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Boot Console Handler
Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type
Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type
The workstation ships from the factory preset to use a monitor with a specific resolution
and frequency. If you replace the workstation’s monitor with a different type of monitor,
you may have to reconfigure the system to support the new monitor.
The Monitor Command
The
monitor
command lets you change the system’s graphics configuration. This command
is available in the Configuration Menu of the Boot Console Handler.
NOTE
The
monitor
command lets you change the system’s graphics configuration
before you replace a workstation’s monitor. For information about changing
the configuration after you replace a monitor, refer to “Changing the Monitor
Type” in Chapter 4.
To display the current graphics and console information, type the following set of
commands and press
Enter
at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command> configuration
Configuration Menu: Enter command> monitor
The correct usage for setting the graphics configuration is:
monitor
graphics_path type
where valid
graphics_path
parameters are:
graphics(0)
Built-in (or core) graphics adapter (primary slot)
graphics(1)
Graphics adapter installed in slot 1 (secondary slot)
graphics(2)
Graphics adapter installed in slot 2
graphics(3)
Graphics adapter installed in slot 3
graphics(4)
Graphics adapter installed in slot 4
and
type
is the numerical monitor type. See “Setting the Monitor Type” in a subsequent
section for a list of types. For example, an HP V
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-fxe graphics card (A4982A)
installed in option slot 2 would be
graphics(2)
. Note that you can have
graphics(0)
through
graphics(4)
for the
graphics_path
.