Re: Connecting To New Server

From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:55:42 GMT

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Robert Mazur wrote:

> I'm about to grab my first Sun server which does not have video output.

Suns are not PCs. :-)

> After connecting it to my LAN and starting it up, how is it that I "get to"
> that server the first time? How do I address it? I can understand in

You hook up a null modem to TTYA, and use a serial console. As well
as saving the expense of frame buffers, KVMs and monitors, with a
suitable serial console server, you can get console access to your
machines from anywhere on the network (e.g., from the comfort o
your desk, rather than a cold and noisy machine room).

Newer machines have LOM, which work in a similar way, but I believe
they can use an Ethernet network directly, without a console server. 

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Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA
President,
Rite Online Inc.
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