Sun Microsystems Blade 1500 - Configure an External Display Device; Obtain the Ok Prompt; TABLE 7-3 Serial Terminal Communication Parameters

7-4 Sun Blade 1500 Service, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting Manual • December 2004
7.2.3 Obtain the ok Prompt
● As superuser in a terminal window of the system to run POST, type:
7.2.4 Configure an External Display Device
POST directs its output to the to serial port of the system being tested. You
can view this output by connecting a serial terminal or a second system running a
TIP connection through a terminal window.
7.2.4.1 Serial Terminal
You can view POST output through any VT-100 RS-232 compatible serial terminal.
The terminal connects to the Sun Blade 1500 workstation at the port labeled:
This is a DB-9 F connector. Use a straight-through cable and connect to the serial
terminal’s DCE port. Configure the serial terminal to the communication parameters
listed in
TABLE 7-3.
If a DCE port is not available, then use a crossover cable as described in FIGURE 7-1.
7.2.4.2 Second System
Instead of a serial terminal, you can use a second system running a TIP connection
through a terminal window.
# init 0
TABLE 7-3 Serial Terminal Communication Parameters
Parameter Value
Baud 9600
Data bits 8
Parity None
Stop bits 1
Handshaking None
Duplex Full
1
1