How to break ALOM password on SunFire v210

#1 08-22-2008, 04:03 PM

How to break ALOM password on SunFire v210 if Solaris is not
installed. I know the trick with presing ESC and chossing erease nvram
on some servers but seems this doesn't work for SunFire v210.
Any idea.

Thanks
Mario

#2 08-22-2008, 04:56 PM

Mario writes:
>How to break ALOM password on SunFire v210 if Solaris is not
>installed. I know the trick with presing ESC and chossing erease nvram
>on some servers but seems this doesn't work for SunFire v210.

Find another v210, install Solaris on it. Move disk over and boot off
it, and runup the alom tools within Solaris to reset the password.

There's no other way to the best of my knowledge.
This is what we've had to do in the past.

#3 08-23-2008, 11:04 AM

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,
Mario wrote:

> How to break ALOM password on SunFire v210 if Solaris is not
> installed. I know the trick with presing ESC and chossing erease nvram
> on some servers but seems this doesn't work for SunFire v210.
> Any idea.
>
> Thanks
> Mario

I came across the following but have not personally used the procedure
myself so I can't speak to its validity:

1. power down
remove power cords for several seconds

2. press esc key during alom boot when this is on screen:
Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test
Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test, PASSED.
Return to Boot Monitor for Handshake

After esc key is pressed you get the ALOM Menu

3. Enter e to erase the ALOM NVRAM
4. Enter r to return to ALOM boot process

There are some other suggestions here:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...1478453&page=1

Josh

#4 08-23-2008, 03:21 PM

> 1. power down
> remove power cords for several seconds
>
> 2. press esc key during alom boot when this is on screen:
> Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test
> Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test, PASSED.
> Return to Boot Monitor for Handshake
>
> After esc key is pressed you get the ALOM Menu
>
> 3. Enter e to erase the ALOM NVRAM
> 4. Enter r to return to ALOM boot process

this procedure doesn't work with v210 :-(.

#5 08-23-2008, 05:35 PM

"Mario" wrote in message
news:f66d05fe-b717-4166-8518-5e4cb5154ade@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> How to break ALOM password on SunFire v210 if Solaris is not
> installed. I know the trick with presing ESC and chossing erease nvram
> on some servers but seems this doesn't work for SunFire v210.
> Any idea.
>
> Thanks
> Mario

Unless the 'scadm' program is on a Solaris CD when you boot in single-user
mode, then you'll have to load the OS before you can reset the ALOM
password.

If you sit at the ALOM prompt long enough w/o typing anything it should time
out and drop you to the ok> prompt where you can boot a CD-ROM or a disk
that has Solaris already loaded. Or if you press the power button that
should speed up entry into the OBP level.

Trinean

#6 08-24-2008, 07:58 PM

In article
<2cfbfc63-91e6-4e02-beeb-45a715bed75f@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
Mario wrote:

> > 1. power down
> > remove power cords for several seconds
> >
> > 2. press esc key during alom boot when this is on screen:
> > Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test
> > Boot Sector FLASH CRC Test, PASSED.
> > Return to Boot Monitor for Handshake
> >
> > After esc key is pressed you get the ALOM Menu
> >
> > 3. Enter e to erase the ALOM NVRAM
> > 4. Enter r to return to ALOM boot process
>
>
> this procedure doesn't work with v210 :-(.

Darn. I was hoping to keep the information on file should I ever need it
for my V210.

Josh