Sun Microsystems 280R manual About Communicating With the System

About Communicating With the System

To install your server software or to diagnose problems, you need some way to enter system commands and view system console output. There are three ways to do this.

1.Attach an alphanumeric American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) character terminal to serial port A.

You can attach a simple terminal to serial port A. The terminal is capable of displaying and entering alphanumeric but not graphical data. For instructions, see “How to Attach an Alphanumeric (ASCII) Terminal” on page 34.

2.Establish a tip connection from another Sun system.

For information about establishing a tip connection, see “How to Set Up a tip Connection” on page 183 or use the appendix in the OpenBoot 4.x Command Reference Manual, an online version of which is included with the Solaris System Administrator AnswerBook that ships with Solaris software.

3.Install a local graphics console on your server.

The server is shipped without a mouse, keyboard, monitor, or frame buffer for the display of graphics. To install a local graphics console on a server, you must install a graphics frame buffer card into a PCI slot, and attach a monitor, mouse, and keyboard to the appropriate back panel ports. After starting the system you must install the correct software driver for the card you have installed. For detailed hardware instructions, see “How to Configure a Local Graphics Console” on page 36.

You may only use the RSC connections (modem or network) after installing the operating environment software and the RSC software. You can then access RSC software from a workstation running the Solaris, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT operating environment and Sun’s RSC Java application, or from an ASCII terminal or device running ASCII terminal emulation software. See “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page 107 for more information.

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