> I have a Sun Sparc T5240 server. I want to open the cover to hook my test > instruments. But, > if the cover is open, then the server won't boot up.
Dude, a SPARC Enterprise T5240 is like a $40,000 to $50,000 server, why do you want to break it so badly? Running it with the cover off will cause the server to over heat because the air won't flow properly. If you're trying to get temperature sensor readings, you could probably get them from the remote management processor that is built in to the motherboard (LOM or ILOM or whatever it's called now) or you could install SPARC Linux on the server and try to install the lm_sensors module: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6712 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lm_sensors and get your temperature readings from that (these temperature readings will be much more accurate because they use the sensors built in to the motherboard instead of having you lift up the lid and dangle your own home made junk inside the chassis which is almost certain to disrupt proper air flow inside the server). I think lm_sensors might work on SPARC if you use Gentoo as your Linux distribution: http://gentoo-portage.com/sys-apps/lm_sensors and it probably works in Debian SPARC Linux as well: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=lm-sensors I don't work for Sun and I don't even do more than a couple thousand dollars worth of business with them (I'm actually a Red Hat customer), but in my opinion, Sun has every right to void the warranty on your hardware if you're going to behave this recklessly with it. What are you going to do next? Throw the SPARC Enterprise T5240 server in your swimming pool to see if you can use it as a flotation device? If you've got so much money burning a hole in the bottom of your pocket that you can afford to just throw away $50,000 servers on a random whim, why don't you dress up in a Santa Claus outfit and come over to my place and give me a few of your spare sun4v UltraSPARC T2 servers as a late Christmas present? ;-) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
