From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA15946 for ; Wed, 12 May 1999 18:17:39 -0600 Received: from chrome.rose.hp.com (kirkb@chrome.rose.hp.com [15.8.150.209]) by atlrel2.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id UAA16661 for ; Wed, 12 May 1999 20:17:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kirkb@localhost) by chrome.rose.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3) id RAA28053 for parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com; Wed, 12 May 1999 17:18:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Kirk Bresniker Resent-Message-Id: <199905130018.RAA28053@chrome.rose.hp.com> Message-Id: <199905130018.RAA28053@chrome.rose.hp.com> Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 16:06:05 PDT To: mkp@mkp.net (Martin K. Petersen) Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] A180 Ignition Howto In-Reply-To: ; from "Martin K. Petersen" at May 12, 99 12:31 (midnight) | | | Alex asked me to post this... | | My A180 arrived a couple of days ago. | | Just like any other HP box there are loads of HP-UX docs but no | information on the hardware at all. Grrr. HP. When will you ever | learn? Did you try out the online information? Try the following URL. It has lots of answers to "How Do I ..." questions: http:/eproducts.hp.com/A-Class/frame_service.html | | The A180 has a builtin webconsole. On the back of the system unit | there are two RJ45 connectors. One of them is regular ethernet | (DEC2114x btw. Should be piece of cake to get running) and the other | is for the webconsole. | | According to the docs on HP's website the system should autodetect | whether to use serial port or web as console. The autodectection is based on seeing LINK_OK on the webconsole port. If there is an active LAN attached, you will attach via the webconsole. Note that the RS-232 hardware is the same whether you use the RS-232 connection or the webified version. The only thing the LINK_OK does is flip a mux. Did you get you systems with a management card? It's handy if you did since you'd be able to reset a hung system remotely. | I was unable to get my | HP 70096 serial console running, though. Then I discovered a jumper on | the motherboard which could allegedly force it in either mode. I tried | moving it to serial with no avail. What cable were you using? The cable I have connected to my system is an HP 24542G RS-232 cable. Here is the pinout: CPU Peripheral 9-pin F 25-pin M 1 <------------- 4 2 <------------- 2 3 -------------> 3 4 --------+----> 5 | +----> 6 5 <------------> 7 6 <----+-------- 20 | 8 <----+ 7 -------------> 8 | | Oh, well. Bugger. Then I decided to try out the webconsole. The | interface defaults to 192.0.0.192. Clickety-clik. *Blam* the Java | stuff in the webconsole nuked my Netscape. Grumble. The docs say that Netscape 3.01 should be okay. KMB -- +============================================================+ | Kirk Bresniker (916) 785-5677 | | 8000 Foothills Blvd | | Roseville, CA 95747-5649 | | kirkb@rose.hp.com |