36 Sun Fire 280R Server Owner’s Guide • January 2001
How to Configure a Local GraphicsConsole
Before You Begin
If your server is configured without an alphanumeric (ASCII) terminal, you need to
install a local graphics console in order to install the system software and to run
diagnostic tests.
Alternatively,you can attach an alphanumeric (ASCII) terminal to the system’s serial
ports or create a tip connection from another Sun system, see:
■“About Communicating With the System” on page33
Toinstall a local graphics console, you must have:
■A supported PCI-based graphics frame buffer card and software driver
■An 8-bit Color Graphics PCI Adapter Frame buffer card—Sun part number
X3660A is currently supported
■A 32 8/24-bit Color Graphics PCI Adapter Frame buffer card—Sun part
number X3668A is currently supported
■A monitor with appropriate resolution
■A Sun-compatible USB keyboard (Sun USB Type6 keyboard)
■A Sun-compatible USB mouse (Sun USB mouse) and mouse pad (if necessary)