MEMORY

[Scunningham99]

Hi ALL

How can i check what memeory i have installed on my solaris box

Also We are in the process of ordering new memory. is there a way without taking the back off the server to see how many slots are free!!

And is it simply a case of just plugging it in just like u do on a PC. Meaning there are no post installation tasks that need to be carried out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!!

Simon

 

[goodluva]

You have to use prtdiag, to find out how much memory you have and what slots you have spare..

/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag -v | more

Note: in the platform directory you need to know which "platform" your machine is on, type uname -a to find out..

 

[Scunningham99]

Thanks for reply.

I have run the above command, and receive the following. How can i see how determine whhich slots are spare! :-

System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2 X UltraSP
ARC-II 296MHz)
System clock frequency: 99 MHz
Memory size: 1024 Megabytes

========================= CPUs =========================

Run Ecache CPU CPU
Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask
--- --- ------- ----- ------ ------ ----
0 0 0 296 2.0 US-II 1.1
0 1 1 296 2.0 US-II 1.1


========================= IO Cards =========================

Bus Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
--- ---- ---- ---- -------------------------------- ----------------------
0 SBus 25 0 QLGC,isp/sd (block) QLGC,ISP1000U
0 SBus 25 1 SUNW,spif SUNW,520-1511-01
0 SBus 25 2 Su-mux Baydel,SMUX-32
0 SBus 25 3 QLGC,isp/sd (block) QLGC,ISP1000U
0 SBus 25 14 SUNW,fas/sd (block)
0 SBus 25 14 SUNW,hme
0 SBus 25 14 SUNW,bpp

No failures found in System
===========================

========================= HW Revisions =========================

ASIC Revisions:
---------------
SBus: sbus Rev 1
FEPS: SUNW,hme Rev 22

System PROM revisions:
----------------------
OBP 3.7.0 1997/01/09 13:06 POST 3.2.1 1996/12/20 03:01

 

[Apricot]

For Ultra2:

Total of 16 SIMM memory slots available in a Ultra 2

Supports up to 2 GB of main memory with 32-, 64-, and 128-MB SIMM expansion

128 MB (4 x 32-MB SIMMs), 256 MB (4 x 64-MB SIMMs), 512 MB (4 x 128-MB SIMMs), 1 GB (8 x 128-MB SIMMs), 2 GB (16 x 128-MB SIMMs)

Install SIMMs in sets of four.

regards ph

 

[Apricot]

Befor you install new rams, make a Desktop Standalone Flash PROM Update!!

Patch-ID# 104169-08

to the release: OBP_3.25.0,POST_3.3.8

regards ph

 

[Scunningham99]

thanks for reply Apricot.

can you see from my display if i have room for 1 gb of memeory. and what does the patch you mention actuallt do.

Sorry, i am a novice when it comes to unix!

regards

S

 

[Apricot]

I can't see, how many free slot's you have! Can you open the Ultra2?

The patch is update your OPB Firmware and the post.

OPB = Open boot
The primary tasks of OpenBoot firmware are to:

- Test and initialize the system hardware (your OPB ist from 1997 and then 2Gb of RAM is not really approved!)
- Determine the hardware configuration
- Boot the operating system from either a mass storage device or from the network
- Provide interactive debugging facilities for testing hardware and software


POST = Power On self test

regards Ph

 

[Apricot]

can you make:

# uname -a

Solaris?? Kernel?

regards ph

 

[Scunningham99]

SunOS lsi 5.6 Generic_105181-26 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2

 

[Apricot]

I recommend this kernel update patch befor install the new RAM, too.

Patch-ID# 105181-32
Synopsis: SunOS 5.6: Kernel update patch

regards ph

 

[Scunningham99]

cheers thanks for ur help