[Info-vax] Weird problem with non-booting AlphaServer 800.

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

abrsvc wrote 2013-01-08 16:26:
> OK.  I'll try the one node later today to see what a DS10 does.  I also
> have an 800 here somewhere.  I'll drag that out sometime and try that
> one too.  I'm curious to see if there are any different behaviors.
>

OK. If you're interested. :-)

Another minor thing...

We currently have the consol at one of the DB9 conectors.
This is in line with the other DS20 systems (or DS10).

Now, it seems as the correct console port on a AS800
is the MMJ jack also available on the back. When the
system has passed all POST processing, it will switch
to one of the DB9's ("COM2") if one presses ENTER a
few times. But the full POST output will only be
available on the MMJ, it seems...

So, it is possible that some additional information or
errors was output on the MMJ port that I never saw while
connected on the COM2 DB9 port.

We will re-wire the cable between the AS800 and the
Lantronix terminal server (the "console server") to
use the MMJ instead of COM2.

We are also in the process of replacing this "dev" AS800
with a DS20 with same config as the "test" and "prod" DS20's.


Jan-Erik.