Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux

TOPIC: Finding the MAC Address on the PXCAB (GigaAccel 180)



  1. Connect to the PXCAB via a serial connection using the following settings:
    1. Set the baudrate to 115200
    2. Set carrier watch to OFF
    3. Set flow control to NONE
  2. Power on the PXCAB by powering on the host computer.
  3. Watch via the serial connection the PXCAB boot up:
    ...
    Welcome to Open Firmware
    
    Licensed Internal Code - Property of IBM
    (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2008 All Rights Reserved.
    Cell/B.E. is a trademark of SONY Computer Entertainment Inc.
    
  4. At the prompt that is displayed, type:
    boot net
    
  5. You will then see the following output containing the MAC address for the PXCAB:
    Trying to load:  from: 
    /axon@10000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix@40000046/ethernet@1 ...  Bootloader 1.6
    Reading MAC address from device: 00:1a:64:7e:01:f0
    ...
    
This HOWTO was prepared by Owen Stampflee and Bonnie Gosler, Fixstars Solutions, Inc.



 
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