Using the Monitor Interface › Connect to the Console of a Serviced System

Connect to the Console of a Serviced System

You can connect to a serviced system's console from the monitor interface, in order to perform management tasks on these systems from your own terminal.

There are two commands you can use:

• SELECT
• CONNECT

To connect to the console of SALT using the SELECT command, enter:

Command: SELECT SALT

This places the cursor into the log window of the specified system. This is similar to using the CONNECT command except that:

• All the log windows you currently have displayed remain on the screen and are updated in real time
• ANSI escape sequences in the selected log window are not interpreted. Therefore, programs used for screen manipulation do not work correctly using SELECT.

Using the CONNECT command is the same as connecting from the operating system command line. For more information see the chapter Using Console Manager From the Command Line Interface.

Connecting to a serviced system lets you do all types of system management tasks on that system as though you were on the local console: for example, rebooting the system or installing software. To be able to connect to a serviced system's console, you must have been granted access by means of a system name or group name in the Console Manager configuration database.

Once you are connected to your specified serviced system, all keystrokes except for the defined halt, escape, exit and refresh keys are transmitted directly to the console of the system to which you are connected. While you are connected you have normal console behavior.

Note: Using the monitor interface command OUTPUT allows you to send text to a serviced system's console as though you had typed the text while connected to that console.