Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide - SCN Research

To use the system console, you need some means of getting data in to and out of the
system, which means attaching some kind of hardware to the system. Initially, you
might have to configure that hardware, and load and configure appropriate software
as well.
You also must ensure that the system console is directed to the appropriate port on
the Sun Fire V445 server’s back panel – generally, the one to which your hardware
console device is attached. (See FIGURE 2-1.) You do this by setting the inputdevice
and output-device OpenBoot configuration variables.
Sun Fire V440 Server
Ports
Console Devices
OpenBoot Config. Variable Settings
input-device=ttya
SERIAL MGT
tip
Line
output-device=ttya
NET MGT
Alphanumeric
Terminal
System
Console
input-device=ttyb
output-device=ttyb
ttyb
Terminal
Server
input-device=keyboard
output-device=screen
Graphics Card
Graphics
Monitor
FIGURE 2-1
Directing the System Console to Different Ports and Different Devices
The following subsections provide background information and references to
instructions appropriate for the particular device you choose to access the system
console. For instructions on attaching and configuring a device to access the system
console, see the following sections:
■ “Using the Serial Management Port” on page 39
■ “Activating the Network Management Port” on page 40
■ “Accessing the System Console With a Terminal Server” on page 42
■ “Accessing the System Console With a Tip Connection” on page 45
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