I'd like to start using my Ultra 5 to configure Cisco devices,
switches, routers, firewalls. I'll need to use the console cable and
plug into the serial port. When using a PC, I run hypterterminal, set
the bits and parity to N81, and I'm good to go.

How would you do that on an Ultra 5?

On 2006-11-21, engineer10325 <engineer10325@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd like to start using my Ultra 5 to configure Cisco devices,
> switches, routers, firewalls. I'll need to use the console cable and
> plug into the serial port. When using a PC, I run hypterterminal, set
> the bits and parity to N81, and I'm good to go.
>
> How would you do that on an Ultra 5?

http://www.sunhelp.org/unix-serial-port-resources/


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"engineer10325" <engineer10325@yahoo.com> writes:
>I'd like to start using my Ultra 5 to configure Cisco devices,
>switches, routers, firewalls. I'll need to use the console cable and
>plug into the serial port. When using a PC, I run hypterterminal, set
>the bits and parity to N81, and I'm good to go.

>How would you do that on an Ultra 5?


I like kermit quite a bit. Somepeople might recommend miniterm, but I
really dislike miniterm on any system.

engineer10325 wrote:

> I'd like to start using my Ultra 5 to configure Cisco devices,
> switches, routers, firewalls. I'll need to use the console cable and
> plug into the serial port. When using a PC, I run hypterterminal, set
> the bits and parity to N81, and I'm good to go.
>
> How would you do that on an Ultra 5?
>

I haven't a Cisco router to try it with but see "man tip" It's intended
to allow one Solaris system to talk to the console of another Solaris
system via serial port. It might do what you need.

In article <1164125391.905543.139370@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups .com> "engineer10325" <engineer10325@yahoo.com> writes:
>I'd like to start using my Ultra 5 to configure Cisco devices,
>switches, routers, firewalls. I'll need to use the console cable and
>plug into the serial port. When using a PC, I run hypterterminal, set
>the bits and parity to N81, and I'm good to go.
>
>How would you do that on an Ultra 5?

Tip works pretty well for this sort of thing. Depending on which
serial port you're using, you can add lines to /etc/remote that
look like:

porta:dv=/dev/cua/a:br#9600
portb:dv=/dev/cua/b:br#9600

and just run "tip porta" or "tip portb". Port A is the 25 pin port,
and port B is the 9 pin port. You should be able to use the same
sort of console with port B as you'd use with a PC serial port.
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