Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual page 274

Solution 2
Use this alternate method when the system is already in OpenBoot:
1. At the ok prompt, type:
ok nvedit
0: probe-all install-console banner
1: apply disable-link-pulse device-name
(Repeat this step for other device names as needed.)
(Press CONTROL-C to exit nvedit.)
ok nvstore
ok setenv use-nvramrc? true
2. Reboot the system to make the changes effective.
Power-on Failures
Symptom
The system attempts to power up but does not boot or initialize the monitor.
Action
1. Run POST diagnostics.
See "How to Use POST Diagnostics" on page 219.
2. Observe POST results.
The front panel general fault LED (
running. Check the POST output using a locally attached terminal, tip connection,
or RSC console.
Note – By default, POST output is displayed locally on an attached terminal or
through a tip connection. If your server has been reconfigured to display POST
output on an RSC console, POST results will not display locally. To redirect POST
output to the local system, you must execute the OpenBoot PROM command
diag-output-to ttya from the RSC console. See the Remote System Control (RSC)
User's Guide for additional details.
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) should blink slowly to indicate that POST is