How to verify the baud rate, Open a shell window, Type eeprom – Sun Microsystems SUN FIRE 280R User Manual

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Chapter 6

Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting

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8. Redirect the input and output to the screen and keyboard, if needed, by typing:

Note –

When entering

~

(tilde character) commands in the

tip

window,

the tilde must be the first character entered on the line. To ensure that you are at the
start of a new line, press Return first.

How to Verify the Baud Rate

To verify the baud rate between the Sun Fire 280R server and a terminal or another
Sun system monitor:

1. Open a shell window.

2. Type

eeprom

.

3. Verify the following serial port default settings as follows:

Note –

Ensure that the settings are consistent with TTY-type terminal or system

monitor settings.

Common Problems With

tip

Connections

This section describes solutions for

tip

problems occurring in Solaris Operating

Environments versions previous to 2.0.

Problems with

tip

may occur if:

The lock directory is missing or incorrect.

There should be a directory named

/usr/spool/uucp

. The owner should be

uucp

and the mode should be

drwxr-sr-x

.

The

ttyb

serial port is enabled for logins.

The status field for

ttyb

(or the serial port you are using) must be set to

off

in

/etc/ttytab

. Be sure to execute

kill -HUP 1

(see

init(8)

) as root if you have

to change this entry.

ok screen output keyboard input

ttyb-mode = 9600,8,n,1

ttya-mode = 9600,8,n,1

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