The Boot Console Interface

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

When a dual display graphics adapter (an adapter which has two video output connectors) is installed, the video connector on the left (when looking at the system from the rear) is graphics(NA) and the video connector on the right is graphics(NB). Where N is the slot number in which the graphics adapter is installed.

For example, a Dual Visualize Enhanced Graphics Card (A4451A) installed in option slot 3 would be graphics(3A) and graphics(3B).

NOTICE:There are graphics configuration restrictions of which you must be aware when adding graphics adapters or reconfiguring your graphics devices. For details on graphics configuration restrictions, see the subsection “ Graphics Configuration Restrictions” in Appendix B.

Displaying the Current Monitor Configuration

To display the current monitor configuration for your system from the Con- figuration Menu of the boot console interface, follow the directions in “Accessing the Boot Console Interface” earlier in this appendix. Once you are in the Boot Console Interface Main Menu, enter:

Main Menu: Enter command > configuration

This places you in the Configuration Menu. From here, enter:

Configuration Menu: Enter command > monitor

The screen displays a list of the current graphics adapters and their monitor types configured for your workstation.

MONITOR INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Path

Slot

Head

HPA

Resolution

Freq

Type

Class

-----------

----

----

--------

----------

----

----

-----

GRAPHICS(0)

0

1

f8000000

1280x1024

72Hz

12

 

Configuration Menu: Enter command >

In this example, only the built-in graphic adapter graphics(0) is configured. The monitor type for graphics(0) is set to type 12, which is a 1280 by 1024 monitor that uses a frequency of 72 Hz.

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