Logging In To The Server - Silicon Graphics Origin200 Owner's Manual

Logging In to the Server

Follow these steps to log in to the server using your computer as a system console:
1. Turn on the Origin200. (See "Turning On the System" on page 80.)
2. Press once or twice on your computer. You should see a power-on diagnostics
Enter
message, followed by a menu similar to the following:
Running power-on diagnostics...
System Maintenance Menu
1) Start System
2) Install Software
3) Run Diagnostics
4) Recover System
5) Enter Command Monitor
Option?
If you do not see the System Maintenance Menu, and nothing happens when
you press
Enter
on the long serial cable (shipped with the Origin200 server) must be in port 1 of
the server.
Make sure you have configured the terminal emulator to use the correct serial
port on your computer.
Make sure the baud rate and other emulator settings are correct. See Table 4-2. If
you see strange characters on your screen (such as xx``x`) when you press the
return key, you may not have set the baud rate correctly
3. Type and press
1 Enter
The Origin200 server starts booting IRIX.
You should see various messages, followed by the login prompt:
IRIS login:
4. At the login: prompt, enter
have already created one) as appropriate, and press
If you have already assigned a password to the account you are logging in to,
enter the password when prompted.
5. You see some brief messages and the following prompt:
TERM = (vt100)
6. Enter the appropriate terminal type for your emulator and press
Table 4-2.) If you are using the VT100 terminal type, you can simply press
Using Another Computer or Workstation as the System Console
, make sure the cables are correctly attached. The DB9 connector
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