Siemens T1000, Administration Manual

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16 SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server Administration Guide • April 2007
The prompt displayed on the terminal or shell tool indicates which channel you are
accessing:
■
The
#
or
%
prompt indicates that you are at the system console and that the
Solaris OS is running.
■
The
ok
prompt indicates that you are at the system console and that the server is
running under OpenBoot firmware control.
■
The
sc>
prompt indicates that you are at the ALOM CMT command-line
interface.
Note – If no text or prompt appears, it might be that no console messages were
recently generated by the system. If this happens, pressing the terminal’s Enter or
Return key should produce a prompt. If the ALOM CMT session has timed out,
pressing the terminal’s Enter or Return key might not be effective. In that case, it
might be necessary to issue the escape sequence is
#.
(Hash-Period) to return to
ALOM CMT.
To reach the system console from the system controller prompt,
■
Type the
console
command at the
sc>
prompt.
To reach ALOM CMT from the system console,
■
Type the system controller escape sequence,
By default, the escape sequence is
#.
(Hash-Period).
For more information about communicating with the system controller and system
console, see the following:
■
“Communicating With the System” on page 1
■
“ALOM CMT and The
sc>
Prompt” on page 16
■
“OpenBoot
ok
Prompt” on page 18
■
“Accessing the System Controller” on page 6
Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM) CMT v1.3 Guide
ALOM CMT and The
sc>
Prompt
The system controller runs independently of your server and regardless of system
power state. When you connect your server to AC power, the system controller
immediately starts up and begins monitoring the system.