How To Access The System Console Via A Terminal Server - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V440 Diagnostics And Troubleshooting Manual

How to Access the System Console via a
Terminal Server
Before You Begin
The following procedure assumes that you are accessing the Sun Fire V440 server
system console by connecting a terminal server to the serial management port
(SERIAL MGT) of the Sun Fire V440 server.
What to Do
1. Complete the physical connection from the serial management port to your
terminal server.
The serial management port on the Sun Fire V440 server is a data terminal
equipment (DTE) port. The pinouts for the serial management port correspond with
the pinouts for the RJ-45 ports on the Serial Interface Breakout Cable supplied by
Cisco for use with the Cisco AS2511-RJ terminal server. If you use a terminal server
made by another manufacturer, check that the serial port pinouts of the Sun Fire
V440 server match those of the terminal server you plan to use.
If the pinouts for the server serial ports correspond with the pinouts for the RJ-45
ports on the terminal server, you have two connection options:
Connect a serial interface breakout cable directly to the Sun Fire V440 server. See
"How to Use the Serial Management Port" on page 178.
Connect a serial interface breakout cable to a patch panel and use the straight-
through patch cable (supplied by Sun) to connect the patch panel to the server.
Appendix A Configuring the System Console 181