Re: V440 ALOM console problem
From: Scott Howard (scott_at_hunterlink.net.au)
Date: 02/22/05
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Date: 22 Feb 2005 01:38:43 GMT
In comp.unix.solaris Jonathan Sturges <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> When telnetting into the SCs of my V440s, the ALOM always thinks the
> system console is in use by the SC's serial port. Consequently, you
> always have to type 'console -f' at the SC prompt to get a read/write
> console via a telnet session.
>
> Does anyone know why this happens, or how to fix it? I'm glad there's a
> workaround, but it's still annoying and strikes me as being an ALOM bug.
> I updated the ALOM firmware to v1.5.3 and that didn't fix it.
It's a feature. In fact, it's actually listed in the original design
spec for the ALOMs. It's done this way to keep backwards compatibility -
previously you can always presume that if you connect to the serial
console you'll get a writeable console, so ALOM tries to keep that the
same (The exception being when it's in use after a -f, but there's nothing
which can be done about that).
There have been a number of RFEs raised to have the behaviour changed,
but at this stage it's not clear if it will be changed or it.
So for now, just get used to typing 'console -f' every time...
Scott
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