Sun Microsystems 440 Default System Console Connection Through the Serial Management and Network Management Ports

4 Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide • August 2004
You must also ensure that the system console is directed to the appropriate port on
the Netra 440 server’s back panel—generally, the one to which your hardware
console device is attached (see FIGURE 1-1). You do this by setting the input-device
and output-device OpenBoot configuration variables.
FIGURE 1-1 Directing the System Console to Different Ports and Different Devices
Default System Console Connection Through the Serial
Management and Network Management Ports
On Netra 440 servers, the system console comes preconfigured to allow input and
output only by means of hardware devices connected to the serial or network
management ports. However, because the network management port is not available
until you assign it an IP address, your first connection must be to the serial
management port (SERIAL MGT).
Graphics Card
ttyb
NET MGT
SERIAL MGT
Netra 440 Server
server
Terminal
terminal
Alphanumeric
Line
TIP
monitor
Graphics
Console
System
input-device=keyboard
output-device=screen
input-device=ttyb
output-device=ttyb
input-device=ttya
output-device=ttya
Ports Console Devices
OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings