cell board can not power on

[JIMaestre]

Example : 

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MP:CM> ps

Display detailed status of the selected MP bus device.

The following MP bus devices were found:

+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+

| | | | | | | |

| | |LAN\| Sys | | IO | |

|Cab| MP |SCSI|Bkpln|Cells|Chassis| BPS |

| # |M S|0 1| | 0 1 | 0 1 | 0 1 |

+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----|

| 0 |* | *| * | * | * * | * * |

+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+

You may display detailed power and hardware status for the following items:

T - Cabinet

S - System Backplane

G - MP (Core I/O)

P - IO Chassis

C - Cell

Select Device: c

Enter cell number: 1

HW status for Cell 1 : FAILURE DETECTED

Power status : OFF, no fault

Boot is blocked

PDH memory is not shared

RIO cable status : connected

RIO cable connection physical location : IO Chassis 1

Core cell is INVALID

Attention Led is off

PDHC status Leds : --*-

0 1 2 3

CPUs Populated * * * *

DIMMs populated:

0 . . . 4 . . . 8 . . .12 . . .

1 1 1

VRM's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2

Present : * * * * * * * * * * *

Enabled :

Pwr Good :

Cell Board DIP Switches : b'00000011

Clock type : Piranha_pll

Frequency Select reg : 0x13

CPU Clock Select : System Backplane Clock @ 130 MHz

CPU PLL : Enabled

CPU VREF control : Ground

CPU Type : PA8700

CPU Speed Bits : 0xaa

Dip switch settings are valid

System Boot Rom (PDC) firmware rev 255.255

PDH controller (PDHC) firmware rev 2.04, built MON JAN 12 18:20:02 2004

IceBoy revision is 1.0

............

MP:CM> pc e

This command controls power enable to a hardware device.

T - Cabinet

C - Cell

D - DVD/Tape

P - IO Chassis

Select Device: c

Enter cell number:

... Not a valid cell number ...

Enter cell number: 1

The power state is OFF for Cell 1.

In what state do you want the power? (ON/OFF) ON

MP:CM> p

Unknown Command. Type HE for a list of commands.

MP:CM> ps

Display detailed status of the selected MP bus device.

The following MP bus devices were found:

+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+

| | | | | | | |

| | |LAN\| Sys | | IO | |

|Cab| MP |SCSI|Bkpln|Cells|Chassis| BPS |

| # |M S|0 1| | 0 1 | 0 1 | 0 1 |

+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----|

| 0 |* | *| * | * | * * | * * |

+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+

You may display detailed power and hardware status for the following items:

T - Cabinet

S - System Backplane

G - MP (Core I/O)

P - IO Chassis

C - Cell

Select Device: c

Enter cell number: 1

HW status for Cell 1 : FAILURE DETECTED

Power status : OFF, no fault

Boot is blocked

PDH memory is not shared

RIO cable status : connected

RIO cable connection physical location : IO Chassis 1

Core cell is INVALID

Attention Led is off

PDHC status Leds : --*-

0 1 2 3

CPUs Populated * * * *

DIMMs populated:

0 . . . 4 . . . 8 . . .12 . . .

1 1 1

VRM's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2

Present : * * * * * * * * * * *

Enabled :

Pwr Good :

Cell Board DIP Switches : b'00000011

Clock type : Piranha_pll

Frequency Select reg : 0x13

CPU Clock Select : System Backplane Clock @ 130 MHz

CPU PLL : Enabled

CPU VREF control : Ground

CPU Type : PA8700

CPU Speed Bits : 0xaa

Dip switch settings are valid

System Boot Rom (PDC) firmware rev 255.255

PDH controller (PDHC) firmware rev 2.04, built MON JAN 12 18:20:02 2004

IceBoy revision is 1.0

MP:CM> bo

This command boots the selected partition.

Part# Name

----- ----

0) Partition 0

Select a partition number: 0

Do you want to boot partition number 0? (Y/[N]) y

-> The selected partition will be booted.

Sorry, command failed: RtnCodeNoPoweredCellSlotsInPartition

MP:CM>

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once changed two upper fans with led off :

MP:CM> ps

Display detailed status of the selected MP bus device.

The following MP bus devices were found:
+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+
| | | | | | | |
| | |LAN\| Sys | | IO | |
|Cab| MP |SCSI|Bkpln|Cells|Chassis| BPS |
| # |M S|0 1| | 0 1 | 0 1 | 0 1 |
+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----|
| 0 |* | *| * | * | * * | * * |
+---+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-----+

You may display detailed power and hardware status for the following items:

T - Cabinet
S - System Backplane
G - MP (Core I/O)
P - IO Chassis
C - Cell
Select Device: c
Enter cell number: 1

HW status for Cell 1 : NO FAILURE DETECTED

Power status : OFF, no fault
Boot is blocked
PDH memory is not shared
RIO cable status : connected
RIO cable connection physical location : IO Chassis 1
Core cell is cell 1
Attention Led is off

PDHC status Leds : ***-

0 1 2 3
CPUs Populated * * * *

DIMMs populated:
0 . . . 4 . . . 8 . . .12 . . .
* * * * * * * *

1 1 1
VRM's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
Present : * * * * * * * * * * *
Enabled :
Pwr Good :

Cell Board DIP Switches : b'00000011
Clock type : Piranha_pll
Frequency Select reg : 0x13
CPU Clock Select : System Backplane Clock @ 130 MHz
CPU PLL : Enabled
CPU VREF control : Ground
CPU Type : PA8700
CPU Speed Bits : 0xaa
Dip switch settings are valid

System Boot Rom (PDC) firmware rev 16.011
PDH controller (PDHC) firmware rev 2.04, built MON JAN 12 18:20:02 2004
IceBoy revision is 1.0

[Torsten.]

Does it make sense to answer a 3.5 years old question?