Summary: Problem with poweroff on Ultra-60

[Ric Anderson]

Thanks to
	Colin Bigam [colin at west.gecems.com]
	Casper Dik [casper at holland.sun.com]
	James Noyes [jnoyes-sml at retrogeeks.com]
	Richard.Skelton at infineon.com
	Drew Skinner [drew at airlock.com]
The consensus was the front panel power switch was stuck "on", or
the power supply had lost its mind and remembered its last state as
"on" and kept returning to it.

After an afternoon of parts swapping and head scratching, we finally
found the culprit was the KVM switch we had all forgotten was
in the circuit.  If the KVM was plugged into the keyboard port of
any of the 3 Ultra-60s we tried, the connected system would not
power off.  If a Sun keyboard was directly connected, no problems.

This KVM is one of several we have some the same brand, but it
has apparently gone off in the weeds and needs replaced.

Thanks to all for your rapid responses - you ROCK!
Ric
> 
> I've got two ultra-60 systems
>  system a
>    10/1999 vintage, creator graphics (unused) 2 cpu, 2gb, 
>      serial console, CD-ROM
> 
>  system b
>    11/2000 vintage, elite 3d graphics, sun kb, tube, and mouse
>      2 cpu, 2gb, DVD-ROM
> 
> Both are 
>   OBP 3.31.0 2001/07/25 20:31   POST 2.0.3 2000/07/31 15:28
> and both are loaded with Solaris 8 2/02 plus current patch cluster.
> "set-defaults" has been issued at the "ok" prompt on both systems.
> 
> In short, they are hardware twins except for the graphics card,
> serial console on one, and the front facia (and shape of the power
> switch).  Both were purchased new from Sun.
> 
> On system "a" pressing the "off" side of the rocker switch powers
> the box off, and the fans stop spinning as expected.
> 
> System "b" refuses to power off.  A poweroff command results
> in a reboot. If system "b" is halted, pressing the "off" side of the
> front panel switch also causes a reboot.  
> 
> Has anyone ever seen this "can't be powered off" behavior from
> an Ultra-60?  Is there some way to remedy it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ric Anderson (ric at opus1.com)
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