FUJITSU T5140 - Manual (Page 23)

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Configuring the System Console
This chapter explains what the system console is, describes the different ways of
configuring it on a SPARC Enterprise T5140 or T5240 server, and helps you
understand the relationship between the system console and the service processor.
This chapter contains the following sections:
■ “Communicating With the System” on page 1
■ “Accessing the Service Processor” on page 8
■ “Switching Between the Service Processor and the System Console” on page 20
■ “ILOM -> Prompt” on page 22
■ “OpenBoot ok Prompt” on page 24
■ “System Console OpenBoot Configuration Variable Settings” on page 29
Note – For information about changing the hardware configuration of your server,
or about running diagnostics, see the service manual for your server.
Communicating With the System
To install your system software or to diagnose problems, you need some way to
interact at a low level with the system. The system console is the facility for doing
this. You use the system console to view messages and issue commands. There can
be only one system console per computer.