Default System Console Connection Through The Serial Management And Network Management Ports; Figure 1-1 Directing The System Console - Sun Microsystems SPARC Enterprise T1000 Administration Manual

You must also ensure that the system console is directed to the appropriate port on
your server's rear panel, generally, the one to which your hardware console device is
attached (see
device OpenBoot configuration variables.
System
console
Directing the System Console
FIGURE 1-1
Default System Console Connection Through the Serial
Management and Network Management Ports
On your server, the system console comes preconfigured to allow input and output
only by means of ALOM CMT. ALOM CMT must be accessed either through the
system controller's serial management port (SER MGT) or the network management
port (NET MGT). By default, the network management port is configured to retrieve
network configuration using DHCP and to allow connections using SSH. You can
modify the network management port configuration after connecting to ALOM CMT
through either the system controller's serial or network management ports.
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). You do this by setting the input-device and output-
FIGURE 1-1
Server
OpenBoot configuration
variable settings
input-device=virtual-console
output-device=virtual-console
Ports Console devices
Serial
management
Network
management
TIP line
Alphanumeric
terminal
Terminal
server
Network
device