System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

Setting Up Terminals and Modems With Serial Ports Tool (Overview)

You can set up serial ports with the Solaris Management Console's Serial Ports tool.

Select a serial port from the Serial Ports window and then choose a Configure option from the Action menu to configure the following:

Terminal
Modem – Dial–In
Modem – Dial–Out
Modem – Dial–In/Dial–Out
Initialize Only – No Connection

The Configure options provide access to the templates for configuring these services. You can view two levels of detail for each serial port: Basic and Advanced. You can access the Advanced level of detail for each serial port after it is configured by selecting the serial port and selecting the Properties option from the Action menu. After a serial port is configured, you can disable or enable the port with the SAF commands. For information on using the SAF commands, see Chapter 3, Managing Serial Ports With the Service Access Facility (Tasks).

For information on using the Serial Ports command–line interface, see the smserialport(1M) man page.

Setting Up Terminals

The following table describes the menu items (and their default values) when you set up a terminal by using the Serial Ports tool.

Table 2–1 Terminal Default Values


Detail	Item	Default Value
Basic	Port	—
	Description	Terminal
	Service Status	Enabled
	Baud Rate	`9600`
	Terminal Type	`vi925`
	Login Prompt	`ttyn login:`
Advanced	Carrier Detection	Software
	Option: Connect on Carrier	Not available
	Option: Bidirectional	Available
	Option: Initialize Only	Not available
	Timeout (seconds)	Never
	Port Monitor	`zsmon`
	Service Program	`/usr/bin/login`

Setting Up Modems

The following table describes the three modem templates that are available when you set up a modem using the Serial Ports tool.

Table 2–2 Modem Templates


Modem Configuration	Description
Dial-In Only	Users can dial in to the modem but cannot dial out.
Dial-Out Only	Users can dial out from the modem but cannot dial in.
Dial-In and Out (Bidirectional)	Users can either dial in or dial out from the modem.

The following table describes the default values of each template.

Table 2–3 Modem Template Default Values


Detail	Item	Modem - Dial-In Only	Modem - Dial-Out Only	Modem - Dial In and Out
Basic	Port Name	—	—	—
	Description	Modem – Dial In Only	Modem – Dial Out Only	Modem – Dial In and Out
	Service Status	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
	Baud Rate	9600	`9600`	`9600`
	Login Prompt	`ttyn login:`	`ttyn login:`	`ttyn login:`
Advanced	Carrier Detection	Software	Software	Software
	Option: Connect on Carrier	Not available	Not available	Not available
	Option: Bidirectional	Not available	Not available	Available
	Option: Initialize Only	Not available	Available	Not available
	Timeout (seconds)	Never	Never	Never
	Port Monitor	`zsmon`	`zsmon`	`zsmon`
	Service Program	`/usr/bin/login`	`/usr/bin/login`	`/usr/bin/login`

The following table describes the default values for the Initialize Only template.

Table 2–4 Initialize Only - No Connection Default Values


Detail	Item	Default Value
Basic	Port Name	—
	Description	Initialize Only - No Connection
	Service Status	Enabled
	Baud Rate	9600
	Login Prompt	`ttyn login:`
Advanced	Carrier Detection	Software
	Option: Connect on Carrier	Not available
	Option: Bidirectional	Available
	Option: Initialize Only	Available
	Timeout (seconds)	Never
	Port Monitor	`zsmon`
	Service Program	`/usr/bin/login`