HP Model 743 manual Vesa

The Boot Console Interface

Configuring the Console Path and Display Format

3Enter the following to select the RS-232C, Port A, as the console path.

2Enter

The system displays a menu for selecting the display format for the display mode you select.

4For example, this screen indicates that your current console path is GRAPHICS 1. Type the number of this path. For this illustration, you would type “1 Enter.”

5For GRAPHICS 1, a screen similar to the following example appears, in- dicating the supported monitor types. In this example, the current monitor format is also indicated as Key 1, shown by the message at the top and the asterisk position:

====CONSOLE PATH MONITOR TYPE ===============

CONSOLE PATH is [ GRAPHICS 1 ] Type is Key 1

Key	Resolution			Hz	Style		Key	Resolution			Hz Style
---	------------------------------ --- -------------------------------
1	* 1280	x 1024		72		2	1024	x	768	75
3	1024	x	768	70		4	1024	x	768	75	Flat Panel
5	1280	x 1024		60		6	1024	x	768	60
7	640	x	480	60		8	1280	x 1024		75	VESA
9	1024	x	768	75	VESA	10	800	x	600	75	VESA
11	640	x	480	75	VESA	12	1280	x 1024		72
13	1280	x 1024		50
Key	Operation

... .........................................

55SAVE any changes and goto Previous Menu

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To select a Type, Press Key, then press [Enter/Return]

6From this list, identify the set of parameters which describes your moni- tor. You can get this information from your HP-UX release notes (see Chapter 2). For a list of monitors supported on HP-RT, contact you HP Sales Response Center.

You can also invoke the console configuration process by accessing the Mode Configuration screen, then selecting the Control Flags sub- menu, enter 5 Enter, and then selecting “8”, Interactive Console Search. This gives you the same configuration opportunity at power-up.

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