About Communicating With The System; Table 2-1 Ways Of Communicating With The System - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Manual

About Communicating With the System

To install your system software or to diagnose problems, you need some way to
interact at a low level with the system. The system console is Sun's facility for doing
this. You use the system console to view messages and issue commands. There can
be only one system console per computer.
The serial management port (SERIAL MGT) is the default port for accessing the
system console upon initial system installation. After installation, you can configure
the system console to accept input from and send output to different devices. See
TABLE 2-1
TABLE 2-1
Devices Available for Accessing the System Console
A terminal server attached to the serial management port (SERIAL
MGT) or TTYB. See:
• "Using the Serial Management Port" on page 41
• "To Access the System Console With a Terminal Server Through
the Serial Management Port" on page 44
• "To Verify Serial Port Settings on TTYB" on page 55
• "Reference for System Console OpenBoot Configuration
Variable Settings" on page 59
An alphanumeric terminal or similar device attached to the serial
management port (SERIAL MGT) or TTYB. See:
• "Using the Serial Management Port" on page 41
• "Accessing the System Console With an Alphanumeric
Terminal" on page 53
• "To Verify Serial Port Settings on TTYB" on page 55
• "Reference for System Console OpenBoot Configuration
Variable Settings" on page 59
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for a summary.
Ways of Communicating With the System
During After
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Installation Installation