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

[Peter Stokes]

Hi Ann

In order to have ttya as the true console simply leave the keyboard out of
the back of the systems even if you leave the graphics cards in this will
default to ttya and give you full console control.

Instead of being able to use stop-A, you simply use break on your terminal.
This is a problem with a terminal server I guess. On most sites I have been
on they use a simple switch box for the terminal.

In your case for remote access/control you will have to rely on the shutdown
to get to the ok prompt or work out how you can get the term server to send
a break signal.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Ann Waters
Sent: 23 May 2001 14:47
To: sunhelp
Subject: [SunHELP] VGA Card, Term Server, and Console Port Question(s)


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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