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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