Verifying The Baud Rate; Initializing Post - Sun Microsystems Sun Blade 100 Service Manual

a. Open another shell window at the second workstation.
b. Type ps -a to view the active TIP line and process ID (PID) number.
c. Type the following to disconnect the TIP hardwire process.
% kill -9 PID#
3.2.2

Verifying the Baud Rate

To verify the baud rate between the tested system and a terminal or another Sun
workstation monitor:
1. Open a shell window.
2. Type eeprom.
3. Verify the following serial port default settings:
tty-mode = 9600,8,n,1
Note – Ensure that the settings are consistent with TTY-type terminal or
workstation monitor settings.
3.3

Initializing POST

POST can be initialized in two ways, max or min, by setting the diag-switch? to
true and the diag-level to either max or min, followed by power-cycling the
system.
To set the diag-switch? to true and power-cycle the system:
1. At the system prompt, type:
ok% setenv diag-switch? true
2. Power-cycle the system by pressing and releasing the power switch on the front
panel.
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