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122 Sun Enterprise 220R Server Owner’s Guide • October 1999
To set up a tip connection:
1. Connect serial port A of the system being tested to serial port B of another Sun
system using a serial null modem cable (connect cable pins 2-3, 3-2, 7-20, and
20-7).
2. At the other Sun system, update the /etc/remote file by changing to the
/etc directory and then adding the following line to the remote file as shown
below:
Note – The example shows connection to serial port B.
3. To use serial port A:
a. Copy and paste the serial port B remote file.
b. Modify the serial port B system remote file as follows:
4. In a shell window on the Sun system, type:
Note – The shell window is now a tip window directed to the serial port of the
system being tested. When power is applied to the system being tested, POST
messages will be displayed in this window.
hardwire:/ dv=/dev/term/
b
:br#9600:el=^C^S^Q^U^D:ie=%$:oe=^D:
hardwire:\ dv=/dev/term/
a
:br#9600:el=^C^S^Q^U^D:ie=%$:oe=^D:
hostname% tip hardwire
connected
2
3
7
20
2
3
7
20