Siemens T1000, Administration Manual

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4 SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server Administration Guide • April 2007
You must also ensure that the system console is directed to the appropriate port on
your server’s rear panel, generally, the one to which your hardware console device is
attached (see
FIGURE 1-1
). You do this by setting the
input-device
and
output-
device
OpenBoot configuration variables.
FIGURE 1-1
Directing the System Console
Default System Console Connection Through the Serial
Management and Network Management Ports
On your server, the system console comes preconfigured to allow input and output
only by means of ALOM CMT. ALOM CMT must be accessed either through the
system controller’s serial management port (SER MGT) or the network management
port (NET MGT). By default, the network management port is configured to retrieve
network configuration using DHCP and to allow connections using SSH. You can
modify the network management port configuration after connecting to ALOM CMT
through either the system controller’s serial or network management ports.
System
console
TIP line
Alphanumeric
terminal
Terminal
server
Network
device
OpenBoot configuration
variable settings
input-device=virtual-console
output-device=virtual-console
Server Ports Console devices
Serial
management
Network
management