The sun fire v880 computer is compatible with cms r3v11 and later. Find answers to rsc query in sun v880 from the expert community at experts exchange. Using serial consoles solaris linux by jeff hunter, sr. How to configure the rsc function of sun v890 server huawei. Set the sun serial port speed, data bits, parity, and stopbits to 96008n1 the default setting or match the settings configured on the comm. Freebsd install issue on sunfire v880 the freebsd forums. This will help in remote administration of server hardware and can be very useful to troubleshoot in case of any hardware fault as the hardware related logs can only be accessed if you have a rsc cards setup. See the hardware documentation for your machine to. Find answers to sun sunfire v880 wont boot up what diagnostics can i use from. Rsc console setup for fire 280r, v480, v490, v880, v890 and. This will make your serial port as a default console and you can boot solaris from the serial console, once ok prompt is available. Avaya cms sun fire v880 v890 installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting may 2006.
Control of the console port is redirected from the remote console back to the. When the 280r was then booted, the physical console attached to the serial port worked. Otherwise you are looking at thirdparty software for running a server over a com or usb port. On queue computer sun fire v880 server specification. You can use any software that can communicate with serial ports like putty or minicom.
The serial console and remote console is not configured. Buy, sell, rent, or lease a refurbished sun fire v880 server. Solaris, sun blade 2000 workstation, sun blade workstation, sun fire 280r server, sun fire v880 server, sun fire v480 server, sun fire v890 server, sun fire v490 server. Sun fire v480, v880 and v1280 offer an alternative to intel. Sun fire v880 server specification on queue computer. Rsc console switches to the system console without warning when openboot prom enhanced diagnostics are on or the keyswitch is in the diagnostics position. A total of 12 slots are available for serial jobs on the sun fire v880 servers four slots on the sun fire v880b and 8 slots on the sun fire v880c. I just glanced at the v880 owners guide and it seems to suggest the designed default console was a serial tip connection. If the machine has any graphic card installed, remote it and try again. Use the openboot mode to redirect the remote console port when. Hi solarisunix experts, ive installed oracle solaris 10 1 on a sun fire v490 server via its external serial port using a cisco console cable connected to my laptop pc running securecrt terminal emulation software emulating vt100 terminal. However, every time i shutdown the teraterm pro application and reconnect, i notice my sun ultra 60 is at the ok prompt. C h a p t e r 7 configuring console access oracle docs. It has no video card and the tcpip settings are incorrect so i have to access via console.
Okay, so youve got a serial cable connected the the sun, all you need to do now is place a nullmodem adapter or a null modem cable between the sun and your terminal. Sun firetm v880 server november 2002 just the facts 2 sun proprietary and confidential internal use only. The last time i was able to physically touch one of those systems was during an internal sun training class early in 2001 even before the v880 began to ship to customers. Linux provides two methods programs that can be used to connect to a serial console of a sun server. Do not be fooled into using a laplink cable, this will just cause you problems. To setup the rsc card in sun fire 280r, v480, v490, v880, v890 servers and redirect the server console from serial port to rsc console. Hello folks, i am having trouble to login to rsc or serial console of v890. I am using strictly the serial port for this installation. Serial port connection to a sunfire v880 having solaris 10. How to setup rsc console on sun fire 280r, v480, v490, v880. We dont know the rsc password since the person who set it up has left. Sun fire v890 server owners guide istorage networks.
Configuring a commterminal server for sun console access cisco. The sun fire branding coincided with the introduction of the ultrasparc iii processor, superseding the ultrasparc iibased sun enterprise series. The sun fire v880 is perfect for remote offices or departmental environments. This guide tells you how to route the cables and cords and power on the sun fire v440 server. Guide sun fire is a series of server computers introduced in 2001 by sun microsystems since 2010, part of oracle corporation.
