[nycbug-talk] Serial cable for sunfire v210

[Mikel King]

On Sep 25, 2008, at 10:18 AM, nikolai wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I inherited an old V210 with no cdrom and no video card
> that runs Solaris. I know the root password, but ...
> root is not allowed over the network, so my only
> option of getting into the box is serial. My trusty
> old null cable doesn't seem to be working.
>
> Can anybody enlighten me about what sort of cable I need
> there (and where to get it :). Any pointers are welcome.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Nikolai
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Nikolai,

	It's been years since I did Sun via serial console. From what I  
remember do not connect the keyboard to the server on which you plan  
to use serial console. Sun machines on power-up check the presence of  
the keyboard. If something is plugged in, they assume the console  
input device is the keyboard. If it doesn't see any keyboard, it  
redirects console input/output to serial port "A". I dug this out of  
my old book marks perhaps it will help I think it says something  
similar.

		http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/serial/

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