Accessing The System From A Remote Location; Interpreting Startup Messages - Compaq AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

Accessing the System from a Remote Location

If you are running the Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha operating systems, you can
invoke console mode from a remote device that is connected to your system through one
of the serial ports on the rear of the system. The default console port is COM1.
(Figure 1-3 shows the rear panel ports and slots.)
To access the system from a remote location, follow these steps:
1. If you are running Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha, shut down the operating system
(refer to the operating system documentation, if necessary). When the shutdown has
completed, press Return.
The SRM console prompt (>>>) is displayed. Set the console to serial mode by
turning the system off and then on, or by using the following commands at the console
prompt.
>>> set console serial
>>> init
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From a remote location, you cannot reset or initialize a system running
Windows NT. If the system is running Windows NT when you try to access it
from a remote location, attempts to access the system will fail.
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2. Connect to your system from the remote location.
If you want to run the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU) from a terminal
connected to a serial line, refer to the section, "EISA Configuration Utility
(ECU)" in Chapter 6 for more information.
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The terminal must be set for 8-bit controls, the keyboard set so that the tilde (~)
key sends the escape signal, and the console environment variable set to serial.
Setting the tt_allow_login environment variable to 1 enables login to the
SRM console firmware from alternative console ports. Setting it to 0 disables.
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Interpreting Startup Messages

After you turn the system on, the operator control panel and your monitor or terminal
screen display the following status information:
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