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10.1 Console and Operating Modes
10.1 Console and Operating Modes
Your workstation functions in two modes: console mode and operating mode.
When your workstation is in console mode, you are using the setup and testing
software that is built into the workstation. You use console mode and the
console commands for such tasks as:
• Running workstation self-tests
• Displaying workstation hardware configurations
• Setting workstation environmental variables
• Booting (starting) the operating system
When your workstation is in operating mode, you use your worksystem
software for such activities as:
• Running applications in DECwindows
• Backing up files
• Sending and receiving electronic mail
This manual explains how to use the workstation in console mode. Your
worksystem software manuals explain how to use the workstation in operating
mode.
10.2 Using Console Mode
The workstation starts in console mode and stays in that mode until you start
your worksystem software. While you are in console mode, you can use the
console commands, which are the commands of the built-in setup and testing
software.
You enter console commands at the system console. If you connected only
one monitor to your workstation, that monitor is your system console. If you
connected multiple monitors, the monitor in the TURBOchannel option slot
with the lowest number is the system console. If you have no graphics monitor
or if you have connected a terminal and typed
setenv console s
, the terminal
is your system console.
10–2 Using the Console Commands