Hi, The system is Sun x4150. I use putty ssh to access to it. I can't start system console:
Quote:
Using username "root".
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager
Version 2.0.2.6
Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
->
-> start /SP/console
Are you sure you want to start /SP/console (y/n)? y
Serial console started. To stop, type ESC (
It's been a long time since I've had access to a solaris system, but I remember that there is a separate "net-mgmt" ethernet port, and I did not know that you could SSH to it, maybe you cannot. The document
You most certainly can SSH to that port, as the OP did just that. The problem is that after connecting to Service Processor the connection to system console is hanging.
An x4150 is an x86 based system, so it most likely comes with a video card. Most install scripts set the system to boot to its video console, in which case there is no output on the serial console. If you don't have a monitor handy, you can tell if the system is using its video output by looking at /boot/grub/menu.lst If you see something like this :
Your system is using the video display. In order to fix this, you need to modify your grub configuration.
The menu.lst file is fairly easy to understand, but in order to boot with a serial console, you should add a section to the top of the various boot options like this :
Hi
I have a server previously configured, that was given to me, but on attempt to start the console, it hangs.
firstly I did:
start /SYS
them:
start /SP/console
then it says that its starting, but nothing happens....waited and waited
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when I type start /SP/console... the console shows up but i cannot type anything over there. I do not understand what might be the reason for that.
-> start /SP/console
Are you sure you want to start /SP/console (y/n)? y
Serial console started. To stop, type ESC (
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