Sun Blade 1000workstationcpu: 1 x UltraSPARC III @ 900 MHz module (Sun part number 501-5770)memory: 1024 MB, 4 x DIMMs in bank 0 graphics: PGX64 - ATI Rage XL (8MB SGRAM, PCI) hard drive: 18.2 GB - Segate Cheetah ST318203FC 10k rpm, in the lower slot (Note: this machine uses fibre channel (FC) drives) optical drive: yes floppy drive: no smart card reader: yes OBP version: 4.13 - Release 4.13.0 created 2004/01/19 18:27 serial console: use a nullmodem (crossed) serial cable, connect it to port A, and use 9600-8-N-1 as parameters, like so: cu -l /dev/cuaU0 -s9600.stop-N: not possible with usb keyboard. Instead, wait until the green led in the power button blinks, then double-press the power button (like a double-click with the mouse). OS info: FreeBSD, Solaris, Links: http://www.blade-1000.com/, OBP reference, History: 2011-08-21: I tried powering up the machine again with a keyboard and mouse attached. At first it was unwilling (no light in power button), but after I opened it up and re-seated the memory, it came up. After starting to boot from the hard drive, it powered off again. Perhaps the drive is dying. I replaced the drive with my new 73.4 GB drive, and booted again. Of course it can't boot from the drive. From the OBP, this is what it says about the drive (transcribed): ok probe-scsiLiD HA LUN --- Port WWN --- ----- Disk description ----- 1 1 0 2100000c504fe195 IBM-ESXSST373307FC F B35Fokand boot cdrom boots the CD. 2011-08-11: I received the ST373307FC hard drive. 2011-08-05: I purchased a hard drive on eBay: IBM ST373307FC 73.4 GB, fibre channel, 10k RPM, for USD 11.99 + USD 9.0 in shipping. 2010-08-22: even more info: # eepromtest-args: data not available.diag-passes=1enclosure-type=540-3256-15banner-name=SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000energystar-enabled?=truepcia-probe-list=4,1pcib-probe-list=5,6,1,2,3,4local-mac-address?=falsefcode-debug?=falsesilent-mode?=falsescsi-initiator-id=7oem-logo: data not available.oem-logo?=falseoem-banner: data not available.oem-banner?=falseansi-terminal?=truescreen-#columns=80screen-#rows=34ttyb-rts-dtr-off=falsettyb-ignore-cd=truettya-rts-dtr-off=falsettya-ignore-cd=truettyb-mode=9600,8,n,1,-ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-output-device=screeninput-device=keyboardload-base=16384auto-boot?=trueboot-command=bootdiag-file: data not available.diag-device=netboot-file: data not available.boot-device=disk netuse-nvramrc?=falsenvramrc: data not available.security-mode=nonesecurity-password: data not available.security-#badlogins=0#power-cycles=364diag-script=nonediag-level=mindiag-switch?=falseerror-reset-recovery=boot2010-08-22: various info: # uname -aSunOS timothehome 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000# prtdiag -vSystem Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 (UltraSPARC-III) System clock frequency: 150 MHZMemory size: 1GB ==================================== CPUs ==================================== E$ CPU CPUCPU Freq Size Implementation Mask Status Location--- -------- ---------- ------------------- ----- ------ -------- 0 900 MHz 8MB SUNW,UltraSPARC-III 5.11 on-line +-board/cpu0================================= IO Devices =================================Bus Freq Slot + Name +Type MHz Status Path Model---- ---- ---------- ---------------------------- --------------------pci 33 +s/system-board ebus/ns87317-ecpp (parallel) okay /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/parallelpci 33 +s/system-board ebus/se (serial) okay /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/serial@1,400000pci 33 +s/system-board pci108e,1101 (network) SUNW,pci-eri okay /pci@8,700000/networkpci 33 +s/system-board pciclass,0c0010 (firewire) okay /pci@8,700000/firewire@5,2pci 33 +s/system-board scsi-pci1000,f (scsi-2) okay /pci@8,700000/scsipci 33 +s/system-board scsi-pci1000,f (scsi-2) okay /pci@8,700000/scsipci 33 +s/system-board SUNW,qlc-pci1077,2200 (scsi-+ okay /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4pci 33 +s/system-board SUNW,m64B (display) SUNW,370-4362 okay /pci@8,600000/SUNW,m64B============================ Memory Configuration ============================Segment Table:-----------------------------------------------------------------------Base Address Size Interleave Factor Contains-----------------------------------------------------------------------0x0 1GB 2 BankIDs 0,2Bank Table:----------------------------------------------------------- Physical LocationID ControllerID GroupID Size Interleave Way-----------------------------------------------------------0 0 0 512MB 02 0 0 512MB 1Memory Module Groups:--------------------------------------------------ControllerID GroupID Labels Status--------------------------------------------------0 0 chassis/system-board/J01000 