[SunHELP] SS5 headaches

[Mark Benson]

Got the chip in today, reset the ID PROM and set the OBP defaults. Seemed
to hold through a cold power cycle.

Currently running through the Solaris 7 install on it. Wish me luck!

On 25 Jan 2017 10:27 p.m., "Peter Stokes" <peter at ashlyn.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Mark
>
> You just need the hostid and Ethernet which are normally related eg for a
> hostid of 72c0ffee the Ethernet on the SS20 would normally be
> 8:0:20:c0:ff:ee
>
> That is all you really need to know, however you may also have some non
> standard setup variables, printenv at the OK prompt will normally compare
> current with default values.
>
> The standard NVRAM for the SS20 is the M48T18, but I normally use the
> M48T08
> as in the SS5 as it keeps my stock simple and to date after replacing in
> many
> systems, none have had an issue.
>
> All the best
>
> Peter
>
> > On 25 Jan 2017, at 16:09, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 20/01/2017 22:26, Peter Stokes wrote:
> >> Hi Mark
> >>
> >> You need M48T08 PCI package, any speed will do.
> >
> > What's the jazz with replacing these too? Do I need to take any
> information
> off the machine before I yank the old one out? I already noted down it's
> MAC
> address and Host ID and stuck it inside the case :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mark Benson
> > twitter.com/MDBenson
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