Incorrect Firmware - Sun Microsystems Sun HPC 3.0 Manual

Incorrect Firmware

If an SCI adapter cardSCI adapter card is loaded with the wrong firmware, the SCI
cards will not be detected upon system power-on or reboot/reset.
Improper loading of the firmware can happen two ways:
4 Old firmware programmed into new SBus2b cards
4 New firmware programmed into old SBus2 cards
If proper firmware is loaded, a banner (containing the word FCode) will be printed
from each SCI card twice during power-on or reboot or reset. No banner will be
printed at all for a card loaded with improper firmware.
The following are sample console messages (which are not saved in the message file):
1. One SCI card is working in the node:
rebooting...
Resetting ...
DOLPHIN SBus-to-SCI (SBus2b) Adapter - 9029, Serial #5017
FCode 9029 $Revision: 2.3 $
30 07:47:53 $
Executing SCI adapter selftest.
screen not found.
Can"t open input device.
Keyboard not present.
DOLPHIN SBus-to-SCI (SBus2b) Adapter - 9029, Serial #5017
FCode 9029 $Revision: 2.3 $
30 07:47:53 $
Executing SCI adapter selftest.
Sun Ultra 1 SBus (UltraSPARC 167MHz), No Keyboard
2. No SCI cards are working in the node:
rebooting...
Resetting ...
screen not found.
Can"t open input device.
Keyboard not present.
Sun Ultra 1 SBus (UltraSPARC 167MHz), No Keyboard
(continued)
- d9029_52 $Date: 1996/10/
Adapter OK.
Using ttya for input and output.
- d9029_52 $Date: 1996/10/
Adapter OK.
Using ttya for input and output.
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