07-30-2014
Okay, read that thread again.
Let me say this as clearly as I can............
The SER-MGT port is a RS-232 serial port!! Yes, it's a RJ45 but don't let that put you off. Assume that it's a DB9 in disguise. Got that? Yes, I do mean that.
Sun produce a serial cable with a RJ45 at one end and a DB9 at the other. The RJ45 goes into the SER-MGT and the DB9 goes into any old PC port or a dumb terminal such as a VT100.
A terminal emulator on a PC is fine. HyperTerminal will do.
Typical settings are 9600-8-N-1 but baud rate of the Sun might be set differently via the ALOM.
If you don't have a Sun serial cable, the light blue Cisco cables used for managing switches are exactly the same. Borrow one from your network boys. They get tons of these but seem to bin them all because they have too many.
Set up your terminal and then power up the Sun. If you get garbage the baud rate (of your terminal) is wrong. You should see the ALOM boot (it's a Linux appliance underlying the Sun box) which will then land you with a OK prompt.
Let's see if you get that far, then post back.
If I haven't succeeded in making that crystal feel free to ask.
---------- Post updated at 05:38 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:22 PM ----------
If your PC doesn't have a DB9 serial port I see no reason why you couldn't use a USB to DB9 to give the PC a serial port. However, you'll still need a DB9 to RJ45 serial cable to plug into the USB adapter.
Last edited by hicksd8; 07-30-2014 at 01:32 PM..
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ttysrv
TTYSRV(8) System Manager's Manual TTYSRV(8)
NAME
ttysrv - connect to a serial port and log output
SYNOPSIS
ttysrv [-o option] [-s sock] [-l log] -t tty [-b baud] [-p parity] [-w wordsize] [-i pidfile]
DESCRIPTION
ttysrv is the backend for rconsole. It connects to the serial port, handles the log file and waits for connections from rconsole to view
what's happening on the serial console.
OPTIONS
-t tty Specify which device to connect to.
-s sock
The name of the socket to listen for connections from rconsole on.
-o option
Specify any ttyios options to open the port with. Currently only nolocal is supported.
-l log The logfile to write to. If not set then no log is kept.
-b baud
Set the baud rate to talk to the port at. Defaults to 9600.
-p parity
Set the parity for the serial port. Defaults to none.
-w wordsize
Set the word size for the serial port. Defaults to 8 bits.
-i pidfile
The file to write the pid of ttysrv to. If not specified no such file is written.
SEE ALSO
rconsole(1), remote-tty(1).
AUTHOR
rtty was written by Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>. This manual page was written by Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li> for the Debian project
(but may be used by others).
May 23, 2006 TTYSRV(8)