SOL not ready

[june54]

Hello,

I am a novice to the BladeCenter ... We have a JS20 setup with 14 blades ..I am trying to loaded AIX 5.3 to all the blades .. When I logon and issue the console command it tells me the SOL"serial over lan " is not ready everything looks to be configured correctly .. Any help will be appreicated ...

Thanks

 

[mrn]

Have you enabled it on the side panel?

BTW if your planning on installing individual blades from AIX media, be prepared for a long wait (1.5 hours) between disk 1 & 2. If I where you I'd look at setting up a NIM install.

Also make sure all your firmware is at current levels.

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[june54]

Hello MRN

I have enabled the SOL from the side panel .. I still get SOL not ready when issue the console command ..

Thanks

 

[mrn]

Can you post the command your using?

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[june54]

Hello MRN

I simply login with USERID and PASSWORD key in the following env -T blade[1] hit enter
then key in console ....


Thanks

 

[mrn]

Try

console -T blade[1]

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[mrn]

You may find this handy

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-pow-js20quickstart/

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[june54]

Hello MRN

Thanks for the info the website was really helpful ..But I am still having a the problem ... Do you know how BAY 1 and BAY 2 should be configured .. How are they set up on your systems ?


Thnks

Lawrence

 

[mrn]

Lawrence

I'll have to have a look at my notes (At home) I'll post this weekend. I remember having the same problem with SOL and it turn out to be really simple.



Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[june54]

HEllO MRN


I found the problem with SOL .... The manangement blades were in the wrong bay ...move the optical blade to bay 3 and the I/O blades in 1 & 2 ....

Thnks for your help ..

 

[mrn]

Ooopps,

Sorry forgot all about this one.

Glad to hear you've solved it though.

Mike

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