About Setting Up A Console - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

About Setting Up a Console

To install your server or to diagnose problems, you need some way to enter system
commands and view system output. There are four ways to do this.
1. Attach an ACSII character terminal to serial port A.
You can attach a simple terminal to serial port A. The terminal can be capable of
displaying and entering alphanumeric but not graphical data. For instructions, see
"How to Attach an Alphanumeric Terminal" on page 20.
2. Establish a tip connection from another Sun system.
For information about establishing a tip connection, see the OpenBoot 3.x Command
Reference Manual, an online version of which is included with the Solaris System
Administrator AnswerBook that ships with Solaris software.
3. Install a local graphics console on your server.
The server is often shipped without a mouse, keyboard, monitor, or frame buffer for
the display of graphics. To install a local graphics console on a server, you must
install a graphics frame buffer card in a PCI slot, and attach a monitor, mouse, and
keyboard to the appropriate back panel ports. For detailed instructions, see "How to
Configure a Local Graphics Console" on page 22.
4. Set up a Remote System Control (RSC) console.
Remote System Control (RSC) is a secure server management tool that lets you
monitor and control your server over modem lines or over a network. RSC provides
remote system administration for geographically distributed or physically
inaccessible systems. For additional details, see "Remote System Control (RSC)" on
page 45.
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