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 Configuration Menu of the boot console interface.
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, refer to “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 type
where valid graphics_path parameters are:
graphics(0) - The
graphics(1) through graphics(4) - Graphics adapters installed in option slots 1 through 4.
and type is the numerical monitor type
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