Firmware And General Software Issues - Fujitsu SPARC T5440 User Manual

Firmware and General Software Issues

Firmware and General Software Issues
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CR ID Description
6581309 Console behavior on the control domain is
inconsistent when a graphics device and
keyboard are specified for console use. This
situation occurs when the OpenBoot variables
input-device and output-device are set to
anything other than the default value of
virtual-console.
If the control domain is set this way, some
console messages are sent to the graphics
console and other messages are sent to the
virtual console. This situation results in
incomplete information on either console. In
addition, when the system is halted, or a break is
sent to the console, control is passed to the
virtual console, which requires keyboard input
over the virtual console. As a result, the graphics
console appears to hang.
Chapter 1 New Information About the SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server
Workaround
Note - Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 and patch ID
137137-09 or later.
Use the virtual console only.
From the ok prompt, ensure that the default
value of virtual-console is set for both the
input-device and output-device variables.
If input-device and output-device are set to
graphics console and the graphics console
appears to be hung, connect to the virtual
console from the service processor in order to
provide the required input. Press Return on the
virtual console keyboard once to see the output
on the virtual console.
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