SUMMARY (UPDATED): "The IDPROM contents are invalid"

Hi,

Found that the way to clear the errormessage: "The IDPROM contents are
invalid" with script mkp or mkpl did not work properly for E4500 machine
type 0x83..... with Ethernet address 0:3:ba:xxxxxx Host ID 83xxxxxx.

It needs an upgrade of OBP to 3.2.29. (Mine was 3.2.22)


BR, slamet



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Slamet Ahmad Fadilah [SMTP:Slamet.Fadilah@ptsi.siemens.co.id]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 08, 2002 7:21 AM
> To:	'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'
> Subject:	SUMMARY: "The IDPROM contents are invalid"
> 
> Yihaaa!!!
> 
> God for shake, the chip replacement is not the only way to do.
> However, to have a spare of nvram chip is highly recommended.
> 
> Many many thanks to
> Christophe Dupre
> Jeff Markham
> Hichael Morton
> Sysadmin@astro.su.se
> and especially to Buddy Lumpkin who exactly pointed me out the other great
> way.
> 
> ----- Buddy Lumpkin:
> write down the ethernet address and hostid (if they are valid, all f's
> means
> it's erased).
> Let's assume the ethernet address is 8:0:20:af:b1:cc and the hostid is
> 80afb1cc
> 
> Then do this:
> 
> ok 0 0 mkp
> ok 8 0 20 af b1 cc 80afb1cc mkpl
> ^d^r
> 
> (that's control+d followed by control+r)
> 
> if you still have troubles, try 1 1 mkp instead. (0 0 mkp did work on my
> case)
> 
> 
> Your getting the message about IDPROM contents being invalid because your
> checksum is hosed up. 
> The mkpl command above writes the ethernet address and hostid and
> recreates
> the checksum. 
> You may need a new nvram soon.
> 
> Also there should be some variation of copy nvram to clock or something
> like
> that. 
> Just do a sifting copy or sifting clock to find the command. 
> There should be a few variations, none of them will "hurt" your system. 
> The command simply updates other boards in the system with the same
> information.
> 
> -----
> 
> 
> :-)
> slamet fadilah
> icm n ms tac2, siemens mobile networks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I just got a packet of a new SUN E4500 (sun4u machine).
> > But after its first OS installation with an old OS of 2.5.1:
> > It sent an error message "The IDPROM contents are invalid" which appears
> > after banner (The banner looks as expected). 
> > 
> > Tried to reset the NVRAM (using set-defaults or set-nvram and power
> cycle
> > it), didn't work.
> > 
> > Our sunmanagers archive says that it could be due to something wrong on
> > NVRAM chip (or its battery).
> > I wonder, this machine is just a new one, the NVRAM and its battery
> should
> > be okay. 
> > Any idea how to check their condition? Is there something else causing
> the
> > problem, like a minimum OBP version to be install? Or a chip replacement
> > is
> > the only way to resolve this kind of problem ? 
> > 
> > Many thanks for your time.
> > A summary will follow.
> > 
> > BR, slamet
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