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Author Re: Help: tip hardwire problem between SunFire 6800 and SunBlade100
cpelton@forex.com

2005-01-26, 6:02 pm

do you have an old tip process running?

Humphrey Channey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Our SunFire 6800 server is currently running Solaris 8 and Veritas VM
> 3.5-mp3. Our management console is a SunBlade 100 which runs Solaris

8
> also. All along, we use the CAT5 serial cable (RJ45 jack at both end)
> for connection to domain/platform, specifically, 9pin-female

connector
> (back of SunBlade) to 25pin conctor (at "A" slot in SC0 back of
> SunFire). It's been working fine until now. Our prompts just sits
> there after "tip hardwire" command as below :
>
>
> mgnt-console # tip hardwire
> connected
>
> :
> : < prompt just sits there ; no response
> from RETURN key>
> : <no domain/platform menu >
> :
> ~.
> [EOT]
>
> mgnt-console #
>
>
> There was no physical change to the above serial connection or
> /etc/remote file. We've tried to reseat the connectors at both ends

of
> the serial cable but to no avail.
> Any ideas how we can resolve this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Humphrey


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