Re: Twinax console refuses to give signon screen

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is really weird.

The devices that I have substituted in are consoles from other systems ( 
I have an 800 and an 720).  So the addresses are set at 0.  All three 
consoles work on the 800 and the 720.  I even swapped and tested all 
three cables which work on the 800 and 720.  However, when I connect 
them to the 170 I get nothing.  It will autoconfig a 3476 device and the 
status goes to vary on pending but the device itself never becomes 
active.  I tried deleting the device several times and I tried other 
addresses just to see if it is a "console" thing.  I varied the 
controller off, deleted the device and then varied the controller on.  I 
get a device description created, no signon screen.

The alternate brick was an attempt to isolate a possible hardware issue 
but that brick works on the 720 and is identical to the original on the 
170 but made no difference.  I am down to a possible card problem but 
the 170 isn't reporting any hardware problems at all.

Strange, very strange.

Pete

Jim Franz wrote:

> I know you must have each of the 3 devices you tried at port 0, addr 0
> and you really did cable to port 0 of the 1st twinax controller on the 170?
> Have you (once connected) powered of device then on?
> Then, if not working, is device "type" same on each test device? Is possible
> the subsystem has workstn entry for diff dev type?
> Go cmdhdw does show the twinax adapter resource is up & ready?
> Can it be varied off/on?
> <grasping for straws>
> jim franz
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pete Helgren" <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Mailing List" <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:50 PM
> Subject: Twinax console refuses to give signon screen
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> > I am stumped with this one.  I have a 170 that I usually have a console
> > connected to but the thing is bulky and takes up space so I unplugged it
> > and put it away.  Now that I need it, I can't get the thing to give me a
> > signon screen.  I tried 3 different terminals.  Three different twinax
> > cables and even a different 4 port "brick" I borrowed from another
> > machine.  No joy.  I can delete  DSP01 and it will autoconfig another
> > one (at address 0 port 0 on the correct controller)  but the cursor just
> > hangs on the right hand side of the screen.  No signon.
> >
> > I *think* I have ruled out a hardware problem.  There are no messages.
> > No SRC's. Nuthin'. It has to be a configuration issue but I sure can't
> > think of anything I might have missed.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pete Helgren
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