HTFC Forums

H.T.F.C.

How To Fix Computers





Go Back   HTFC Forums > Hardware Newsgroups > Brand-name systems > SUN

Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
  #1  
Old 11-07-2007, 02:46 AM
Barry OGrady
 
Posts: n/a
Default Are my Sunray 1s faulty?

I have a Sun Netra AC 200 with one gig RAM running Solaris 10,
Sunray server, and Windows connector.
I have 3 Sunray 1s and 5 Sunray 1gs that work but 4 Sunray 1s
I bought at an auction in one lot will not get past the initial blue
square with the mac address at the top.
Does that mean they are faulty or could there be another
explanation? Is this a known fault that can be fixed?
Is it worthwhile salvaging parts from them or might they be
of interest to someone?
Thanks.

Barry
=====
Home page
http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og
I do not represent atheists or atheism
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
  #2  
Old 11-07-2007, 03:36 AM
CJT
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Are my Sunray 1s faulty?

Barry OGrady wrote:
> I have a Sun Netra AC 200 with one gig RAM running Solaris 10,
> Sunray server, and Windows connector.
> I have 3 Sunray 1s and 5 Sunray 1gs that work but 4 Sunray 1s
> I bought at an auction in one lot will not get past the initial blue
> square with the mac address at the top.
> Does that mean they are faulty or could there be another
> explanation? Is this a known fault that can be fixed?
> Is it worthwhile salvaging parts from them or might they be
> of interest to someone?
> Thanks.
>
> Barry
> =====
> Home page
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og
> I do not represent atheists or atheism


You might try force loading new firmware -- as I recall there was
a change which caused some problems for autoloading new firmware
into devices with firmware older than a particular revision level.

--
The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...@prodigy.net.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-08-2007, 04:56 AM
ottomeister@mail.com
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Are my Sunray 1s faulty?

On Nov 6, 6:46 pm, Barry OGrady <god_free_jo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a Sun Netra AC 200 with one gig RAM running Solaris 10,
> Sunray server, and Windows connector.
> I have 3 Sunray 1s and 5 Sunray 1gs that work but 4 Sunray 1s
> I bought at an auction in one lot will not get past the initial blue
> square with the mac address at the top.
> Does that mean they are faulty or could there be another
> explanation? Is this a known fault that can be fixed?


If they get that far they're basically OK. Match the code in the
bottom
right of the blue square against the description in the
Troubleshooting
section of the Sun Ray Admin Guide at
<http://docs.sun.com/source/819-2384/t-s.html#pgfId-1004243>. That'll
tell you what the unit is trying to do, and that should help you to
figure
out what's wrong. Maybe the DHCP server has run out of leaseable
addresses, maybe (as CJT said) these units need newer firmware
before they can work in the environment you've put them into.

OttoM.
__
ottomeister (more often at gmail than at mail.com)

Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer.


Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-08-2007, 12:29 PM
Barry OGrady
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Are my Sunray 1s faulty?

On 7 Nov 2007 20:56:27 -0800, ottomeister@mail.com wrote:

>On Nov 6, 6:46 pm, Barry OGrady <god_free_jo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I have a Sun Netra AC 200 with one gig RAM running Solaris 10,
>> Sunray server, and Windows connector.
>> I have 3 Sunray 1s and 5 Sunray 1gs that work but 4 Sunray 1s
>> I bought at an auction in one lot will not get past the initial blue
>> square with the mac address at the top.
>> Does that mean they are faulty or could there be another
>> explanation? Is this a known fault that can be fixed?

>
>If they get that far they're basically OK. Match the code in the
>bottom
>right of the blue square against the description in the
>Troubleshooting
>section of the Sun Ray Admin Guide at
><http://docs.sun.com/source/819-2384/t-s.html#pgfId-1004243>. That'll
>tell you what the unit is trying to do, and that should help you to
>figure
>out what's wrong. Maybe the DHCP server has run out of leaseable
>addresses, maybe (as CJT said) these units need newer firmware
>before they can work in the environment you've put them into.


Thank you and CJT so much.
I hooked one of them up again to see what the number in the blue
square was and to my surprise it worked perfectly. I then retested
the others and they too work as they should.
Its odd because when they failed before all of the four from the
one lot failed but one I had previously worked. I can only guess they
didn't like the ethernet connection for some reason.

Once again all is right with the Sun part of the world.

>OttoM.


Barry
=====
Home page
http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og
I do not represent atheists or atheism
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-08-2007, 02:15 PM
Casper H.S. Dik
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Are my Sunray 1s faulty?

Barry OGrady <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> writes:

>I have a Sun Netra AC 200 with one gig RAM running Solaris 10,
>Sunray server, and Windows connector.
>I have 3 Sunray 1s and 5 Sunray 1gs that work but 4 Sunray 1s
>I bought at an auction in one lot will not get past the initial blue
>square with the mac address at the top.
>Does that mean they are faulty or could there be another
>explanation? Is this a known fault that can be fixed?
>Is it worthwhile salvaging parts from them or might they be
>of interest to someone?


Can you snoop for their ethernet address and see if anothing comes
flying by?

Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-08-2007, 02:16 PM
Casper H.S. Dik
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Are my Sunray 1s faulty?

Barry OGrady <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> writes:

>I hooked one of them up again to see what the number in the blue
>square was and to my surprise it worked perfectly. I then retested
>the others and they too work as they should.
>Its odd because when they failed before all of the four from the
>one lot failed but one I had previously worked. I can only guess they
>didn't like the ethernet connection for some reason.


Bad cable perhaps?

Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Faulty RAM or motheboard? Rob Greig Hardware 3 09-13-2007 04:21 AM
Faulty Hard Drive? Allan ASUS 7 08-04-2007 06:42 PM
Is my Radeon 9800 Pro faulty? karlrust@optushome.com.au ATI videocards 10 06-26-2007 03:17 AM
Faulty CD-RW drive? Dave Hardenbrook Dell 3 05-28-2007 10:06 PM
WMP11 (Vista) faulty Stephen K Windows Vista 4 05-04-2007 10:16 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:25 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.1.0
© 2004 - 2007 Web-S-Sense Pty. Ltd. Usenet and forums posts © their respective authors.
Ad Management by RedTyger