Enabling Or Disabling The Sol Feature On The Server; Launching An Sol Session - Sun Microsystems Fire V20z Management Manual

Enabling or Disabling the SOL Feature on the Server

Note – When the SOL feature is enabled, you cannot access the server through the
external DB9 serial port (COM A).
Note – The variable spuser is the user account created when securing the SP. The
variable spipaddr is the IP address assigned to the SP.
For more information, see "Initial Setup of the SP" on page 14.
You can enable or disable the SOL feature through the SP.
Enabling the SOL feature
To enable the feature, run the following command:
# ssh -l spuser spipaddr platform set console -s sp -e -S 9600
Note – Ensure that the baud rate value passed to the -S argument matches the
speed that was specified for the serial-redirection feature of the BIOS and the speed
used for your boot loader and OS configuration.
The default baud rate in the BIOS settings is 9600.
Disabling the SOL feature
To disable the feature, run the following command:
# ssh -l spuser spipaddr platform set console -s platform

Launching an SOL Session

To launch an SOL session, run the following command:
# ssh spipaddr -l spuser platform console
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