[SunHELP] VGA Card, Term Server, and Console Port Question(s)

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If there are no monitors/kb's hooked up to the boxen, then TTYA is your
console.  You can send a break(stop-a equivalent) and all that good stuff
via the terminal server.  That's our local setup with a bunch of E250's,
and they have frame buffers installed...

On 23 May 2001, Ann Waters wrote:

> Hi Listers,
> 
> I am responsible for remotely supporting a bunch of Sun servers (varying models).  I was not involved in the physical installation of the servers.  The bottom line is that I have no console port access to these remote servers.  The closest I can get to console port access is ttya access via a term server.  To the best of my knowledge, this is not the "true" console port (ie. I cannot do a stop-a and get the ok prompt, etc.).  According to the person who set this whole deal up, the reason why I can't get console port access is because the server(s) contain vga cards.  This person says: "The only way to make the TTY ports the default console port would be to remove all the VGA cards from the boxes."  Is this true?  How do I identify/verify from an online/software standpoint that the server does contain a vga card?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any/all information about this.
> 
> Ann Waters
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