Switching Between the System

Controller Prompt and the System

Console

The server features two management ports, labeled SER MGT and NET MGT, located on the server’s rear panel. If the system console is directed to the virtual- console device (its default configuration), these ports provide access to both the system console and the ALOM CMT command-line interface (also called the system controller prompt, see FIGURE 1-5).

Network management or

Serial management port

 

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System console prompt

System controller prompt

FIGURE 1-5Switching between the System Console and the System Controller Prompt

If the system console is configured to use the virtual-console device, when you connect through one of these ports you can access either the system controller prompt) or the system console. You can switch between the system controller prompt and the system console at any time, but you cannot access both at the same time from a single terminal or shell tool.

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