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A-16

The Boot Console Interface

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type

Your system ships from the factory preset to use a monitor with a specific
resolution and frequency. If you replace your workstation’s monitor with a
different type of monitor, you must reconfigure your workstation to support
the new monitor.

The Monitor Command

The monitor command lets you change your workstation’s graphics config-
uration. This command is available in the Configuration Menu of the boot
console interface.

To display the current graphics and console information, enter the following
command:

Configuration Menu: Enter command >

monitor

The correct usage for setting the graphics configuration is:

Configuration Menu: Enter command >

monitor graphics_path type

where valid graphics_path parameters are:

graphics(0) - The on-board 8-plane graphics adapter.

graphics(1) - Graphics adapter installed in option slot 1.

graphics(2) - Graphics adapter installed in option slot 2.

and type is the numerical monitor type as shown with the monitor list com-
mand.

NOTE:

Standalone boards are shipped from the factory configured to monitor type 0
to force a monitor type polling loop on initial boot.