0 chassis/system-board/J02020 0 chassis/system-board/J03040 0 chassis/system-board/J0406============================ Environmental Status ============================Fan Status:---------------------------------------Location Sensor Status ---------------------------------------+stem-fan-slot system-fan okay+/cpu-fan-slot cpu-fan okay+r-supply-slot power-supply okay---------------------------------------Temperature sensors:------------------------------------Location Sensor Status------------------------------------+em-board/cpu0 Die okay +em-board/cpu0 Ambient okay ================================ HW Revisions ================================ASIC Revisions:-------------------------------------------------------------------Path Device Status Revision-------------------------------------------------------------------/pci@8,700000 pci108e,8001 okay 4 /pci@8,600000 pci108e,8001 okay 4 /pci@8,700000/ebus@5 ebus okay 1 System PROM revisions:----------------------OBP 4.13.0 2004/01/19 18:27POST 4.13.0 2004/03/15 19:13# prtconfSystem Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4uMemory size: 1024 MegabytesSystem Peripherals (Software Nodes):SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 scsi_vhci, instance #0 packages (driver not attached) SUNW,builtin-drivers (driver not attached) deblocker (driver not attached) disk-label (driver not attached) terminal-emulator (driver not attached) dropins (driver not attached) kbd-translator (driver not attached) obp-tftp (driver not attached) SUNW,i2c-ram-device (driver not attached) SUNW,fru-device (driver not attached) ufs-file-system (driver not attached) chosen (driver not attached) openprom (driver not attached) client-services (driver not attached) options, instance #0 aliases (driver not attached) memory (driver not attached) virtual-memory (driver not attached) SUNW,UltraSPARC-III, instance #0 memory-controller, instance #0 pci, instance #0 ebus, instance #0 flashprom (driver not attached) i2c, instance #0 nvram, instance #0 idprom (driver not attached) dimm-fru, instance #1 dimm-fru, instance #2 dimm-fru, instance #3 dimm-fru, instance #4 bbc (driver not attached) ppm, instance #0 i2c, instance #1 cpu-fru, instance #5 temperature, instance #0 fan-control, instance #0 card-reader (driver not attached) motherboard-fru, instance #6 i2c-bridge (driver not attached) beep, instance #0 audio, instance #0 (driver not attached) rtc, instance #0 gpio (driver not attached) pmc (driver not attached) floppy (driver not attached) parallel (driver not attached) serial, instance #0 network (driver not attached) firewire, instance #0 usb, instance #0 scsi, instance #0 disk (driver not attached) tape (driver not attached) sd, instance #0 (driver not attached) sd, instance #1 (driver not attached) sd, instance #2 (driver not attached) sd, instance #3 (driver not attached) sd, instance #4 (driver not attached) sd, instance #5 (driver not attached) sd, instance #6 sd, instance #7 (driver not attached) sd, instance #8 (driver not attached) sd, instance #9 (driver not attached) sd, instance #10 (driver not attached) sd, instance #11 (driver not attached) sd, instance #12 (driver not attached) sd, instance #13 (driver not attached) sd, instance #14 (driver not attached) st, instance #0 (driver not attached) st, instance #1 (driver not attached) st, instance #2 (driver not attached) st, instance #3 (driver not attached) st, instance #4 (driver not attached) st, instance #5 (driver not attached) st, instance #6 (driver not attached) ses, instance #0 (driver not attached) ses, instance #1 (driver not attached) ses, instance #2 (driver not attached) ses, instance #3 (driver not attached) ses, instance #4 (driver not attached) ses, instance #5 (driver not attached) ses, instance #6 (driver not attached) ses, instance #7 (driver not attached) ses, instance #8 (driver not attached) ses, instance #9 (driver not attached) ses, instance #10 (driver not attached) ses, instance #11 (driver not attached) ses, instance #12 (driver not attached) ses, instance #13 (driver not attached) ses, instance #14 (driver not attached) ses, instance #15 (driver not attached) scsi (driver not attached) disk (driver not attached) tape (driver not attached) pci, instance #1 SUNW,qlc, instance #0 fp (driver not attached) disk (driver not attached) fp, instance #1 ssd, instance #1 SUNW,m64B (driver not attached) upa (driver not attached) ppm, instance #0 pseudo, instance #02010-08-22: I booted my Blade 1000 from net like this: boot net -s. It worked the first time! After boot I did this:mount /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0 /a (I fiured out the name from devalias in OBP and a listing of files in /dev/dsk)TERM=vt100export TERMvi /a/etc/shadow (remove encrypted password for root, and save file)umount /ainit 6 (reboot)2010-08-22: I configured my client with make_template and make_client. JET has its quirks. 