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28 Sun Enterprise 220R Server Owner’s Guide • October 1999
About Communicating With the Server
To install your server software or to diagnose problems, you need some way to enter
system commands and view system output. There are three ways to do this.
1. Attach an ASCII character terminal, also called an alphanumeric terminal, to
serial port A.
You can attach a simple terminal (or modem line) to serial port A. The terminal
can be capable of displaying and entering alphanumeric but not graphical data.
For instructions, see “How to Attach an Alphanumeric (ASCII) Terminal” on
page 29.
2. Establish a tip connection from another Sun system.
For information about establishing a tip connection, see “Setting Up a tip
Connection” on page 121 or the OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual, an online
version of which is included with the Solaris System Administrator AnswerBook that
ships with Solaris software.
3. Install a local graphics console on your server.
The server is shipped without a mouse, keyboard, monitor, or frame buffer for the
display of graphics. To install a local graphics console on a server, you must
install a graphics frame buffer card into a PCI slot, and attach a monitor, mouse,
and keyboard to the appropriate back panel ports. For detailed instructions, see
“How to Configure a Local Graphics Console” on page 31.