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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4200 M2 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Configuring the Pre-installed Solaris 10 Operating System

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The screens that are displayed will vary, depending on the method that you chose
for assigning network information to the server (DHCP or static IP address).

After you have entered the system-configuration information, the server completes
the boot process and displays the Solaris login prompt.

Redirecting the Console Output to the Video Port (Optional)

Caution –

This procedure is intended for advanced users of Solaris only. You can

seriously disrupt the proper functioning of the server or render the server
unbootable if you introduce a problem in the bootenv.rc file.

After completing the preceding steps and while logged in to the SP, if you wish to
redirect the console output to the video port, run the eeprom command at the
prompt with the following arguments:

eeprom output-device=screen

eeprom input-device=keyboard