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April 1, 2006 on 1:48 pm | In General Nonsense |

The machine has arrived. I can’t believe they send me a machine like this for free. It’s nuts.

Only problem with it is I can’t really test it yet. It didn’t include the serial cable necessary to do the initial configuration, so I made one. I plugged in my trusty Wyse 30 terminal and connected the machine to power. I see the ALOM starting up and it eventually arrives at the sc> prompt. I type and nothing happens. I can’t configure it!

It has a network management port but that doesn’t have an IP address assigned. DHCP is turned off by default; you enable that via the serial management port. I can boot the machine via the power button.. and it does come up, but the system console defaults to the serial management port. So again, I can’t even log in to the thing.

One thing is for sure, it’s LOUD. Testing it here in my bedroom is kinda silly but it’s the only room in the house with A/C. On Monday, I’m going to try and contact Sun to get an official cable. If that doesn’t work, then I guess I’ll have to see about swapping this box for another. I’m sure the cable problem isn’t on my end because my adapters work between PCs and my Wyse30 just fine.