Newbie need some help...

[sullend]

trying to start up an HP9000 with 11i already installed. I have a terminal connected to it and I also have a monitor connected to it that shows me the standard F1 through F8 commands listed..Can someone give me a brief over view of how to get into the system and see if it is running? OR a link to a general startup guide?

[Rick Garland]

Assuming your monitor is the console.

Lets start by making sure the console is connected to the system.

Want to make sure that power is being supplied to the system. Any clues that the system is powered on?

At this point you could have 2 possibilities. The console is not properly configured so you would not see any system echos. Or, the system is powered down.

You say the system has 11i already installed. Does this include networking configuration? If true you could ping the system.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

If its working properly, the function keys may still be useless.

There should be a login prompt.

type the user name root

Then try hp as the password or nothing.

You should get a # prompt at that point.

Factory installations are next to useless, you might want to just go ahead and put the Core OS cd in the DVD drive and build the system the way you want.

SEP

[sullend]

Thanks for your feedback. The unit is turned on based on the Green Run light on the front..after the unit is started about 10 or 15 minutes later the Graphics monitor will show the F1-F8 buttons on in yellow.
When the unit is off the screen is blank.

I have a static IP address that is "supposed" to be assigned to it but the NIC interface lights never come on. The unit has a total of 3 NIC cards in it 2 of the NICS have the standard green light when I connect the cable.. However the one that is "supposed" be connected and assigned the IP address never comes on..

I am very unfamiliar with Terminal settings. The unit has been off for several months but (we use it for testing), prior to that it was working fine.

[sullend]

There is no "#" ever shown on the screen.
Either on the Terminal display or the Video monitor display..

I have no way to confirm that the terminal is actually connected.. I can physcially see that it is connected. But the F1-F8 keys seem to have no affect..
I hope this helps..

[Rick Garland]

By "unit" I believe you are referring to the HP 9000 system?

When you get those F1-F8 keys on the display, pressing ENTER a couple of times does not give a # prompt or a "Login" prompt?

You can see it is connected. Does that port (on the back of the 9000 system) say something to the effect of "Console"? (It will be written on the system itself)

What kind of console terminal are you using?
Do you know what model of HP9000 system you are working with?

[Jan de Haas_3]

You could see if a reset of the terminal will help. If you have an HP terminal, you switch off the terminal, then turn it on again while keeping the 'D' key pressed (Either just D or it may have been shift-D, it's been a while), you'll hear a beep from the terminal after about ten seconds, which means that it's reset to factory defaults.

Also make sure that the serial connector is in the console port of the server and to the serial port of ther terminal. Usually there is also a parallel port on a terminal, which you definitely don't want to use.

Also try if the terminal you're using works at all on a system that actually *is* runnig to see if the terminal is not at fault.

Good luck,

Jan.

[sajeesh balan]

Hi ,

Please see the terminal is in remote mode or not. just press F4 and try pressing enter.



Best Regds
Saju

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

have you connected keyboard and mouse?
Which type of HP9000 is it?

Volkmar

[sullend]

This is the only HP Unix box in house.
I have confirmed that the Terminal is connected to a "3 way" adapter (see picture 2) that is labeled console the other 2 are labeled "remote" and "UPS". The Unit is L1000
I have included 3 pictures to help:
The first picture is of the front of the unit and clearly shows it on.
The 2nd picture is the back of the unit and show video card adapter as well as the Terminal connection and 3 NIC card adapters.
There is also a USB adapter card.
The last picture is of the Terminal I am using to try to communicate with it.

Thanks again for any suggestions...

[sullend]

regarding Keyboard and mouse connection. There doesnt appear to be a standard connector for them. Will a PC style USB mouse and keyboard work with the unit?
The unit does have a USB card in it..

[Rick Garland]

Great idea! Having pictures is a Thousand words.

All looks good. Appears you have a 70096 terminal as the console. System appears on. The connection of console to system - use the 3-way pigtail but ensure that the "Console" pig tail is the actual connection.

As to the keyboard. This is typically a RJ connections into the terminal itself (like an RJ-11). Connect the keyboard to the terminal, make sure the "Console" pig tail to connected, reset the terminal as stated above, you get some echo from the screen.

[sullend]

The 3 way pigtail console is the connector I am using for the Terminal. The RJ-11 keyboard connector plugs into the back of the Terminal. I turned of the Terminal held down the Shift and "D" key. The Terminal says it loads default settings and then gives me a blinking cursor (see attached)
No "#" as mentioned above..

Again many thanks for your help...

[Greg Porter_3]

I'd guess that the console is set to keyboard, video card, and mouse (some say KVM), not the serial console port. Try hooking regular old KVM to it and see if you have a graphical console. In my HP's, the video console takes precedence over serial ones. See if this is so, and then write back. It is not too hard to change console back to serial.

Regards,

Greg

[Kent Ostby]

At the console, hit:

cntl-B

If you don't get a response then you need to try plugging the console into a different port.

[sullend]

I plugged a standard USB keyboard and monitor into the server disconnected the Terminal and restarted it. The F1-F8 menu options are available on the Video screen. The system responds to keyboard entries. I tried the Ctrl-B command and it only gives me a White letter box. Typing seems to have no affect at all on the system, other than displaying the letters on the screen
Since the keystrokes appear on the screen I would assume the server Hardware is functional. (CPU, Memory, video) Is there a diagnostic of some sort I can try to run from a CD? I suppose the disk could be bad?

Again any suggestions would be much appreciated

[Greg Porter_3 · Accepted solution]

I had a machine that sounded similar... I wound up pulling the video card out. This appeared to have the effect of forcing console back to the serial console. It was most definitely a "low tech" solution, but I couldn't get console any other way I tried.

If you are comfortable with pulling the card, try this.

The serial port on mine was 9600 baud, 8 - none - 1. If all else fails, try using some other serial device (I used PC with hyperterminal). I have had a 700/96 terminal go bad on me once.

[sullend]

Thank you Greg! Simple and it worked like a champ! Have a great day! Hyperterminal connection allowed me to get into it after I removed the video card....