As a complementary system for a data center, the sun fire v880 server excels in supporting an extensive array of applications including internet, databases, ecommerce, and erp software. Aug 30, 2005 set the sun serial port speed, data bits, parity, and stopbits to 96008n1 the default setting or match the settings configured on the comm server if different. Rsc provides remote console access and sends system alerts to administrators via email or pager. To install the xvr100 software packages on a sun fire v880 system. Hello, sun v880 with pgx64 graphics card boots fine, however when i connect an ups unit to its serial port via smart serial cable that comes with the ups, it. Sun fire v890 unable to access rsc or serial console unix and.
Sun fire v880 server sun fire series sun servers sun. Im having an odd issue installing freebsd on a sunfire v880. Emulates a com port or an ethernet device, that generates a serial stream of data. I was sent a sun fire v880 from another office and nobody knows the root or rsc passwords. V880 has several serial ports as other sun server only the first serial port. Configuring a commterminal server for sun console access. Hi all, i have just purchased a v880 second hand server for my in house tests, when i power on the machine, it throws self tests, but i notice it fails at vxdiag tests, finalizing at basic tod test, failed and then asks for a login pass, am preaty new at this and was wondering if there is a way round this, if not what are my options and what. The cable and adapter connect the sun servers ttyb serial port to the sun fire v490 systems builtin ttya serial port. The illustrated instructions in this guide are a continuation of the the rackmount instructions on the sun fire v440.
Cluster grid example implementations introduction to the. Rsc software download steps to download the latest rsc software 1. Now we need to redirect the console from serial port to the rsc console. To determine the current system firmware revision installed on the system, from the system controller commandline interface. To gain console, the rsc card was physically pulled from the system bus. Oracle and sun microsystems strategic acquisitions oracle. The v880 sold well, and sun quickly added four and 12way servers designed along similar lines, the v480 and v1280 respectively. Avaya call management system sun fire v880v890 computer hardware installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting 07600965 may 2006.
Rsc issues for sun fire v480, v880, v490, and v890 servers. Rsc console setup for fire 280r, v480, v490, v880, v890. Connector pinouts 165 reference for the serial port a and b connectors 166 serial port connector diagram 166 serial port signals 166 reference for the usb connectors 167 usb connector diagram 167 usb connector signals 167 reference for the twistedpair ethernet connector 168. We have a sunfire 280r old sparcsolaris server that is refusing to come up after being relocated. Contact us by calling 8003270730, activating our live chat feature, or filling out our quote.
Refer to your servers documentation for more information. Three power supplies and power cords one dvdrom drive one tape drive two usb ports one serial port avaya cms sun fire v880v890 installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting on page 62 for more information. Use this guide after you have installed the sun fire v440 server into a rack, following instructions either on the servers top panel or in the sun fire v440 server installation guide. Oracle acquired sun microsystems in 2010, and since that time oracles hardware and software engineers have worked sidebyside to build fully integrated systems and optimized solutions designed to achieve performance levels that are unmatched in the industry. Rsc console setup for fire 280r, v480, v490, v880, v890 and v880z servers by ramdev may 15, 2011 this article will help you to configure rsc console for. It has moved to sunhelp as of may 2005, send all updates to bill bradford. Installing solaris 10 on a sunfire v210 via network arm blog. This is unusual since i have done this with other sun workstations. On the host server, this port is referred to as the serial mgt port.
The serial management port serial mgt has a dedicated purpose. Set the sun serial port speed, data bits, parity, and stopbits to 96008n1 the default setting or match the settings configured on the comm server if different. In 2003, sun broadened the sun fire brand, introducing sun fire servers using. Cachefs software is implemented on one of the sun fire v880 servers. Sun sunfire v880 wont boot up what diagnostics can i use.
The rsc card was blocking the use of a physical console attached to the serial port. Hi, imtrying to connect a device via the serial port to my solaris 10 environment sunfire v880. If a user forgot the password it can be over written by just making a new password again. Were trying to connect to the serial console port, but all we get is random gibberish on the screen. The cachefs file system encompasses the subdirectory, which holds the data that is prone to high readintensive activity by. Find answers to sun sunfire v880 wont boot up what diagnostics can i use from the expert community at experts exchange. For this you will need to hook up the sun server using the serial console. If you can find a sun serial cable for these machines, all the better. Sun took its midrange sun fire technology, simplified it, leaving out certain features to keep prices low, and started selling its reduced instruction set computerunix riscunix server at intelserver price levels.
