Hi there,
I have a V440 Server based on Sun Microsystem with Solaris OS.
Is there any way to auto power on the system only with cabling the V440 with 220 v?
Thanks!
Not that I know of... As far as I know, there are 2 ways. Button on the front and remotely with an sc> command.
Newer ILOM based systems (and only x86???) had the possibility to start after power was pluged in. I didn't checked for that feature in a long time.
boot to ok prompt and set auto-boot flag to true:
setenv auto-boot? true
It depends on what you mean.
The V440 has an ALOM which is an embedded (Linux type) appliance that controls the main hardware (including power). When you plug in the volts to the chassis the ALOM will boot but the main system will not (necessarily) unless it is configured to. You can communicate with the ALOM via (typically) the ser-mgt port using a terminal emulator. You are then talking to the ALOM only and the main power is still off.
At the ALOM prompt you can then issue a:
sc> poweron
command to turn on power to the main system. With planning you could be sat miles away doing that.
Does that help?
Hi agent.kgb,
From memory the auto-boot was set to true by default, so it should boot if there is power applied. You'd need to connect to the ALOM with a serial device and access the SC> prompt, then type "console" to give you access to the running system if you don't have network connectivity.
Regards
Gull04
In the ALOM there is something like 'remember power state' that must be set to true.
Google for details!
Hi all,
thanks for the helps, we found the problem.
The point is that we have a server which is connected to another device ( a battery with RS232) and, therefore that battery send a message to V440 to power-off, but not to power on.
So, wen the system power off all the instalation, we think the battery send a "Init 0" to the server, and after some minutes the server is powered off / plug out.
After that, we plug in the server and it power on automatically, and of course it boots with command
setenv auto-boot? true
But when we format the server we did a shutdown and power-off with console and, looks like that in that way the system does not power on automatically.....
Thanks anyway for the help
"init 0" shuts down and halts the OS, leaving the power on. If you then remove the power cords, it remembers power state "on" - when plugged in again it will run POST then boot.
If you turn off the power by "init 5" or by an ALOM command), then the remembered power state is "off" - and so it will be when plugged in again.
Hi
We acctually solved that issue with our server!
Thank you very much
Cheers!
@proof_enrique.......thank you for telling us that you've fixed your problem, however, please post what your remedy was.
This forum exists to build a knowledge base that is extremely useful to future readers who are seeking answers to problems. So simply posting that you've fixed it without saying how you fixed it isn't helpful. This Unix community exists to help each other; both novices and experts.
Don't worry if you think your answer is silly because we can all make silly mistakes. Having a thread with no conclusion doesn't help future readers who may be experiencing the same issue as you.
Thanks.
Yeah that�s true!
The main idea it was provided by MadeInGermany.....Thanks a lot!
The problem was that we usually "clone" V440 from a other server with V240 / v440 images ( for cloning).
After cloning the server, we should send an "INIT 0" to shuts down and halt the OS, and of course, leaving the power on. Therefore we have another system that supply power to servers, and sometimes we have to disconnect them for troubleshooting.
In one case, we found some problems on a V440 server ( just cloned ) and we did some HW test, and after that we commanded a "shutdown" or "power off".......not allowing us to power on with only cabling.
So, thanks to all for helping!!
Regards!