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Operating Systems Solaris connecting laptop to V240 serial port Post 302152370 by bluridge on Wednesday 19th of December 2007 05:14:58 PM
Old 12-19-2007
porter,

Eventually we want to install a Solaris 8 (I know this is an old system, but this is a test lab and we want to test stuff on a Solaris 8 OS). You are right that the laptop has a 9pin so right now it is set up with an adapter for a RJ-45.

So apparently my system is set up correctly the way it is now. I thought we should use the serial port (9pin) on the V240 instead of the serial management port. Here is a cutout from SunDocs:
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The SERIAL MGT port accepts an RJ-45 connector. Use this port only for server management.

The port labelled 10101 accepts a DB-9 connector. Use this port for general purpose serial data transfer
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What is the serial port labeled 10101 used for then? With connection via the serial management port, will I be able to install the OS from a CD in the laptop CD drive? My guess is that server management means 'managing the server liek a SysAdm does" and serial data transfer means 'transferring data to the server via the serial cables'.

Well, guess you answered my question. Now...I got to see if I can get out of the looping probing it is doing for eternity. I think you can disable POST to make it boot up quicker right?

TIA for your help!
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

laptop_mode

LAPTOP_MODE(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    LAPTOP_MODE(8)

NAME

       /usr/sbin/laptop_mode - apply laptop mode settings

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/laptop_mode [ cmd ] [ force ]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the  /usr/sbin/laptop_mode command. laptop_mode is a program that applies the settings given in the
       /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf configuration file. The primary use is to control the laptop mode feature included in Linux kernels  with
       versions  2.6.6	and  higher,  and  2.4.23  and	higher.  This feature increases battery life by letting your hard drive spin down. This is
       achieved by grouping disk write activity into "chunks" that are spaced at larger intervals than they normally would be. In addition to sup-
       porting	the  Linux  kernel's  laptop  mode  feature, /usr/sbin/laptop_mode also supports various power saving modules which are configured
       through configuration files in the /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d directory.

       It is not recommended to call /usr/sbin/laptop_mode directly to start or stop laptop mode, except in hardware event handlers. To apply  new
       configuration settings from laptop-mode.conf, call the laptop-mode service init script with the reload parameter.

COMMANDS

       Specify force as the second parameter to force laptop_mode to re-apply a state even if the computer is already in that state. These are the
       values that are allowed for cmd :

       auto	 Enable or disable laptop mode based on the current power state. Note that this will not do anything if  the  laptop-mode  service
		 has not been started!

       status	 Display a status report about everything that laptop_mode affects.

SEE ALSO

       laptop-mode.conf(8).

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Bart Samwel (bart@samwel.tk) for the Debian system (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to
       copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later  version  published	by
       the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

																    LAPTOP_MODE(8)
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