[Suns-at-Home] SunBlade 2500 questions

[Paul Keusemann]

Hi,

I've just acquired a SunBlade 2500 and am trying to figure out if it is
functional or not.  It has an XVR-600 graphics adapter and I don't have
an HDMI cable yet, so I'm trying to work via the serial console.  There
is no keyboard connected which should force the startup output to ttya.
When I push the power button, the fans and the disk spin up but that's
it.  No beep, no output on either serial port.  Another thing that seems
odd, I've hooked up the serial port to a DataTracker and the lights do
not look right.  I've got a known good cable (it works with my SunBlade
150) but when I power on the SB-2500, RTS, CTS pins never go red like
they do on the SB-150.

So, the first question is, should I be able to get this thing to boot
on the serial console without a keyboard attached?

The second question is, what might the lack of any beeping during POST
indicate?

Thanks in advance.

Paul
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