Re: Sun Microsystems Enterprise 3500 server

Damon Getsman <dgetsman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A Sun Enterprise 3500 server has been sitting in our server room for
some time where I work, and I'm starting to think that it may well
have the best solution for a problem that we're currently having
employing a few Sun packages. I won't get into that here, I already
posted on comp.sys.sun.misc about that. I'm thinking that installing
them on native Solaris instead of different Linux variants might be a
bit easier, though, especially with a machine custom configured just
to run the apps that I need.

Does that mean you're trying to install Solaris on it?

What I need to find out is how this headless beast can be communicated
with. It has 4 ethernet ports and a serial port. I have no idea what
sort of system or configuration was previously on this machine, so I'm
thinking that it might be best to start with using the serial port as
a terminal interface, provided the machine has a working OS installed
on it right now.

I'm not sure of what kinds of settings I'll need to put on the comm
port to attempt this from a ubuntu linux workstation. Also not sure
if I should try doing this with a null modem cable or if straight
serial will give what I need.

Serial port A is (by default) active with the console when no keyboard
is detected at boot time. The serial port is DTE, so you'll need a
null-modem to attach to a PC or other computer. Default settings are
9600, no parity.

Also, any information about what I can do if this machine does not
have a valid OS installed would be much appreciated; I'm at a loss due
to the headlessness of this machine. It does have a CD drive for
media, so it has that much at least. :P

If you get an OK prompt, insert boot media and type 'boot cdrom'.

It can hold a lot of processors and memory (especially for the time),
but the processors themselves will seem very slow by modern standards.

Good luck.
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Darren Dunham ddunham@xxxxxxxx
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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