Tools for Managing Terminals and Modems

The following table lists the tools for managing terminals and modems.

Table 10–2 Tools For Managing Terminals and Modems

Tool Description	Tool	For More Information
The most comprehensive	Service Access Facility (SAF) commands	Service Access Facility
The quickest setup	Solaris Management Console's Serial Ports Tool	Chapter 11, Setting Up Terminals and Modems (Tasks)and Solaris Management Console online help
The quickest setup	Admintool	Admintool online help

Serial Ports Tool

Serial Ports Tool sets up the serial port software to work with terminals and modems by calling the pmadm command with the appropriate information. It also provides:

• Templates for common terminal and modem configurations

• Multiple port setup, modification, or deletion

• Quick visual status of each port

Service Access Facility

The SAF is the tool used for administering terminals, modems, and other network devices. In particular, SAF enables you to set up:

• ttymon and listen port monitors (using the sacadm command)

• ttymon port monitor services (using the pmadm and ttyadm commands)

• listen port monitor services (using the pmadm and nlsadmin commands)

• And troubleshoot tty devices

• And troubleshoot incoming network requests for printing service

• And troubleshoot the Service Access Controller (using the sacadm command)

The SAF is an open-systems solution that controls access to system and network resources through tty devices and local-area networks (LANs). SAF is not a program. It is a hierarchy of background processes and administrative commands.