The Boot Console Interface
Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type
Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type
Your system ships from the factory preset to use a monitor with a specific resolution and frequency. If you replace your workstation’s monitor with a different type of monitor, you must reconfigure your workstation to support the new monitor.
The Monitor Command
The monitor command lets you change your workstation’s graphics config- uration. This command is available in both the Information and Configura- tion Menus of the boot console interface. However, when you use it in the Information Menu, monitor displays only the current graphics and console information. You must use monitor in the Configuration Menu to set a monitor type.
NOTICE:The monitor command lets you change your workstation’s graphics configuration before you replace your monitor. For information about changing the configuration after you replace your monitor, go to the section “Changing Your Monitor Type” in Appendix B.
To display the current graphics and console information, enter the following command;
monitor
The correct usage for setting the graphics configuration is:
monitor graphics_path
where valid graphics_path parameters are:
graphics3
Graphics device in slot3. If there is a Dual Color Graphics Card in slot4, this is the console port to the right on the card when facing the back of the workstation.
graphics4
Graphics device in slot4. If there is a Dual Color Graphics Card in slot4, this is the console port to the left on the card when facing the back of the workstation.
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