Yet again the sun-managers list comes through in record time!
I only posted the problem this morning and I have a solution
already.
The original question was;
> We have just taken delivery of our first UltraSPARC 1 machine from
> SUN which will be used as a corporate database server. The machine
> arrived a few days ago and the ORACLE software will be installed
> next week!
>
> The BIG problem is that the Ultra does not see the network. The
> machine supplied came with minimal instructions and with the Solaris
> 2.5.1 installed but no CDs or manuals. This is also our first trial
> of Solaris 2.5.1 so we are rather lost.
>
> The machine boots OK but using netstat -i I only see the lo0
> interface for the localhost - no le0 as I would have expected.
>
> Dropping to the ok prompt I have tried a "test net" which tells
> me;
>
> "Internal Loopback Test - ethernet chip initialisation failed"
>
> for both the AUI and TP (we use thin wire on the AUI port). I would
> expect this test to be passed even if there were problems further
> down the line with the transceiver etc.
>
> This suggested to me that the Lance chip was kapot and SUN replaced
> the motherboard (very promptly!!). However this has not cleared
> the problem - nb the NVRAM chip was transferred from the old to
> new motherboard to retain hostid etc.
>
> Now I'm stuck, SUN are responding slowly and I have to get this
> machine up and running by the end of this week. My thoughts are that
> the problem lies somewhere in the PROM/NVRAM settings but I need
> your expert advice to guide me. Can anyone help?
Thanks to;
Heas <heas@shrubbery.net>
"David Evans" <djve@deakin.edu.au>
Japie Greeff <jgre@amdahl.co.za>
Anthony.Worrall@reading.ac.uk (Anthony Worrall) <==== ****
Fedor Gnuchev <qwe@ht.eimb.rssi.ru>
"M." <mjastrem@thunder.ocis.temple.edu>
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Several people suggested to add the /etc/hostname.le0 file and do then
do a reboot -r. I had already tried that and it didn't solve the problem
just added an extra error message in the boot sequence.
Suggestions were also to set "tpe-link-test?=true" at the OK prompt. I
had already done this as well with no success.
The real star was Anthony Worrall who pointed me at /usr/sbin.sys-unconfig.
This effectively removes the current configuration and reboots the
machine. Requires you to set up the hostname, IP, etc all over again but
that sorted the problem out finally. Man pages exist for sys-unconfig,
sys-config & sysidtool. The "test net" still fails - don't know why.
Thank you Anthony!
Dr Peter Watkins.
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