Installing an ASCII Terminal

Installing an ASCII Terminal

This section describes the procedures for connecting and configuring an ASCII terminal. The diagnostics terminal, or console, is the ASCII terminal connected to a serial port on the I/O panel of a server. It can be connected to any of these ports, depending on your system:

To the alternate console port on a graphics system.
To the console port (labeled port 1) or port 2 on a non-graphics system.
To any of the four serial ports on larger systems such as the CHALLENGE® M or Onyx(TM).

The messages produced by the power-on diagnostics appear on the screen of this terminal.

Connecting the Terminal Hardware
Configuring the Terminal Software
Setting Terminal Options