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Using VAX 8500/8700/8800 Systems as Serviced Systems › Setting Up VAXconsole Ports › On VAX 8830/8840 Systems

On VAX 8830/8840 Systems

The VAXconsole for these systems is the MicroVAX II system.

Connect the Console Manager host to a VAX 8830/8840 system by the central terminal line of a VAXconsole MicroVAX II. The central terminal line is the 25-pin TTA2: port located on the back of the VAXconsole pedestal system box. See the VAX 8840/8830 Console User's Guide for more information about the VAXconsole central terminal line.

Important! If Console Manager is connected to the OPA0: local console port, the POWER command could accidentally be entered through a remote Console Manager user interface while an engineer is working on the VAX 8830/8840 system.

The following VAXconsole command may only be entered at the OPA0: local console port.

Caution! Powering off the Console Manager host system or the terminal server causes random electrical signals that may resemble break signals generated on terminal lines. These signals can have a similar effect to the line disruption caused by powering off a console terminal.

The inside panel of an HSC cabinet contains a switch with two positions, SECURE and ENABLE. Set this switch to the SECURE position.

Caution! Powering off the Console Manager host system before ensuring that the SECURE/ENABLE switch on each HSC cabinet has been set correctly causes HSCs with incorrect switch settings to cease normal processing.

For each VAX 8830/8840 serviced system, perform these steps at the VAXconsole local terminal keyboard

  1. Enter the VAXconsole Console Mode by pressing CTRL_P. The VAXconsole responds with the prompt PS-HW-0>. See the VAX 8840/8830 Console User's Guide for additional information about the VAXcluster Console Mode.
  2. Enter the following command, which enables the Console Manager host system to communicate with the VAX system through the central terminal port. 
    PS-HW-0>  ENABLE CENTRAL CONSOLE
  3. Enter the following command to place the VAXconsole into program I/O mode: 
    PS-HW-0>  SET TERMINAL PROGRAM

The VAXconsole remote port has now been successfully set up.