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Sun ultra 40 boot problem AMD Opteron

807557Aug 9 2010
Hi,

my Sun Ultra 40 will not boot, it is an AMD Opteron based machine, the cooling fans are spinning, but there is no msg to read on the monitor.

Occasionally I got it to boot, it ran for two weeks, but at next reboot it displays no signal to the video card.

I spotted this in the manual
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During POST, the BIOS outputs the error code to I/O port 80h. The workstation
motherboard is equipped with a two segment LED display that displays the current
value of port 80h.

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but I cannot get the glue in it, maybe because I have opteron AMD and this is targeted to sparc.

Last error msg I read was like this:

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Phoenix trusted core(TM) server
copyright 1985 - 2004 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

all rights reserverd
Build Time: 12/19/05 09:46:08
sun ultra 40 workstation BIOS version 1.050

CPU Stepping = E4 2000MHz

MemClk = 200 MHz Tcl=3.0 Trcd = 3 Tras = 8 Trp=3

1023 M System RAM Passed
1024 K cache SRAM Passed

System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS Shadowed

ATAPI CD-ROM: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ - 845S

Mouse initialized

Kernel Library version:03.00.00.04
Strong ROM Version:03.00
Build:_P

Event log messages, enter setup to view

ERROR
0280: Previous boot incomplete -
Default configuration used

Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to setup

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what can I do? is the motherboard faulty? How can I get it to boot from CD
and run a system diagnosis?

What mainboard is compatible? should I replace it with a newer mainboard + CPU + RAM?

Will it fit in the Sun Ultra 40 desktop tower?

Comments

rober584812

Hello SmithJohn45.
Try the next commands:

systemctl start oracle-xe-21c
systemctl enable oracle-xe-21c

After running the commands, reboot and test the connection to SQLPLUS.
Regards.

SmithJohn45

thanks @rober584812 but it is already mentioned in guide and off course i executed those commands to start database audomatically.
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rober584812
Answer

@smithjohn45 read and try the next: https://connor-mcdonald.com/2021/09/23/21cxe-post-install-tip/
Regards.

Marked as Answer by SmithJohn45 · Oct 1 2021
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SmithJohn45

thanks again, will check it and give you feedback

SmithJohn45

@rober584812 here is my feedback...
this helped me and now I can connect to my PDB.
thanks very much for help :)

SmithJohn45

hi rober584812
it was connected to my PDB but when I restart my CentOS 7 VM now it is not connecting to XEPDB1
i issued 2 ' Alter Pluggable Database ' commands ( as below ) but still failed to connect using sys/ora1234@xepdb1
in my .bash_profile i added following environment variables which can only enable me to run sqlplus, also i have to issue command manually as below to connect to XE (CDB) but this also not allowed me to connect to PDB.
. oraenv
alter commands as per oracle documents:

alter PLUGGABLE DATABASE ALL OPEN;
alter PLUGGABLE DATABASE ALL SAVE STATE;

environment variables:
export ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle/
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_BASE/product/21c/dbhomeXE/lib
export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/21c/dbhomeXE
export PATH=$ORACLE_BASE/product/21c/dbhomeXE/bin:$PATH
export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
export ORACLE_SID=XE
this is same problem i am facing in 18c XE. please help to connect and start Apex 21 + ORDS 21 installation and development.
regards
Is it necessary to issue , oraenv command ? what about if i add it in .bash_profile but will this accept XE as parameter in that file?

rober584812

Hello SmithJohn45 , check if the listener is running.

cd <oracle_home>/bin
lsnrctl status

After, if the listener status is OK, try the following command:
system/password@localhost.localdomain:1521/XEPDB1
The order . oraenv is necessary.
Regards.

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SmithJohn45

yeah, i can connnect using ezconnect syntax. but as mentioned earlier, i am confused as i want to install Apex & ORDS, how I can configure to use it both " . oraenv " and ezconnect syntax without every time manually interact when logout and login, machine restart etc. and same for production environment?
regards

rober584812

Hello @smithjohn45 , the important thing is that the listener is working, if the listener is in the OK state, you will be able to access the Oracle XE instance without problems; Regarding the installation of APEX with ORDS, using "oraenv" will be required during the installation process, you can configure ORDS in autorun or standalone mode.
Regards.

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