Accessing The System From A Remote Location - DEC AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

Accessing the System from a Remote Location

If you are running the Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha operating systems, you can
invoke console mode from a remote device that is connected to your system through
one of the serial ports on the rear of the system. The default console port is COM1.
(See Figure 1-3, which shows the rear panel ports and slots.)
To access the system from a remote location, follow these steps:
1. If you are running Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha, shut down the operating
system (refer to the operating system documentation, if necessary). When the
shutdown has completed, press Return.
The SRM console prompt (>>>) is displayed. Set the console to serial mode by
turning the system off and then on or by using the following commands at the
console prompt:
>>> set console serial
>>> init
Note: From a remote location, you cannot reset or
initialize a system running Windows NT. If the
system is running Windows NT when you try to
access it from a remote location, attempts to access
the system will fail.
2. Connect to your system from the remote location.
Note: Setting the
variable to 1 enables login to the SRM console
firmware from alternative console ports. Setting it to
0 disables.
If you want to run the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU) from a terminal
connected to a serial line, refer to the section, "EISA Configuration Utility
(ECU)" in Chapter 6 for more information.
Note: The terminal must be set for 8-bit controls, the
keyboard set so that the tilde (~) key sends the escape
signal, and the console environment variable set to
serial.
4-4 Basic Operation
environment
tt_allow_login
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