Re: Sun Fire V440 Network Boot

On Mar 4, 2:27 pm, Thomas Maier-Komor <tho...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Moody schrieb:



On Mar 4, 12:18 am, Cydrome Leader <prese...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Moody <nasir.mahm...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear All,
Arch: Sun Fire V440
OE : Sun Solaris 8
Problem: Trying to boot from Network without success. The Install/
Boot server are on the same subnet.
While booting from network, I always get the below given response:
{3} ok boot net1 - install
Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/network@1 File and args: - install
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
Can't open boot device
What I've is like below:
{3} ok show-nets
a) /pci@1f,700000/network@1
b) /pci@1c,600000/network@2
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit: q
{3} ok
{3} ok watch-net /pci@1f,700000/network@1
/pci@1c,600000/network@2: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1 ?
{3} ok
{3} ok apply watch-net /pci@1f,700000/network@1
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
{3} ok
{3} ok devalias
bootdisk /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@0,0
net /pci@1c,600000/network@2
net1 /pci@1f,700000/network@1
net0 /pci@1c,600000/network@2
cdrom /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f
ide /pci@1e,600000/ide@d
disk3 /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@3,0
disk2 /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@2,0
disk1 /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@1,0
disk0 /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@0,0
disk /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@0,0
scsi /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2
i2c /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/i2c@0,320
sc-control /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/rmc-comm@0,3e8
ttyb /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/serial@0,2e8
ttya /pci@1e,600000/isa@7/serial@0,3f8
pci1f /pci@1f,700000
pci1e /pci@1e,600000
pci1d /pci@1d,700000
pci1c /pci@1c,600000
isa /pci@1e,600000/isa@7
name aliases
During this session, the network port behind the system gets down
( LEDs turned OFF ) and port on switch gets re-initialized ( it first
gets down, then gets amber and after I get the second OK prompt above,
the switch ports' LED gets green ). This Network Interface works
perfectly with already Solaris OS Installed.
Hence I cannot boot from the network. although the boot-server is
allowing clients to boot from network but this particular Sun Fire-
V440 is not booting up
Any Help will be highly appreciated...
Regards,
Moody.
are you having duplex/speed errors that don't allow a link?

you can force them like this

boot net:speed=100,duplex=full -v blah blah blah

{3} ok boot net1:speed=100,duplex=full - install
Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/network@1:speed=100,duplex=full File and
args: - install
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: Cannot establish link via non-Auto-
Negotation
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: Cannot establish link via non-Auto-
Negotation
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down

Can't open boot device

This is all I got... Any help further

Regards,
Moody.
and so forth.

is your network switch set to auto-negotiation? AFAIK it is best to set
both ends to auto-negotiation, and only if this fails force a certain
setting, but then consistently on both ends.



Switch is Cisco-3550 and doesn't have a 'negotiation' command in
enable mode.... Secondly I tried to boot using a cross cable with
the server, but I don't see any progress.... like below:


{3} ok boot net1:speed=100,duplex=full - install
Probing system devices
Probing memory
Probing I/O buses
screen not found.
keyboard not found.
Keyboard not present. Using ttya for input and output.

Sun Fire V440, No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.16.4, 16384 MB memory installed, Serial #64856575.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:dd:a1:ff, Host ID: 83dda1ff.

Rebooting with command: boot net1:speed=100,duplex=full - install
Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/network@1:speed=100,duplex=full File and
args: - install
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: 100 Mbps full duplex link up
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
4000 /pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
/pci@1f,700000/network@1: link down
panic - boot: Cannot prom_open network device /pci@1f,700000/
network@1.
Program terminated
{3} ok


Secondly I don't see any activity on the network install server when I
run the 'rpc.bootparamd' with a debugging enabled..

Thanks for your help.........

Regards,
Moody.

- Thomas

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