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C H A P T E R
Configuring the System Console
This chapter explains what the system console is, describes the different ways of
configuring it on your server, and helps you understand its relation to the system
controller.
Topics covered in this chapter include:
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Communicating With the System
To install your system software or to diagnose problems, you need some way to
interact at a low level with the system. The system console is Sun's facility for doing
this. You use the system console to view messages and issue commands. There can
be only one system console per computer.
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