[rescue] Service mode access on SPARC Enterprise M3000

[Ethan Hawke]

Very nice work!


I have been adverse to M series servers for exactly these reasons, but 
this adds some reassurance that they are usable/recoverable without a 
service contract.

This will be a useful resource in future, thanks for sticking with it.


Ethan

On 12/18/21 07:30, Larkin Nickle wrote:
> login: default
> Change the panel mode switch to Locked and press return...
> Leave it in that position for at least 5 seconds.B  Change the panel 
> mode switch to Service, and press return...
> XSCF> showstatus
> No failures found in System Initialization.
> XSCF> poweron -y -a
> DomainIDs to power on:00
> Continue? [y|n] :y
> 00 :Powering on
>
> *Note*
> B This command only issues the instruction to power-on.
> B The result of the instruction can be checked by the "showlogs power".
> XSCF> console
> Invalid parameter.
> usage : console -d domain_id [[-q]{-y|-n}] [-f|-r] [-s escapeChar]
> B B B B B B B  console -h
> XSCF> console -d 00
>
> Console contents may be logged.
> Connect to DomainID 0?[y|n] :y
> POST Sequence 08 Memory
> POST Sequence 09 Raw UE In Cache
> POST Sequence 0A Floating Point Unit
> POST Sequence 0B SC
> POST Sequence 0C Cacheable Instruction
> POST Sequence 0D Softint
> POST Sequence 0E CPU Cross Call
> POST Sequence 0F CMU-CH
> POST Sequence 10 PCI-CH
> POST Sequence 11 Master Device
> POST Sequence 12 DSCP
> POST Sequence 13 SC Check Before STICK Diag
> POST Sequence 14 STICK Stop
> POST Sequence 15 STICK Start
> POST Sequence 16 Error CPU Check
> POST Sequence 17 System Configuration
> POST Sequence 18 System Status Check
> POST Sequence 19 System Status Check After Sync
> POST Sequence 1A OpenBoot Start...
> POST Sequence Complete.
> ChassisSerialNumber [redacted]
>
> SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server, using Domain console
> Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights 
> reserved.
> Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates and Fujitsu Limited. 
> All rights reserved.
> OpenBoot 4.33.5.d, 16384 MB memory installed, Serial #10036154.
> Ethernet address 0:b:5d:e2:23:ba, Host ID: 809923ba.
>
>
>
> {0} ok
>
> YAY! My system appears to be turning on now after rearranging the 
> memory. :)
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