Re: V440 ALOM console problem
From: Jonathan Sturges (nobody_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/22/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:58:41 -0500
Scott Howard wrote:
> 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
Hmmm. Interesting. Thanks for the info., I guess I feel a little
better understanding the "why" of it.
-Jonathan
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