Installing Optional Components; Setting Up A Console Device - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V440 Installation Manual

Installing Optional Components

If you ordered options that are not factory-installed, see the Sun Fire V440 Server
Parts Installation and Removal Guide for installation instructions.
Note – All internal options must be installed only by qualified service personnel.
Installation and removal procedures for various parst are covered in the Sun Fire
V440 Server Parts Installation and Removal Guide, which is included on the Sun Fire
V440 documentation CD.
Caution – To protect electronic components from electrostatic damage, note the
following guidelines.
Place components on an antistatic surface such as a Sun antistatic discharge mat,
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an antistatic bag, or a disposable antistatic mat.
Always wear an antistatic wrist strap connected to a metal surface on the chassis
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when you work on system components.

Setting Up a Console Device

When connected to the serial management port (SERIAL MGT) on the Sun
Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM), different types of devices can serve as the
interface to the system console. Among the devices:
Terminal server
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tip connection
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Alphanumeric (ASCII) terminal
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Instructions for setting up a terminal server and for making it a tip connectionare in
the Sun Fire V440 Server Installation Guide. following are instructions for setting up
an alphanumeric terminal.
Note – Make sure that the device you use as an interface to the system console is
ready to receive messages before you plug in the server's power cord to an electrical
outlet (oulined in a later step). If you do not set up the device before connecting the
server to power, you will miss many important ALOM messages.
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