C H A P T E R 1
Configuring the System Console
This chapter explains what the system console is, describes the different ways of configuring it on your server, and helps you understand its relation to the system controller.
Topics covered in this chapter include:
■“Communicating With the Server” on page 1
■“Accessing the System Controller” on page 3
■“Switching Between the ALOM System Controller and the System Console” on page 9
■“ALOM sc> Prompt” on page 10
■“OpenBoot ok Prompt” on page 12
■“System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings” on page 17
Communicating With the Server
To install your system software or to diagnose problems, you need some way to interact at a low level with the system. The system console is the facility for this interaction. You use the system console to view messages and issue commands. There can be only one system console per computer.
The system console must be accessed through the ALOM CMT system controller during initial system installation. After installation, you can configure the system console to accept input from and send output to different devices.
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