How do i go about redirecting the serial console to be able to use
either the VGA with USB or a 13W3 with 8din pin, what are the proper
commands for this using Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 on sun servers
Sun Ultra 1
Sun Ultra 4
Sun Ultra 10
Sun Blade 1000
Sun Netra
Sunfire V120
Sunfire V240
Sun E450
Sun E480
My understanding is that the command is a TTYA command but i do not
know the correct command for it
also is there a way where i can put in a command that will tell my
system to use the port from where the signal is originating from. so
if i wanted to use the VGA and USB ports it would recognize the
commands are coming from there or if i wanted to use the Serial port
for control the system would recognize the commands are coming from
there
Jason <jsdranger@hotmail.com> wrote:
> How do i go about redirecting the serial console to be able to use
> either the VGA with USB or a 13W3 with 8din pin,
Whoa, what?
You can use the video port with or without the console being directed
there. For most Sun SPARC equipment, just booting with a keyboard will
cause the machine to use the video and keyboard for the system console.
I can't tell from your question why you want to redirect the serial
console or which direction.
> what are the proper
> commands for this using Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 on sun servers
> Sun Ultra 1
> Sun Ultra 4
> Sun Ultra 10
> Sun Blade 1000
> Sun Netra
> Sunfire V120
> Sunfire V240
> Sun E450
> Sun E480
"plug in a keyboard"
> My understanding is that the command is a TTYA command but i do not
> know the correct command for it
There's no command like that. If you don't want to rely on the default
behavior, you can modify the 'input-device' and 'output-device' settings
in the OBP (either printenv/setenv at the ok prompt, or 'eeprom' from
within Solaris). Setting them to a particular serial port (like ttya)
will override the default and use the device even if a keyboard is
attached.
> also is there a way where i can put in a command that will tell my
> system to use the port from where the signal is originating from. so
> if i wanted to use the VGA and USB ports it would recognize the
> commands are coming from there or if i wanted to use the Serial port
> for control the system would recognize the commands are coming from
> there
The SPARC OBP only directs the console to one location at a time, and
that decision is made when the OBP boots/resets.
You could configure the system so that the monitor can be used without
the console being present. But the OBP will only read from one device
at a time.
--
Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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On Dec 4, 12:36 pm, ddun...@taos.com (Darren Dunham) wrote:
> Jason <jsdran...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > How do i go about redirecting theserialconsoleto be able to use
> > either the VGA with USB or a 13W3 with 8din pin,
>
> Whoa, what?
>
> You can use the video port with or without theconsolebeing directed
> there. For most Sun SPARC equipment, just booting with a keyboard will
> cause the machine to use the video and keyboard for the systemconsole.
>
> I can't tell from your question why you want toredirecttheserialconsoleor which direction.
>
> > what are the proper
> > commands for this using Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 on sun servers
> > Sun Ultra 1
> > Sun Ultra 4
> > Sun Ultra 10
> > Sun Blade 1000
> > Sun Netra
> > Sunfire V120
> > Sunfire V240
> > Sun E450
> > Sun E480
>
> "plug in a keyboard"
>
> > My understanding is that the command is a TTYA command but i do not
> > know the correct command for it
>
> There's no command like that. If you don't want to rely on the default
> behavior, you can modify the 'input-device' and 'output-device' settings
> in the OBP (either printenv/setenv at the ok prompt, or 'eeprom' from
> within Solaris). Setting them to a particularserialport (like ttya)
> will override the default and use the device even if a keyboard is
> attached.
>
> > also is there a way where i can put in a command that will tell my
> > system to use the port from where the signal is originating from. so
> > if i wanted to use the VGA and USB ports it would recognize the
> > commands are coming from there or if i wanted to use theSerialport
> > for control the system would recognize the commands are coming from
> > there
>
> The SPARC OBP only directs theconsoleto one location at a time, and
> that decision is made when the OBP boots/resets.
>
> You could configure the system so that the monitor can be used without
> theconsolebeing present. But the OBP will only read from one device
> at a time.
>
> --
> Darren Dunham ddun...@taos.com
> Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
> Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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Thanks for the information regarding my questions.
the reason i am asking this is so that i can utilize a LCD KVM that i
have installed in my racks instead of unplugging the serial port and
moving to another device than plugging in and starting up my
hyperterminal and going through all those steps over and over
everytime i need to access a different server while i am in the server
room. Instead i want to stand in front of my KVM and switch to any
port that has an attached server without having to fumble through
wires and unplugging here and plugging in there than restarting
another program just to access these devices when a single point of
access is what i want to use
Also, how would i go about modifying the behavior as you said of my
input output devices? or configure my system so that the monitor can
be used with the console being present?
I will certainly use this information you have provided to use with my
servers, thank you, i hope this will work for me when i try it, will
let you know
Jason <jsdranger@hotmail.com> wrote:
> the reason i am asking this is so that i can utilize a LCD KVM that i
> have installed in my racks instead of unplugging the serial port and
> moving to another device than plugging in and starting up my
> hyperterminal and going through all those steps over and over
> everytime i need to access a different server while i am in the server
> room. Instead i want to stand in front of my KVM and switch to any
> port that has an attached server without having to fumble through
> wires and unplugging here and plugging in there than restarting
> another program just to access these devices when a single point of
> access is what i want to use
Does it work with SPARC machines? Many cheap KVMs cannot handle Sun
keyboards. Some others will work only if the keyboard is active when
the machine boots (rather than when the kvm has another console
selected).
> Also, how would i go about modifying the behavior as you said of my
> input output devices?
Just as I said previously. Use 'printenv' and 'setenv' at the ok prompt
or 'eeprom' from a Solaris prompt.
> or configure my system so that the monitor can
> be used with the console being present?
Set the input-device and output-device to be a serial port (usually
ttya). Boot the machine. Normally that will cause dtlogin to run X on
the monitor with a login screen during boot. The 'command line login'
will not work (so often it's a good idea to deactivate that menu item by
modifying /etc/dt/config/Xservers).
--
Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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On Dec 4, 4:16 pm, ddun...@taos.com (Darren Dunham) wrote:
> Jason <jsdran...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > the reason i am asking this is so that i can utilize a LCD KVM that i
> > have installed in my racks instead of unplugging theserialport and
> > moving to another device than plugging in and starting up my
> > hyperterminal and going through all those steps over and over
> > everytime i need to access a different server while i am in the server
> > room. Instead i want to stand in front of my KVM and switch to any
> > port that has an attached server without having to fumble through
> > wires and unplugging here and plugging in there than restarting
> > another program just to access these devices when a single point of
> > access is what i want to use
>
> Does it work with SPARC machines? Many cheap KVMs cannot handle Sun
> keyboards. Some others will work only if the keyboard is active when
> the machine boots (rather than when the kvm has anotherconsole
> selected).
>
> > Also, how would i go about modifying the behavior as you said of my
> > input output devices?
>
> Just as I said previously. Use 'printenv' and 'setenv' at the ok prompt
> or 'eeprom' from a Solaris prompt.
>
> > or configure my system so that the monitor can
> > be used with theconsolebeing present?
>
> Set the input-device and output-device to be aserialport (usually
> ttya). Boot the machine. Normally that will cause dtlogin to run X on
> the monitor with a login screen during boot. The 'command line login'
> will not work (so often it's a good idea to deactivate that menu item by
> modifying /etc/dt/config/Xservers).
>
> --
> Darren Dunham ddun...@taos.com
> Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
> Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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Redirect Serial Console 
Linear Mode
