Sun Microsystems 60 service manual Verifying the Baud Rate

4. In a shell window on the Sun workstation, type tip hardwire.

hostname% tip hardwire

connected

Note –The shell window is now a tip window directed to the serial port of the system unit being tested. When power is applied to the system unit being tested, POST messages will be displayed in this window.

5.When POST is completed, disconnect the tip window as follows:

a.Open a shell window.

b.Type ps -ato view the active tip line and process ID (PID) number.

c.Type the following to kill the tip hardwire process.

%kill -9 PID#

3.2.2Verifying the Baud Rate

To verify the baud rate between the system unit being tested and a terminal or another Sun workstation monitor:

1.Open a Shell window.

2.Type eeprom.

3.Verify the following serial port default settings as follows:

ttyb-mode = 9600,8,n,1 ttya-mode = 9600,8,n,1

Note –Ensure that the settings are consistent with TTY-type terminal or workstation monitor settings.

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