No Monitor Output From Sun Fire[TM] V120 with PGX Graphics Cards

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Solution 1011885.1 : No Monitor Output From Sun Fire[TM] V120 with PGX Graphics Cards

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Sun Netra T1 AC200 Server
 Sun Fire V120 Server

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During a new installation or if a Sun Fire[TM] V120 has been set to default values, there will be no output to the PGX graphics port.

This is due to the settings of the OBP variables 'output-device' and 'input-device'. By default the OBP sets these variables to 'ttya', unlike previous Sun machines which are set to screen and keyboard respectively, so during a new installation there will be no output to the screen but rather to the serial port (for terminal/tip connection).

To fix this, the variables need to be set to the following values:

output-device=screen

input-device=keyboard

A terminal should be attached to ttya and the machine powered on. Input and output will be automatically redirected to ttya, allowing these settings to be altered using the following commands:

ok> setenv output-device screen

output-device=screen

ok> setenv input-device keyboard

input-device=keyboard

ok> reset

The machine will reset and input/output should be redirected to the keyboard and monitor respectively.

These default values are standard for the Netra T1 AC100, Netra T1 AC200 and the Netra V120. This makes sense given the normal racking practices of these low profile machines (high-density racking does not normally allow space for monitors).

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Sun Fire V120 Server
Netra T1 AC200 Server

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Comment: updated by : Robin Dole
comment : Fixed tags, added [TM]. Ok to issue.

date : Dec 10, 2002

updated by : Dan Auga
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date : Dec 3, 2002

updated by : Dan Auga
comment : OK to issue

date : Dec 3, 2002

updated by : Dana Cahill
comment : Made external as well as internal, doc is similiar to same issue on v480 #47762,.. overall good, well written doc.
date : Dec 3, 2002

updated by : Dustin Rech
comment : Article created.
date : Nov 26, 2002

updated by : Dustin Rech
comment : Hardware category is incorrect as Netra 120 is not listed.
date : Nov 26, 2002
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5c591a42-0ba1-4fd3-b5bd-bc106126c5e8|Sun Fire V120 Server
298b213a-0a18-11d6-8024-acc5ac312268|Netra T1 AC200 Server

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