console -f not working in ALOM

UNIX Solaris
1

Hi,

I connected to ALOM on V240 installed with Solaris 10.

console -f does not give me console on screen.

Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.6.8

sc> console -f
Enter #. to return to ALOM. ...I pressed ENTER a lot of times but does not give me console.

Another observation in this case is that I found server is connected to KVM and the console is working there currently.

output-device=screen
input-device=keyboard

for other server with same eeprom values, ALOM>console -f shows console login prompt. but KVM console is not working for this server.

Any ideas ?

Thanks:)

2

console just connects to port back to ttya. If the system is not trying to use ttya, nothing will happen. I see the same thing all the time. This is not an error. With this setup the console command serves no purpose and in effect you now have a dedicated alom port.

3

Thanks for replying,

so you mean there is no way I could get console -f working on ALOM port ?

or it would work if the KVM connections are removed and server is rebooted ?

Thanks:b:

4

I think it will switch over automatically like that, but I would become root and do:

eeprom output-device=ttya
eeprom input-device=ttya
init 5

Now disconnect keyboard at least.
Power on.

5

Thanks a lot , I will try this one and let you know...

Thanks !:b:

6

After making the changes, do a resetsc -y, then try
sc> help
Available commands
------------------
poweron {FRU}
poweroff [-y] [-f]
removefru [-y] {FRU}
reset [-y] [-x]
break [-y]
bootmode [normal|reset_nvram|diag|skip_diag|bootscript="string"]
console [-f]
consolehistory [-b lines|-e lines] [-g lines] [-v] [boot|run]
showlogs [-b lines|-e lines] [-g lines] [-v]
setlocator [on|off]
showlocator
showenvironment
showfru
showplatform [-v]
showsc [-v] [param]
shownetwork [-v]
setsc [param] [value]
setupsc
showdate
setdate [[mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[cc]yy][.SS]
resetsc [-y]
flashupdate [-s IPaddr -f pathname] [-v]
setdefaults [-y] [-a]
useradd <username>
userdel [-y] <username>
usershow [username]
userpassword <username>
userperm <username> [c][u][a][r]
password
showusers [-g lines]
logout
help [command]
sc>