I have a SUN v250 at home that I have to practice Solaris. I currently have Solaris 9 installed and the ALOM Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.5.2.
From the ALOM I want to access the console.
sc> console -f
Enter #. to return to ALOM.
after that there is no response. Unless and until hit #. to get back to the ALOM.
I did this via serial cable, and by Network Mgnt Port both with the same result.
It's possible that Solaris hanged for some reason... You can try sending "break" signal by executing break in ALOM and then console -f . It should get you to "ok" prompt.
Here's what happened when I issued the break command.
sc> break
Are you sure you want to send a break to the system [y/n]? y
sc>
SC Alert: SC Request to send Break to host.
SC Alert: Failed to send email alert for recent event.
sc> console
Enter #. to return to ALOM.
sc>
sc> console -f
Enter #. to return to ALOM.
sc>
The machine then does not respond. It remains at that screen until I press "#." it then returns me back to the sc> promt
I am not sure if this makes much of a difference but the rshell and ssh is enabled and I am able to ping, and ssh into the machine.
What I am trying to achieve here is to be able to console into the machine from the ALOM port or the net management port.
Are there any other configurations that I should be aware of?
I setup the ALOM conf by using "setupsc"
First I would try to disasemble the RSC card and use the serial port on the server to connect to the console. The first thing you need is a working connection to the console! If this is established, check the settings for the console output with printenv . Post the printenv output if you need help with the settings.
I am not able to access the console through the serial or net management port.
I can ssh into the console but that's not what I want to achieve.
Thank you
if I use console
I get the same message.
The system does not respond and only responds when I press #. to log back in the ALOM.
The system is up and running and I am able to access it via ssh from putty.
I need to be able to access the console from ALOM or Net management port.
The 250 has a built-in 'remote system control' (RSC) card. The console could be redirected to that and I'm not sure if the SER-MGT port will stop working (for console) if you do redirect it.
Post the output of:
eeprom
which should tell us what the existing configuration is.
(If the eeprom command won't work you might need to enter its full path on the command line.)
@DukeNuke2............I see your post and I am now somewhat confused!! My understanding is that this is a 250 which has its own
idiosyncrasies. Is there more than one 250?? Is a V250 different from a Enterprise 250?
I have attached what I would use as reference material for this. See the RSC guide pages 10-11.
I would now get the OP to double-check the setting by removing all power (including the SC, ie, completely remove power) and then cold boot watching diags (in case there's a hardware fault revealed), then issue a 'poweron', followed by 'console' (needing to check that the SC is, indeed, reset with the new parameter(s) in place.
@br1an....I suggest you wait until we've agreed a course of action.