[Sunhelp] stop A on non-Sun keyboard

[Tom Jones]

If you are connected to Enterprise class Sun servers, the key must be in the
Normal operating position.  If it is in the secure mode, you may have been
sending the breaks but they would not affect the server.  You can verify secure
mode via /usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag -v and check the
Environment Status area.  Here is a portion of that output from one of our
servers:

========================= Environmental Status =========================
Keyswitch position is in Secure Mode

We use terminal concentrators and don't want to risk the server going to the
Openboot PROM
prompt if the terminal concentrator were to have any type of failure (i.e. power
supply go out).

Tom Jones

BTW - sending a break signal is correct to get the OK prompt.  This will vary
according to the
console implementation (i.e. different when using tip, PC emulator, dumb
terminal).  If a telnet
session, you should be able to man telnet to determine how to send a break.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ayson, Alison {Info~Palo Alto} <ALISON.AYSON at roche.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 12:48 PM
Subject: [Sunhelp] stop A on non-Sun keyboard


> I recently posted a question asking what was the equivalent of a Stop-A on a
> non-sun keyboard.  Many replied that I try either "break" or "ctrl-break".
> Unfortunately none of these options worked.  Someone else suggested trying
> ~# but that also did not work.
>
> Basically what I'm trying to do is set up a remote console for all of our
> Sun servers.  I want to be able to reboot a machine from home.  I have been
> able to get a Sun server connected to my terminal server and reboot using
> the "reboot" command.  I don't lose my connection to the Sun during the
> reboot and I see the whole reboot sequence, just as if I was logged onto the
> console.  However I know that there will be times that I will need to use
> "Stop-A".  I will most likely be trying to execute the stop-A from my PC at
> home (logged into the console terminal server via telnet).  For the life of
> me I cannot figure out how to emulate a stop-A from my PC keyboard.
> There's got to be someone out there who's already doing the same thing???
> Any ideas ??
>
> Thanks!
>
>    --- Alison
>
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