2010-08-21: I set up Solaris 10 as a VirtualBox appliance. I installed the JET framework, downloaded Solaris 10 for SPARC, and copied the media. 2010-08-20: Now all I need is the recover the password, and I'm all set. SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic 64-bit means that it runs Solaris 10.2010-08-20: I got the package with the memory today. Installed, and booted the machine. Output on console: SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 (UltraSPARC-III) , No KeyboardCopyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.OpenBoot 4.13.0, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #50508950.Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2:b4:96, Host ID: 8302b496.Boot device: disk File and args: SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic 64-bitCopyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.Use is subject to license terms.WARNING: Last shutdown is later than time on time-of-day chip; check date.Hostname: timothehomechecking ufs filesystems/dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s7: is logging.timothehome console login: Feb 22 10:30:54 timothehome sendmail[279]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retryFeb 22 10:30:54 timothehome sendmail[280]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retryFeb 22 10:31:54 timothehome sendmail[279]: unable to qualify my own domain name (localhost) -- using short nameFeb 22 10:31:54 timothehome sendmail[280]: unable to qualify my own domain name (localhost) -- using short nameIt works! Yay! 2010-08-11: package with memory shipped. 2010-08-08: ordered replacement memory from eBay: Sun X7053A 501-5401 1 GB (4 × 256MB SDRAM DIMMs). 2010-07-06: The system won't boot either, seems like there is a problem with the memory (RAM): ok bootFATAL: OpenBoot initialization sequence prematurely terminated.FATAL: system is not bootable, boot command is disabledok2010-07-06: strange, more and more info comes to: ok .versionRelease 4.13.0 created 2004/01/19 18:27OBP 4.13.0 2004/01/19 18:27POST 4.13.0 2004/03/15 19:13OBDIAG 4.13.0 2004/01/19 18:30 ok I can't remember seeing all this before. 2010-07-06: the banner looks like this: ok banner SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 (UltraSPARC-III) , No KeyboardCopyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.OpenBoot 4.13.0, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #50508950.Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2:b4:96, Host ID: 8302b496.ok Nice to know. 2010-07-06: with the help of the forum at Nekochan.net, I was able to figure out more things once I got back into the OBP: ok set-defaultsSetting NVRAM parameters to default values.okThen ok .idpromFormat/Type: 1 83 Ethernet: 0 3 ba 2 b4 96 Date: 6 20 20 1 Serial: 2 b4 96 Checksum: 3cSo that's it then. More info: ok printenvVariable Name Value Default Valuetest-args diag-passes 1 1enclosure-type 540-3256-15 No defaultbanner-name SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 No defaultenergystar-enabled? true No defaultpcia-probe-list 4,1 4,1pcib-probe-list 5,6,1,2,3,4 5,6,1,2,3,4local-mac-address? false falsefcode-debug? false falsesilent-mode? false falsescsi-initiator-id 7 7oem-logo No defaultoem-logo? false falseoem-banner No defaultoem-banner? false falseansi-terminal? true truescreen-#columns 80 80screen-#rows 34 34ttyb-rts-dtr-off false falsettyb-ignore-cd true truettya-rts-dtr-off false falsettya-ignore-cd true truettyb-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-output-device screen screeninput-device keyboard keyboardload-base 16384 16384auto-boot? true trueboot-command boot bootdiag-file diag-device net netboot-file boot-device disk net disk netuse-nvramrc? false falsenvramrc security-mode none No defaultsecurity-password No defaultsecurity-#badlogins 0 No default#power-cycles 350 No defaultdiag-script none nonediag-level min mindiag-switch? false falseerror-reset-recovery boot bootCool. 2010-06-28: the battery (CR1632) is ok. 2010-06-28: trying several times I got a banner out of it: ok banner, No KeyboardCopyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.OpenBoot 4.13.0, 0 MB memory installed, Serial #0.Ethernet address 0:0:0:0:0:0, Host ID: 00000000.The IDPROM contents are invalidNow, what to do with it. This thread says it might be the IDPROM. Not good. 2010-06-28: Somehow I got into OBP. It display this: Corrected ECC Errorok Corrected ECC Errorok Corrected ECC Errorok Corrected ECC Errorok Corrected ECC Errorok Doesn't lok good to me. A few more commands: ok .versionRelease 4.13.0 created 2004/01/19 18:27ok .enet-addr0:0:0:0:0:0ok .idpromFormat/Type: 0 0 Ethernet: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date: 0 0 0 0 Serial: 0 0 0 Checksum: 0 ok .traps001 Power On Reset 002 Watchdog Reset 003 Externally Initiated Reset 004 Software Initiated Reset 005 RED State Exception 008 Instruction Access Exception 00a Instruction Access Error 010 Illegal Instruction 011 Privileged Opcode 020 FP Disabled 021 FP Exception IEEE 754 022 FP Exception Other 023 TAG Overflow 024 ... 