Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:25:35 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: DS10L suddenly cannot get to the SRM prompt Message-ID: <20070814152535.GB51458@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk>
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I've used this ds10l with little problems for some time. It has a scsi disk, version 7.3 firmware and I freebsd 6.2 release. I noticed that something was wrong when I could not use it's com1 (rmc) port for connecting to another ds10l with cu. I could not get rid of /dev/cuad0: device busy. I tried to restart this ds10l and now I get stuck at the power-up sequence: RMC>reset Returning to COM port *** keyboard not plugged in... 1024 Meg of system memory probing hose 0, PCI probing PCI-to-ISA bridge, bus 1 bus 0, slot 9 -- ewa -- DE500-BA Network Controller bus 0, slot 11 -- ewb -- DE500-BA Network Controller bus 0, slot 13 -- dqa -- Acer Labs M1543C IDE bus 0, slot 13 -- dqb -- Acer Labs M1543C IDE bus 0, slot 17 -- pka -- NCR 53C895 initializing GCT/FRU at 3ff40000 The system does not move beyond this point. Can this be some sort of hardware failure? The RMC status does not indicate any problems: PLATFORM STATUS Il0mFirmware Revision: V1.1 Server Power: ON RMC Halt: Deasserted RMC Power Control: ON Power Supply: OK System Fans: OK CPU Fan: OK Temperature: 40.0+CIl0m (warnings at 55.0+C, power-off at 60.0+C) Escape Sequence: ^[^[RMC Remote Access: Disabled RMC Password: not set Alert Enable: Disabled Alert Pending: Il0;1;5mYESIl0m Init String: Dial String: Alert String: Com1_mode: SNOOP Last Alert: Il0;1mAC LossIl0m Watchdog Timer: 60 seconds Autoreboot: OFF Logout Timer: 20 minutes User String: RMC> The temperature is a bit high now because I opened the box. No amber light is on, although the leftmost, environmental LED flashes several times just after powering the system on. Can this be an indication of hardware failure? Are there any recommended steps to track down the problem? Could it be that FBSD somehow messed up the RMC com port? thanks a lot -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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