A tip connection enables you to use a remote shell window as a terminal to display test data from a system. Serial port A or serial port B of a tested system is used to establish the tip connection between the system being tested and another Sun system monitor or TTY-type terminal. The tip connection is used in a terminal window and provides features to help with the OBP.
To set up a tip connection:
Connect serial port A of the system being tested to serial port B of another Sun system using a serial null modem cable (connect cable pins 2-3, 3-2, 7-20, and 20-7).
At the other Sun system, check the /etc/remote file by changing to the /etc directory and then editing the remote file:
hardwire:/ dv=/dev/term/b:br#9600:el=^C^S^Q^U^D:ie=%$:oe=^D: |
The example shows connection to serial port B.
To use serial port A:
In a shell window on the Sun system, type tip hardwire.
hostname% tip hardwire connected |
The shell window is now a tip window directed to the serial port of the system being tested. When power is applied to the system being tested, POST messages will be displayed in this window.
When POST is completed, disconnect the tip window as follows:
To verify the baud rate between the system being tested and a terminal or another Sun system monitor: