2200M2 ELOM serial port

In comp.sys.sun.admin David Lesher <> wrote:
>
> I'm going downhill here. I flashed the BIOS to 3B27, and while ELOM is
> still working, the server is dead. Note that per the ELOM, the BIOS is
> still at 3B26...
>
> When you power up, the fans spin, lights blink, but the USB and video
> ports are dead, and the machine does nothing.
>
> Flash older BIOS versions -- no change.
>
>

Do you have a copy of the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Service Manual,
819-6597? Chapter 1 has a section on clearing the CMOS.

Switch off power, remove the top cover, remove the air duct, remove the
system battery (cr2032 or similar), short the contacts in the battery
holder for 60 seconds. Install battery and air duct and power on again.

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Dr Tristram J. Scott
Energy Consultant

(Tristram Scott) writes:


>Do you have a copy of the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Service Manual,
>819-6597? Chapter 1 has a section on clearing the CMOS.

>Switch off power, remove the top cover, remove the air duct, remove the
>system battery (cr2032 or similar), short the contacts in the battery
>holder for 60 seconds. Install battery and air duct and power on again.

I see that but my fear is that also erases the ELOM setup. Does
anyone know if it does?

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"DoN. Nichols" <> writes:


> Well ... based on the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000, there
>should be a barcode label somewhere inconvenient on the system board (PC
>people call it the Motherboard.) (On these two SB systems, it is hidden
>by PCI cards which may or may not be installed). It will include both
>the bar code and a human-readable number. The first seven digits of the
>number will match one of the two numbers you are looking for -- but
>there will be more digits as well, which turn the part number into a
>serial number for the board.

I see a stenciled label 375-4561, near the CPU's, but I don't know if
that is the correct part. [It could be the bare board, not the stuffed
one, etc.]

The download page says "375-3560-01 or greater" which is little help..




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Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

In article <ha386a$25h$>,
David Lesher <> wrote:
>I see a stenciled label 375-4561, near the CPU's, but I don't know if

375-4561 doesn't exist in the Sun System Handbook.

Assuming its 375-3461, try reflashing with the BIOS on 1.6 CD.
<URL:https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=SunFire-X2200-M2-1.6-A-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI>

John

(John D Groenveld) writes:


>375-4561 doesn't exist in the Sun System Handbook.

>Assuming its 375-3461, try reflashing with the BIOS on 1.6 CD.
><https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=SunFire-X2200-M2-1.6-A-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI>


Yes, I got it wrong; once I got nose to nose with, I see it is 3461-01 with
Sun FRU-2028QTF--0633MB800583.


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is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

On 2009-10-01, David Lesher <> wrote:
> "DoN. Nichols" <> writes:
>
>
>> Well ... based on the Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000, there
>>should be a barcode label somewhere inconvenient on the system board (PC
>>people call it the Motherboard.) (On these two SB systems, it is hidden
>>by PCI cards which may or may not be installed). It will include both
>>the bar code and a human-readable number. The first seven digits of the
>>number will match one of the two numbers you are looking for -- but
>>there will be more digits as well, which turn the part number into a
>>serial number for the board.
>
> I see a stenciled label 375-4561, near the CPU's, but I don't know if
> that is the correct part. [It could be the bare board, not the stuffed
> one, etc.]

Stenciled? You mean etched into the conductor layer? Or Part
of the stuffing labels silkscreen? The labels on the boards which I
have experience with are a white (or possibly orange) plastic film with
the barcodes and the human readable number printed on it -- so it can
change when some of the components used to stuff the board change. Of
course, this is not a SPARC system, and those are the only ones which I
have experience with, so they could have changed their standard
practices. Generally, I don't trust etched or silkscreened numbers,
only the film labels.

> The download page says "375-3560-01 or greater" which is little help..

Since you could get lots of different numbers with the same etch
as the stuffing components change.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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David Lesher <> writes:

> (Tristram Scott) writes:


>>Do you have a copy of the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Service Manual,
>>819-6597? Chapter 1 has a section on clearing the CMOS.

>>Switch off power, remove the top cover, remove the air duct, remove the
>>system battery (cr2032 or similar), short the contacts in the battery
>>holder for 60 seconds. Install battery and air duct and power on again.

>I see that but my fear is that also erases the ELOM setup. Does
>anyone know if it does?


I think so.

Did you try to power-on the system using the ELOM commands?

Casper
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Casper H.S. Dik <> writes:


>>I see that but my fear is that also erases the ELOM setup. Does
>>anyone know if it does?


>I think so.

>Did you try to power-on the system using the ELOM commands?


Many times. No joy. I can flash the BIOS via the ELOM, but it appears
to have zero effect. I think I'll flashing back to a far older version
before I try pulling the battery.

It does not appear it reverts to loading from the CD/DVD drive.

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A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

update:

I pulled the battery, shorted the pins, and when I powered up, it booted
from the CD/DVD. I loaded a 1.6 image, and flashed the machine.

It booted and ran.....It still had ELOM 2.32 but the BIOS was 3B25.

Then I booted a 2.2.0 DVD and it flashed the BIOS to 3B27.
I guess a 375-3461 is the 0.5MB RAM version.

Now, if only I could figure out the original ELOM problem....

And lesson-learned; pulling the BIOS battery does NOT wipe the
ELOM settings.
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A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433