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

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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 50.
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 51.
4. Set up a Remote System Control (RSC) console.
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