -f" doesn't work either. I can press the enter
> key all day and the cursor goes nowhere. I can issue "#." and
> get back to the sc> prompt and so on but not console.
>
> I am at a complete loss what to do next. If anyone can help me,
> that would be useful! I checked all the SRDB's and infodocs regarding
> V240 ALOM and none of them helped - not even the one that mentioned
> setting some variable from 1 to 0 and so on.
>
> Can someone please help me?!
>
> Thanks....
>
>
> rachel

G'day,

you may have output-device set to somewhere strange so I'd try resetting
the nvram before a poweron.

sc> bootmode reset_nvram
sc> poweron

Onya,
Chris

In article <41794c62$0$15428$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
Chris Lawson <newsgroups@spamtrap.com> wrote:


> G'day,
>
> you may have output-device set to somewhere strange so I'd try resetting
> the nvram before a poweron.
>
> sc> bootmode reset_nvram
> sc> poweron


Thanks Chris,

but it doesn't work!


sc> poweroff
Are you sure you want to power off the system [y/n]? y

SC Alert: SC Request to Power Off Host.
sc>
SC Alert: Host system has shut down.

sc> bootmode reset_nvram
sc> poweron
sc> console
Enter #. to return to ALOM.



<nothing>



Sun tell me that to get to the console I need an OS, but I can't
install the OS until I can get to the console.

Anyone?!


rachel