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Using the Alternate Console Feature
If you were using a monitor to display console output before you
Step 3:
Redirect
connected an alternate console device, you must restart your
system to redirect console output. (Restarting the system is
Console Output
sometimes referred to as power cycling the system.) If you do not
restart your system, the console output will not display on the
terminal or printer you connected.
Restarting the
To change console output from the monitor to the alternate
System
console, restart your system as follows:
1. Turn off your system unit by switching the power On/Off
2. Wait 10 to 15 seconds.
3. Turn on the system unit (by switching the power On/Off
Look for
Console output should now be displayed on the alternate console
Display
device.
12–6 Using an Alternate Console
switch to the off (O) position. See Figure 7–1 for the location
of the power switch.
switch to the on ( | ) position).
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