[Suns-at-Home] SunBlade 2500 questions

[Andre van Eyssen]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, Paul Keusemann wrote:

> 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

That's a DVI cable that you need. HDMI is something different.

> 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.

Try stop-N during boot to force diagnostics. Reseat the CPUs - don't 
forget to use the torque wrench supplied to tighten them (but not to 
loosen them - it tends to bend the torque tool). Pull the framebuffer for 
good luck.

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

Yes, but who knows how the serial port has been misconfigured by the prior 
owner?

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