The book windows server 2008 r2 secrets by orin thomas has a decent section on ems, which is actually freely googlable. Pdxpert engineering design management software is simple to use, flexible to apply, and improves the accessibility and security of your design. Sun fire v480, v880 and v1280 offer an alternative to intel 10 december 2003 ian brown document type. How can i get the console display on the monitor attached tia rgds. I am getting a connected status in my port listing using the unix and linux forums.
Weve tried both connecting with a db25db9 adapter and using a db25rj45 adapter with a cisco rj45db9 adapter to a windows laptop. The cable and adapter connect the sun servers ttyb serial port to the sun fire v490 systems builtin. The following article documents some of the tips for connecting the serial port of a unix server sun sparc linux to the serial port console of a sun server. Sun sunfire v880 wont boot up what diagnostics can i. Access via serial line, network, or modem provides flexibility so that a dedicated, onsite operations staff is not required. The system controller resets, runs diagnostics, and. Multithreaded tty is an easy to use high performance rs232 serial terminal program. Dpro105507 several clients have requested comparisons of suns volume series servers and intelbased ia32 servers. Control of the console port is redirected from the remote console back to the local console.
Contact us by calling 8003270730, activating our live chat feature, or filling out our quote form to get immediate pricing and availability. Redirecting the console using openboot mode this procedure describes how to use the openboot mode to redirect the local console to serial port a. Jan 01, 2012 this post describes how to select the firmware, the firmware upgrade method and upgrade the system firmware on sun fire t and sun fire t2000 server firmware verification 1. Serial ports and system console 4 monitoring and management with remote system control software 5. This part will consist of 2 steps, the first one about retrieving the mac address and the second step is later in the guide for starting the installation itself which i will not cover here. You can also use rsc software to power on the system. May 15, 2011 rsc console setup for fire 280r, v480, v490, v880, v890 and v880z servers by ramdev may 15, 2011 this article will help you to configure rsc console for sun based machines. I have a sun v880 with the local monitor and keyboard attached but when i rebooted teh server, it goesd into single user mode and i am not getting any display on the monitor. Make sure you have working serial console cable before you pull the rsc out of server. The pci cards solaris driver must be hotplug aware. Cards can be easily addedremoved by notifing solaris in one of two ways.
Sun v880 with pgx64 graphics card boots fine, however when i connect an ups unit to its serial port via smart serial cable that comes with the ups, it hangs on boot, no video out either. Supported hardware sun fire v890 sun fire v490 sun fire v880. Since the network configuration is for a different tcpip network the only access i have to the system is through the rsc serial port via a windows laptop running hyperterm. Avaya call management system sun fire v880 v890 computer hardware installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting is written for technicians who install and maintain call center applications such as avaya call management system cms. The sun server communicates at 9600 baud, no parity and 8 stop bits. Rsc password reset on a sun fire v880 solutions experts. Sun fire v880 system architecture sun microsystems.
From the sun blade or ultra 510 use the tip program to initiate the serial console connection to the other server. By default the console of sun fire 280r, v480, v490, v880, v890 servers can not be. Sun fire rsc remote system control adigunas weblog. Avaya may require the designated processors to be identified by type, serial number, feature key, location or other specific designation, or to be provided by end user to avaya through electronic. Make sure you can connect to the console of the sun using a dumb terminal or pc before you connect the sun to the cisco console server. However, when i had the console and serial port connected, something similar to what you described did happen. Everything seems to work ok and i can get a console connection going. Another point may be some problem with the serial connecton handshakeflow control how do you connect to the console. The sun v890 v880 server supports rsc funciton known as ilom function on hp servers, this provides customer convenience to manager server remotely and reboot server when the sun v890 v880 server is incidently down and loss communication. View and download sun microsystems fire v880 instruction manual online. How to setup rsc console on sun fire 280r, v480, v490. I had a similar problem with a sun 280r running solaris 8. The following is a summary of the sun firetm v880 server within the volume server product family.
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