16 Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide • August 2004
The prompt displayed on the terminal or shell tool tells you which “channel” you
are accessing:
■The # or % prompt indicates that you are at the system console and that the
Solaris OS is running.
■The ok prompt indicates that you are at the system console and that the server is
running under OpenBoot firmware control.
■The sc> prompt indicates that you are at the ALOM system controller.
Note – If no text or prompt appears, it may be the case that no console messages
were recently generated by the system. If this happens, pressing the terminal’s Enter
or Return key should produce a prompt.
To reach the system console from the ALOM system controller, type the console
command at the sc> prompt. To reach the ALOM system controller from the system
console, type the system controller escape sequence, which by default is #. (pound
period).
For more information, see the following:
■“Communicating With the System” on page 1
■“About the sc> Prompt” on page 8
■“OpenBoot ok Prompt” on page 9
■“Accessing the System Controller” on page 16
■Advanced Lights Out Manager User’s Guide
Accessing the System Controller
The following sections describe ways of accessing the system controller.

Using the Serial Management Port

This procedure assumes that the system console is directed to use the serial
management and network management ports (the default configuration).
When you are accessing the system console using a device connected to the serial
management port, your first point of access is the ALOM system controller and its
sc> prompt. After connecting to the ALOM system controller, you can switch to the
system console itself.