Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000: How to run hpost on system board with no I/O configured

Asset ID:	1-71-1004453.1
Update Date:	2012-07-30
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Solution 1004453.1 : Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000: How to run hpost on system board with no I/O configured

Applies to:

Sun Enterprise 10000 Server
All Platforms

Goal

How to run hpost on system board with no I/O configured.

Solution

When running hpost on a standalone system board which doesn't have any Sbus cards, hpost will fail as follows :

phase iom_probe: I/O module type probe...
    No minimum system left after I/O module type probe! Bailing out!
... board dump ...
Exitcode = 76: Unable to configure a bootable system

To allow the system board to run without any I/O, simply add the following entry to the .postrc file for the domain.

no_scards_ok

This file is located in /var/opt/SUNWssp/etc///.postrc.

Similar issues with system boards without memory can be avoided by adding the entry to the .postrc file:

no_memory_ok

Product
Sun Enterprise 10000 Server

Internal Section

Keywords: E10000, hpost, ecode 76, .postrc, unable, configure bootable system, post, failure

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