Using the Monitor Interface

Using the Monitor Interface

This chapter explains how to invoke and use the monitor interface.

The monitor interface is the same whether it is used from the C3 interface or from the command line interface.

Note: You cannot execute any of the monitor interface commands described in this chapter while connected to a console. To execute these commands, you need to leave the connect interface using the defined escape key and execute the commands from the monitor interface.

This section contains the following topics:

What You Can Do from the Monitor Interface

What the Monitor Interface Looks Like

Starting the Monitor Interface

Getting Help on the Monitor Interface

Leaving the Monitor Interface

Monitor Interface Commands

Connect to the Console of a Serviced System

Unlocking a Console Being Used by Another User

Setting the Halt Key

Reading Current Console Log Data

Manipulating Screen Layout

Finding Historical Console Log Data

Reading Previously Archived Log Data

Transmitting a Break Signal on a Console Line

Transmitting a Break Signal with Connection Type of SSH

Halting a System

Displaying Timestamped Console Log Data

Performing a Dialog with a Serviced System

Using Scripts