B The Configuration File and Booting with Open Boot PROM 2.0



In most standard configurations, when you install SBE/S SBus cards on the 600MP system board the devices are recognized automatically.

If your systemis running SunOS 4.x and has a non-standard configuration, you need to reconfigure the kernel. You also need to assign host information for the Ethernet port if it is being used. See the SunOS documentation that was shipped with the software media.

B.1 Booting from the CPU with Open Boot PROM 2.0

Boot the system using the procedure that is appropriate for your operating system:

    1. Go to the handbook for your system's operating system that came with the peripheral to find this procedure.
    2. See the section about booting the system.

Table B-1 shows a sample of the bootpaths that are available for booting a SPARCsystem 600MP with Open Boot PROM 2.0 and higher running SunOS 4.x.

    Table B-1 Sample Bootpaths for SunOS 4.x.

OBP
Command
and Alias Bootpath Description boot disk /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/sd@3,0 Default disk (1st int.) boot disk0 /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/sd@3,0 First internal disk sd0 boot disk1 /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/sd@1,0 Second internal disk sd1 boot disk2 /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/sd@2,0 Third internal disk sd2 boot disk3 /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/sd@0,0 Fourth internal disk sd3 boot tape /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/st@4,0 First tape drive st0 boot tape0 /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/st@4,0 First tape drive st0

Table B-1 Sample Bootpaths (Continued)

OBP
Command
and Alias Bootpath Description boot tape1 /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/st@5,0 Second tape drive st1 boot cdrom /iommu/sbus/dma@f,81000/esp@f,80000/sd@6,0:d Munix from cdrom sr0 boot net /iommu/sbus/lebuffer@f,40000/le@f,60000 Default Ethernet

B.2 Booting from SBE/S Devices with Open PROM 2.0

Boot the system using the procedure that is appropriate for your operating system:

    1. Go to the handbook for your system's operating system that came with the peripheral to find this procedure.
    2. See the section about booting the system.

Table B-2 shows the bootpaths that are required to boot from SBE/S devices for a system running SunOS 4.x.

    Table B-2 Booting from SBE/S Devices



Bootpath Description /iommu/sbus/dma@0,81000/esp@0,80000/sd@3,0 First disk sd4 /iommu/sbus/dma@0,81000/esp@0,80000/sd@1,0 Second disk sd5 /iommu/sbus/dma@0,81000/esp@0,80000/sd@2,0 Third disk sd6 /iommu/sbus/dma@0,81000/esp@0,80000/sd@0,0 Fourth disk sd7 /iommu/sbus/dma@0,81000/esp@0,80000/st@4,0 First tape drive st4 /iommu/sbus/lebuffer@1,40000/le@1,60000 Ethernet le1

Example for a system running SunOS 4.x:

To boot from the monitor prompt >, type the letter b to identify the boot function. In this example, slot 0:

For an SBE/S card in slot 1, the path changes to:

For an SBE/S card in slot 2, the path changes to:

For an SBE/S card in slot 3, the path changes to:

If you want information about the valid path names on your machine, type these commands:

The pathname for each device is displayed on the screen.

B.3 Running Extended Selftest

If you want to run extended selftest automatically after system reset, set the mode switch on the front panel of the CPU to the DIAG position.

Note - Selftest runs after system reset each time, automatically, if the mode switch is in the DIAG position. If you do not want selftest to run each time, set the mode switch on the front panel of the CPU to NORMAL.

To manually run FCode selftest, type these commands:

To test every SBus card on the system that has selftest built into its FCode PROM, at the ok prompt type:

To test the SCSI on a SPARCsystem 600MP product, at the ok prompt type:

To test the Ethernet on a SPARCsystem 600MP product, at the ok prompt type: