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310-200 · Question #147

Given these settings on your x86-based server: You connected a console to the serial port (COM1) and you want to setup your server so that it uses the console that you connected. Which describes how…

The correct answer is A. Set the console property to ttya as follows: kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot -B console=ttya. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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Given these settings on your x86-based server:

You connected a console to the serial port (COM1) and you want to setup your server so that it uses the console that you connected. Which describes how to make the system recognize the console for bootup and not the VGA monitor and keyboard?

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  • ASet the console property to ttya as follows: kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot -B console=ttya
  • BThe x86 platform does not support booting from a serial port.
  • CSelect to boot from the Solaris Serial Console ttya in the GRUB menu.
  • DChange the PROM settings so that kbd-type=serial, ttya-mode matches the port settings for the new
  • ENo changes to the PROM are required. Shutdown the system and disconnect the VGA monitor and

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  • A
    75% (36)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    8% (4)
  • D
    2% (1)
  • E
    13% (6)

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