Sun Microsystems 816-7727-10 manual About Connecting the Server to a Terminal Server

The following section provides background information on connecting the server to a terminal server. This section is followed by instructions for setting up a terminal server, followed by instructions for setting up an alphanumeric terminal to access the system console, and then followed by instructions for setting up a tip connection from another Sun system.

For more detailed information, see the Sun Fire V440 Server Administration Guide or the Sun Fire V440 Server Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide.

Note – All of the procedures in the following sections assume that you are setting up a system console device by using the default configuration; that is, the system console is directed to the ALOM system controller.

About Connecting the Server to a Terminal Server

The serial management port on the Sun Fire V440 server is a data terminal equipment (DTE) port. The pinouts for the serial management port correspond with the pinouts for the RJ-45 ports on the Serial Interface Breakout Cable supplied by Cisco for use with the Cisco AS2511-RJ terminal server. If you use a terminal server made by another manufacturer, check that the serial port pinouts of the Sun Fire V440 server match those of the terminal server you plan to use.

If the pinouts for the server serial ports correspond with the pinouts for the RJ-45 ports on the terminal server, you have two connection options:

■Connect a serial interface breakout cable directly to the Sun Fire V440 server. See the Sun Fire V440 Server Administration Guide for details.

■Connect a serial interface breakout cable to a patch panel and use the straight- through patch cable (supplied by Sun) to connect the patch panel to the server.

The following illustration shows how to connect a patch cable between a terminal server, patch panel, and the serial management port (SERIAL MGT) on the Sun Fire V440 server.

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