027 Clean Window 028 Division by Zero 030 Data Access Exception 032 Data Access Error 034 Memory Address not Aligned 035 LDDF Memory Address not Aligned 036 STDF Memory Address not Aligned 037 Privileged Action 041 ... 04f Interrupt Level 1 - 15 060 Interrupt Vector 061 PA Watchpoint 062 VA Watchpoint 063 Corrected ECC Error 064 ... 067 Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss 068 ... 06b Fast Data Access MMU Miss 06c ... 06f Fast Data Access Protection 070 Fast ECC Error 080 ... 09f Spill Normal 0 - 7 0a0 ... 0bf Spill Other 0 - 7 0c0 ... 0df Fill Normal 0 - 7 0e0 ... 0ff Fill Other 0 - 7 100 ... 17f Trap Instruction (Ticc) ok show-devs/SUNW,UltraSPARC-III/virtual-memory/memory/aliases/options/openprom/chosen/packages/openprom/client-services/packages/dropins/packages/terminal-emulator/packages/disk-label/packages/deblocker/packages/SUNW,builtin-driversok show-sbusshow-sbus ?ok .speed.speed ?ok printenvVariable Name Value Default Valuetest-args diag-passes 1 1enclosure-type No defaultbanner-name No defaultenergystar-enabled? true No defaultpcia-probe-list 4,1 4,1pcib-probe-list 5,6,1,2,3,4 5,6,1,2,3,4local-mac-address? false falsefcode-debug? false falsesilent-mode? false falsescsi-initiator-id 7 7oem-logo No defaultoem-logo? false falseoem-banner No defaultoem-banner? false falseansi-terminal? true truescreen-#columns 80 80screen-#rows 34 34ttyb-rts-dtr-off false falsettyb-ignore-cd true truettya-rts-dtr-off false falsettya-ignore-cd true truettyb-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-output-device screen screeninput-device keyboard keyboardload-base 16384 16384auto-boot? true trueboot-command boot bootdiag-file diag-device net netboot-file boot-device disk net disk netuse-nvramrc? false falsenvramrc security-mode 12 (invalid value) No defaultsecurity-password No defaultsecurity-#badlogins 205287023 No default#power-cycles 205287023 No defaultdiag-script none nonediag-level min mindiag-switch? false falseerror-reset-recovery boot bootThat's all. One more thing: ok set-defaultsSetting NVRAM parameters to default values.Corrected ECC Errorok printenvVariable Name Value Default Valuetest-args diag-passes 1 1enclosure-type No defaultbanner-name No defaultenergystar-enabled? true No defaultpcia-probe-list 4,1 4,1pcib-probe-list 5,6,1,2,3,4 5,6,1,2,3,4local-mac-address? false falsefcode-debug? false falsesilent-mode? false falsescsi-initiator-id 7 7oem-logo No defaultoem-logo? false falseoem-banner No defaultoem-banner? false falseansi-terminal? true truescreen-#columns 80 80screen-#rows 34 34ttyb-rts-dtr-off false falsettyb-ignore-cd true truettya-rts-dtr-off false falsettya-ignore-cd true truettyb-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-output-device screen screeninput-device keyboard keyboardload-base 16384 16384auto-boot? true trueboot-command boot bootdiag-file diag-device net netboot-file boot-device disk net disk netuse-nvramrc? false falsenvramrc security-mode 12 (invalid value) No defaultsecurity-password No defaultsecurity-#badlogins 205287023 No default#power-cycles 205287023 No defaultdiag-script none nonediag-level min mindiag-switch? false falseerror-reset-recovery boot bootI wonder whu security-mode is invalid? 2010-06-28: Stripped and cleaned the machine, then put it together again. I have figured out one thing: The machine powers on every time, but the fans do not start every time. Most of the times they stay silent when the machine powers up, and then nothing more happens. When the fans start, the machine beeps and the power light blinks, then turms teady green. After that the hard drive spins up. Nothing more happens. 2010-06-27: well, the machine powers up (both the Sun logo and the green power light shines) and the fans run. No image on screen, and no reaction on the keyboard. However, Stop-N equivalent (from OpenBoot Emergency Procedures) gives me this on the serial (ttya, 9600 baud) console: Memory Configuration: Segment @ Base: 0 Size: 1024 MB ( 2-Way)Interesting. Now How to get the screen working. This page claims that the Sun Blade 1000 only will boot with a Sun USB Keyboard attached. Well, mine starts without a keyboard connected. Perhaps it only works now and then? I still haven't managed a full boot. 2010-06-25: I bought the machine. According to the seller, it doesn't power on at all. A challenge. |