To Redirect the Console Output to the Video Port (Optional)

The server module’s console is automatically directed to the serial port. GRUB, the open source boot loader, is the default boot loader in the Solaris OS for x86-based or x64-based systems. The boot loader is the first software program that runs after you power on a system.

1.Use a cable to connect the serial port of the host server (either through the chassis SER MGT port or through a dongle cable’s serial port) to the video port of the client system.

2.From the GRUB menu, you have the option of displaying the installation process to a VGA connection (video port) as shown here:

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To display output to the video port, choose the following option:

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