[SunHELP] Change NVRAM

[Michael Horton]

Mike, et al,

The NVRAM chips are interchangable from system board
to system board within the same type (U1 to U1; U2 to
U2; etc.).

The major issue in keeping the old NVRAM with the
new/replacement system board is if some software, etc.
uses the hostID or MAC address for some reason.  The
most common reason that I have seen is a license
server  with the licenses tied to the hostID.  (In
this case, it is easier to swap the NVRAM chip than to
contact each vendor and request new license strings.


Hope this helps,

HM





--- Mike's List <mikelist at sky.net> wrote:
> If you get it from Sun, Sun should of replace the
> NVRAM with a new one but
> with the same hostID and ethernet address.  To my
> knowledge, you just plug
> it in and turn on the machine.  If you didn't get it
> from Sun, I'm not sure
> if plucking one NVRAM from another machine and
> plugging it in will work or
> not (thinking not here myself).
> 
> 
> - Mike
> 
> 
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, anna menshch wrote:
> 
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > I have an Ultra 1, it's IDprom stopped working.
> When I reboot, it does not
> > remember anything (MAC, hostid).  So I just got a
> new NVRAM for the machine.
> > What do I need to do to get the new chip work?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Anna Menshch
> > System Administrator
> > Micromuse, Inc
> > Pleasantville, NY
> > T 914-747-7619
> > M 860-913-5921
> > 
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