Sun Microsystems 1290 manual Connecting Consoles to the System Controller

Note – It is the installer’s responsibility to ensure that the cabinet has sufficient electrical power and redundancy to handle the required installation.

■If the server is mounted in an unpowered cabinet:

a.Connect power cords from Source A on the server to the customer-supplied power source A circuit breakers.

b.Connect power cords from Source B on the server to the customer-supplied power source B circuit breakers.

■If the server is mounted in a powered cabinet:

a.Connect power cords from Source A on the cabinet to the customer-supplied power source A circuit breakers and from Source B on the cabinet to the customer-supplied power source B circuit breakers.

Refer to the installation guide that came with the cabinet for instructions on cabinet power cabling.

b.Connect power cords from Source A on the cabinet to Source A on the server and from Source B on the cabinet to the Source B on the server.

Refer to the installation guide that came with the cabinet for instructions on cabinet power cabling.

Connecting Consoles to the System Controller

This section contains the following topics:

■“To Connect the Initial Administrative Console” on page 35

■“To Connect the Administrative Console” on page 36

The system controller (SC) provides the Lights-Out Management (LOM) functions, which include power-on sequencing, executing module power-on self-tests (POST), environmental monitoring, fault indication, and alarms.

The LOM command-line interface, the Solaris console, and the OpenBoot™ PROM console are accessed by connecting an administrative console to either serial port A or the 10/100BASE-T LOM Ethernet port. The administrative console can be any external input device (laptop computer or workstation) connected to either of these ports.

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